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92_SB1957

 
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 1        AN ACT relating to schools.

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


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

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

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

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

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

22    (F)  Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
23        (1)  Each  school district shall, by July 1 of each year,
24    submit to the State Board of Education, on  forms  prescribed
25    by  the  State Board of Education, attendance figures for the
26    school year that began in the preceding calendar  year.   The
27    attendance  information  so  transmitted  shall  identify the
28    average daily attendance figures for each month of the school
29    year, except that any days of attendance in August  shall  be
30    added to the month of September and any days of attendance in
31    June shall be added to the month of May.
32        Except  as  otherwise  provided  in this Section, days of
33    attendance by pupils shall be counted only  for  sessions  of
34    not  less  than  5  clock  hours of school work per day under
 
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 1    direct supervision of: (i)  teachers,  or  (ii)  non-teaching
 2    personnel   or   volunteer   personnel   when   engaging   in
 3    non-teaching   duties  and  supervising  in  those  instances
 4    specified in subsection (a) of Section 10-22.34 and paragraph
 5    10 of Section 34-18, with pupils of legal school age  and  in
 6    kindergarten and grades 1 through 12.
 7        Days  of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited
 8    only to the districts that pay the tuition  to  a  recognized
 9    school.
10        (2)  Days  of  attendance  by pupils of less than 5 clock
11    hours of school shall be subject to the following  provisions
12    in the compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
13             (a)  Pupils  regularly  enrolled  in a public school
14        for only a part of the school day may be counted  on  the
15        basis  of  1/6 day for every class hour of instruction of
16        40 minutes or more attended pursuant to such  enrollment,
17        unless  a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of
18        80 minutes or more of  instruction,  in  which  case  the
19        pupil  may  be  counted on the basis of the proportion of
20        minutes of school work completed each day to the  minimum
21        number of minutes that school work is required to be held
22        that day.
23             (b)  Days  of  attendance  may  be less than 5 clock
24        hours on the opening and closing of the school term,  and
25        upon  the first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by a
26        day  or  days  utilized  as  an  institute  or  teachers'
27        workshop.
28             (c)  A session of 4  or  more  clock  hours  may  be
29        counted  as a day of attendance upon certification by the
30        regional  superintendent,  and  approved  by  the   State
31        Superintendent  of  Education  to  the  extent  that  the
32        district has been forced to use daily multiple sessions.
33             (d)  A  session  of  3  or  more  clock hours may be
34        counted as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder  of
 
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 1        the school day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that
 2        day  is  utilized  for an in-service training program for
 3        teachers, up to a maximum of 5 days per  school  year  of
 4        which  a maximum of 4 days of such 5 days may be used for
 5        parent-teacher conferences, provided a district  conducts
 6        an  in-service  training  program  for teachers which has
 7        been approved by the State Superintendent  of  Education;
 8        or,  in  lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be used, in
 9        which event each such day may be  counted  as  a  day  of
10        attendance;  and  (2)  when  days  in  addition  to those
11        provided in item (1) are scheduled by a  school  pursuant
12        to  its  school improvement plan adopted under Article 34
13        or its revised or amended school improvement plan adopted
14        under Article 2, provided that (i) such sessions of 3  or
15        more  clock  hours  are  scheduled  to  occur  at regular
16        intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in which
17        such sessions occur are utilized for in-service  training
18        programs   or  other  staff  development  activities  for
19        teachers, and (iii) a sufficient  number  of  minutes  of
20        school  work under the direct supervision of teachers are
21        added to the school days between such regularly scheduled
22        sessions to  accumulate  not  less  than  the  number  of
23        minutes  by  which such sessions of 3 or more clock hours
24        fall short of 5 clock hours. Any full days used  for  the
25        purposes  of  this  paragraph shall not be considered for
26        computing average daily attendance.  Days  scheduled  for
27        in-service    training    programs,   staff   development
28        activities,  or   parent-teacher   conferences   may   be
29        scheduled  separately  for  different  grade  levels  and
30        different attendance centers of the district.
31             (e)  A  session  of  not less than one clock hour of
32        teaching hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site  or  by
33        telephone  to  the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day of
34        attendance, however these pupils must receive 4  or  more
 
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 1        clock  hours  of instruction to be counted for a full day
 2        of attendance.
 3             (f)  A session of at least  4  clock  hours  may  be
 4        counted  as  a  day of attendance for first grade pupils,
 5        and pupils in full day kindergartens, and a session of  2
 6        or  more hours may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by
 7        pupils in kindergartens which provide  only  1/2  day  of
 8        attendance.
 9             (g)  For  children  with  disabilities who are below
10        the age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more  clock
11        hours  because  of  their  disability  or  immaturity,  a
12        session of not less than one clock hour may be counted as
13        1/2  day  of  attendance; however for such children whose
14        educational needs so require a session of 4 or more clock
15        hours may be counted as a full day of attendance.
16             (h)  A recognized kindergarten  which  provides  for
17        only  1/2  day of attendance by each pupil shall not have
18        more than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any  one  day.
19        However, kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance
20        in  any  5 consecutive school days.  When a pupil attends
21        such a kindergarten for 2 half days  on  any  one  school
22        day,  the  pupil  shall  have  the following day as a day
23        absent from school, unless the  school  district  obtains
24        permission  in  writing  from the State Superintendent of
25        Education. Attendance at kindergartens which provide  for
26        a  full  day of attendance by each pupil shall be counted
27        the same as attendance by first grade  pupils.  Only  the
28        first  year  of  attendance  in one kindergarten shall be
29        counted, except in  case  of  children  who  entered  the
30        kindergarten   in  their  fifth  year  whose  educational
31        development requires a second  year  of  kindergarten  as
32        determined  under  the rules and regulations of the State
33        Board of Education.

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

 4    (H)  Supplemental General State Aid.
 5        (1)  In  addition  to  the  general  State  aid  a school
 6    district is allotted pursuant to subsection  (E),  qualifying
 7    school  districts  shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction
 8    with  a  district's  payments  of  general  State  aid,   for
 9    supplemental  general  State aid based upon the concentration
10    level of  children  from  low-income  households  within  the
11    school  district.  Supplemental State aid grants provided for
12    school districts under this subsection shall be  appropriated
13    for distribution to school districts as part of the same line
14    item  in  which  the  general  State  financial aid of school
15    districts is appropriated under this Section. For purposes of
16    this subsection, the term  "Low-Income  Concentration  Level"
17    shall  be  the  low-income eligible pupil count from the most
18    recently available federal  census  divided  by  the  Average
19    Daily Attendance of the school district. If, however, (i) the
20    percentage  decrease  from the 2 most recent federal censuses
21    in the low-income eligible  pupil  count  of  a  high  school
22    district  with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or more
23    the percentage change in the total low-income eligible  pupil
24    count   of  contiguous  elementary  school  districts,  whose
25    boundaries are coterminous with the high school district,  or
26    (ii)  a  high school district within 2 counties and serving 5
27    elementary school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous
28    with the high school district, has a percentage decrease from
29    the 2 most recent federal censuses in the low-income eligible
30    pupil count and there is a percentage increase in  the  total
31    low-income   eligible  pupil  count  of  a  majority  of  the
32    elementary school districts in excess of 50% from the 2  most
33    recent  federal  censuses,  then  the  high school district's
34    low-income eligible pupil  count  from  the  earlier  federal
 
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 1    census  shall  be  the number used as the low-income eligible
 2    pupil count for the high school  district,  for  purposes  of
 3    this  subsection (H).  The changes made to this paragraph (1)
 4    by Public Act 92-28 this amendatory Act of the  92nd  General
 5    Assembly shall apply to supplemental general State aid grants
 6    paid  in  fiscal year 1999 and in each fiscal year thereafter
 7    and to any State  aid  payments  made  in  fiscal  year  1994
 8    through  fiscal  year  1998  pursuant  to  subsection 1(n) of
 9    Section 18-8 of this Code (which  was  repealed  on  July  1,
10    1998),  and  any  high  school  district  that is affected by
11    Public Act 92-28 this amendatory  Act  of  the  92nd  General
12    Assembly  is  entitled to a recomputation of its supplemental
13    general State aid grant or State aid paid  in  any  of  those
14    fiscal  years.   This  recomputation shall not be affected by
15    any other funding.
16        (2)  Supplemental general  State  aid  pursuant  to  this
17    subsection   (H)   shall  be  provided  as  follows  for  the
18    1998-1999, 1999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years only:
19             (a)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
20        Concentration  Level  of  at least 20% and less than 35%,
21        the grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by
22        the low income eligible pupil count.
23             (b)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
24        Concentration  Level  of  at least 35% and less than 50%,
25        the grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall  be  $1,100
26        multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
27             (c)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
28        Concentration Level of at least 50% and  less  than  60%,
29        the  grant  for  the  1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
30        multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
31             (d)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
32        Concentration  Level  of  60%  or more, the grant for the
33        1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
34        income eligible pupil count.
 
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 1             (e)  For the 1999-2000 school year,  the  per  pupil
 2        amount  specified  in  subparagraphs  (b),  (c),  and (d)
 3        immediately above shall be increased to  $1,243,  $1,600,
 4        and $2,000, respectively.
 5             (f)  For  the  2000-2001  school year, the per pupil
 6        amounts specified in  subparagraphs  (b),  (c),  and  (d)
 7        immediately  above  shall  be $1,273, $1,640, and $2,050,
 8        respectively.
 9        (2.5)  Supplemental general State aid  pursuant  to  this
10    subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2001-2002
11    school year and each school year thereafter:
12             (a)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
13        Concentration Level of less than 10%, the grant for  each
14        school  year  shall  be $355 multiplied by the low income
15        eligible pupil count.
16             (b)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
17        Concentration  Level  of  at least 10% and less than 20%,
18        the grant for each school year shall be  $675  multiplied
19        by the low income eligible pupil count.
20             (c)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
21        Concentration Level of at least 20% and  less  than  35%,
22        the grant for each school year shall be $1,190 multiplied
23        by the low income eligible pupil count.
24             (d)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
25        Concentration Level of at least 35% and  less  than  50%,
26        the grant for each school year shall be $1,333 multiplied
27        by the low income eligible pupil count.
28             (e)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
29        Concentration Level of at least 50% and  less  than  60%,
30        the grant for each school year shall be $1,680 multiplied
31        by the low income eligible pupil count.
32             (f)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
33        Concentration Level of 60% or more, the  grant  for  each
34        school  year shall be $2,080 multiplied by the low income
 
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 1        eligible pupil count.
 2        (3)  School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
 3    more than  1,000  and  less  than  50,000  that  qualify  for
 4    supplemental  general  State  aid pursuant to this subsection
 5    shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior  to
 6    October  30  of  each year for the use of the funds resulting
 7    from this grant of supplemental general  State  aid  for  the
 8    improvement  of  instruction  in  which  priority is given to
 9    meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children.   Such
10    plan   shall  be  submitted  in  accordance  with  rules  and
11    regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
12        (4)  School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
13    50,000 or more that qualify for  supplemental  general  State
14    aid   pursuant  to  this  subsection  shall  be  required  to
15    distribute from funds available pursuant to this Section,  no
16    less  than  $261,000,000  in  accordance  with  the following
17    requirements:
18             (a)  The required amounts shall  be  distributed  to
19        the  attendance centers within the district in proportion
20        to the number  of  pupils  enrolled  at  each  attendance
21        center  who are eligible to receive free or reduced-price
22        lunches or breakfasts under the federal  Child  Nutrition
23        Act  of  1966  and  under  the  National School Lunch Act
24        during the immediately preceding school year.
25             (b)  The   distribution   of   these   portions   of
26        supplemental  and  general  State  aid  among  attendance
27        centers according to  these  requirements  shall  not  be
28        compensated  for  or  contravened  by  adjustments of the
29        total of  other  funds  appropriated  to  any  attendance
30        centers, and the Board of Education shall utilize funding
31        from  one  or several sources in order to fully implement
32        this provision annually prior to the opening of school.
33             (c)  Each attendance center shall be provided by the
34        school district a distribution  of  noncategorical  funds
 
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 1        and other categorical funds to which an attendance center
 2        is entitled under law in order that the general State aid
 3        and   supplemental   general   State   aid   provided  by
 4        application of this subsection  supplements  rather  than
 5        supplants  the noncategorical funds and other categorical
 6        funds provided by the school district to  the  attendance
 7        centers.
 8             (d)  Any  funds made available under this subsection
 9        that by reason of the provisions of this  subsection  are
10        not  required  to be allocated and provided to attendance
11        centers may be used and appropriated by the board of  the
12        district for any lawful school purpose.
13             (e)  Funds received by an attendance center pursuant
14        to this subsection shall be used by the attendance center
15        at  the  discretion  of  the  principal  and local school
16        council for programs to improve educational opportunities
17        at qualifying schools through the following programs  and
18        services:  early  childhood education, reduced class size
19        or improved adult to student classroom ratio,  enrichment
20        programs,  remedial  assistance,  attendance improvement,
21        and other  educationally  beneficial  expenditures  which
22        supplement  the  regular and basic programs as determined
23        by the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not
24        be expended for any political  or  lobbying  purposes  as
25        defined by board rule.
26             (f)  Each district subject to the provisions of this
27        subdivision  (H)(4)  shall  submit  an acceptable plan to
28        meet the educational needs of disadvantaged children,  in
29        compliance  with  the  requirements of this paragraph, to
30        the State Board of Education prior to  July  15  of  each
31        year. This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of
32        local  school  councils concerning the school expenditure
33        plans developed in accordance  with  part  4  of  Section
34        34-2.3.  The State Board shall approve or reject the plan
 
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 1        within  60  days  after  its  submission.  If the plan is
 2        rejected, the  district  shall  give  written  notice  of
 3        intent   to  modify  the  plan  within  15  days  of  the
 4        notification of rejection and then submit a modified plan
 5        within 30 days after the date of the  written  notice  of
 6        intent  to  modify.  Districts  may  amend approved plans
 7        pursuant to rules  promulgated  by  the  State  Board  of
 8        Education.
 9             Upon  notification  by  the State Board of Education
10        that the district has not submitted a plan prior to  July
11        15  or  a  modified plan within the time period specified
12        herein, the State aid funds  affected  by  that  plan  or
13        modified  plan  shall  be  withheld by the State Board of
14        Education until a plan or modified plan is submitted.
15             If the district fails to  distribute  State  aid  to
16        attendance  centers  in accordance with an approved plan,
17        the plan for the following year shall allocate funds,  in
18        addition   to   the  funds  otherwise  required  by  this
19        subsection,  to  those  attendance  centers  which   were
20        underfunded  during the previous year in amounts equal to
21        such underfunding.
22             For purposes of  determining  compliance  with  this
23        subsection  in relation to the requirements of attendance
24        center funding, each district subject to  the  provisions
25        of this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
26        December  1 of each year a report of expenditure data for
27        the prior year in addition to  any  modification  of  its
28        current  plan.  If it is determined that there has been a
29        failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
30        subsection regarding contravention  or  supplanting,  the
31        State  Superintendent  of Education shall, within 60 days
32        of receipt of the report, notify  the  district  and  any
33        affected local school council.  The district shall within
34        45  days of receipt of that notification inform the State
 
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 1        Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
 2        action to be taken, whether  by amendment of the  current
 3        plan,  if  feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the
 4        following  year.   Failure  to  provide  the  expenditure
 5        report or the  notification  of  remedial  or  corrective
 6        action  in  a timely manner shall result in a withholding
 7        of the affected funds.
 8             The State Board of Education shall promulgate  rules
 9        and  regulations  to  implement  the  provisions  of this
10        subsection.   No  funds  shall  be  released  under  this
11        subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted
12        a plan that has been  approved  by  the  State  Board  of
13        Education.
14        (5)  A  laboratory school or regional office of education
15    that receives general State aid under subsection (K) of  this
16    Section  qualifies  for  supplemental general State aid under
17    this subsection (H) in an amount equal to its  Average  Daily
18    Attendance  for  those  students who were eligible to receive
19    free and reduced price  lunches  under  the  National  School
20    Lunch  Act during the preceding school year multiplied by 45%
21    of the Foundation Level for the school year of payment.

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        Each laboratory and alternative school shall also receive
 8    supplemental general State aid under subsection (H)  of  this
 9    Section.

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

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

24    (N)  (Blank).

25    (O)  References.
26        (1)  References in other laws to the various subdivisions
27    of Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
28    replacement  by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer
29    to the corresponding provisions of this Section  18-8.05,  to
30    the extent that those references remain applicable.
31        (2)  References  in  other  laws to State Chapter 1 funds
32    shall be deemed to refer to the  supplemental  general  State
33    aid provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
 
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 1    (Source:  P.A. 91-24, eff. 7-1-99; 91-93, eff. 7-9-99; 91-96,
 2    eff. 7-9-99; 91-111,  eff.  7-14-99;  91-357,  eff.  7-29-99;
 3    91-533,   eff.  8-13-99;  92-7,  eff.  6-29-01;  92-16,  eff.
 4    6-28-01; 92-28, eff. 7-1-01; 92-29, eff. 7-1-01; 92-269, eff.
 5    8-7-01; revised 8-7-01.)

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