97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1509

 

Introduced , by Rep. Roger L. Eddy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/18-8.05

    Amends the State aid formula provisions of the School Code. With respect to the compilation of average daily attendance, provides that any student in grade 12 who graduates prior to completion of the grade 12 school year must be included in a school district's attendance figures for the whole school year, even though not in actual attendance because he or she has already graduated. Effective July 1, 2011.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
518-8.05 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/18-8.05)
7    Sec. 18-8.05. Basis for apportionment of general State
8financial aid and supplemental general State aid to the common
9schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school years.
 
10(A) General Provisions.
11    (1) The provisions of this Section apply to the 1998-1999
12and subsequent school years. The system of general State
13financial aid provided for in this Section is designed to
14assure that, through a combination of State financial aid and
15required local resources, the financial support provided each
16pupil in Average Daily Attendance equals or exceeds a
17prescribed per pupil Foundation Level. This formula approach
18imputes a level of per pupil Available Local Resources and
19provides for the basis to calculate a per pupil level of
20general State financial aid that, when added to Available Local
21Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level. The amount
22of per pupil general State financial aid for school districts,

 

 

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1in general, varies in inverse relation to Available Local
2Resources. Per pupil amounts are based upon each school
3district's Average Daily Attendance as that term is defined in
4this Section.
5    (2) In addition to general State financial aid, school
6districts with specified levels or concentrations of pupils
7from low income households are eligible to receive supplemental
8general State financial aid grants as provided pursuant to
9subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants provided for
10school districts under subsection (H) shall be appropriated for
11distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
12in which the general State financial aid of school districts is
13appropriated under this Section.
14    (3) To receive financial assistance under this Section,
15school districts are required to file claims with the State
16Board of Education, subject to the following requirements:
17        (a) Any school district which fails for any given
18    school year to maintain school as required by law, or to
19    maintain a recognized school is not eligible to file for
20    such school year any claim upon the Common School Fund. In
21    case of nonrecognition of one or more attendance centers in
22    a school district otherwise operating recognized schools,
23    the claim of the district shall be reduced in the
24    proportion which the Average Daily Attendance in the
25    attendance center or centers bear to the Average Daily
26    Attendance in the school district. A "recognized school"

 

 

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1    means any public school which meets the standards as
2    established for recognition by the State Board of
3    Education. A school district or attendance center not
4    having recognition status at the end of a school term is
5    entitled to receive State aid payments due upon a legal
6    claim which was filed while it was recognized.
7        (b) School district claims filed under this Section are
8    subject to Sections 18-9 and 18-12, except as otherwise
9    provided in this Section.
10        (c) If a school district operates a full year school
11    under Section 10-19.1, the general State aid to the school
12    district shall be determined by the State Board of
13    Education in accordance with this Section as near as may be
14    applicable.
15        (d) (Blank).
16    (4) Except as provided in subsections (H) and (L), the
17board of any district receiving any of the grants provided for
18in this Section may apply those funds to any fund so received
19for which that board is authorized to make expenditures by law.
20    School districts are not required to exert a minimum
21Operating Tax Rate in order to qualify for assistance under
22this Section.
23    (5) As used in this Section the following terms, when
24capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
25        (a) "Average Daily Attendance": A count of pupil
26    attendance in school, averaged as provided for in

 

 

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1    subsection (C) and utilized in deriving per pupil financial
2    support levels.
3        (b) "Available Local Resources": A computation of
4    local financial support, calculated on the basis of Average
5    Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant to
6    subsection (D).
7        (c) "Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes":
8    Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to "An Act in
9    relation to the abolition of ad valorem personal property
10    tax and the replacement of revenues lost thereby, and
11    amending and repealing certain Acts and parts of Acts in
12    connection therewith", certified August 14, 1979, as
13    amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
14        (d) "Foundation Level": A prescribed level of per pupil
15    financial support as provided for in subsection (B).
16        (e) "Operating Tax Rate": All school district property
17    taxes extended for all purposes, except Bond and Interest,
18    Summer School, Rent, Capital Improvement, and Vocational
19    Education Building purposes.
 
20(B) Foundation Level.
21    (1) The Foundation Level is a figure established by the
22State representing the minimum level of per pupil financial
23support that should be available to provide for the basic
24education of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance. As set
25forth in this Section, each school district is assumed to exert

 

 

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1a sufficient local taxing effort such that, in combination with
2the aggregate of general State financial aid provided the
3district, an aggregate of State and local resources are
4available to meet the basic education needs of pupils in the
5district.
6    (2) For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation Level of
7support is $4,225. For the 1999-2000 school year, the
8Foundation Level of support is $4,325. For the 2000-2001 school
9year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425. For the
102001-2002 school year and 2002-2003 school year, the Foundation
11Level of support is $4,560. For the 2003-2004 school year, the
12Foundation Level of support is $4,810. For the 2004-2005 school
13year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,964. For the
142005-2006 school year, the Foundation Level of support is
15$5,164. For the 2006-2007 school year, the Foundation Level of
16support is $5,334. For the 2007-2008 school year, the
17Foundation Level of support is $5,734. For the 2008-2009 school
18year, the Foundation Level of support is $5,959.
19    (3) For the 2009-2010 school year and each school year
20thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $6,119 or such
21greater amount as may be established by law by the General
22Assembly.
 
23(C) Average Daily Attendance.
24    (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant
25to subsection (E), an Average Daily Attendance figure shall be

 

 

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1utilized. The Average Daily Attendance figure for formula
2calculation purposes shall be the monthly average of the actual
3number of pupils in attendance of each school district, as
4further averaged for the best 3 months of pupil attendance for
5each school district. In compiling the figures for the number
6of pupils in attendance, school districts and the State Board
7of Education shall, for purposes of general State aid funding,
8conform attendance figures to the requirements of subsection
9(F).
10    (2) The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
11subsection (E) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
12school year immediately preceding the school year for which
13general State aid is being calculated or the average of the
14attendance data for the 3 preceding school years, whichever is
15greater. The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
16subsection (H) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
17school year immediately preceding the school year for which
18general State aid is being calculated.
 
19(D) Available Local Resources.
20    (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant
21to subsection (E), a representation of Available Local
22Resources per pupil, as that term is defined and determined in
23this subsection, shall be utilized. Available Local Resources
24per pupil shall include a calculated dollar amount representing
25local school district revenues from local property taxes and

 

 

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1from Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes, expressed
2on the basis of pupils in Average Daily Attendance. Calculation
3of Available Local Resources shall exclude any tax amnesty
4funds received as a result of Public Act 93-26.
5    (2) In determining a school district's revenue from local
6property taxes, the State Board of Education shall utilize the
7equalized assessed valuation of all taxable property of each
8school district as of September 30 of the previous year. The
9equalized assessed valuation utilized shall be obtained and
10determined as provided in subsection (G).
11    (3) For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten
12through 12, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be
13calculated as the product of the applicable equalized assessed
14valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%, and divided by
15the district's Average Daily Attendance figure. For school
16districts maintaining grades kindergarten through 8, local
17property tax revenues per pupil shall be calculated as the
18product of the applicable equalized assessed valuation for the
19district multiplied by 2.30%, and divided by the district's
20Average Daily Attendance figure. For school districts
21maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax revenues
22per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed valuation
23of the district multiplied by 1.05%, and divided by the
24district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
25    For partial elementary unit districts created pursuant to
26Article 11E of this Code, local property tax revenues per pupil

 

 

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1shall be calculated as the product of the equalized assessed
2valuation for property within the partial elementary unit
3district for elementary purposes, as defined in Article 11E of
4this Code, multiplied by 2.06% and divided by the district's
5Average Daily Attendance figure, plus the product of the
6equalized assessed valuation for property within the partial
7elementary unit district for high school purposes, as defined
8in Article 11E of this Code, multiplied by 0.94% and divided by
9the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
10    (4) The Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes paid
11to each school district during the calendar year one year
12before the calendar year in which a school year begins, divided
13by the Average Daily Attendance figure for that district, shall
14be added to the local property tax revenues per pupil as
15derived by the application of the immediately preceding
16paragraph (3). The sum of these per pupil figures for each
17school district shall constitute Available Local Resources as
18that term is utilized in subsection (E) in the calculation of
19general State aid.
 
20(E) Computation of General State Aid.
21    (1) For each school year, the amount of general State aid
22allotted to a school district shall be computed by the State
23Board of Education as provided in this subsection.
24    (2) For any school district for which Available Local
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1Foundation Level, general State aid for that district shall be
2calculated as an amount equal to the Foundation Level minus
3Available Local Resources, multiplied by the Average Daily
4Attendance of the school district.
5    (3) For any school district for which Available Local
6Resources per pupil is equal to or greater than the product of
70.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the product of
81.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
9pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the Foundation Level
10derived using a linear algorithm. Under this linear algorithm,
11the calculated general State aid per pupil shall decline in
12direct linear fashion from 0.07 times the Foundation Level for
13a school district with Available Local Resources equal to the
14product of 0.93 times the Foundation Level, to 0.05 times the
15Foundation Level for a school district with Available Local
16Resources equal to the product of 1.75 times the Foundation
17Level. The allocation of general State aid for school districts
18subject to this paragraph 3 shall be the calculated general
19State aid per pupil figure multiplied by the Average Daily
20Attendance of the school district.
21    (4) For any school district for which Available Local
22Resources per pupil equals or exceeds the product of 1.75 times
23the Foundation Level, the general State aid for the school
24district shall be calculated as the product of $218 multiplied
25by the Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
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1district for the 1999-2000 school year meeting the requirements
2set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) shall be increased
3by an amount equal to the general State aid that would have
4been received by the district for the 1998-1999 school year by
5utilizing the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed
6Valuation as calculated in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) less
7the general State aid allotted for the 1998-1999 school year.
8This amount shall be deemed a one time increase, and shall not
9affect any future general State aid allocations.
 
10(F) Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
11    (1) Each school district shall, by July 1 of each year,
12submit to the State Board of Education, on forms prescribed by
13the State Board of Education, attendance figures for the school
14year that began in the preceding calendar year. The attendance
15information so transmitted shall identify the average daily
16attendance figures for each month of the school year. Any
17student in grade 12 who graduates prior to completion of the
18grade 12 school year must be included in a school district's
19attendance figures for the whole school year, even though not
20in actual attendance because he or she has already graduated.
21Beginning with the general State aid claim form for the
222002-2003 school year, districts shall calculate Average Daily
23Attendance as provided in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of
24this paragraph (1).
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1    days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
2    September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
3    to the month of May.
4        (b) In districts in which all buildings hold year-round
5    classes, days of attendance in July and August shall be
6    added to the month of September and any days of attendance
7    in June shall be added to the month of May.
8        (c) In districts in which some buildings, but not all,
9    hold year-round classes, for the non-year-round buildings,
10    days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
11    September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
12    to the month of May. The average daily attendance for the
13    year-round buildings shall be computed as provided in
14    subdivision (b) of this paragraph (1). To calculate the
15    Average Daily Attendance for the district, the average
16    daily attendance for the year-round buildings shall be
17    multiplied by the days in session for the non-year-round
18    buildings for each month and added to the monthly
19    attendance of the non-year-round buildings.
20    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, days of
21attendance by pupils shall be counted only for sessions of not
22less than 5 clock hours of school work per day under direct
23supervision of: (i) teachers, or (ii) non-teaching personnel or
24volunteer personnel when engaging in non-teaching duties and
25supervising in those instances specified in subsection (a) of
26Section 10-22.34 and paragraph 10 of Section 34-18, with pupils

 

 

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1of legal school age and in kindergarten and grades 1 through
212.
3    Days of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited
4only to the districts that pay the tuition to a recognized
5school.
6    (2) Days of attendance by pupils of less than 5 clock hours
7of school shall be subject to the following provisions in the
8compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
9        (a) Pupils regularly enrolled in a public school for
10    only a part of the school day may be counted on the basis
11    of 1/6 day for every class hour of instruction of 40
12    minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment,
13    unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of 80
14    minutes or more of instruction, in which case the pupil may
15    be counted on the basis of the proportion of minutes of
16    school work completed each day to the minimum number of
17    minutes that school work is required to be held that day.
18        (b) Days of attendance may be less than 5 clock hours
19    on the opening and closing of the school term, and upon the
20    first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by a day or days
21    utilized as an institute or teachers' workshop.
22        (c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be counted
23    as a day of attendance upon certification by the regional
24    superintendent, and approved by the State Superintendent
25    of Education to the extent that the district has been
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1        (d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be counted
2    as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder of the school
3    day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that day is
4    utilized for an in-service training program for teachers,
5    up to a maximum of 5 days per school year, provided a
6    district conducts an in-service training program for
7    teachers in accordance with Section 10-22.39 of this Code;
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 required
10    for a legal school calendar pursuant to Section 10-19 of
11    this Code; (1.5) when, of the 5 days allowed under item
12    (1), a maximum of 4 days are used for parent-teacher
13    conferences, or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days are
14    used, in which case each such day may be counted as a
15    calendar day required under Section 10-19 of this Code,
16    provided that the full-day, parent-teacher conference
17    consists of (i) a minimum of 5 clock hours of
18    parent-teacher conferences, (ii) both a minimum of 2 clock
19    hours of parent-teacher conferences held in the evening
20    following a full day of student attendance, as specified in
21    subsection (F)(1)(c), and a minimum of 3 clock hours of
22    parent-teacher conferences held on the day immediately
23    following evening parent-teacher conferences, or (iii)
24    multiple parent-teacher conferences held in the evenings
25    following full days of student attendance, as specified in
26    subsection (F)(1)(c), in which the time used for the

 

 

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1    parent-teacher conferences is equivalent to a minimum of 5
2    clock hours; and (2) when days in addition to those
3    provided in items (1) and (1.5) are scheduled by a school
4    pursuant to its school improvement plan adopted under
5    Article 34 or its revised or amended school improvement
6    plan adopted under Article 2, provided that (i) such
7    sessions of 3 or more clock hours are scheduled to occur at
8    regular intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in
9    which such sessions occur are utilized for in-service
10    training programs or other staff development activities
11    for teachers, and (iii) a sufficient number of minutes of
12    school work under the direct supervision of teachers are
13    added to the school days between such regularly scheduled
14    sessions to accumulate not less than the number of minutes
15    by which such sessions of 3 or more clock hours fall short
16    of 5 clock hours. Any full days used for the purposes of
17    this paragraph shall not be considered for computing
18    average daily attendance. Days scheduled for in-service
19    training programs, staff development activities, or
20    parent-teacher conferences may be scheduled separately for
21    different grade levels and different attendance centers of
22    the district.
23        (e) A session of not less than one clock hour of
24    teaching hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or by
25    telephone to the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day of
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1    clock hours of instruction to be counted for a full day of
2    attendance.
3        (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be counted
4    as a day of attendance for first grade pupils, and pupils
5    in full day kindergartens, and a session of 2 or more hours
6    may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by pupils in
7    kindergartens which provide only 1/2 day of attendance.
8        (g) For children with disabilities who are below the
9    age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock hours
10    because of their disability or immaturity, a session of not
11    less than one clock hour may be counted as 1/2 day of
12    attendance; however for such children whose educational
13    needs so require a session of 4 or more clock hours may be
14    counted as a full day of attendance.
15        (h) A recognized kindergarten which provides for only
16    1/2 day of attendance by each pupil shall not have more
17    than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any one day. However,
18    kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance in any 5
19    consecutive school days. When a pupil attends such a
20    kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school day, the
21    pupil shall have the following day as a day absent from
22    school, unless the school district obtains permission in
23    writing from the State Superintendent of Education.
24    Attendance at kindergartens which provide for a full day of
25    attendance by each pupil shall be counted the same as
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1    attendance in one kindergarten shall be counted, except in
2    case of children who entered the kindergarten in their
3    fifth year whose educational development requires a second
4    year of kindergarten as determined under the rules and
5    regulations of the State Board of Education.
6        (i) On the days when the Prairie State Achievement
7    Examination is administered under subsection (c) of
8    Section 2-3.64 of this Code, the day of attendance for a
9    pupil whose school day must be shortened to accommodate
10    required testing procedures may be less than 5 clock hours
11    and shall be counted towards the 176 days of actual pupil
12    attendance required under Section 10-19 of this Code,
13    provided that a sufficient number of minutes of school work
14    in excess of 5 clock hours are first completed on other
15    school days to compensate for the loss of school work on
16    the examination days.
 
17(G) Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
18    (1) For purposes of the calculation of Available Local
19Resources required pursuant to subsection (D), the State Board
20of Education shall secure from the Department of Revenue the
21value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue of
22all taxable property of every school district, together with
23(i) the applicable tax rate used in extending taxes for the
24funds of the district as of September 30 of the previous year
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1property tax extension limitations as imposed under the
2Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
3    The Department of Revenue shall add to the equalized
4assessed value of all taxable property of each school district
5situated entirely or partially within a county that is or was
6subject to the provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the
7Property Tax Code (a) an amount equal to the total amount by
8which the homestead exemption allowed under Section 15-176 or
915-177 of the Property Tax Code for real property situated in
10that school district exceeds the total amount that would have
11been allowed in that school district if the maximum reduction
12under Section 15-176 was (i) $4,500 in Cook County or $3,500 in
13all other counties in tax year 2003 or (ii) $5,000 in all
14counties in tax year 2004 and thereafter and (b) an amount
15equal to the aggregate amount for the taxable year of all
16additional exemptions under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax
17Code for owners with a household income of $30,000 or less. The
18county clerk of any county that is or was subject to the
19provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code
20shall annually calculate and certify to the Department of
21Revenue for each school district all homestead exemption
22amounts under Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code
23and all amounts of additional exemptions under Section 15-175
24of the Property Tax Code for owners with a household income of
25$30,000 or less. It is the intent of this paragraph that if the
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1determined under Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax
2Code rather than Section 15-175, then the calculation of
3Available Local Resources shall not be affected by the
4difference, if any, between the amount of the general homestead
5exemption allowed for that parcel of property under Section
615-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code and the amount that
7would have been allowed had the general homestead exemption for
8that parcel of property been determined under Section 15-175 of
9the Property Tax Code. It is further the intent of this
10paragraph that if additional exemptions are allowed under
11Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code for owners with a
12household income of less than $30,000, then the calculation of
13Available Local Resources shall not be affected by the
14difference, if any, because of those additional exemptions.
15    This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
16the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
17calculation of Available Local Resources.
18    (2) The equalized assessed valuation in paragraph (1) shall
19be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
20        (a) For the purposes of calculating State aid under
21    this Section, with respect to any part of a school district
22    within a redevelopment project area in respect to which a
23    municipality has adopted tax increment allocation
24    financing pursuant to the Tax Increment Allocation
25    Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through 11-74.4-11
26    of the Illinois Municipal Code or the Industrial Jobs

 

 

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1    Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through 11-74.6-50 of the
2    Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the current equalized
3    assessed valuation of real property located in any such
4    project area which is attributable to an increase above the
5    total initial equalized assessed valuation of such
6    property shall be used as part of the equalized assessed
7    valuation of the district, until such time as all
8    redevelopment project costs have been paid, as provided in
9    Section 11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment Allocation
10    Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of the
11    Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose of the
12    equalized assessed valuation of the district, the total
13    initial equalized assessed valuation or the current
14    equalized assessed valuation, whichever is lower, shall be
15    used until such time as all redevelopment project costs
16    have been paid.
17        (b) The real property equalized assessed valuation for
18    a school district shall be adjusted by subtracting from the
19    real property value as equalized or assessed by the
20    Department of Revenue for the district an amount computed
21    by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes under
22    Section 18-170 of the Property Tax Code by 3.00% for a
23    district maintaining grades kindergarten through 12, by
24    2.30% for a district maintaining grades kindergarten
25    through 8, or by 1.05% for a district maintaining grades 9
26    through 12 and adjusted by an amount computed by dividing

 

 

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1    the amount of any abatement of taxes under subsection (a)
2    of Section 18-165 of the Property Tax Code by the same
3    percentage rates for district type as specified in this
4    subparagraph (b).
5    (3) For the 1999-2000 school year and each school year
6thereafter, if a school district meets all of the criteria of
7this subsection (G)(3), the school district's Available Local
8Resources shall be calculated under subsection (D) using the
9district's Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation
10as calculated under this subsection (G)(3).
11    For purposes of this subsection (G)(3) the following terms
12shall have the following meanings:
13        "Budget Year": The school year for which general State
14    aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
15        "Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used to
16    calculate the Budget Year allocation of general State aid.
17        "Preceding Tax Year": The property tax levy year
18    immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
19        "Base Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of the
20    equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County Clerk
21    in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting rate as
22    calculated by the County Clerk and defined in the Property
23    Tax Extension Limitation Law.
24        "Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of
25    the equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County
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1    Tax Rate as defined in subsection (A).
2        "Extension Limitation Ratio": A numerical ratio,
3    certified by the County Clerk, in which the numerator is
4    the Base Tax Year's Tax Extension and the denominator is
5    the Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension.
6        "Operating Tax Rate": The operating tax rate as defined
7    in subsection (A).
8    If a school district is subject to property tax extension
9limitations as imposed under the Property Tax Extension
10Limitation Law, the State Board of Education shall calculate
11the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of that
12district. For the 1999-2000 school year, the Extension
13Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as
14calculated by the State Board of Education shall be equal to
15the product of the district's 1996 Equalized Assessed Valuation
16and the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. Except as
17otherwise provided in this paragraph for a school district that
18has approved or does approve an increase in its limiting rate,
19for the 2000-2001 school year and each school year thereafter,
20the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a
21school district as calculated by the State Board of Education
22shall be equal to the product of the Equalized Assessed
23Valuation last used in the calculation of general State aid and
24the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension
25Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as
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1district's equalized assessed valuation as calculated pursuant
2to subsections (G)(1) and (G)(2), then for purposes of
3calculating the district's general State aid for the Budget
4Year pursuant to subsection (E), that Extension Limitation
5Equalized Assessed Valuation shall be utilized to calculate the
6district's Available Local Resources under subsection (D). For
7the 2009-2010 school year and each school year thereafter, if a
8school district has approved or does approve an increase in its
9limiting rate, pursuant to Section 18-190 of the Property Tax
10Code, affecting the Base Tax Year, the Extension Limitation
11Equalized Assessed Valuation of the school district, as
12calculated by the State Board of Education, shall be equal to
13the product of the Equalized Assessed Valuation last used in
14the calculation of general State aid times an amount equal to
15one plus the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price
16Index for all Urban Consumers for all items published by the
17United States Department of Labor for the 12-month calendar
18year preceding the Base Tax Year, plus the Equalized Assessed
19Valuation of new property, annexed property, and recovered tax
20increment value and minus the Equalized Assessed Valuation of
21disconnected property. New property and recovered tax
22increment value shall have the meanings set forth in the
23Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
24    Partial elementary unit districts created in accordance
25with Article 11E of this Code shall not be eligible for the
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1following the effective date of the reorganization.
2    (3.5) For the 2010-2011 school year and each school year
3thereafter, if a school district's boundaries span multiple
4counties, then the Department of Revenue shall send to the
5State Board of Education, for the purpose of calculating
6general State aid, the limiting rate and individual rates by
7purpose for the county that contains the majority of the school
8district's Equalized Assessed Valuation.
9    (4) For the purposes of calculating general State aid for
10the 1999-2000 school year only, if a school district
11experienced a triennial reassessment on the equalized assessed
12valuation used in calculating its general State financial aid
13apportionment for the 1998-1999 school year, the State Board of
14Education shall calculate the Extension Limitation Equalized
15Assessed Valuation that would have been used to calculate the
16district's 1998-1999 general State aid. This amount shall equal
17the product of the equalized assessed valuation used to
18calculate general State aid for the 1997-1998 school year and
19the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension
20Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of the school district
21as calculated under this paragraph (4) is less than the
22district's equalized assessed valuation utilized in
23calculating the district's 1998-1999 general State aid
24allocation, then for purposes of calculating the district's
25general State aid pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection (E),
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1be utilized to calculate the district's Available Local
2Resources.
3    (5) For school districts having a majority of their
4equalized assessed valuation in any county except Cook, DuPage,
5Kane, Lake, McHenry, or Will, if the amount of general State
6aid allocated to the school district for the 1999-2000 school
7year under the provisions of subsection (E), (H), and (J) of
8this Section is less than the amount of general State aid
9allocated to the district for the 1998-1999 school year under
10these subsections, then the general State aid of the district
11for the 1999-2000 school year only shall be increased by the
12difference between these amounts. The total payments made under
13this paragraph (5) shall not exceed $14,000,000. Claims shall
14be prorated if they exceed $14,000,000.
 
15(H) Supplemental General State Aid.
16    (1) In addition to the general State aid a school district
17is allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying school
18districts shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction with a
19district's payments of general State aid, for supplemental
20general State aid based upon the concentration level of
21children from low-income households within the school
22district. Supplemental State aid grants provided for school
23districts under this subsection shall be appropriated for
24distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
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1appropriated under this Section.
2    (1.5) This paragraph (1.5) applies only to those school
3years preceding the 2003-2004 school year. For purposes of this
4subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
5shall be the low-income eligible pupil count from the most
6recently available federal census divided by the Average Daily
7Attendance of the school district. If, however, (i) the
8percentage decrease from the 2 most recent federal censuses in
9the low-income eligible pupil count of a high school district
10with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or more the
11percentage change in the total low-income eligible pupil count
12of contiguous elementary school districts, whose boundaries
13are coterminous with the high school district, or (ii) a high
14school district within 2 counties and serving 5 elementary
15school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous with the
16high school district, has a percentage decrease from the 2 most
17recent federal censuses in the low-income eligible pupil count
18and there is a percentage increase in the total low-income
19eligible pupil count of a majority of the elementary school
20districts in excess of 50% from the 2 most recent federal
21censuses, then the high school district's low-income eligible
22pupil count from the earlier federal census shall be the number
23used as the low-income eligible pupil count for the high school
24district, for purposes of this subsection (H). The changes made
25to this paragraph (1) by Public Act 92-28 shall apply to
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1preceding the 2003-2004 school year that are paid in fiscal
2year 1999 or thereafter and to any State aid payments made in
3fiscal year 1994 through fiscal year 1998 pursuant to
4subsection 1(n) of Section 18-8 of this Code (which was
5repealed on July 1, 1998), and any high school district that is
6affected by Public Act 92-28 is entitled to a recomputation of
7its supplemental general State aid grant or State aid paid in
8any of those fiscal years. This recomputation shall not be
9affected by any other funding.
10    (1.10) This paragraph (1.10) applies to the 2003-2004
11school year and each school year thereafter. For purposes of
12this subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
13shall, for each fiscal year, be the low-income eligible pupil
14count as of July 1 of the immediately preceding fiscal year (as
15determined by the Department of Human Services based on the
16number of pupils who are eligible for at least one of the
17following low income programs: Medicaid, the Children's Health
18Insurance Program, TANF, or Food Stamps, excluding pupils who
19are eligible for services provided by the Department of
20Children and Family Services, averaged over the 2 immediately
21preceding fiscal years for fiscal year 2004 and over the 3
22immediately preceding fiscal years for each fiscal year
23thereafter) divided by the Average Daily Attendance of the
24school district.
25    (2) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
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11999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years only:
2        (a) For any school district with a Low Income
3    Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
4    grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by the
5    low income eligible pupil count.
6        (b) For any school district with a Low Income
7    Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
8    grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall be $1,100
9    multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
10        (c) For any school district with a Low Income
11    Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
12    grant for the 1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
13    multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
14        (d) For any school district with a Low Income
15    Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for the
16    1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
17    income eligible pupil count.
18        (e) For the 1999-2000 school year, the per pupil amount
19    specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d) immediately
20    above shall be increased to $1,243, $1,600, and $2,000,
21    respectively.
22        (f) For the 2000-2001 school year, the per pupil
23    amounts specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d)
24    immediately above shall be $1,273, $1,640, and $2,050,
25    respectively.
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1subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2002-2003
2school year:
3        (a) For any school district with a Low Income
4    Concentration Level of less than 10%, the grant for each
5    school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
6    eligible pupil count.
7        (b) For any school district with a Low Income
8    Concentration Level of at least 10% and less than 20%, the
9    grant for each school year shall be $675 multiplied by the
10    low income eligible pupil count.
11        (c) For any school district with a Low Income
12    Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
13    grant for each school year shall be $1,330 multiplied by
14    the low income eligible pupil count.
15        (d) For any school district with a Low Income
16    Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
17    grant for each school year shall be $1,362 multiplied by
18    the low income eligible pupil count.
19        (e) For any school district with a Low Income
20    Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
21    grant for each school year shall be $1,680 multiplied by
22    the low income eligible pupil count.
23        (f) For any school district with a Low Income
24    Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for each
25    school year shall be $2,080 multiplied by the low income
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1    (2.10) Except as otherwise provided, supplemental general
2State aid pursuant to this subsection (H) shall be provided as
3follows for the 2003-2004 school year and each school year
4thereafter:
5        (a) For any school district with a Low Income
6    Concentration Level of 15% or less, the grant for each
7    school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
8    eligible pupil count.
9        (b) For any school district with a Low Income
10    Concentration Level greater than 15%, the grant for each
11    school year shall be $294.25 added to the product of $2,700
12    and the square of the Low Income Concentration Level, all
13    multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
14    For the 2003-2004 school year and each school year
15thereafter through the 2008-2009 school year only, the grant
16shall be no less than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year.
17For the 2009-2010 school year only, the grant shall be no less
18than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by
190.66. For the 2010-2011 school year only, the grant shall be no
20less than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by
210.33. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph to the
22contrary, if for any school year supplemental general State aid
23grants are prorated as provided in paragraph (1) of this
24subsection (H), then the grants under this paragraph shall be
25prorated.
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1greater than the grant received during the 2002-2003 school
2year added to the product of 0.25 multiplied by the difference
3between the grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b)
4of this paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the
5grant received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the
62004-2005 school year only, the grant shall be no greater than
7the grant received during the 2002-2003 school year added to
8the product of 0.50 multiplied by the difference between the
9grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this
10paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant
11received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the 2005-2006
12school year only, the grant shall be no greater than the grant
13received during the 2002-2003 school year added to the product
14of 0.75 multiplied by the difference between the grant amount
15calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this paragraph
16(2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant received during
17the 2002-2003 school year.
18    (3) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
19more than 1,000 and less than 50,000 that qualify for
20supplemental general State aid pursuant to this subsection
21shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
22October 30 of each year for the use of the funds resulting from
23this grant of supplemental general State aid for the
24improvement of instruction in which priority is given to
25meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children. Such
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1regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
2    (4) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
350,000 or more that qualify for supplemental general State aid
4pursuant to this subsection shall be required to distribute
5from funds available pursuant to this Section, no less than
6$261,000,000 in accordance with the following requirements:
7        (a) The required amounts shall be distributed to the
8    attendance centers within the district in proportion to the
9    number of pupils enrolled at each attendance center who are
10    eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunches or
11    breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966
12    and under the National School Lunch Act during the
13    immediately preceding school year.
14        (b) The distribution of these portions of supplemental
15    and general State aid among attendance centers according to
16    these requirements shall not be compensated for or
17    contravened by adjustments of the total of other funds
18    appropriated to any attendance centers, and the Board of
19    Education shall utilize funding from one or several sources
20    in order to fully implement this provision annually prior
21    to the opening of school.
22        (c) Each attendance center shall be provided by the
23    school district a distribution of noncategorical funds and
24    other categorical funds to which an attendance center is
25    entitled under law in order that the general State aid and
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1    this subsection supplements rather than supplants the
2    noncategorical funds and other categorical funds provided
3    by the school district to the attendance centers.
4        (d) Any funds made available under this subsection that
5    by reason of the provisions of this subsection are not
6    required to be allocated and provided to attendance centers
7    may be used and appropriated by the board of the district
8    for any lawful school purpose.
9        (e) Funds received by an attendance center pursuant to
10    this subsection shall be used by the attendance center at
11    the discretion of the principal and local school council
12    for programs to improve educational opportunities at
13    qualifying schools through the following programs and
14    services: early childhood education, reduced class size or
15    improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
16    programs, remedial assistance, attendance improvement, and
17    other educationally beneficial expenditures which
18    supplement the regular and basic programs as determined by
19    the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not be
20    expended for any political or lobbying purposes as defined
21    by board rule.
22        (f) Each district subject to the provisions of this
23    subdivision (H)(4) shall submit an acceptable plan to meet
24    the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
25    compliance with the requirements of this paragraph, to the
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1    This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of local
2    school councils concerning the school expenditure plans
3    developed in accordance with part 4 of Section 34-2.3. The
4    State Board shall approve or reject the plan within 60 days
5    after its submission. If the plan is rejected, the district
6    shall give written notice of intent to modify the plan
7    within 15 days of the notification of rejection and then
8    submit a modified plan within 30 days after the date of the
9    written notice of intent to modify. Districts may amend
10    approved plans pursuant to rules promulgated by the State
11    Board of Education.
12        Upon notification by the State Board of Education that
13    the district has not submitted a plan prior to July 15 or a
14    modified plan within the time period specified herein, the
15    State aid funds affected by that plan or modified plan
16    shall be withheld by the State Board of Education until a
17    plan or modified plan is submitted.
18        If the district fails to distribute State aid to
19    attendance centers in accordance with an approved plan, the
20    plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
21    addition to the funds otherwise required by this
22    subsection, to those attendance centers which were
23    underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal to
24    such underfunding.
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1    center funding, each district subject to the provisions of
2    this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
3    December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data for
4    the prior year in addition to any modification of its
5    current plan. If it is determined that there has been a
6    failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
7    subsection regarding contravention or supplanting, the
8    State Superintendent of Education shall, within 60 days of
9    receipt of the report, notify the district and any affected
10    local school council. The district shall within 45 days of
11    receipt of that notification inform the State
12    Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
13    action to be taken, whether by amendment of the current
14    plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the
15    following year. Failure to provide the expenditure report
16    or the notification of remedial or corrective action in a
17    timely manner shall result in a withholding of the affected
18    funds.
19        The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and
20    regulations to implement the provisions of this
21    subsection. No funds shall be released under this
22    subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted a
23    plan that has been approved by the State Board of
24    Education.
 
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1(J) Supplementary Grants in Aid.
2    (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section,
3the amount of the aggregate general State aid in combination
4with supplemental general State aid under this Section for
5which each school district is eligible shall be no less than
6the amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that
7was received by the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of
8amounts received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that
9Section) for the 1997-98 school year, pursuant to the
10provisions of that Section as it was then in effect. If a
11school district qualifies to receive a supplementary payment
12made under this subsection (J), the amount of the aggregate
13general State aid in combination with supplemental general
14State aid under this Section which that district is eligible to
15receive for each school year shall be no less than the amount
16of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that was
17received by the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of
18amounts received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that
19Section) for the 1997-1998 school year, pursuant to the
20provisions of that Section as it was then in effect.
21    (2) If, as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection
22(J), a school district is to receive aggregate general State
23aid in combination with supplemental general State aid under
24this Section for the 1998-99 school year and any subsequent
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1amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that the
2district received for the 1997-98 school year, the school
3district shall also receive, from a separate appropriation made
4for purposes of this subsection (J), a supplementary payment
5that is equal to the amount of the difference in the aggregate
6State aid figures as described in paragraph (1).
7    (3) (Blank).
 
8(K) Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
9    In calculating the amount to be paid to the governing board
10of a public university that operates a laboratory school under
11this Section or to any alternative school that is operated by a
12regional superintendent of schools, the State Board of
13Education shall require by rule such reporting requirements as
14it deems necessary.
15    As used in this Section, "laboratory school" means a public
16school which is created and operated by a public university and
17approved by the State Board of Education. The governing board
18of a public university which receives funds from the State
19Board under this subsection (K) may not increase the number of
20students enrolled in its laboratory school from a single
21district, if that district is already sending 50 or more
22students, except under a mutual agreement between the school
23board of a student's district of residence and the university
24which operates the laboratory school. A laboratory school may
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1disabilities in a special education program.
2    As used in this Section, "alternative school" means a
3public school which is created and operated by a Regional
4Superintendent of Schools and approved by the State Board of
5Education. Such alternative schools may offer courses of
6instruction for which credit is given in regular school
7programs, courses to prepare students for the high school
8equivalency testing program or vocational and occupational
9training. A regional superintendent of schools may contract
10with a school district or a public community college district
11to operate an alternative school. An alternative school serving
12more than one educational service region may be established by
13the regional superintendents of schools of the affected
14educational service regions. An alternative school serving
15more than one educational service region may be operated under
16such terms as the regional superintendents of schools of those
17educational service regions may agree.
18    Each laboratory and alternative school shall file, on forms
19provided by the State Superintendent of Education, an annual
20State aid claim which states the Average Daily Attendance of
21the school's students by month. The best 3 months' Average
22Daily Attendance shall be computed for each school. The general
23State aid entitlement shall be computed by multiplying the
24applicable Average Daily Attendance by the Foundation Level as
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1(L) Payments, Additional Grants in Aid and Other Requirements.
2    (1) For a school district operating under the financial
3supervision of an Authority created under Article 34A, the
4general State aid otherwise payable to that district under this
5Section, but not the supplemental general State aid, shall be
6reduced by an amount equal to the budget for the operations of
7the Authority as certified by the Authority to the State Board
8of Education, and an amount equal to such reduction shall be
9paid to the Authority created for such district for its
10operating expenses in the manner provided in Section 18-11. The
11remainder of general State school aid for any such district
12shall be paid in accordance with Article 34A when that Article
13provides for a disposition other than that provided by this
14Article.
15    (2) (Blank).
16    (3) Summer school. Summer school payments shall be made as
17provided in Section 18-4.3.
 
18(M) Education Funding Advisory Board.
19    The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
20subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created.
21The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
22Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
23members appointed shall include representatives of education,
24business, and the general public. One of the members so
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1appointment is made as the chairperson of the Board. The
2initial members of the Board may be appointed any time after
3the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997. The regular
4term of each member of the Board shall be for 4 years from the
5third Monday of January of the year in which the term of the
6member's appointment is to commence, except that of the 5
7initial members appointed to serve on the Board, the member who
8is appointed as the chairperson shall serve for a term that
9commences on the date of his or her appointment and expires on
10the third Monday of January, 2002, and the remaining 4 members,
11by lots drawn at the first meeting of the Board that is held
12after all 5 members are appointed, shall determine 2 of their
13number to serve for terms that commence on the date of their
14respective appointments and expire on the third Monday of
15January, 2001, and 2 of their number to serve for terms that
16commence on the date of their respective appointments and
17expire on the third Monday of January, 2000. All members
18appointed to serve on the Board shall serve until their
19respective successors are appointed and confirmed. Vacancies
20shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. If
21a vacancy in membership occurs at a time when the Senate is not
22in session, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment
23until the next meeting of the Senate, when he or she shall
24appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a
25person to fill that membership for the unexpired term. If the
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1made, those appointments shall be made as in the case of
2vacancies.
3    The Education Funding Advisory Board shall be deemed
4established, and the initial members appointed by the Governor
5to serve as members of the Board shall take office, on the date
6that the Governor makes his or her appointment of the fifth
7initial member of the Board, whether those initial members are
8then serving pursuant to appointment and confirmation or
9pursuant to temporary appointments that are made by the
10Governor as in the case of vacancies.
11    The State Board of Education shall provide such staff
12assistance to the Education Funding Advisory Board as is
13reasonably required for the proper performance by the Board of
14its responsibilities.
15    For school years after the 2000-2001 school year, the
16Education Funding Advisory Board, in consultation with the
17State Board of Education, shall make recommendations as
18provided in this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for the
19foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section and
20for the supplemental general State aid grant level under
21subsection (H) of this Section for districts with high
22concentrations of children from poverty. The recommended
23foundation level shall be determined based on a methodology
24which incorporates the basic education expenditures of
25low-spending schools exhibiting high academic performance. The
26Education Funding Advisory Board shall make such

 

 

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1recommendations to the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
2numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.
 
3(N) (Blank).
 
4(O) References.
5    (1) References in other laws to the various subdivisions of
6Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
7replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer to
8the corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to the
9extent that those references remain applicable.
10    (2) References in other laws to State Chapter 1 funds shall
11be deemed to refer to the supplemental general State aid
12provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
 
13(P) Public Act 93-838 and Public Act 93-808 make inconsistent
14changes to this Section. Under Section 6 of the Statute on
15Statutes there is an irreconcilable conflict between Public Act
1693-808 and Public Act 93-838. Public Act 93-838, being the last
17acted upon, is controlling. The text of Public Act 93-838 is
18the law regardless of the text of Public Act 93-808.
19(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-644, eff. 10-12-07;
2095-707, eff. 1-11-08; 95-744, eff. 7-18-08; 95-903, eff.
218-25-08; 96-45, eff. 7-15-09; 96-152, eff. 8-7-09; 96-300, eff.
228-11-09; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 96-640, eff. 8-24-09; 96-959,
23eff. 7-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1480, eff. 11-18-10;

 

 

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1revised 11-24-10.)
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
32011.