95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 

State of Illinois

 

2007 and 2008   

SB1815

 

Introduced 3/8/2007, by Sen. Donne E. Trotter - Jeffrey M. Schoenberg - Mattie Hunter

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

 

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the State Board of Education and the Teachers’ Retirement System for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, as follows:

General Revenue Fund             $ 8,909,167,714

Other State Funds                $    47,516,800

Federal Funds                    $ 2,167,099,700

Total                            $11,120,784,214

 

 

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    AN ACT concerning appropriations.

 

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

 

ARTICLE 2

 

    Section 5. The following amounts, or so much of those amounts as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes named, are appropriated to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007:

 

FISCAL SUPPORT SERVICES

From the General Revenue Fund:

  For Personal Services.......................... 2,776,300

  For Employee Retirement Contributions

   Paid by Employer................................. 90,600

  For Retirement Contributions..................... 100,300

  For Social Security Contributions................ 127,600

  For Contractual Services....................... 2,425,000

  For Travel....................................... 313,700

  For Commodities................................... 59,100

  For Printing...................................... 85,200

  For Equipment..................................... 70,900

  For Telecommunications........................... 468,600

  For Operation of Auto Equipment................... 20,000

    Total                                        $6,537,300

From the Drivers Education Fund:

  For Personal Services............................. 48,200

  For Employee Retirement Contributions

   Paid by Employer.................................. 2,500

  For Retirement Contributions......................... 500

  For Social Security Contributions.................. 1,700

  For Group Insurance............................... 17,500

    Total                                           $70,400

From the SBE Federal Department of Agriculture Fund:

  For Personal Services.......................... 3,325,700

  For Employee Retirement Contributions

   Paid by Employer................................ 150,900

  For Retirement Contributions..................... 462,800

  For Social Security Contributions................ 200,700

  For Group Insurance.............................. 814,100

  For Contractual Services....................... 2,200,000

  For Travel....................................... 375,000

  For Commodities................................... 75,000

  For Printing..................................... 100,000

  For Equipment.................................... 150,000

  For Telecommunications............................ 50,000

    Total                                        $7,904,200

From the SBE Federal Agency Services Fund:

  For Travel........................................ 30,000

  For Commodities.................................... 9,000

  For Printing....................................... 7,000

  For Equipment..................................... 11,000

  For Telecommunications............................. 9,000

    Total                                           $66,000

From the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund:

  For Personal Services............................ 855,600

  For Employee Retirement Contributions

   Paid by Employer................................. 35,000

  For Retirement Contributions..................... 115,700

  For Social Security Contributions................. 65,400

  For Group Insurance.............................. 220,400

  For Contractual Services....................... 3,125,500

  For Travel..................................... 1,375,000

  For Commodities.................................. 305,000

  For Printing..................................... 341,000

  For Equipment.................................... 455,000

  For Telecommunications........................... 400,000

    Total                                        $7,293,600

 

GENERAL OFFICE

From the General Revenue Fund:

  For Personal Services.......................... 1,735,800

  For Employee Retirement Contributions

   Paid by Employer................................. 69,500

  For Retirement Contributions...................... 91,300

  For Social Security Contributions................ 112,400

  For Contractual Services......................... 815,000

    Total                                        $2,824,000

From the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund:

  For Contractual Services......................... 225,000

    Total                                          $225,000

 

HUMAN RESOURCES

From the General Revenue Fund:

  For Personal Services............................ 585,000

  For Employee Retirement Contributions

   Paid by Employer................................. 21,500

  For Retirement Contributions...................... 29,500

  For Social Security Contributions................. 35,800

  For Contractual Services.......................... 50,000

    Total                                          $721,800

 

INTERNAL AUDIT

From the General Revenue Fund:

  For Personal Services............................ 157,200

  For Employee Retirement Contributions

   Paid by Employer.................................. 7,000

  For Retirement Contributions....................... 4,800

  For Social Security Contributions.................. 3,500

  For Contractual Services........................... 3,000

    Total                                          $175,500

 

SCHOOL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ALL SCHOOLS

From the General Revenue Fund:

  For Personal Services.......................... 3,663,800

  For Employee Retirement Contributions

   Paid by Employer................................ 143,500

  For Retirement Contributions..................... 131,700

  For Social Security Contributions................ 173,700

  For Contractual Services....................... 1,838,000

    Total                                        $5,950,700

From the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund:

  For Personal Services............................. 81,300

  For Employee Retirement Contributions

   Paid by Employer.................................. 3,500

  For Retirement Contributions......................... 500

  For Social Security Contributions.................. 1,200

  For Group Insurance............................... 14,500

    Total                                          $101,000

From the SBE Federal Department of Agriculture Fund:

  For Contractual Services......................... 500,000

    Total                                          $500,000

From the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund:

  For Personal Services.......................... 1,627,800

  For Employee Retirement Contributions

   Paid by Employer................................. 87,100

  For Retirement Contributions..................... 181,300

  For Social Security Contributions................. 96,700

  For Group Insurance.............................. 394,000

  For Contractual Services....................... 2,483,900

  For Data Warehouse............................. 6,000,000

    Total                                       $10,870,800

From the School Infrastructure Fund:

  For Personal Services............................. 81,300

  For Employee Retirement Contributions

   Paid by Employer.................................. 3,200

  For Retirement Contributions......................... 500

  For Social Security Contributions.................. 2,500

  For Group Insurance............................... 17,500

    Total                                          $105,000

 

SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES

From the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund:

  For Personal Services.......................... 3,672,500

  For Employee Retirement Contributions

   Paid by Employer................................ 158,100

  For Retirement Contributions..................... 408,400

  For Social Security Contributions................ 205,800

  For Group Insurance.............................. 766,000

  For Contractual Services....................... 2,235,000

    Total                                        $7,445,800

 

TEACHING AND LEARNING SERVICES FOR ALL CHILDREN

From the General Revenue Fund:

  For Personal Services......................... $5,194,200

  For Employee Retirement Contributions

   Paid by Employer................................ 195,300

  For Retirement Contributions..................... 188,700

  For Social Security Contributions................ 252,900

  For Contractual Services......................... 726,200

    Total                                        $6,557,300

From the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund:

  For Personal Services............................ 699,800

  For Employee Retirement Contributions

   Paid by Employer................................. 20,200

  For Retirement Contributions...................... 37,200

  For Social Security Contributions................. 51,700

  For Group Insurance.............................. 174,000

    Total                                          $982,900

From the SBE Federal Agency Services Fund:

  For Personal Services............................ 239,700

  For Employee Retirement Contributions

   Paid by Employer.................................. 9,400

  For Retirement Contributions...................... 14,200

  For Social Security Contributions................. 15,800

  For Group Insurance............................... 58,000

  For Contractual Services......................... 500,000

    Total                                          $837,100

From the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund:

  For Personal Services.......................... 5,250,600

  For Employee Retirement Contributions

   Paid by Employer................................ 222,200

  For Retirement Contributions..................... 519,600

  For Social Security Contributions................ 229,800

  For Group Insurance............................ 1,144,300

  For Contractual Services....................... 5,880,400

  For Integration of Schools and

   Mental Health Systems........................... 400,000

    Total                                       $13,646,900

 

    Section 10. The following amounts or so much thereof as may be necessary, which shall be used by the Illinois State Board of Education exclusively for the foregoing purposes and not, under any circumstances, for personal services expenditures or other operational or administrative costs, are appropriated to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007:

From the General Revenue Fund:

  For Expansion of Key Programs,

   Including, but not limited to

   Textbooks, technology, assessment,

   and reading.................................. 65,242,524

  For Targeted Interventions................... 100,000,000

  For Mentoring, After School and

    Student Support Programs.................... 24,128,400

  For Blind/Dyslexic Persons....................... 518,800

  For Charter Schools............................ 3,421,500

  For Disabled Student Services/Materials...... 577,700,000

  For Disabled Student Transportation

    Reimbursement.............................. 353,400,000

  For Disabled Student Tuition,

    Private Tuition............................ 139,400,000

  For District Consolidation Costs/

    Supplemental Payments to School Districts,

    18-8.2, 18-18.3, 18-8.5, 18-8.05(l) of

    the School Code.............................. 7,850,000

  For Extraordinary Special Education,

    14-7.02 of the School Code................. 317,500,000

  For the Illinois Governmental

    Internship Program............................. 129,900

  For Jobs for Illinois Grads.................... 4,000,000

  For the Metro East Consortium for

    Child Advocacy................................. 217,100

  For Parental Guardian Programs/

    Transportation Reimbursement................ 14,454,700

  For the Philip J. Rock Center

    and School................................... 3,220,500

  For Reimbursement for the Free Breakfast/

    Lunch Program............................... 21,000,000

  For the School Breakfast Incentive

    Program........................................ 723,500

  For Standards, Assessments and

    Accountability............................... 3,342,700

  For Summer School Payments, 18-4.3

    of the School Code.......................... 10,000,000

  For Tax-Equivalent Grants, 18-4.4 of

    the School Code................................ 222,600

    For Textbook Loans, 18-17 of the

    School Code................................. 29,126,500

  For Transitional Assistance................... 11,800,000

  For Transition of Minority Students.............. 578,800

  For Transportation-Regular/Vocational

    Common School Transportation

    Reimbursement, 29-5 of the School Code..... 330,298,600

  For Visually Impaired/Educational

    Materials Coordinating Unit, 14-11.01

    of the School Code........................... 2,121,000

  For Regular Education Reimbursement

    Per 18-3 of the School Code................. 11,500,000

  For Special Education Reimbursement

    Per 14-7.03 of the School Code.............. 79,400,000

  For all costs associated with Alternative

    Education/Regional Safe Schools............. 18,535,500

  For Truant Alternative and Optional

    Education Program........................... 18,078,100

  For costs associated with Teach for America...... 450,000

  For grants to Local Education Agencies

    to conduct Agriculture Education

    Programs..................................... 2,881,200

    Total                                    $2,151,241,924

 

From the Education Assistance Fund:

  For Rural Learning Initiative................. 10,000,000

  For Full Day Kindergarten..................... 10,000,000

  For Career and Technical Education............ 38,562,100

  For General State Aid........................ 833,560,000

  For General State Aid – Hold Harmless......... 11,619,477

  For the School Safety and Educational

    Improvement Block Grant..................... 74,841,000

  For the Summer Bridges Program................ 22,238,100

  For Teacher Education.......................... 9,605,000

  For the Illinois Teaching

    Excellence Program............................. 135,000

    Total                                    $1,010,560,677

 

From the Common School Fund:

  For General State Aid...................... 4,129,584,677

  For Advanced Placement Classes................. 1,500,000

  For Arts and Foreign Language Education,

    Pursuant to Section 105 ILCS 5/2-3.65a ...... 4,000,000

  For Regional Superintendents’ and

    Assistants’ Compensation..................... 8,150,000

  For Teacher Quality Incentives................ 40,000,000

  For Statewide Mentoring and

   Induction Program............................ 40,000,000

    Total                                    $4,223,234,677

 

From the General Revenue Fund

  For Regional Superintendent’s Services......... 6,470,000

From the School District Emergency

Financial Assistance Fund:

  For Emergency Financial Assistance, 1B-8

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

From the Drivers Education Fund:

  For Drivers Education......................... 17,929,600

From the Charter Schools Revolving Loan Fund:

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

From the School Technology Revolving Loan Fund:

  For School Technology Loans, 2-3.117a

    of the School Code........................... 5,000,000

From the Temporary Relocation Expenses

Revolving Grant Fund:

  For Temporary Relocation Expenses, 2-3.77

    of the School Code........................... 1,400,000

From the State Board of Education Federal

Agency Services Fund:

  For Refugee Services........................... 2,000,000

From the State Board of Education Federal

Department of Agriculture Fund:

  For Child Nutrition.......................... 475,000,000

From the State Board of Education

Federal Department of Education Fund:

  For Title I.................................. 642,000,000

  For Title I, Reading First.................... 50,000,000

  For Title II, Teacher/Principal Training..... 135,000,000

  For Title III, English Language

    Acquisition................................. 40,000,000

  For Title IV, 21st Century/Community

    Service Programs............................ 45,000,000

  For Title IV, Safe and Drug Free Schools...... 15,000,000

  For Title V, Innovation Programs............... 8,000,000

  For Title VI, Rural and Low Income

    Students..................................... 1,500,000

  For Title X, McKinney Homeless

    Assistance................................... 3,250,000

  For Enhancing Education through Technology.... 20,000,000

  For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

    Deaf/Blind..................................... 380,000

  For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

    IDEA....................................... 550,000,000

  For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

    Improvement Program.......................... 2,500,000

  For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

    Model Outreach Program Grants.................. 400,000

  For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

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

  For Grants for Vocational

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

  For Grants for Vocational

    Education – Technical Preparation............ 5,000,000

  For Charter Schools............................ 2,500,000

  For Transition to Teaching..................... 1,000,000

  For Advanced Placement Fee..................... 2,000,000

  For Math/Science Partnerships.................. 9,000,000

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

    Total                                    $1,617,530,000

 

    Section 15.  The following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007:

From the General Revenue Fund:

  For Parental Participation Pilot Project......... 100,000

  For Autism Training and Technical

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

  For the Principal Mentoring Program.............. 800,000

  For the Children’s Mental Health

    Partnership.................................. 3,000,000

  For the Class Size Reduction Pilot Project.... 10,000,000

  For the Teacher Mentoring Pilot Project........ 2,000,000

  For Regional Superintendent Initiatives.......... 500,000

    Total                                       $16,500,000

From the Education Assistance Fund:

  For Early Childhood Education................ 387,641,300

  For the Reading Improvement Block

    Grant....................................... 76,139,800

  For Technology for Success..................... 6,169,700

    Total                                      $469,950,800

From the Common School Fund:

  For Grow Your Own Teachers..................... 3,000,000

From the State Board of Education

 Federal Agency Service Fund:

  For Learn and Serve America.................... 2,000,000

    Total                                        $5,000,000

 

    Section 20.  The amount of $29,126,500, or so much thereof as may be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business on June 30, 2007, from an appropriation heretofore made for such purpose in Article 2, Section 10 of Public Act 94-0978, is reappropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Textbook Loans pursuant to Section 18-17 of the School Code.

 

    Section 25.  The amount of $525,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for all costs associated with the Community Residental Services Authority.

 

    Section 30.  The amount of $250,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for costs associated with the Illinois Economic Education program.

 

    Section 40.  The amount of $1,586,336, or so much thereof as may be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business on June 30, 2007, from an appropriation heretofore made for such purpose in Article 2, Section 40 of Public Act 94-0798, is reappropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for all costs associated with Security for Schools.

 

    Section 45.  The amount of $1,399,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Teacher Certificates Processing.

 

    Section 50.  The amount of $1,008,900, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Teacher Certificate Institute Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education.

 

    Section 55.  The amount of $8,484,800, or so much of that amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the State Board of Education Special Purpose Trust Fund to the State Board of Education for expenditures by the Board in accordance with grants, gifts or donations that the Board has received or may receive from any source, public or private, in support of projects that are within the lawful powers of the Board.

 

    Section 60.  The amount of $100,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund for deposit into the Temporary Relocation Expenses Revolving Grant Fund for use by the State Board of Education, as provided in Section 2-3.77 of the School Code.

 

    Section 61.  The amount of $7,015,200, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the State Board of Education Special Purpose Trust Fund for the Ordinary and Contingent Expenses of the State Board of Education from Indirect Costs Drawn from the Federal Government

 

    Section 62.  The amount of $500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for all costs associated with implementation of the State Board of Education Strategic Plan.

 

    Section 65.  The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007:

From the General Revenue Fund:

  For Bilingual Education (over 500,000

   population), 34-18.2 of the School Code...... 41,580,200

  For Bilingual Education (under 500,000

   population), 10-22.38a of the School Code.... 33,419,800

  For Statewide Bilingual Student

   Assessments................................... 4,500,000

    Total                                       $79,500,000

 

    Section 70.  The amount of $12,382,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Student Assessments.

 

    Section 75.  The amount of $21,780,300, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the State Board of Education Federal Department of Education Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Student Assessments.

 

    Section 80.  The amount of $65,044,700, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Education Assistance Fund to the Public School Teachers’ Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago for the state’s contribution for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007.

 

    Section 85.  The amount of $10,218,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Public School Teachers’ Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago for the state’s contribution for retirement contributions under Section 17-127 of the Pension Code for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007.

 

    Section 90.  The amount of $68,596,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Education Assistance Fund to the Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois for transfer into the Teachers’ Health Insurance Security Fund as the state’s contribution for teachers’ health insurance.

 

ARTICLE 2

 

    Section 5.  The following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois for the State's contributions, as provided by law:

  Payable from the Common School Fund.......... 735,514,500

 

    Section 10.  The following named amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, is appropriated from the Education Assistance Fund to the Teachers' Retirement System for the objects and purposes hereinafter named:

  For additional costs due to the establishment

    of minimum retirement allowances

    pursuant to Sections 16-136.2 and

    16-136.3 of the "Illinois

    Pension Code", as amended.................... 2,100,000

 

Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect July 1, 2007.