Public Act 100-0028
 
HB1254 EnrolledLRB100 02962 NHT 12967 b



    AN ACT concerning education.

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



 
    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
18-12 as follows:
 


    (105 ILCS 5/18-12)  (from Ch. 122, par. 18-12)



    Sec. 18-12. Dates for filing State aid claims. The school 
board of
each school district, a regional office of education, 
a laboratory school, or a State-authorized charter school shall 
require teachers, principals, or
superintendents to furnish 
from records kept by them such data as it
needs in preparing 
and certifying to the State Superintendent of Education
 its 
report of claims provided in Section
 18-8.05 of this Code.  The 
claim
shall be based on the latest available equalized assessed 
valuation and tax
rates, as provided in Section 18-8.05, shall 
use the average
daily
attendance as determined by the method 
outlined in Section 18-8.05,
and shall be
certified and filed 
with the State Superintendent of Education by June 21
for 
districts and State-authorized charter schools with an

official
school calendar end date before June 15 or within 2 
weeks following the
official school calendar end date for 
districts, regional offices of education, laboratory schools, 
or State-authorized charter schools with a school year end date

of June 15 or later.
Failure to
so file by these deadlines 
constitutes a forfeiture of the right
to
receive payment by
the 
State until such claim is filed.  The
 State Superintendent of 
Education shall voucher
for payment those claims to the State 
Comptroller as provided in Section 18-11.

    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, if any school 
district
fails to provide the minimum school term specified
in 
Section 10-19, the State aid claim for that year shall be 
reduced by the
State Superintendent of Education in an amount 
equivalent to 1/176 or .56818% for
each day less than the 
number of days required by this Code.

    If
the State Superintendent of Education determines that 
the failure
to
provide the minimum school term was occasioned 
by an act or acts of God, or
was occasioned by conditions 
beyond the control of the school district
which posed a 
hazardous threat to the health and safety of pupils, the
State 
aid claim need not be reduced.

    If a school district is precluded from providing the 
minimum hours of instruction required for a full day of 
attendance due to (A) an adverse weather condition, (B) or a 
condition beyond the control of the school district that poses 
a hazardous threat to the health and safety of students, or (C) 
beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, the utilization of 
the school district's facilities for not more than 2 school 
days per school year by local or county authorities for the 
purpose of holding a memorial or funeral services in 
remembrance of a community member, then the partial day of 
attendance may be counted if (i) the school district has 
provided at least one hour of instruction prior to the closure 
of the school district, (ii) a school building has provided at 
least one hour of instruction prior to the closure of the  
school building, or (iii) the normal start time of the school 
district is delayed.
    If, prior to providing any instruction, a school district 
must close one or more but not all  school buildings after 
consultation with a local emergency response agency or due to a 
condition beyond the control of the school district, then the 
school district may claim attendance for up to 2 school days 
based on the average attendance of the 3 school days 
immediately preceding the closure of the affected  school 
building or, if approved by the State Board of Education, 
utilize the provisions of an e-learning program for the 
affected school building as prescribed in Section 10-20.56 of 
this Code.  The partial or no day of attendance described in 
this Section and the reasons therefore shall be certified 
within a month of the closing or delayed start by the school 
district superintendent to the regional superintendent of 
schools for forwarding to the State Superintendent of Education 
for approval. 



    Other than the utilization of any e-learning days as 
prescribed in Section 10-20.56 of this Code, no exception to 
the requirement of providing a minimum school term may
be 
approved by the State Superintendent of Education pursuant to 
this Section
unless a school district has first used all 
emergency days provided for
in its regular calendar.

    If the State Superintendent of Education declares that an 
energy
shortage exists during any part of the school year for 
the State or a
designated portion of the State, a district may 
operate the school
attendance centers within the district 4 
days of the week during the
time of the shortage by extending 
each existing school day by one clock
hour of school work, and 
the State aid claim shall not be reduced, nor
shall the 
employees of that district suffer any reduction in salary or

benefits as a result thereof. A district may operate all 
attendance
centers on this revised schedule, or may apply the 
schedule to selected
attendance centers, taking into 
consideration such factors as pupil
transportation schedules 
and patterns and sources of energy for
individual attendance 
centers.



    Electronically submitted State aid claims shall be 
submitted by
duly authorized district individuals over a secure 
network
that is password protected. The electronic submission 
of a State aid
claim must be accompanied with an affirmation 
that all of the provisions
of Sections 18-8.05, 10-22.5, and 
24-4 of this Code are
met in all respects.

(Source: P.A. 99-194, eff. 7-30-15; 99-657, eff. 7-28-16.)

 

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