AN ACT making appropriations.

 

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

 

ARTICLE 1

 

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

OPERATIONS

  For Personal Services............................ 795,500

  For State Contributions to State

   Employees’ Retirement System.................... 362,600

  For State Contributions to

   Social Security.................................. 60,900

  For Group Insurance.............................. 264,000

  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                                        $1,639,900

 

ARTICLE 2

 

    Section 5.  The amount of $23,380,900, 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 10.  The following amount 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, is appropriated to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015:

Payable from the General Revenue Fund:

  For the Philip J. Rock Center

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

Total                                            $3,577,800

 

    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, 2015:

Payable from the General Revenue Fund:

  For Technology for Success..................... 2,443,800

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

  For Early Childhood Education.................. 4,500,000

    Total                                        $7,946,600

 

    Section 20.  The amount of $620,000, 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 the Community Residential Services Authority.

 

    Section 25.  The following named amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is 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........................ 2,000,000

 

    Section 30.  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 35.  The amount of $179,900, 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 40.  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..................................... 10,700,000

  For Regional Superintendents’ Services......... 6,970,000

    Total                                       $17,740,000

 

    Section 45.  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.

 

ARTICLE 3

 

    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, 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 10.  The following amount 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, is 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............................. 333,200

 

    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, 2015:

Payable from the SBE Federal Department

 of Education Fund:

  For Preschool Expansion........................ 2,000,000

  For Race to the Top........................... 30,000,000

    Total                                       $32,000,000

 

 

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

 

     Section 25.  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 30.  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 35.  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 40.  The amount of $33,000,000, 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 45.  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 999

 

Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2015.