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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3050

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 3050  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.   The  School  Code  is  amended by changing
 5    Section 18-8.05 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/18-8.05)
 7        Sec. 18-8.05.  Basis for apportionment of  general  State
 8    financial  aid  and  supplemental  general  State  aid to the
 9    common schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school years.

10    (A)  General Provisions.
11        (1)  The  provisions  of  this  Section  apply   to   the
12    1998-1999 and subsequent school years.  The system of general
13    State  financial aid provided for in this Section is designed
14    to assure that, through a combination of State financial  aid
15    and  required local resources, the financial support provided
16    each pupil in Average Daily Attendance equals  or  exceeds  a
17    prescribed per pupil Foundation Level.  This formula approach
18    imputes  a  level  of per pupil Available Local Resources and
19    provides for the basis to calculate  a  per  pupil  level  of
20    general  State  financial  aid  that, when added to Available
21    Local Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level.  The
 
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 1    amount of per pupil general State financial  aid  for  school
 2    districts,   in   general,  varies  in  inverse  relation  to
 3    Available Local Resources.  Per pupil amounts are based  upon
 4    each  school district's Average Daily Attendance as that term
 5    is defined in this Section.
 6        (2)  In addition to general State financial  aid,  school
 7    districts  with  specified levels or concentrations of pupils
 8    from  low  income  households   are   eligible   to   receive
 9    supplemental  general  State financial aid grants as provided
10    pursuant to subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants
11    provided for school districts under subsection (H)  shall  be
12    appropriated  for distribution to school districts as part of
13    the same line item in which the general State  financial  aid
14    of school districts is appropriated under this Section.
15        (3)  To  receive financial assistance under this Section,
16    school districts are required to file claims with  the  State
17    Board of Education, subject to the following requirements:
18             (a)  Any  school  district which fails for any given
19        school year to maintain school as required by law, or  to
20        maintain  a recognized school is not eligible to file for
21        such school year any claim upon the Common  School  Fund.
22        In  case  of  nonrecognition  of  one  or more attendance
23        centers  in  a  school   district   otherwise   operating
24        recognized  schools,  the  claim of the district shall be
25        reduced  in  the  proportion  which  the  Average   Daily
26        Attendance  in  the  attendance center or centers bear to
27        the Average Daily Attendance in the school  district.   A
28        "recognized  school"  means any public school which meets
29        the standards as established for recognition by the State
30        Board of Education.   A  school  district  or  attendance
31        center  not  having  recognition  status  at the end of a
32        school term is entitled to receive State aid payments due
33        upon  a  legal  claim  which  was  filed  while  it   was
34        recognized.
 
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 1             (b)  School district claims filed under this Section
 2        are subject to Sections 18-9, 18-10, and 18-12, except as
 3        otherwise provided in this Section.
 4             (c)  If  a  school  district  operates  a  full year
 5        school under Section 10-19.1, the general  State  aid  to
 6        the  school  district  shall  be  determined by the State
 7        Board of Education in accordance  with  this  Section  as
 8        near as may be applicable.
 9             (d) (Blank).
10        (4)  Except  as  provided in subsections (H) and (L), the
11    board of any district receiving any of  the  grants  provided
12    for  in  this  Section  may  apply those funds to any fund so
13    received  for  which  that  board  is  authorized   to   make
14    expenditures by law.
15        School  districts  are  not  required  to exert a minimum
16    Operating Tax Rate in order to qualify for  assistance  under
17    this Section.
18        (5)  As  used  in  this Section the following terms, when
19    capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
20             (a)  "Average Daily Attendance":  A count  of  pupil
21        attendance   in  school,  averaged  as  provided  for  in
22        subsection  (C)  and  utilized  in  deriving  per   pupil
23        financial support levels.
24             (b)  "Available  Local Resources":  A computation of
25        local financial  support,  calculated  on  the  basis  of
26        Average Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant
27        to subsection (D).
28             (c)  "Corporate    Personal   Property   Replacement
29        Taxes":  Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to
30        "An Act in  relation  to  the  abolition  of  ad  valorem
31        personal  property  tax  and  the replacement of revenues
32        lost thereby, and amending and repealing certain Acts and
33        parts of Acts in connection therewith", certified  August
34        14, 1979, as amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
 
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 1             (d)  "Foundation  Level":  A prescribed level of per
 2        pupil financial support as  provided  for  in  subsection
 3        (B).
 4             (e)  "Operating  Tax  Rate":   All  school  district
 5        property taxes extended for all purposes, except Bond and
 6        Interest,  Summer  School, Rent, Capital Improvement, and
 7        Vocational Education Building purposes.

 8    (B)  Foundation Level.
 9        (1)  The Foundation Level is a figure established by  the
10    State  representing  the minimum level of per pupil financial
11    support that should be available to  provide  for  the  basic
12    education  of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance.  As set
13    forth in this Section, each school  district  is  assumed  to
14    exert   a  sufficient  local  taxing  effort  such  that,  in
15    combination with the aggregate of general State financial aid
16    provided the  district,  an  aggregate  of  State  and  local
17    resources  are available to meet the basic education needs of
18    pupils in the district.
19        (2)  For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation  Level
20    of  support  is  $4,225.   For the 1999-2000 school year, the
21    Foundation Level of support is  $4,325.   For  the  2000-2001
22    school year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425.
23        (3)  For  the  2001-2002 school year and each school year
24    thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $4,600  $4,425
25    or  such  greater  amount as may be established by law by the
26    General Assembly.

27    (C)  Average Daily Attendance.
28        (1)  For  purposes  of  calculating  general  State   aid
29    pursuant  to  subsection  (E),  an  Average  Daily Attendance
30    figure shall  be  utilized.   The  Average  Daily  Attendance
31    figure  for formula calculation purposes shall be the monthly
32    average of the actual number of pupils in attendance of  each
33    school district, as further averaged for the best 3 months of
 
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 1    pupil  attendance for each school district.  In compiling the
 2    figures for  the  number  of  pupils  in  attendance,  school
 3    districts  and  the  State  Board  of  Education  shall,  for
 4    purposes  of  general  State  aid funding, conform attendance
 5    figures to the requirements of subsection (F).
 6        (2)  The Average Daily  Attendance  figures  utilized  in
 7    subsection (E) shall be (i) the requisite attendance data for
 8    the  school  year  immediately  preceding the school year for
 9    which general State aid  is  being  calculated  or  (ii)  the
10    average  of  the  requisite  attendance data for the 3 school
11    years preceding the school year for which general  State  aid
12    is being calculated, whichever is greater.  The Average Daily
13    Attendance  figure  utilized  in  subsection (H) shall be the
14    requisite attendance data for  the  school  year  immediately
15    preceding  the  school  year  for  which general State aid is
16    being calculated.

17    (D)  Available Local Resources.
18        (1)  For  purposes  of  calculating  general  State   aid
19    pursuant  to  subsection  (E),  a representation of Available
20    Local Resources per  pupil,  as  that  term  is  defined  and
21    determined  in this subsection, shall be utilized.  Available
22    Local Resources per pupil shall include a  calculated  dollar
23    amount representing local school district revenues from local
24    property   taxes   and   from   Corporate  Personal  Property
25    Replacement Taxes,  expressed  on  the  basis  of  pupils  in
26    Average Daily Attendance.
27        (2)  In  determining  a  school  district's  revenue from
28    local property taxes, the  State  Board  of  Education  shall
29    utilize  the  equalized  assessed  valuation  of  all taxable
30    property of each school district as of September  30  of  the
31    previous  year.   The  equalized  assessed valuation utilized
32    shall be obtained and determined as  provided  in  subsection
33    (G).
34        (3)  For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten
 
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 1    through  12,  local  property tax revenues per pupil shall be
 2    calculated  as  the  product  of  the  applicable   equalized
 3    assessed  valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%, and
 4    divided by the district's Average  Daily  Attendance  figure.
 5    For  school districts maintaining grades kindergarten through
 6    8, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be  calculated
 7    as the product of the applicable equalized assessed valuation
 8    for  the  district  multiplied  by  2.30%, and divided by the
 9    district's  Average  Daily  Attendance  figure.   For  school
10    districts maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax
11    revenues per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed
12    valuation of the district multiplied by 1.05%, and divided by
13    the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
14        (4)  The Corporate Personal  Property  Replacement  Taxes
15    paid to each school district during the calendar year 2 years
16    before  the  calendar  year  in  which  a school year begins,
17    divided by the  Average  Daily  Attendance  figure  for  that
18    district,  shall  be added to the local property tax revenues
19    per pupil as derived by the application  of  the  immediately
20    preceding  paragraph (3).  The sum of these per pupil figures
21    for each school district  shall  constitute  Available  Local
22    Resources  as  that term is utilized in subsection (E) in the
23    calculation of general State aid.

24    (E)  Computation of General State Aid.
25        (1)  For each school year, the amount  of  general  State
26    aid  allotted  to  a school district shall be computed by the
27    State Board of Education as provided in this subsection.
28        (2)  For any school district for  which  Available  Local
29    Resources  per  pupil  is less than the product of 0.93 times
30    the Foundation Level, general State  aid  for  that  district
31    shall  be  calculated  as  an  amount equal to the Foundation
32    Level minus Available  Local  Resources,  multiplied  by  the
33    Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
34        (3)  For  any  school  district for which Available Local
 
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 1    Resources per pupil is equal to or greater than  the  product
 2    of  0.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the product
 3    of 1.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
 4    pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the  Foundation  Level
 5    derived   using   a  linear  algorithm.   Under  this  linear
 6    algorithm, the calculated general State aid per  pupil  shall
 7    decline   in  direct  linear  fashion  from  0.07  times  the
 8    Foundation Level for a school district with  Available  Local
 9    Resources  equal  to the product of 0.93 times the Foundation
10    Level, to 0.05  times  the  Foundation  Level  for  a  school
11    district  with Available Local Resources equal to the product
12    of 1.75  times  the  Foundation  Level.   The  allocation  of
13    general  State  aid  for  school  districts  subject  to this
14    paragraph 3 shall be the calculated  general  State  aid  per
15    pupil  figure  multiplied  by the Average Daily Attendance of
16    the school district.
17        (4)  For any school district for  which  Available  Local
18    Resources  per  pupil  equals  or exceeds the product of 1.75
19    times the Foundation Level, the general  State  aid  for  the
20    school  district  shall  be calculated as the product of $218
21    multiplied by the Average  Daily  Attendance  of  the  school
22    district.
23        (5)  The  amount  of  general  State  aid  allocated to a
24    school district for the 1999-2000  school  year  meeting  the
25    requirements  set  forth  in  paragraph (4) of subsection (G)
26    shall be increased by an amount equal to  the  general  State
27    aid  that  would  have  been received by the district for the
28    1998-1999 school year by utilizing the  Extension  Limitation
29    Equalized  Assessed  Valuation as calculated in paragraph (4)
30    of subsection (G) less the general State aid allotted for the
31    1998-1999 school year.  This amount shall  be  deemed  a  one
32    time  increase, and shall not affect any future general State
33    aid allocations.

34    (F)  Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
 
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 1        (1)  Each school district shall, by July 1 of each  year,
 2    submit  to  the State Board of Education, on forms prescribed
 3    by the State Board of Education, attendance figures  for  the
 4    school  year  that began in the preceding calendar year.  The
 5    attendance information  so  transmitted  shall  identify  the
 6    average daily attendance figures for each month of the school
 7    year,  except  that any days of attendance in August shall be
 8    added to the month of September and any days of attendance in
 9    June shall be added to the month of May.
10        Except as otherwise provided in  this  Section,  days  of
11    attendance  by  pupils  shall be counted only for sessions of
12    not less than 5 clock hours of  school  work  per  day  under
13    direct  supervision  of:  (i)  teachers, or (ii) non-teaching
14    personnel   or   volunteer   personnel   when   engaging   in
15    non-teaching  duties  and  supervising  in  those   instances
16    specified in subsection (a) of Section 10-22.34 and paragraph
17    10  of  Section 34-18, with pupils of legal school age and in
18    kindergarten and grades 1 through 12.
19        Days of attendance by tuition pupils shall be  accredited
20    only  to  the  districts that pay the tuition to a recognized
21    school.
22        (2)  Days of attendance by pupils of less  than  5  clock
23    hours  of school shall be subject to the following provisions
24    in the compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
25             (a)  Pupils regularly enrolled in  a  public  school
26        for  only  a part of the school day may be counted on the
27        basis of 1/6 day for every class hour of  instruction  of
28        40 minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment.
29             (b)  Days  of  attendance  may  be less than 5 clock
30        hours on the opening and closing of the school term,  and
31        upon  the first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by a
32        day  or  days  utilized  as  an  institute  or  teachers'
33        workshop.
34             (c)  A session of 4  or  more  clock  hours  may  be
 
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 1        counted  as a day of attendance upon certification by the
 2        regional  superintendent,  and  approved  by  the   State
 3        Superintendent  of  Education  to  the  extent  that  the
 4        district has been forced to use daily multiple sessions.
 5             (d)  A  session  of  3  or  more  clock hours may be
 6        counted as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder  of
 7        the school day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that
 8        day  is  utilized  for an in-service training program for
 9        teachers, up to a maximum of 5 days per  school  year  of
10        which  a maximum of 4 days of such 5 days may be used for
11        parent-teacher conferences, provided a district  conducts
12        an  in-service  training  program  for teachers which has
13        been approved by the State Superintendent  of  Education;
14        or,  in  lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be used, in
15        which event each such day may be  counted  as  a  day  of
16        attendance;  and  (2)  when  days  in  addition  to those
17        provided in item (1) are scheduled by a  school  pursuant
18        to  its  school improvement plan adopted under Article 34
19        or its revised or amended school improvement plan adopted
20        under Article 2, provided that (i) such sessions of 3  or
21        more  clock  hours  are  scheduled  to  occur  at regular
22        intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in which
23        such sessions occur are utilized for in-service  training
24        programs   or  other  staff  development  activities  for
25        teachers, and (iii) a sufficient  number  of  minutes  of
26        school  work under the direct supervision of teachers are
27        added to the school days between such regularly scheduled
28        sessions to  accumulate  not  less  than  the  number  of
29        minutes  by  which such sessions of 3 or more clock hours
30        fall short of 5 clock hours. Any full days used  for  the
31        purposes  of  this  paragraph shall not be considered for
32        computing average daily attendance.  Days  scheduled  for
33        in-service    training    programs,   staff   development
34        activities,  or   parent-teacher   conferences   may   be
 
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 1        scheduled  separately  for  different  grade  levels  and
 2        different attendance centers of the district.
 3             (e)  A  session  of  not less than one clock hour of
 4        teaching hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site  or  by
 5        telephone  to  the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day of
 6        attendance, however these pupils must receive 4  or  more
 7        clock  hours  of instruction to be counted for a full day
 8        of attendance.
 9             (f)  A session of at least  4  clock  hours  may  be
10        counted  as  a  day of attendance for first grade pupils,
11        and pupils in full day kindergartens, and a session of  2
12        or  more hours may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by
13        pupils in kindergartens which provide  only  1/2  day  of
14        attendance.
15             (g)  For  children  with  disabilities who are below
16        the age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more  clock
17        hours  because  of  their  disability  or  immaturity,  a
18        session of not less than one clock hour may be counted as
19        1/2  day  of  attendance; however for such children whose
20        educational needs so require a session of 4 or more clock
21        hours may be counted as a full day of attendance.
22             (h)  A recognized kindergarten  which  provides  for
23        only  1/2  day of attendance by each pupil shall not have
24        more than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any  one  day.
25        However, kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance
26        in  any  5 consecutive school days.  When a pupil attends
27        such a kindergarten for 2 half days  on  any  one  school
28        day,  the  pupil  shall  have  the following day as a day
29        absent from school, unless the  school  district  obtains
30        permission  in  writing  from the State Superintendent of
31        Education.  Attendance at kindergartens which provide for
32        a full day of attendance by each pupil shall  be  counted
33        the  same  as attendance by first grade pupils.  Only the
34        first year of attendance in  one  kindergarten  shall  be
 
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 1        counted,  except  in  case  of  children  who entered the
 2        kindergarten  in  their  fifth  year  whose   educational
 3        development  requires  a  second  year of kindergarten as
 4        determined under the rules and regulations of  the  State
 5        Board of Education.

 6    (G)  Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
 7        (1)  For  purposes  of the calculation of Available Local
 8    Resources required pursuant  to  subsection  (D),  the  State
 9    Board  of  Education  shall  secure  from  the  Department of
10    Revenue the value as equalized or assessed by the  Department
11    of  Revenue of all taxable property of every school district,
12    together with (i) the applicable tax rate used  in  extending
13    taxes for the funds of the district as of September 30 of the
14    previous  year  and  (ii)  the  limiting  rate for all school
15    districts subject to property tax  extension  limitations  as
16    imposed under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
17        This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
18    the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
19    calculation of Available Local Resources.
20        (2)  The  equalized  assessed  valuation in paragraph (1)
21    shall be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
22             (a)  For the purposes of calculating State aid under
23        this Section, with  respect  to  any  part  of  a  school
24        district  within  a redevelopment project area in respect
25        to  which  a  municipality  has  adopted  tax   increment
26        allocation   financing  pursuant  to  the  Tax  Increment
27        Allocation Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1  through
28        11-74.4-11   of   the  Illinois  Municipal  Code  or  the
29        Industrial Jobs Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1  through
30        11-74.6-50 of the Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the
31        current  equalized  assessed  valuation  of real property
32        located in any such project area which is attributable to
33        an increase above the total  initial  equalized  assessed
34        valuation  of  such property shall be used as part of the
 
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 1        equalized assessed valuation of the district, until  such
 2        time  as  all redevelopment project costs have been paid,
 3        as provided in Section 11-74.4-8  of  the  Tax  Increment
 4        Allocation  Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of
 5        the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law.  For the purpose of the
 6        equalized assessed valuation of the district,  the  total
 7        initial  equalized  assessed  valuation  or  the  current
 8        equalized  assessed  valuation, whichever is lower, shall
 9        be used until such  time  as  all  redevelopment  project
10        costs have been paid.
11             (b)  The  real property equalized assessed valuation
12        for a school district shall be  adjusted  by  subtracting
13        from  the real property value as equalized or assessed by
14        the Department of Revenue  for  the  district  an  amount
15        computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
16        under  Section  18-170  of the Property Tax Code by 3.00%
17        for a district maintaining  grades  kindergarten  through
18        12,   by   2.30%   for   a  district  maintaining  grades
19        kindergarten through  8,  or  by  1.05%  for  a  district
20        maintaining grades 9 through 12 and adjusted by an amount
21        computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
22        under  subsection  (a)  of Section 18-165 of the Property
23        Tax Code by the same percentage rates for  district  type
24        as specified in this subparagraph (b).
25        (3)  For  the  1999-2000 school year and each school year
26    thereafter, if a school district meets all of the criteria of
27    this subsection (G)(3), the school district's Available Local
28    Resources shall be calculated under subsection (D) using  the
29    district's  Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation
30    as calculated under this subsection (G)(3).
31        For purposes of  this  subsection  (G)(3)  the  following
32    terms shall have the following meanings:
33             "Budget  Year":   The  school year for which general
34        State aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
 
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 1             "Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used  to
 2        calculate  the  Budget  Year  allocation of general State
 3        aid.
 4             "Preceding Tax Year": The  property  tax  levy  year
 5        immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
 6             "Base  Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of the
 7        equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County Clerk
 8        in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting  rate  as
 9        calculated  by  the  County  Clerk  and  defined  in  the
10        Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
11             "Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of
12        the  equalized  assessed valuation utilized by the County
13        Clerk  in  the  Preceding  Tax  Year  multiplied  by  the
14        Operating Tax Rate as defined in subsection (A).
15             "Extension Limitation  Ratio":  A  numerical  ratio,
16        certified  by the County Clerk, in which the numerator is
17        the Base Tax Year's Tax Extension and the denominator  is
18        the Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension.
19             "Operating  Tax  Rate":  The  operating  tax rate as
20        defined in subsection (A).
21        If a school district is subject to property tax extension
22    limitations as  imposed  under  the  Property  Tax  Extension
23    Limitation  Law, and if the Available Local Resources of that
24    school district as  calculated  pursuant  to  subsection  (D)
25    using  the  Base  Tax  Year are less than the product of 1.75
26    times the Foundation Level for the  Budget  Year,  the  State
27    Board  of  Education shall calculate the Extension Limitation
28    Equalized Assessed  Valuation  of  that  district.   For  the
29    1999-2000  school  year,  the  Extension Limitation Equalized
30    Assessed Valuation of a school district as calculated by  the
31    State Board of Education shall be equal to the product of the
32    district's   1996   Equalized   Assessed  Valuation  and  the
33    district's Extension Limitation  Ratio.   For  the  2000-2001
34    school  year  and  each school year thereafter, the Extension
 
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 1    Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school  district
 2    as  calculated by the State Board of Education shall be equal
 3    to the product of the last  calculated  Extension  Limitation
 4    Equalized  Assessed  Valuation  and  the district's Extension
 5    Limitation  Ratio.  If  the  Extension  Limitation  Equalized
 6    Assessed Valuation of a school district as  calculated  under
 7    this  subsection (G)(3) is less than the district's equalized
 8    assessed valuation  as  calculated  pursuant  to  subsections
 9    (G)(1)  and  (G)(2),  then  for  purposes  of calculating the
10    district's general State aid for the Budget Year pursuant  to
11    subsection  (E), that Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed
12    Valuation shall  be  utilized  to  calculate  the  district's
13    Available Local Resources under subsection (D).
14        (4)  For  the  purposes  of calculating general State aid
15    for the 1999-2000 school year  only,  if  a  school  district
16    experienced   a   triennial  reassessment  on  the  equalized
17    assessed valuation used  in  calculating  its  general  State
18    financial  aid  apportionment  for the 1998-1999 school year,
19    the State Board of Education shall  calculate  the  Extension
20    Limitation  Equalized Assessed Valuation that would have been
21    used to calculate the district's 1998-1999 general State aid.
22    This amount shall equal the product of the equalized assessed
23    valuation  used  to  calculate  general  State  aid  for  the
24    1997-1998 school year and the district's Extension Limitation
25    Ratio.   If  the  Extension  Limitation  Equalized   Assessed
26    Valuation  of  the  school  district as calculated under this
27    paragraph (4) is less than the district's equalized  assessed
28    valuation  utilized  in  calculating the district's 1998-1999
29    general  State  aid  allocation,   then   for   purposes   of
30    calculating  the  district's  general  State  aid pursuant to
31    paragraph (5) of subsection (E),  that  Extension  Limitation
32    Equalized  Assessed  Valuation shall be utilized to calculate
33    the district's Available Local Resources.
34        (5)  For school districts  having  a  majority  of  their
 
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 1    equalized  assessed  valuation  in  any  county  except Cook,
 2    DuPage, Kane, Lake,  McHenry,  or  Will,  if  the  amount  of
 3    general  State  aid  allocated to the school district for the
 4    1999-2000 school year under the provisions of subsection (E),
 5    (H), and (J) of this Section  is  less  than  the  amount  of
 6    general State aid allocated to the district for the 1998-1999
 7    school  year  under these subsections, then the general State
 8    aid of the district for the 1999-2000 school year only  shall
 9    be  increased  by  the difference between these amounts.  The
10    total payments made under this paragraph (5) shall not exceed
11    $14,000,000.   Claims  shall  be  prorated  if  they   exceed
12    $14,000,000.

13    (H)  Supplemental General State Aid.
14        (1)  In  addition  to  the  general  State  aid  a school
15    district is allotted pursuant to subsection  (E),  qualifying
16    school  districts  shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction
17    with  a  district's  payments  of  general  State  aid,   for
18    supplemental  general  State aid based upon the concentration
19    level of  children  from  low-income  households  within  the
20    school  district.  Supplemental State aid grants provided for
21    school districts under this subsection shall be  appropriated
22    for distribution to school districts as part of the same line
23    item  in  which  the  general  State  financial aid of school
24    districts is appropriated under this Section. For purposes of
25    this subsection, the term  "Low-Income  Concentration  Level"
26    shall  be  the  low-income eligible pupil count from the most
27    recently available federal  census  divided  by  the  Average
28    Daily  Attendance  of  the  school district. If, however, the
29    percentage decrease from the 2 most recent  federal  censuses
30    in  the  low-income  eligible  pupil  count  of a high school
31    district with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or  more
32    the  percentage change in the total low-income eligible pupil
33    count  of  contiguous  elementary  school  districts,   whose
34    boundaries are coterminous with the high school district, the
 
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 1    high  school  district's low-income eligible pupil count from
 2    the earlier federal census shall be the number  used  as  the
 3    low-income eligible pupil count for the high school district,
 4    for purposes of this subsection (H).
 5        (2)  Supplemental  general  State  aid  pursuant  to this
 6    subsection shall be provided as follows:
 7             (a)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
 8        Concentration  Level  of  at least 20% and less than 35%,
 9        the grant for any school year before the 2001-2002 school
10        year shall be $800 multiplied by the low income  eligible
11        pupil count.
12             (b)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
13        Concentration Level of at least 35% and  less  than  50%,
14        the  grant  for the 1998-1999 school year shall be $1,100
15        multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
16             (c)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
17        Concentration  Level  of  at least 50% and less than 60%,
18        the grant for the 1998-99 school  year  shall  be  $1,500
19        multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
20             (d)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
21        Concentration Level of 60% or more,  the  grant  for  the
22        1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
23        income eligible pupil count.
24             (e)  For  the  1999-2000  school year, the per pupil
25        amount specified  in  subparagraphs  (b),  (c),  and  (d)
26        immediately  above  shall be increased to $1,243, $1,600,
27        and $2,000, respectively.
28             (f)  For the 2000-2001 school year,  the  per  pupil
29        amounts  specified  in  subparagraphs  (b),  (c), and (d)
30        immediately above shall be $1,273,  $1,640,  and  $2,050,
31        respectively.
32             (g)  The  following  shall  be  the  grant  for  the
33        2001-2002 school year and each school year thereafter:
34                  (i)  For  any school district with a Low Income
 
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 1             Concentration Level of at least 15%  and  less  than
 2             35%,  the grant shall be 28% of the Foundation Level
 3             multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
 4                  (ii)  For any school district with a Low Income
 5             Concentration Level of at least 35%  and  less  than
 6             50%,  the grant shall be 31% of the Foundation Level
 7             multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
 8                  (iii)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low
 9             Income Concentration Level of at least 50% and  less
10             than  60%,  the grant shall be 38% of the Foundation
11             Level multiplied by the low  income  eligible  pupil
12             count.
13                  (iv)  For any school district with a Low Income
14             Concentration  Level of 60% or more, the grant shall
15             be 47% of the Foundation Level multiplied by the low
16             income eligible pupil count.
17        (3)  School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
18    more than  1,000  and  less  than  50,000  that  qualify  for
19    supplemental  general  State  aid pursuant to this subsection
20    shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior  to
21    October  30  of  each year for the use of the funds resulting
22    from this grant of supplemental general  State  aid  for  the
23    improvement  of  instruction  in  which  priority is given to
24    meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children.   Such
25    plan   shall  be  submitted  in  accordance  with  rules  and
26    regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
27        (4)  School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
28    50,000 or more that qualify for  supplemental  general  State
29    aid   pursuant  to  this  subsection  shall  be  required  to
30    distribute from funds available pursuant to this Section,  no
31    less  than  $261,000,000  in  accordance  with  the following
32    requirements:
33             (a)  The required amounts shall  be  distributed  to
34        the  attendance centers within the district in proportion
 
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 1        to the number  of  pupils  enrolled  at  each  attendance
 2        center  who are eligible to receive free or reduced-price
 3        lunches or breakfasts under the federal  Child  Nutrition
 4        Act  of  1966  and  under  the  National School Lunch Act
 5        during the immediately preceding school year.
 6             (b)  The   distribution   of   these   portions   of
 7        supplemental  and  general  State  aid  among  attendance
 8        centers according to  these  requirements  shall  not  be
 9        compensated  for  or  contravened  by  adjustments of the
10        total of  other  funds  appropriated  to  any  attendance
11        centers, and the Board of Education shall utilize funding
12        from  one  or several sources in order to fully implement
13        this provision annually prior to the opening of school.
14             (c)  Each attendance center shall be provided by the
15        school district a distribution  of  noncategorical  funds
16        and other categorical funds to which an attendance center
17        is entitled under law in order that the general State aid
18        and   supplemental   general   State   aid   provided  by
19        application of this subsection  supplements  rather  than
20        supplants  the noncategorical funds and other categorical
21        funds provided by the school district to  the  attendance
22        centers.
23             (d)  Any  funds made available under this subsection
24        that by reason of the provisions of this  subsection  are
25        not  required  to be allocated and provided to attendance
26        centers may be used and appropriated by the board of  the
27        district for any lawful school purpose.
28             (e)  Funds received by an attendance center pursuant
29        to this subsection shall be used by the attendance center
30        at  the  discretion  of  the  principal  and local school
31        council for programs to improve educational opportunities
32        at qualifying schools through the following programs  and
33        services:  early  childhood education, reduced class size
34        or improved adult to student classroom ratio,  enrichment
 
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 1        programs,  remedial  assistance,  attendance improvement,
 2        and other  educationally  beneficial  expenditures  which
 3        supplement  the  regular and basic programs as determined
 4        by the State Board of Education.   Funds  provided  shall
 5        not be expended for any political or lobbying purposes as
 6        defined by board rule.
 7             (f)  Each district subject to the provisions of this
 8        subdivision  (H)(4)  shall  submit  an acceptable plan to
 9        meet the educational needs of disadvantaged children,  in
10        compliance  with  the  requirements of this paragraph, to
11        the State Board of Education prior to  July  15  of  each
12        year. This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of
13        local  school  councils concerning the school expenditure
14        plans developed in accordance  with  part  4  of  Section
15        34-2.3.  The State Board shall approve or reject the plan
16        within  60  days  after  its  submission.  If the plan is
17        rejected, the  district  shall  give  written  notice  of
18        intent   to  modify  the  plan  within  15  days  of  the
19        notification of rejection and then submit a modified plan
20        within 30 days after the date of the  written  notice  of
21        intent  to  modify.    Districts may amend approved plans
22        pursuant to rules  promulgated  by  the  State  Board  of
23        Education.
24             Upon  notification  by  the State Board of Education
25        that the district has not submitted a plan prior to  July
26        15  or  a  modified plan within the time period specified
27        herein, the State aid funds  affected  by  that  plan  or
28        modified  plan  shall  be  withheld by the State Board of
29        Education until a plan or modified plan is submitted.
30             If the district fails to  distribute  State  aid  to
31        attendance  centers  in accordance with an approved plan,
32        the plan for the following year shall allocate funds,  in
33        addition   to   the  funds  otherwise  required  by  this
34        subsection,  to  those  attendance  centers  which   were
 
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 1        underfunded  during the previous year in amounts equal to
 2        such underfunding.
 3             For purposes of  determining  compliance  with  this
 4        subsection  in relation to the requirements of attendance
 5        center funding, each district subject to  the  provisions
 6        of this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
 7        December  1 of each year a report of expenditure data for
 8        the prior year in addition to  any  modification  of  its
 9        current  plan.  If it is determined that there has been a
10        failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
11        subsection regarding contravention  or  supplanting,  the
12        State  Superintendent  of Education shall, within 60 days
13        of receipt of the report, notify  the  district  and  any
14        affected local school council.  The district shall within
15        45  days of receipt of that notification inform the State
16        Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
17        action to be taken, whether  by amendment of the  current
18        plan,  if  feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the
19        following  year.   Failure  to  provide  the  expenditure
20        report or the  notification  of  remedial  or  corrective
21        action  in  a timely manner shall result in a withholding
22        of the affected funds.
23             The State Board of Education shall promulgate  rules
24        and  regulations  to  implement  the  provisions  of this
25        subsection.   No  funds  shall  be  released  under  this
26        subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted
27        a plan that has been  approved  by  the  State  Board  of
28        Education.

29    (I)  General State Aid for Newly Configured School Districts.
30        (1)  For  a  new  school  district  formed  by  combining
31    property   included  totally  within  2  or  more  previously
32    existing school districts, for its first  year  of  existence
33    the  general  State  aid  and  supplemental general State aid
34    calculated under this Section shall be computed for  the  new
 
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 1    district  and for the previously existing districts for which
 2    property is totally included within the new district.  If the
 3    computation on the basis of the previously existing districts
 4    is greater, a supplementary payment equal to  the  difference
 5    shall  be  made for the first 4 years of existence of the new
 6    district.
 7        (2)  For a school  district  which  annexes  all  of  the
 8    territory  of  one or more entire other school districts, for
 9    the  first  year  during  which  the  change  of   boundaries
10    attributable  to  such  annexation  becomes effective for all
11    purposes as determined under Section 7-9 or 7A-8, the general
12    State aid and supplemental general State aid calculated under
13    this Section shall be computed for the annexing  district  as
14    constituted  after  the  annexation  and for the annexing and
15    each annexed district as constituted prior to the annexation;
16    and if the computation on  the  basis  of  the  annexing  and
17    annexed  districts  as constituted prior to the annexation is
18    greater, a supplementary  payment  equal  to  the  difference
19    shall  be  made  for  the  first  4 years of existence of the
20    annexing school district as constituted upon such annexation.
21        (3)  For 2 or more school districts which  annex  all  of
22    the  territory  of one or more entire other school districts,
23    and for 2 or more community unit districts which result  upon
24    the  division  (pursuant  to petition under Section 11A-2) of
25    one or more other unit school districts into 2 or more  parts
26    and  which  together include all of the parts into which such
27    other unit school district or districts are so  divided,  for
28    the   first  year  during  which  the  change  of  boundaries
29    attributable to such annexation or division becomes effective
30    for all purposes as determined under Section 7-9  or  11A-10,
31    as  the  case  may be, the general State aid and supplemental
32    general State aid calculated  under  this  Section  shall  be
33    computed   for   each   annexing  or  resulting  district  as
34    constituted after the annexation or  division  and  for  each
 
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 1    annexing  and  annexed  district,  or  for each resulting and
 2    divided district, as constituted prior to the  annexation  or
 3    division;  and  if the aggregate of the general State aid and
 4    supplemental  general  State  aid  as  so  computed  for  the
 5    annexing or resulting  districts  as  constituted  after  the
 6    annexation  or  division  is  less  than the aggregate of the
 7    general State aid and supplemental general State  aid  as  so
 8    computed  for  the annexing and annexed districts, or for the
 9    resulting and divided districts, as constituted prior to  the
10    annexation or division, then a supplementary payment equal to
11    the  difference  shall be made and allocated between or among
12    the annexing or resulting districts, as constituted upon such
13    annexation or division,  for  the  first  4  years  of  their
14    existence.   The  total difference payment shall be allocated
15    between or among the annexing or resulting districts  in  the
16    same  ratio  as the pupil enrollment from that portion of the
17    annexed or divided district or districts which is annexed  to
18    or included in each such annexing or resulting district bears
19    to  the  total  pupil  enrollment  from the entire annexed or
20    divided district or districts, as such  pupil  enrollment  is
21    determined  for the school year last ending prior to the date
22    when the change of boundaries attributable to the  annexation
23    or  division  becomes effective for all purposes.  The amount
24    of the total difference payment and the amount thereof to  be
25    allocated  to  the  annexing  or resulting districts shall be
26    computed by the State Board of  Education  on  the  basis  of
27    pupil  enrollment  and other data which shall be certified to
28    the State Board of Education, on forms which it shall provide
29    for that purpose, by the regional superintendent  of  schools
30    for each educational service region in which the annexing and
31    annexed  districts,  or  resulting  and divided districts are
32    located.
33        (3.5)  Claims  for  financial   assistance   under   this
34    subsection  (I)  shall  not be recomputed except as expressly
 
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 1    provided under this Section.
 2        (4)  Any supplementary payment made under this subsection
 3    (I) shall be treated as separate from all other payments made
 4    pursuant to this Section.

 5    (J)  Supplementary Grants in Aid.
 6        (1)  Notwithstanding  any  other   provisions   of   this
 7    Section,  the  amount  of  the aggregate general State aid in
 8    combination with supplemental general State  aid  under  this
 9    Section  for  which each school district is eligible shall be
10    no less than the amount of the aggregate  general  State  aid
11    entitlement  that  was received by the district under Section
12    18-8 (exclusive of amounts received  under  subsections  5(p)
13    and  5(p-5)  of  that  Section)  for the 1997-98 school year,
14    pursuant to the provisions of that Section as it was then  in
15    effect.   If   a  school  district  qualifies  to  receive  a
16    supplementary payment made under  this  subsection  (J),  the
17    amount of the aggregate general State aid in combination with
18    supplemental general State aid under this Section  which that
19    district is eligible to receive for each school year shall be
20    no  less  than  the amount of the aggregate general State aid
21    entitlement that was received by the district  under  Section
22    18-8  (exclusive  of  amounts received under subsections 5(p)
23    and 5(p-5) of that Section) for the  1997-1998  school  year,
24    pursuant  to the provisions of that Section as it was then in
25    effect.
26        (2)  If, as provided in paragraph (1) of this  subsection
27    (J),  a school district is to receive aggregate general State
28    aid in combination with supplemental general State aid  under
29    this  Section  for the 1998-99 school year and any subsequent
30    school year that in any such school year  is  less  than  the
31    amount  of  the  aggregate general State aid entitlement that
32    the district received for the 1997-98 school year, the school
33    district shall also receive, from  a  separate  appropriation
34    made  for  purposes  of  this subsection (J), a supplementary
 
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 1    payment that is equal to the amount of the difference in  the
 2    aggregate State aid figures as described in paragraph (1).
 3        (3)  (Blank).

 4    (K)  Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
 5        In  calculating  the  amount  to be paid to the governing
 6    board of a  public  university  that  operates  a  laboratory
 7    school  under  this Section or to any alternative school that
 8    is operated by a  regional  superintendent  of  schools,  the
 9    State Board of Education shall require by rule such reporting
10    requirements as it deems necessary.
11        As  used  in  this  Section,  "laboratory school" means a
12    public school which is  created  and  operated  by  a  public
13    university and approved by the State Board of Education.  The
14    governing  board  of a public university which receives funds
15    from the State  Board  under  this  subsection  (K)  may  not
16    increase  the  number  of students enrolled in its laboratory
17    school from a single district, if that  district  is  already
18    sending  50 or more students, except under a mutual agreement
19    between the school board of a student's district of residence
20    and the university which operates the laboratory  school.   A
21    laboratory  school  may  not  have  more than 1,000 students,
22    excluding students with disabilities in a  special  education
23    program.
24        As  used  in  this  Section, "alternative school" means a
25    public school which is created and  operated  by  a  Regional
26    Superintendent  of Schools and approved by the State Board of
27    Education.  Such alternative schools  may  offer  courses  of
28    instruction  for  which  credit  is  given  in regular school
29    programs, courses to prepare students  for  the  high  school
30    equivalency  testing  program  or vocational and occupational
31    training.   A regional superintendent of schools may contract
32    with a school district or a public community college district
33    to operate an  alternative  school.   An  alternative  school
34    serving  more  than  one  educational  service  region may be
 
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 1    established by the regional superintendents of schools of the
 2    affected educational service regions.  An alternative  school
 3    serving  more  than  one  educational  service  region may be
 4    operated under such terms as the regional superintendents  of
 5    schools of those educational service regions may agree.
 6        Each  laboratory  and  alternative  school shall file, on
 7    forms provided by the State Superintendent of  Education,  an
 8    annual  State  aid  claim  which  states  the  Average  Daily
 9    Attendance  of  the  school's  students by month.  The best 3
10    months' Average Daily Attendance shall be computed  for  each
11    school.  The  general State aid entitlement shall be computed
12    by multiplying the applicable Average Daily Attendance by the
13    Foundation Level as determined under this Section.

14    (L)  Payments,   Additional   Grants   in   Aid   and   Other
15    Requirements.
16        (1)  For a school district operating under the  financial
17    supervision  of  an  Authority created under Article 34A, the
18    general State aid otherwise payable to  that  district  under
19    this  Section,  but  not  the supplemental general State aid,
20    shall be reduced by an amount equal to  the  budget  for  the
21    operations  of the Authority as certified by the Authority to
22    the State Board of Education, and an  amount  equal  to  such
23    reduction  shall  be  paid  to the Authority created for such
24    district for its operating expenses in the manner provided in
25    Section 18-11.  The remainder of general State school aid for
26    any such district shall be paid in  accordance  with  Article
27    34A  when  that Article provides for a disposition other than
28    that provided by this Article.
29        (2)  (Blank).
30        (3)  Summer school.  Summer school payments shall be made
31    as provided in Section 18-4.3.

32    (M)  Education Funding Advisory Board.
33        The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
 
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 1    subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created.
 2    The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
 3    Governor, by and with the advice and consent of  the  Senate.
 4    The   members  appointed  shall  include  representatives  of
 5    education, business, and  the  general  public.  One  of  the
 6    members  so  appointed shall be designated by the Governor at
 7    the time the appointment is made as the  chairperson  of  the
 8    Board.  The initial members of the Board may be appointed any
 9    time after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
10    The regular term of each member of the Board shall be  for  4
11    years  from  the third Monday of January of the year in which
12    the term of the member's appointment is to  commence,  except
13    that  of  the  5  initial  members  appointed to serve on the
14    Board, the member who is appointed as the  chairperson  shall
15    serve  for  a  term  that commences on the date of his or her
16    appointment and expires on the third Monday of January, 2002,
17    and the remaining 4 members,  by  lots  drawn  at  the  first
18    meeting  of  the  Board  that is held after all 5 members are
19    appointed, shall determine 2 of their  number  to  serve  for
20    terms   that   commence  on  the  date  of  their  respective
21    appointments and expire on the third Monday of January, 2001,
22    and 2 of their number to serve for terms that commence on the
23    date of their respective appointments and expire on the third
24    Monday of January, 2000.  All members appointed to  serve  on
25    the  Board  shall serve until their respective successors are
26    appointed and confirmed.  Vacancies shall be  filled  in  the
27    same  manner  as  original  appointments.   If  a  vacancy in
28    membership occurs at  a  time  when  the  Senate  is  not  in
29    session,  the  Governor  shall  make  a temporary appointment
30    until the next meeting of the Senate, when he  or  she  shall
31    appoint,  by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a
32    person to fill that membership for the  unexpired  term.   If
33    the  Senate  is  not in session when the initial appointments
34    are made, those appointments shall be made as in the case  of
 
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 1    vacancies.
 2        The  Education  Funding  Advisory  Board  shall be deemed
 3    established,  and  the  initial  members  appointed  by   the
 4    Governor  to serve as members of the Board shall take office,
 5    on the date that the Governor makes his or her appointment of
 6    the fifth initial member of the Board, whether those  initial
 7    members   are   then  serving  pursuant  to  appointment  and
 8    confirmation or pursuant to temporary appointments  that  are
 9    made by the Governor as in the case of vacancies.
10        The  State  Board  of  Education shall provide such staff
11    assistance to the Education  Funding  Advisory  Board  as  is
12    reasonably  required  for the proper performance by the Board
13    of its responsibilities.
14        For school years after the  2000-2001  school  year,  the
15    Education  Funding  Advisory  Board, in consultation with the
16    State Board  of  Education,  shall  make  recommendations  as
17    provided  in  this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for
18    the foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section
19    and for the supplemental general State aid grant level  under
20    subsection  (H)  of  this  Section  for  districts  with high
21    concentrations of children  from  poverty.   The  recommended
22    foundation  level  shall be determined based on a methodology
23    which  incorporates  the  basic  education  expenditures   of
24    low-spending  schools  exhibiting  high academic performance.
25    The  Education  Funding  Advisory  Board  shall   make   such
26    recommendations  to  the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
27    numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.

28    (N)  (Blank).

29    (O)  References.
30        (1)  References in other laws to the various subdivisions
31    of Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
32    replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to  refer
33    to  the  corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to
 
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 1    the extent that those references remain applicable.
 2        (2)  References in other laws to State  Chapter  1  funds
 3    shall  be  deemed  to refer to the supplemental general State
 4    aid provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
 5    (Source:  P.A.  90-548,  eff.  7-1-98;  incorporates  90-566;
 6    90-653, eff. 7-29-98;  90-654,  eff.  7-29-98;  90-655,  eff.
 7    7-30-98;  90-802, eff. 12-15-98; 90-815, eff. 2-11-99; 91-24,
 8    eff. 7-1-99; 91-93, eff. 7-9-99; 91-96, eff. 7-9-99;  91-111,
 9    eff.  7-14-99;  91-357,  eff.  7-29-99; 91-533, eff. 8-13-99;
10    revised 8-27-99.)

11        Section 10.  The State Aid Continuing  Appropriation  Law
12    is  amended  by  changing Sections 15-10, 15-15, and 15-20 as
13    follows:

14        (105 ILCS 235/15-10)
15        Sec. 15-10.  Annual budget; recommendation.  The Governor
16    shall include a Common  School  Fund  recommendation  to  the
17    State Board of Education in the fiscal year 1999 through 2001
18    annual  Budget  Budgets  sufficient  to  fund (i) the General
19    State Aid Formula set forth in subsection (E) (Computation of
20    General State Aid) and subsection (H)  (Supplemental  General
21    State  Aid)  of  Section  18-8.05 of the School Code.  In the
22    fiscal year 2002 Budget, the Governor shall include a  Common
23    School  Fund  recommendation  to the State Board of Education
24    sufficient to fund and (ii) the  supplementary  payments  for
25    school  districts  set forth in subsection (J) (Supplementary
26    Grants in Aid) of Section 18-8.05 of the School Code.
27    (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 12-4-97; 90-654, eff. 7-29-98.)

28        (105 ILCS 235/15-15)
29        Sec. 15-15.  State Aid  Formula;  Funding.   The  General
30    Assembly    shall    annually   make   Common   School   Fund
31    appropriations to the State  Board  of  Education  in  fiscal
 
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 1    years  1999  through  2001 sufficient to fund (i) the General
 2    State Aid Formula set forth in subsection (E) (Computation of
 3    General State Aid)  and subsection (H) (Supplemental  General
 4    State  Aid) of Section 18-8.05 of the School Code.  In fiscal
 5    year 2002, the General Assembly shall make  a  Common  School
 6    Fund appropriation to the State Board of Education sufficient
 7    to  fund  and  (ii)  the  supplementary  payments  for school
 8    districts set forth in subsection (J)  (Supplementary  Grants
 9    in Aid) of Section 18-8.05 of the School Code.
10    (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 12-4-97; 90-654, eff. 7-29-98.)

11        (105 ILCS 235/15-20)
12        Sec.  15-20.   Continuing  appropriation.  If the General
13    Assembly fails to make Common School Fund  appropriations  to
14    the  State  Board  of  Education in fiscal years 1999 through
15    2001 sufficient to fund (i) the General State Aid Formula set
16    forth in subsection (E) (Computation of  General  State  Aid)
17    and  subsection  (H)  (Supplemental  General  State  Aid)  of
18    Section  18-8.05  of  the School Code and (ii) in fiscal year
19    2002, the supplementary payments  for  school  districts  set
20    forth  in  subsection  (J)  (Supplementary  Grants in Aid) of
21    Section 18-8.05  of  the  School  Code,  this  Article  shall
22    constitute  an  irrevocable and continuing appropriation from
23    the Common School Fund of all  amounts  necessary  for  those
24    purposes.
25    (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 12-4-97; 90-654, eff. 7-29-98.)

26        (105 ILCS 235/15-25 rep.)
27        Section  15.  The  State Aid Continuing Appropriation Law
28    is amended by repealing Section 15-25.

29        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
30    becoming law.".

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