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90_SB1338
110 ILCS 805/2-16.02 from Ch. 122, par. 102-16.02
Amends the Public Community College Act. Revises
provisions under which annual grant funding for public
community college districts is provided. Changes the term
"credit hour grants" to "base operating grants" and requires
a portion of the base operating grant to be allocated on the
basis of the non-residential gross square footage of space
maintained by a district. Eliminates provisions relating to
payment of small district, special populations, workforce
preparation, advanced technology equipment, deferred
maintenance, and retirees health insurance grants. Makes no
change in an existing provision requiring the Illinois
Community College Board to distribute such other grants as
may be authorized or appropriated by the General Assembly.
Deletes a provision requiring a proportionate reduction or
increase in district grants if the amount appropriated for
the grants is different from the amount provided for the
grants under the Act. Effective July 1, 1998.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Public Community College Act by
2 changing Section 2-16.02.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended
6 by changing Section 2-16.02 as follows:
7 (110 ILCS 805/2-16.02) (from Ch. 122, par. 102-16.02)
8 Sec. 2-16.02. Grants. Any community college district
9 that maintains a community college recognized by the State
10 Board shall receive, when eligible, grants enumerated in this
11 Section. Funded semester credit hours or other measures or
12 both as specified by the State Board shall be used to
13 distribute grants to community colleges. Funded semester
14 credit hours shall be defined, for purposes of this Section,
15 as the greater of (1) the number of semester credit hours, or
16 equivalent, in all funded instructional categories of
17 students who have been certified as being in attendance at
18 midterm during the respective terms of the base fiscal year
19 or (2) the average of semester credit hours, or equivalent,
20 in all funded instructional categories of students who have
21 been certified as being in attendance at midterm during the
22 respective terms of the base fiscal year and the 2 prior
23 fiscal years. For purposes of this Section, "base fiscal
24 year" means the fiscal year 2 years prior to the fiscal year
25 for which the grants are appropriated. Such students shall
26 have been residents of Illinois and shall have been enrolled
27 in courses that are part of instructional program categories
28 approved by the State Board and that are applicable toward an
29 associate degree or certificate. Courses are not eligible
30 for reimbursement where the district receives federal or
31 State financing or both, except financing through the State
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1 Board, for 50% or more of the program costs with the
2 exception of courses offered by contract with the Department
3 of Corrections in correctional institutions. Base operating
4 Credit hour grants shall be paid based on rates per funded
5 semester credit hour or equivalent calculated by the State
6 Board for funded instructional categories using cost of
7 instruction, enrollment, inflation, and other relevant
8 factors. A portion of the base operating grant shall be
9 allocated on the basis of non-residential gross square
10 footage of space maintained by the district. Small district
11 grants, in an amount to be determined by the State Board,
12 shall be made to each district with less than 75,000 funded
13 semester credit hours, exclusive of Department of Corrections
14 credit hours.
15 Equalization grants shall be calculated by the State
16 Board by determining a local revenue factor for each district
17 by: (A) adding (1) each district's Corporate Personal
18 Property Replacement Fund allocations from the base fiscal
19 year or the average of the base fiscal year and prior year,
20 whichever is less, divided by the applicable statewide
21 average tax rate to (2) the district's most recently audited
22 year's equalized assessed valuation or the average of the
23 most recently audited year and prior year, whichever is less,
24 (B) then dividing by the district's audited full-time
25 equivalent resident students for the base fiscal year or the
26 average for the base fiscal year and the 2 prior fiscal
27 years, whichever is greater, and (C) then multiplying by the
28 applicable statewide average tax rate. The State Board shall
29 calculate a statewide weighted average threshold by applying
30 the same methodology to the totals of all districts'
31 Corporate Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund allocations,
32 equalized assessed valuations, and audited full-time
33 equivalent district resident students and multiplying by the
34 applicable statewide average tax rate. The difference between
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1 the statewide weighted average threshold and the local
2 revenue factor, multiplied by the number of full-time
3 equivalent resident students, shall determine the amount of
4 equalization funding that each district is eligible to
5 receive. A percentage factor, as determined by the State
6 Board, may be applied to the statewide threshold as a method
7 for allocating equalization funding. A minimum equalization
8 grant of an amount per district as determined by the State
9 Board shall be established for any community college district
10 which qualifies for an equalization grant based upon the
11 preceding criteria, but becomes ineligible for equalization
12 funding, or would have received a grant of less than the
13 minimum equalization grant, due to threshold prorations
14 applied to reduce equalization funding. As of July 1, 1997,
15 community college districts must maintain a minimum required
16 in-district tuition rate per semester credit hour as
17 determined by the State Board. For each fiscal year between
18 July 1, 1997 and June 30, 2001, districts not meeting the
19 minimum required rate will be subject to a percent reduction
20 of equalization funding as determined by the State Board. As
21 of July 1, 2001, districts must meet the required minimum
22 in-district tuition rate to qualify for equalization funding.
23 A special populations grant of a base amount as
24 determined by the State Board shall be distributed to each
25 community college district. Any remaining appropriated funds
26 for special populations purposes shall be distributed based
27 on factors as determined by the State Board. Each community
28 college district's expenditures of funds from those grants
29 shall be limited to courses and services related to programs
30 for educationally disadvantaged and minority students as
31 specified by the State Board.
32 A workforce preparation grant of a base grant amount as
33 determined by the State Board shall be distributed to each
34 community college district. Any remaining appropriated funds
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1 for workforce preparation programs shall be distributed based
2 on factors as determined by the State Board. Each community
3 college district's expenditures of funds from those grants
4 shall be limited to workforce preparation activities and
5 services as specified by the State Board.
6 An advanced technology equipment grant shall be
7 distributed proportionately to each community college
8 district based on each district's share of the State total
9 funded semester credit hours, or equivalent, in business
10 occupational, technical occupational, and health occupational
11 courses or other measures as determined by the State Board.
12 Each community college district's expenditures of funds from
13 those grants shall be limited to procurement of equipment for
14 curricula impacted by technological advances as specified by
15 the State Board.
16 Until January 1, 1999, a retirees health insurance grant
17 shall be distributed proportionately to each community
18 college district or entity created pursuant to Section 3-55
19 based on the total number of community college retirees in
20 the State on July 1 of the fiscal year prior to the fiscal
21 year for which the grants are appropriated, as determined by
22 the State Board. Expenditures of funds from those grants
23 shall be limited to payment of costs associated with
24 retirees' health insurance. Beginning January 1, 1999, the
25 retirees health insurance grant shall be limited to community
26 college districts subject to Article VII of this Act. The
27 retirees health insurance grants to community college
28 districts not subject to Article VII for fiscal year
29 1998-1999 shall be calculated so as to reflect the January 1,
30 1999 termination date.
31 A deferred maintenance grant shall be distributed to each
32 community college district based upon criteria as determined
33 by the State Board. Each community college district's
34 expenditures of funds from those grants shall be limited to
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1 deferred maintenance activities specified by the State Board.
2 A grant shall be provided to the Illinois Occupational
3 Information Coordinating Committee for the purpose of
4 providing the State Board with labor market information by
5 updating the Occupational Information System and HORIZONS
6 Career Information System and by providing labor market
7 information and technical assistance, that grant to be
8 provided in its entirety during the first quarter of the
9 fiscal year.
10 The State Board shall distribute such other grants as may
11 be authorized or appropriated by the General Assembly.
12 Each community college district entitled to State grants
13 under this Section must submit a report of its enrollment to
14 the State Board not later than 30 days following the end of
15 each semester, quarter, or term in a format prescribed by the
16 State Board. These semester credit hours, or equivalent,
17 shall be certified by each district on forms provided by the
18 State Board. Each district's certified semester credit
19 hours, or equivalent, are subject to audit pursuant to
20 Section 3-22.1.
21 The State Board shall certify, prepare, and submit to the
22 State Comptroller during August, November, February, and May
23 of each fiscal year vouchers setting forth an amount equal to
24 25% of the grants approved by the State Board for base
25 operating credit hour grants and, small district grants,
26 special populations grants, workforce preparation grants,
27 equalization grants, advanced technology equipment grants,
28 deferred maintenance grants, and retirees health insurance
29 grants. The State Board shall prepare and submit to the State
30 Comptroller vouchers for payments of other grants special
31 initiatives grant payments as appropriated by the General
32 Assembly. set forth in the contracts executed pursuant to
33 appropriations received for special initiatives. The
34 Comptroller shall cause his warrants to be drawn for the
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1 respective amounts due, payable to each community college
2 district, within 15 days following the receipt of such
3 vouchers. If the amount appropriated for grants is different
4 from the amount provided for such grants under this Act, the
5 grants shall be proportionately reduced or increased
6 accordingly.
7 For the purposes of this Section, "resident student"
8 means a student in a community college district who maintains
9 residency in that district or meets other residency
10 definitions established by the State Board, and who was
11 enrolled either in one of the approved instructional program
12 categories in that district, or in another community college
13 district to which the resident's district is paying tuition
14 under Section 6-2 or with which the resident's district has
15 entered into a cooperative agreement in lieu of such tuition.
16 For the purposes of this Section, a "full-time
17 equivalent" student is equal to 30 semester credit hours.
18 The Illinois Community College Board Contracts and Grants
19 Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. Items of
20 income to this fund shall include any grants, awards,
21 endowments, or like proceeds, and where appropriate, other
22 funds made available through contracts with governmental,
23 public, and private agencies or persons. The General
24 Assembly shall from time to time make appropriations payable
25 from such fund for the support, improvement, and expenses of
26 the State Board and Illinois community college districts.
27 (Source: P.A. 89-141, eff. 7-14-95; 89-281, eff. 8-10-95;
28 89-473, eff. 6-18-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96; 90-468, eff.
29 8-17-97; 90-486, eff. 8-17-97; 90-497, eff. 8-18-97; revised
30 11-17-97.)
31 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
32 1, 1998.