Sen. Heather A. Steans

Filed: 5/3/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 629

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 629 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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

 

 

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1pupil in Average Daily Attendance equals or exceeds a
2prescribed per pupil Foundation Level. This formula approach
3imputes a level of per pupil Available Local Resources and
4provides for the basis to calculate a per pupil level of
5general State financial aid that, when added to Available Local
6Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level. The amount
7of per pupil general State financial aid for school districts,
8in general, varies in inverse relation to Available Local
9Resources. Per pupil amounts are based upon each school
10district's Average Daily Attendance as that term is defined in
11this Section.
12    (2) In addition to general State financial aid, school
13districts with specified levels or concentrations of pupils
14from low income households are eligible to receive supplemental
15general State financial aid grants as provided pursuant to
16subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants provided for
17school districts under subsection (H) shall be appropriated for
18distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
19in which the general State financial aid of school districts is
20appropriated under this Section.
21    (3) To receive financial assistance under this Section,
22school districts are required to file claims with the State
23Board of Education, subject to the following requirements:
24        (a) Any school district which fails for any given
25    school year to maintain school as required by law, or to
26    maintain a recognized school is not eligible to file for

 

 

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1    such school year any claim upon the Common School Fund. In
2    case of nonrecognition of one or more attendance centers in
3    a school district otherwise operating recognized schools,
4    the claim of the district shall be reduced in the
5    proportion which the Average Daily Attendance in the
6    attendance center or centers bear to the Average Daily
7    Attendance in the school district. A "recognized school"
8    means any public school which meets the standards as
9    established for recognition by the State Board of
10    Education. A school district or attendance center not
11    having recognition status at the end of a school term is
12    entitled to receive State aid payments due upon a legal
13    claim which was filed while it was recognized.
14        (b) School district claims filed under this Section are
15    subject to Sections 18-9 and 18-12, except as otherwise
16    provided in this Section.
17        (c) If a school district operates a full year school
18    under Section 10-19.1, the general State aid to the school
19    district shall be determined by the State Board of
20    Education in accordance with this Section as near as may be
21    applicable.
22        (d) (Blank).
23    (4) Except as provided in subsections (H) and (L), the
24board of any district receiving any of the grants provided for
25in this Section may apply those funds to any fund so received
26for which that board is authorized to make expenditures by law.

 

 

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1    School districts are not required to exert a minimum
2Operating Tax Rate in order to qualify for assistance under
3this Section.
4    (5) As used in this Section the following terms, when
5capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
6        (a) "Average Daily Attendance": A count of pupil
7    attendance in school, averaged as provided for in
8    subsection (C) and utilized in deriving per pupil financial
9    support levels.
10        (b) "Available Local Resources": A computation of
11    local financial support, calculated on the basis of Average
12    Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant to
13    subsection (D).
14        (c) "Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes":
15    Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to "An Act in
16    relation to the abolition of ad valorem personal property
17    tax and the replacement of revenues lost thereby, and
18    amending and repealing certain Acts and parts of Acts in
19    connection therewith", certified August 14, 1979, as
20    amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
21        (d) "Foundation Level": A prescribed level of per pupil
22    financial support as provided for in subsection (B).
23        (e) "Operating Tax Rate": All school district property
24    taxes extended for all purposes, except Bond and Interest,
25    Summer School, Rent, Capital Improvement, and Vocational
26    Education Building purposes.
 

 

 

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1(B) Foundation Level.
2    (1) The Foundation Level is a figure established by the
3State representing the minimum level of per pupil financial
4support that should be available to provide for the basic
5education of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance. As set
6forth in this Section, each school district is assumed to exert
7a sufficient local taxing effort such that, in combination with
8the aggregate of general State financial aid provided the
9district, an aggregate of State and local resources are
10available to meet the basic education needs of pupils in the
11district.
12    (2) For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation Level of
13support is $4,225. For the 1999-2000 school year, the
14Foundation Level of support is $4,325. For the 2000-2001 school
15year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425. For the
162001-2002 school year and 2002-2003 school year, the Foundation
17Level of support is $4,560. For the 2003-2004 school year, the
18Foundation Level of support is $4,810. For the 2004-2005 school
19year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,964. For the
202005-2006 school year, the Foundation Level of support is
21$5,164. For the 2006-2007 school year, the Foundation Level of
22support is $5,334. For the 2007-2008 school year, the
23Foundation Level of support is $5,734. For the 2008-2009 school
24year, the Foundation Level of support is $5,959.
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1thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $6,119 or such
2greater amount as may be established by law by the General
3Assembly.
 
4(C) Average Daily Attendance.
5    (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant
6to subsection (E), an Average Daily Attendance figure shall be
7utilized. The Average Daily Attendance figure for formula
8calculation purposes shall be the monthly average of the actual
9number of pupils in attendance of each school district, as
10further averaged for the best 3 months of pupil attendance for
11each school district. In compiling the figures for the number
12of pupils in attendance, school districts and the State Board
13of Education shall, for purposes of general State aid funding,
14conform attendance figures to the requirements of subsection
15(F).
16    (2) The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
17subsection (E) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
18school year immediately preceding the school year for which
19general State aid is being calculated or the average of the
20attendance data for the 3 preceding school years, whichever is
21greater. The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
22subsection (H) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
23school year immediately preceding the school year for which
24general State aid is being calculated.
 

 

 

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1(D) Available Local Resources.
2    (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant
3to subsection (E), a representation of Available Local
4Resources per pupil, as that term is defined and determined in
5this subsection, shall be utilized. Available Local Resources
6per pupil shall include a calculated dollar amount representing
7local school district revenues from local property taxes and
8from Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes, expressed
9on the basis of pupils in Average Daily Attendance. Calculation
10of Available Local Resources shall exclude any tax amnesty
11funds received as a result of Public Act 93-26.
12    (2) In determining a school district's revenue from local
13property taxes, the State Board of Education shall utilize the
14equalized assessed valuation of all taxable property of each
15school district as of September 30 of the previous year. The
16equalized assessed valuation utilized shall be obtained and
17determined as provided in subsection (G).
18    (3) For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten
19through 12, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be
20calculated as the product of the applicable equalized assessed
21valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%, and divided by
22the district's Average Daily Attendance figure. For school
23districts maintaining grades kindergarten through 8, local
24property tax revenues per pupil shall be calculated as the
25product of the applicable equalized assessed valuation for the
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1Average Daily Attendance figure. For school districts
2maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax revenues
3per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed valuation
4of the district multiplied by 1.05%, and divided by the
5district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
6    For partial elementary unit districts created pursuant to
7Article 11E of this Code, local property tax revenues per pupil
8shall be calculated as the product of the equalized assessed
9valuation for property within the partial elementary unit
10district for elementary purposes, as defined in Article 11E of
11this Code, multiplied by 2.06% and divided by the district's
12Average Daily Attendance figure, plus the product of the
13equalized assessed valuation for property within the partial
14elementary unit district for high school purposes, as defined
15in Article 11E of this Code, multiplied by 0.94% and divided by
16the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
17    (4) The Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes paid
18to each school district during the calendar year one year
19before the calendar year in which a school year begins, divided
20by the Average Daily Attendance figure for that district, shall
21be added to the local property tax revenues per pupil as
22derived by the application of the immediately preceding
23paragraph (3). The sum of these per pupil figures for each
24school district shall constitute Available Local Resources as
25that term is utilized in subsection (E) in the calculation of
26general State aid.
 

 

 

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1(E) Computation of General State Aid.
2    (1) For each school year, the amount of general State aid
3allotted to a school district shall be computed by the State
4Board of Education as provided in this subsection.
5    (2) For any school district for which Available Local
6Resources per pupil is less than the product of 0.93 times the
7Foundation Level, general State aid for that district shall be
8calculated as an amount equal to the Foundation Level minus
9Available Local Resources, multiplied by the Average Daily
10Attendance of the school district.
11    (3) For any school district for which Available Local
12Resources per pupil is equal to or greater than the product of
130.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the product of
141.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
15pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the Foundation Level
16derived using a linear algorithm. Under this linear algorithm,
17the calculated general State aid per pupil shall decline in
18direct linear fashion from 0.07 times the Foundation Level for
19a school district with Available Local Resources equal to the
20product of 0.93 times the Foundation Level, to 0.05 times the
21Foundation Level for a school district with Available Local
22Resources equal to the product of 1.75 times the Foundation
23Level. The allocation of general State aid for school districts
24subject to this paragraph 3 shall be the calculated general
25State aid per pupil figure multiplied by the Average Daily

 

 

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1Attendance of the school district.
2    (4) For any school district for which Available Local
3Resources per pupil equals or exceeds the product of 1.75 times
4the Foundation Level, the general State aid for the school
5district shall be calculated as the product of $218 multiplied
6by the Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
7    (5) The amount of general State aid allocated to a school
8district for the 1999-2000 school year meeting the requirements
9set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) shall be increased
10by an amount equal to the general State aid that would have
11been received by the district for the 1998-1999 school year by
12utilizing the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed
13Valuation as calculated in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) less
14the general State aid allotted for the 1998-1999 school year.
15This amount shall be deemed a one time increase, and shall not
16affect any future general State aid allocations.
 
17(F) Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
18    (1) Each school district shall, by July 1 of each year,
19submit to the State Board of Education, on forms prescribed by
20the State Board of Education, attendance figures for the school
21year that began in the preceding calendar year. The attendance
22information so transmitted shall identify the average daily
23attendance figures for each month of the school year. Beginning
24with the general State aid claim form for the 2002-2003 school
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1provided in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of this paragraph
2(1).
3        (a) In districts that do not hold year-round classes,
4    days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
5    September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
6    to the month of May.
7        (b) In districts in which all buildings hold year-round
8    classes, days of attendance in July and August shall be
9    added to the month of September and any days of attendance
10    in June shall be added to the month of May.
11        (c) In districts in which some buildings, but not all,
12    hold year-round classes, for the non-year-round buildings,
13    days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
14    September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
15    to the month of May. The average daily attendance for the
16    year-round buildings shall be computed as provided in
17    subdivision (b) of this paragraph (1). To calculate the
18    Average Daily Attendance for the district, the average
19    daily attendance for the year-round buildings shall be
20    multiplied by the days in session for the non-year-round
21    buildings for each month and added to the monthly
22    attendance of the non-year-round buildings.
23    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, days of
24attendance by pupils shall be counted only for sessions of not
25less than 5 clock hours of school work per day under direct
26supervision of: (i) teachers, or (ii) non-teaching personnel or

 

 

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1volunteer personnel when engaging in non-teaching duties and
2supervising in those instances specified in subsection (a) of
3Section 10-22.34 and paragraph 10 of Section 34-18, with pupils
4of legal school age and in kindergarten and grades 1 through
512.
6    Days of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited
7only to the districts that pay the tuition to a recognized
8school.
9    (2) Days of attendance by pupils of less than 5 clock hours
10of school shall be subject to the following provisions in the
11compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
12        (a) Pupils regularly enrolled in a public school for
13    only a part of the school day may be counted on the basis
14    of 1/6 day for every class hour of instruction of 40
15    minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment,
16    unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of 80
17    minutes or more of instruction, in which case the pupil may
18    be counted on the basis of the proportion of minutes of
19    school work completed each day to the minimum number of
20    minutes that school work is required to be held that day.
21        (b) Days of attendance may be less than 5 clock hours
22    on the opening and closing of the school term, and upon the
23    first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by a day or days
24    utilized as an institute or teachers' workshop.
25        (c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be counted
26    as a day of attendance upon certification by the regional

 

 

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1    superintendent, and approved by the State Superintendent
2    of Education to the extent that the district has been
3    forced to use daily multiple sessions.
4        (d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be counted
5    as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder of the school
6    day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that day is
7    utilized for an in-service training program for teachers,
8    up to a maximum of 5 days per school year, provided a
9    district conducts an in-service training program for
10    teachers in accordance with Section 10-22.39 of this Code;
11    or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be used, in
12    which event each such day may be counted as a day required
13    for a legal school calendar pursuant to Section 10-19 of
14    this Code; (1.5) when, of the 5 days allowed under item
15    (1), a maximum of 4 days are used for parent-teacher
16    conferences, or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days are
17    used, in which case each such day may be counted as a
18    calendar day required under Section 10-19 of this Code,
19    provided that the full-day, parent-teacher conference
20    consists of (i) a minimum of 5 clock hours of
21    parent-teacher conferences, (ii) both a minimum of 2 clock
22    hours of parent-teacher conferences held in the evening
23    following a full day of student attendance, as specified in
24    subsection (F)(1)(c), and a minimum of 3 clock hours of
25    parent-teacher conferences held on the day immediately
26    following evening parent-teacher conferences, or (iii)

 

 

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1    multiple parent-teacher conferences held in the evenings
2    following full days of student attendance, as specified in
3    subsection (F)(1)(c), in which the time used for the
4    parent-teacher conferences is equivalent to a minimum of 5
5    clock hours; and (2) when days in addition to those
6    provided in items (1) and (1.5) are scheduled by a school
7    pursuant to its school improvement plan adopted under
8    Article 34 or its revised or amended school improvement
9    plan adopted under Article 2, provided that (i) such
10    sessions of 3 or more clock hours are scheduled to occur at
11    regular intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in
12    which such sessions occur are utilized for in-service
13    training programs or other staff development activities
14    for teachers, and (iii) a sufficient number of minutes of
15    school work under the direct supervision of teachers are
16    added to the school days between such regularly scheduled
17    sessions to accumulate not less than the number of minutes
18    by which such sessions of 3 or more clock hours fall short
19    of 5 clock hours. Any full days used for the purposes of
20    this paragraph shall not be considered for computing
21    average daily attendance. Days scheduled for in-service
22    training programs, staff development activities, or
23    parent-teacher conferences may be scheduled separately for
24    different grade levels and different attendance centers of
25    the district.
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1    teaching hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or by
2    telephone to the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day of
3    attendance, however these pupils must receive 4 or more
4    clock hours of instruction to be counted for a full day of
5    attendance.
6        (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be counted
7    as a day of attendance for first grade pupils, and pupils
8    in full day kindergartens, and a session of 2 or more hours
9    may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by pupils in
10    kindergartens which provide only 1/2 day of attendance.
11        (g) For children with disabilities who are below the
12    age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock hours
13    because of their disability or immaturity, a session of not
14    less than one clock hour may be counted as 1/2 day of
15    attendance; however for such children whose educational
16    needs so require a session of 4 or more clock hours may be
17    counted as a full day of attendance.
18        (h) A recognized kindergarten which provides for only
19    1/2 day of attendance by each pupil shall not have more
20    than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any one day. However,
21    kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance in any 5
22    consecutive school days. When a pupil attends such a
23    kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school day, the
24    pupil shall have the following day as a day absent from
25    school, unless the school district obtains permission in
26    writing from the State Superintendent of Education.

 

 

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1    Attendance at kindergartens which provide for a full day of
2    attendance by each pupil shall be counted the same as
3    attendance by first grade pupils. Only the first year of
4    attendance in one kindergarten shall be counted, except in
5    case of children who entered the kindergarten in their
6    fifth year whose educational development requires a second
7    year of kindergarten as determined under the rules and
8    regulations of the State Board of Education.
9        (i) On the days when the Prairie State Achievement
10    Examination is administered under subsection (c) of
11    Section 2-3.64 of this Code, the day of attendance for a
12    pupil whose school day must be shortened to accommodate
13    required testing procedures may be less than 5 clock hours
14    and shall be counted towards the 176 days of actual pupil
15    attendance required under Section 10-19 of this Code,
16    provided that a sufficient number of minutes of school work
17    in excess of 5 clock hours are first completed on other
18    school days to compensate for the loss of school work on
19    the examination days.
 
20(G) Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
21    (1) For purposes of the calculation of Available Local
22Resources required pursuant to subsection (D), the State Board
23of Education shall secure from the Department of Revenue the
24value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue of
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1(i) the applicable tax rate used in extending taxes for the
2funds of the district as of September 30 of the previous year
3and (ii) the limiting rate for all school districts subject to
4property tax extension limitations as imposed under the
5Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
6    The Department of Revenue shall add to the equalized
7assessed value of all taxable property of each school district
8situated entirely or partially within a county that is or was
9subject to the provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the
10Property Tax Code (a) an amount equal to the total amount by
11which the homestead exemption allowed under Section 15-176 or
1215-177 of the Property Tax Code for real property situated in
13that school district exceeds the total amount that would have
14been allowed in that school district if the maximum reduction
15under Section 15-176 was (i) $4,500 in Cook County or $3,500 in
16all other counties in tax year 2003 or (ii) $5,000 in all
17counties in tax year 2004 and thereafter and (b) an amount
18equal to the aggregate amount for the taxable year of all
19additional exemptions under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax
20Code for owners with a household income of $30,000 or less. The
21county clerk of any county that is or was subject to the
22provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code
23shall annually calculate and certify to the Department of
24Revenue for each school district all homestead exemption
25amounts under Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code
26and all amounts of additional exemptions under Section 15-175

 

 

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1of the Property Tax Code for owners with a household income of
2$30,000 or less. It is the intent of this paragraph that if the
3general homestead exemption for a parcel of property is
4determined under Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax
5Code rather than Section 15-175, then the calculation of
6Available Local Resources shall not be affected by the
7difference, if any, between the amount of the general homestead
8exemption allowed for that parcel of property under Section
915-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code and the amount that
10would have been allowed had the general homestead exemption for
11that parcel of property been determined under Section 15-175 of
12the Property Tax Code. It is further the intent of this
13paragraph that if additional exemptions are allowed under
14Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code for owners with a
15household income of less than $30,000, then the calculation of
16Available Local Resources shall not be affected by the
17difference, if any, because of those additional exemptions.
18    This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
19the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
20calculation of Available Local Resources.
21    (2) The equalized assessed valuation in paragraph (1) shall
22be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
23        (a) For the purposes of calculating State aid under
24    this Section, with respect to any part of a school district
25    within a redevelopment project area in respect to which a
26    municipality has adopted tax increment allocation

 

 

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1    financing pursuant to the Tax Increment Allocation
2    Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through 11-74.4-11
3    of the Illinois Municipal Code or the Industrial Jobs
4    Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through 11-74.6-50 of the
5    Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the current equalized
6    assessed valuation of real property located in any such
7    project area which is attributable to an increase above the
8    total initial equalized assessed valuation of such
9    property shall be used as part of the equalized assessed
10    valuation of the district, until such time as all
11    redevelopment project costs have been paid, as provided in
12    Section 11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment Allocation
13    Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of the
14    Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose of the
15    equalized assessed valuation of the district, the total
16    initial equalized assessed valuation or the current
17    equalized assessed valuation, whichever is lower, shall be
18    used until such time as all redevelopment project costs
19    have been paid.
20        (b) The real property equalized assessed valuation for
21    a school district shall be adjusted by subtracting from the
22    real property value as equalized or assessed by the
23    Department of Revenue for the district an amount computed
24    by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes under
25    Section 18-170 of the Property Tax Code by 3.00% for a
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1    2.30% for a district maintaining grades kindergarten
2    through 8, or by 1.05% for a district maintaining grades 9
3    through 12 and adjusted by an amount computed by dividing
4    the amount of any abatement of taxes under subsection (a)
5    of Section 18-165 of the Property Tax Code by the same
6    percentage rates for district type as specified in this
7    subparagraph (b).
8    (3) For the 1999-2000 school year and each school year
9thereafter, if a school district meets all of the criteria of
10this subsection (G)(3), the school district's Available Local
11Resources shall be calculated under subsection (D) using the
12district's Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation
13as calculated under this subsection (G)(3).
14    For purposes of this subsection (G)(3) the following terms
15shall have the following meanings:
16        "Budget Year": The school year for which general State
17    aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
18        "Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used to
19    calculate the Budget Year allocation of general State aid.
20        "Preceding Tax Year": The property tax levy year
21    immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
22        "Base Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of the
23    equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County Clerk
24    in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting rate as
25    calculated by the County Clerk and defined in the Property
26    Tax Extension Limitation Law.

 

 

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1        "Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of
2    the equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County
3    Clerk in the Preceding Tax Year multiplied by the Operating
4    Tax Rate as defined in subsection (A).
5        "Extension Limitation Ratio": A numerical ratio,
6    certified by the County Clerk, in which the numerator is
7    the Base Tax Year's Tax Extension and the denominator is
8    the Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension.
9        "Operating Tax Rate": The operating tax rate as defined
10    in subsection (A).
11    If a school district is subject to property tax extension
12limitations as imposed under the Property Tax Extension
13Limitation Law, the State Board of Education shall calculate
14the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of that
15district. For the 1999-2000 school year, the Extension
16Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as
17calculated by the State Board of Education shall be equal to
18the product of the district's 1996 Equalized Assessed Valuation
19and the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. Except as
20otherwise provided in this paragraph for a school district that
21has approved or does approve an increase in its limiting rate,
22for the 2000-2001 school year and each school year thereafter,
23the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a
24school district as calculated by the State Board of Education
25shall be equal to the product of the Equalized Assessed
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1the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension
2Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as
3calculated under this subsection (G)(3) is less than the
4district's equalized assessed valuation as calculated pursuant
5to subsections (G)(1) and (G)(2), then for purposes of
6calculating the district's general State aid for the Budget
7Year pursuant to subsection (E), that Extension Limitation
8Equalized Assessed Valuation shall be utilized to calculate the
9district's Available Local Resources under subsection (D).
10However, in no circumstance shall the Extension Limitation
11Equalized Assessed Valuation be less than the product of the
12equalized assessed valuation, as calculated pursuant to
13subsections (G)(1) and (G)(2) and as further adjusted by the
14current year adjustments defined in Section 2-3.33 of this
15Code, multiplied by 0.65. For the 2009-2010 school year and
16each school year thereafter, if a school district has approved
17or does approve an increase in its limiting rate, pursuant to
18Section 18-190 of the Property Tax Code, affecting the Base Tax
19Year, the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of
20the school district, as calculated by the State Board of
21Education, shall be equal to the product of the Equalized
22Assessed Valuation last used in the calculation of general
23State aid times an amount equal to one plus the percentage
24increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban
25Consumers for all items published by the United States
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1the Base Tax Year, plus the Equalized Assessed Valuation of new
2property, annexed property, and recovered tax increment value
3and minus the Equalized Assessed Valuation of disconnected
4property. New property and recovered tax increment value shall
5have the meanings set forth in the Property Tax Extension
6Limitation Law.
7    Partial elementary unit districts created in accordance
8with Article 11E of this Code shall not be eligible for the
9adjustment in this subsection (G)(3) until the fifth year
10following the effective date of the reorganization.
11    (3.5) For the 2010-2011 school year and each school year
12thereafter, if a school district's boundaries span multiple
13counties, then the Department of Revenue shall send to the
14State Board of Education, for the purpose of calculating
15general State aid, the limiting rate and individual rates by
16purpose for the county that contains the majority of the school
17district's Equalized Assessed Valuation.
18    (4) For the purposes of calculating general State aid for
19the 1999-2000 school year only, if a school district
20experienced a triennial reassessment on the equalized assessed
21valuation used in calculating its general State financial aid
22apportionment for the 1998-1999 school year, the State Board of
23Education shall calculate the Extension Limitation Equalized
24Assessed Valuation that would have been used to calculate the
25district's 1998-1999 general State aid. This amount shall equal
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1calculate general State aid for the 1997-1998 school year and
2the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension
3Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of the school district
4as calculated under this paragraph (4) is less than the
5district's equalized assessed valuation utilized in
6calculating the district's 1998-1999 general State aid
7allocation, then for purposes of calculating the district's
8general State aid pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection (E),
9that Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation shall
10be utilized to calculate the district's Available Local
11Resources.
12    (5) For school districts having a majority of their
13equalized assessed valuation in any county except Cook, DuPage,
14Kane, Lake, McHenry, or Will, if the amount of general State
15aid allocated to the school district for the 1999-2000 school
16year under the provisions of subsection (E), (H), and (J) of
17this Section is less than the amount of general State aid
18allocated to the district for the 1998-1999 school year under
19these subsections, then the general State aid of the district
20for the 1999-2000 school year only shall be increased by the
21difference between these amounts. The total payments made under
22this paragraph (5) shall not exceed $14,000,000. Claims shall
23be prorated if they exceed $14,000,000.
 
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1is allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying school
2districts shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction with a
3district's payments of general State aid, for supplemental
4general State aid based upon the concentration level of
5children from low-income households within the school
6district. Supplemental State aid grants provided for school
7districts under this subsection shall be appropriated for
8distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
9in which the general State financial aid of school districts is
10appropriated under this Section.
11    (1.5) This paragraph (1.5) applies only to those school
12years preceding the 2003-2004 school year. For purposes of this
13subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
14shall be the low-income eligible pupil count from the most
15recently available federal census divided by the Average Daily
16Attendance of the school district. If, however, (i) the
17percentage decrease from the 2 most recent federal censuses in
18the low-income eligible pupil count of a high school district
19with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or more the
20percentage change in the total low-income eligible pupil count
21of contiguous elementary school districts, whose boundaries
22are coterminous with the high school district, or (ii) a high
23school district within 2 counties and serving 5 elementary
24school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous with the
25high school district, has a percentage decrease from the 2 most
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1and there is a percentage increase in the total low-income
2eligible pupil count of a majority of the elementary school
3districts in excess of 50% from the 2 most recent federal
4censuses, then the high school district's low-income eligible
5pupil count from the earlier federal census shall be the number
6used as the low-income eligible pupil count for the high school
7district, for purposes of this subsection (H). The changes made
8to this paragraph (1) by Public Act 92-28 shall apply to
9supplemental general State aid grants for school years
10preceding the 2003-2004 school year that are paid in fiscal
11year 1999 or thereafter and to any State aid payments made in
12fiscal year 1994 through fiscal year 1998 pursuant to
13subsection 1(n) of Section 18-8 of this Code (which was
14repealed on July 1, 1998), and any high school district that is
15affected by Public Act 92-28 is entitled to a recomputation of
16its supplemental general State aid grant or State aid paid in
17any of those fiscal years. This recomputation shall not be
18affected by any other funding.
19    (1.10) This paragraph (1.10) applies to the 2003-2004
20school year and each school year thereafter. For purposes of
21this subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
22shall, for each fiscal year, be the low-income eligible pupil
23count as of July 1 of the immediately preceding fiscal year (as
24determined by the Department of Human Services based on the
25number of pupils who are eligible for at least one of the
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1Insurance Program, TANF, or Food Stamps, excluding pupils who
2are eligible for services provided by the Department of
3Children and Family Services, averaged over the 2 immediately
4preceding fiscal years for fiscal year 2004 and over the 3
5immediately preceding fiscal years for each fiscal year
6thereafter) divided by the Average Daily Attendance of the
7school district.
8    (2) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
9subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 1998-1999,
101999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years only:
11        (a) For any school district with a Low Income
12    Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
13    grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by the
14    low income eligible pupil count.
15        (b) For any school district with a Low Income
16    Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
17    grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall be $1,100
18    multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
19        (c) For any school district with a Low Income
20    Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
21    grant for the 1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
22    multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
23        (d) For any school district with a Low Income
24    Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for the
25    1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
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1        (e) For the 1999-2000 school year, the per pupil amount
2    specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d) immediately
3    above shall be increased to $1,243, $1,600, and $2,000,
4    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
10subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2002-2003
11school year:
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%, the
18    grant for each school year shall be $675 multiplied by the
19    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%, the
22    grant for each school year shall be $1,330 multiplied by
23    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%, the
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1    the low income eligible pupil count.
2        (e) For any school district with a Low Income
3    Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
4    grant for each school year shall be $1,680 multiplied by
5    the low income eligible pupil count.
6        (f) For any school district with a Low Income
7    Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for each
8    school year shall be $2,080 multiplied by the low income
9    eligible pupil count.
10    (2.10) Except as otherwise provided, supplemental general
11State aid pursuant to this subsection (H) shall be provided as
12follows for the 2003-2004 school year and each school year
13thereafter:
14        (a) For any school district with a Low Income
15    Concentration Level of 15% or less, the grant for each
16    school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
17    eligible pupil count.
18        (b) For any school district with a Low Income
19    Concentration Level greater than 15%, the grant for each
20    school year shall be $294.25 added to the product of $2,700
21    and the square of the Low Income Concentration Level, all
22    multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
23    For the 2003-2004 school year and each school year
24thereafter through the 2008-2009 school year only, the grant
25shall be no less than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year.
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1than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by
20.66. For the 2010-2011 school year only, the grant shall be no
3less than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by
40.33. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph to the
5contrary, if for any school year supplemental general State aid
6grants are prorated as provided in paragraph (1) of this
7subsection (H), then the grants under this paragraph shall be
8prorated.
9    For the 2003-2004 school year only, the grant shall be no
10greater than the grant received during the 2002-2003 school
11year added to the product of 0.25 multiplied by the difference
12between the grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b)
13of this paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the
14grant received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the
152004-2005 school year only, the grant shall be no greater than
16the grant received during the 2002-2003 school year added to
17the product of 0.50 multiplied by the difference between the
18grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this
19paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant
20received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the 2005-2006
21school year only, the grant shall be no greater than the grant
22received during the 2002-2003 school year added to the product
23of 0.75 multiplied by the difference between the grant amount
24calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this paragraph
25(2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant received during
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1    (3) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
2more than 1,000 and less than 50,000 that qualify for
3supplemental general State aid pursuant to this subsection
4shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
5October 30 of each year for the use of the funds resulting from
6this grant of supplemental general State aid for the
7improvement of instruction in which priority is given to
8meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children. Such
9plan shall be submitted in accordance with rules and
10regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
11    (4) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
1250,000 or more that qualify for supplemental general State aid
13pursuant to this subsection shall be required to distribute
14from funds available pursuant to this Section, no less than
15$261,000,000 in accordance with the following requirements:
16        (a) The required amounts shall be distributed to the
17    attendance centers within the district in proportion to the
18    number of pupils enrolled at each attendance center who are
19    eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunches or
20    breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966
21    and under the National School Lunch Act during the
22    immediately preceding school year.
23        (b) The distribution of these portions of supplemental
24    and general State aid among attendance centers according to
25    these requirements shall not be compensated for or
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1    appropriated to any attendance centers, and the Board of
2    Education shall utilize funding from one or several sources
3    in order to fully implement this provision annually prior
4    to the opening of school.
5        (c) Each attendance center shall be provided by the
6    school district a distribution of noncategorical funds and
7    other categorical funds to which an attendance center is
8    entitled under law in order that the general State aid and
9    supplemental general State aid provided by application of
10    this subsection supplements rather than supplants the
11    noncategorical funds and other categorical funds provided
12    by the school district to the attendance centers.
13        (d) Any funds made available under this subsection that
14    by reason of the provisions of this subsection are not
15    required to be allocated and provided to attendance centers
16    may be used and appropriated by the board of the district
17    for any lawful school purpose.
18        (e) Funds received by an attendance center pursuant to
19    this subsection shall be used by the attendance center at
20    the discretion of the principal and local school council
21    for programs to improve educational opportunities at
22    qualifying schools through the following programs and
23    services: early childhood education, reduced class size or
24    improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
25    programs, remedial assistance, attendance improvement, and
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1    supplement the regular and basic programs as determined by
2    the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not be
3    expended for any political or lobbying purposes as defined
4    by board rule.
5        (f) Each district subject to the provisions of this
6    subdivision (H)(4) shall submit an acceptable plan to meet
7    the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
8    compliance with the requirements of this paragraph, to the
9    State Board of Education prior to July 15 of each year.
10    This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of local
11    school councils concerning the school expenditure plans
12    developed in accordance with part 4 of Section 34-2.3. The
13    State Board shall approve or reject the plan within 60 days
14    after its submission. If the plan is rejected, the district
15    shall give written notice of intent to modify the plan
16    within 15 days of the notification of rejection and then
17    submit a modified plan within 30 days after the date of the
18    written notice of intent to modify. Districts may amend
19    approved plans pursuant to rules promulgated by the State
20    Board of Education.
21        Upon notification by the State Board of Education that
22    the district has not submitted a plan prior to July 15 or a
23    modified plan within the time period specified herein, the
24    State aid funds affected by that plan or modified plan
25    shall be withheld by the State Board of Education until a
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1        If the district fails to distribute State aid to
2    attendance centers in accordance with an approved plan, the
3    plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
4    addition to the funds otherwise required by this
5    subsection, to those attendance centers which were
6    underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal to
7    such underfunding.
8        For purposes of determining compliance with this
9    subsection in relation to the requirements of attendance
10    center funding, each district subject to the provisions of
11    this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
12    December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data for
13    the prior year in addition to any modification of its
14    current plan. If it is determined that there has been a
15    failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
16    subsection regarding contravention or supplanting, the
17    State Superintendent of Education shall, within 60 days of
18    receipt of the report, notify the district and any affected
19    local school council. The district shall within 45 days of
20    receipt of that notification inform the State
21    Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
22    action to be taken, whether by amendment of the current
23    plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the
24    following year. Failure to provide the expenditure report
25    or the notification of remedial or corrective action in a
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1    funds.
2        The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and
3    regulations to implement the provisions of this
4    subsection. No funds shall be released under this
5    subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted a
6    plan that has been approved by the State Board of
7    Education.
 
8(I) (Blank).
 
9(J) Supplementary Grants in Aid.
10    (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section,
11the amount of the aggregate general State aid in combination
12with supplemental general State aid under this Section for
13which each school district is eligible shall be no less than
14the amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that
15was received by the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of
16amounts received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that
17Section) for the 1997-98 school year, pursuant to the
18provisions of that Section as it was then in effect. If a
19school district qualifies to receive a supplementary payment
20made under this subsection (J), the amount of the aggregate
21general State aid in combination with supplemental general
22State aid under this Section which that district is eligible to
23receive for each school year shall be no less than the amount
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1received by the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of
2amounts received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that
3Section) for the 1997-1998 school year, pursuant to the
4provisions of that Section as it was then in effect.
5    (2) If, as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection
6(J), a school district is to receive aggregate general State
7aid in combination with supplemental general State aid under
8this Section for the 1998-99 school year and any subsequent
9school year that in any such school year is less than the
10amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that the
11district received for the 1997-98 school year, the school
12district shall also receive, from a separate appropriation made
13for purposes of this subsection (J), a supplementary payment
14that is equal to the amount of the difference in the aggregate
15State aid figures as described in paragraph (1).
16    (3) (Blank).
 
17(K) Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
18    In calculating the amount to be paid to the governing board
19of a public university that operates a laboratory school under
20this Section or to any alternative school that is operated by a
21regional superintendent of schools, the State Board of
22Education shall require by rule such reporting requirements as
23it deems necessary.
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1approved by the State Board of Education. The governing board
2of a public university which receives funds from the State
3Board under this subsection (K) may not increase the number of
4students enrolled in its laboratory school from a single
5district, if that district is already sending 50 or more
6students, except under a mutual agreement between the school
7board of a student's district of residence and the university
8which operates the laboratory school. A laboratory school may
9not have more than 1,000 students, excluding students with
10disabilities in a special education program.
11    As used in this Section, "alternative school" means a
12public school which is created and operated by a Regional
13Superintendent of Schools and approved by the State Board of
14Education. Such alternative schools may offer courses of
15instruction for which credit is given in regular school
16programs, courses to prepare students for the high school
17equivalency testing program or vocational and occupational
18training. A regional superintendent of schools may contract
19with a school district or a public community college district
20to operate an alternative school. An alternative school serving
21more than one educational service region may be established by
22the regional superintendents of schools of the affected
23educational service regions. An alternative school serving
24more than one educational service region may be operated under
25such terms as the regional superintendents of schools of those
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1    Each laboratory and alternative school shall file, on forms
2provided by the State Superintendent of Education, an annual
3State aid claim which states the Average Daily Attendance of
4the school's students by month. The best 3 months' Average
5Daily Attendance shall be computed for each school. The general
6State aid entitlement shall be computed by multiplying the
7applicable Average Daily Attendance by the Foundation Level as
8determined under this Section.
 
9(L) Payments, Additional Grants in Aid and Other Requirements.
10    (1) For a school district operating under the financial
11supervision of an Authority created under Article 34A, the
12general State aid otherwise payable to that district under this
13Section, but not the supplemental general State aid, shall be
14reduced by an amount equal to the budget for the operations of
15the Authority as certified by the Authority to the State Board
16of Education, and an amount equal to such reduction shall be
17paid to the Authority created for such district for its
18operating expenses in the manner provided in Section 18-11. The
19remainder of general State school aid for any such district
20shall be paid in accordance with Article 34A when that Article
21provides for a disposition other than that provided by this
22Article.
23    (2) (Blank).
24    (3) Summer school. Summer school payments shall be made as
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1(M) Education Funding Advisory Board.
2    The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
3subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created.
4The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
5Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
6members appointed shall include representatives of education,
7business, and the general public. One of the members so
8appointed shall be designated by the Governor at the time the
9appointment is made as the chairperson of the Board. The
10initial members of the Board may be appointed any time after
11the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997. The regular
12term of each member of the Board shall be for 4 years from the
13third Monday of January of the year in which the term of the
14member's appointment is to commence, except that of the 5
15initial members appointed to serve on the Board, the member who
16is appointed as the chairperson shall serve for a term that
17commences on the date of his or her appointment and expires on
18the third Monday of January, 2002, and the remaining 4 members,
19by lots drawn at the first meeting of the Board that is held
20after all 5 members are appointed, shall determine 2 of their
21number to serve for terms that commence on the date of their
22respective appointments and expire on the third Monday of
23January, 2001, and 2 of their number to serve for terms that
24commence on the date of their respective appointments and
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1appointed to serve on the Board shall serve until their
2respective successors are appointed and confirmed. Vacancies
3shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. If
4a vacancy in membership occurs at a time when the Senate is not
5in session, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment
6until the next meeting of the Senate, when he or she shall
7appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a
8person to fill that membership for the unexpired term. If the
9Senate is not in session when the initial appointments are
10made, those appointments shall be made as in the case of
11vacancies.
12    The Education Funding Advisory Board shall be deemed
13established, and the initial members appointed by the Governor
14to serve as members of the Board shall take office, on the date
15that the Governor makes his or her appointment of the fifth
16initial member of the Board, whether those initial members are
17then serving pursuant to appointment and confirmation or
18pursuant to temporary appointments that are made by the
19Governor as in the case of vacancies.
20    The State Board of Education shall provide such staff
21assistance to the Education Funding Advisory Board as is
22reasonably required for the proper performance by the Board of
23its responsibilities.
24    For school years after the 2000-2001 school year, the
25Education Funding Advisory Board, in consultation with the
26State Board of Education, shall make recommendations as

 

 

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1provided in this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for the
2foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section and
3for the supplemental general State aid grant level under
4subsection (H) of this Section for districts with high
5concentrations of children from poverty. The recommended
6foundation level shall be determined based on a methodology
7which incorporates the basic education expenditures of
8low-spending schools exhibiting high academic performance. The
9Education Funding Advisory Board shall make such
10recommendations to the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
11numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.
 
12(N) (Blank).
 
13(O) References.
14    (1) References in other laws to the various subdivisions of
15Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
16replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer to
17the corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to the
18extent that those references remain applicable.
19    (2) References in other laws to State Chapter 1 funds shall
20be deemed to refer to the supplemental general State aid
21provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
 
22(P) Public Act 93-838 and Public Act 93-808 make inconsistent
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1Statutes there is an irreconcilable conflict between Public Act
293-808 and Public Act 93-838. Public Act 93-838, being the last
3acted upon, is controlling. The text of Public Act 93-838 is
4the law regardless of the text of Public Act 93-808.
5(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-644, eff. 10-12-07;
695-707, eff. 1-11-08; 95-744, eff. 7-18-08; 95-903, eff.
78-25-08; 96-45, eff. 7-15-09; 96-152, eff. 8-7-09; 96-300, eff.
88-11-09; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 96-640, eff. 8-24-09; 96-959,
9eff. 7-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1480, eff. 11-18-10;
10revised 11-24-10.)
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
122011.".