AN ACT making appropriations.

 

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

 

ARTICLE 1

 

    Section 5. The following amounts, or so much of those amounts as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes named, are appropriated to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011:

ALL DIVISIONS

From the General Revenue Fund:

  For Personal Services......................... 16,036,300

  For Employee Retirement Contributions

   Paid by Employer................................ 191,800

  For Social Security Contributions................ 517,600

  For Contractual Services....................... 4,500,000

  For Travel....................................... 166,250

  For Commodities................................... 71,300

  For Printing...................................... 64,700

  For Equipment.................................... 132,200

  For Telecommunications........................... 450,000

  For Operation of Auto Equipment................... 23,800

    Total                                       $22,153,950

 

    Section 10.  The following amounts or so much thereof as may be necessary, which shall be used by the Illinois State Board of Education exclusively for the foregoing purposes and not, under any circumstances, for personal services expenditures or other operational or administrative costs, are appropriated to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011:

From the General Revenue Fund:

  For General State Aid........................ 309,631,375

  For Blind/Dyslexic Persons....................... 816,600

  For Disabled Student Personnel

   Reimbursement............................... 465,700,000

  For Disabled Student Transportation

   Reimbursement............................... 436,800,000

  For Disabled Student Tuition,

   Private Tuition............................. 177,743,700

  For District Consolidation Costs/

   Supplemental Payments to School Districts,

   18-8.2, 18-18.3, 18-8.5, 18-8.05(l) of

   the School Code............................... 1,800,000

  For Extraordinary Funding for Children Requiring

   Special Education, 14-7.02b

   of the School Code.......................... 343,375,700

  For Arts and Foreign Language.................. 1,000,000

  For the Philip J. Rock Center

   and School.................................... 3,577,800

  For Reimbursement for the Free Breakfast/

   Lunch Program................................ 26,300,000

  For Tax-Equivalent Grants, 18-4.4................ 222,600

  For Teachers and Administrators

   Mentoring Program..................................... 1

  For Principal Mentoring Program........................ 1

  For Summer School Payments, 18-4.3

   of the School Code........................... 11,200,000

  For Transportation-Regular/Vocational

   Common School Transportation

   Reimbursement, 29-5 of the School Code...... 294,808,850

  For Visually Impaired/Educational

   Materials Coordinating Unit, 14-11.01

   of the School Code............................ 1,421,100

  For Regular Education Reimbursement

   Per 18-3 of the School Code.................. 13,000,000

  For Special Education Reimbursement

   Per 14-7.03 of the School Code.............. 101,700,000

  For all costs associated with Alternative

   Education/Regional Safe Schools............... 9,341,900

  For Truant Alternative and Optional

   Education Program............................ 14,059,000

  For costs associated with Teach for America.... 1,225,000

  For grants to Local Education Agencies

   to conduct Agriculture Education Programs..... 1,800,000

  For Career and Technical Education............ 38,562,100

  For National Board Certified Teachers.......... 1,000,000

    Total                                    $6,368,759,716

From the Education Assistance Fund:

  For General State Aid........................ 309,631,376

From the Common School Fund:

  For General State Aid...................... 3,828,841,763

 

    Section 15.  The following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011:

From the General Revenue Fund:

  For Autism Training and Technical

   Assistance...................................... 100,000

  For the Children’s Mental Health

   Partnership................................... 1,620,000

  For Standards, Assessments and

   Accountability........................................ 1

  For Lowest Performing Schools.................. 1,002,800

  For Technology for Success..................... 3,000,000

  For Advanced Placement Classes......................... 1

  For Growth Model Assessments........................... 1

  For Early Childhood Education................ 325,123,535

    Total                                      $330,846,338

 

    Section 20.  The amount of $592,300, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for all costs associated with the Community Residential Services Authority.

 

    Section 25.  The amount of $1,400,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Temporary Relocation Expenses Revolving Grant Fund for use by the State Board of Education as provided in Section 2-3.77 of the School Code.

 

    Section 30.  The amount of $100,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for all costs associated with implementation of the State Board of Education Strategic Plan.

 

    Section 35.  The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011:

From the General Revenue Fund:

  For Bilingual Education....................... 63,381,200

 

    Section 40.  The amount of $24,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Student Assessments, including Bilingual Assessments.

 

    Section 45.  The amount of $2,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for all costs associated with Standards, Materials, and Training for Teachers

 

    Section 50.  The amount of $2,500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for all costs associated with After School Matters.

 

    Section 55.  The amount of $1, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for all costs associated with the Response to Intervention Initiative.

 

    Section 60.  The amount of $184,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for all costs associated with Educator Misconduct Investigations.

 

    Section 65.  The amount of $9,100,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Common School Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Regional Superintendents’ and Assistants’ Compensation.

 

    Section 70.  The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011:

From the General Revenue Fund:

  For Regional Superintendents’ Services......... 2,225,050

  For Regional Superintendents’ Services –

   Bus Driver Training.............................. 70,000

 

ARTICLE 2

 

    Section 5.  The sum of $3,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Community College Board for costs associated with the Re-Enrollment Student Program.

 

Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2011.