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92_HB0352

 
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 1        AN ACT relating to schools.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.   The  School  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 5    Section 18-12 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/18-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 18-12)
 7        Sec.  18-12.   Dates  for  filing State aid claims.)  The
 8    school board of each school district shall require  teachers,
 9    principals,  or  superintendents to furnish from records kept
10    by them such data as it needs  in  preparing  and  certifying
11    under  oath or affirmation to the regional superintendent its
12    school district report of claims provided  in  Sections  18-8
13    through   18-10  on  blanks  to  be  provided  by  the  State
14    Superintendent of Education.  The  district  claim  shall  be
15    based  on  the  latest available equalized assessed valuation
16    and tax rates, as provided in Section 18-8 and shall use  the
17    average daily attendance as determined by the method outlined
18    in  Section  18-8  and  shall be certified and filed with the
19    regional superintendent by July 1.  Failure  to  so  file  by
20    July  1  constitutes  a  forfeiture  of  the right to receive
21    payment by the State until such claim is filed and  vouchered
22    for  payment.   The  regional superintendent of schools shall
23    certify the county report of claims by July 15; and the State
24    Superintendent of Education shall voucher for  payment  those
25    claims to the State Comptroller as provided in Section 18-11.
26        If  any  school  district  fails  to  provide the minimum
27    school term specified in Section 10-19, the State  aid  claim
28    for that year shall be reduced by the State Superintendent of
29    Education  in  an  amount  equivalent to .56818% for each day
30    less than the number of days required by this Act.   However,
31    if the State Superintendent of Education determines that such
 
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 1    failure  to provide the minimum school term was occasioned by
 2    an act or acts of God, or was occasioned by conditions beyond
 3    the control of the school district which  posed  a  hazardous
 4    threat  to  the  health  and  safety of pupils, the State aid
 5    claim need not be reduced.
 6        If, during any school day,  (i)  a  school  district  has
 7    provided  at  least  one  clock  hour of instruction but must
 8    close the schools due to  adverse  weather  conditions  or  a
 9    hazardous  threat to the health and safety of pupils prior to
10    providing the minimum hours of  instruction  required  for  a
11    full  day  of  attendance,  or  (ii) the school district must
12    delay the start of the school  day  due  to  adverse  weather
13    conditions  or a hazardous threat to the health and safety of
14    pupils and this delay prevents the  district  from  providing
15    the  minimum  hours of instruction required for a full day of
16    attendance, the partial day of attendance may be counted as a
17    full day of attendance. The partial day of attendance and the
18    reasons therefor shall be certified in writing within a month
19    of the closing or delayed start by the local school  district
20    superintendent  to the Regional Superintendent of Schools for
21    forwarding to  the  State  Superintendent  of  Education  for
22    approval.
23        No  exception  to  the requirement of providing a minimum
24    school term may be approved by the  State  Superintendent  of
25    Education  pursuant  to this Section unless a school district
26    has first used all emergency days provided for in its regular
27    calendar.
28        If the State Superintendent of Education declares that an
29    energy shortage exists during any part of the school year for
30    the State or a designated portion of the  State,  a  district
31    may operate the school attendance centers within the district
32    4  days  of  the  week  during  the  time  of the shortage by
33    extending each existing school  day  by  one  clock  hour  of
34    school  work,  and  the State aid claim shall not be reduced,
 
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 1    nor shall the employees of that district suffer any reduction
 2    in salary or benefits as a result  thereof.  A  district  may
 3    operate  all  attendance centers on this revised schedule, or
 4    may apply the schedule to selected attendance centers, taking
 5    into  consideration  such  factors  as  pupil  transportation
 6    schedules and patterns and sources of energy  for  individual
 7    attendance centers.
 8        No  State  aid claim may be filed for any district unless
 9    the clerk or secretary of the school board executes and files
10    with  the  State  Superintendent  of  Education,   on   forms
11    prescribed  by the Superintendent, a sworn statement that the
12    district  has  complied  with  the  requirements  of  Section
13    10-22.5 in regard to the nonsegregation of pupils on  account
14    of color, creed, race, sex or nationality.
15        No  State  aid claim may be filed for any district unless
16    the clerk or secretary of the school board executes and files
17    with  the  State  Superintendent  of  Education,   on   forms
18    prescribed  by  the Superintendent, a sworn statement that to
19    the best of his or her knowledge or belief the  employing  or
20    assigning  personnel  have  complied with Section 24-4 in all
21    respects.
22    (Source: P.A. 90-98, eff. 7-11-97.)

23        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act  takes  effect  on
24    July 1, 2001.

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