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92_SB0043

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation 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 18-8.05 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
22    amount  of  per  pupil general State financial aid for school
23    districts,  in  general,  varies  in  inverse   relation   to
24    Available  Local Resources.  Per pupil amounts are based upon
25    each school district's Average Daily Attendance as that  term
26    is defined in this Section.
27        (2)  In  addition  to general State financial aid, school
28    districts with specified levels or concentrations  of  pupils
29    from   low   income   households   are  eligible  to  receive
30    supplemental general State financial aid grants  as  provided
31    pursuant to subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants
 
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 1    provided  for  school districts under subsection (H) shall be
 2    appropriated for distribution to school districts as part  of
 3    the  same  line item in which the general State financial aid
 4    of school districts is appropriated under this Section.
 5        (3)  To receive financial assistance under this  Section,
 6    school  districts  are required to file claims with the State
 7    Board of Education, subject to the following requirements:
 8             (a)  Any school district which fails for  any  given
 9        school  year to maintain school as required by law, or to
10        maintain a recognized school is not eligible to file  for
11        such  school  year any claim upon the Common School Fund.
12        In case of  nonrecognition  of  one  or  more  attendance
13        centers   in   a   school  district  otherwise  operating
14        recognized schools, the claim of the  district  shall  be
15        reduced   in  the  proportion  which  the  Average  Daily
16        Attendance in the attendance center or  centers  bear  to
17        the  Average  Daily Attendance in the school district.  A
18        "recognized school" means any public school  which  meets
19        the standards as established for recognition by the State
20        Board  of  Education.   A  school  district or attendance
21        center not having recognition status  at  the  end  of  a
22        school term is entitled to receive State aid payments due
23        upon   a  legal  claim  which  was  filed  while  it  was
24        recognized.
25             (b)  School district claims filed under this Section
26        are subject to Sections 18-9, 18-10, and 18-12, except as
27        otherwise provided in this Section.
28             (c)  If a  school  district  operates  a  full  year
29        school  under  Section  10-19.1, the general State aid to
30        the school district shall  be  determined  by  the  State
31        Board  of  Education  in  accordance with this Section as
32        near as may be applicable.
33             (d) (Blank).
34        (4)  Except as provided in subsections (H) and  (L),  the
 
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 1    board  of  any  district receiving any of the grants provided
 2    for in this Section may apply those  funds  to  any  fund  so
 3    received   for   which  that  board  is  authorized  to  make
 4    expenditures by law.
 5        School districts are not  required  to  exert  a  minimum
 6    Operating  Tax  Rate in order to qualify for assistance under
 7    this Section.
 8        (5)  As used in this Section the  following  terms,  when
 9    capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
10             (a)  "Average  Daily  Attendance":  A count of pupil
11        attendance  in  school,  averaged  as  provided  for   in
12        subsection   (C)  and  utilized  in  deriving  per  pupil
13        financial support levels.
14             (b)  "Available Local Resources":  A computation  of
15        local  financial  support,  calculated  on  the  basis of
16        Average Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant
17        to subsection (D).
18             (c)  "Corporate   Personal   Property    Replacement
19        Taxes":  Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to
20        "An  Act  in  relation  to  the  abolition  of ad valorem
21        personal property tax and  the  replacement  of  revenues
22        lost thereby, and amending and repealing certain Acts and
23        parts  of Acts in connection therewith", certified August
24        14, 1979, as amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
25             (d)  "Foundation Level":  A prescribed level of  per
26        pupil  financial  support  as  provided for in subsection
27        (B).
28             (e)  "Operating  Tax  Rate":   All  school  district
29        property taxes extended for all purposes, except Bond and
30        Interest, Summer School, Rent, Capital  Improvement,  and
31        Vocational Education Building purposes.

32    (B)  Foundation Level.
33        (1)  The  Foundation Level is a figure established by the
34    State representing the minimum level of per  pupil  financial
 
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 1    support  that  should  be  available to provide for the basic
 2    education of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance.  As  set
 3    forth  in  this  Section,  each school district is assumed to
 4    exert  a  sufficient  local  taxing  effort  such  that,   in
 5    combination with the aggregate of general State financial aid
 6    provided  the  district,  an  aggregate  of  State  and local
 7    resources are available to meet the basic education needs  of
 8    pupils in the district.
 9        (2)  For  the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation Level
10    of support is $4,225.  For the  1999-2000  school  year,  the
11    Foundation  Level  of  support  is $4,325.  For the 2000-2001
12    school year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425.
13        (3)  For the 2001-2002 school year and each  school  year
14    thereafter,  the Foundation Level of support is $4,560 $4,425
15    or such greater amount as may be established by  law  by  the
16    General Assembly.

17    (C)  Average Daily Attendance.
18        (1)  For   purposes  of  calculating  general  State  aid
19    pursuant to  subsection  (E),  an  Average  Daily  Attendance
20    figure  shall  be  utilized.   The  Average  Daily Attendance
21    figure for formula calculation purposes shall be the  monthly
22    average  of the actual number of pupils in attendance of each
23    school district, as further averaged for the best 3 months of
24    pupil attendance for each school district.  In compiling  the
25    figures  for  the  number  of  pupils  in  attendance, school
26    districts  and  the  State  Board  of  Education  shall,  for
27    purposes of general State  aid  funding,  conform  attendance
28    figures to the requirements of subsection (F).
29        (2)  The  Average  Daily  Attendance  figures utilized in
30    subsection (E) shall be (i) the requisite attendance data for
31    the school year immediately preceding  the  school  year  for
32    which  general  State  aid  is  being  calculated or (ii) the
33    average of the requisite attendance data  for  the  3  school
34    years  preceding  the school year for which general State aid
 
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 1    is being calculated, whichever is greater.  The Average Daily
 2    Attendance figure utilized in subsection  (H)  shall  be  the
 3    requisite  attendance  data  for  the school year immediately
 4    preceding the school year for  which  general  State  aid  is
 5    being calculated.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

21    (N)  (Blank).

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

 4        Section 10.  The State Aid Continuing  Appropriation  Law
 5    is  amended  by  changing Sections 15-10, 15-15, and 15-20 as
 6    follows:

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

21        (105 ILCS 235/15-15)
22        Sec. 15-15.  State Aid  Formula;  Funding.   The  General
23    Assembly    shall    annually   make   Common   School   Fund
24    appropriations to the State  Board  of  Education  in  fiscal
25    years  1999  through  2001 sufficient to fund (i) the General
26    State Aid Formula set forth in subsection (E) (Computation of
27    General State Aid)  and subsection (H) (Supplemental  General
28    State  Aid) of Section 18-8.05 of the School Code.  In fiscal
29    year 2002, the General Assembly shall make  a  Common  School
30    Fund appropriation to the State Board of Education sufficient
31    to  fund  and  (ii)  the  supplementary  payments  for school
 
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 1    districts set forth in subsection (J)  (Supplementary  Grants
 2    in Aid) of Section 18-8.05 of the School Code.
 3    (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 12-4-97; 90-654, eff. 7-29-98.)

 4        (105 ILCS 235/15-20)
 5        Sec.  15-20.   Continuing  appropriation.  If the General
 6    Assembly fails to make Common School Fund  appropriations  to
 7    the  State  Board  of  Education in fiscal years 1999 through
 8    2001 sufficient to fund (i) the General State Aid Formula set
 9    forth in subsection (E) (Computation of  General  State  Aid)
10    and  subsection  (H)  (Supplemental  General  State  Aid)  of
11    Section  18-8.05  of  the School Code and (ii) in fiscal year
12    2002, the supplementary payments  for  school  districts  set
13    forth  in  subsection  (J)  (Supplementary  Grants in Aid) of
14    Section 18-8.05  of  the  School  Code,  this  Article  shall
15    constitute  an  irrevocable and continuing appropriation from
16    the Common School Fund of all  amounts  necessary  for  those
17    purposes.
18    (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 12-4-97; 90-654, eff. 7-29-98.)

19        (105 ILCS 235/15-25 rep.)
20        Section  15.  The  State Aid Continuing Appropriation Law
21    is amended by repealing Section 15-25.

22        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
23    becoming law.

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