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 1        AN ACT concerning schools.

 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        Sec. 18-8.05.  Basis for apportionment of  general  State
 8    financial  aid  and  supplemental  general  State  aid to the
 9    common schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school years.

10    (A)  General Provisions.
11        (1)  The  provisions  of  this  Section  apply   to   the
12    1998-1999 and subsequent school years.  The system of general
13    State  financial aid provided for in this Section is designed
14    to assure that, through a combination of State financial  aid
15    and  required local resources, the financial support provided
16    each pupil in Average Daily Attendance equals  or  exceeds  a
17    prescribed per pupil Foundation Level.  This formula approach
18    imputes  a  level  of per pupil Available Local Resources and
19    provides for the basis to calculate  a  per  pupil  level  of
20    general  State  financial  aid  that, when added to Available
21    Local Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level.  The
22    amount of per pupil general State financial  aid  for  school
23    districts,   in   general,  varies  in  inverse  relation  to
24    Available Local Resources.  Per pupil amounts are based  upon
25    each  school district's Average Daily Attendance as that term
26    is defined in this Section.
27        (2)  In addition to general State financial  aid,  school
28    districts  with  specified levels or concentrations of pupils
29    from  low  income  households   are   eligible   to   receive
30    supplemental  general  State financial aid grants as provided
31    pursuant to subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants
 
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 1    provided for school districts under subsection (H)  shall  be
 2    appropriated  for distribution to school districts as part of
 3    the same line item in which the general State  financial  aid
 4    of school districts is appropriated under this Section.
 5        (3)  To  receive financial assistance under this Section,
 6    school districts are required to file claims with  the  State
 7    Board of Education, subject to the following requirements:
 8             (a)  Any  school  district which fails for any given
 9        school year to maintain school as required by law, or  to
10        maintain  a recognized school is not eligible to file for
11        such school year any claim upon the Common  School  Fund.
12        In  case  of  nonrecognition  of  one  or more attendance
13        centers  in  a  school   district   otherwise   operating
14        recognized  schools,  the  claim of the district shall be
15        reduced  in  the  proportion  which  the  Average   Daily
16        Attendance  in  the  attendance center or centers bear to
17        the Average Daily Attendance in the school  district.   A
18        "recognized  school"  means any public school which meets
19        the standards as established for recognition by the State
20        Board of Education.   A  school  district  or  attendance
21        center  not  having  recognition  status  at the end of a
22        school term is entitled to receive State aid payments due
23        upon  a  legal  claim  which  was  filed  while  it   was
24        recognized.
25             (b)  School district claims filed under this Section
26        are subject to Sections 18-9, 18-10, and 18-12, except as
27        otherwise provided in this Section.
28             (c)  If  a  school  district  operates  a  full year
29        school under Section 10-19.1, the general  State  aid  to
30        the  school  district  shall  be  determined by the State
31        Board of Education in accordance  with  this  Section  as
32        near as may be applicable.
33             (d)  (Blank).
34        (4)  Except  as  provided in subsections (H) and (L), the
 
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 1    board of any district receiving any of  the  grants  provided
 2    for  in  this  Section  may  apply those funds to any fund so
 3    received  for  which  that  board  is  authorized   to   make
 4    expenditures by law.
 5        School  districts  are  not  required  to exert a minimum
 6    Operating Tax Rate in order to qualify for  assistance  under
 7    this Section.
 8        (5)  As  used  in  this Section the following terms, when
 9    capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
10             (a)  "Average Daily Attendance":  A count  of  pupil
11        attendance   in  school,  averaged  as  provided  for  in
12        subsection  (C)  and  utilized  in  deriving  per   pupil
13        financial support levels.
14             (b)  "Available  Local Resources":  A computation of
15        local financial  support,  calculated  on  the  basis  of
16        Average Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant
17        to subsection (D).
18             (c)  "Corporate    Personal   Property   Replacement
19        Taxes":  Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to
20        "An Act in  relation  to  the  abolition  of  ad  valorem
21        personal  property  tax  and  the replacement of revenues
22        lost thereby, and amending and repealing certain Acts and
23        parts of Acts in connection therewith", certified  August
24        14, 1979, as amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
25             (d)  "Foundation  Level":  A prescribed level of per
26        pupil financial support as  provided  for  in  subsection
27        (B).
28             (e)  "Operating  Tax  Rate":   All  school  district
29        property taxes extended for all purposes, except Bond and
30        Interest,  Summer  School, Rent, Capital Improvement, and
31        Vocational Education Building purposes.

32    (B)  Foundation Level.
33        (1)  The Foundation Level is a figure established by  the
34    State  representing  the minimum level of per pupil financial
 
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 1    support that should be available to  provide  for  the  basic
 2    education  of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance.  As set
 3    forth in this Section, each school  district  is  assumed  to
 4    exert   a  sufficient  local  taxing  effort  such  that,  in
 5    combination with the aggregate of general State financial aid
 6    provided the  district,  an  aggregate  of  State  and  local
 7    resources  are available to meet the basic education needs of
 8    pupils in the district.
 9        (2)  For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation  Level
10    of  support  is  $4,225.   For the 1999-2000 school year, the
11    Foundation Level of support is  $4,325.   For  the  2000-2001
12    school  year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425.  For
13    the 2001-2002 and  2002-2003  school  years,  the  Foundation
14    Level  of  support is $4,560.  For the 2003-2004 school year,
15    the Foundation Level of support is $5,080. For the  2004-2005
16    school year, the Foundation Level of support is $5,490.
17        (3)  For  the  2005-2006  2001-2002  school year and each
18    school year thereafter, the Foundation Level  of  support  is
19    $5,900 $4,560 or such greater amount as may be established by
20    law by the General Assembly.

21    (C)  Average Daily Attendance.
22        (1)  For   purposes  of  calculating  general  State  aid
23    pursuant to  subsection  (E),  an  Average  Daily  Attendance
24    figure  shall  be  utilized.   The  Average  Daily Attendance
25    figure for formula calculation purposes shall be the  monthly
26    average  of the actual number of pupils in attendance of each
27    school district, as further averaged for the best 3 months of
28    pupil attendance for each school district.  In compiling  the
29    figures  for  the  number  of  pupils  in  attendance, school
30    districts  and  the  State  Board  of  Education  shall,  for
31    purposes of general State  aid  funding,  conform  attendance
32    figures to the requirements of subsection (F).
33        (2)  The  Average  Daily  Attendance  figures utilized in
34    subsection (E) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
 
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 1    school year immediately preceding the school year  for  which
 2    general  State  aid is being calculated or the average of the
 3    attendance data for the 3 preceding school  years,  whichever
 4    is greater.  The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
 5    subsection (H) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
 6    school  year  immediately preceding the school year for which
 7    general State aid is being calculated.

 8    (D)  Available Local Resources.
 9        (1)  For  purposes  of  calculating  general  State   aid
10    pursuant  to  subsection  (E),  a representation of Available
11    Local Resources per  pupil,  as  that  term  is  defined  and
12    determined  in this subsection, shall be utilized.  Available
13    Local Resources per pupil shall include a  calculated  dollar
14    amount representing local school district revenues from local
15    property   taxes   and   from   Corporate  Personal  Property
16    Replacement Taxes,  expressed  on  the  basis  of  pupils  in
17    Average Daily Attendance.
18        (2)  In  determining  a  school  district's  revenue from
19    local property taxes, the  State  Board  of  Education  shall
20    utilize  the  equalized  assessed  valuation  of  all taxable
21    property of each school district as of September  30  of  the
22    previous  year.   The  equalized  assessed valuation utilized
23    shall be obtained and determined as  provided  in  subsection
24    (G).
25        (3)  For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten
26    through  12,  local  property tax revenues per pupil shall be
27    calculated  as  the  product  of  the  applicable   equalized
28    assessed  valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%, and
29    divided by the district's Average  Daily  Attendance  figure.
30    For  school districts maintaining grades kindergarten through
31    8, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be  calculated
32    as the product of the applicable equalized assessed valuation
33    for  the  district  multiplied  by  2.30%, and divided by the
34    district's  Average  Daily  Attendance  figure.   For  school
 
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 1    districts maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax
 2    revenues per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed
 3    valuation of the district multiplied by 1.05%, and divided by
 4    the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
 5        (4)  The Corporate Personal  Property  Replacement  Taxes
 6    paid to each school district during the calendar year 2 years
 7    before  the  calendar  year  in  which  a school year begins,
 8    divided by the  Average  Daily  Attendance  figure  for  that
 9    district,  shall  be added to the local property tax revenues
10    per pupil as derived by the application  of  the  immediately
11    preceding  paragraph (3).  The sum of these per pupil figures
12    for each school district  shall  constitute  Available  Local
13    Resources  as  that term is utilized in subsection (E) in the
14    calculation of general State aid.

15    (E)  Computation of General State Aid.
16        (1)  For each school year, the amount  of  general  State
17    aid  allotted  to  a school district shall be computed by the
18    State Board of Education as provided in this subsection.
19        (2)  For any school district for  which  Available  Local
20    Resources  per  pupil  is less than the product of 0.93 times
21    the Foundation Level, general State  aid  for  that  district
22    shall  be  calculated  as  an  amount equal to the Foundation
23    Level minus Available  Local  Resources,  multiplied  by  the
24    Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
25        (3)  For  any  school  district for which Available Local
26    Resources per pupil is equal to or greater than  the  product
27    of  0.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the product
28    of 1.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
29    pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the  Foundation  Level
30    derived   using   a  linear  algorithm.   Under  this  linear
31    algorithm, the calculated general State aid per  pupil  shall
32    decline   in  direct  linear  fashion  from  0.07  times  the
33    Foundation Level for a school district with  Available  Local
34    Resources  equal  to the product of 0.93 times the Foundation
 
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 1    Level, to 0.05  times  the  Foundation  Level  for  a  school
 2    district  with Available Local Resources equal to the product
 3    of 1.75  times  the  Foundation  Level.   The  allocation  of
 4    general  State  aid  for  school  districts  subject  to this
 5    paragraph 3 shall be the calculated  general  State  aid  per
 6    pupil  figure  multiplied  by the Average Daily Attendance of
 7    the school district.
 8        (4)  For any school district for  which  Available  Local
 9    Resources  per  pupil  equals  or exceeds the product of 1.75
10    times the Foundation Level, the general  State  aid  for  the
11    school  district  shall  be calculated as the product of $218
12    multiplied by the Average  Daily  Attendance  of  the  school
13    district.
14        (5)  The  amount  of  general  State  aid  allocated to a
15    school district for the 1999-2000  school  year  meeting  the
16    requirements  set  forth  in  paragraph (4) of subsection (G)
17    shall be increased by an amount equal to  the  general  State
18    aid  that  would  have  been received by the district for the
19    1998-1999 school year by utilizing the  Extension  Limitation
20    Equalized  Assessed  Valuation as calculated in paragraph (4)
21    of subsection (G) less the general State aid allotted for the
22    1998-1999 school year.  This amount shall  be  deemed  a  one
23    time  increase, and shall not affect any future general State
24    aid allocations.

25    (F)  Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
26        (1)  Each school district shall, by July 1 of each  year,
27    submit  to  the State Board of Education, on forms prescribed
28    by the State Board of Education, attendance figures  for  the
29    school  year  that began in the preceding calendar year.  The
30    attendance information  so  transmitted  shall  identify  the
31    average daily attendance figures for each month of the school
32    year.   Beginning  with  the general State aid claim form for
33    the 2002-2003 school year, districts shall calculate  Average
34    Daily  Attendance  as  provided in subdivisions (a), (b), and
 
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 1    (c) of this paragraph (1).
 2             (a)  In  districts  that  do  not  hold   year-round
 3        classes,  days  of attendance in August shall be added to
 4        the month of September and any days of attendance in June
 5        shall be added to the month of May.
 6             (b)  In  districts  in  which  all  buildings   hold
 7        year-round classes, days of attendance in July and August
 8        shall  be added to the month of September and any days of
 9        attendance in June shall be added to the month of May.
10             (c)  In districts in which some buildings,  but  not
11        all,  hold  year-round  classes,  for  the non-year-round
12        buildings, days of attendance in August shall be added to
13        the month of September and any days of attendance in June
14        shall be added to the month of  May.  The  average  daily
15        attendance for the year-round buildings shall be computed
16        as  provided in subdivision (b) of this paragraph (1). To
17        calculate the Average Daily Attendance for the  district,
18        the average daily attendance for the year-round buildings
19        shall  be  multiplied  by  the  days  in  session for the
20        non-year-round buildings for each month and added to  the
21        monthly attendance of the non-year-round buildings.
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        unless  a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of
 8        80 minutes or more of  instruction,  in  which  case  the
 9        pupil  may  be  counted on the basis of the proportion of
10        minutes of school work completed each day to the  minimum
11        number of minutes that school work is required to be held
12        that day.
13             (b)  Days  of  attendance  may  be less than 5 clock
14        hours on the opening and closing of the school term,  and
15        upon  the first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by a
16        day  or  days  utilized  as  an  institute  or  teachers'
17        workshop.
18             (c)  A session of 4  or  more  clock  hours  may  be
19        counted  as a day of attendance upon certification by the
20        regional  superintendent,  and  approved  by  the   State
21        Superintendent  of  Education  to  the  extent  that  the
22        district has been forced to use daily multiple sessions.
23             (d)  A  session  of  3  or  more  clock hours may be
24        counted as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder  of
25        the school day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that
26        day  is  utilized  for an in-service training program for
27        teachers, up to a maximum of 5 days per  school  year  of
28        which  a maximum of 4 days of such 5 days may be used for
29        parent-teacher conferences, provided a district  conducts
30        an  in-service  training  program  for teachers which has
31        been approved by the State Superintendent  of  Education;
32        or,  in  lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be used, in
33        which event each such day may be  counted  as  a  day  of
34        attendance;  and  (2)  when  days  in  addition  to those
 
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 1        provided in item (1) are scheduled by a  school  pursuant
 2        to  its  school improvement plan adopted under Article 34
 3        or its revised or amended school improvement plan adopted
 4        under Article 2, provided that (i) such sessions of 3  or
 5        more  clock  hours  are  scheduled  to  occur  at regular
 6        intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in which
 7        such sessions occur are utilized for in-service  training
 8        programs   or  other  staff  development  activities  for
 9        teachers, and (iii) a sufficient  number  of  minutes  of
10        school  work under the direct supervision of teachers are
11        added to the school days between such regularly scheduled
12        sessions to  accumulate  not  less  than  the  number  of
13        minutes  by  which such sessions of 3 or more clock hours
14        fall short of 5 clock hours. Any full days used  for  the
15        purposes  of  this  paragraph shall not be considered for
16        computing average daily attendance.  Days  scheduled  for
17        in-service    training    programs,   staff   development
18        activities,  or   parent-teacher   conferences   may   be
19        scheduled  separately  for  different  grade  levels  and
20        different attendance centers of the district.
21             (e)  A  session  of  not less than one clock hour of
22        teaching hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site  or  by
23        telephone  to  the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day of
24        attendance, however these pupils must receive 4  or  more
25        clock  hours  of instruction to be counted for a full day
26        of attendance.
27             (f)  A session of at least  4  clock  hours  may  be
28        counted  as  a  day of attendance for first grade pupils,
29        and pupils in full day kindergartens, and a session of  2
30        or  more hours may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by
31        pupils in kindergartens which provide  only  1/2  day  of
32        attendance.
33             (g)  For  children  with  disabilities who are below
34        the age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more  clock
 
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 1        hours  because  of  their  disability  or  immaturity,  a
 2        session of not less than one clock hour may be counted as
 3        1/2  day  of  attendance; however for such children whose
 4        educational needs so require a session of 4 or more clock
 5        hours may be counted as a full day of attendance.
 6             (h)  A recognized kindergarten  which  provides  for
 7        only  1/2  day of attendance by each pupil shall not have
 8        more than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any  one  day.
 9        However, kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance
10        in  any  5 consecutive school days.  When a pupil attends
11        such a kindergarten for 2 half days  on  any  one  school
12        day,  the  pupil  shall  have  the following day as a day
13        absent from school, unless the  school  district  obtains
14        permission  in  writing  from the State Superintendent of
15        Education. Attendance at kindergartens which provide  for
16        a  full  day of attendance by each pupil shall be counted
17        the same as attendance by first grade  pupils.  Only  the
18        first  year  of  attendance  in one kindergarten shall be
19        counted, except in  case  of  children  who  entered  the
20        kindergarten   in  their  fifth  year  whose  educational
21        development requires a second  year  of  kindergarten  as
22        determined  under  the rules and regulations of the State
23        Board of Education.

24    (G)  Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
25        (1)  For purposes of the calculation of  Available  Local
26    Resources  required  pursuant  to  subsection  (D), the State
27    Board of  Education  shall  secure  from  the  Department  of
28    Revenue  the value as equalized or assessed by the Department
29    of Revenue of all taxable property of every school  district,
30    together  with  (i) the applicable tax rate used in extending
31    taxes for the funds of the district as of September 30 of the
32    previous year and (ii)  the  limiting  rate  for  all  school
33    districts  subject  to  property tax extension limitations as
34    imposed under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
 
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 1        This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
 2    the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
 3    calculation of Available Local Resources.
 4        (2)  The equalized assessed valuation  in  paragraph  (1)
 5    shall be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
 6             (a)  For the purposes of calculating State aid under
 7        this  Section,  with  respect  to  any  part  of a school
 8        district within a redevelopment project area  in  respect
 9        to   which  a  municipality  has  adopted  tax  increment
10        allocation  financing  pursuant  to  the  Tax   Increment
11        Allocation  Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through
12        11-74.4-11  of  the  Illinois  Municipal  Code   or   the
13        Industrial  Jobs Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through
14        11-74.6-50 of the Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the
15        current equalized assessed  valuation  of  real  property
16        located in any such project area which is attributable to
17        an  increase  above  the total initial equalized assessed
18        valuation of such property shall be used as part  of  the
19        equalized  assessed valuation of the district, until such
20        time as all redevelopment project costs have  been  paid,
21        as  provided  in  Section  11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment
22        Allocation Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35  of
23        the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law.  For the purpose of the
24        equalized  assessed  valuation of the district, the total
25        initial  equalized  assessed  valuation  or  the  current
26        equalized assessed valuation, whichever is  lower,  shall
27        be  used  until  such  time  as all redevelopment project
28        costs have been paid.
29             (b)  The real property equalized assessed  valuation
30        for  a  school  district shall be adjusted by subtracting
31        from the real property value as equalized or assessed  by
32        the  Department  of  Revenue  for  the district an amount
33        computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
34        under Section 18-170 of the Property Tax  Code  by  3.00%
 
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 1        for  a  district  maintaining grades kindergarten through
 2        12,  by  2.30%  for   a   district   maintaining   grades
 3        kindergarten  through  8,  or  by  1.05%  for  a district
 4        maintaining grades 9 through 12 and adjusted by an amount
 5        computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
 6        under subsection (a) of Section 18-165  of  the  Property
 7        Tax  Code  by the same percentage rates for district type
 8        as specified in this subparagraph (b).
 9        (3)  For the 1999-2000 school year and each  school  year
10    thereafter, if a school district meets all of the criteria of
11    this subsection (G)(3), the school district's Available Local
12    Resources  shall be calculated under subsection (D) using the
13    district's Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed  Valuation
14    as calculated under this subsection (G)(3).
15        For  purposes  of  this  subsection  (G)(3) the following
16    terms shall have the following meanings:
17             "Budget Year":  The school year  for  which  general
18        State aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
19             "Base  Tax Year": The property tax levy year used to
20        calculate the Budget Year  allocation  of  general  State
21        aid.
22             "Preceding  Tax  Year":  The  property tax levy year
23        immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
24             "Base Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of  the
25        equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County Clerk
26        in  the  Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting rate as
27        calculated  by  the  County  Clerk  and  defined  in  the
28        Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
29             "Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of
30        the equalized assessed valuation utilized by  the  County
31        Clerk  in  the  Preceding  Tax  Year  multiplied  by  the
32        Operating Tax Rate as defined in subsection (A).
33             "Extension  Limitation  Ratio":  A  numerical ratio,
34        certified by the County Clerk, in which the numerator  is
 
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 1        the  Base Tax Year's Tax Extension and the denominator is
 2        the Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension.
 3             "Operating Tax Rate":  The  operating  tax  rate  as
 4        defined in subsection (A).
 5        If a school district is subject to property tax extension
 6    limitations  as  imposed  under  the  Property  Tax Extension
 7    Limitation Law, the State Board of Education shall  calculate
 8    the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of that
 9    district.   For  the  1999-2000  school  year,  the Extension
10    Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school  district
11    as  calculated by the State Board of Education shall be equal
12    to the product of  the  district's  1996  Equalized  Assessed
13    Valuation and the district's Extension Limitation Ratio.  For
14    the  2000-2001  school  year and each school year thereafter,
15    the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed  Valuation  of  a
16    school district as calculated by the State Board of Education
17    shall  be  equal  to  the  product  of the Equalized Assessed
18    Valuation last used in the calculation of general  State  aid
19    and   the  district's  Extension  Limitation  Ratio.  If  the
20    Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school
21    district as calculated under this subsection (G)(3)  is  less
22    than   the   district's   equalized   assessed  valuation  as
23    calculated pursuant to subsections (G)(1)  and  (G)(2),  then
24    for  purposes of calculating the district's general State aid
25    for  the  Budget  Year  pursuant  to  subsection  (E),   that
26    Extension  Limitation  Equalized  Assessed Valuation shall be
27    utilized  to  calculate  the   district's   Available   Local
28    Resources under subsection (D).
29        (4)  For  the  purposes  of calculating general State aid
30    for the 1999-2000 school year  only,  if  a  school  district
31    experienced   a   triennial  reassessment  on  the  equalized
32    assessed valuation used  in  calculating  its  general  State
33    financial  aid  apportionment  for the 1998-1999 school year,
34    the State Board of Education shall  calculate  the  Extension
 
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 1    Limitation  Equalized Assessed Valuation that would have been
 2    used to calculate the district's 1998-1999 general State aid.
 3    This amount shall equal the product of the equalized assessed
 4    valuation  used  to  calculate  general  State  aid  for  the
 5    1997-1998 school year and the district's Extension Limitation
 6    Ratio.   If  the  Extension  Limitation  Equalized   Assessed
 7    Valuation  of  the  school  district as calculated under this
 8    paragraph (4) is less than the district's equalized  assessed
 9    valuation  utilized  in  calculating the district's 1998-1999
10    general  State  aid  allocation,   then   for   purposes   of
11    calculating  the  district's  general  State  aid pursuant to
12    paragraph (5) of subsection (E),  that  Extension  Limitation
13    Equalized  Assessed  Valuation shall be utilized to calculate
14    the district's Available Local Resources.
15        (5)  For school districts  having  a  majority  of  their
16    equalized  assessed  valuation  in  any  county  except Cook,
17    DuPage, Kane, Lake,  McHenry,  or  Will,  if  the  amount  of
18    general  State  aid  allocated to the school district for the
19    1999-2000 school year under the provisions of subsection (E),
20    (H), and (J) of this Section  is  less  than  the  amount  of
21    general State aid allocated to the district for the 1998-1999
22    school  year  under these subsections, then the general State
23    aid of the district for the 1999-2000 school year only  shall
24    be  increased  by  the difference between these amounts.  The
25    total payments made under this paragraph (5) shall not exceed
26    $14,000,000.   Claims  shall  be  prorated  if  they   exceed
27    $14,000,000.

28    (H)  Supplemental General State Aid.
29        (1)  In  addition  to  the  general  State  aid  a school
30    district is allotted pursuant to subsection  (E),  qualifying
31    school  districts  shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction
32    with  a  district's  payments  of  general  State  aid,   for
33    supplemental  general  State aid based upon the concentration
34    level of  children  from  low-income  households  within  the
 
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 1    school  district.  Supplemental State aid grants provided for
 2    school districts under this subsection shall be  appropriated
 3    for distribution to school districts as part of the same line
 4    item  in  which  the  general  State  financial aid of school
 5    districts is appropriated under this Section.
 6        (1.5)  This paragraph (1.5) applies only to those  school
 7    years  preceding  the  2003-2004 school year. For purposes of
 8    this  subsection  (H),  the  term  "Low-Income  Concentration
 9    Level" shall be the low-income eligible pupil count from  the
10    most recently available federal census divided by the Average
11    Daily Attendance of the school district. If, however, (i) the
12    percentage  decrease  from the 2 most recent federal censuses
13    in the low-income eligible  pupil  count  of  a  high  school
14    district  with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or more
15    the percentage change in the total low-income eligible  pupil
16    count   of  contiguous  elementary  school  districts,  whose
17    boundaries are coterminous with the high school district,  or
18    (ii)  a  high school district within 2 counties and serving 5
19    elementary school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous
20    with the high school district, has a percentage decrease from
21    the 2 most recent federal censuses in the low-income eligible
22    pupil count and there is a percentage increase in  the  total
23    low-income   eligible  pupil  count  of  a  majority  of  the
24    elementary school districts in excess of 50% from the 2  most
25    recent  federal  censuses,  then  the  high school district's
26    low-income eligible pupil  count  from  the  earlier  federal
27    census  shall  be  the number used as the low-income eligible
28    pupil count for the high school  district,  for  purposes  of
29    this  subsection (H).  The changes made to this paragraph (1)
30    by Public Act 92-28 shall apply to supplemental general State
31    aid grants for school years preceding  the  2003-2004  school
32    year  that are paid in fiscal year 1999 or and in each fiscal
33    year thereafter  and to any State aid payments made in fiscal
34    year 1994 through fiscal year  1998  pursuant  to  subsection
 
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 1    1(n) of Section 18-8 of this Code (which was repealed on July
 2    1,  1998),  and  any high school district that is affected by
 3    Public Act 92-28  is  entitled  to  a  recomputation  of  its
 4    supplemental general State aid grant or State aid paid in any
 5    of  those  fiscal  years.   This  recomputation  shall not be
 6    affected by any other funding.
 7        (1.10)  This paragraph (1.10) applies  to  the  2003-2004
 8    school  year and each school year thereafter. For purposes of
 9    this subsection  (4),  the  term  "Low  Income  Concentration
10    Level"  shall  be  the  low  income  eligible pupil count (as
11    determined by the Department of Human Services based  on  the
12    number  of  pupils  who  are eligible for at least one of the
13    following low income programs: Medicaid, KidCare,  TANF,  and
14    Food  Stamps)  divided by the Average Daily Attendance of the
15    school district.
16        (2)  Supplemental general  State  aid  pursuant  to  this
17    subsection   (H)   shall  be  provided  as  follows  for  the
18    1998-1999, 1999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years only:
19             (a)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
20        Concentration  Level  of  at least 20% and less than 35%,
21        the grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by
22        the low income eligible pupil count.
23             (b)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
24        Concentration  Level  of  at least 35% and less than 50%,
25        the grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall  be  $1,100
26        multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
27             (c)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
28        Concentration Level of at least 50% and  less  than  60%,
29        the  grant  for  the  1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
30        multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
31             (d)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
32        Concentration  Level  of  60%  or more, the grant for the
33        1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
34        income eligible pupil count.
 
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 1             (e)  For the 1999-2000 school year,  the  per  pupil
 2        amount  specified  in  subparagraphs  (b),  (c),  and (d)
 3        immediately above shall be increased to  $1,243,  $1,600,
 4        and $2,000, respectively.
 5             (f)  For  the  2000-2001  school year, the per pupil
 6        amounts specified in  subparagraphs  (b),  (c),  and  (d)
 7        immediately  above  shall  be $1,273, $1,640, and $2,050,
 8        respectively.
 9        (2.5)  Supplemental general State aid  pursuant  to  this
10    subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2002-2003
11    school year and each school year thereafter:
12             (a)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
13        Concentration Level of less than 10%, the grant for  each
14        school  year  shall  be $355 multiplied by the low income
15        eligible pupil count.
16             (b)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
17        Concentration  Level  of  at least 10% and less than 20%,
18        the grant for each school year shall be  $675  multiplied
19        by the low income eligible pupil count.
20             (c)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
21        Concentration Level of at least 20% and  less  than  35%,
22        the grant for each school year shall be $1,330 multiplied
23        by the low income eligible pupil count.
24             (d)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
25        Concentration Level of at least 35% and  less  than  50%,
26        the grant for each school year shall be $1,362 multiplied
27        by the low income eligible pupil count.
28             (e)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
29        Concentration Level of at least 50% and  less  than  60%,
30        the grant for each school year shall be $1,680 multiplied
31        by the low income eligible pupil count.
32             (f)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
33        Concentration Level of 60% or more, the  grant  for  each
34        school  year shall be $2,080 multiplied by the low income
 
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 1        eligible pupil count.
 2        (2.10)  Supplemental general State aid pursuant  to  this
 3    subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2003-2004
 4    school year and each school year thereafter:
 5             (a)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
 6        Concentration Level of 10% or less, the  grant  for  each
 7        school  year  shall  be $355 multiplied by the low income
 8        eligible pupil count.
 9             (b)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
10        Concentration  Level  greater than 10% and less than 15%,
11        the grant for each school year shall be  $675  multiplied
12        by the low income eligible pupil count.
13             (c)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
14        Concentration Level of at least 15% and  less  than  65%,
15        the  grant for each school year shall be $532.50 plus the
16        product of $950 and the Low Income  Concentration  Level,
17        all multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
18             (d)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
19        Concentration Level of 65% or more, the  grant  for  each
20        school  year  shall  be the product of $5,286 and the Low
21        Income  Concentration   Level,   minus   $2,285.71,   all
22        multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
23        (3)  School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
24    more  than  1,000  and  less  than  50,000  that  qualify for
25    supplemental general State aid pursuant  to  this  subsection
26    shall  submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
27    October 30 of each year for the use of  the  funds  resulting
28    from  this  grant  of  supplemental general State aid for the
29    improvement of instruction in  which  priority  is  given  to
30    meeting  the education needs of disadvantaged children.  Such
31    plan  shall  be  submitted  in  accordance  with  rules   and
32    regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
33        (4)  School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
34    50,000  or  more  that qualify for supplemental general State
 
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 1    aid  pursuant  to  this  subsection  shall  be  required   to
 2    distribute  from funds available pursuant to this Section, no
 3    less than  $261,000,000  in  accordance  with  the  following
 4    requirements:
 5             (a)  The  required  amounts  shall be distributed to
 6        the attendance centers within the district in  proportion
 7        to  the  number  of  pupils  enrolled  at each attendance
 8        center who are eligible to receive free or  reduced-price
 9        lunches  or  breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition
10        Act of 1966 and  under  the  National  School  Lunch  Act
11        during the immediately preceding school year.
12             (b)  The   distribution   of   these   portions   of
13        supplemental  and  general  State  aid  among  attendance
14        centers  according  to  these  requirements  shall not be
15        compensated for or  contravened  by  adjustments  of  the
16        total  of  other  funds  appropriated  to  any attendance
17        centers, and the Board of Education shall utilize funding
18        from one or several sources in order to  fully  implement
19        this provision annually prior to the opening of school.
20             (c)  Each attendance center shall be provided by the
21        school  district  a  distribution of noncategorical funds
22        and other categorical funds to which an attendance center
23        is entitled under law in order that the general State aid
24        and  supplemental   general   State   aid   provided   by
25        application  of  this  subsection supplements rather than
26        supplants the noncategorical funds and other  categorical
27        funds  provided  by the school district to the attendance
28        centers.
29             (d)  Any funds made available under this  subsection
30        that  by  reason of the provisions of this subsection are
31        not required to be allocated and provided  to  attendance
32        centers  may be used and appropriated by the board of the
33        district for any lawful school purpose.
34             (e)  Funds received by an attendance center pursuant
 
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 1        to this subsection shall be used by the attendance center
 2        at the discretion  of  the  principal  and  local  school
 3        council for programs to improve educational opportunities
 4        at  qualifying schools through the following programs and
 5        services: early childhood education, reduced  class  size
 6        or  improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
 7        programs, remedial  assistance,  attendance  improvement,
 8        and  other  educationally  beneficial  expenditures which
 9        supplement the regular and basic programs  as  determined
10        by the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not
11        be  expended  for  any  political or lobbying purposes as
12        defined by board rule.
13             (f)  Each district subject to the provisions of this
14        subdivision (H)(4) shall submit  an  acceptable  plan  to
15        meet  the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
16        compliance with the requirements of  this  paragraph,  to
17        the  State  Board  of  Education prior to July 15 of each
18        year. This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of
19        local school councils concerning the  school  expenditure
20        plans  developed  in  accordance  with  part 4 of Section
21        34-2.3.  The State Board shall approve or reject the plan
22        within 60 days after its  submission.   If  the  plan  is
23        rejected,  the  district  shall  give  written  notice of
24        intent  to  modify  the  plan  within  15  days  of   the
25        notification of rejection and then submit a modified plan
26        within  30  days  after the date of the written notice of
27        intent to modify.  Districts  may  amend  approved  plans
28        pursuant  to  rules  promulgated  by  the  State Board of
29        Education.
30             Upon notification by the State  Board  of  Education
31        that  the district has not submitted a plan prior to July
32        15 or a modified plan within the  time  period  specified
33        herein,  the  State  aid  funds  affected by that plan or
34        modified plan shall be withheld by  the  State  Board  of
 
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 1        Education until a plan or modified plan is submitted.
 2             If  the  district  fails  to distribute State aid to
 3        attendance centers in accordance with an  approved  plan,
 4        the  plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
 5        addition  to  the  funds  otherwise  required   by   this
 6        subsection,   to  those  attendance  centers  which  were
 7        underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal  to
 8        such underfunding.
 9             For  purposes  of  determining  compliance with this
10        subsection in relation to the requirements of  attendance
11        center  funding,  each district subject to the provisions
12        of this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
13        December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data  for
14        the  prior  year  in  addition to any modification of its
15        current plan.  If it is determined that there has been  a
16        failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
17        subsection  regarding  contravention  or supplanting, the
18        State Superintendent of Education shall, within  60  days
19        of  receipt  of  the  report, notify the district and any
20        affected local school council.  The district shall within
21        45 days of receipt of that notification inform the  State
22        Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
23        action  to be taken, whether  by amendment of the current
24        plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan  for  the
25        following  year.   Failure  to  provide  the  expenditure
26        report  or  the  notification  of  remedial or corrective
27        action in a timely manner shall result in  a  withholding
28        of the affected funds.
29             The  State Board of Education shall promulgate rules
30        and regulations  to  implement  the  provisions  of  this
31        subsection.   No  funds  shall  be  released  under  this
32        subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted
33        a  plan  that  has  been  approved  by the State Board of
34        Education.
 
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 1    (I)  General State Aid for Newly Configured School Districts.
 2        (1)  For  a  new  school  district  formed  by  combining
 3    property  included  totally  within  2  or  more   previously
 4    existing  school  districts,  for its first year of existence
 5    the general State aid  and  supplemental  general  State  aid
 6    calculated  under  this Section shall be computed for the new
 7    district and for the previously existing districts for  which
 8    property is totally included within the new district.  If the
 9    computation on the basis of the previously existing districts
10    is  greater,  a supplementary payment equal to the difference
11    shall be made for the first 4 years of existence of  the  new
12    district.
13        (2)  For  a  school  district  which  annexes  all of the
14    territory of one or more entire other school  districts,  for
15    the   first  year  during  which  the  change  of  boundaries
16    attributable to such annexation  becomes  effective  for  all
17    purposes as determined under Section 7-9 or 7A-8, the general
18    State aid and supplemental general State aid calculated under
19    this  Section  shall be computed for the annexing district as
20    constituted after the annexation and  for  the  annexing  and
21    each annexed district as constituted prior to the annexation;
22    and  if  the  computation  on  the  basis of the annexing and
23    annexed districts as constituted prior to the  annexation  is
24    greater,  a  supplementary  payment  equal  to the difference
25    shall be made for the first  4  years  of  existence  of  the
26    annexing school district as constituted upon such annexation.
27        (3)  For  2  or  more school districts which annex all of
28    the territory of one or more entire other  school  districts,
29    and  for 2 or more community unit districts which result upon
30    the division (pursuant to petition under  Section  11A-2)  of
31    one  or more other unit school districts into 2 or more parts
32    and which together include all of the parts into  which  such
33    other  unit  school district or districts are so divided, for
34    the  first  year  during  which  the  change  of   boundaries
 
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 1    attributable to such annexation or division becomes effective
 2    for  all  purposes as determined under Section 7-9 or 11A-10,
 3    as the case may be, the general State  aid  and  supplemental
 4    general  State  aid  calculated  under  this Section shall be
 5    computed  for  each  annexing  or   resulting   district   as
 6    constituted  after  the  annexation  or division and for each
 7    annexing and annexed district,  or  for  each  resulting  and
 8    divided  district,  as constituted prior to the annexation or
 9    division; and if the aggregate of the general State  aid  and
10    supplemental  general  State  aid  as  so  computed  for  the
11    annexing  or  resulting  districts  as  constituted after the
12    annexation or division is less  than  the  aggregate  of  the
13    general  State  aid  and supplemental general State aid as so
14    computed for the annexing and annexed districts, or  for  the
15    resulting  and divided districts, as constituted prior to the
16    annexation or division, then a supplementary payment equal to
17    the difference shall be made and allocated between  or  among
18    the annexing or resulting districts, as constituted upon such
19    annexation  or  division,  for  the  first  4  years of their
20    existence.  The total difference payment shall  be  allocated
21    between  or  among the annexing or resulting districts in the
22    same ratio as the pupil enrollment from that portion  of  the
23    annexed  or divided district or districts which is annexed to
24    or included in each such annexing or resulting district bears
25    to the total pupil enrollment  from  the  entire  annexed  or
26    divided  district  or  districts, as such pupil enrollment is
27    determined for the school year last ending prior to the  date
28    when  the change of boundaries attributable to the annexation
29    or division becomes effective for all purposes.   The  amount
30    of  the total difference payment and the amount thereof to be
31    allocated to the annexing or  resulting  districts  shall  be
32    computed  by  the  State  Board  of Education on the basis of
33    pupil enrollment and other data which shall be  certified  to
34    the State Board of Education, on forms which it shall provide
 
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 1    for  that  purpose, by the regional superintendent of schools
 2    for each educational service region in which the annexing and
 3    annexed districts, or resulting  and  divided  districts  are
 4    located.
 5        (3.5)  Claims   for   financial   assistance  under  this
 6    subsection (I) shall not be recomputed  except  as  expressly
 7    provided under this Section.
 8        (4)  Any supplementary payment made under this subsection
 9    (I) shall be treated as separate from all other payments made
10    pursuant to this Section.

11    (J)  Supplementary Grants in Aid.
12        (1)  Notwithstanding   any   other   provisions  of  this
13    Section, the amount of the aggregate  general  State  aid  in
14    combination  with  supplemental  general State aid under this
15    Section for which each school district is eligible  shall  be
16    no  less  than  the amount of the aggregate general State aid
17    entitlement that was received by the district  under  Section
18    18-8  (exclusive  of  amounts received under subsections 5(p)
19    and 5(p-5) of that Section)  for  the  1997-98  school  year,
20    pursuant  to the provisions of that Section as it was then in
21    effect.  If  a  school  district  qualifies  to   receive   a
22    supplementary  payment  made  under  this subsection (J), the
23    amount of 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 shall be
26    no  less  than  the amount of the aggregate general State aid
27    entitlement that was received by the district  under  Section
28    18-8  (exclusive  of  amounts received under subsections 5(p)
29    and 5(p-5) of that Section) for the  1997-1998  school  year,
30    pursuant  to the provisions of that Section as it was then in
31    effect.
32        (2)  If, as provided in paragraph (1) of this  subsection
33    (J),  a school district is to receive aggregate general State
34    aid in combination with supplemental general State aid  under
 
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 1    this  Section  for the 1998-99 school year and any subsequent
 2    school year that in any such school year  is  less  than  the
 3    amount  of  the  aggregate general State aid entitlement that
 4    the district received for the 1997-98 school year, the school
 5    district shall also receive, from  a  separate  appropriation
 6    made  for  purposes  of  this subsection (J), a supplementary
 7    payment that is equal to the amount of the difference in  the
 8    aggregate State aid figures as described in paragraph (1).
 9        (3)  (Blank).

10    (K)  Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
11        In  calculating  the  amount  to be paid to the governing
12    board of a  public  university  that  operates  a  laboratory
13    school  under  this Section or to any alternative school that
14    is operated by a  regional  superintendent  of  schools,  the
15    State Board of Education shall require by rule such reporting
16    requirements as it deems necessary.
17        As  used  in  this  Section,  "laboratory school" means a
18    public school which is  created  and  operated  by  a  public
19    university and approved by the State Board of Education.  The
20    governing  board  of a public university which receives funds
21    from the State  Board  under  this  subsection  (K)  may  not
22    increase  the  number  of students enrolled in its laboratory
23    school from a single district, if that  district  is  already
24    sending  50 or more students, except under a mutual agreement
25    between the school board of a student's district of residence
26    and the university which operates the laboratory  school.   A
27    laboratory  school  may  not  have  more than 1,000 students,
28    excluding students with disabilities in a  special  education
29    program.
30        As  used  in  this  Section, "alternative school" means a
31    public school which is created and  operated  by  a  Regional
32    Superintendent  of Schools and approved by the State Board of
33    Education.  Such alternative schools  may  offer  courses  of
34    instruction  for  which  credit  is  given  in regular school
 
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 1    programs, courses to prepare students  for  the  high  school
 2    equivalency  testing  program  or vocational and occupational
 3    training.   A regional superintendent of schools may contract
 4    with a school district or a public community college district
 5    to operate an  alternative  school.   An  alternative  school
 6    serving  more  than  one  educational  service  region may be
 7    established by the regional superintendents of schools of the
 8    affected educational service regions.  An alternative  school
 9    serving  more  than  one  educational  service  region may be
10    operated under such terms as the regional superintendents  of
11    schools of those educational service regions may agree.
12        Each  laboratory  and  alternative  school shall file, on
13    forms provided by the State Superintendent of  Education,  an
14    annual  State  aid  claim  which  states  the  Average  Daily
15    Attendance  of  the  school's  students by month.  The best 3
16    months' Average Daily Attendance shall be computed  for  each
17    school.  The  general State aid entitlement shall be computed
18    by multiplying the applicable Average Daily Attendance by the
19    Foundation Level as determined under this Section.

20    (L)  Payments,   Additional   Grants   in   Aid   and   Other
21    Requirements.
22        (1)  For a school district operating under the  financial
23    supervision  of  an  Authority created under Article 34A, the
24    general State aid otherwise payable to  that  district  under
25    this  Section,  but  not  the supplemental general State aid,
26    shall be reduced by an amount equal to  the  budget  for  the
27    operations  of the Authority as certified by the Authority to
28    the State Board of Education, and an  amount  equal  to  such
29    reduction  shall  be  paid  to the Authority created for such
30    district for its operating expenses in the manner provided in
31    Section 18-11.  The remainder of general State school aid for
32    any such district shall be paid in  accordance  with  Article
33    34A  when  that Article provides for a disposition other than
34    that provided by this Article.
 
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 1        (2)  (Blank).
 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)  (Blank).
 
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 1    (O)  References.
 2        (1)  References in other laws to the various subdivisions
 3    of Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
 4    replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to  refer
 5    to  the  corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to
 6    the extent that those references remain applicable.
 7        (2)  References in other laws to State  Chapter  1  funds
 8    shall  be  deemed  to refer to the supplemental general State
 9    aid provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
10    (Source: P.A. 91-24, eff. 7-1-99; 91-93, eff. 7-9-99;  91-96,
11    eff.  7-9-99;  91-111,  eff.  7-14-99;  91-357, eff. 7-29-99;
12    91-533,  eff.  8-13-99;  92-7,  eff.  6-29-01;  92-16,   eff.
13    6-28-01; 92-28, eff. 7-1-01; 92-29, eff. 7-1-01; 92-269, eff.
14    8-7-01;  92-604,  eff.  7-1-02; 92-636, eff. 7-11-02; 92-651,
15    eff. 7-11-02; revised 7-26-02.)

16        Section 10.  The State Aid Continuing  Appropriation  Law
17    is  amended  by changing Sections 15-10, 15-15, and 15-25 and
18    adding Section 15-21 as follows:

19        (105 ILCS 235/15-10)
20        (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2003)
21        Sec. 15-10.  Annual budget; recommendation.  The Governor
22    shall include a Common  School  Fund  recommendation  to  the
23    State Board of Education in the fiscal year 1999 through 2003
24    annual   Budget  Budgets  sufficient  to fund (i) the General
25    State Aid Formula set forth in subsection (E) (Computation of
26    General State Aid) and subsection (H)  (Supplemental  General
27    State Aid) of Section 18-8.05 of the School Code and (ii) the
28    supplementary  payments  for  school  districts  set forth in
29    subsection (J)  (Supplementary  Grants  in  Aid)  of  Section
30    18-8.05 of the School Code.
31    (Source: P.A. 92-7, eff. 6-29-01; 92-597, eff. 6-28-02.)
 
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 1        (105 ILCS 235/15-15)
 2        (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2003)
 3        Sec.  15-15.   State  Aid  Formula; Funding.  The General
 4    Assembly    shall   annually   make   Common   School    Fund
 5    appropriations  to  the  State  Board  of Education in fiscal
 6    years 1999 through 2003 sufficient to fund  (i)  the  General
 7    State Aid Formula set forth in subsection (E) (Computation of
 8    General  State  Aid) and subsection (H) (Supplemental General
 9    State Aid) of Section 18-8.05 of the School Code and (ii) the
10    supplementary payments for  school  districts  set  forth  in
11    subsection  (J)  (Supplementary  Grants  in  Aid)  of Section
12    18-8.05 of the School Code.
13    (Source: P.A. 92-7, eff. 6-29-01; 92-597, eff. 6-28-02.)

14        (105 ILCS 235/15-21 new)
15        Sec. 15-21.  Continuing  appropriation.  If  the  General
16    Assembly  fails  to make Common School Fund appropriations to
17    the State Board of Education in fiscal year 2004  or  in  any
18    fiscal  year  thereafter sufficient to fund the General State
19    Aid Formula set  forth  in  subsection  (E)  (Computation  of
20    General  State  Aid) and subsection (H) (Supplemental General
21    State Aid) of Section 18-8.05 of the School  Code,  this  Law
22    shall  constitute an irrevocable and continuing appropriation
23    from the Common School Fund  of  all  amounts  necessary  for
24    those purposes.

25        (105 ILCS 235/15-25)
26        (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2003)
27        Sec.  15-25.   Repeal.  This Article is repealed June 30,
28    2003. Section 15-20 of this  Article  is  repealed  June  30,
29    2002.
30    (Source: P.A. 92-7, eff. 6-29-01; 92-597, eff. 6-28-02.)

31        Section  99.   Effective  date.  This Act takes effect on
 
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 1    July 1, 2003.