AN ACT concerning 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, 2012:

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....................... 6,000,000

  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                                       $23,653,950

 

    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, 2012:

From the General Revenue Fund:

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

  For Disabled Student Personnel

   Reimbursement............................... 440,200,000

  For Disabled Student Transportation

   Reimbursement............................... 440,500,000

  For Disabled Student Tuition,

   Private Tuition............................. 206,843,300

  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............................... 2,805,000

  For Extraordinary Funding for Children Requiring

   Special Education, 14-7.02b

   of the School Code.......................... 314,196,100

  For the Philip J. Rock Center

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

  For Reimbursement for the Free Breakfast/

   Lunch Program................................ 14,300,000

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

  For After School Matters....................... 2,500,000

  For Teachers and Administrators

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

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

  For Summer School Payments, 18-4.3

   of the School Code........................... 10,100,000

  For Transportation-Regular/Vocational

   Common School Transportation

   Reimbursement, 29-5 of the School Code...... 205,808,900

  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.............. 111,000,000

  For all costs associated with Alternative

   Education/Regional Safe Schools............... 6,539,330

  For Truant Alternative and Optional

   Education Program............................ 12,000,000

  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............ 38,062,100

  For Arts and Foreign Language.................... 500,000

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

    Total                                    $1,828,417,832

From the Education Assistance Fund:

  For General State Aid........................ 390,661,700

From the Common School Fund:

  For General State Aid...................... 3,896,090,800

 

    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, 2012:

From the General Revenue Fund:

  For Autism Training and Technical

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

  For the Children’s Mental Health

   Partnership..................................... 300,000

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

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

  For Advanced Placement Classes................... 527,000

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

  For Early Childhood Education................ 300,192,400

    Total                                      $305,122,201

 

    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, 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 30.  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, 2012:

From the General Revenue Fund:

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

 

    Section 35.  The amount of $27,400,000, 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 40.  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 45.  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 50.  The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012:

  For Regional Superintendents’ Services –

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

 

    Section 55. The amount of $12,025,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012 for Regional Superintendents’ and Assistants’ Compensation and Related Benefits.

 

    Section 60. 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, 2012:

From the General Revenue Fund:

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

 

    Section 65.  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 Financial Oversight and School Management Assistance.

 

    Section 70.  The amount of $1,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for the Illinois Coalition Immigrant and Refugee Rights’ Parent Mentor Program.

 

ARTICLE 2

 

    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, 2012:

FISCAL SUPPORT SERVICES

From the SBE Federal Department of Agriculture Fund:

  For Personal Services............................ 274,800

  For Employee Retirement Contributions

   Paid by Employer.................................. 5,000

  For Retirement Contributions..................... 110,000

  For Social Security Contributions................. 20,700

  For Group Insurance.............................. 112,000

  For Contractual Services....................... 2,100,000

  For Travel....................................... 400,000

  For Commodities................................... 85,000

  For Printing..................................... 156,300

  For Equipment.................................... 310,000

  For Telecommunications............................ 50,000

    Total                                        $3,623,800

From the SBE Federal Agency Services Fund:

  For Contractual Services.......................... 26,500

  For Travel........................................ 30,000

  For Commodities................................... 20,000

  For Printing......................................... 700

  For Equipment..................................... 11,000

  For Telecommunications............................. 9,000

    Total                                           $97,200

From the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund:

  For Personal Services.......................... 2,071,300

  For Employee Retirement Contributions

   Paid by Employer................................. 10,400

  For Retirement Contributions..................... 770,000

  For Social Security Contributions................ 155,600

  For Group Insurance.............................. 672,000

  For Contractual Services....................... 3,150,000

  For Travel..................................... 1,600,000

  For Commodities.................................. 305,000

  For Printing..................................... 341,000

  For Equipment.................................... 679,000

  For Telecommunications........................... 400,000

    Total                                       $10,154,300

INTERNAL AUDIT

From the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund:

  For Contractual Services......................... 210,000

SCHOOL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ALL SCHOOLS

From the SBE Federal Department of Agriculture Fund:

  For Personal Services.......................... 3,394,400

  For Employee Retirement Contributions

   Paid by Employer................................. 10,900

  For Retirement Contributions................... 1,430,000

  For Social Security Contributions................ 155,600

  For Group Insurance............................ 1,000,000

  For Contractual Services....................... 2,110,500

    Total                                        $8,101,400

From the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund:

  For Personal Services............................ 492,600

  For Employee Retirement Contributions

   Paid by Employer.................................. 6,100

  For Retirement Contributions..................... 192,600

  For Social Security Contributions................. 77,800

  For Group Insurance.............................. 109,800

  For Contractual Services....................... 1,575,000

    Total                                        $2,453,900

SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES

From the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund:

  For Personal Services.......................... 5,392,400

  For Employee Retirement Contributions

   Paid by Employer................................. 25,200

  For Retirement Contributions................... 2,750,000

  For Social Security Contributions................ 311,100

  For Group Insurance............................ 1,629,400

  For Contractual Services....................... 4,200,000

    Total                                       $14,308,100

TEACHING AND LEARNING SERVICES FOR ALL CHILDREN

From the SBE Federal Agency Services Fund:

  For Personal Services............................ 103,700

  For Retirement Contributions...................... 55,000

  For Social Security Contributions.................. 5,200

  For Group Insurance............................... 23,000

  For Contractual Services......................... 918,500

    Total                                        $1,105,400

From the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund:

  For Personal Services.......................... 5,646,500

  For Employee Retirement Contributions

   Paid by Employer................................. 51,800

  For Retirement Contributions................... 2,199,900

  For Social Security Contributions................ 496,600

  For Group Insurance............................ 1,506,000

  For Contractual Services...................... 11,235,000

    Total                                       $21,135,800

 

    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, 2012:

From the School District Emergency

 Financial Assistance Fund:

  For Emergency Financial Assistance, 1B-8

    of the School Code........................... 1,000,000

From the Drivers Education Fund:

  For Drivers Education......................... 17,500,000

From the Charter Schools Revolving Loan Fund:

  For Charter Schools Loans......................... 20,000

From the School Technology Revolving Loan Fund:

  For School Technology Loans, 2-3.117a

    of the School Code........................... 5,000,000

 

    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, 2012:

From the State Board of Education Federal

 Agency Services Fund:

  For Learn and Serve America...................... 500,000

From the State Board of Education Federal

 Department of Agriculture Fund:

  For Child Nutrition.......................... 725,000,000

From the State Board of Education

 Federal Department of Education Fund:

  For Title I.................................. 825,000,000

  For Title II, Teacher/Principal Training..... 157,000,000

  For Title III, English Language

    Acquisition................................. 45,000,000

  For Title IV, 21st Century/Community

    Service Programs............................ 65,000,000

  For Title IV, Safe and Drug Free Schools......... 500,000

  For Title VI, Rural and Low Income

    Students..................................... 2,000,000

  For Title X, Homeless Education................ 5,000,000

  For Enhancing Education through Technology..... 5,000,000

  For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

    Deaf/Blind..................................... 500,000

  For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

    IDEA....................................... 700,000,000

  For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

    Improvement Program.......................... 4,000,000

  For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

    Pre-School.................................. 25,000,000

  For Grants for Vocational

    Education – Basic........................... 55,000,000

  For Grants for Vocational

    Education – Technical Preparation.............. 100,000

  For Advanced Placement Fee..................... 3,000,000

  For Math/Science Partnerships................. 14,000,000

  For Striving Readers............................. 500,000

  For ONPAR...................................... 2,000,000

  For Longitudinal Data System................... 5,200,000

  For Special Federal Congressional Projects..... 5,000,000

  For Charter Schools............................ 9,000,000

  For Race to the Top........................... 42,800,000

    Total                                    $2,719,620,000

 

    Section 20.  In addition to any other amounts appropriated for such purposes, the following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated from the State Board of Education Federal Department of Education Fund, pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012:

  For Title I.................................. 150,000,000

  For Title II, Technology......................... 100,000

  For Longitudinal Data System.................. 10,000,000

    Total                                      $160,100,000

 

    Section 25.  The amount of $600,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the School Infrastructure Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for its ordinary and contingent expenses.

 

    Section 30.  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 35.  The amount of $5,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Teacher Certificates Processing.

 

    Section 40.  The amount of $2,208,900, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Teacher Certificate Institute Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Teacher Certificates.

 

    Section 45.  The amount of $8,484,800, or so much of that amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the State Board of Education Special Purpose Trust Fund to the State Board of Education for expenditures by the Board in accordance with grants, gifts or donations that the Board has received or may receive from any source, public or private, in support of projects that are within the lawful powers of the Board.

 

    Section 50.  The amount of $7,015,200, or so much of that amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the State Board of Education Special Purpose Trust Fund to the State Board of Education for its ordinary and contingent expenses.

 

    Section 55.  The amount of $200,000, or so much of that amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the After School Rescue Fund to the State Board of Education for its ordinary and contingent expenses.

 

    Section 60.  The amount of $23,780,300, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the State Board of Education Federal Department of Education Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Student Assessments.

 

    Section 65. The amount of $500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund, pursuant to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, to the State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012 to reimburse school districts for tuition costs associated with students served at Bellefaire JCB for the 2010-11 school year as follows:

  (1) To Northfield Township High School District 225 in an amount not to exceed $28,671.

   (2) To Oak Park-River Forest School District 200 in an amount not to exceed $72,266.

  (3) To Roselle School District 12 in an amount not to exceed $49,119.

  (4) To Lake Park Community High School District 108 in an amount not to exceed $5,361.

  (5) To Community Unit School District 200 in an amount not to exceed $26,584.

  (6) To Lake Forest Community High School District 115 in an amount not to exceed $32,732.

  (7) To Grayslake Community High School District 127 in an amount not to exceed $64,286.

  (8) To Community High School District 155 in an amount not to exceed $89,933.

  (9) To Armstrong Township High School District 225 in an amount not to exceed $83,735.

 

ARTICLE 3

 

    Section 5.  The amount of $500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Community College Board for Career and Technical Education Licensed Practical Nurse and Registered Nurse Preparation.

 

ARTICLE 4

 

    Section 5.  The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board for the objects and purposes hereinafter named:

OPERATIONS

  For Personal Services............................ 818,300

  For State Contributions to

   Social Security.................................. 62,600

  For Contractual Services......................... 122,700

  For Travel........................................ 10,400

  For Commodities.................................... 3,000

  For Printing....................................... 2,000

  For Equipment...................................... 1,000

  For Electronic Data Processing..................... 1,800

  For Telecommunications Services................... 15,000

  For Operation of Automotive Equipment.............. 1,000

    Total                                        $1,037,800

 

ARTICLE 5

 

    Section 5.  The amount of $300,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the State Charter School Commission Fund to the State Charter School Commission for ordinary and contingent expenses.

 

Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2012.