093_HB0430

 
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 1        AN ACT respecting 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.
13        (3)  For  the  2001-2002 school year and each school year
14    thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $4,560 or such
15    greater amount as may be established by law  by  the  General
16    Assembly.

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

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

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

21    (F)  Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
22        (1)  Each school district shall, by July 1 of each  year,
23    submit  to  the State Board of Education, on forms prescribed
24    by the State Board of Education, attendance figures  for  the
25    school  year  that began in the preceding calendar year.  The
26    attendance information  so  transmitted  shall  identify  the
27    average daily attendance figures for each month of the school
28    year.   Beginning  with  the general State aid claim form for
29    the 2002-2003 school year, districts shall calculate  Average
30    Daily  Attendance  as  provided in subdivisions (a), (b), and
31    (c) of this paragraph (1).
32             (a)  In  districts  that  do  not  hold   year-round
33        classes,  days  of attendance in August shall be added to
34        the month of September and any days of attendance in June
 
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 1        shall be added to the month of May.
 2             (b)  In  districts  in  which  all  buildings   hold
 3        year-round classes, days of attendance in July and August
 4        shall  be added to the month of September and any days of
 5        attendance in June shall be added to the month of May.
 6             (c)  In districts in which some buildings,  but  not
 7        all,  hold  year-round  classes,  for  the non-year-round
 8        buildings, days of attendance in August shall be added to
 9        the month of September and any days of attendance in June
10        shall be added to the month of  May.  The  average  daily
11        attendance for the year-round buildings shall be computed
12        as  provided in subdivision (b) of this paragraph (1). To
13        calculate the Average Daily Attendance for the  district,
14        the average daily attendance for the year-round buildings
15        shall  be  multiplied  by  the  days  in  session for the
16        non-year-round buildings for each month and added to  the
17        monthly attendance of the non-year-round buildings.
18        Except  as  otherwise  provided  in this Section, days of
19    attendance by pupils shall be counted only  for  sessions  of
20    not  less  than  5  clock  hours of school work per day under
21    direct supervision of: (i)  teachers,  or  (ii)  non-teaching
22    personnel   or   volunteer   personnel   when   engaging   in
23    non-teaching   duties  and  supervising  in  those  instances
24    specified in subsection (a) of Section 10-22.34 and paragraph
25    10 of Section 34-18, with pupils of legal school age  and  in
26    kindergarten and grades 1 through 12.
27        Days  of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited
28    only to the districts that pay the tuition  to  a  recognized
29    school.
30        (2)  Days  of  attendance  by pupils of less than 5 clock
31    hours of school shall be subject to the following  provisions
32    in the compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
33             (a)  Pupils  regularly  enrolled  in a public school
34        for only a part of the school day may be counted  on  the
 
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 1        basis  of  1/6 day for every class hour of instruction of
 2        40 minutes or more attended pursuant to such  enrollment,
 3        unless  a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of
 4        80 minutes or more of  instruction,  in  which  case  the
 5        pupil  may  be  counted on the basis of the proportion of
 6        minutes of school work completed each day to the  minimum
 7        number of minutes that school work is required to be held
 8        that day.
 9             (b)  Days  of  attendance  may  be less than 5 clock
10        hours on the opening and closing of the school term,  and
11        upon  the first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by a
12        day  or  days  utilized  as  an  institute  or  teachers'
13        workshop.
14             (c)  A session of 4  or  more  clock  hours  may  be
15        counted  as a day of attendance upon certification by the
16        regional  superintendent,  and  approved  by  the   State
17        Superintendent  of  Education  to  the  extent  that  the
18        district has been forced to use daily multiple sessions.
19             (d)  A  session  of  3  or  more  clock hours may be
20        counted as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder  of
21        the school day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that
22        day  is  utilized  for an in-service training program for
23        teachers, up to a maximum of 5 days per  school  year  of
24        which  a maximum of 4 days of such 5 days may be used for
25        parent-teacher conferences, provided a district  conducts
26        an  in-service  training  program  for teachers which has
27        been approved by the State Superintendent  of  Education;
28        or,  in  lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be used, in
29        which event each such day may be  counted  as  a  day  of
30        attendance;  and  (2)  when  days  in  addition  to those
31        provided in item (1) are scheduled by a  school  pursuant
32        to  its  school improvement plan adopted under Article 34
33        or its revised or amended school improvement plan adopted
34        under Article 2, provided that (i) such sessions of 3  or
 
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 1        more  clock  hours  are  scheduled  to  occur  at regular
 2        intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in which
 3        such sessions occur are utilized for in-service  training
 4        programs   or  other  staff  development  activities  for
 5        teachers, and (iii) a sufficient  number  of  minutes  of
 6        school  work under the direct supervision of teachers are
 7        added to the school days between such regularly scheduled
 8        sessions to  accumulate  not  less  than  the  number  of
 9        minutes  by  which such sessions of 3 or more clock hours
10        fall short of 5 clock hours. Any full days used  for  the
11        purposes  of  this  paragraph shall not be considered for
12        computing average daily attendance.  Days  scheduled  for
13        in-service    training    programs,   staff   development
14        activities,  or   parent-teacher   conferences   may   be
15        scheduled  separately  for  different  grade  levels  and
16        different attendance centers of the district.
17             (e)  A  session  of  not less than one clock hour of
18        teaching hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site  or  by
19        telephone  to  the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day of
20        attendance, however these pupils must receive 4  or  more
21        clock  hours  of instruction to be counted for a full day
22        of attendance.
23             (f)  A session of at least  4  clock  hours  may  be
24        counted  as  a  day of attendance for first grade pupils,
25        and pupils in full day kindergartens, and a session of  2
26        or  more hours may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by
27        pupils in kindergartens which provide  only  1/2  day  of
28        attendance.
29             (g)  For  children  with  disabilities who are below
30        the age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more  clock
31        hours  because  of  their  disability  or  immaturity,  a
32        session of not less than one clock hour may be counted as
33        1/2  day  of  attendance; however for such children whose
34        educational needs so require a session of 4 or more clock
 
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 1        hours may be counted as a full day of attendance.
 2             (h)  A recognized kindergarten  which  provides  for
 3        only  1/2  day of attendance by each pupil shall not have
 4        more than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any  one  day.
 5        However, kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance
 6        in  any  5 consecutive school days.  When a pupil attends
 7        such a kindergarten for 2 half days  on  any  one  school
 8        day,  the  pupil  shall  have  the following day as a day
 9        absent from school, unless the  school  district  obtains
10        permission  in  writing  from the State Superintendent of
11        Education. Attendance at kindergartens which provide  for
12        a  full  day of attendance by each pupil shall be counted
13        the same as attendance by first grade  pupils.  Only  the
14        first  year  of  attendance  in one kindergarten shall be
15        counted, except in  case  of  children  who  entered  the
16        kindergarten   in  their  fifth  year  whose  educational
17        development requires a second  year  of  kindergarten  as
18        determined  under  the rules and regulations of the State
19        Board of Education.

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

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

12    (I)  General State Aid for Newly Configured School Districts.
13        (1)  For  a  new  school  district  formed  by  combining
14    property   included  totally  within  2  or  more  previously
15    existing school districts, for its first  year  of  existence
16    the  general  State  aid  and  supplemental general State aid
17    calculated under this Section shall be computed for  the  new
18    district  and for the previously existing districts for which
19    property is totally included within the new district.  If the
20    computation on the basis of the previously existing districts
21    is greater, a supplementary payment equal to  the  difference
22    shall  be  made for the first 4 years of existence of the new
23    district.
24        (2)  For a school  district  which  annexes  all  of  the
25    territory  of  one or more entire other school districts, for
26    the  first  year  during  which  the  change  of   boundaries
27    attributable  to  such  annexation  becomes effective for all
28    purposes as determined under Section 7-9 or 7A-8, the general
29    State aid and supplemental general State aid calculated under
30    this Section shall be computed for the annexing  district  as
31    constituted  after  the  annexation  and for the annexing and
32    each annexed district as constituted prior to the annexation;
33    and if the computation on  the  basis  of  the  annexing  and
34    annexed  districts  as constituted prior to the annexation is
 
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 1    greater, a supplementary  payment  equal  to  the  difference
 2    shall  be  made  for  the  first  4 years of existence of the
 3    annexing school district as constituted upon such annexation.
 4        (3)  For 2 or more school districts which  annex  all  of
 5    the  territory  of one or more entire other school districts,
 6    and for 2 or more community unit districts which result  upon
 7    the  division  (pursuant  to petition under Section 11A-2) of
 8    one or more other unit school districts into 2 or more  parts
 9    and  which  together include all of the parts into which such
10    other unit school district or districts are so  divided,  for
11    the   first  year  during  which  the  change  of  boundaries
12    attributable to such annexation or division becomes effective
13    for all purposes as determined under Section 7-9  or  11A-10,
14    as  the  case  may be, the general State aid and supplemental
15    general State aid calculated  under  this  Section  shall  be
16    computed   for   each   annexing  or  resulting  district  as
17    constituted after the annexation or  division  and  for  each
18    annexing  and  annexed  district,  or  for each resulting and
19    divided district, as constituted prior to the  annexation  or
20    division;  and  if the aggregate of the general State aid and
21    supplemental  general  State  aid  as  so  computed  for  the
22    annexing or resulting  districts  as  constituted  after  the
23    annexation  or  division  is  less  than the aggregate of the
24    general State aid and supplemental general State  aid  as  so
25    computed  for  the annexing and annexed districts, or for the
26    resulting and divided districts, as constituted prior to  the
27    annexation or division, then a supplementary payment equal to
28    the  difference  shall be made and allocated between or among
29    the annexing or resulting districts, as constituted upon such
30    annexation or division,  for  the  first  4  years  of  their
31    existence.   The  total difference payment shall be allocated
32    between or among the annexing or resulting districts  in  the
33    same  ratio  as the pupil enrollment from that portion of the
34    annexed or divided district or districts which is annexed  to
 
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 1    or included in each such annexing or resulting district bears
 2    to  the  total  pupil  enrollment  from the entire annexed or
 3    divided district or districts, as such  pupil  enrollment  is
 4    determined  for the school year last ending prior to the date
 5    when the change of boundaries attributable to the  annexation
 6    or  division  becomes effective for all purposes.  The amount
 7    of the total difference payment and the amount thereof to  be
 8    allocated  to  the  annexing  or resulting districts shall be
 9    computed by the State Board of  Education  on  the  basis  of
10    pupil  enrollment  and other data which shall be certified to
11    the State Board of Education, on forms which it shall provide
12    for that purpose, by the regional superintendent  of  schools
13    for each educational service region in which the annexing and
14    annexed  districts,  or  resulting  and divided districts are
15    located.
16        (3.5)  Claims  for  financial   assistance   under   this
17    subsection  (I)  shall  not be recomputed except as expressly
18    provided under this Section.
19        (4)  Any supplementary payment made under this subsection
20    (I) shall be treated as separate from all other payments made
21    pursuant to this Section.

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

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

31    (L)  Payments,   Additional   Grants   in   Aid   and   Other
32    Requirements.
33        (1)  For  a school district operating under the financial
34    supervision of an Authority created under  Article  34A,  the
 
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 1    general  State  aid  otherwise payable to that district under
 2    this Section, but not the  supplemental  general  State  aid,
 3    shall  be  reduced  by  an amount equal to the budget for the
 4    operations of the Authority as certified by the Authority  to
 5    the  State  Board  of  Education, and an amount equal to such
 6    reduction shall be paid to the  Authority  created  for  such
 7    district for its operating expenses in the manner provided in
 8    Section 18-11.  The remainder of general State school aid for
 9    any  such  district  shall be paid in accordance with Article
10    34A when that Article provides for a disposition  other  than
11    that provided by this Article.
12        (2)  (Blank).
13        (3)  Summer school.  Summer school payments shall be made
14    as provided in Section 18-4.3.

15    (M)  Education Funding Advisory Board.
16        The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
17    subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created.
18    The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
19    Governor,  by  and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
20    The  members  appointed  shall  include  representatives   of
21    education,  business,  and  the  general  public.  One of the
22    members so appointed shall be designated by the  Governor  at
23    the  time  the  appointment is made as the chairperson of the
24    Board. The initial members of the Board may be appointed  any
25    time after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
26    The  regular  term of each member of the Board shall be for 4
27    years from the third Monday of January of the year  in  which
28    the  term  of the member's appointment is to commence, except
29    that of the 5 initial  members  appointed  to  serve  on  the
30    Board,  the  member who is appointed as the chairperson shall
31    serve for a term that commences on the date  of  his  or  her
32    appointment and expires on the third Monday of January, 2002,
33    and  the  remaining  4  members,  by  lots drawn at the first
34    meeting of the Board that is held after  all  5  members  are
 
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 1    appointed,  shall  determine  2  of their number to serve for
 2    terms  that  commence  on  the  date  of   their   respective
 3    appointments and expire on the third Monday of January, 2001,
 4    and 2 of their number to serve for terms that commence on the
 5    date of their respective appointments and expire on the third
 6    Monday  of  January, 2000.  All members appointed to serve on
 7    the Board shall serve until their respective  successors  are
 8    appointed  and  confirmed.   Vacancies shall be filled in the
 9    same manner  as  original  appointments.   If  a  vacancy  in
10    membership  occurs  at  a  time  when  the  Senate  is not in
11    session, the Governor  shall  make  a  temporary  appointment
12    until  the  next  meeting of the Senate, when he or she shall
13    appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,  a
14    person  to  fill  that membership for the unexpired term.  If
15    the Senate is not in session when  the  initial  appointments
16    are  made, those appointments shall be made as in the case of
17    vacancies.
18        The Education Funding  Advisory  Board  shall  be  deemed
19    established,   and  the  initial  members  appointed  by  the
20    Governor to serve as members of the Board shall take  office,
21    on the date that the Governor makes his or her appointment of
22    the  fifth initial member of the Board, whether those initial
23    members  are  then  serving  pursuant  to   appointment   and
24    confirmation  or  pursuant to temporary appointments that are
25    made by the Governor as in the case of vacancies.
26        The State Board of Education  shall  provide  such  staff
27    assistance  to  the  Education  Funding  Advisory Board as is
28    reasonably required for the proper performance by  the  Board
29    of its responsibilities.
30        For  school  years  after  the 2000-2001 school year, the
31    Education Funding Advisory Board, in  consultation  with  the
32    State  Board  of  Education,  shall  make  recommendations as
33    provided in this subsection (M) to the General  Assembly  for
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 1    and  for the supplemental general State aid grant level under
 2    subsection (H)  of  this  Section  for  districts  with  high
 3    concentrations  of  children  from  poverty.  The recommended
 4    foundation level shall be determined based on  a  methodology
 5    which   incorporates  the  basic  education  expenditures  of
 6    low-spending schools exhibiting  high  academic  performance.
 7    The   Education   Funding  Advisory  Board  shall  make  such
 8    recommendations to the General Assembly on January 1  of  odd
 9    numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.

10    (N)  (Blank).

11    (O)  References.
12        (1)  References in other laws to the various subdivisions
13    of Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
14    replacement  by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer
15    to the corresponding provisions of this Section  18-8.05,  to
16    the extent that those references remain applicable.
17        (2)  References  in  other  laws to State Chapter 1 funds
18    shall be deemed to refer to the  supplemental  general  State
19    aid provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
20    (Source:  P.A. 91-24, eff. 7-1-99; 91-93, eff. 7-9-99; 91-96,
21    eff. 7-9-99; 91-111,  eff.  7-14-99;  91-357,  eff.  7-29-99;
22    91-533,   eff.  8-13-99;  92-7,  eff.  6-29-01;  92-16,  eff.
23    6-28-01; 92-28, eff. 7-1-01; 92-29, eff. 7-1-01; 92-269, eff.
24    8-7-01; 92-604, eff. 7-1-02; 92-636,  eff.  7-11-02;  92-651,
25    eff. 7-11-02; revised 7-26-02.)

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