Rep. Darlene J. Senger

Filed: 4/11/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3223

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3223 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
510-29 and 18-8.05 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/10-29)
7    Sec. 10-29. Remote educational programs.
8    (a) For purposes of this Section, "remote educational
9program" means an educational program delivered to students in
10the home or other location outside of a school building that
11meets all of the following criteria:
12        (1) A student may participate in the program only after
13    the school district, pursuant to adopted school board
14    policy, and a person authorized to enroll the student under
15    Section 10-20.12b of this Code determine that a remote
16    educational program will best serve the student's

 

 

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1    individual learning needs. The adopted school board policy
2    shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
3            (A) Criteria for determining that a remote
4        educational program will best serve a student's
5        individual learning needs. The criteria must include
6        consideration of, at a minimum, a student's prior
7        attendance, disciplinary record, and academic history.
8            (B) Any limitations on the number of students or
9        grade levels that may participate in a remote
10        educational program.
11            (C) A description of the process that the school
12        district will use to approve participation in the
13        remote educational program. The process must include
14        without limitation a requirement that, for any student
15        who qualifies to receive services pursuant to the
16        federal Individuals with Disabilities Education
17        Improvement Act of 2004, the student's participation
18        in a remote educational program receive prior approval
19        from the student's individualized education program
20        team.
21            (D) A description of the process the school
22        district will use to develop and approve a written
23        remote educational plan that meets the requirements of
24        subdivision (5) of this subsection (a).
25            (E) A description of the system the school district
26        will establish to calculate the number of clock hours a

 

 

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1        student is participating in instruction in accordance
2        with the remote educational program.
3            (F) A description of the process for renewing a
4        remote educational program at the expiration of its
5        term.
6            (G) Such other terms and provisions as the school
7        district deems necessary to provide for the
8        establishment and delivery of a remote educational
9        program.
10        (2) The school district has determined that the remote
11    educational program's curriculum is aligned to State
12    learning standards and that the program offers instruction
13    and educational experiences consistent with those given to
14    students at the same grade level in the district.
15        (3) The remote educational program is delivered by
16    instructors that meet the following qualifications:
17            (A) they are certificated under Article 21 of this
18        Code;
19            (B) they meet applicable highly qualified criteria
20        under the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; and
21            (C) they have responsibility for all of the
22        following elements of the program: planning
23        instruction, diagnosing learning needs, prescribing
24        content delivery through class activities, assessing
25        learning, reporting outcomes to administrators and
26        parents and guardians, and evaluating the effects of

 

 

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1        instruction.
2        (4) During the period of time from and including the
3    opening date to the closing date of the calendar year
4    included within the regular school term of the school
5    district established pursuant to Section 10-19 of this
6    Code, participation in a remote educational program may be
7    claimed for general State aid purposes under Section
8    18-8.05 of this Code on any calendar day, notwithstanding
9    whether the day is a day of pupil attendance or institute
10    day on the school district's calendar or any other
11    provision of law restricting instruction on that day only
12    on days of pupil attendance or institute days included
13    within the school district's calendar established pursuant
14    to Section 10-19 of this Code. If the district holds
15    year-round classes in some buildings, the district shall
16    classify each student's participation in a remote
17    educational program as either on a year-round or a
18    non-year-round schedule for purposes of claiming general
19    State aid. Outside of the regular school term of the
20    district, the remote educational program may be offered as
21    part of any summer school program authorized by this Code.
22        (5) Each student participating in a remote educational
23    program must have a written remote educational plan that
24    has been approved by the school district and a person
25    authorized to enroll the student under Section 10-20.12b of
26    this Code. The school district and a person authorized to

 

 

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1    enroll the student under Section 10-20.12b of this Code
2    must approve any amendment to a remote educational plan.
3    The remote educational plan must include, but is not
4    limited to, all of the following:
5            (A) Specific achievement goals for the student
6        aligned to State learning standards.
7            (B) A description of all assessments that will be
8        used to measure student progress, which description
9        shall indicate the assessments that will be
10        administered at an attendance center within the school
11        district.
12            (C) A description of the progress reports that will
13        be provided to the school district and the person or
14        persons authorized to enroll the student under Section
15        10-20.12b of this Code.
16            (D) Expectations, processes, and schedules for
17        interaction between a teacher and student.
18            (E) A description of the specific responsibilities
19        of the student's family and the school district with
20        respect to equipment, materials, phone and Internet
21        service, and any other requirements applicable to the
22        home or other location outside of a school building
23        necessary for the delivery of the remote educational
24        program.
25            (F) If applicable, a description of how the remote
26        educational program will be delivered in a manner

 

 

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1        consistent with the student's individualized education
2        program required by Section 614(d) of the federal
3        Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement
4        Act of 2004 or plan to ensure compliance with Section
5        504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
6            (G) A description of the procedures and
7        opportunities for participation in academic and
8        extra-curricular activities and programs within the
9        school district.
10            (H) The identification of a parent, guardian, or
11        other responsible adult who will provide direct
12        supervision of the program. The plan must include an
13        acknowledgment by the parent, guardian, or other
14        responsible adult that he or she may engage only in
15        non-teaching duties not requiring instructional
16        judgment or the evaluation of a student. The plan shall
17        designate the parent, guardian, or other responsible
18        adult as non-teaching personnel or volunteer personnel
19        under subsection (a) of Section 10-22.34 of this Code.
20            (I) The identification of a school district
21        administrator who will oversee the remote educational
22        program on behalf of the school district and who may be
23        contacted by the student's parents with respect to any
24        issues or concerns with the program.
25            (J) The term of the student's participation in the
26        remote educational program, which may not extend for

 

 

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1        longer than 12 months, unless the term is renewed by
2        the district in accordance with subdivision (7) of this
3        subsection (a).
4            (K) A description of the specific location or
5        locations in which the program will be delivered. If
6        the remote educational program is to be delivered to a
7        student in any location other than the student's home,
8        the plan must include a written determination by the
9        school district that the location will provide a
10        learning environment appropriate for the delivery of
11        the program. The location or locations in which the
12        program will be delivered shall be deemed a long
13        distance teaching reception area under subsection (a)
14        of Section 10-22.34 of this Code.
15            (L) Certification by the school district that the
16        plan meets all other requirements of this Section.
17        (6) Students participating in a remote educational
18    program must be enrolled in a school district attendance
19    center pursuant to the school district's enrollment policy
20    or policies. A student participating in a remote
21    educational program must be tested as part of all
22    assessments administered by the school district pursuant
23    to Section 2-3.64 of this Code at the attendance center in
24    which the student is enrolled and in accordance with the
25    attendance center's assessment policies and schedule. The
26    student must be included within all adequate yearly

 

 

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1    progress and other accountability determinations for the
2    school district and attendance center under State and
3    federal law.
4        (7) The term of a student's participation in a remote
5    educational program may not extend for longer than 12
6    months, unless the term is renewed by the school district.
7    The district may only renew a student's participation in a
8    remote educational program following an evaluation of the
9    student's progress in the program, a determination that the
10    student's continuation in the program will best serve the
11    student's individual learning needs, and an amendment to
12    the student's written remote educational plan addressing
13    any changes for the upcoming term of the program.
14    (b) A school district may, by resolution of its school
15board, establish a remote educational program.
16    (c) Clock hours of instruction Days of attendance by
17students in a remote educational program meeting the
18requirements of this Section may be claimed by the school
19district and shall be counted as school work for general State
20aid purposes in accordance with and subject to the limitations
21of Section 18-8.05 of this Code.
22    (d) The impact of remote educational programs on wages,
23hours, and terms and conditions of employment of educational
24employees within the school district shall be subject to local
25collective bargaining agreements.
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1building for a remote educational program shall not cause the
2home or other location to be deemed a public school facility.
3    (f) A remote educational program may be used, but is not
4required, for instruction delivered to a student in the home or
5other location outside of a school building that is not claimed
6for general State aid purposes under Section 18-8.05 of this
7Code.
8    (g) School districts that, pursuant to this Section, adopt
9a policy for a remote educational program must submit to the
10State Board of Education a copy of the policy and any
11amendments thereto, as well as data on student participation in
12a format specified by the State Board of Education. The State
13Board of Education may perform or contract with an outside
14entity to perform an evaluation of remote educational programs
15in this State.
16    (h) The State Board of Education may adopt any rules
17necessary to ensure compliance by remote educational programs
18with the requirements of this Section and other applicable
19legal requirements.
20(Source: P.A. 96-684, eff. 8-25-09.)
 
21    (105 ILCS 5/18-8.05)
22    Sec. 18-8.05. Basis for apportionment of general State
23financial aid and supplemental general State aid to the common
24schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school years.
 

 

 

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1(A) General Provisions.
2    (1) The provisions of this Section apply to the 1998-1999
3and subsequent school years. The system of general State
4financial aid provided for in this Section is designed to
5assure that, through a combination of State financial aid and
6required local resources, the financial support provided each
7pupil in Average Daily Attendance equals or exceeds a
8prescribed per pupil Foundation Level. This formula approach
9imputes a level of per pupil Available Local Resources and
10provides for the basis to calculate a per pupil level of
11general State financial aid that, when added to Available Local
12Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level. The amount
13of per pupil general State financial aid for school districts,
14in general, varies in inverse relation to Available Local
15Resources. Per pupil amounts are based upon each school
16district's Average Daily Attendance as that term is defined in
17this Section.
18    (2) In addition to general State financial aid, school
19districts with specified levels or concentrations of pupils
20from low income households are eligible to receive supplemental
21general State financial aid grants as provided pursuant to
22subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants provided for
23school districts under subsection (H) shall be appropriated for
24distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
25in which the general State financial aid of school districts is
26appropriated under this Section.

 

 

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1    (3) To receive financial assistance under this Section,
2school districts are required to file claims with the State
3Board of Education, subject to the following requirements:
4        (a) Any school district which fails for any given
5    school year to maintain school as required by law, or to
6    maintain a recognized school is not eligible to file for
7    such school year any claim upon the Common School Fund. In
8    case of nonrecognition of one or more attendance centers in
9    a school district otherwise operating recognized schools,
10    the claim of the district shall be reduced in the
11    proportion which the Average Daily Attendance in the
12    attendance center or centers bear to the Average Daily
13    Attendance in the school district. A "recognized school"
14    means any public school which meets the standards as
15    established for recognition by the State Board of
16    Education. A school district or attendance center not
17    having recognition status at the end of a school term is
18    entitled to receive State aid payments due upon a legal
19    claim which was filed while it was recognized.
20        (b) School district claims filed under this Section are
21    subject to Sections 18-9 and 18-12, except as otherwise
22    provided in this Section.
23        (c) If a school district operates a full year school
24    under Section 10-19.1, the general State aid to the school
25    district shall be determined by the State Board of
26    Education in accordance with this Section as near as may be

 

 

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1    applicable.
2        (d) (Blank).
3    (4) Except as provided in subsections (H) and (L), the
4board of any district receiving any of the grants provided for
5in this Section may apply those funds to any fund so received
6for which that board is authorized to make expenditures by law.
7    School districts are not required to exert a minimum
8Operating Tax Rate in order to qualify for assistance under
9this Section.
10    (5) As used in this Section the following terms, when
11capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
12        (a) "Average Daily Attendance": A count of pupil
13    attendance in school, averaged as provided for in
14    subsection (C) and utilized in deriving per pupil financial
15    support levels.
16        (b) "Available Local Resources": A computation of
17    local financial support, calculated on the basis of Average
18    Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant to
19    subsection (D).
20        (c) "Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes":
21    Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to "An Act in
22    relation to the abolition of ad valorem personal property
23    tax and the replacement of revenues lost thereby, and
24    amending and repealing certain Acts and parts of Acts in
25    connection therewith", certified August 14, 1979, as
26    amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).

 

 

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1        (d) "Foundation Level": A prescribed level of per pupil
2    financial support as provided for in subsection (B).
3        (e) "Operating Tax Rate": All school district property
4    taxes extended for all purposes, except Bond and Interest,
5    Summer School, Rent, Capital Improvement, and Vocational
6    Education Building purposes.
 
7(B) Foundation Level.
8    (1) The Foundation Level is a figure established by the
9State representing the minimum level of per pupil financial
10support that should be available to provide for the basic
11education of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance. As set
12forth in this Section, each school district is assumed to exert
13a sufficient local taxing effort such that, in combination with
14the aggregate of general State financial aid provided the
15district, an aggregate of State and local resources are
16available to meet the basic education needs of pupils in the
17district.
18    (2) For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation Level of
19support is $4,225. For the 1999-2000 school year, the
20Foundation Level of support is $4,325. For the 2000-2001 school
21year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425. For the
222001-2002 school year and 2002-2003 school year, the Foundation
23Level of support is $4,560. For the 2003-2004 school year, the
24Foundation Level of support is $4,810. For the 2004-2005 school
25year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,964. For the

 

 

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12005-2006 school year, the Foundation Level of support is
2$5,164. For the 2006-2007 school year, the Foundation Level of
3support is $5,334. For the 2007-2008 school year, the
4Foundation Level of support is $5,734. For the 2008-2009 school
5year, the Foundation Level of support is $5,959.
6    (3) For the 2009-2010 school year and each school year
7thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $6,119 or such
8greater amount as may be established by law by the General
9Assembly.
 
10(C) Average Daily Attendance.
11    (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant
12to subsection (E), an Average Daily Attendance figure shall be
13utilized. The Average Daily Attendance figure for formula
14calculation purposes shall be the monthly average of the actual
15number of pupils in attendance of each school district, as
16further averaged for the best 3 months of pupil attendance for
17each school district. In compiling the figures for the number
18of pupils in attendance, school districts and the State Board
19of Education shall, for purposes of general State aid funding,
20conform attendance figures to the requirements of subsection
21(F).
22    (2) The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
23subsection (E) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
24school year immediately preceding the school year for which
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1attendance data for the 3 preceding school years, whichever is
2greater. The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
3subsection (H) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
4school year immediately preceding the school year for which
5general State aid is being calculated.
 
6(D) Available Local Resources.
7    (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant
8to subsection (E), a representation of Available Local
9Resources per pupil, as that term is defined and determined in
10this subsection, shall be utilized. Available Local Resources
11per pupil shall include a calculated dollar amount representing
12local school district revenues from local property taxes and
13from Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes, expressed
14on the basis of pupils in Average Daily Attendance. Calculation
15of Available Local Resources shall exclude any tax amnesty
16funds received as a result of Public Act 93-26.
17    (2) In determining a school district's revenue from local
18property taxes, the State Board of Education shall utilize the
19equalized assessed valuation of all taxable property of each
20school district as of September 30 of the previous year. The
21equalized assessed valuation utilized shall be obtained and
22determined as provided in subsection (G).
23    (3) For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten
24through 12, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be
25calculated as the product of the applicable equalized assessed

 

 

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1valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%, and divided by
2the district's Average Daily Attendance figure. For school
3districts maintaining grades kindergarten through 8, local
4property tax revenues per pupil shall be calculated as the
5product of the applicable equalized assessed valuation for the
6district multiplied by 2.30%, and divided by the district's
7Average Daily Attendance figure. For school districts
8maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax revenues
9per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed valuation
10of the district multiplied by 1.05%, and divided by the
11district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
12    For partial elementary unit districts created pursuant to
13Article 11E of this Code, local property tax revenues per pupil
14shall be calculated as the product of the equalized assessed
15valuation for property within the partial elementary unit
16district for elementary purposes, as defined in Article 11E of
17this Code, multiplied by 2.06% and divided by the district's
18Average Daily Attendance figure, plus the product of the
19equalized assessed valuation for property within the partial
20elementary unit district for high school purposes, as defined
21in Article 11E of this Code, multiplied by 0.94% and divided by
22the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
23    (4) The Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes paid
24to each school district during the calendar year one year
25before the calendar year in which a school year begins, divided
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1be added to the local property tax revenues per pupil as
2derived by the application of the immediately preceding
3paragraph (3). The sum of these per pupil figures for each
4school district shall constitute Available Local Resources as
5that term is utilized in subsection (E) in the calculation of
6general State aid.
 
7(E) Computation of General State Aid.
8    (1) For each school year, the amount of general State aid
9allotted to a school district shall be computed by the State
10Board of Education as provided in this subsection.
11    (2) For any school district for which Available Local
12Resources per pupil is less than the product of 0.93 times the
13Foundation Level, general State aid for that district shall be
14calculated as an amount equal to the Foundation Level minus
15Available Local Resources, multiplied by the Average Daily
16Attendance of the school district.
17    (3) For any school district for which Available Local
18Resources per pupil is equal to or greater than the product of
190.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the product of
201.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
21pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the Foundation Level
22derived using a linear algorithm. Under this linear algorithm,
23the calculated general State aid per pupil shall decline in
24direct linear fashion from 0.07 times the Foundation Level for
25a school district with Available Local Resources equal to the

 

 

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1product of 0.93 times the Foundation Level, to 0.05 times the
2Foundation Level for a school district with Available Local
3Resources equal to the product of 1.75 times the Foundation
4Level. The allocation of general State aid for school districts
5subject to this paragraph 3 shall be the calculated general
6State aid per pupil figure multiplied by the Average Daily
7Attendance of the school district.
8    (4) For any school district for which Available Local
9Resources per pupil equals or exceeds the product of 1.75 times
10the Foundation Level, the general State aid for the school
11district shall be calculated as the product of $218 multiplied
12by the Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
13    (5) The amount of general State aid allocated to a school
14district for the 1999-2000 school year meeting the requirements
15set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) shall be increased
16by an amount equal to the general State aid that would have
17been received by the district for the 1998-1999 school year by
18utilizing the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed
19Valuation as calculated in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) less
20the general State aid allotted for the 1998-1999 school year.
21This amount shall be deemed a one time increase, and shall not
22affect any future general State aid allocations.
 
23(F) Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
24    (1) Each school district shall, by July 1 of each year,
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1the State Board of Education, attendance figures for the school
2year that began in the preceding calendar year. The attendance
3information so transmitted shall identify the average daily
4attendance figures for each month of the school year. Beginning
5with the general State aid claim form for the 2002-2003 school
6year, districts shall calculate Average Daily Attendance as
7provided in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of this paragraph
8(1).
9        (a) In districts that do not hold year-round classes,
10    days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
11    September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
12    to the month of May.
13        (b) In districts in which all buildings hold year-round
14    classes, days of attendance in July and August shall be
15    added to the month of September and any days of attendance
16    in June shall be added to the month of May.
17        (c) In districts in which some buildings, but not all,
18    hold year-round classes, for the non-year-round buildings,
19    days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
20    September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
21    to the month of May. The average daily attendance for the
22    year-round buildings shall be computed as provided in
23    subdivision (b) of this paragraph (1). To calculate the
24    Average Daily Attendance for the district, the average
25    daily attendance for the year-round buildings shall be
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1    buildings for each month and added to the monthly
2    attendance of the non-year-round buildings.
3    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, days of
4attendance by pupils shall be counted only for sessions of not
5less than 5 clock hours of school work per day under direct
6supervision of: (i) teachers, or (ii) non-teaching personnel or
7volunteer personnel when engaging in non-teaching duties and
8supervising in those instances specified in subsection (a) of
9Section 10-22.34 and paragraph 10 of Section 34-18, with pupils
10of legal school age and in kindergarten and grades 1 through
1112.
12    Days of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited
13only to the districts that pay the tuition to a recognized
14school.
15    (2) Days of attendance by pupils of less than 5 clock hours
16of school shall be subject to the following provisions in the
17compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
18        (a) Pupils regularly enrolled in a public school for
19    only a part of the school day may be counted on the basis
20    of 1/6 day for every class hour of instruction of 40
21    minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment,
22    unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of 80
23    minutes or more of instruction, in which case the pupil may
24    be counted on the basis of the proportion of minutes of
25    school work completed each day to the minimum number of
26    minutes that school work is required to be held that day.

 

 

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1        (b) Days of attendance may be less than 5 clock hours
2    on the opening and closing of the school term, and upon the
3    first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by a day or days
4    utilized as an institute or teachers' workshop.
5        (c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be counted
6    as a day of attendance upon certification by the regional
7    superintendent, and approved by the State Superintendent
8    of Education to the extent that the district has been
9    forced to use daily multiple sessions.
10        (d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be counted
11    as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder of the school
12    day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that day is
13    utilized for an in-service training program for teachers,
14    up to a maximum of 5 days per school year, provided a
15    district conducts an in-service training program for
16    teachers in accordance with Section 10-22.39 of this Code;
17    or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be used, in
18    which event each such day may be counted as a day required
19    for a legal school calendar pursuant to Section 10-19 of
20    this Code; (1.5) when, of the 5 days allowed under item
21    (1), a maximum of 4 days are used for parent-teacher
22    conferences, or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days are
23    used, in which case each such day may be counted as a
24    calendar day required under Section 10-19 of this Code,
25    provided that the full-day, parent-teacher conference
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1    parent-teacher conferences, (ii) both a minimum of 2 clock
2    hours of parent-teacher conferences held in the evening
3    following a full day of student attendance, as specified in
4    subsection (F)(1)(c), and a minimum of 3 clock hours of
5    parent-teacher conferences held on the day immediately
6    following evening parent-teacher conferences, or (iii)
7    multiple parent-teacher conferences held in the evenings
8    following full days of student attendance, as specified in
9    subsection (F)(1)(c), in which the time used for the
10    parent-teacher conferences is equivalent to a minimum of 5
11    clock hours; and (2) when days in addition to those
12    provided in items (1) and (1.5) are scheduled by a school
13    pursuant to its school improvement plan adopted under
14    Article 34 or its revised or amended school improvement
15    plan adopted under Article 2, provided that (i) such
16    sessions of 3 or more clock hours are scheduled to occur at
17    regular intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in
18    which such sessions occur are utilized for in-service
19    training programs or other staff development activities
20    for teachers, and (iii) a sufficient number of minutes of
21    school work under the direct supervision of teachers are
22    added to the school days between such regularly scheduled
23    sessions to accumulate not less than the number of minutes
24    by which such sessions of 3 or more clock hours fall short
25    of 5 clock hours. Any full days used for the purposes of
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1    average daily attendance. Days scheduled for in-service
2    training programs, staff development activities, or
3    parent-teacher conferences may be scheduled separately for
4    different grade levels and different attendance centers of
5    the district.
6        (e) A session of not less than one clock hour of
7    teaching hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or by
8    telephone to the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day of
9    attendance, however these pupils must receive 4 or more
10    clock hours of instruction to be counted for a full day of
11    attendance.
12        (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be counted
13    as a day of attendance for first grade pupils, and pupils
14    in full day kindergartens, and a session of 2 or more hours
15    may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by pupils in
16    kindergartens which provide only 1/2 day of attendance.
17        (g) For children with disabilities who are below the
18    age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock hours
19    because of their disability or immaturity, a session of not
20    less than one clock hour may be counted as 1/2 day of
21    attendance; however for such children whose educational
22    needs so require a session of 4 or more clock hours may be
23    counted as a full day of attendance.
24        (h) A recognized kindergarten which provides for only
25    1/2 day of attendance by each pupil shall not have more
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1    kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance in any 5
2    consecutive school days. When a pupil attends such a
3    kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school day, the
4    pupil shall have the following day as a day absent from
5    school, unless the school district obtains permission in
6    writing from the State Superintendent of Education.
7    Attendance at kindergartens which provide for a full day of
8    attendance by each pupil shall be counted the same as
9    attendance by first grade pupils. Only the first year of
10    attendance in one kindergarten shall be counted, except in
11    case of children who entered the kindergarten in their
12    fifth year whose educational development requires a second
13    year of kindergarten as determined under the rules and
14    regulations of the State Board of Education.
15        (i) On the days when the Prairie State Achievement
16    Examination is administered under subsection (c) of
17    Section 2-3.64 of this Code, the day of attendance for a
18    pupil whose school day must be shortened to accommodate
19    required testing procedures may be less than 5 clock hours
20    and shall be counted towards the 176 days of actual pupil
21    attendance required under Section 10-19 of this Code,
22    provided that a sufficient number of minutes of school work
23    in excess of 5 clock hours are first completed on other
24    school days to compensate for the loss of school work on
25    the examination days.
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1    established under Section 10-29 of this Code may be counted
2    on the basis of one-fifth day of attendance for every clock
3    hour of instruction attended in the remote educational
4    program, provided that, in any month, the school district
5    may not claim for a student enrolled in a remote
6    educational program more days of attendance than the
7    maximum number of days of attendance the district can claim
8    (i) for students enrolled in a building holding year-round
9    classes if the student is classified as participating in
10    the remote educational program on a year-round schedule or
11    (ii) for students enrolled in a building not holding
12    year-round classes if the student is not classified as
13    participating in the remote educational program on a
14    year-round schedule.
 
15(G) Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
16    (1) For purposes of the calculation of Available Local
17Resources required pursuant to subsection (D), the State Board
18of Education shall secure from the Department of Revenue the
19value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue of
20all taxable property of every school district, together with
21(i) the applicable tax rate used in extending taxes for the
22funds of the district as of September 30 of the previous year
23and (ii) the limiting rate for all school districts subject to
24property tax extension limitations as imposed under the
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1    The Department of Revenue shall add to the equalized
2assessed value of all taxable property of each school district
3situated entirely or partially within a county that is or was
4subject to the provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the
5Property Tax Code (a) an amount equal to the total amount by
6which the homestead exemption allowed under Section 15-176 or
715-177 of the Property Tax Code for real property situated in
8that school district exceeds the total amount that would have
9been allowed in that school district if the maximum reduction
10under Section 15-176 was (i) $4,500 in Cook County or $3,500 in
11all other counties in tax year 2003 or (ii) $5,000 in all
12counties in tax year 2004 and thereafter and (b) an amount
13equal to the aggregate amount for the taxable year of all
14additional exemptions under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax
15Code for owners with a household income of $30,000 or less. The
16county clerk of any county that is or was subject to the
17provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code
18shall annually calculate and certify to the Department of
19Revenue for each school district all homestead exemption
20amounts under Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code
21and all amounts of additional exemptions under Section 15-175
22of the Property Tax Code for owners with a household income of
23$30,000 or less. It is the intent of this paragraph that if the
24general homestead exemption for a parcel of property is
25determined under Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax
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1Available Local Resources shall not be affected by the
2difference, if any, between the amount of the general homestead
3exemption allowed for that parcel of property under Section
415-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code and the amount that
5would have been allowed had the general homestead exemption for
6that parcel of property been determined under Section 15-175 of
7the Property Tax Code. It is further the intent of this
8paragraph that if additional exemptions are allowed under
9Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code for owners with a
10household income of less than $30,000, then the calculation of
11Available Local Resources shall not be affected by the
12difference, if any, because of those additional exemptions.
13    This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
14the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
15calculation of Available Local Resources.
16    (2) The equalized assessed valuation in paragraph (1) shall
17be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
18        (a) For the purposes of calculating State aid under
19    this Section, with respect to any part of a school district
20    within a redevelopment project area in respect to which a
21    municipality has adopted tax increment allocation
22    financing pursuant to the Tax Increment Allocation
23    Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through 11-74.4-11
24    of the Illinois Municipal Code or the Industrial Jobs
25    Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through 11-74.6-50 of the
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1    assessed valuation of real property located in any such
2    project area which is attributable to an increase above the
3    total initial equalized assessed valuation of such
4    property shall be used as part of the equalized assessed
5    valuation of the district, until such time as all
6    redevelopment project costs have been paid, as provided in
7    Section 11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment Allocation
8    Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of the
9    Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose of the
10    equalized assessed valuation of the district, the total
11    initial equalized assessed valuation or the current
12    equalized assessed valuation, whichever is lower, shall be
13    used until such time as all redevelopment project costs
14    have been paid.
15        (b) The real property equalized assessed valuation for
16    a school district shall be adjusted by subtracting from the
17    real property value as equalized or assessed by the
18    Department of Revenue for the district an amount computed
19    by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes under
20    Section 18-170 of the Property Tax Code by 3.00% for a
21    district maintaining grades kindergarten through 12, by
22    2.30% for a district maintaining grades kindergarten
23    through 8, or by 1.05% for a district maintaining grades 9
24    through 12 and adjusted by an amount computed by dividing
25    the amount of any abatement of taxes under subsection (a)
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1    percentage rates for district type as specified in this
2    subparagraph (b).
3    (3) For the 1999-2000 school year and each school year
4thereafter, if a school district meets all of the criteria of
5this subsection (G)(3), the school district's Available Local
6Resources shall be calculated under subsection (D) using the
7district's Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation
8as calculated under this subsection (G)(3).
9    For purposes of this subsection (G)(3) the following terms
10shall have the following meanings:
11        "Budget Year": The school year for which general State
12    aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
13        "Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used to
14    calculate the Budget Year allocation of general State aid.
15        "Preceding Tax Year": The property tax levy year
16    immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
17        "Base Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of the
18    equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County Clerk
19    in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting rate as
20    calculated by the County Clerk and defined in the Property
21    Tax Extension Limitation Law.
22        "Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of
23    the equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County
24    Clerk in the Preceding Tax Year multiplied by the Operating
25    Tax Rate as defined in subsection (A).
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1    certified by the County Clerk, in which the numerator is
2    the Base Tax Year's Tax Extension and the denominator is
3    the Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension.
4        "Operating Tax Rate": The operating tax rate as defined
5    in subsection (A).
6    If a school district is subject to property tax extension
7limitations as imposed under the Property Tax Extension
8Limitation Law, the State Board of Education shall calculate
9the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of that
10district. For the 1999-2000 school year, the Extension
11Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as
12calculated by the State Board of Education shall be equal to
13the product of the district's 1996 Equalized Assessed Valuation
14and the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. Except as
15otherwise provided in this paragraph for a school district that
16has approved or does approve an increase in its limiting rate,
17for the 2000-2001 school year and each school year thereafter,
18the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a
19school district as calculated by the State Board of Education
20shall be equal to the product of the Equalized Assessed
21Valuation last used in the calculation of general State aid and
22the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension
23Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as
24calculated under this subsection (G)(3) is less than the
25district's equalized assessed valuation as calculated pursuant
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1calculating the district's general State aid for the Budget
2Year pursuant to subsection (E), that Extension Limitation
3Equalized Assessed Valuation shall be utilized to calculate the
4district's Available Local Resources under subsection (D). For
5the 2009-2010 school year and each school year thereafter, if a
6school district has approved or does approve an increase in its
7limiting rate, pursuant to Section 18-190 of the Property Tax
8Code, affecting the Base Tax Year, the Extension Limitation
9Equalized Assessed Valuation of the school district, as
10calculated by the State Board of Education, shall be equal to
11the product of the Equalized Assessed Valuation last used in
12the calculation of general State aid times an amount equal to
13one plus the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price
14Index for all Urban Consumers for all items published by the
15United States Department of Labor for the 12-month calendar
16year preceding the Base Tax Year, plus the Equalized Assessed
17Valuation of new property, annexed property, and recovered tax
18increment value and minus the Equalized Assessed Valuation of
19disconnected property. New property and recovered tax
20increment value shall have the meanings set forth in the
21Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
22    Partial elementary unit districts created in accordance
23with Article 11E of this Code shall not be eligible for the
24adjustment in this subsection (G)(3) until the fifth year
25following the effective date of the reorganization.
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1thereafter, if a school district's boundaries span multiple
2counties, then the Department of Revenue shall send to the
3State Board of Education, for the purpose of calculating
4general State aid, the limiting rate and individual rates by
5purpose for the county that contains the majority of the school
6district's Equalized Assessed Valuation.
7    (4) For the purposes of calculating general State aid for
8the 1999-2000 school year only, if a school district
9experienced a triennial reassessment on the equalized assessed
10valuation used in calculating its general State financial aid
11apportionment for the 1998-1999 school year, the State Board of
12Education shall calculate the Extension Limitation Equalized
13Assessed Valuation that would have been used to calculate the
14district's 1998-1999 general State aid. This amount shall equal
15the product of the equalized assessed valuation used to
16calculate general State aid for the 1997-1998 school year and
17the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension
18Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of the school district
19as calculated under this paragraph (4) is less than the
20district's equalized assessed valuation utilized in
21calculating the district's 1998-1999 general State aid
22allocation, then for purposes of calculating the district's
23general State aid pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection (E),
24that Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation shall
25be utilized to calculate the district's Available Local
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1    (5) For school districts having a majority of their
2equalized assessed valuation in any county except Cook, DuPage,
3Kane, Lake, McHenry, or Will, if the amount of general State
4aid allocated to the school district for the 1999-2000 school
5year under the provisions of subsection (E), (H), and (J) of
6this Section is less than the amount of general State aid
7allocated to the district for the 1998-1999 school year under
8these subsections, then the general State aid of the district
9for the 1999-2000 school year only shall be increased by the
10difference between these amounts. The total payments made under
11this paragraph (5) shall not exceed $14,000,000. Claims shall
12be prorated if they exceed $14,000,000.
 
13(H) Supplemental General State Aid.
14    (1) In addition to the general State aid a school district
15is allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying school
16districts shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction with a
17district's payments of general State aid, for supplemental
18general State aid based upon the concentration level of
19children from low-income households within the school
20district. Supplemental State aid grants provided for school
21districts under this subsection shall be appropriated for
22distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
23in which the general State financial aid of school districts is
24appropriated under this Section.
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1years preceding the 2003-2004 school year. For purposes of this
2subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
3shall be the low-income eligible pupil count from the most
4recently available federal census divided by the Average Daily
5Attendance of the school district. If, however, (i) the
6percentage decrease from the 2 most recent federal censuses in
7the low-income eligible pupil count of a high school district
8with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or more the
9percentage change in the total low-income eligible pupil count
10of contiguous elementary school districts, whose boundaries
11are coterminous with the high school district, or (ii) a high
12school district within 2 counties and serving 5 elementary
13school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous with the
14high school district, has a percentage decrease from the 2 most
15recent federal censuses in the low-income eligible pupil count
16and there is a percentage increase in the total low-income
17eligible pupil count of a majority of the elementary school
18districts in excess of 50% from the 2 most recent federal
19censuses, then the high school district's low-income eligible
20pupil count from the earlier federal census shall be the number
21used as the low-income eligible pupil count for the high school
22district, for purposes of this subsection (H). The changes made
23to this paragraph (1) by Public Act 92-28 shall apply to
24supplemental general State aid grants for school years
25preceding the 2003-2004 school year that are paid in fiscal
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1fiscal year 1994 through fiscal year 1998 pursuant to
2subsection 1(n) of Section 18-8 of this Code (which was
3repealed on July 1, 1998), and any high school district that is
4affected by Public Act 92-28 is entitled to a recomputation of
5its supplemental general State aid grant or State aid paid in
6any of those fiscal years. This recomputation shall not be
7affected by any other funding.
8    (1.10) This paragraph (1.10) applies to the 2003-2004
9school year and each school year thereafter. For purposes of
10this subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
11shall, for each fiscal year, be the low-income eligible pupil
12count as of July 1 of the immediately preceding fiscal year (as
13determined by the Department of Human Services based on the
14number of pupils who are eligible for at least one of the
15following low income programs: Medicaid, the Children's Health
16Insurance Program, TANF, or Food Stamps, excluding pupils who
17are eligible for services provided by the Department of
18Children and Family Services, averaged over the 2 immediately
19preceding fiscal years for fiscal year 2004 and over the 3
20immediately preceding fiscal years for each fiscal year
21thereafter) divided by the Average Daily Attendance of the
22school district.
23    (2) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
24subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 1998-1999,
251999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years only:
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1    Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
2    grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by the
3    low income eligible pupil count.
4        (b) For any school district with a Low Income
5    Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
6    grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall be $1,100
7    multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
8        (c) For any school district with a Low Income
9    Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
10    grant for the 1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
11    multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
12        (d) For any school district with a Low Income
13    Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for the
14    1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
15    income eligible pupil count.
16        (e) For the 1999-2000 school year, the per pupil amount
17    specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d) immediately
18    above shall be increased to $1,243, $1,600, and $2,000,
19    respectively.
20        (f) For the 2000-2001 school year, the per pupil
21    amounts specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d)
22    immediately above shall be $1,273, $1,640, and $2,050,
23    respectively.
24    (2.5) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
25subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2002-2003
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1        (a) For any school district with a Low Income
2    Concentration Level of less than 10%, the grant for each
3    school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
4    eligible pupil count.
5        (b) For any school district with a Low Income
6    Concentration Level of at least 10% and less than 20%, the
7    grant for each school year shall be $675 multiplied by the
8    low income eligible pupil count.
9        (c) For any school district with a Low Income
10    Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
11    grant for each school year shall be $1,330 multiplied by
12    the low income eligible pupil count.
13        (d) For any school district with a Low Income
14    Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
15    grant for each school year shall be $1,362 multiplied by
16    the low income eligible pupil count.
17        (e) For any school district with a Low Income
18    Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
19    grant for each school year shall be $1,680 multiplied by
20    the low income eligible pupil count.
21        (f) For any school district with a Low Income
22    Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for each
23    school year shall be $2,080 multiplied by the low income
24    eligible pupil count.
25    (2.10) Except as otherwise provided, supplemental general
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1follows for the 2003-2004 school year and each school year
2thereafter:
3        (a) For any school district with a Low Income
4    Concentration Level of 15% or less, the grant for each
5    school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
6    eligible pupil count.
7        (b) For any school district with a Low Income
8    Concentration Level greater than 15%, the grant for each
9    school year shall be $294.25 added to the product of $2,700
10    and the square of the Low Income Concentration Level, all
11    multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
12    For the 2003-2004 school year and each school year
13thereafter through the 2008-2009 school year only, the grant
14shall be no less than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year.
15For the 2009-2010 school year only, the grant shall be no less
16than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by
170.66. For the 2010-2011 school year only, the grant shall be no
18less than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by
190.33. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph to the
20contrary, if for any school year supplemental general State aid
21grants are prorated as provided in paragraph (1) of this
22subsection (H), then the grants under this paragraph shall be
23prorated.
24    For the 2003-2004 school year only, the grant shall be no
25greater than the grant received during the 2002-2003 school
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1between the grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b)
2of this paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the
3grant received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the
42004-2005 school year only, the grant shall be no greater than
5the grant received during the 2002-2003 school year added to
6the product of 0.50 multiplied by the difference between the
7grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this
8paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant
9received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the 2005-2006
10school year only, the grant shall be no greater than the grant
11received during the 2002-2003 school year added to the product
12of 0.75 multiplied by the difference between the grant amount
13calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this paragraph
14(2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant received during
15the 2002-2003 school year.
16    (3) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
17more than 1,000 and less than 50,000 that qualify for
18supplemental general State aid pursuant to this subsection
19shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
20October 30 of each year for the use of the funds resulting from
21this grant of supplemental general State aid for the
22improvement of instruction in which priority is given to
23meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children. Such
24plan shall be submitted in accordance with rules and
25regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
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150,000 or more that qualify for supplemental general State aid
2pursuant to this subsection shall be required to distribute
3from funds available pursuant to this Section, no less than
4$261,000,000 in accordance with the following requirements:
5        (a) The required amounts shall be distributed to the
6    attendance centers within the district in proportion to the
7    number of pupils enrolled at each attendance center who are
8    eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunches or
9    breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966
10    and under the National School Lunch Act during the
11    immediately preceding school year.
12        (b) The distribution of these portions of supplemental
13    and general State aid among attendance centers according to
14    these requirements shall not be compensated for or
15    contravened by adjustments of the total of other funds
16    appropriated to any attendance centers, and the Board of
17    Education shall utilize funding from one or several sources
18    in order to fully implement this provision annually prior
19    to the opening of school.
20        (c) Each attendance center shall be provided by the
21    school district a distribution of noncategorical funds and
22    other categorical funds to which an attendance center is
23    entitled under law in order that the general State aid and
24    supplemental general State aid provided by application of
25    this subsection supplements rather than supplants the
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1    by the school district to the attendance centers.
2        (d) Any funds made available under this subsection that
3    by reason of the provisions of this subsection are not
4    required to be allocated and provided to attendance centers
5    may be used and appropriated by the board of the district
6    for any lawful school purpose.
7        (e) Funds received by an attendance center pursuant to
8    this subsection shall be used by the attendance center at
9    the discretion of the principal and local school council
10    for programs to improve educational opportunities at
11    qualifying schools through the following programs and
12    services: early childhood education, reduced class size or
13    improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
14    programs, remedial assistance, attendance improvement, and
15    other educationally beneficial expenditures which
16    supplement the regular and basic programs as determined by
17    the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not be
18    expended for any political or lobbying purposes as defined
19    by board rule.
20        (f) Each district subject to the provisions of this
21    subdivision (H)(4) shall submit an acceptable plan to meet
22    the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
23    compliance with the requirements of this paragraph, to the
24    State Board of Education prior to July 15 of each year.
25    This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of local
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1    developed in accordance with part 4 of Section 34-2.3. The
2    State Board shall approve or reject the plan within 60 days
3    after its submission. If the plan is rejected, the district
4    shall give written notice of intent to modify the plan
5    within 15 days of the notification of rejection and then
6    submit a modified plan within 30 days after the date of the
7    written notice of intent to modify. Districts may amend
8    approved plans pursuant to rules promulgated by the State
9    Board of Education.
10        Upon notification by the State Board of Education that
11    the district has not submitted a plan prior to July 15 or a
12    modified plan within the time period specified herein, the
13    State aid funds affected by that plan or modified plan
14    shall be withheld by the State Board of Education until a
15    plan or modified plan is submitted.
16        If the district fails to distribute State aid to
17    attendance centers in accordance with an approved plan, the
18    plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
19    addition to the funds otherwise required by this
20    subsection, to those attendance centers which were
21    underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal to
22    such underfunding.
23        For purposes of determining compliance with this
24    subsection in relation to the requirements of attendance
25    center funding, each district subject to the provisions of
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1    December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data for
2    the prior year in addition to any modification of its
3    current plan. If it is determined that there has been a
4    failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
5    subsection regarding contravention or supplanting, the
6    State Superintendent of Education shall, within 60 days of
7    receipt of the report, notify the district and any affected
8    local school council. The district shall within 45 days of
9    receipt of that notification inform the State
10    Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
11    action to be taken, whether by amendment of the current
12    plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the
13    following year. Failure to provide the expenditure report
14    or the notification of remedial or corrective action in a
15    timely manner shall result in a withholding of the affected
16    funds.
17        The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and
18    regulations to implement the provisions of this
19    subsection. No funds shall be released under this
20    subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted a
21    plan that has been approved by the State Board of
22    Education.
 
23(I) (Blank).
 
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1    (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section,
2the amount of the aggregate general State aid in combination
3with supplemental general State aid under this Section for
4which each school district is eligible shall be no less than
5the amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that
6was received by the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of
7amounts received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that
8Section) for the 1997-98 school year, pursuant to the
9provisions of that Section as it was then in effect. If a
10school district qualifies to receive a supplementary payment
11made under this subsection (J), the amount of the aggregate
12general State aid in combination with supplemental general
13State aid under this Section which that district is eligible to
14receive for each school year shall be no less than the amount
15of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that was
16received by the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of
17amounts received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that
18Section) for the 1997-1998 school year, pursuant to the
19provisions of that Section as it was then in effect.
20    (2) If, as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection
21(J), a school district is to receive aggregate general State
22aid in combination with supplemental general State aid under
23this Section for the 1998-99 school year and any subsequent
24school year that in any such school year is less than the
25amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that the
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1district shall also receive, from a separate appropriation made
2for purposes of this subsection (J), a supplementary payment
3that is equal to the amount of the difference in the aggregate
4State aid figures as described in paragraph (1).
5    (3) (Blank).
 
6(K) Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
7    In calculating the amount to be paid to the governing board
8of a public university that operates a laboratory school under
9this Section or to any alternative school that is operated by a
10regional superintendent of schools, the State Board of
11Education shall require by rule such reporting requirements as
12it deems necessary.
13    As used in this Section, "laboratory school" means a public
14school which is created and operated by a public university and
15approved by the State Board of Education. The governing board
16of a public university which receives funds from the State
17Board under this subsection (K) may not increase the number of
18students enrolled in its laboratory school from a single
19district, if that district is already sending 50 or more
20students, except under a mutual agreement between the school
21board of a student's district of residence and the university
22which operates the laboratory school. A laboratory school may
23not have more than 1,000 students, excluding students with
24disabilities in a special education program.
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1public school which is created and operated by a Regional
2Superintendent of Schools and approved by the State Board of
3Education. Such alternative schools may offer courses of
4instruction for which credit is given in regular school
5programs, courses to prepare students for the high school
6equivalency testing program or vocational and occupational
7training. A regional superintendent of schools may contract
8with a school district or a public community college district
9to operate an alternative school. An alternative school serving
10more than one educational service region may be established by
11the regional superintendents of schools of the affected
12educational service regions. An alternative school serving
13more than one educational service region may be operated under
14such terms as the regional superintendents of schools of those
15educational service regions may agree.
16    Each laboratory and alternative school shall file, on forms
17provided by the State Superintendent of Education, an annual
18State aid claim which states the Average Daily Attendance of
19the school's students by month. The best 3 months' Average
20Daily Attendance shall be computed for each school. The general
21State aid entitlement shall be computed by multiplying the
22applicable Average Daily Attendance by the Foundation Level as
23determined under this Section.
 
24(L) Payments, Additional Grants in Aid and Other Requirements.
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1supervision of an Authority created under Article 34A, the
2general State aid otherwise payable to that district under this
3Section, but not the supplemental general State aid, shall be
4reduced by an amount equal to the budget for the operations of
5the Authority as certified by the Authority to the State Board
6of Education, and an amount equal to such reduction shall be
7paid to the Authority created for such district for its
8operating expenses in the manner provided in Section 18-11. The
9remainder of general State school aid for any such district
10shall be paid in accordance with Article 34A when that Article
11provides for a disposition other than that provided by this
12Article.
13    (2) (Blank).
14    (3) Summer school. Summer school payments shall be made as
15provided in Section 18-4.3.
 
16(M) Education Funding Advisory Board.
17    The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
18subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created.
19The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
20Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
21members appointed shall include representatives of education,
22business, and the general public. One of the members so
23appointed shall be designated by the Governor at the time the
24appointment is made as the chairperson of the Board. The
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1the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997. The regular
2term of each member of the Board shall be for 4 years from the
3third Monday of January of the year in which the term of the
4member's appointment is to commence, except that of the 5
5initial members appointed to serve on the Board, the member who
6is appointed as the chairperson shall serve for a term that
7commences on the date of his or her appointment and expires on
8the third Monday of January, 2002, and the remaining 4 members,
9by lots drawn at the first meeting of the Board that is held
10after all 5 members are appointed, shall determine 2 of their
11number to serve for terms that commence on the date of their
12respective appointments and expire on the third Monday of
13January, 2001, and 2 of their number to serve for terms that
14commence on the date of their respective appointments and
15expire on the third Monday of January, 2000. All members
16appointed to serve on the Board shall serve until their
17respective successors are appointed and confirmed. Vacancies
18shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. If
19a vacancy in membership occurs at a time when the Senate is not
20in session, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment
21until the next meeting of the Senate, when he or she shall
22appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a
23person to fill that membership for the unexpired term. If the
24Senate is not in session when the initial appointments are
25made, those appointments shall be made as in the case of
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1    The Education Funding Advisory Board shall be deemed
2established, and the initial members appointed by the Governor
3to serve as members of the Board shall take office, on the date
4that the Governor makes his or her appointment of the fifth
5initial member of the Board, whether those initial members are
6then serving pursuant to appointment and confirmation or
7pursuant to temporary appointments that are made by the
8Governor as in the case of vacancies.
9    The State Board of Education shall provide such staff
10assistance to the Education Funding Advisory Board as is
11reasonably required for the proper performance by the Board of
12its responsibilities.
13    For school years after the 2000-2001 school year, the
14Education Funding Advisory Board, in consultation with the
15State Board of Education, shall make recommendations as
16provided in this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for the
17foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section and
18for the supplemental general State aid grant level under
19subsection (H) of this Section for districts with high
20concentrations of children from poverty. The recommended
21foundation level shall be determined based on a methodology
22which incorporates the basic education expenditures of
23low-spending schools exhibiting high academic performance. The
24Education Funding Advisory Board shall make such
25recommendations to the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
26numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.
 

 

 

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1(N) (Blank).
 
2(O) References.
3    (1) References in other laws to the various subdivisions of
4Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
5replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer to
6the corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to the
7extent that those references remain applicable.
8    (2) References in other laws to State Chapter 1 funds shall
9be deemed to refer to the supplemental general State aid
10provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
 
11(P) Public Act 93-838 and Public Act 93-808 make inconsistent
12changes to this Section. Under Section 6 of the Statute on
13Statutes there is an irreconcilable conflict between Public Act
1493-808 and Public Act 93-838. Public Act 93-838, being the last
15acted upon, is controlling. The text of Public Act 93-838 is
16the law regardless of the text of Public Act 93-808.
17(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-644, eff. 10-12-07;
1895-707, eff. 1-11-08; 95-744, eff. 7-18-08; 95-903, eff.
198-25-08; 96-45, eff. 7-15-09; 96-152, eff. 8-7-09; 96-300, eff.
208-11-09; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 96-640, eff. 8-24-09; 96-959,
21eff. 7-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1480, eff. 11-18-10;
22revised 11-24-10.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.".