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90_SB1651

      105 ILCS 5/18-8.05
      105 ILCS 235/15-5
      105 ILCS 235/15-10
      105 ILCS 235/15-15
      105 ILCS 235/15-20
          Amends the School Code.  Revises the  State  aid  formula
      applicable  during  the  1998-99 and subsequent school years.
      Changes the manner of computing the Available Local Resources
      for school districts maintaining grades 9 through 12 and  the
      manner  of  adjusting the equalized assessed valuation of the
      taxable property of those  districts  because  of  enterprise
      zone  and other tax abatements by reducing a component of the
      formulas used to make those computations and  adjustments  to
      1.10% from 1.20%.  Also changes the manner of determining the
      Low  Income  Concentration  Level of school districts of less
      than 500,000 inhabitants  for  the  1999-2000  and  2000-2001
      school   years.   Deletes  language  requiring  that  if  the
      aggregate amount of any hold-harmless  payments  that  school
      districts are to receive in any such school year, as computed
      under the applicable formula for that school year, is greater
      than  the aggregate amount appropriated for that purpose, the
      hold-harmless payments that school districts receive for that
      school year are to be prorated accordingly.  Also amends  the
      General  State Aid Continuing Appropriation Law.  Changes the
      Law's  short  title  and  includes   hold-harmless   payments
      required  to  be made to school districts under the State aid
      formula  within  the  ambit  of   that   Law's   application.
      Effective  immediately,  except  the  amendment of the School
      Code takes effect July 1, 1998.
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 1        AN ACT relating to education funding.
 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section  5.   The  School  Code  is  amended  by changing
 5    Section 18-8.05 as follows:
 6        (105 ILCS 5/18-8.05)
 7        (This Section may contain text from a Public Act  with  a
 8    delayed effective date.)
 9        Sec.  18-8.05.  Basis  for apportionment of general State
10    financial aid and  supplemental  general  State  aid  to  the
11    common schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school years.
12    (A)  General Provisions.
13        (1)  The   provisions   of  this  Section  apply  to  the
14    1998-1999 and subsequent school years.  The system of general
15    State financial aid provided for in this Section is  designed
16    to  assure that, through a combination of State financial aid
17    and required local resources, the financial support  provided
18    each  pupil  in  Average Daily Attendance equals or exceeds a
19    prescribed per pupil Foundation Level.  This formula approach
20    imputes a level of per pupil Available  Local  Resources  and
21    provides  for  the  basis  to  calculate a per pupil level of
22    general State financial aid that,  when  added  to  Available
23    Local Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level.  The
24    amount  of  per  pupil general State financial aid for school
25    districts,  in  general,  varies  in  inverse   relation   to
26    Available  Local Resources.  Per pupil amounts are based upon
27    each school district's Average Daily Attendance as that  term
28    is defined in this Section.
29        (2)  In  addition  to general State financial aid, school
30    districts with specified levels or concentrations  of  pupils
31    from   low   income   households   are  eligible  to  receive
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 1    supplemental general State financial aid grants  as  provided
 2    pursuant to subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants
 3    provided  for  school districts under subsection (H) shall be
 4    appropriated for distribution to school districts as part  of
 5    the  same  line item in which the general State financial aid
 6    of school districts is appropriated under this Section.
 7        (3)  To receive financial assistance under this  Section,
 8    school  districts  are required to file claims with the State
 9    Board of Education, subject to the following requirements:
10             (a)  Any school district which fails for  any  given
11        school  year to maintain school as required by law, or to
12        maintain a recognized school is not eligible to file  for
13        such  school  year any claim upon the Common School Fund.
14        In case of  nonrecognition  of  one  or  more  attendance
15        centers   in   a   school  district  otherwise  operating
16        recognized schools, the claim of the  district  shall  be
17        reduced   in  the  proportion  which  the  Average  Daily
18        Attendance in the attendance center or  centers  bear  to
19        the  Average  Daily Attendance in the school district.  A
20        "recognized school" means any public school  which  meets
21        the standards as established for recognition by the State
22        Board  of  Education.   A  school  district or attendance
23        center not having recognition status  at  the  end  of  a
24        school term is entitled to receive State aid payments due
25        upon   a  legal  claim  which  was  filed  while  it  was
26        recognized.
27             (b)  School district claims filed under this Section
28        are subject to Sections 18-9, 18-10, and 18-12, except as
29        otherwise provided in this Section.
30             (c)  If a  school  district  operates  a  full  year
31        school  under  Section  10-19.1, the general State aid to
32        the school district shall  be  determined  by  the  State
33        Board  of  Education  in  accordance with this Section as
34        near as may be applicable.
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 1             (d)  Claims  for  financial  assistance  under  this
 2        Section shall  not  be  recomputed  except  as  expressly
 3        provided under this Section.
 4        (4)  Except  as  provided in subsections (H) and (L), the
 5    board of any district receiving any of  the  grants  provided
 6    for  in  this  Section  may  apply those funds to any fund so
 7    received  for  which  that  board  is  authorized   to   make
 8    expenditures by law.
 9        School  districts  are  not  required  to exert a minimum
10    Operating Tax Rate in order to qualify for  assistance  under
11    this Section.
12        (5)  As  used  in  this Section the following terms, when
13    capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
14             (a)  "Average Daily Attendance":  A count  of  pupil
15        attendance   in  school,  averaged  as  provided  for  in
16        subsection  (C)  and  utilized  in  deriving  per   pupil
17        financial support levels.
18             (b)  "Available  Local Resources":  A computation of
19        local financial support, calculated on the basis  Average
20        Daily  Attendance  and  derived  as  provided pursuant to
21        subsection (D).
22             (c)  "Corporate   Personal   Property    Replacement
23        Taxes":  Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to
24        "An  Act  in  relation  to  the  abolition  of ad valorem
25        personal property tax and  the  replacement  of  revenues
26        lost thereby, and amending and repealing certain Acts and
27        parts  of Acts in connection therewith", certified August
28        14, 1979, as amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
29             (d)  "Foundation Level":  A prescribed level of  per
30        pupil  financial  support  as  provided for in subsection
31        (B).
32             (e)  "Operating  Tax  Rate":   All  school  district
33        property  taxes  extended  for   all   purposes,   except
34        community college educational purposes for the payment of
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 1        tuition under Section 6-1 of the Public Community College
 2        Act,  Bond  and  Interest,  Summer  School, Rent, Capital
 3        Improvement, and Vocational Education Building purposes.
 4    (B)  Foundation Level.
 5        (1)  The Foundation Level is a figure established by  the
 6    State  representing  the minimum level of per pupil financial
 7    support that should be available to  provide  for  the  basic
 8    education  of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance.  As set
 9    forth in this Section, each school  district  is  assumed  to
10    exert   a  sufficient  local  taxing  effort  such  that,  in
11    combination with the aggregate of general State financial aid
12    provided the  district,  an  aggregate  of  State  and  local
13    resources  are available to meet the basic education needs of
14    pupils in the district.
15        (2)  For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation  Level
16    of  support  is  $4,225.   For the 1999-2000 school year, the
17    Foundation Level of support is  $4,325.   For  the  2000-2001
18    school year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425.
19        (3)  For  the  2001-2002 school year and each school year
20    thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425 or such
21    greater amount as may be established by law  by  the  General
22    Assembly.
23    (C)  Average Daily Attendance.
24        (1)  For   purposes  of  calculating  general  State  aid
25    pursuant to  subsection  (E),  an  Average  Daily  Attendance
26    figure  shall  be  utilized.   The  Average  Daily Attendance
27    figure for formula calculation purposes shall be the  monthly
28    average  of the actual number of pupils in attendance of each
29    school district, as further averaged for the best 3 months of
30    pupil attendance for each school district.  In compiling  the
31    figures  for  the  number  of  pupils  in  attendance, school
32    districts  and  the  State  Board  of  Education  shall,  for
33    purposes of general State  aid  funding,  conform  attendance
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 1    figures to the requirements of subsection (F).
 2        (2)  The  Average  Daily  Attendance  figures utilized in
 3    subsection (E) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
 4    school year immediately preceding the school year  for  which
 5    general State aid is being calculated.
 6    (D)  Available Local Resources.
 7        (1)  For   purposes  of  calculating  general  State  aid
 8    pursuant to subsection (E),  a  representation  of  Available
 9    Local  Resources  per  pupil,  as  that  term  is defined and
10    determined in this subsection, shall be utilized.   Available
11    Local  Resources  per pupil shall include a calculated dollar
12    amount representing local school district revenues from local
13    property  taxes  and   from   Corporate   Personal   Property
14    Replacement  Taxes,  expressed  on  the  basis  of  pupils in
15    Average Daily Attendance.
16        (2)  In determining  a  school  district's  revenue  from
17    local  property  taxes,  the  State  Board of Education shall
18    utilize the  equalized  assessed  valuation  of  all  taxable
19    property  of  each  school district as of September 30 of the
20    previous year.  The  equalized  assessed  valuation  utilized
21    shall  be  obtained  and determined as provided in subsection
22    (G).
23        (3)  For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten
24    through 12, local property tax revenues per  pupil  shall  be
25    calculated   as  the  product  of  the  applicable  equalized
26    assessed valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%,  and
27    divided  by  the  district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
28    For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten  through
29    8,  local property tax revenues per pupil shall be calculated
30    as the product of the applicable equalized assessed valuation
31    for the district multiplied by  2.30%,  and  divided  by  the
32    district's  Average  Daily  Attendance  figure.   For  school
33    districts maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax
34    revenues per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed
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 1    valuation  of  the  district  multiplied  by 1.10% 1.20%, and
 2    divided by the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
 3        (4)  The Corporate Personal  Property  Replacement  Taxes
 4    paid to each school district during the calendar year 2 years
 5    before  the  calendar  year  in  which  a school year begins,
 6    divided by the  Average  Daily  Attendance  figure  for  that
 7    district,  shall  be added to the local property tax revenues
 8    per pupil as derived by the application  of  the  immediately
 9    preceding  paragraph (3).  The sum of these per pupil figures
10    for each school district  shall  constitute  Available  Local
11    Resources  as  that term is utilized in subsection (E) in the
12    calculation of general State aid.
13    (E)  Computation of General State Aid.
14        (1)  For each school year, the amount  of  general  State
15    aid  allotted  to  a school district shall be computed by the
16    State Board of Education as provided in this subsection.
17        (2)  For any school district for  which  Available  Local
18    Resources  per  pupil  is less than the product of 0.93 times
19    the Foundation Level, general State  aid  for  that  district
20    shall  be  calculated  as  an  amount equal to the Foundation
21    Level minus Available  Local  Resources,  multiplied  by  the
22    Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
23        (3)  For  any  school  district for which Available Local
24    Resources per pupil is equal to or greater than  the  product
25    of  0.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the product
26    of 1.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
27    pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the  Foundation  Level
28    derived   using   a  linear  algorithm.   Under  this  linear
29    algorithm, the calculated general State aid per  pupil  shall
30    decline   in  direct  linear  fashion  from  0.07  times  the
31    Foundation Level for a school district with  Available  Local
32    Resources  equal  to the product of 0.93 times the Foundation
33    Level, to 0.05  times  the  Foundation  Level  for  a  school
34    district  with Available Local Resources equal to the product
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 1    of 1.75  times  the  Foundation  Level.   The  allocation  of
 2    general  State  aid  for  school  districts  subject  to this
 3    paragraph 3 shall be the calculated  general  State  aid  per
 4    pupil  figure  multiplied  by the Average Daily Attendance of
 5    the school district.
 6        (4)  For any school district for  which  Available  Local
 7    Resources  per  pupil  equals  or exceeds the product of 1.75
 8    times the Foundation Level, the general  State  aid  for  the
 9    school  district  shall  be calculated as the product of $218
10    multiplied by the Average  Daily  Attendance  of  the  school
11    district.
12    (F)  Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
13        (1)  Each  school district shall, by July 1 of each year,
14    submit to the State Board of Education, on  forms  prescribed
15    by  the  State Board of Education, attendance figures for the
16    school year that began in the preceding calendar  year.   The
17    attendance  information  so  transmitted  shall  identify the
18    average daily attendance figures for each month of the school
19    year, except that any days of attendance in August  shall  be
20    added to the month of September and any days of attendance in
21    June shall be added to the month of May.
22        Except  as  otherwise  provided  in this Section, days of
23    attendance by pupils shall be counted only  for  sessions  of
24    not  less  than  5  clock  hours of school work per day under
25    direct supervision of: (i)  teachers,  or  (ii)  non-teaching
26    personnel   or   volunteer   personnel   when   engaging   in
27    non-teaching   duties  and  supervising  in  those  instances
28    specified in subsection (a) of Section 10-22.34 and paragraph
29    10 of Section 34-18, with pupils of legal school age  and  in
30    kindergarten and grades 1 through 12.
31        Days  of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited
32    only to the districts that pay the tuition  to  a  recognized
33    school.
34        (2)  Days  of  attendance  by pupils of less than 5 clock
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 1    hours of school shall be subject to the following  provisions
 2    in the compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
 3             (a)  Pupils  regularly  enrolled  in a public school
 4        for only a part of the school day may be counted  on  the
 5        basis  of  1/6 day for every class hour of instruction of
 6        40 minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment.
 7             (b)  Days of attendance may be  less  than  5  clock
 8        hours  on the opening and closing of the school term, and
 9        upon the first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by  a
10        day  or  days  utilized  as  an  institute  or  teachers'
11        workshop.
12             (c)  A  session  of  4  or  more  clock hours may be
13        counted as a day of attendance upon certification by  the
14        regional   superintendent,  and  approved  by  the  State
15        Superintendent  of  Education  to  the  extent  that  the
16        district has been forced to use daily multiple sessions.
17             (d)  A session of 3  or  more  clock  hours  may  be
18        counted  as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder of
19        the school day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that
20        day is utilized for an in-service  training  program  for
21        teachers,  up  to  a maximum of 5 days per school year of
22        which a maximum of 4 days of such 5 days may be used  for
23        parent-teacher  conferences, provided a district conducts
24        an in-service training program  for  teachers  which  has
25        been  approved  by the State Superintendent of Education;
26        or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be  used,  in
27        which  event  each  such  day  may be counted as a day of
28        attendance; and  (2)  when  days  in  addition  to  those
29        provided  in  item (1) are scheduled by a school pursuant
30        to its school improvement plan adopted under  Article  34
31        or its revised or amended school improvement plan adopted
32        under  Article 2, provided that (i) such sessions of 3 or
33        more clock  hours  are  scheduled  to  occur  at  regular
34        intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in which
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 1        such  sessions occur are utilized for in-service training
 2        programs  or  other  staff  development  activities   for
 3        teachers,  and  (iii)  a  sufficient number of minutes of
 4        school work under the direct supervision of teachers  are
 5        added to the school days between such regularly scheduled
 6        sessions  to  accumulate  not  less  than  the  number of
 7        minutes by which such sessions of 3 or more  clock  hours
 8        fall  short  of 5 clock hours. Any full days used for the
 9        purposes of this paragraph shall not  be  considered  for
10        computing  average  daily attendance.  Days scheduled for
11        in-service   training   programs,    staff    development
12        activities,   or   parent-teacher   conferences   may  be
13        scheduled  separately  for  different  grade  levels  and
14        different attendance centers of the district.
15             (e)  A session of  not  less  than  one  clock  hour
16        teaching  of  hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or
17        by telephone to the classroom may be counted as  1/2  day
18        of  attendance,  however  these  pupils must receive 4 or
19        more clock hours of instruction to be counted for a  full
20        day of attendance.
21             (f)  A  session  of  at  least  4 clock hours may be
22        counted as a day of attendance for  first  grade  pupils,
23        and  pupils in full day kindergartens, and a session of 2
24        or more hours may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance  by
25        pupils  in  kindergartens  which  provide only 1/2 day of
26        attendance.
27             (g)  For children with disabilities  who  are  below
28        the  age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock
29        hours  because  of  their  disability  or  immaturity,  a
30        session of not less than one clock hour may be counted as
31        1/2 day of attendance; however for  such  children  whose
32        educational needs so require a session of 4 or more clock
33        hours may be counted as a full day of attendance.
34             (h)  A  recognized  kindergarten  which provides for
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 1        only 1/2 day of attendance by each pupil shall  not  have
 2        more  than  1/2  day  of attendance counted in any 1 day.
 3        However, kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance
 4        in any 5 consecutive school days.  When a  pupil  attends
 5        such  a  kindergarten  for  2 half days on any one school
 6        day, the pupil shall have the  following  day  as  a  day
 7        absent  from  school,  unless the school district obtains
 8        permission in writing from the  State  Superintendent  of
 9        Education.  Attendance at kindergartens which provide for
10        a  full  day of attendance by each pupil shall be counted
11        the same as attendance by first grade pupils.   Only  the
12        first  year  of  attendance  in one kindergarten shall be
13        counted, except in  case  of  children  who  entered  the
14        kindergarten   in  their  fifth  year  whose  educational
15        development requires a second  year  of  kindergarten  as
16        determined  under  the rules and regulations of the State
17        Board of Education.
18    (G)  Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
19        (1)  For purposes of the calculation of  Available  Local
20    Resources  required  pursuant  to  subsection  (D), the State
21    Board of  Education  shall  secure  from  the  Department  of
22    Revenue  the value as equalized or assessed by the Department
23    of Revenue of all taxable property of every  school  district
24    together with the applicable tax rate used in extending taxes
25    for  the  funds  of  the  district  as of September 30 of the
26    previous year.
27        This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
28    the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
29    calculation of Available Local Resources.
30        (2)  The equalized assessed valuation  in  paragraph  (1)
31    shall be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
32             (a)  For the purposes of calculating State aid under
33        this  Section,  with  respect  to  any  part  of a school
34        district within a redevelopment project area  in  respect
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 1        to   which  a  municipality  has  adopted  tax  increment
 2        allocation  financing  pursuant  to  the  Tax   Increment
 3        Allocation  Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through
 4        11-74.4-11  of  the  Illinois  Municipal  Code   or   the
 5        Industrial  Jobs Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through
 6        11-74.6-50 of the Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the
 7        current equalized assessed  valuation  of  real  property
 8        located in any such project area which is attributable to
 9        an  increase  above  the total initial equalized assessed
10        valuation of such property shall be used as part  of  the
11        equalized  assessed valuation of the district, until such
12        time as all redevelopment project costs have  been  paid,
13        as  provided  in  Section  11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment
14        Allocation Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35  of
15        the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law.  For the purpose of the
16        equalized  assessed  valuation of the district, the total
17        initial  equalized  assessed  valuation  or  the  current
18        equalized assessed valuation, whichever is  lower,  shall
19        be  used  until  such  time  as all redevelopment project
20        costs have been paid.
21             (b)  The real property equalized assessed  valuation
22        for  a  school  district shall be adjusted by subtracting
23        from the real property value as equalized or assessed  by
24        the  Department  of  Revenue  for  the district an amount
25        computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
26        under Section 18-170 of the Property Tax  Code  by  3.00%
27        for a district maintaining grades kindergarten through 12
28        or   by   2.30%   for   a   district  maintaining  grades
29        kindergarten through 8, or by 1.10% 1.20% for a  district
30        maintaining grades 9 through 12 and adjusted by an amount
31        computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
32        under  subsection  (a)  of Section 18-165 of the Property
33        Tax Code by the same percentage rates for  district  type
34        as specified in this subparagraph (c).
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 1    (H)  Supplemental General State Aid.
 2        (1)  In  addition  to  the  general  State  aid  a school
 3    district is allotted pursuant to subsection  (E),  qualifying
 4    school  districts  shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction
 5    with  a  district's  payments  of  general  State  aid,   for
 6    supplemental  general  State aid based upon the concentration
 7    level of  children  from  low-income  households  within  the
 8    school  district.  Supplemental State aid grants provided for
 9    school districts under this subsection shall be  appropriated
10    for distribution to school districts as part of the same line
11    item  in  which  the  general  State  financial aid of school
12    districts is appropriated under this Section. For purposes of
13    this subsection, the term  "Low-Income  Concentration  Level"
14    shall  be  the  low-income eligible pupil count from the most
15    recently available federal  census  divided  by  the  Average
16    Daily  Attendance  of  the  school  district, except that for
17    purposes of determining the supplemental  general  State  aid
18    grant  to be provided under this subsection for the 1999-2000
19    and  the  2000-2001  school  years  to  a  qualifying  school
20    district  that  has  a  population  of  less   than   500,000
21    inhabitants,  the  "Low-Income  Concentration Level" shall be
22    the low-income eligible pupil count from  the  most  recently
23    available federal census divided (i) for the 1999-2000 school
24    year,  by the Average Daily Attendance of the school district
25    for the 1997-1998 school year or by Average Daily  Attendance
26    of  the  school  district  for  the  1998-1999  school  year,
27    whichever  is  lower, and (ii) for the 2000-2001 school year,
28    by the Average Daily Attendance of the  school  district  for
29    the  1997-1998 school year or by the Average Daily Attendance
30    of the school district for the 1998-1999 school  year  or  by
31    the  Average  Daily Attendance of the school district for the
32    1999-2000 school year, whichever is the lowest.
33        (2)  Supplemental general  State  aid  pursuant  to  this
34    subsection shall be provided as follows:
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 1             (a)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
 2        Concentration Level of at least 20% and  less  than  35%,
 3        the grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by
 4        the low income eligible pupil count.
 5             (b)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
 6        Concentration Level of at least 35% and  less  than  50%,
 7        the  grant  for the 1998-1999 school year shall be $1,100
 8        multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
 9             (c)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
10        Concentration  Level  of  at least 50% and less than 60%,
11        the grant for the 1998-99 school  year  shall  be  $1,500
12        multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
13             (d)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
14        Concentration Level of 60% or more,  the  grant  for  the
15        1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
16        income eligible pupil count.
17             (e)  For  the  1999-2000  school year, the per pupil
18        amount specified in  subparagraphs  (b),  (c),  and  (d),
19        immediately  above  shall be increased by $100 to $1,200,
20        $1,600, and $2,000, respectively.
21             (f)  For the 2000-2001 school year,  the  per  pupil
22        amounts  specified  in  subparagraphs  (b),  (c)  and (d)
23        immediately above shall be increased to  $1,230,  $1,640,
24        and $2,050, respectively.
25        (3)  School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
26    more  than  1,000  and  less  than  50,000  that  qualify for
27    supplemental general State aid pursuant  to  this  subsection
28    shall  submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
29    October 30 of each year for the use of  the  funds  resulting
30    from  this  grant  of  supplemental general State aid for the
31    improvement of instruction in  which  priority  is  given  to
32    meeting  the education needs of disadvantaged children.  Such
33    plan  shall  be  submitted  in  accordance  with  rules   and
34    regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
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 1        (4)  School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
 2    50,000  or  more  that qualify for supplemental general State
 3    aid  pursuant  to  this  subsection  shall  be  required   to
 4    distribute  from funds available pursuant to this Section, no
 5    less than  $261,000,000  in  accordance  with  the  following
 6    requirements:
 7             (a)  The  required  amounts  shall be distributed to
 8        the attendance centers within the district in  proportion
 9        to  the  number  of  pupils  enrolled  at each attendance
10        center who are eligible to receive free or  reduced-price
11        lunches  or  breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition
12        Act of 1966 and  under  the  National  School  Lunch  Act
13        during the immediately preceding school year.
14             (b)  The   distribution   of   these   portions   of
15        supplemental  and  general  State  aid  among  attendance
16        centers  according  to  these  requirements  shall not be
17        compensated for or  contravened  by  adjustments  of  the
18        total  of  other  funds  appropriated  to  any attendance
19        centers, and the Board of Education shall utilize funding
20        from one or several sources in order to  fully  implement
21        this provision annually prior to the opening of school.
22             (c)  Each attendance center shall be provided by the
23        school  district  a  distribution of noncategorical funds
24        and other categorical funds to which an attendance center
25        is entitled under law in order that the general State aid
26        and  supplemental   general   State   aid   provided   by
27        application  of  this  subsection supplements rather than
28        supplants the noncategorical funds and other  categorical
29        funds  provided  by the school district to the attendance
30        centers.
31             (d)  Any funds made available under this  subsection
32        that  by  reason of the provisions of this subsection are
33        not required to be allocated and provided  to  attendance
34        centers  may be used and appropriated by the board of the
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 1        district for any lawful school purpose.
 2             (e)  Funds received by an attendance center pursuant
 3        to this subsection shall be used by the attendance center
 4        at the discretion  of  the  principal  and  local  school
 5        council for programs to improve educational opportunities
 6        at  qualifying schools through the following programs and
 7        services: early childhood education, reduced  class  size
 8        or  improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
 9        programs, remedial assistance, attendance improvement and
10        other   educationally   beneficial   expenditures   which
11        supplement the regular and basic programs  as  determined
12        by  the  State  Board of Education.  Funds provided shall
13        not be expended for any political or lobbying purposes as
14        defined by board rule.
15             (f)  Each district subject to the provisions of this
16        subdivision (H)(4) shall submit  an  acceptable  plan  to
17        meet  the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
18        compliance with the requirements of  this  paragraph,  to
19        the  State  Board  of  Education prior to July 15 of each
20        year. This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of
21        local school councils concerning the  school  expenditure
22        plans  developed  in  accordance  with  part 4 of Section
23        34-2.3.  The State Board shall approve or reject the plan
24        within 60 days after its  submission.   If  the  plan  is
25        rejected,  the  district  shall  give  written  notice of
26        intent  to  modify  the  plan  within  15  days  of   the
27        notification of rejection and then submit a modified plan
28        within  30  days  after the date of the written notice of
29        intent to modify.  Districts  may  amend  approved  plans
30        pursuant  to  rules  promulgated  by  the  State Board of
31        Education.
32             Upon notification by the State  Board  of  Education
33        that  the district has not submitted a plan prior to July
34        15 or a modified plan within the  time  period  specified
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 1        herein,  the  State  aid  funds  affected by that plan or
 2        modified plan shall be withheld by  the  State  Board  of
 3        Education until a plan or modified plan is submitted.
 4             If  the  district  fails  to distribute State aid to
 5        attendance centers in accordance with an  approved  plan,
 6        the  plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
 7        addition  to  the  funds  otherwise  required   by   this
 8        subsection,   to  those  attendance  centers  which  were
 9        underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal  to
10        such underfunding.
11             For  purposes  of  determining  compliance with this
12        subsection in relation to the requirements of  attendance
13        center  funding,  each district subject to the provisions
14        of this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
15        December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data  for
16        the  prior  year  in  addition to any modification of its
17        current plan.  If it is determined that there has been  a
18        failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
19        subsection  regarding  contravention  or supplanting, the
20        State Superintendent of Education shall, within  60  days
21        of  receipt  of  the  report, notify the district and any
22        affected local school council.  The district shall within
23        45 days of receipt of that notification inform the  State
24        Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
25        action  to be taken, whether  by amendment of the current
26        plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan  for  the
27        following  year.   Failure  to  provide  the  expenditure
28        report  or  the  notification  of  remedial or corrective
29        action in a timely manner shall result in  a  withholding
30        of the affected funds.
31             The  State Board of Education shall promulgate rules
32        and regulations  to  implement  the  provisions  of  this
33        subsection.   No  funds  shall  be  released  under  this
34        subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted
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 1        a  plan  that  has  been  approved  by the State Board of
 2        Education.
 3    (I)  General State Aid for Newly Configured School Districts.
 4        (1)  For  a  new  school  district  formed  by  combining
 5    property  included  totally  within  2  or  more   previously
 6    existing  school  districts,  for its first year of existence
 7    the general State aid  and  supplemental  general  State  aid
 8    calculated  under  this Section shall be computed for the new
 9    district and for the previously existing districts for  which
10    property is totally included within the new district.  If the
11    computation on the basis of the previously existing districts
12    is  greater,  a supplementary payment equal to the difference
13    shall be made for the first 4 years of existence of  the  new
14    district.
15        (2)  For  a  school  district  which  annexes  all of the
16    territory of one or more entire other school  districts,  for
17    the   first  year  during  which  the  change  of  boundaries
18    attributable to such annexation  becomes  effective  for  all
19    purposes as determined under Section 7-9 or 7A-8, the general
20    State aid and supplemental general State aid calculated under
21    this  Section  shall be computed for the annexing district as
22    constituted after the annexation and  for  the  annexing  and
23    each annexed district as constituted prior to the annexation;
24    and  if  the  computation  on  the  basis of the annexing and
25    annexed districts as constituted prior to the  annexation  is
26    greater,  a  supplementary  payment  equal  to the difference
27    shall be made for the first  4  years  of  existence  of  the
28    annexing school district as constituted upon such annexation.
29        (3)  For  2  or  more school districts which annex all of
30    the territory of one or more entire other  school  districts,
31    and  for 2 or more community unit districts which result upon
32    the division (pursuant to petition under  Section  11A-2)  of
33    one  or more other unit school districts into 2 or more parts
34    and which together include all of the parts into  which  such
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 1    other  unit  school district or districts are so divided, for
 2    the  first  year  during  which  the  change  of   boundaries
 3    attributable to such annexation or division becomes effective
 4    for  all  purposes as determined under Section 7-9 or 11A-10,
 5    as the case may be, the general State  aid  and  supplemental
 6    general  State  aid  calculated  under  this Section shall be
 7    computed  for  each  annexing  or   resulting   district   as
 8    constituted  after  the  annexation  or division and for each
 9    annexing and annexed district,  or  for  each  resulting  and
10    divided  district,  as constituted prior to the annexation or
11    division; and if the aggregate of the general State  aid  and
12    supplemental  general  State  aid  as  so  computed  for  the
13    annexing  or  resulting  districts  as  constituted after the
14    annexation or division is less  than  the  aggregate  of  the
15    general  State  aid  and supplemental general State aid as so
16    computed for the annexing and annexed districts, or  for  the
17    resulting  and divided districts, as constituted prior to the
18    annexation or division, then a supplementary payment equal to
19    the difference shall be made and allocated between  or  among
20    the annexing or resulting districts, as constituted upon such
21    annexation  or  division,  for  the  first  4  years of their
22    existence.  The total difference payment shall  be  allocated
23    between  or  among the annexing or resulting districts in the
24    same ratio as the pupil enrollment from that portion  of  the
25    annexed  or divided district or districts which is annexed to
26    or included in each such annexing or resulting district bears
27    to the total pupil enrollment  from  the  entire  annexed  or
28    divided  district  or  districts, as such pupil enrollment is
29    determined for the school year last ending prior to the  date
30    when  the change of boundaries attributable to the annexation
31    or division becomes effective for all purposes.   The  amount
32    of  the total difference payment and the amount thereof to be
33    allocated to the annexing or  resulting  districts  shall  be
34    computed  by  the  State  Board  of Education on the basis of
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 1    pupil enrollment and other data which shall be  certified  to
 2    the State Board of Education, on forms which it shall provide
 3    for  that  purpose, by the regional superintendent of schools
 4    for each educational service region in which the annexing and
 5    annexed districts, or resulting  and  divided  districts  are
 6    located.
 7        (4)  Any supplementary payment made under this subsection
 8    (I) shall be treated as separate from all other payments made
 9    pursuant to this Section.
10    (J)  Supplementary Grants in Aid.
11        (1)  Notwithstanding   any   other   provisions  of  this
12    Section, the amount of the aggregate  general  State  aid  in
13    combination  with  supplemental  general State aid under this
14    Section for which each school district is  eligible  for  the
15    1998-1999 school year shall be no less than the amount of the
16    aggregate  general State aid entitlement that was received by
17    the  district  under  Section  18-8  (exclusive  of   amounts
18    received  under  subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that Section)
19    for the 1997-98 school year, pursuant to  the  provisions  of
20    that  Section  as it was then in effect. If a school district
21    qualifies to receive a supplementary payment made under  this
22    subsection  (J)  for the 1998-1999 school year, the amount of
23    the  aggregate  general  State  aid   in   combination   with
24    supplemental general State aid under this Section  which that
25    district   is  eligible  to  receive  for  each  school  year
26    subsequent to the 1998-1999 school year shall be no less than
27    the amount of the aggregate  general  State  aid  entitlement
28    that   was  received  by  the  district  under  Section  18-8
29    (exclusive of amounts received  under  subsections  5(p)  and
30    5(p-5)  of  that  Section)  for  the  1997-1998  school year,
31    pursuant to the provisions of that Section as it was then  in
32    effect.
33        (2)  If,  as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection
34    (J), a school district is to receive aggregate general  State
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 1    aid  in combination with supplemental general State aid under
 2    this Section for the 1998-99 school year, or for the  1998-99
 3    school  year and any subsequent school year, that in any such
 4    school year is less than the amount of the aggregate  general
 5    State  aid  entitlement  that  the  district received for the
 6    1997-98 school year, the school district shall also  receive,
 7    from  a  separate  appropriation  made  for  purposes of this
 8    subsection (J), a supplementary payment that is equal to  the
 9    amount  of  the difference in the aggregate State aid figures
10    as described in paragraph (1).
11        (3)  If  the  amount   appropriated   for   supplementary
12    payments  to  school  districts  under this subsection (J) is
13    insufficient for that  purpose,  the  supplementary  payments
14    that  districts are to receive under this subsection shall be
15    prorated  according  to   the   aggregate   amount   of   the
16    appropriation made for purposes of this subsection.
17    (K)  Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
18        In  calculating  the  amount  to be paid to the governing
19    board of a  public  university  that  operates  a  laboratory
20    school  under  this Section or to any alternative school that
21    is operated by a regional superintendent, the State Board  of
22    Education  shall  require by rule such reporting requirements
23    as it deems necessary.
24        As used in this  Section,  "laboratory  school"  means  a
25    public  school  which  is  created  and  operated by a public
26    university and approved by the State Board of Education.  The
27    governing board of a public university which  receives  funds
28    from  the  State  Board  under  this  subsection  (K) may not
29    increase the number of students enrolled  in  its  laboratory
30    school  from  a  single district, if that district is already
31    sending 50 or more students, except under a mutual  agreement
32    between the school board of a student's district of residence
33    and  the  university which operates the laboratory school.  A
34    laboratory school may not  have  more  than  1,000  students,
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 1    excluding  students  with disabilities in a special education
 2    program.
 3        As used in this Section,  "alternative  school"  means  a
 4    public  school  which  is  created and operated by a Regional
 5    Superintendent of Schools and approved by the State Board  of
 6    Education.  Such  alternative  schools  may  offer courses of
 7    instruction for which  credit  is  given  in  regular  school
 8    programs,  courses  to  prepare  students for the high school
 9    equivalency testing program or  vocational  and  occupational
10    training.
11        Each  laboratory  and  alternative  school shall file, on
12    forms provided by the State Superintendent of  Education,  an
13    annual  State  aid  claim  which  states  the  Average  Daily
14    Attendance  of  the  school's  students by month.  The best 3
15    months' Average Daily Attendance shall be computed  for  each
16    school.  The  general State aid entitlement shall be computed
17    by multiplying the applicable Average Daily Attendance by the
18    Foundation Level as determined under this Section.
19    (L)  Payments,   Additional   Grants   in   Aid   and   Other
20    Requirements.
21        (1)  For a school district operating under the  financial
22    supervision  of  an  Authority created under Article 34A, the
23    general State aid otherwise payable to  that  district  under
24    this  Section,  but  not  the supplemental general State aid,
25    shall be reduced by an amount equal to  the  budget  for  the
26    operations  of the Authority as certified by the Authority to
27    the State Board of Education, and an  amount  equal  to  such
28    reduction  shall  be  paid  to the Authority created for such
29    district for its operating expenses in the manner provided in
30    Section 18-11.  The remainder of general State school aid for
31    any such district shall be paid in  accordance  with  Article
32    34A  when  that Article provides for a disposition other than
33    that provided by this Article.
34        (2)  Impaction.  Impaction  payments  shall  be  made  as
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 1    provided for in Section 18-4.2.
 2        (3)  Summer school.  Summer school payments shall be made
 3    as provided in Section 18-4.3.
 4    (M)  Education Funding Advisory Board.
 5        The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
 6    subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created.
 7    The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
 8    Governor,  by  and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
 9    The  members  appointed  shall  include  representatives   of
10    education,  business,  and  the  general  public.  One of the
11    members so appointed shall be designated by the  Governor  at
12    the  time  the  appointment is made as the chairperson of the
13    Board. The initial members of the Board may be appointed  any
14    time after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
15    The  regular  term of each member of the Board shall be for 4
16    years from the third Monday of January of the year  in  which
17    the  term  of the member's appointment is to commence, except
18    that of the 5 initial  members  appointed  to  serve  on  the
19    Board,  the  member who is appointed as the chairperson shall
20    serve for a term that commences on the date  of  his  or  her
21    appointment and expires on the third Monday of January, 2002,
22    and  the  remaining  4  members,  by  lots drawn at the first
23    meeting of the Board that is held after  all  5  members  are
24    appointed,  shall  determine  2  of their number to serve for
25    terms  that  commence  on  the  date  of   their   respective
26    appointments and expire on the third Monday of January, 2001,
27    and 2 of their number to serve for terms that commence on the
28    date of their respective appointments and expire on the third
29    Monday  of  January, 2000.  All members appointed to serve on
30    the Board shall serve until their respective  successors  are
31    appointed  and  confirmed.   Vacancies shall be filled in the
32    same manner  as  original  appointments.   If  a  vacancy  in
33    membership  occurs  at  a  time  when  the  Senate  is not in
34    session, the Governor  shall  make  a  temporary  appointment
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 1    until  the  next  meeting of the Senate, when he or she shall
 2    appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,  a
 3    person  to  fill  that membership for the unexpired term.  If
 4    the Senate is not in session when  the  initial  appointments
 5    are  made, those appointments shall be made as in the case of
 6    vacancies.
 7        The Education Funding  Advisory  Board  shall  be  deemed
 8    established,   and  the  initial  members  appointed  by  the
 9    Governor to serve as members of the Board shall take  office,
10    on the date that the Governor makes his or her appointment of
11    the  fifth initial member of the Board, whether those initial
12    members  are  then  serving  pursuant  to   appointment   and
13    confirmation  or  pursuant to temporary appointments that are
14    made by the Governor as in the case of vacancies.
15        The State Board of Education  shall  provide  such  staff
16    assistance  to  the  Education  Funding  Advisory Board as is
17    reasonably required for the proper performance by  the  Board
18    of its responsibilities.
19        For  school  years  after  the 2000-2001 school year, the
20    Education Funding Advisory Board, in  consultation  with  the
21    State  Board  of  Education,  shall  make  recommendations as
22    provided in this subsection (M) to the General  Assembly  for
23    the foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section
24    and  for the supplemental general State aid grant level under
25    subsection (H)  of  this  Section  for  districts  with  high
26    concentrations  of  children  from  poverty.  The recommended
27    foundation level shall be determined based on  a  methodology
28    which   incorporates  the  basic  education  expenditures  of
29    low-spending schools exhibiting  high  academic  performance.
30    The   Education   Funding  Advisory  Board  shall  make  such
31    recommendations to the General Assembly on January 1  of  odd
32    numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.
33    (N)  General State Aid Adjustment Grant.
34        (1)  Any   school   district   subject  to  property  tax
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 1    extension limitations as imposed under the provisions of  the
 2    Property  Tax  Extension  Limitation Law shall be entitled to
 3    receive, subject to the qualifications  and  requirements  of
 4    this  subsection,  a  general  State  aid  adjustment  grant.
 5    Eligibility  for  this grant shall be determined on an annual
 6    basis and claims for grant payments shall be paid subject  to
 7    appropriations   made   specific  to  this  subsection.   For
 8    purposes of this subsection the following  terms  shall  have
 9    the following meanings:
10        "Budget  Year":   The school year for which general State
11    aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
12        "Current Year":  The school  year  immediately  preceding
13    the Budget Year.
14        "Base  Tax  Year":   The  property  tax levy year used to
15    calculate the Budget Year allocation of general State aid.
16        "Preceding  Tax  Year":   The  property  tax  levy   year
17    immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
18        "Extension   Limitation   Ratio":   A   numerical  ratio,
19    certified by a school district's County Clerk, in  which  the
20    numerator  is  the  Base  Tax  Year's  tax  extension  amount
21    resulting  from the Operating Tax Rate and the denominator is
22    the Preceding Tax Year's tax extension amount resulting  from
23    the Operating Tax Rate.
24        "Operating  Tax  Rate": The operating tax rate as defined
25    in subsection (A).
26        (2)  To qualify for a general State aid adjustment grant,
27    a school district must meet all of the following  eligibility
28    criteria for each Budget Year for which a grant is claimed:
29             (a)  The  Operating  Tax Rate of the school district
30        in the Preceding Tax Year was at least 3.00% in the  case
31        of  a  school  district  maintaining  grades kindergarten
32        through 12, at least  2.30%  in  the  case  of  a  school
33        district maintaining grades kindergarten through 8, or at
34        least  1.41% in the case of a school district maintaining
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 1        grades 9 through 12.
 2             (b)  The Operating Tax Rate of the  school  district
 3        for  the  Base  Tax  Year was reduced by the Clerk of the
 4        County as a result of the requirements  of  the  Property
 5        Tax Extension Limitation Law.
 6             (c)  The  Available Local Resources per pupil of the
 7        school district as calculated pursuant to subsection  (D)
 8        using the Base Tax Year are less than the product of 1.75
 9        times the Foundation Level for the Budget Year.
10             (d)  The  school  district  has  filed  a proper and
11        timely claim for a general State aid adjustment grant  as
12        required under this subsection.
13        (3)  A  claim  for grant assistance under this subsection
14    shall be filed with the State Board of Education on or before
15    January 1 of the Current Year for  a  grant  for  the  Budget
16    Year.   The  claim  shall  be made on forms prescribed by the
17    State Board of Education and must be accompanied by a written
18    statement from the Clerk of the County, certifying:
19             (a)  That the school district has its extension  for
20        the Base Tax Year reduced as a result of the Property Tax
21        Extension Limitation Law.
22             (b)  That  the  Operating  Tax  Rate  of  the school
23        district for the Preceding Tax  Year  met  the  tax  rate
24        requirements of subdivision (N)(2) of this Section.
25             (c)  The  Extension Limitation Ratio as that term is
26        defined in this subsection.
27        (4)  On or before August 1 of the Budget Year  the  State
28    Board  of Education shall calculate, for all school districts
29    meeting the other requirements of this subsection, the amount
30    of the general State aid adjustment grant, if any,  that  the
31    school  districts are eligible to receive in the Budget Year.
32    The amount of the general State aid adjustment grant shall be
33    calculated as follows:
34             (a)  Determine the school district's  general  State
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 1        aid  grant  for the Budget Year as provided in accordance
 2        with the provisions of subsection (E).
 3             (b)  Determine the school district's adjusted  level
 4        of  general  State aid by utilizing in the calculation of
 5        Available Local Resources an equalized assessed valuation
 6        that is the equalized assessed valuation of the Preceding
 7        Tax Year multiplied by the Extension Limitation Ratio.
 8             (c)  Subtract the sum derived  in  subparagraph  (a)
 9        from  the sum derived in subparagraph (b).  If the result
10        is a positive number, that amount shall  be  the  general
11        State  aid adjustment grant that the district is eligible
12        to receive.
13        (5)  The State Board of Education shall  in  the  Current
14    Year,  based upon claims filed in the Current Year, recommend
15    to the General  Assembly  an  appropriation  amount  for  the
16    general  State aid adjustment grants to be made in the Budget
17    Year.
18        (6)  Claims for general State aid adjustment grants shall
19    be paid in a lump sum on or before January 1  of  the  Budget
20    Year  only  from  appropriations made by the General Assembly
21    expressly for claims under this subsection.  No  such  claims
22    may  be  paid from amounts appropriated for any other purpose
23    provided for under this  Section.   In  the  event  that  the
24    appropriation   for   claims   under   this   subsection   is
25    insufficient  to  meet  all  Budget Year claims for a general
26    State aid adjustment grant, the appropriation available shall
27    be proportionately prorated by the State Board  of  Education
28    amongst all districts filing for and entitled to payments.
29        (7)  The  State  Board  of Education shall promulgate the
30    required claim forms and rules  necessary  to  implement  the
31    provisions of this subsection.
32    (O)  References.
33        (1)  References in other laws to the various subdivisions
34    of Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
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 1    replacement  by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer
 2    to the corresponding provisions of this Section  18-8.05,  to
 3    the extent that those references remain applicable.
 4        (2)  References  in  other  laws to State Chapter 1 funds
 5    shall be deemed to refer to the  supplemental  general  State
 6    aid provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
 7    (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 7-1-98.)
 8        Section   10.    The   General   State   Aid   Continuing
 9    Appropriation  Law  is  amended  by  changing  Sections 15-5,
10    15-10, 15-15, and 15-20 as follows:
11        (105 ILCS 235/15-5)
12        Sec. 15-5.  Short title.  This Article may  be  cited  as
13    the General State Aid Continuing Appropriation Law.
14    (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 12-4-97.)
15        (105 ILCS 235/15-10)
16        Sec. 15-10.  Annual budget; recommendation.  The Governor
17    shall  include  a  Common  School  Fund recommendation to the
18    State Board of Education in the fiscal year 1999 through 2001
19    annual Budgets sufficient to fund (i) the General  State  Aid
20    Formula  set  forth in subsection (E) (Computation of General
21    State Aid) and subsection  (H)  (Supplemental  General  State
22    Aid)  of  Section  18-8.05  of  the  School Code and (ii) the
23    supplementary payments for  school  districts  set  forth  in
24    subsection  (J)  (Supplementary  Grants  in  Aid)  of Section
25    18-8.05 of the School Code.
26    (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 12-4-97.)
27        (105 ILCS 235/15-15)
28        Sec. 15-15.  General State  Aid  Formula;  Funding.   The
29    General  Assembly  shall  annually  make  Common  School Fund
30    appropriations to the State  Board  of  Education  in  fiscal
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 1    years  1999  through  2001 sufficient to fund (i) the General
 2    State Aid Formula set forth in subsection (E) (Computation of
 3    General State Aid)  and subsection (H) (Supplemental  General
 4    State Aid) of Section 18-8.05 of the School Code and (ii) the
 5    supplementary  payments  for  school  districts  set forth in
 6    subsection (J)  (Supplementary  Grants  in  Aid)  of  Section
 7    18-8.05 of the School Code.
 8    (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 12-4-97.)
 9        (105 ILCS 235/15-20)
10        Sec.  15-20.   Continuing  appropriation.  If the General
11    Assembly fails to make Common School Fund  appropriations  to
12    the  State  Board  of  Education in fiscal years 1999 through
13    2001 sufficient to fund (i) the General State Aid Formula set
14    forth in subsection (E) (Computation of  General  State  Aid)
15    and  subsection  (H)  (Supplemental  General  State  Aid)  of
16    Section 18-8.05 of the School Code and (ii) the supplementary
17    payments  for  school  districts  set forth in subsection (J)
18    (Supplementary Grants in  Aid)  of  Section  18-8.05  of  the
19    School Code, this Article shall constitute an irrevocable and
20    continuing  appropriation  from the Common School Fund of all
21    amounts necessary for those purposes that purpose.
22    (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 12-4-97.)
23        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
24    becoming  law,  except  the  change to Section 18-8.05 of the
25    School Code takes effect July 1, 1998.

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