99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 

State of Illinois

 

2015 and 2016   

HB2842

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin - Robert W. Pritchard

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

 

Makes appropriations for the Illinois State Board of Education and teacher retirement contributions for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, as follows:

General Funds                    $ 9,591,587,494

Other State Funds                $    64,748,900

Federal Funds                    $ 3,018,810,500

Total                            $12,675,146,894

 

 

 

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    AN ACT concerning appropriations.

 

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

 

ARTICLE 1

 

    Section 1.  The amount of $21,180,900, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education to meet its operational expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016.

 

    Section 5.  The following amounts, or so much of those amounts as may be necessary, are appropriated for General State Aid to the Illinois State Board of Education for the purposes as approximated below:

Payable from the Education Assistance Fund..... 461,303,100

Payable from the Common School Fund.......... 4,151,727,400

Payable from the General Revenue Fund.......... 200,000,000

 

    Section 15.  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, 2015:

Payable from the General Revenue Fund:

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

  For Disabled Student Personnel

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

  For Disabled Student Transportation

   Reimbursement............................... 450,500,000

  For Disabled Student Tuition,

   Private Tuition............................. 230,192,400

  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............................... 3,385,500

  For Extraordinary Funding for Children Requiring

   Special Education, 14-7.02b

   of the School Code.......................... 300,094,400

  For the Philip J. Rock Center

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

  For Reimbursement for the Free Breakfast/

   Lunch Program................................. 9,000,000

  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.................. 11,500,000

  For Special Education Reimbursement

   Per 14-7.03 of the School Code............... 95,000,000

  For Career and Technical Education............ 38,062,100

  For Truant Alternative and Optional

   Education Program............................ 11,500,000

    Total                                    $1,811,458,800

 

    Section 20.  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, 2015:

Payable from the General Revenue Fund:

  For Autism Training and Technical

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

  For Technology for Success..................... 2,500,000

  For Early Childhood Education................ 325,492,400

    Total                                      $328,092,400

 

    Section 25.  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 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, 2015:

Payable from the General Revenue Fund:

  For Bilingual Education....................... 63,681,200

 

    Section 35.  The amount of $44,600,000, 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 $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 45.  The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated from the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015:

  For Regional Superintendents’ Services –

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

  For Regional Superintendents’ and

   Assistants’ Compensation and Related

   Benefits..................................... 10,200,000

  For Regional Superintendents’ Services......... 4,950,000

    Total                                       $15,220,000

 

    Section 50.  The amount of $600,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the State Charter School Commission Fund to the State Board of Education for all costs associated with the State Charter School Commission.

 

    Section 55.  The sum of $11,200,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for the ordinary and contingent expenses of District Intervention Funding.

 

ARTICLE 2

 

    Section 1. 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, 2015:

FISCAL SUPPORT SERVICES

Payable from the SBE Federal Department of Agriculture Fund:

  For Personal Services............................ 334,800

  For Employee Retirement Contributions

   Paid by Employer.................................. 5,300

  For Retirement Contributions..................... 133,900

  For Social Security Contributions................. 30,900

  For Group Insurance.............................. 128,800

  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                                        $3,735,000

Payable 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

Payable from the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund:

  For Personal Services.......................... 2,133,400

  For Employee Retirement Contributions

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

  For Retirement Contributions..................... 793,100

  For Social Security Contributions................ 160,300

  For Group Insurance.............................. 692,200

  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                                       $10,264,900

INTERNAL AUDIT

Payable from the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund:

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

SCHOOL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ALL SCHOOLS

Payable from the SBE Federal Department of Agriculture Fund:

  For Personal Services.......................... 3,496,200

  For Employee Retirement Contributions

   Paid by Employer................................. 11,500

  For Retirement Contributions................... 1,472,900

  For Social Security Contributions................ 160,300

  For Group Insurance............................ 1,028,800

  For Contractual Services....................... 4,710,500

    Total                                       $10,880,200

Payable from the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund:

  For Personal Services............................ 507,300

  For Employee Retirement Contributions

   Paid by Employer.................................. 6,400

  For Retirement Contributions..................... 198,400

  For Social Security Contributions................. 80,100

  For Group Insurance.............................. 113,100

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

    Total                                        $2,480,300

SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES

Payable from the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund:

  For Personal Services.......................... 5,502,600

  For Employee Retirement Contributions

   Paid by Employer................................. 26,500

  For Retirement Contributions................... 2,832,500

  For Social Security Contributions................ 310,800

  For Group Insurance............................ 1,670,000

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

    Total                                       $14,542,400

TEACHING AND LEARNING SERVICES FOR ALL CHILDREN

Payable from the SBE Federal Agency Services Fund:

  For Personal Services............................ 106,800

  For Retirement Contributions...................... 56,700

  For Social Security Contributions.................. 5,400

  For Group Insurance............................... 26,000

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

    Total                                        $1,113,400

Payable from the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund:

  For Personal Services.......................... 5,815,900

  For Employee Retirement Contributions

   Paid by Employer................................. 54,300

  For Retirement Contributions................... 2,245,200

  For Social Security Contributions................ 511,500

  For Group Insurance............................ 1,544,900

  For Contractual Services...................... 12,235,000

    Total                                       $22,406,800

 

    Section 5.  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, 2015:

Payable from the School District Emergency

 Financial Assistance Fund:

  For Emergency Financial Assistance, 1B-8

    of the School Code........................... 1,500,000

Payable from the Drivers Education Fund:

  For Drivers Education......................... 18,500,000

Payable from the Charter Schools Revolving Loan Fund:

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

Payable from the School Technology Revolving Loan Fund:

  For School Technology Loans, 2-3.117a

    of the School Code........................... 2,000,000

 

    Section 10.  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, 2015:

Payable from the SBE Federal Department

 of Agriculture Fund:

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

Payable from the SBE Federal Department

 of Education Fund:

  For Title I.................................. 940,000,000

  For Title II, Teacher/Principal Training..... 160,000,000

  For Title III, English Language

    Acquisition................................. 45,500,000

  For Title IV, 21st Century/Community

    Service Programs............................ 75,000,000

  For Title VI, Rural and Low Income

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

  For Title X, Homeless Education................ 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.......................... 4,500,000

  For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

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

  For Grants for Vocational

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

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

  For Math/Science Partnerships................. 18,000,000

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

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

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

  For Preschool Expansion....................... 35,000,000

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

    Total                                    $2,855,500,000

 

    Section 15.  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 SBE 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, 2015:

  For Title I................................... 30,000,000

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

    Total                                       $35,000,000

 

    Section 20.  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 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 $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 35.  The amount of $2,208,900, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the ISBE Teacher Certificate Institute Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Teacher Certificates.

 

    Section 40.  The amount of $2,000,000, 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 Mentoring Programs.

 

    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 SBE Federal Department of Education Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Student Assessments.

 

    Section 65.  The amount of $35,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for all costs associated with related activities for the Early Learning Challenge for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015.

 

    Section 70.  The amount of $3,800,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the State Board of Education Federal Agency Services Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for all costs associated with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services.

 

ARTICLE 3

 

    Section 1.  The sum of $2,496,347,394, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Common School Fund to the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois for the State's contribution, as provided by law.

 

    Section 5.  The sum of $900,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Education Assistance Fund to the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois for additional costs due to the establishment of minimum retirement allowances pursuant to Sections 16-136.2 and 16-136.3 of the Illinois Pension Code, as amended.

 

    Section 10.  The sum of $120,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Common School Fund to the Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System for the employer contributions required by the State as an employer of teachers described under subsection (e) of Section 16-158 of the Illinois Pension Code.

 

    Section 15.  The amount of $0, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Public School Teachers’ Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago for the state’s contribution for retirement contributions under Section 17-127 of the Illinois Pension Code for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015.

 

    Section 20.  The amount of $0, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Education Assistance Fund to the Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois for deposit into the Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund as the state’s contribution for teachers’ health insurance.

 

    Section 25.  The sum of $200,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Common School Fund to the Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System for the employer contributions required by the State as an employer of teachers described under subsection (f) of Section 16-158 of the Illinois Pension Code.

 

    Total, this Article                      $2,497,567,394

 

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2015.