Rep. Roger L. Eddy

Filed: 3/17/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3245

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3245 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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

 

 

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1 pupil in Average Daily Attendance equals or exceeds a
2 prescribed per pupil Foundation Level. This formula approach
3 imputes a level of per pupil Available Local Resources and
4 provides for the basis to calculate a per pupil level of
5 general State financial aid that, when added to Available Local
6 Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level. The amount
7 of per pupil general State financial aid for school districts,
8 in general, varies in inverse relation to Available Local
9 Resources. Per pupil amounts are based upon each school
10 district's Average Daily Attendance as that term is defined in
11 this Section.
12     (2) In addition to general State financial aid, school
13 districts with specified levels or concentrations of pupils
14 from low income households are eligible to receive supplemental
15 general State financial aid grants as provided pursuant to
16 subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants provided for
17 school districts under subsection (H) shall be appropriated for
18 distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
19 in which the general State financial aid of school districts is
20 appropriated under this Section.
21     (3) To receive financial assistance under this Section,
22 school districts are required to file claims with the State
23 Board of Education, subject to the following requirements:
24         (a) Any school district which fails for any given
25     school year to maintain school as required by law, or to
26     maintain a recognized school is not eligible to file for

 

 

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

 

 

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1 (B) Foundation Level.
2     (1) The Foundation Level is a figure established by the
3 State representing the minimum level of per pupil financial
4 support that should be available to provide for the basic
5 education of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance. As set
6 forth in this Section, each school district is assumed to exert
7 a sufficient local taxing effort such that, in combination with
8 the aggregate of general State financial aid provided the
9 district, an aggregate of State and local resources are
10 available to meet the basic education needs of pupils in the
11 district.
12     (2) For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation Level of
13 support is $4,225. For the 1999-2000 school year, the
14 Foundation Level of support is $4,325. For the 2000-2001 school
15 year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425. For the
16 2001-2002 school year and 2002-2003 school year, the Foundation
17 Level of support is $4,560. For the 2003-2004 school year, the
18 Foundation Level of support is $4,810. For the 2004-2005 school
19 year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,964. For the
20 2005-2006 school year, the Foundation Level of support is
21 $5,164. For the 2006-2007 school year, the Foundation Level of
22 support is $5,334. For the 2007-2008 school year, the
23 Foundation Level of support is $5,734.
24     (3) For the 2008-2009 school year and each school year
25 thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $5,959 or such

 

 

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1 greater amount as may be established by law by the General
2 Assembly.
 
3 (C) Average Daily Attendance.
4     (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant
5 to subsection (E), an Average Daily Attendance figure shall be
6 utilized. The Average Daily Attendance figure for formula
7 calculation purposes shall be the monthly average of the actual
8 number of pupils in attendance of each school district, as
9 further averaged for the best 3 months of pupil attendance for
10 each school district. In compiling the figures for the number
11 of pupils in attendance, school districts and the State Board
12 of Education shall, for purposes of general State aid funding,
13 conform attendance figures to the requirements of subsection
14 (F).
15     (2) The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
16 subsection (E) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
17 school year immediately preceding the school year for which
18 general State aid is being calculated or the average of the
19 attendance data for the 3 preceding school years, whichever is
20 greater. The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
21 subsection (H) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
22 school year immediately preceding the school year for which
23 general State aid is being calculated.
 
24 (D) Available Local Resources.

 

 

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

 

 

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1 maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax revenues
2 per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed valuation
3 of the district multiplied by 1.05%, and divided by the
4 district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
5     For partial elementary unit districts created pursuant to
6 Article 11E of this Code, local property tax revenues per pupil
7 shall be calculated as the product of the equalized assessed
8 valuation for property within the partial elementary unit
9 district for elementary purposes, as defined in Article 11E of
10 this Code, multiplied by 2.06% and divided by the district's
11 Average Daily Attendance figure, plus the product of the
12 equalized assessed valuation for property within the partial
13 elementary unit district for high school purposes, as defined
14 in Article 11E of this Code, multiplied by 0.94% and divided by
15 the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
16     (4) The Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes paid
17 to each school district during the calendar year 2 years before
18 the calendar year in which a school year begins, divided by the
19 Average Daily Attendance figure for that district, shall be
20 added to the local property tax revenues per pupil as derived
21 by the application of the immediately preceding paragraph (3).
22 The sum of these per pupil figures for each school district
23 shall constitute Available Local Resources as that term is
24 utilized in subsection (E) in the calculation of general State
25 aid.
 

 

 

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

 

 

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1     (4) For any school district for which Available Local
2 Resources per pupil equals or exceeds the product of 1.75 times
3 the Foundation Level, the general State aid for the school
4 district shall be calculated as the product of $218 multiplied
5 by the Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
6     (5) The amount of general State aid allocated to a school
7 district for the 1999-2000 school year meeting the requirements
8 set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) shall be increased
9 by an amount equal to the general State aid that would have
10 been received by the district for the 1998-1999 school year by
11 utilizing the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed
12 Valuation as calculated in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) less
13 the general State aid allotted for the 1998-1999 school year.
14 This amount shall be deemed a one time increase, and shall not
15 affect any future general State aid allocations.
 
16 (F) Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
17     (1) Each school district shall, by July 1 of each year,
18 submit to the State Board of Education, on forms prescribed by
19 the State Board of Education, attendance figures for the school
20 year that began in the preceding calendar year. The attendance
21 information so transmitted shall identify the average daily
22 attendance figures for each month of the school year. Beginning
23 with the general State aid claim form for the 2002-2003 school
24 year, districts shall calculate Average Daily Attendance as
25 provided in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of this paragraph

 

 

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1 (1).
2         (a) In districts that do not hold year-round classes,
3     days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
4     September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
5     to the month of May.
6         (b) In districts in which all buildings hold year-round
7     classes, days of attendance in July and August shall be
8     added to the month of September and any days of attendance
9     in June shall be added to the month of May.
10         (c) In districts in which some buildings, but not all,
11     hold year-round classes, for the non-year-round buildings,
12     days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
13     September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
14     to the month of May. The average daily attendance for the
15     year-round buildings shall be computed as provided in
16     subdivision (b) of this paragraph (1). To calculate the
17     Average Daily Attendance for the district, the average
18     daily attendance for the year-round buildings shall be
19     multiplied by the days in session for the non-year-round
20     buildings for each month and added to the monthly
21     attendance of the non-year-round buildings.
22     Except as otherwise provided in this Section, days of
23 attendance by pupils shall be counted only for sessions of not
24 less than 5 clock hours of school work per day under direct
25 supervision of: (i) teachers, or (ii) non-teaching personnel or
26 volunteer personnel when engaging in non-teaching duties and

 

 

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1 supervising in those instances specified in subsection (a) of
2 Section 10-22.34 and paragraph 10 of Section 34-18, with pupils
3 of legal school age and in kindergarten and grades 1 through
4 12.
5     Days of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited
6 only to the districts that pay the tuition to a recognized
7 school.
8     (2) Days of attendance by pupils of less than 5 clock hours
9 of school shall be subject to the following provisions in the
10 compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
11         (a) Pupils regularly enrolled in a public school for
12     only a part of the school day may be counted on the basis
13     of 1/6 day for every class hour of instruction of 40
14     minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment,
15     unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of 80
16     minutes or more of instruction, in which case the pupil may
17     be counted on the basis of the proportion of minutes of
18     school work completed each day to the minimum number of
19     minutes that school work is required to be held that day.
20         (b) Days of attendance may be less than 5 clock hours
21     on the opening and closing of the school term, and upon the
22     first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by a day or days
23     utilized as an institute or teachers' workshop.
24         (c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be counted
25     as a day of attendance upon certification by the regional
26     superintendent, and approved by the State Superintendent

 

 

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

 

 

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1     of 3 or more clock hours fall short of 5 clock hours. Any
2     full days used for the purposes of this paragraph shall not
3     be considered for computing average daily attendance. Days
4     scheduled for in-service training programs, staff
5     development activities, or parent-teacher conferences may
6     be scheduled separately for different grade levels and
7     different attendance centers of the district.
8         (e) A session of not less than one clock hour of
9     teaching hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or by
10     telephone to the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day of
11     attendance, however these pupils must receive 4 or more
12     clock hours of instruction to be counted for a full day of
13     attendance.
14         (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be counted
15     as a day of attendance for first grade pupils, and pupils
16     in full day kindergartens, and a session of 2 or more hours
17     may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by pupils in
18     kindergartens which provide only 1/2 day of attendance.
19         (g) For children with disabilities who are below the
20     age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock hours
21     because of their disability or immaturity, a session of not
22     less than one clock hour may be counted as 1/2 day of
23     attendance; however for such children whose educational
24     needs so require a session of 4 or more clock hours may be
25     counted as a full day of attendance.
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1     1/2 day of attendance by each pupil shall not have more
2     than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any one day. However,
3     kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance in any 5
4     consecutive school days. When a pupil attends such a
5     kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school day, the
6     pupil shall have the following day as a day absent from
7     school, unless the school district obtains permission in
8     writing from the State Superintendent of Education.
9     Attendance at kindergartens which provide for a full day of
10     attendance by each pupil shall be counted the same as
11     attendance by first grade pupils. Only the first year of
12     attendance in one kindergarten shall be counted, except in
13     case of children who entered the kindergarten in their
14     fifth year whose educational development requires a second
15     year of kindergarten as determined under the rules and
16     regulations of the State Board of Education.
17         (i) On the days when the Prairie State Achievement
18     Examination is administered under subsection (c) of
19     Section 2-3.64 of this Code, the day of attendance for a
20     pupil whose school day must be shortened to accommodate
21     required testing procedures may be less than 5 clock hours
22     and shall be counted towards the 176 days of actual pupil
23     attendance required under Section 10-19 of this Code,
24     provided that a sufficient number of minutes of school work
25     in excess of 5 clock hours are first completed on other
26     school days to compensate for the loss of school work on

 

 

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1     the examination days.
 
2 (G) Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
3     (1) For purposes of the calculation of Available Local
4 Resources required pursuant to subsection (D), the State Board
5 of Education shall secure from the Department of Revenue the
6 value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue of
7 all taxable property of every school district, together with
8 (i) the applicable tax rate used in extending taxes for the
9 funds of the district as of September 30 of the previous year
10 and (ii) the limiting rate for all school districts subject to
11 property tax extension limitations as imposed under the
12 Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
13     The Department of Revenue shall add to the equalized
14 assessed value of all taxable property of each school district
15 situated entirely or partially within a county that is or was
16 subject to the provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the
17 Property Tax Code (a) an amount equal to the total amount by
18 which the homestead exemption allowed under Section 15-176 or
19 15-177 of the Property Tax Code for real property situated in
20 that school district exceeds the total amount that would have
21 been allowed in that school district if the maximum reduction
22 under Section 15-176 was (i) $4,500 in Cook County or $3,500 in
23 all other counties in tax year 2003 or (ii) $5,000 in all
24 counties in tax year 2004 and thereafter and (b) an amount
25 equal to the aggregate amount for the taxable year of all

 

 

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1 additional exemptions under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax
2 Code for owners with a household income of $30,000 or less. The
3 county clerk of any county that is or was subject to the
4 provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code
5 shall annually calculate and certify to the Department of
6 Revenue for each school district all homestead exemption
7 amounts under Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code
8 and all amounts of additional exemptions under Section 15-175
9 of the Property Tax Code for owners with a household income of
10 $30,000 or less. It is the intent of this paragraph that if the
11 general homestead exemption for a parcel of property is
12 determined under Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax
13 Code rather than Section 15-175, then the calculation of
14 Available Local Resources shall not be affected by the
15 difference, if any, between the amount of the general homestead
16 exemption allowed for that parcel of property under Section
17 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code and the amount that
18 would have been allowed had the general homestead exemption for
19 that parcel of property been determined under Section 15-175 of
20 the Property Tax Code. It is further the intent of this
21 paragraph that if additional exemptions are allowed under
22 Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code for owners with a
23 household income of less than $30,000, then the calculation of
24 Available Local Resources shall not be affected by the
25 difference, if any, because of those additional exemptions.
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1 the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
2 calculation of Available Local Resources.
3     (2) The equalized assessed valuation in paragraph (1) shall
4 be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
5         (a) For the purposes of calculating State aid under
6     this Section, with respect to any part of a school district
7     within a redevelopment project area in respect to which a
8     municipality has adopted tax increment allocation
9     financing pursuant to the Tax Increment Allocation
10     Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through 11-74.4-11
11     of the Illinois Municipal Code or the Industrial Jobs
12     Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through 11-74.6-50 of the
13     Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the current equalized
14     assessed valuation of real property located in any such
15     project area which is attributable to an increase above the
16     total initial equalized assessed valuation of such
17     property shall be used as part of the equalized assessed
18     valuation of the district, until such time as all
19     redevelopment project costs have been paid, as provided in
20     Section 11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment Allocation
21     Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of the
22     Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose of the
23     equalized assessed valuation of the district, the total
24     initial equalized assessed valuation or the current
25     equalized assessed valuation, whichever is lower, shall be
26     used until such time as all redevelopment project costs

 

 

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1     have been paid.
2         (b) The real property equalized assessed valuation for
3     a school district shall be adjusted by subtracting from the
4     real property value as equalized or assessed by the
5     Department of Revenue for the district an amount computed
6     by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes under
7     Section 18-170 of the Property Tax Code by 3.00% for a
8     district maintaining grades kindergarten through 12, by
9     2.30% for a district maintaining grades kindergarten
10     through 8, or by 1.05% for a district maintaining grades 9
11     through 12 and adjusted by an amount computed by dividing
12     the amount of any abatement of taxes under subsection (a)
13     of Section 18-165 of the Property Tax Code by the same
14     percentage rates for district type as specified in this
15     subparagraph (b).
16     (3) For the 1999-2000 school year and each school year
17 thereafter, if a school district meets all of the criteria of
18 this subsection (G)(3), the school district's Available Local
19 Resources shall be calculated under subsection (D) using the
20 district's Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation
21 as calculated under this subsection (G)(3).
22     For purposes of this subsection (G)(3) the following terms
23 shall have the following meanings:
24         "Budget Year": The school year for which general State
25     aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
26         "Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used to

 

 

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1     calculate the Budget Year allocation of general State aid.
2         "Preceding Tax Year": The property tax levy year
3     immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
4         "Base Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of the
5     equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County Clerk
6     in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting rate as
7     calculated by the County Clerk and defined in the Property
8     Tax Extension Limitation Law.
9         "Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of
10     the equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County
11     Clerk in the Preceding Tax Year multiplied by the Operating
12     Tax Rate as defined in subsection (A).
13         "Extension Limitation Ratio": A numerical ratio,
14     certified by the County Clerk, in which the numerator is
15     the Base Tax Year's Tax Extension and the denominator is
16     the Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension.
17         "Operating Tax Rate": The operating tax rate as defined
18     in subsection (A).
19     If a school district is subject to property tax extension
20 limitations as imposed under the Property Tax Extension
21 Limitation Law, the State Board of Education shall calculate
22 the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of that
23 district. For the 1999-2000 school year, the Extension
24 Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as
25 calculated by the State Board of Education shall be equal to
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1 and the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. For the
2 2000-2001 school year and each school year thereafter, the
3 Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school
4 district as calculated by the State Board of Education shall be
5 equal to the product of the Equalized Assessed Valuation last
6 used in the calculation of general State aid and the district's
7 Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension Limitation
8 Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as calculated
9 under this subsection (G)(3) is less than the district's
10 equalized assessed valuation as calculated pursuant to
11 subsections (G)(1) and (G)(2), then for purposes of calculating
12 the district's general State aid for the Budget Year pursuant
13 to subsection (E), that Extension Limitation Equalized
14 Assessed Valuation shall be utilized to calculate the
15 district's Available Local Resources under subsection (D).
16     Partial elementary unit districts created in accordance
17 with Article 11E of this Code shall not be eligible for the
18 adjustment in this subsection (G)(3) until the fifth year
19 following the effective date of the reorganization.
20     (4) For the purposes of calculating general State aid for
21 the 1999-2000 school year only, if a school district
22 experienced a triennial reassessment on the equalized assessed
23 valuation used in calculating its general State financial aid
24 apportionment for the 1998-1999 school year, the State Board of
25 Education shall calculate the Extension Limitation Equalized
26 Assessed Valuation that would have been used to calculate the

 

 

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1 district's 1998-1999 general State aid. This amount shall equal
2 the product of the equalized assessed valuation used to
3 calculate general State aid for the 1997-1998 school year and
4 the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension
5 Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of the school district
6 as calculated under this paragraph (4) is less than the
7 district's equalized assessed valuation utilized in
8 calculating the district's 1998-1999 general State aid
9 allocation, then for purposes of calculating the district's
10 general State aid pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection (E),
11 that Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation shall
12 be utilized to calculate the district's Available Local
13 Resources.
14     (5) For school districts having a majority of their
15 equalized assessed valuation in any county except Cook, DuPage,
16 Kane, Lake, McHenry, or Will, if the amount of general State
17 aid allocated to the school district for the 1999-2000 school
18 year under the provisions of subsection (E), (H), and (J) of
19 this Section is less than the amount of general State aid
20 allocated to the district for the 1998-1999 school year under
21 these subsections, then the general State aid of the district
22 for the 1999-2000 school year only shall be increased by the
23 difference between these amounts. The total payments made under
24 this paragraph (5) shall not exceed $14,000,000. Claims shall
25 be prorated if they exceed $14,000,000.
 

 

 

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1 (H) Supplemental General State Aid.
2     (1) In addition to the general State aid a school district
3 is allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying school
4 districts shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction with a
5 district's payments of general State aid, for supplemental
6 general State aid based upon the concentration level of
7 children from low-income households within the school
8 district. Supplemental State aid grants provided for school
9 districts under this subsection shall be appropriated for
10 distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
11 in which the general State financial aid of school districts is
12 appropriated under this Section. If the appropriation in any
13 fiscal year for general State aid and supplemental general
14 State aid is insufficient to pay the amounts required under the
15 general State aid and supplemental general State aid
16 calculations, then the State Board of Education shall ensure
17 that each school district receives the full amount due for
18 general State aid and the remainder of the appropriation shall
19 be used for supplemental general State aid, which the State
20 Board of Education shall calculate and pay to eligible
21 districts on a prorated basis.
22     (1.5) This paragraph (1.5) applies only to those school
23 years preceding the 2003-2004 school year. For purposes of this
24 subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
25 shall be the low-income eligible pupil count from the most
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1 Attendance of the school district. If, however, (i) the
2 percentage decrease from the 2 most recent federal censuses in
3 the low-income eligible pupil count of a high school district
4 with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or more the
5 percentage change in the total low-income eligible pupil count
6 of contiguous elementary school districts, whose boundaries
7 are coterminous with the high school district, or (ii) a high
8 school district within 2 counties and serving 5 elementary
9 school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous with the
10 high school district, has a percentage decrease from the 2 most
11 recent federal censuses in the low-income eligible pupil count
12 and there is a percentage increase in the total low-income
13 eligible pupil count of a majority of the elementary school
14 districts in excess of 50% from the 2 most recent federal
15 censuses, then the high school district's low-income eligible
16 pupil count from the earlier federal census shall be the number
17 used as the low-income eligible pupil count for the high school
18 district, for purposes of this subsection (H). The changes made
19 to this paragraph (1) by Public Act 92-28 shall apply to
20 supplemental general State aid grants for school years
21 preceding the 2003-2004 school year that are paid in fiscal
22 year 1999 or thereafter and to any State aid payments made in
23 fiscal year 1994 through fiscal year 1998 pursuant to
24 subsection 1(n) of Section 18-8 of this Code (which was
25 repealed on July 1, 1998), and any high school district that is
26 affected by Public Act 92-28 is entitled to a recomputation of

 

 

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1 its supplemental general State aid grant or State aid paid in
2 any of those fiscal years. This recomputation shall not be
3 affected by any other funding.
4     (1.10) This paragraph (1.10) applies to the 2003-2004
5 school year and each school year thereafter. For purposes of
6 this subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
7 shall, for each fiscal year, be the low-income eligible pupil
8 count as of July 1 of the immediately preceding fiscal year (as
9 determined by the Department of Human Services based on the
10 number of pupils who are eligible for at least one of the
11 following low income programs: Medicaid, KidCare, TANF, or Food
12 Stamps, excluding pupils who are eligible for services provided
13 by the Department of Children and Family Services, averaged
14 over the 2 immediately preceding fiscal years for fiscal year
15 2004 and over the 3 immediately preceding fiscal years for each
16 fiscal year thereafter) divided by the Average Daily Attendance
17 of the school district.
18     (2) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
19 subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 1998-1999,
20 1999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years only:
21         (a) For any school district with a Low Income
22     Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
23     grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by the
24     low income eligible pupil count.
25         (b) For any school district with a Low Income
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1     grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall be $1,100
2     multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
3         (c) For any school district with a Low Income
4     Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
5     grant for the 1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
6     multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
7         (d) For any school district with a Low Income
8     Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for the
9     1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
10     income eligible pupil count.
11         (e) For the 1999-2000 school year, the per pupil amount
12     specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d) immediately
13     above shall be increased to $1,243, $1,600, and $2,000,
14     respectively.
15         (f) For the 2000-2001 school year, the per pupil
16     amounts specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d)
17     immediately above shall be $1,273, $1,640, and $2,050,
18     respectively.
19     (2.5) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
20 subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2002-2003
21 school year:
22         (a) For any school district with a Low Income
23     Concentration Level of less than 10%, the grant for each
24     school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
25     eligible pupil count.
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1     Concentration Level of at least 10% and less than 20%, the
2     grant for each school year shall be $675 multiplied by the
3     low income eligible pupil count.
4         (c) For any school district with a Low Income
5     Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
6     grant for each school year shall be $1,330 multiplied by
7     the low income eligible pupil count.
8         (d) For any school district with a Low Income
9     Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
10     grant for each school year shall be $1,362 multiplied by
11     the low income eligible pupil count.
12         (e) For any school district with a Low Income
13     Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
14     grant for each school year shall be $1,680 multiplied by
15     the low income eligible pupil count.
16         (f) For any school district with a Low Income
17     Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for each
18     school year shall be $2,080 multiplied by the low income
19     eligible pupil count.
20     (2.10) Except as otherwise provided, supplemental general
21 State aid pursuant to this subsection (H) shall be provided as
22 follows for the 2003-2004 school year and each school year
23 thereafter:
24         (a) For any school district with a Low Income
25     Concentration Level of 15% or less, the grant for each
26     school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income

 

 

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1     eligible pupil count.
2         (b) For any school district with a Low Income
3     Concentration Level greater than 15%, the grant for each
4     school year shall be $294.25 added to the product of $2,700
5     and the square of the Low Income Concentration Level, all
6     multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
7     For the 2003-2004 school year and each school year
8 thereafter through the 2008-2009 school year only, the grant
9 shall be no less than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year.
10 For the 2009-2010 school year only, the grant shall be no less
11 than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by
12 0.66. For the 2010-2011 school year only, the grant shall be no
13 less than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by
14 0.33. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph to the
15 contrary, if for any school year supplemental general State aid
16 grants are prorated as provided in paragraph (1) of this
17 subsection (H), then the grants under this paragraph shall be
18 prorated.
19     For the 2003-2004 school year only, the grant shall be no
20 greater than the grant received during the 2002-2003 school
21 year added to the product of 0.25 multiplied by the difference
22 between the grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b)
23 of this paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the
24 grant received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the
25 2004-2005 school year only, the grant shall be no greater than
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1 the product of 0.50 multiplied by the difference between the
2 grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this
3 paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant
4 received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the 2005-2006
5 school year only, the grant shall be no greater than the grant
6 received during the 2002-2003 school year added to the product
7 of 0.75 multiplied by the difference between the grant amount
8 calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this paragraph
9 (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant received during
10 the 2002-2003 school year.
11     (3) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
12 more than 1,000 and less than 50,000 that qualify for
13 supplemental general State aid pursuant to this subsection
14 shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
15 October 30 of each year for the use of the funds resulting from
16 this grant of supplemental general State aid for the
17 improvement of instruction in which priority is given to
18 meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children. Such
19 plan shall be submitted in accordance with rules and
20 regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
21     (4) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
22 50,000 or more that qualify for supplemental general State aid
23 pursuant to this subsection shall be required to distribute
24 from funds available pursuant to this Section, no less than
25 $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

 

 

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1     for any lawful school purpose.
2         (e) Funds received by an attendance center pursuant to
3     this subsection shall be used by the attendance center at
4     the discretion of the principal and local school council
5     for programs to improve educational opportunities at
6     qualifying schools through the following programs and
7     services: early childhood education, reduced class size or
8     improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
9     programs, remedial assistance, attendance improvement, and
10     other educationally beneficial expenditures which
11     supplement the regular and basic programs as determined by
12     the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not be
13     expended for any political or lobbying purposes as defined
14     by board rule.
15         (f) Each district subject to the provisions of this
16     subdivision (H)(4) shall submit an acceptable plan to meet
17     the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
18     compliance with the requirements of this paragraph, to the
19     State Board of Education prior to July 15 of each year.
20     This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of local
21     school councils concerning the school expenditure plans
22     developed in accordance with part 4 of Section 34-2.3. The
23     State Board shall approve or reject the plan within 60 days
24     after its submission. If the plan is rejected, the district
25     shall give written notice of intent to modify the plan
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1     submit a modified plan within 30 days after the date of the
2     written notice of intent to modify. Districts may amend
3     approved plans pursuant to rules promulgated by the State
4     Board of Education.
5         Upon notification by the State Board of Education that
6     the district has not submitted a plan prior to July 15 or a
7     modified plan within the time period specified herein, the
8     State aid funds affected by that plan or modified plan
9     shall be withheld by the State Board of Education until a
10     plan or modified plan is submitted.
11         If the district fails to distribute State aid to
12     attendance centers in accordance with an approved plan, the
13     plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
14     addition to the funds otherwise required by this
15     subsection, to those attendance centers which were
16     underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal to
17     such underfunding.
18         For purposes of determining compliance with this
19     subsection in relation to the requirements of attendance
20     center funding, each district subject to the provisions of
21     this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
22     December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data for
23     the prior year in addition to any modification of its
24     current plan. If it is determined that there has been a
25     failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
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1     State Superintendent of Education shall, within 60 days of
2     receipt of the report, notify the district and any affected
3     local school council. The district shall within 45 days of
4     receipt of that notification inform the State
5     Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
6     action to be taken, whether by amendment of the current
7     plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the
8     following year. Failure to provide the expenditure report
9     or the notification of remedial or corrective action in a
10     timely manner shall result in a withholding of the affected
11     funds.
12         The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and
13     regulations to implement the provisions of this
14     subsection. No funds shall be released under this
15     subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted a
16     plan that has been approved by the State Board of
17     Education.
 
18 (I) (Blank).
 
19 (J) Supplementary Grants in Aid.
20     (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section,
21 but subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection (J), the amount
22 of the aggregate general State aid in combination with
23 supplemental general State aid under this Section for which
24 each school district is eligible shall be no less than the

 

 

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

 

 

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1 figures as described in paragraph (1).
2     (3) (Blank).
3     (4) Beginning with the 2011 fiscal year, Supplementary
4 Grants in Aid under this subsection (J) shall be phased out
5 over 4 years by reducing the amount allocated to school
6 districts each fiscal year, as prorated by the State Board of
7 Education, as follows:
8         (a) The total amount for Supplementary Grants in Aid
9     for Fiscal Year 2011 must not exceed 80% of the total
10     amount for Supplementary Grants in Aid for Fiscal Year
11     2010.
12         (b) The total amount for Supplementary Grants in Aid
13     for Fiscal Year 2012 must not exceed 60% of the total
14     amount for Supplementary Grants in Aid for Fiscal Year
15     2010.
16         (c) The total amount for Supplementary Grants in Aid
17     for Fiscal Year 2013 must not exceed 40% of the total
18     amount for Supplementary Grants in Aid for Fiscal Year
19     2010.
20         (d) The total amount for Supplementary Grants in Aid
21     for Fiscal Year 2014 must not exceed 20% of the total
22     amount for Supplementary Grants in Aid for Fiscal Year
23     2010.
24         (e) Beginning with Fiscal Year 2015, no money shall be
25     appropriated for Supplementary Grants in Aid under this
26     subsection (J).
 

 

 

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1 (K) Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
2     In calculating the amount to be paid to the governing board
3 of a public university that operates a laboratory school under
4 this Section or to any alternative school that is operated by a
5 regional superintendent of schools, the State Board of
6 Education shall require by rule such reporting requirements as
7 it deems necessary.
8     As used in this Section, "laboratory school" means a public
9 school which is created and operated by a public university and
10 approved by the State Board of Education. The governing board
11 of a public university which receives funds from the State
12 Board under this subsection (K) may not increase the number of
13 students enrolled in its laboratory school from a single
14 district, if that district is already sending 50 or more
15 students, except under a mutual agreement between the school
16 board of a student's district of residence and the university
17 which operates the laboratory school. A laboratory school may
18 not have more than 1,000 students, excluding students with
19 disabilities in a special education program.
20     As used in this Section, "alternative school" means a
21 public school which is created and operated by a Regional
22 Superintendent of Schools and approved by the State Board of
23 Education. Such alternative schools may offer courses of
24 instruction for which credit is given in regular school
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1 equivalency testing program or vocational and occupational
2 training. A regional superintendent of schools may contract
3 with a school district or a public community college district
4 to operate an alternative school. An alternative school serving
5 more than one educational service region may be established by
6 the regional superintendents of schools of the affected
7 educational service regions. An alternative school serving
8 more than one educational service region may be operated under
9 such terms as the regional superintendents of schools of those
10 educational service regions may agree.
11     Each laboratory and alternative school shall file, on forms
12 provided by the State Superintendent of Education, an annual
13 State aid claim which states the Average Daily Attendance of
14 the school's students by month. The best 3 months' Average
15 Daily Attendance shall be computed for each school. The general
16 State aid entitlement shall be computed by multiplying the
17 applicable Average Daily Attendance by the Foundation Level as
18 determined under this Section.
 
19 (L) Payments, Additional Grants in Aid and Other Requirements.
20     (1) For a school district operating under the financial
21 supervision of an Authority created under Article 34A, the
22 general State aid otherwise payable to that district under this
23 Section, but not the supplemental general State aid, shall be
24 reduced by an amount equal to the budget for the operations of
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1 of Education, and an amount equal to such reduction shall be
2 paid to the Authority created for such district for its
3 operating expenses in the manner provided in Section 18-11. The
4 remainder of general State school aid for any such district
5 shall be paid in accordance with Article 34A when that Article
6 provides for a disposition other than that provided by this
7 Article.
8     (2) (Blank).
9     (3) Summer school. Summer school payments shall be made as
10 provided in Section 18-4.3.
 
11 (M) Education Funding Advisory Board.
12     The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
13 subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created.
14 The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
15 Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
16 members appointed shall include representatives of education,
17 business, and the general public. One of the members so
18 appointed shall be designated by the Governor at the time the
19 appointment is made as the chairperson of the Board. The
20 initial members of the Board may be appointed any time after
21 the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997. The regular
22 term of each member of the Board shall be for 4 years from the
23 third Monday of January of the year in which the term of the
24 member's appointment is to commence, except that of the 5
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1 is appointed as the chairperson shall serve for a term that
2 commences on the date of his or her appointment and expires on
3 the third Monday of January, 2002, and the remaining 4 members,
4 by lots drawn at the first meeting of the Board that is held
5 after all 5 members are appointed, shall determine 2 of their
6 number to serve for terms that commence on the date of their
7 respective appointments and expire on the third Monday of
8 January, 2001, and 2 of their number to serve for terms that
9 commence on the date of their respective appointments and
10 expire on the third Monday of January, 2000. All members
11 appointed to serve on the Board shall serve until their
12 respective successors are appointed and confirmed. Vacancies
13 shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. If
14 a vacancy in membership occurs at a time when the Senate is not
15 in session, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment
16 until the next meeting of the Senate, when he or she shall
17 appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a
18 person to fill that membership for the unexpired term. If the
19 Senate is not in session when the initial appointments are
20 made, those appointments shall be made as in the case of
21 vacancies.
22     The Education Funding Advisory Board shall be deemed
23 established, and the initial members appointed by the Governor
24 to serve as members of the Board shall take office, on the date
25 that the Governor makes his or her appointment of the fifth
26 initial member of the Board, whether those initial members are

 

 

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1 then serving pursuant to appointment and confirmation or
2 pursuant to temporary appointments that are made by the
3 Governor as in the case of vacancies.
4     The State Board of Education shall provide such staff
5 assistance to the Education Funding Advisory Board as is
6 reasonably required for the proper performance by the Board of
7 its responsibilities.
8     For school years after the 2000-2001 school year, the
9 Education Funding Advisory Board, in consultation with the
10 State Board of Education, shall make recommendations as
11 provided in this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for the
12 foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section and
13 for the supplemental general State aid grant level under
14 subsection (H) of this Section for districts with high
15 concentrations of children from poverty. The recommended
16 foundation level shall be determined based on a methodology
17 which incorporates the basic education expenditures of
18 low-spending schools exhibiting high academic performance. The
19 Education Funding Advisory Board shall make such
20 recommendations to the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
21 numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.
 
22 (N) (Blank).
 
23 (O) References.
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1 Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
2 replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer to
3 the corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to the
4 extent that those references remain applicable.
5     (2) References in other laws to State Chapter 1 funds shall
6 be deemed to refer to the supplemental general State aid
7 provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
 
8 (P) Public Act 93-838 and Public Act 93-808 make inconsistent
9 changes to this Section. Under Section 6 of the Statute on
10 Statutes there is an irreconcilable conflict between Public Act
11 93-808 and Public Act 93-838. Public Act 93-838, being the last
12 acted upon, is controlling. The text of Public Act 93-838 is
13 the law regardless of the text of Public Act 93-808.
14 (Source: P.A. 94-69, eff. 7-1-05; 94-438, eff. 8-4-05; 94-835,
15 eff. 6-6-06; 94-1019, eff. 7-10-06; 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07;
16 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-644, eff. 10-12-07; 95-707, eff.
17 1-11-08; 95-744, eff. 7-18-08; 95-903, eff. 8-25-08; revised
18 9-5-08.)
 
19     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20 becoming law.".