94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB0674

 

Introduced 1/31/2005, by Rep. Bill Mitchell

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/18-8.05

    Amends the School Code. In the State aid formula provisions, provides that the foundation level of support for each school year after the 2004-2005 school year shall be equal to the foundation level of support for the preceding school year, increased by (i) the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for all items or (ii) 3%, whichever is greater. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning education.
 
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 Section
5 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 common
9 schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school years.
 
10 (A) General Provisions.
11     (1) The provisions of this Section apply to the 1998-1999
12 and subsequent school years. The system of general State
13 financial aid provided for in this Section is designed to
14 assure that, through a combination of State financial aid and
15 required local resources, the financial support provided each
16 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 Local
21 Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level. The amount
22 of per pupil general State financial aid for school districts,
23 in general, varies in inverse relation to Available Local
24 Resources. Per pupil amounts are based upon each school
25 district's Average Daily Attendance as that term is defined in
26 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 supplemental
30 general State financial aid grants as provided pursuant to
31 subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants provided for

 

 

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1 school districts under subsection (H) shall be appropriated for
2 distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
3 in which the general State financial aid of school districts is
4 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. In
12     case of nonrecognition of one or more attendance centers in
13     a school district otherwise operating recognized schools,
14     the claim of the district shall be reduced in the
15     proportion which the Average Daily Attendance in the
16     attendance center or centers bear to the Average Daily
17     Attendance in the school district. A "recognized school"
18     means any public school which meets the standards as
19     established for recognition by the State Board of
20     Education. A school district or attendance center not
21     having recognition status at the end of a school term is
22     entitled to receive State aid payments due upon a legal
23     claim which was filed while it was recognized.
24         (b) School district claims filed under this Section are
25     subject to Sections 18-9, 18-10, and 18-12, except as
26     otherwise provided in this Section.
27         (c) If a school district operates a full year school
28     under Section 10-19.1, the general State aid to the school
29     district shall be determined by the State Board of
30     Education in accordance with this Section as near as may be
31     applicable.
32         (d) (Blank).
33     (4) Except as provided in subsections (H) and (L), the
34 board of any district receiving any of the grants provided for
35 in this Section may apply those funds to any fund so received
36 for which that board is authorized to make expenditures by law.

 

 

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1     School districts are not required to exert a minimum
2 Operating Tax Rate in order to qualify for assistance under
3 this Section.
4     (5) As used in this Section the following terms, when
5 capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
6         (a) "Average Daily Attendance": A count of pupil
7     attendance in school, averaged as provided for in
8     subsection (C) and utilized in deriving per pupil financial
9     support levels.
10         (b) "Available Local Resources": A computation of
11     local financial support, calculated on the basis of Average
12     Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant to
13     subsection (D).
14         (c) "Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes":
15     Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to "An Act in
16     relation to the abolition of ad valorem personal property
17     tax and the replacement of revenues lost thereby, and
18     amending and repealing certain Acts and parts of Acts in
19     connection therewith", certified August 14, 1979, as
20     amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
21         (d) "Foundation Level": A prescribed level of per pupil
22     financial support as provided for in subsection (B).
23         (e) "Operating Tax Rate": All school district property
24     taxes extended for all purposes, except Bond and Interest,
25     Summer School, Rent, Capital Improvement, and Vocational
26     Education Building purposes.
 
27 (B) Foundation Level.
28     (1) The Foundation Level is a figure established by the
29 State representing the minimum level of per pupil financial
30 support that should be available to provide for the basic
31 education of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance. As set
32 forth in this Section, each school district is assumed to exert
33 a sufficient local taxing effort such that, in combination with
34 the aggregate of general State financial aid provided the
35 district, an aggregate of State and local resources are

 

 

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1 available to meet the basic education needs of pupils in the
2 district.
3     (2) For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation Level of
4 support is $4,225. For the 1999-2000 school year, the
5 Foundation Level of support is $4,325. For the 2000-2001 school
6 year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425. For the
7 2001-2002 school year and 2002-2003 school year, the Foundation
8 Level of support is $4,560. For the 2003-2004 school year, the
9 Foundation Level of support is $4,810.
10     (3) For the 2004-2005 school year and each school year
11 thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $4,964 $5,060 or
12 such greater amount as may be established by law by the General
13 Assembly. For each school year thereafter, the Foundation Level
14 of support shall be equal to the Foundation Level of support
15 for the preceding school year, increased by (i) the percentage
16 increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban
17 Consumers for all items, published by the United States
18 Department of Labor, during the 12-month calendar year
19 immediately preceding the calendar year in which commences the
20 school year or (ii) 3%, whichever is greater.
 
21 (C) Average Daily Attendance.
22     (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant
23 to subsection (E), an Average Daily Attendance figure shall be
24 utilized. The Average Daily Attendance figure for formula
25 calculation purposes shall be the monthly average of the actual
26 number of pupils in attendance of each school district, as
27 further averaged for the best 3 months of pupil attendance for
28 each school district. In compiling the figures for the number
29 of pupils in attendance, school districts and the State Board
30 of Education shall, for purposes of general State aid funding,
31 conform attendance figures to the requirements of subsection
32 (F).
33     (2) The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
34 subsection (E) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
35 school year immediately preceding the school year for which

 

 

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1 general State aid is being calculated or the average of the
2 attendance data for the 3 preceding school years, whichever is
3 greater. The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
4 subsection (H) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
5 school year immediately preceding the school year for which
6 general State aid is being calculated.
 
7 (D) Available Local Resources.
8     (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant
9 to subsection (E), a representation of Available Local
10 Resources per pupil, as that term is defined and determined in
11 this subsection, shall be utilized. Available Local Resources
12 per pupil shall include a calculated dollar amount representing
13 local school district revenues from local property taxes and
14 from Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes, expressed
15 on the basis of pupils in Average Daily Attendance. Calculation
16 of Available Local Resources shall exclude any tax amnesty
17 funds received as a result of Public Act 93-26.
18     (2) In determining a school district's revenue from local
19 property taxes, the State Board of Education shall utilize the
20 equalized assessed valuation of all taxable property of each
21 school district as of September 30 of the previous year. The
22 equalized assessed valuation utilized shall be obtained and
23 determined as provided in subsection (G).
24     (3) For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten
25 through 12, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be
26 calculated as the product of the applicable equalized assessed
27 valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%, and divided by
28 the district's Average Daily Attendance figure. For school
29 districts maintaining grades kindergarten through 8, local
30 property tax revenues per pupil shall be calculated as the
31 product of the applicable equalized assessed valuation for the
32 district multiplied by 2.30%, and divided by the district's
33 Average Daily Attendance figure. For school districts
34 maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax revenues
35 per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed valuation

 

 

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1 of the district multiplied by 1.05%, and divided by the
2 district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
3     (4) The Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes paid
4 to each school district during the calendar year 2 years before
5 the calendar year in which a school year begins, divided by the
6 Average Daily Attendance figure for that district, shall be
7 added to the local property tax revenues per pupil as derived
8 by the application of the immediately preceding paragraph (3).
9 The sum of these per pupil figures for each school district
10 shall constitute Available Local Resources as that term is
11 utilized in subsection (E) in the calculation of general State
12 aid.
 
13 (E) Computation of General State Aid.
14     (1) For each school year, the amount of general State aid
15 allotted to a school district shall be computed by the State
16 Board of Education as provided in this subsection.
17     (2) For any school district for which Available Local
18 Resources per pupil is less than the product of 0.93 times the
19 Foundation Level, general State aid for that district shall be
20 calculated as an amount equal to the Foundation Level minus
21 Available Local Resources, multiplied by the Average Daily
22 Attendance of the school district.
23     (3) For any school district for which Available Local
24 Resources per pupil is equal to or greater than the product of
25 0.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the product of
26 1.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
27 pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the Foundation Level
28 derived using a linear algorithm. Under this linear algorithm,
29 the calculated general State aid per pupil shall decline in
30 direct linear fashion from 0.07 times the Foundation Level for
31 a school district with Available Local Resources equal to the
32 product of 0.93 times the Foundation Level, to 0.05 times the
33 Foundation Level for a school district with Available Local
34 Resources equal to the product of 1.75 times the Foundation
35 Level. The allocation of general State aid for school districts

 

 

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1 subject to this paragraph 3 shall be the calculated general
2 State aid per pupil figure multiplied by the Average Daily
3 Attendance of 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 times
6 the Foundation Level, the general State aid for the school
7 district shall be calculated as the product of $218 multiplied
8 by the Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
9     (5) The amount of general State aid allocated to a school
10 district for the 1999-2000 school year meeting the requirements
11 set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) shall be increased
12 by an amount equal to the general State aid that would have
13 been received by the district for the 1998-1999 school year by
14 utilizing the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed
15 Valuation as calculated in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) less
16 the general State aid allotted for the 1998-1999 school year.
17 This amount shall be deemed a one time increase, and shall not
18 affect any future general State aid allocations.
 
19 (F) Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
20     (1) Each school district shall, by July 1 of each year,
21 submit to the State Board of Education, on forms prescribed by
22 the State Board of Education, attendance figures for the school
23 year that began in the preceding calendar year. The attendance
24 information so transmitted shall identify the average daily
25 attendance figures for each month of the school year. Beginning
26 with the general State aid claim form for the 2002-2003 school
27 year, districts shall calculate Average Daily Attendance as
28 provided in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of this paragraph
29 (1).
30         (a) In districts that do not hold year-round classes,
31     days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
32     September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
33     to the month of May.
34         (b) In districts in which all buildings hold year-round
35     classes, days of attendance in July and August shall be

 

 

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1     added to the month of September and any days of attendance
2     in June shall be added to the month of May.
3         (c) In districts in which some buildings, but not all,
4     hold year-round classes, for the non-year-round buildings,
5     days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
6     September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
7     to the month of May. The average daily attendance for the
8     year-round buildings shall be computed as provided in
9     subdivision (b) of this paragraph (1). To calculate the
10     Average Daily Attendance for the district, the average
11     daily attendance for the year-round buildings shall be
12     multiplied by the days in session for the non-year-round
13     buildings for each month and added to the monthly
14     attendance of the non-year-round buildings.
15     Except as otherwise provided in this Section, days of
16 attendance by pupils shall be counted only for sessions of not
17 less than 5 clock hours of school work per day under direct
18 supervision of: (i) teachers, or (ii) non-teaching personnel or
19 volunteer personnel when engaging in non-teaching duties and
20 supervising in those instances specified in subsection (a) of
21 Section 10-22.34 and paragraph 10 of Section 34-18, with pupils
22 of legal school age and in kindergarten and grades 1 through
23 12.
24     Days of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited
25 only to the districts that pay the tuition to a recognized
26 school.
27     (2) Days of attendance by pupils of less than 5 clock hours
28 of school shall be subject to the following provisions in the
29 compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
30         (a) Pupils regularly enrolled in a public school for
31     only a part of the school day may be counted on the basis
32     of 1/6 day for every class hour of instruction of 40
33     minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment,
34     unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of 80
35     minutes or more of instruction, in which case the pupil may
36     be counted on the basis of the proportion of minutes of

 

 

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1     school work completed each day to the minimum number of
2     minutes that school work is required to be held that day.
3         (b) Days of attendance may be less than 5 clock hours
4     on the opening and closing of the school term, and upon the
5     first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by a day or days
6     utilized as an institute or teachers' workshop.
7         (c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be counted
8     as a day of attendance upon certification by the regional
9     superintendent, and approved by the State Superintendent
10     of Education to the extent that the district has been
11     forced to use daily multiple sessions.
12         (d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be counted
13     as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder of the school
14     day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that day is
15     utilized for an in-service training program for teachers,
16     up to a maximum of 5 days per school year of which a
17     maximum of 4 days of such 5 days may be used for
18     parent-teacher conferences, provided a district conducts
19     an in-service training program for teachers which has been
20     approved by the State Superintendent of Education; or, in
21     lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be used, in which
22     event each such day may be counted as a day of attendance;
23     and (2) when days in addition to those provided in item (1)
24     are scheduled by a school pursuant to its school
25     improvement plan adopted under Article 34 or its revised or
26     amended school improvement plan adopted under Article 2,
27     provided that (i) such sessions of 3 or more clock hours
28     are scheduled to occur at regular intervals, (ii) the
29     remainder of the school days in which such sessions occur
30     are utilized for in-service training programs or other
31     staff development activities for teachers, and (iii) a
32     sufficient number of minutes of school work under the
33     direct supervision of teachers are added to the school days
34     between such regularly scheduled sessions to accumulate
35     not less than the number of minutes by which such sessions
36     of 3 or more clock hours fall short of 5 clock hours. Any

 

 

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1     full days used for the purposes of this paragraph shall not
2     be considered for computing average daily attendance. Days
3     scheduled for in-service training programs, staff
4     development activities, or parent-teacher conferences may
5     be scheduled separately for different grade levels and
6     different attendance centers of the district.
7         (e) A session of not less than one clock hour of
8     teaching hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or by
9     telephone to the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day of
10     attendance, however these pupils must receive 4 or more
11     clock hours of instruction to be counted for a full day of
12     attendance.
13         (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be counted
14     as a day of attendance for first grade pupils, and pupils
15     in full day kindergartens, and a session of 2 or more hours
16     may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by pupils in
17     kindergartens which provide only 1/2 day of attendance.
18         (g) For children with disabilities who are below the
19     age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock hours
20     because of their disability or immaturity, a session of not
21     less than one clock hour may be counted as 1/2 day of
22     attendance; however for such children whose educational
23     needs so require a session of 4 or more clock hours may be
24     counted as a full day of attendance.
25         (h) A recognized kindergarten which provides for only
26     1/2 day of attendance by each pupil shall not have more
27     than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any one day. However,
28     kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance in any 5
29     consecutive school days. When a pupil attends such a
30     kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school day, the
31     pupil shall have the following day as a day absent from
32     school, unless the school district obtains permission in
33     writing from the State Superintendent of Education.
34     Attendance at kindergartens which provide for a full day of
35     attendance by each pupil shall be counted the same as
36     attendance by first grade pupils. Only the first year of

 

 

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1     attendance in one kindergarten shall be counted, except in
2     case of children who entered the kindergarten in their
3     fifth year whose educational development requires a second
4     year of kindergarten as determined under the rules and
5     regulations of the State Board of Education.
 
6 (G) Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
7     (1) For purposes of the calculation of Available Local
8 Resources required pursuant to subsection (D), the State Board
9 of Education shall secure from the Department of Revenue the
10 value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue of
11 all taxable property of every school district, together with
12 (i) the applicable tax rate used in extending taxes for the
13 funds of the district as of September 30 of the previous year
14 and (ii) the limiting rate for all school districts subject to
15 property tax extension limitations as imposed under the
16 Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
17     The Department of Revenue shall add to the equalized
18 assessed value of all taxable property of each school district
19 situated entirely or partially within a county that is or was
20 subject to the alternative general homestead exemption
21 provisions of Section 15-176 of the Property Tax Code (a) (i)
22 an amount equal to the total amount by which the homestead
23 exemption allowed under Section 15-176 of the Property Tax Code
24 for real property situated in that school district exceeds the
25 total amount that would have been allowed in that school
26 district if the maximum reduction under Section 15-176 was (i)
27 $4,500 in Cook County or $3,500 in all other counties in tax
28 year 2003 or (ii) $5,000 in all counties in tax year 2004 and
29 thereafter and (b) (ii) an amount equal to the aggregate amount
30 for the taxable year of all additional exemptions under Section
31 15-175 of the Property Tax Code for owners with a household
32 income of $30,000 or less. The county clerk of any county that
33 is or was subject to the alternative general homestead
34 exemption provisions of Section 15-176 of the Property Tax Code
35 shall annually calculate and certify to the Department of

 

 

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1 Revenue for each school district all homestead exemption
2 amounts under Section 15-176 of the Property Tax Code and all
3 amounts of additional exemptions under Section 15-175 of the
4 Property Tax Code for owners with a household income of $30,000
5 or less. It is the intent of this paragraph that if the general
6 homestead exemption for a parcel of property is determined
7 under Section 15-176 of the Property Tax Code rather than
8 Section 15-175, then the calculation of Available Local
9 Resources shall not be affected by the difference, if any,
10 between the amount of the general homestead exemption allowed
11 for that parcel of property under Section 15-176 of the
12 Property Tax Code and the amount that would have been allowed
13 had the general homestead exemption for that parcel of property
14 been determined under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code.
15 It is further the intent of this paragraph that if additional
16 exemptions are allowed under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax
17 Code for owners with a household income of less than $30,000,
18 then the calculation of Available Local Resources shall not be
19 affected by the difference, if any, because of those additional
20 exemptions.
21     This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
22 the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
23 calculation of Available Local Resources.
24     (2) The equalized assessed valuation in paragraph (1) shall
25 be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
26         (a) For the purposes of calculating State aid under
27     this Section, with respect to any part of a school district
28     within a redevelopment project area in respect to which a
29     municipality has adopted tax increment allocation
30     financing pursuant to the Tax Increment Allocation
31     Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through 11-74.4-11
32     of the Illinois Municipal Code or the Industrial Jobs
33     Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through 11-74.6-50 of the
34     Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the current equalized
35     assessed valuation of real property located in any such
36     project area which is attributable to an increase above the

 

 

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1     total initial equalized assessed valuation of such
2     property shall be used as part of the equalized assessed
3     valuation of the district, until such time as all
4     redevelopment project costs have been paid, as provided in
5     Section 11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment Allocation
6     Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of the
7     Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose of the
8     equalized assessed valuation of the district, the total
9     initial equalized assessed valuation or the current
10     equalized assessed valuation, whichever is lower, shall be
11     used until such time as all redevelopment project costs
12     have been paid.
13         (b) The real property equalized assessed valuation for
14     a school district shall be adjusted by subtracting from the
15     real property value as equalized or assessed by the
16     Department of Revenue for the district an amount computed
17     by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes under
18     Section 18-170 of the Property Tax Code by 3.00% for a
19     district maintaining grades kindergarten through 12, by
20     2.30% for a district maintaining grades kindergarten
21     through 8, or by 1.05% for a district maintaining grades 9
22     through 12 and adjusted by an amount computed by dividing
23     the amount of any abatement of taxes under subsection (a)
24     of Section 18-165 of the Property Tax Code by the same
25     percentage rates for district type as specified in this
26     subparagraph (b).
27     (3) For the 1999-2000 school year and each school year
28 thereafter, if a school district meets all of the criteria of
29 this subsection (G)(3), the school district's Available Local
30 Resources shall be calculated under subsection (D) using the
31 district's Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation
32 as calculated under this subsection (G)(3).
33     For purposes of this subsection (G)(3) the following terms
34 shall have the following meanings:
35         "Budget Year": The school year for which general State
36     aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).

 

 

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1         "Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used to
2     calculate the Budget Year allocation of general State aid.
3         "Preceding Tax Year": The property tax levy year
4     immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
5         "Base Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of the
6     equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County Clerk
7     in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting rate as
8     calculated by the County Clerk and defined in the Property
9     Tax Extension Limitation Law.
10         "Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of
11     the equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County
12     Clerk in the Preceding Tax Year multiplied by the Operating
13     Tax Rate as defined in subsection (A).
14         "Extension Limitation Ratio": A numerical ratio,
15     certified by the County Clerk, in which the numerator is
16     the Base Tax Year's Tax Extension and the denominator is
17     the Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension.
18         "Operating Tax Rate": The operating tax rate as defined
19     in subsection (A).
20     If a school district is subject to property tax extension
21 limitations as imposed under the Property Tax Extension
22 Limitation Law, the State Board of Education shall calculate
23 the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of that
24 district. For the 1999-2000 school year, the Extension
25 Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as
26 calculated by the State Board of Education shall be equal to
27 the product of the district's 1996 Equalized Assessed Valuation
28 and the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. For the
29 2000-2001 school year and each school year thereafter, the
30 Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school
31 district as calculated by the State Board of Education shall be
32 equal to the product of the Equalized Assessed Valuation last
33 used in the calculation of general State aid and the district's
34 Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension Limitation
35 Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as calculated
36 under this subsection (G)(3) is less than the district's

 

 

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1 equalized assessed valuation as calculated pursuant to
2 subsections (G)(1) and (G)(2), then for purposes of calculating
3 the district's general State aid for the Budget Year pursuant
4 to subsection (E), that Extension Limitation Equalized
5 Assessed Valuation shall be utilized to calculate the
6 district's Available Local Resources under subsection (D).
7     (4) For the purposes of calculating general State aid for
8 the 1999-2000 school year only, if a school district
9 experienced a triennial reassessment on the equalized assessed
10 valuation used in calculating its general State financial aid
11 apportionment for the 1998-1999 school year, the State Board of
12 Education shall calculate the Extension Limitation Equalized
13 Assessed Valuation that would have been used to calculate the
14 district's 1998-1999 general State aid. This amount shall equal
15 the product of the equalized assessed valuation used to
16 calculate general State aid for the 1997-1998 school year and
17 the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension
18 Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of the school district
19 as calculated under this paragraph (4) is less than the
20 district's equalized assessed valuation utilized in
21 calculating the district's 1998-1999 general State aid
22 allocation, then for purposes of calculating the district's
23 general State aid pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection (E),
24 that Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation shall
25 be utilized to calculate the district's Available Local
26 Resources.
27     (5) For school districts having a majority of their
28 equalized assessed valuation in any county except Cook, DuPage,
29 Kane, Lake, McHenry, or Will, if the amount of general State
30 aid allocated to the school district for the 1999-2000 school
31 year under the provisions of subsection (E), (H), and (J) of
32 this Section is less than the amount of general State aid
33 allocated to the district for the 1998-1999 school year under
34 these subsections, then the general State aid of the district
35 for the 1999-2000 school year only shall be increased by the
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1 this paragraph (5) shall not exceed $14,000,000. Claims shall
2 be prorated if they exceed $14,000,000.
 
3 (H) Supplemental General State Aid.
4     (1) In addition to the general State aid a school district
5 is allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying school
6 districts shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction with a
7 district's payments of general State aid, for supplemental
8 general State aid based upon the concentration level of
9 children from low-income households within the school
10 district. Supplemental State aid grants provided for school
11 districts under this subsection shall be appropriated for
12 distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
13 in which the general State financial aid of school districts is
14 appropriated under this Section. If the appropriation in any
15 fiscal year for general State aid and supplemental general
16 State aid is insufficient to pay the amounts required under the
17 general State aid and supplemental general State aid
18 calculations, then the State Board of Education shall ensure
19 that each school district receives the full amount due for
20 general State aid and the remainder of the appropriation shall
21 be used for supplemental general State aid, which the State
22 Board of Education shall calculate and pay to eligible
23 districts on a prorated basis.
24     (1.5) This paragraph (1.5) applies only to those school
25 years preceding the 2003-2004 school year. For purposes of this
26 subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
27 shall be the low-income eligible pupil count from the most
28 recently available federal census divided by the Average Daily
29 Attendance of the school district. If, however, (i) the
30 percentage decrease from the 2 most recent federal censuses in
31 the low-income eligible pupil count of a high school district
32 with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or more the
33 percentage change in the total low-income eligible pupil count
34 of contiguous elementary school districts, whose boundaries
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1 school district within 2 counties and serving 5 elementary
2 school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous with the
3 high school district, has a percentage decrease from the 2 most
4 recent federal censuses in the low-income eligible pupil count
5 and there is a percentage increase in the total low-income
6 eligible pupil count of a majority of the elementary school
7 districts in excess of 50% from the 2 most recent federal
8 censuses, then the high school district's low-income eligible
9 pupil count from the earlier federal census shall be the number
10 used as the low-income eligible pupil count for the high school
11 district, for purposes of this subsection (H). The changes made
12 to this paragraph (1) by Public Act 92-28 shall apply to
13 supplemental general State aid grants for school years
14 preceding the 2003-2004 school year that are paid in fiscal
15 year 1999 or thereafter and to any State aid payments made in
16 fiscal year 1994 through fiscal year 1998 pursuant to
17 subsection 1(n) of Section 18-8 of this Code (which was
18 repealed on July 1, 1998), and any high school district that is
19 affected by Public Act 92-28 is entitled to a recomputation of
20 its supplemental general State aid grant or State aid paid in
21 any of those fiscal years. This recomputation shall not be
22 affected by any other funding.
23     (1.10) This paragraph (1.10) applies to the 2003-2004
24 school year and each school year thereafter. For purposes of
25 this subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
26 shall, for each fiscal year, be the low-income eligible pupil
27 count as of July 1 of the immediately preceding fiscal year (as
28 determined by the Department of Human Services based on the
29 number of pupils who are eligible for at least one of the
30 following low income programs: Medicaid, KidCare, TANF, or Food
31 Stamps, excluding pupils who are eligible for services provided
32 by the Department of Children and Family Services, averaged
33 over the 2 immediately preceding fiscal years for fiscal year
34 2004 and over the 3 immediately preceding fiscal years for each
35 fiscal year thereafter) divided by the Average Daily Attendance
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1     (2) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
2 subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 1998-1999,
3 1999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years only:
4         (a) For any school district with a Low Income
5     Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
6     grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by the
7     low income eligible pupil count.
8         (b) For any school district with a Low Income
9     Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
10     grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall be $1,100
11     multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
12         (c) For any school district with a Low Income
13     Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
14     grant for the 1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
15     multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
16         (d) For any school district with a Low Income
17     Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for the
18     1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
19     income eligible pupil count.
20         (e) For the 1999-2000 school year, the per pupil amount
21     specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d) immediately
22     above shall be increased to $1,243, $1,600, and $2,000,
23     respectively.
24         (f) For the 2000-2001 school year, the per pupil
25     amounts specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d)
26     immediately above shall be $1,273, $1,640, and $2,050,
27     respectively.
28     (2.5) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
29 subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2002-2003
30 school year:
31         (a) For any school district with a Low Income
32     Concentration Level of less than 10%, the grant for each
33     school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
34     eligible pupil count.
35         (b) For any school district with a Low Income
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1     grant for each school year shall be $675 multiplied by the
2     low income eligible pupil count.
3         (c) For any school district with a Low Income
4     Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
5     grant for each school year shall be $1,330 multiplied by
6     the low income eligible pupil count.
7         (d) For any school district with a Low Income
8     Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
9     grant for each school year shall be $1,362 multiplied by
10     the low income eligible pupil count.
11         (e) For any school district with a Low Income
12     Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
13     grant for each school year shall be $1,680 multiplied by
14     the low income eligible pupil count.
15         (f) For any school district with a Low Income
16     Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for each
17     school year shall be $2,080 multiplied by the low income
18     eligible pupil count.
19     (2.10) Except as otherwise provided, supplemental general
20 State aid pursuant to this subsection (H) shall be provided as
21 follows for the 2003-2004 school year and each school year
22 thereafter:
23         (a) For any school district with a Low Income
24     Concentration Level of 15% or less, the grant for each
25     school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
26     eligible pupil count.
27         (b) For any school district with a Low Income
28     Concentration Level greater than 15%, the grant for each
29     school year shall be $294.25 added to the product of $2,700
30     and the square of the Low Income Concentration Level, all
31     multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
32     For the 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 school year only, the grant
33 shall be no less than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year.
34 For the 2005-2006 school year only, the grant shall be no less
35 than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by
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1 less than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by
2 0.33.
3     For the 2003-2004 school year only, the grant shall be no
4 greater than the grant received during the 2002-2003 school
5 year added to the product of 0.25 multiplied by the difference
6 between the grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b)
7 of this paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the
8 grant received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the
9 2004-2005 school year only, the grant shall be no greater than
10 the grant received during the 2002-2003 school year added to
11 the product of 0.50 multiplied by the difference between the
12 grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this
13 paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant
14 received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the 2005-2006
15 school year only, the grant shall be no greater than the grant
16 received during the 2002-2003 school year added to the product
17 of 0.75 multiplied by the difference between the grant amount
18 calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this paragraph
19 (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant received during
20 the 2002-2003 school year.
21     (3) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
22 more than 1,000 and less than 50,000 that qualify for
23 supplemental general State aid pursuant to this subsection
24 shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
25 October 30 of each year for the use of the funds resulting from
26 this grant of supplemental general State aid for the
27 improvement of instruction in which priority is given to
28 meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children. Such
29 plan shall be submitted in accordance with rules and
30 regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
31     (4) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
32 50,000 or more that qualify for supplemental general State aid
33 pursuant to this subsection shall be required to distribute
34 from funds available pursuant to this Section, no less than
35 $261,000,000 in accordance with the following requirements:
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1     attendance centers within the district in proportion to the
2     number of pupils enrolled at each attendance center who are
3     eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunches or
4     breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966
5     and under the National School Lunch Act during the
6     immediately preceding school year.
7         (b) The distribution of these portions of supplemental
8     and general State aid among attendance centers according to
9     these requirements shall not be compensated for or
10     contravened by adjustments of the total of other funds
11     appropriated to any attendance centers, and the Board of
12     Education shall utilize funding from one or several sources
13     in order to fully implement this provision annually prior
14     to the opening of school.
15         (c) Each attendance center shall be provided by the
16     school district a distribution of noncategorical funds and
17     other categorical funds to which an attendance center is
18     entitled under law in order that the general State aid and
19     supplemental general State aid provided by application of
20     this subsection supplements rather than supplants the
21     noncategorical funds and other categorical funds provided
22     by the school district to the attendance centers.
23         (d) Any funds made available under this subsection that
24     by reason of the provisions of this subsection are not
25     required to be allocated and provided to attendance centers
26     may be used and appropriated by the board of the district
27     for any lawful school purpose.
28         (e) Funds received by an attendance center pursuant to
29     this subsection shall be used by the attendance center at
30     the discretion of the principal and local school council
31     for programs to improve educational opportunities at
32     qualifying schools through the following programs and
33     services: early childhood education, reduced class size or
34     improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
35     programs, remedial assistance, attendance improvement, and
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1     supplement the regular and basic programs as determined by
2     the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not be
3     expended for any political or lobbying purposes as defined
4     by board rule.
5         (f) Each district subject to the provisions of this
6     subdivision (H)(4) shall submit an acceptable plan to meet
7     the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
8     compliance with the requirements of this paragraph, to the
9     State Board of Education prior to July 15 of each year.
10     This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of local
11     school councils concerning the school expenditure plans
12     developed in accordance with part 4 of Section 34-2.3. The
13     State Board shall approve or reject the plan within 60 days
14     after its submission. If the plan is rejected, the district
15     shall give written notice of intent to modify the plan
16     within 15 days of the notification of rejection and then
17     submit a modified plan within 30 days after the date of the
18     written notice of intent to modify. Districts may amend
19     approved plans pursuant to rules promulgated by the State
20     Board of Education.
21         Upon notification by the State Board of Education that
22     the district has not submitted a plan prior to July 15 or a
23     modified plan within the time period specified herein, the
24     State aid funds affected by that plan or modified plan
25     shall be withheld by the State Board of Education until a
26     plan or modified plan is submitted.
27         If the district fails to distribute State aid to
28     attendance centers in accordance with an approved plan, the
29     plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
30     addition to the funds otherwise required by this
31     subsection, to those attendance centers which were
32     underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal to
33     such underfunding.
34         For purposes of determining compliance with this
35     subsection in relation to the requirements of attendance
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1     this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
2     December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data for
3     the prior year in addition to any modification of its
4     current plan. If it is determined that there has been a
5     failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
6     subsection regarding contravention or supplanting, the
7     State Superintendent of Education shall, within 60 days of
8     receipt of the report, notify the district and any affected
9     local school council. The district shall within 45 days of
10     receipt of that notification inform the State
11     Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
12     action to be taken, whether by amendment of the current
13     plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the
14     following year. Failure to provide the expenditure report
15     or the notification of remedial or corrective action in a
16     timely manner shall result in a withholding of the affected
17     funds.
18         The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and
19     regulations to implement the provisions of this
20     subsection. No funds shall be released under this
21     subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted a
22     plan that has been approved by the State Board of
23     Education.
 
24 (I) General State Aid for Newly Configured School Districts.
25     (1) For a new school district formed by combining property
26 included totally within 2 or more previously existing school
27 districts, for its first year of existence the general State
28 aid and supplemental general State aid calculated under this
29 Section shall be computed for the new district and for the
30 previously existing districts for which property is totally
31 included within the new district. If the computation on the
32 basis of the previously existing districts is greater, a
33 supplementary payment equal to the difference shall be made for
34 the first 4 years of existence of the new district.
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1 territory of one or more entire other school districts, for the
2 first year during which the change of boundaries attributable
3 to such annexation becomes effective for all purposes as
4 determined under Section 7-9 or 7A-8, the general State aid and
5 supplemental general State aid calculated under this Section
6 shall be computed for the annexing district as constituted
7 after the annexation and for the annexing and each annexed
8 district as constituted prior to the annexation; and if the
9 computation on the basis of the annexing and annexed districts
10 as constituted prior to the annexation is greater, a
11 supplementary payment equal to the difference shall be made for
12 the first 4 years of existence of the annexing school district
13 as constituted upon such annexation.
14     (3) For 2 or more school districts which annex all of the
15 territory of one or more entire other school districts, and for
16 2 or more community unit districts which result upon the
17 division (pursuant to petition under Section 11A-2) of one or
18 more other unit school districts into 2 or more parts and which
19 together include all of the parts into which such other unit
20 school district or districts are so divided, for the first year
21 during which the change of boundaries attributable to such
22 annexation or division becomes effective for all purposes as
23 determined under Section 7-9 or 11A-10, as the case may be, the
24 general State aid and supplemental general State aid calculated
25 under this Section shall be computed for each annexing or
26 resulting district as constituted after the annexation or
27 division and for each annexing and annexed district, or for
28 each resulting and divided district, as constituted prior to
29 the annexation or division; and if the aggregate of the general
30 State aid and supplemental general State aid as so computed for
31 the annexing or resulting districts as constituted after the
32 annexation or division is less than the aggregate of the
33 general State aid and supplemental general State aid as so
34 computed for the annexing and annexed districts, or for the
35 resulting and divided districts, as constituted prior to the
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1 the difference shall be made and allocated between or among the
2 annexing or resulting districts, as constituted upon such
3 annexation or division, for the first 4 years of their
4 existence. The total difference payment shall be allocated
5 between or among the annexing or resulting districts in the
6 same ratio as the pupil enrollment from that portion of the
7 annexed or divided district or districts which is annexed to or
8 included in each such annexing or resulting district bears to
9 the total pupil enrollment from the entire annexed or divided
10 district or districts, as such pupil enrollment is determined
11 for the school year last ending prior to the date when the
12 change of boundaries attributable to the annexation or division
13 becomes effective for all purposes. The amount of the total
14 difference payment and the amount thereof to be allocated to
15 the annexing or resulting districts shall be computed by the
16 State Board of Education on the basis of pupil enrollment and
17 other data which shall be certified to the State Board of
18 Education, on forms which it shall provide for that purpose, by
19 the regional superintendent of schools for each educational
20 service region in which the annexing and annexed districts, or
21 resulting and divided districts are located.
22     (3.5) Claims for financial assistance under this
23 subsection (I) shall not be recomputed except as expressly
24 provided under this Section.
25     (4) Any supplementary payment made under this subsection
26 (I) shall be treated as separate from all other payments made
27 pursuant to this Section.
 
28 (J) Supplementary Grants in Aid.
29     (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section,
30 the amount of the aggregate general State aid in combination
31 with supplemental general State aid under this Section for
32 which each school district is eligible shall be no less than
33 the amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that
34 was received by the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of
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1 Section) for the 1997-98 school year, pursuant to the
2 provisions of that Section as it was then in effect. If a
3 school district qualifies to receive a supplementary payment
4 made under this subsection (J), the amount of the aggregate
5 general State aid in combination with supplemental general
6 State aid under this Section which that district is eligible to
7 receive for each school year shall be no less than the amount
8 of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that was
9 received by the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of
10 amounts received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that
11 Section) for the 1997-1998 school year, pursuant to the
12 provisions of that Section as it was then in effect.
13     (2) If, as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection
14 (J), a school district is to receive aggregate general State
15 aid in combination with supplemental general State aid under
16 this Section for the 1998-99 school year and any subsequent
17 school year that in any such school year is less than the
18 amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that the
19 district received for the 1997-98 school year, the school
20 district shall also receive, from a separate appropriation made
21 for purposes of this subsection (J), a supplementary payment
22 that is equal to the amount of the difference in the aggregate
23 State aid figures as described in paragraph (1).
24     (3) (Blank).
 
25 (K) Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
26     In calculating the amount to be paid to the governing board
27 of a public university that operates a laboratory school under
28 this Section or to any alternative school that is operated by a
29 regional superintendent of schools, the State Board of
30 Education shall require by rule such reporting requirements as
31 it deems necessary.
32     As used in this Section, "laboratory school" means a public
33 school which is created and operated by a public university and
34 approved by the State Board of Education. The governing board
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1 Board under this subsection (K) may not increase the number of
2 students enrolled in its laboratory school from a single
3 district, if that district is already sending 50 or more
4 students, except under a mutual agreement between the school
5 board of a student's district of residence and the university
6 which operates the laboratory school. A laboratory school may
7 not have more than 1,000 students, excluding students with
8 disabilities in a special education program.
9     As used in this Section, "alternative school" means a
10 public school which is created and operated by a Regional
11 Superintendent of Schools and approved by the State Board of
12 Education. Such alternative schools may offer courses of
13 instruction for which credit is given in regular school
14 programs, courses to prepare students for the high school
15 equivalency testing program or vocational and occupational
16 training. A regional superintendent of schools may contract
17 with a school district or a public community college district
18 to operate an alternative school. An alternative school serving
19 more than one educational service region may be established by
20 the regional superintendents of schools of the affected
21 educational service regions. An alternative school serving
22 more than one educational service region may be operated under
23 such terms as the regional superintendents of schools of those
24 educational service regions may agree.
25     Each laboratory and alternative school shall file, on forms
26 provided by the State Superintendent of Education, an annual
27 State aid claim which states the Average Daily Attendance of
28 the school's students by month. The best 3 months' Average
29 Daily Attendance shall be computed for each school. The general
30 State aid entitlement shall be computed by multiplying the
31 applicable Average Daily Attendance by the Foundation Level as
32 determined under this Section.
 
33 (L) Payments, Additional Grants in Aid and Other Requirements.
34     (1) For a school district operating under the financial
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1 general State aid otherwise payable to that district under this
2 Section, but not the supplemental general State aid, shall be
3 reduced by an amount equal to the budget for the operations of
4 the Authority as certified by the Authority to the State Board
5 of Education, and an amount equal to such reduction shall be
6 paid to the Authority created for such district for its
7 operating expenses in the manner provided in Section 18-11. The
8 remainder of general State school aid for any such district
9 shall be paid in accordance with Article 34A when that Article
10 provides for a disposition other than that provided by this
11 Article.
12     (2) (Blank).
13     (3) Summer school. Summer school payments shall be made as
14 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. The
20 members appointed shall include representatives of education,
21 business, and the general public. One of the members so
22 appointed shall be designated by the Governor at the time the
23 appointment is made as the chairperson of the Board. The
24 initial members of the Board may be appointed any time after
25 the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997. The regular
26 term of each member of the Board shall be for 4 years from the
27 third Monday of January of the year in which the term of the
28 member's appointment is to commence, except that of the 5
29 initial members appointed to serve on the Board, the member who
30 is appointed as the chairperson shall serve for a term that
31 commences on the date of his or her appointment and expires on
32 the third Monday of January, 2002, and the remaining 4 members,
33 by lots drawn at the first meeting of the Board that is held
34 after all 5 members are appointed, shall determine 2 of their
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1 respective appointments and expire on the third Monday of
2 January, 2001, and 2 of their number to serve for terms that
3 commence on the date of their respective appointments and
4 expire on the third Monday of January, 2000. All members
5 appointed to serve on the Board shall serve until their
6 respective successors are appointed and confirmed. Vacancies
7 shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. If
8 a vacancy in membership occurs at a time when the Senate is not
9 in session, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment
10 until the next meeting of the Senate, when he or she shall
11 appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a
12 person to fill that membership for the unexpired term. If the
13 Senate is not in session when the initial appointments are
14 made, those appointments shall be made as in the case of
15 vacancies.
16     The Education Funding Advisory Board shall be deemed
17 established, and the initial members appointed by the Governor
18 to serve as members of the Board shall take office, on the date
19 that the Governor makes his or her appointment of the fifth
20 initial member of the Board, whether those initial members are
21 then serving pursuant to appointment and confirmation or
22 pursuant to temporary appointments that are made by the
23 Governor as in the case of vacancies.
24     The State Board of Education shall provide such staff
25 assistance to the Education Funding Advisory Board as is
26 reasonably required for the proper performance by the Board of
27 its responsibilities.
28     For school years after the 2000-2001 school year, the
29 Education Funding Advisory Board, in consultation with the
30 State Board of Education, shall make recommendations as
31 provided in this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for the
32 foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section and
33 for the supplemental general State aid grant level under
34 subsection (H) of this Section for districts with high
35 concentrations of children from poverty. The recommended
36 foundation level shall be determined based on a methodology

 

 

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1 which incorporates the basic education expenditures of
2 low-spending schools exhibiting high academic performance. The
3 Education Funding Advisory Board shall make such
4 recommendations to the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
5 numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.
 
6 (N) (Blank).
 
7 (O) References.
8     (1) References in other laws to the various subdivisions of
9 Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
10 replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer to
11 the corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to the
12 extent that those references remain applicable.
13     (2) References in other laws to State Chapter 1 funds shall
14 be deemed to refer to the supplemental general State aid
15 provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
 
16 (P) Public Act 93-838 This amendatory Act of the 93rd General
17 Assembly and Public Act 93-808 House Bill 4266 of the 93rd
18 General Assembly make inconsistent changes to this Section. If
19 House Bill 4266 becomes law, then Under Section 6 of the
20 Statute on Statutes there is an irreconcilable conflict between
21 Public Act 93-808 and Public Act 93-838 House Bill 4266 and
22 this amendatory Act. Public Act 93-838 This amendatory Act,
23 being the last acted upon, is controlling. The text of Public
24 Act 93-838 this amendatory Act is the law regardless of the
25 text of Public Act 93-808 House Bill 4266.
26 (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-28, eff. 7-1-01; 92-29,
27 eff. 7-1-01; 92-269, eff. 8-7-01; 92-604, eff. 7-1-02; 92-636,
28 eff. 7-11-02; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; 93-21, eff. 7-1-03; 93-715,
29 eff. 7-12-04; 93-808, eff. 7-26-04; 93-838, eff. 7-30-04;
30 93-875, eff. 8-6-04; revised 10-21-04.)
 
31     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
32 becoming law.