96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB3245

 

Introduced 2/24/2009, by Rep. Tom Cross - Roger L. Eddy - David Reis - Keith P. Sommer - Jerry L. Mitchell, et al.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/18-8.05

    Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the State aid formula.


LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB3245 LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

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 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 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,

 

 

HB3245 - 2 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1 in general, varies in inverse relation to Available Local
2 Resources. Per pupil amounts are based upon each school
3 district's Average Daily Attendance as that term is defined in
4 this Section.
5     (2) In addition to general State financial aid, school
6 districts with specified levels or concentrations of pupils
7 from low income households are eligible to receive supplemental
8 general State financial aid grants as provided pursuant to
9 subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants provided for
10 school districts under subsection (H) shall be appropriated for
11 distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
12 in which the general State financial aid of school districts is
13 appropriated under this Section.
14     (3) To receive financial assistance under this Section,
15 school districts are required to file claims with the State
16 Board of Education, subject to the following requirements:
17         (a) Any school district which fails for any given
18     school year to maintain school as required by law, or to
19     maintain a recognized school is not eligible to file for
20     such school year any claim upon the Common School Fund. In
21     case of nonrecognition of one or more attendance centers in
22     a school district otherwise operating recognized schools,
23     the claim of the district shall be reduced in the
24     proportion which the Average Daily Attendance in the
25     attendance center or centers bear to the Average Daily
26     Attendance in the school district. A "recognized school"

 

 

HB3245 - 3 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1     means any public school which meets the standards as
2     established for recognition by the State Board of
3     Education. A school district or attendance center not
4     having recognition status at the end of a school term is
5     entitled to receive State aid payments due upon a legal
6     claim which was filed while it was recognized.
7         (b) School district claims filed under this Section are
8     subject to Sections 18-9 and 18-12, except as otherwise
9     provided in this Section.
10         (c) If a school district operates a full year school
11     under Section 10-19.1, the general State aid to the school
12     district shall be determined by the State Board of
13     Education in accordance with this Section as near as may be
14     applicable.
15         (d) (Blank).
16     (4) Except as provided in subsections (H) and (L), the
17 board of any district receiving any of the grants provided for
18 in this Section may apply those funds to any fund so received
19 for which that board is authorized to make expenditures by law.
20     School districts are not required to exert a minimum
21 Operating Tax Rate in order to qualify for assistance under
22 this Section.
23     (5) As used in this Section the following terms, when
24 capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
25         (a) "Average Daily Attendance": A count of pupil
26     attendance in school, averaged as provided for in

 

 

HB3245 - 4 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1     subsection (C) and utilized in deriving per pupil financial
2     support levels.
3         (b) "Available Local Resources": A computation of
4     local financial support, calculated on the basis of Average
5     Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant to
6     subsection (D).
7         (c) "Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes":
8     Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to "An Act in
9     relation to the abolition of ad valorem personal property
10     tax and the replacement of revenues lost thereby, and
11     amending and repealing certain Acts and parts of Acts in
12     connection therewith", certified August 14, 1979, as
13     amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
14         (d) "Foundation Level": A prescribed level of per pupil
15     financial support as provided for in subsection (B).
16         (e) "Operating Tax Rate": All school district property
17     taxes extended for all purposes, except Bond and Interest,
18     Summer School, Rent, Capital Improvement, and Vocational
19     Education Building purposes.
 
20 (B) Foundation Level.
21     (1) The Foundation Level is a figure established by the
22 State representing the minimum level of per pupil financial
23 support that should be available to provide for the basic
24 education of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance. As set
25 forth in this Section, each school district is assumed to exert

 

 

HB3245 - 5 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1 a sufficient local taxing effort such that, in combination with
2 the aggregate of general State financial aid provided the
3 district, an aggregate of State and local resources are
4 available to meet the basic education needs of pupils in the
5 district.
6     (2) For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation Level of
7 support is $4,225. For the 1999-2000 school year, the
8 Foundation Level of support is $4,325. For the 2000-2001 school
9 year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425. For the
10 2001-2002 school year and 2002-2003 school year, the Foundation
11 Level of support is $4,560. For the 2003-2004 school year, the
12 Foundation Level of support is $4,810. For the 2004-2005 school
13 year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,964. For the
14 2005-2006 school year, the Foundation Level of support is
15 $5,164. For the 2006-2007 school year, the Foundation Level of
16 support is $5,334. For the 2007-2008 school year, the
17 Foundation Level of support is $5,734.
18     (3) For the 2008-2009 school year and each school year
19 thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $5,959 or such
20 greater amount as may be established by law by the General
21 Assembly.
 
22 (C) Average Daily Attendance.
23     (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant
24 to subsection (E), an Average Daily Attendance figure shall be
25 utilized. The Average Daily Attendance figure for formula

 

 

HB3245 - 6 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1 calculation purposes shall be the monthly average of the actual
2 number of pupils in attendance of each school district, as
3 further averaged for the best 3 months of pupil attendance for
4 each school district. In compiling the figures for the number
5 of pupils in attendance, school districts and the State Board
6 of Education shall, for purposes of general State aid funding,
7 conform attendance figures to the requirements of subsection
8 (F).
9     (2) The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
10 subsection (E) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
11 school year immediately preceding the school year for which
12 general State aid is being calculated or the average of the
13 attendance data for the 3 preceding school years, whichever is
14 greater. The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
15 subsection (H) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
16 school year immediately preceding the school year for which
17 general State aid is being calculated.
 
18 (D) Available Local Resources.
19     (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant
20 to subsection (E), a representation of Available Local
21 Resources per pupil, as that term is defined and determined in
22 this subsection, shall be utilized. Available Local Resources
23 per pupil shall include a calculated dollar amount representing
24 local school district revenues from local property taxes and
25 from Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes, expressed

 

 

HB3245 - 7 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1 on the basis of pupils in Average Daily Attendance. Calculation
2 of Available Local Resources shall exclude any tax amnesty
3 funds received as a result of Public Act 93-26.
4     (2) In determining a school district's revenue from local
5 property taxes, the State Board of Education shall utilize the
6 equalized assessed valuation of all taxable property of each
7 school district as of September 30 of the previous year. The
8 equalized assessed valuation utilized shall be obtained and
9 determined as provided in subsection (G).
10     (3) For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten
11 through 12, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be
12 calculated as the product of the applicable equalized assessed
13 valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%, and divided by
14 the district's Average Daily Attendance figure. For school
15 districts maintaining grades kindergarten through 8, local
16 property tax revenues per pupil shall be calculated as the
17 product of the applicable equalized assessed valuation for the
18 district multiplied by 2.30%, and divided by the district's
19 Average Daily Attendance figure. For school districts
20 maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax revenues
21 per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed valuation
22 of the district multiplied by 1.05%, and divided by the
23 district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
24     For partial elementary unit districts created pursuant to
25 Article 11E of this Code, local property tax revenues per pupil
26 shall be calculated as the product of the equalized assessed

 

 

HB3245 - 8 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1 valuation for property within the partial elementary unit
2 district for elementary purposes, as defined in Article 11E of
3 this Code, multiplied by 2.06% and divided by the district's
4 Average Daily Attendance figure, plus the product of the
5 equalized assessed valuation for property within the partial
6 elementary unit district for high school purposes, as defined
7 in Article 11E of this Code, multiplied by 0.94% and divided by
8 the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
9     (4) The Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes paid
10 to each school district during the calendar year 2 years before
11 the calendar year in which a school year begins, divided by the
12 Average Daily Attendance figure for that district, shall be
13 added to the local property tax revenues per pupil as derived
14 by the application of the immediately preceding paragraph (3).
15 The sum of these per pupil figures for each school district
16 shall constitute Available Local Resources as that term is
17 utilized in subsection (E) in the calculation of general State
18 aid.
 
19 (E) Computation of General State Aid.
20     (1) For each school year, the amount of general State aid
21 allotted to a school district shall be computed by the State
22 Board of Education as provided in this subsection.
23     (2) For any school district for which Available Local
24 Resources per pupil is less than the product of 0.93 times the
25 Foundation Level, general State aid for that district shall be

 

 

HB3245 - 9 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1 calculated as an amount equal to the Foundation Level minus
2 Available Local Resources, multiplied by the Average Daily
3 Attendance of the school district.
4     (3) For any school district for which Available Local
5 Resources per pupil is equal to or greater than the product of
6 0.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the product of
7 1.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
8 pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the Foundation Level
9 derived using a linear algorithm. Under this linear algorithm,
10 the calculated general State aid per pupil shall decline in
11 direct linear fashion from 0.07 times the Foundation Level for
12 a school district with Available Local Resources equal to the
13 product of 0.93 times the Foundation Level, to 0.05 times the
14 Foundation Level for a school district with Available Local
15 Resources equal to the product of 1.75 times the Foundation
16 Level. The allocation of general State aid for school districts
17 subject to this paragraph 3 shall be the calculated general
18 State aid per pupil figure multiplied by the Average Daily
19 Attendance of the school district.
20     (4) For any school district for which Available Local
21 Resources per pupil equals or exceeds the product of 1.75 times
22 the Foundation Level, the general State aid for the school
23 district shall be calculated as the product of $218 multiplied
24 by the Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
25     (5) The amount of general State aid allocated to a school
26 district for the 1999-2000 school year meeting the requirements

 

 

HB3245 - 10 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

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

 

 

HB3245 - 11 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

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.

 

 

HB3245 - 12 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1     (2) Days of attendance by pupils of less than 5 clock hours
2 of school shall be subject to the following provisions in the
3 compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
4         (a) Pupils regularly enrolled in a public school for
5     only a part of the school day may be counted on the basis
6     of 1/6 day for every class hour of instruction of 40
7     minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment,
8     unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of 80
9     minutes or more of instruction, in which case the pupil may
10     be counted on the basis of the proportion of minutes of
11     school work completed each day to the minimum number of
12     minutes that school work is required to be held that day.
13         (b) Days of attendance may be less than 5 clock hours
14     on the opening and closing of the school term, and upon the
15     first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by a day or days
16     utilized as an institute or teachers' workshop.
17         (c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be counted
18     as a day of attendance upon certification by the regional
19     superintendent, and approved by the State Superintendent
20     of Education to the extent that the district has been
21     forced to use daily multiple sessions.
22         (d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be counted
23     as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder of the school
24     day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that day is
25     utilized for an in-service training program for teachers,
26     up to a maximum of 5 days per school year of which a

 

 

HB3245 - 13 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1     maximum of 4 days of such 5 days may be used for
2     parent-teacher conferences, provided a district conducts
3     an in-service training program for teachers which has been
4     approved by the State Superintendent of Education; or, in
5     lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be used, in which
6     event each such day may be counted as a day of attendance;
7     and (2) when days in addition to those provided in item (1)
8     are scheduled by a school pursuant to its school
9     improvement plan adopted under Article 34 or its revised or
10     amended school improvement plan adopted under Article 2,
11     provided that (i) such sessions of 3 or more clock hours
12     are scheduled to occur at regular intervals, (ii) the
13     remainder of the school days in which such sessions occur
14     are utilized for in-service training programs or other
15     staff development activities for teachers, and (iii) a
16     sufficient number of minutes of school work under the
17     direct supervision of teachers are added to the school days
18     between such regularly scheduled sessions to accumulate
19     not less than the number of minutes by which such sessions
20     of 3 or more clock hours fall short of 5 clock hours. Any
21     full days used for the purposes of this paragraph shall not
22     be considered for computing average daily attendance. Days
23     scheduled for in-service training programs, staff
24     development activities, or parent-teacher conferences may
25     be scheduled separately for different grade levels and
26     different attendance centers of the district.

 

 

HB3245 - 14 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1         (e) A session of not less than one clock hour of
2     teaching hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or by
3     telephone to the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day of
4     attendance, however these pupils must receive 4 or more
5     clock hours of instruction to be counted for a full day of
6     attendance.
7         (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be counted
8     as a day of attendance for first grade pupils, and pupils
9     in full day kindergartens, and a session of 2 or more hours
10     may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by pupils in
11     kindergartens which provide only 1/2 day of attendance.
12         (g) For children with disabilities who are below the
13     age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock hours
14     because of their disability or immaturity, a session of not
15     less than one clock hour may be counted as 1/2 day of
16     attendance; however for such children whose educational
17     needs so require a session of 4 or more clock hours may be
18     counted as a full day of attendance.
19         (h) A recognized kindergarten which provides for only
20     1/2 day of attendance by each pupil shall not have more
21     than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any one day. However,
22     kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance in any 5
23     consecutive school days. When a pupil attends such a
24     kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school day, the
25     pupil shall have the following day as a day absent from
26     school, unless the school district obtains permission in

 

 

HB3245 - 15 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1     writing from the State Superintendent of Education.
2     Attendance at kindergartens which provide for a full day of
3     attendance by each pupil shall be counted the same as
4     attendance by first grade pupils. Only the first year of
5     attendance in one kindergarten shall be counted, except in
6     case of children who entered the kindergarten in their
7     fifth year whose educational development requires a second
8     year of kindergarten as determined under the rules and
9     regulations of the State Board of Education.
10         (i) On the days when the Prairie State Achievement
11     Examination is administered under subsection (c) of
12     Section 2-3.64 of this Code, the day of attendance for a
13     pupil whose school day must be shortened to accommodate
14     required testing procedures may be less than 5 clock hours
15     and shall be counted towards the 176 days of actual pupil
16     attendance required under Section 10-19 of this Code,
17     provided that a sufficient number of minutes of school work
18     in excess of 5 clock hours are first completed on other
19     school days to compensate for the loss of school work on
20     the examination days.
 
21 (G) Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
22     (1) For purposes of the calculation of Available Local
23 Resources required pursuant to subsection (D), the State Board
24 of Education shall secure from the Department of Revenue the
25 value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue of

 

 

HB3245 - 16 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1 all taxable property of every school district, together with
2 (i) the applicable tax rate used in extending taxes for the
3 funds of the district as of September 30 of the previous year
4 and (ii) the limiting rate for all school districts subject to
5 property tax extension limitations as imposed under the
6 Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
7     The Department of Revenue shall add to the equalized
8 assessed value of all taxable property of each school district
9 situated entirely or partially within a county that is or was
10 subject to the provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the
11 Property Tax Code (a) an amount equal to the total amount by
12 which the homestead exemption allowed under Section 15-176 or
13 15-177 of the Property Tax Code for real property situated in
14 that school district exceeds the total amount that would have
15 been allowed in that school district if the maximum reduction
16 under Section 15-176 was (i) $4,500 in Cook County or $3,500 in
17 all other counties in tax year 2003 or (ii) $5,000 in all
18 counties in tax year 2004 and thereafter and (b) an amount
19 equal to the aggregate amount for the taxable year of all
20 additional exemptions under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax
21 Code for owners with a household income of $30,000 or less. The
22 county clerk of any county that is or was subject to the
23 provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code
24 shall annually calculate and certify to the Department of
25 Revenue for each school district all homestead exemption
26 amounts under Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code

 

 

HB3245 - 17 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1 and all amounts of additional exemptions under Section 15-175
2 of the Property Tax Code for owners with a household income of
3 $30,000 or less. It is the intent of this paragraph that if the
4 general homestead exemption for a parcel of property is
5 determined under Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax
6 Code rather than Section 15-175, then the calculation of
7 Available Local Resources shall not be affected by the
8 difference, if any, between the amount of the general homestead
9 exemption allowed for that parcel of property under Section
10 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code and the amount that
11 would have been allowed had the general homestead exemption for
12 that parcel of property been determined under Section 15-175 of
13 the Property Tax Code. It is further the intent of this
14 paragraph that if additional exemptions are allowed under
15 Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code for owners with a
16 household income of less than $30,000, then the calculation of
17 Available Local Resources shall not be affected by the
18 difference, if any, because of those additional exemptions.
19     This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
20 the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
21 calculation of Available Local Resources.
22     (2) The equalized assessed valuation in paragraph (1) shall
23 be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
24         (a) For the purposes of calculating State aid under
25     this Section, with respect to any part of a school district
26     within a redevelopment project area in respect to which a

 

 

HB3245 - 18 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1     municipality has adopted tax increment allocation
2     financing pursuant to the Tax Increment Allocation
3     Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through 11-74.4-11
4     of the Illinois Municipal Code or the Industrial Jobs
5     Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through 11-74.6-50 of the
6     Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the current equalized
7     assessed valuation of real property located in any such
8     project area which is attributable to an increase above the
9     total initial equalized assessed valuation of such
10     property shall be used as part of the equalized assessed
11     valuation of the district, until such time as all
12     redevelopment project costs have been paid, as provided in
13     Section 11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment Allocation
14     Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of the
15     Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose of the
16     equalized assessed valuation of the district, the total
17     initial equalized assessed valuation or the current
18     equalized assessed valuation, whichever is lower, shall be
19     used until such time as all redevelopment project costs
20     have been paid.
21         (b) The real property equalized assessed valuation for
22     a school district shall be adjusted by subtracting from the
23     real property value as equalized or assessed by the
24     Department of Revenue for the district an amount computed
25     by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes under
26     Section 18-170 of the Property Tax Code by 3.00% for a

 

 

HB3245 - 19 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1     district maintaining grades kindergarten through 12, by
2     2.30% for a district maintaining grades kindergarten
3     through 8, or by 1.05% for a district maintaining grades 9
4     through 12 and adjusted by an amount computed by dividing
5     the amount of any abatement of taxes under subsection (a)
6     of Section 18-165 of the Property Tax Code by the same
7     percentage rates for district type as specified in this
8     subparagraph (b).
9     (3) For the 1999-2000 school year and each school year
10 thereafter, if a school district meets all of the criteria of
11 this subsection (G)(3), the school district's Available Local
12 Resources shall be calculated under subsection (D) using the
13 district's Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation
14 as calculated under this subsection (G)(3).
15     For purposes of this subsection (G)(3) the following terms
16 shall have the following meanings:
17         "Budget Year": The school year for which general State
18     aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
19         "Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used to
20     calculate the Budget Year allocation of general State aid.
21         "Preceding Tax Year": The property tax levy year
22     immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
23         "Base Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of the
24     equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County Clerk
25     in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting rate as
26     calculated by the County Clerk and defined in the Property

 

 

HB3245 - 20 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

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

 

 

HB3245 - 21 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1 Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as calculated
2 under this subsection (G)(3) is less than the district's
3 equalized assessed valuation as calculated pursuant to
4 subsections (G)(1) and (G)(2), then for purposes of calculating
5 the district's general State aid for the Budget Year pursuant
6 to subsection (E), that Extension Limitation Equalized
7 Assessed Valuation shall be utilized to calculate the
8 district's Available Local Resources under subsection (D).
9     Partial elementary unit districts created in accordance
10 with Article 11E of this Code shall not be eligible for the
11 adjustment in this subsection (G)(3) until the fifth year
12 following the effective date of the reorganization.
13     (4) For the purposes of calculating general State aid for
14 the 1999-2000 school year only, if a school district
15 experienced a triennial reassessment on the equalized assessed
16 valuation used in calculating its general State financial aid
17 apportionment for the 1998-1999 school year, the State Board of
18 Education shall calculate the Extension Limitation Equalized
19 Assessed Valuation that would have been used to calculate the
20 district's 1998-1999 general State aid. This amount shall equal
21 the product of the equalized assessed valuation used to
22 calculate general State aid for the 1997-1998 school year and
23 the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension
24 Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of the school district
25 as calculated under this paragraph (4) is less than the
26 district's equalized assessed valuation utilized in

 

 

HB3245 - 22 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1 calculating the district's 1998-1999 general State aid
2 allocation, then for purposes of calculating the district's
3 general State aid pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection (E),
4 that Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation shall
5 be utilized to calculate the district's Available Local
6 Resources.
7     (5) For school districts having a majority of their
8 equalized assessed valuation in any county except Cook, DuPage,
9 Kane, Lake, McHenry, or Will, if the amount of general State
10 aid allocated to the school district for the 1999-2000 school
11 year under the provisions of subsection (E), (H), and (J) of
12 this Section is less than the amount of general State aid
13 allocated to the district for the 1998-1999 school year under
14 these subsections, then the general State aid of the district
15 for the 1999-2000 school year only shall be increased by the
16 difference between these amounts. The total payments made under
17 this paragraph (5) shall not exceed $14,000,000. Claims shall
18 be prorated if they exceed $14,000,000.
 
19 (H) Supplemental General State Aid.
20     (1) In addition to the general State aid a school district
21 is allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying school
22 districts shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction with a
23 district's payments of general State aid, for supplemental
24 general State aid based upon the concentration level of
25 children from low-income households within the school

 

 

HB3245 - 23 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1 district. Supplemental State aid grants provided for school
2 districts under this subsection shall be appropriated for
3 distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
4 in which the general State financial aid of school districts is
5 appropriated under this Section. If the appropriation in any
6 fiscal year for general State aid and supplemental general
7 State aid is insufficient to pay the amounts required under the
8 general State aid and supplemental general State aid
9 calculations, then the State Board of Education shall ensure
10 that each school district receives the full amount due for
11 general State aid and the remainder of the appropriation shall
12 be used for supplemental general State aid, which the State
13 Board of Education shall calculate and pay to eligible
14 districts on a prorated basis.
15     (1.5) This paragraph (1.5) applies only to those school
16 years preceding the 2003-2004 school year. For purposes of this
17 subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
18 shall be the low-income eligible pupil count from the most
19 recently available federal census divided by the Average Daily
20 Attendance of the school district. If, however, (i) the
21 percentage decrease from the 2 most recent federal censuses in
22 the low-income eligible pupil count of a high school district
23 with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or more the
24 percentage change in the total low-income eligible pupil count
25 of contiguous elementary school districts, whose boundaries
26 are coterminous with the high school district, or (ii) a high

 

 

HB3245 - 24 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

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

 

 

HB3245 - 25 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1 count as of July 1 of the immediately preceding fiscal year (as
2 determined by the Department of Human Services based on the
3 number of pupils who are eligible for at least one of the
4 following low income programs: Medicaid, KidCare, TANF, or Food
5 Stamps, excluding pupils who are eligible for services provided
6 by the Department of Children and Family Services, averaged
7 over the 2 immediately preceding fiscal years for fiscal year
8 2004 and over the 3 immediately preceding fiscal years for each
9 fiscal year thereafter) divided by the Average Daily Attendance
10 of the school district.
11     (2) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
12 subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 1998-1999,
13 1999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years only:
14         (a) For any school district with a Low Income
15     Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
16     grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by the
17     low income eligible pupil count.
18         (b) For any school district with a Low Income
19     Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
20     grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall be $1,100
21     multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
22         (c) For any school district with a Low Income
23     Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
24     grant for the 1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
25     multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
26         (d) For any school district with a Low Income

 

 

HB3245 - 26 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1     Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for the
2     1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
3     income eligible pupil count.
4         (e) For the 1999-2000 school year, the per pupil amount
5     specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d) immediately
6     above shall be increased to $1,243, $1,600, and $2,000,
7     respectively.
8         (f) For the 2000-2001 school year, the per pupil
9     amounts specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d)
10     immediately above shall be $1,273, $1,640, and $2,050,
11     respectively.
12     (2.5) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
13 subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2002-2003
14 school year:
15         (a) For any school district with a Low Income
16     Concentration Level of less than 10%, the grant for each
17     school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
18     eligible pupil count.
19         (b) For any school district with a Low Income
20     Concentration Level of at least 10% and less than 20%, the
21     grant for each school year shall be $675 multiplied by the
22     low income eligible pupil count.
23         (c) For any school district with a Low Income
24     Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
25     grant for each school year shall be $1,330 multiplied by
26     the low income eligible pupil count.

 

 

HB3245 - 27 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1         (d) For any school district with a Low Income
2     Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
3     grant for each school year shall be $1,362 multiplied by
4     the low income eligible pupil count.
5         (e) For any school district with a Low Income
6     Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
7     grant for each school year shall be $1,680 multiplied by
8     the low income eligible pupil count.
9         (f) For any school district with a Low Income
10     Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for each
11     school year shall be $2,080 multiplied by the low income
12     eligible pupil count.
13     (2.10) Except as otherwise provided, supplemental general
14 State aid pursuant to this subsection (H) shall be provided as
15 follows for the 2003-2004 school year and each school year
16 thereafter:
17         (a) For any school district with a Low Income
18     Concentration Level of 15% or less, the grant for each
19     school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
20     eligible pupil count.
21         (b) For any school district with a Low Income
22     Concentration Level greater than 15%, the grant for each
23     school year shall be $294.25 added to the product of $2,700
24     and the square of the Low Income Concentration Level, all
25     multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
26     For the 2003-2004 school year and each school year

 

 

HB3245 - 28 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1 thereafter through the 2008-2009 school year only, the grant
2 shall be no less than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year.
3 For the 2009-2010 school year only, the grant shall be no less
4 than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by
5 0.66. For the 2010-2011 school year only, the grant shall be no
6 less than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by
7 0.33. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph to the
8 contrary, if for any school year supplemental general State aid
9 grants are prorated as provided in paragraph (1) of this
10 subsection (H), then the grants under this paragraph shall be
11 prorated.
12     For the 2003-2004 school year only, the grant shall be no
13 greater than the grant received during the 2002-2003 school
14 year added to the product of 0.25 multiplied by the difference
15 between the grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b)
16 of this paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the
17 grant received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the
18 2004-2005 school year only, the grant shall be no greater than
19 the grant received during the 2002-2003 school year added to
20 the product of 0.50 multiplied by the difference between the
21 grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this
22 paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant
23 received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the 2005-2006
24 school year only, the grant shall be no greater than the grant
25 received during the 2002-2003 school year added to the product
26 of 0.75 multiplied by the difference between the grant amount

 

 

HB3245 - 29 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1 calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this paragraph
2 (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant received during
3 the 2002-2003 school year.
4     (3) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
5 more than 1,000 and less than 50,000 that qualify for
6 supplemental general State aid pursuant to this subsection
7 shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
8 October 30 of each year for the use of the funds resulting from
9 this grant of supplemental general State aid for the
10 improvement of instruction in which priority is given to
11 meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children. Such
12 plan shall be submitted in accordance with rules and
13 regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
14     (4) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
15 50,000 or more that qualify for supplemental general State aid
16 pursuant to this subsection shall be required to distribute
17 from funds available pursuant to this Section, no less than
18 $261,000,000 in accordance with the following requirements:
19         (a) The required amounts shall be distributed to the
20     attendance centers within the district in proportion to the
21     number of pupils enrolled at each attendance center who are
22     eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunches or
23     breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966
24     and under the National School Lunch Act during the
25     immediately preceding school year.
26         (b) The distribution of these portions of supplemental

 

 

HB3245 - 30 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1     and general State aid among attendance centers according to
2     these requirements shall not be compensated for or
3     contravened by adjustments of the total of other funds
4     appropriated to any attendance centers, and the Board of
5     Education shall utilize funding from one or several sources
6     in order to fully implement this provision annually prior
7     to the opening of school.
8         (c) Each attendance center shall be provided by the
9     school district a distribution of noncategorical funds and
10     other categorical funds to which an attendance center is
11     entitled under law in order that the general State aid and
12     supplemental general State aid provided by application of
13     this subsection supplements rather than supplants the
14     noncategorical funds and other categorical funds provided
15     by the school district to the attendance centers.
16         (d) Any funds made available under this subsection that
17     by reason of the provisions of this subsection are not
18     required to be allocated and provided to attendance centers
19     may be used and appropriated by the board of the district
20     for any lawful school purpose.
21         (e) Funds received by an attendance center pursuant to
22     this subsection shall be used by the attendance center at
23     the discretion of the principal and local school council
24     for programs to improve educational opportunities at
25     qualifying schools through the following programs and
26     services: early childhood education, reduced class size or

 

 

HB3245 - 31 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1     improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
2     programs, remedial assistance, attendance improvement, and
3     other educationally beneficial expenditures which
4     supplement the regular and basic programs as determined by
5     the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not be
6     expended for any political or lobbying purposes as defined
7     by board rule.
8         (f) Each district subject to the provisions of this
9     subdivision (H)(4) shall submit an acceptable plan to meet
10     the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
11     compliance with the requirements of this paragraph, to the
12     State Board of Education prior to July 15 of each year.
13     This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of local
14     school councils concerning the school expenditure plans
15     developed in accordance with part 4 of Section 34-2.3. The
16     State Board shall approve or reject the plan within 60 days
17     after its submission. If the plan is rejected, the district
18     shall give written notice of intent to modify the plan
19     within 15 days of the notification of rejection and then
20     submit a modified plan within 30 days after the date of the
21     written notice of intent to modify. Districts may amend
22     approved plans pursuant to rules promulgated by the State
23     Board of Education.
24         Upon notification by the State Board of Education that
25     the district has not submitted a plan prior to July 15 or a
26     modified plan within the time period specified herein, the

 

 

HB3245 - 32 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1     State aid funds affected by that plan or modified plan
2     shall be withheld by the State Board of Education until a
3     plan or modified plan is submitted.
4         If the district fails to distribute State aid to
5     attendance centers in accordance with an approved plan, the
6     plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
7     addition to the funds otherwise required by this
8     subsection, to those attendance centers which were
9     underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal to
10     such underfunding.
11         For purposes of determining compliance with this
12     subsection in relation to the requirements of attendance
13     center funding, each district subject to the provisions of
14     this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
15     December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data for
16     the prior year in addition to any modification of its
17     current plan. If it is determined that there has been a
18     failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
19     subsection regarding contravention or supplanting, the
20     State Superintendent of Education shall, within 60 days of
21     receipt of the report, notify the district and any affected
22     local school council. The district shall within 45 days of
23     receipt of that notification inform the State
24     Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
25     action to be taken, whether by amendment of the current
26     plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the

 

 

HB3245 - 33 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1     following year. Failure to provide the expenditure report
2     or the notification of remedial or corrective action in a
3     timely manner shall result in a withholding of the affected
4     funds.
5         The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and
6     regulations to implement the provisions of this
7     subsection. No funds shall be released under this
8     subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted a
9     plan that has been approved by the State Board of
10     Education.
 
11 (I) (Blank).
 
12 (J) Supplementary Grants in Aid.
13     (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section,
14 the amount of the aggregate general State aid in combination
15 with supplemental general State aid under this Section for
16 which each school district is eligible shall be no less than
17 the amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that
18 was received by the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of
19 amounts received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that
20 Section) for the 1997-98 school year, pursuant to the
21 provisions of that Section as it was then in effect. If a
22 school district qualifies to receive a supplementary payment
23 made under this subsection (J), the amount of the aggregate
24 general State aid in combination with supplemental general

 

 

HB3245 - 34 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1 State aid under this Section which that district is eligible to
2 receive for each school year shall be no less than the amount
3 of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that was
4 received by the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of
5 amounts received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that
6 Section) for the 1997-1998 school year, pursuant to the
7 provisions of that Section as it was then in effect.
8     (2) If, as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection
9 (J), a school district is to receive aggregate general State
10 aid in combination with supplemental general State aid under
11 this Section for the 1998-99 school year and any subsequent
12 school year that in any such school year is less than the
13 amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that the
14 district received for the 1997-98 school year, the school
15 district shall also receive, from a separate appropriation made
16 for purposes of this subsection (J), a supplementary payment
17 that is equal to the amount of the difference in the aggregate
18 State aid figures as described in paragraph (1).
19     (3) (Blank).
 
20 (K) Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
21     In calculating the amount to be paid to the governing board
22 of a public university that operates a laboratory school under
23 this Section or to any alternative school that is operated by a
24 regional superintendent of schools, the State Board of
25 Education shall require by rule such reporting requirements as

 

 

HB3245 - 35 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1 it deems necessary.
2     As used in this Section, "laboratory school" means a public
3 school which is created and operated by a public university and
4 approved by the State Board of Education. The governing board
5 of a public university which receives funds from the State
6 Board under this subsection (K) may not increase the number of
7 students enrolled in its laboratory school from a single
8 district, if that district is already sending 50 or more
9 students, except under a mutual agreement between the school
10 board of a student's district of residence and the university
11 which operates the laboratory school. A laboratory school may
12 not have more than 1,000 students, excluding students with
13 disabilities in a special education program.
14     As used in this Section, "alternative school" means a
15 public school which is created and operated by a Regional
16 Superintendent of Schools and approved by the State Board of
17 Education. Such alternative schools may offer courses of
18 instruction for which credit is given in regular school
19 programs, courses to prepare students for the high school
20 equivalency testing program or vocational and occupational
21 training. A regional superintendent of schools may contract
22 with a school district or a public community college district
23 to operate an alternative school. An alternative school serving
24 more than one educational service region may be established by
25 the regional superintendents of schools of the affected
26 educational service regions. An alternative school serving

 

 

HB3245 - 36 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1 more than one educational service region may be operated under
2 such terms as the regional superintendents of schools of those
3 educational service regions may agree.
4     Each laboratory and alternative school shall file, on forms
5 provided by the State Superintendent of Education, an annual
6 State aid claim which states the Average Daily Attendance of
7 the school's students by month. The best 3 months' Average
8 Daily Attendance shall be computed for each school. The general
9 State aid entitlement shall be computed by multiplying the
10 applicable Average Daily Attendance by the Foundation Level as
11 determined under this Section.
 
12 (L) Payments, Additional Grants in Aid and Other Requirements.
13     (1) For a school district operating under the financial
14 supervision of an Authority created under Article 34A, the
15 general State aid otherwise payable to that district under this
16 Section, but not the supplemental general State aid, shall be
17 reduced by an amount equal to the budget for the operations of
18 the Authority as certified by the Authority to the State Board
19 of Education, and an amount equal to such reduction shall be
20 paid to the Authority created for such district for its
21 operating expenses in the manner provided in Section 18-11. The
22 remainder of general State school aid for any such district
23 shall be paid in accordance with Article 34A when that Article
24 provides for a disposition other than that provided by this
25 Article.

 

 

HB3245 - 37 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1     (2) (Blank).
2     (3) Summer school. Summer school payments shall be made as
3 provided in Section 18-4.3.
 
4 (M) Education Funding Advisory Board.
5     The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
6 subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created.
7 The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
8 Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
9 members appointed shall include representatives of education,
10 business, and the general public. One of the members so
11 appointed shall be designated by the Governor at the time the
12 appointment is made as the chairperson of the Board. The
13 initial members of the Board may be appointed any time after
14 the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997. The regular
15 term of each member of the Board shall be for 4 years from the
16 third Monday of January of the year in which the term of the
17 member's appointment is to commence, except that of the 5
18 initial members appointed to serve on the Board, the member who
19 is appointed as the chairperson shall serve for a term that
20 commences on the date of his or her appointment and expires on
21 the third Monday of January, 2002, and the remaining 4 members,
22 by lots drawn at the first meeting of the Board that is held
23 after all 5 members are appointed, shall determine 2 of their
24 number to serve for terms that commence on the date of their
25 respective appointments and expire on the third Monday of

 

 

HB3245 - 38 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1 January, 2001, and 2 of their number to serve for terms that
2 commence on the date of their respective appointments and
3 expire on the third Monday of January, 2000. All members
4 appointed to serve on the Board shall serve until their
5 respective successors are appointed and confirmed. Vacancies
6 shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. If
7 a vacancy in membership occurs at a time when the Senate is not
8 in session, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment
9 until the next meeting of the Senate, when he or she shall
10 appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a
11 person to fill that membership for the unexpired term. If the
12 Senate is not in session when the initial appointments are
13 made, those appointments shall be made as in the case of
14 vacancies.
15     The Education Funding Advisory Board shall be deemed
16 established, and the initial members appointed by the Governor
17 to serve as members of the Board shall take office, on the date
18 that the Governor makes his or her appointment of the fifth
19 initial member of the Board, whether those initial members are
20 then serving pursuant to appointment and confirmation or
21 pursuant to temporary appointments that are made by the
22 Governor as in the case of vacancies.
23     The State Board of Education shall provide such staff
24 assistance to the Education Funding Advisory Board as is
25 reasonably required for the proper performance by the Board of
26 its responsibilities.

 

 

HB3245 - 39 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1     For school years after the 2000-2001 school year, the
2 Education Funding Advisory Board, in consultation with the
3 State Board of Education, shall make recommendations as
4 provided in this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for the
5 foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section and
6 for the supplemental general State aid grant level under
7 subsection (H) of this Section for districts with high
8 concentrations of children from poverty. The recommended
9 foundation level shall be determined based on a methodology
10 which incorporates the basic education expenditures of
11 low-spending schools exhibiting high academic performance. The
12 Education Funding Advisory Board shall make such
13 recommendations to the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
14 numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.
 
15 (N) (Blank).
 
16 (O) References.
17     (1) References in other laws to the various subdivisions of
18 Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
19 replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer to
20 the corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to the
21 extent that those references remain applicable.
22     (2) References in other laws to State Chapter 1 funds shall
23 be deemed to refer to the supplemental general State aid
24 provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
 

 

 

HB3245 - 40 - LRB096 10586 NHT 20758 b

1 (P) Public Act 93-838 and Public Act 93-808 make inconsistent
2 changes to this Section. Under Section 6 of the Statute on
3 Statutes there is an irreconcilable conflict between Public Act
4 93-808 and Public Act 93-838. Public Act 93-838, being the last
5 acted upon, is controlling. The text of Public Act 93-838 is
6 the law regardless of the text of Public Act 93-808.
7 (Source: P.A. 94-69, eff. 7-1-05; 94-438, eff. 8-4-05; 94-835,
8 eff. 6-6-06; 94-1019, eff. 7-10-06; 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07;
9 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-644, eff. 10-12-07; 95-707, eff.
10 1-11-08; 95-744, eff. 7-18-08; 95-903, eff. 8-25-08; revised
11 9-5-08.)