Sen. Julie A. Morrison

Filed: 4/14/2016

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 232

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 232 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by
5changing Section 2-16.02 as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 805/2-16.02)  (from Ch. 122, par. 102-16.02)
7    Sec. 2-16.02. Grants. Any community college district that
8maintains a community college recognized by the State Board
9shall receive, when eligible, grants enumerated in this
10Section. Funded semester credit hours or other measures or both
11as specified by the State Board shall be used to distribute
12grants to community colleges. Funded semester credit hours
13shall be defined, for purposes of this Section, as the greater
14of (1) the number of semester credit hours, or equivalent, in
15all funded instructional categories of students who have been
16certified as being in attendance at midterm during the

 

 

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1respective terms of the base fiscal year or (2) the average of
2semester credit hours, or equivalent, in all funded
3instructional categories of students who have been certified as
4being in attendance at midterm during the respective terms of
5the base fiscal year and the 2 prior fiscal years. For purposes
6of this Section, "base fiscal year" means the fiscal year 2
7years prior to the fiscal year for which the grants are
8appropriated. Such students shall have been residents of
9Illinois and shall have been enrolled in courses that are part
10of instructional program categories approved by the State Board
11and that are applicable toward an associate degree or
12certificate. Courses that are eligible for reimbursement are
13those courses for which the district pays 50% or more of the
14program costs from unrestricted revenue sources, with the
15exception of courses offered by contract with the Department of
16Corrections in correctional institutions. For the purposes of
17this Section, "unrestricted revenue sources" means those
18revenues in which the provider of the revenue imposes no
19financial limitations upon the district as it relates to the
20expenditure of the funds. Except for Fiscal Year 2012, base
21operating grants shall be paid based on rates per funded
22semester credit hour or equivalent calculated by the State
23Board for funded instructional categories using cost of
24instruction, enrollment, inflation, and other relevant
25factors. For Fiscal Year 2012, the allocations for base
26operating grants to community college districts shall be the

 

 

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1same as they were in Fiscal Year 2011, reduced or increased
2proportionately according to the appropriation for base
3operating grants for Fiscal Year 2012.
4    Equalization grants shall be calculated by the State Board
5by determining a local revenue factor for each district by: (A)
6adding (1) each district's Corporate Personal Property
7Replacement Fund allocations from the base fiscal year or the
8average of the base fiscal year and prior year, whichever is
9less, divided by the applicable statewide average tax rate to
10(2) the district's most recently audited year's equalized
11assessed valuation or the average of the most recently audited
12year and prior year, whichever is less, (B) then dividing by
13the district's audited full-time equivalent resident students
14for the base fiscal year or the average for the base fiscal
15year and the 2 prior fiscal years, whichever is greater, and
16(C) then multiplying by the applicable statewide average tax
17rate. The State Board shall calculate a statewide weighted
18average threshold by applying the same methodology to the
19totals of all districts' Corporate Personal Property Tax
20Replacement Fund allocations, equalized assessed valuations,
21and audited full-time equivalent district resident students
22and multiplying by the applicable statewide average tax rate.
23The difference between the statewide weighted average
24threshold and the local revenue factor, multiplied by the
25number of full-time equivalent resident students, shall
26determine the amount of equalization funding that each district

 

 

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1is eligible to receive. A percentage factor, as determined by
2the State Board, may be applied to the statewide threshold as a
3method for allocating equalization funding. A minimum
4equalization grant of an amount per district as determined by
5the State Board shall be established for any community college
6district which qualifies for an equalization grant based upon
7the preceding criteria, but becomes ineligible for
8equalization funding, or would have received a grant of less
9than the minimum equalization grant, due to threshold
10prorations applied to reduce equalization funding. As of July
111, 2013, a community college district eligible to receive an
12equalization grant based upon the preceding criteria must
13maintain a minimum required combined in-district tuition and
14universal fee rate per semester credit hour equal to 70% of the
15State-average combined rate, as determined by the State Board,
16or the total revenue received by the community college district
17from combined in-district tuition and universal fees must be at
18least 30% of the total revenue received by the community
19college district, as determined by the State Board, for
20equalization funding. As of July 1, 2004, a community college
21district must maintain a minimum required operating tax rate
22equal to at least 95% of its maximum authorized tax rate to
23qualify for equalization funding. This 95% minimum tax rate
24requirement shall be based upon the maximum operating tax rate
25as limited by the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
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1be authorized or appropriated by the General Assembly.
2    Each community college district entitled to State grants
3under this Section must submit a report of its enrollment to
4the State Board not later than 30 days following the end of
5each semester, quarter, or term in a format prescribed by the
6State Board. These semester credit hours, or equivalent, shall
7be certified by each district on forms provided by the State
8Board. Each district's certified semester credit hours, or
9equivalent, are subject to audit pursuant to Section 3-22.1.
10    The State Board shall certify, prepare, and submit monthly
11vouchers to the State Comptroller setting forth an amount equal
12to one-twelfth of the grants approved by the State Board for
13base operating grants and equalization grants. The State Board
14shall prepare and submit to the State Comptroller vouchers for
15payments of other grants as appropriated by the General
16Assembly. If the amount appropriated for grants is different
17from the amount provided for such grants under this Act, the
18grants shall be proportionately reduced or increased
19accordingly.
20    For the purposes of this Section, "resident student" means
21a student in a community college district who maintains
22residency in that district or meets other residency definitions
23established by the State Board, and who was enrolled either in
24one of the approved instructional program categories in that
25district, or in another community college district to which the
26resident's district is paying tuition under Section 6-2 or with

 

 

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1which the resident's district has entered into a cooperative
2agreement in lieu of such tuition. Students shall be classified
3as residents of the community college district without meeting
4the 30-day residency requirement of the district if they are
5currently residing in the district and are youth (i) who are
6currently under the legal guardianship of the Illinois
7Department of Children and Family Services or have recently
8been emancipated from the Department and (ii) who had
9previously met the 30-day residency requirement of the district
10but who had a placement change into a new community college
11district. The student, a caseworker or other personnel of the
12Department, or the student's attorney or guardian ad litem
13appointed under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 shall provide
14the district with proof of current in-district residency.
15    For the purposes of this Section, a "full-time equivalent"
16student is equal to 30 semester credit hours.
17    The Illinois Community College Board Contracts and Grants
18Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. Items of income
19to this fund shall include any grants, awards, endowments, or
20like proceeds, and where appropriate, other funds made
21available through contracts with governmental, public, and
22private agencies or persons. The General Assembly shall from
23time to time make appropriations payable from such fund for the
24support, improvement, and expenses of the State Board and
25Illinois community college districts.
26(Source: P.A. 97-72, eff. 7-1-11; 97-1160, eff. 2-1-13; 98-46,

 

 

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1eff. 6-28-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)".