97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4056

 

Introduced , by Rep. Roger L. Eddy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/1D-1

    Amends the Block Grants for Chicago Article of the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, the district shall submit application, approval data, and claim information in the same manner and format as all other school districts for programs provided in the general education and educational services block grant. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
51D-1 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/1D-1)
7    Sec. 1D-1. Block grant funding.
8    (a) For fiscal year 1996 and each fiscal year thereafter,
9the State Board of Education shall award to a school district
10having a population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants a general
11education block grant and an educational services block grant,
12determined as provided in this Section, in lieu of distributing
13to the district separate State funding for the programs
14described in subsections (b) and (c). The provisions of this
15Section, however, do not apply to any federal funds that the
16district is entitled to receive. In accordance with Section
172-3.32, all block grants are subject to an audit. Therefore,
18block grant receipts and block grant expenditures shall be
19recorded to the appropriate fund code for the designated block
20grant.
21    (b) The general education block grant shall include the
22following programs: REI Initiative, Summer Bridges, Preschool
23At Risk, K-6 Comprehensive Arts, School Improvement Support,

 

 

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1Urban Education, Scientific Literacy, Substance Abuse
2Prevention, Second Language Planning, Staff Development,
3Outcomes and Assessment, K-6 Reading Improvement, 7-12
4Continued Reading Improvement, Truants' Optional Education,
5Hispanic Programs, Agriculture Education, Parental Education,
6Prevention Initiative, Report Cards, and Criminal Background
7Investigations. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
8all amounts paid under the general education block grant from
9State appropriations to a school district in a city having a
10population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants shall be appropriated
11and expended by the board of that district for any of the
12programs included in the block grant or any of the board's
13lawful purposes.
14    (c) The educational services block grant shall include the
15following programs: Regular and Vocational Transportation,
16State Lunch and Free Breakfast Program, Special Education
17(Personnel, Transportation, Orphanage, Private Tuition),
18funding for children requiring special education services,
19Summer School, Educational Service Centers, and
20Administrator's Academy. This subsection (c) does not relieve
21the district of its obligation to provide the services required
22under a program that is included within the educational
23services block grant. It is the intention of the General
24Assembly in enacting the provisions of this subsection (c) to
25relieve the district of the administrative burdens that impede
26efficiency and accompany single-program funding. The General

 

 

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1Assembly encourages the board to pursue mandate waivers
2pursuant to Section 2-3.25g.
3    The funding program included in the educational services
4block grant for funding for children requiring special
5education services in each fiscal year shall be treated in that
6fiscal year as a payment to the school district in respect of
7services provided or costs incurred in the prior fiscal year,
8calculated in each case as provided in this Section. Nothing in
9this Section shall change the nature of payments for any
10program that, apart from this Section, would be or, prior to
11adoption or amendment of this Section, was on the basis of a
12payment in a fiscal year in respect of services provided or
13costs incurred in the prior fiscal year, calculated in each
14case as provided in this Section.
15    (d) For fiscal year 1996 and each fiscal year thereafter,
16the amount of the district's block grants shall be determined
17as follows: (i) with respect to each program that is included
18within each block grant, the district shall receive an amount
19equal to the same percentage of the current fiscal year
20appropriation made for that program as the percentage of the
21appropriation received by the district from the 1995 fiscal
22year appropriation made for that program, and (ii) the total
23amount that is due the district under the block grant shall be
24the aggregate of the amounts that the district is entitled to
25receive for the fiscal year with respect to each program that
26is included within the block grant that the State Board of

 

 

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1Education shall award the district under this Section for that
2fiscal year. In the case of the Summer Bridges program, the
3amount of the district's block grant shall be equal to 44% of
4the amount of the current fiscal year appropriation made for
5that program.
6    (e) The district is not required to file any application or
7other claim in order to receive the block grants to which it is
8entitled under this Section through the 2011-2012 school year.
9The State Board of Education shall make payments to the
10district of amounts due under the district's block grants on a
11schedule determined by the State Board of Education. Beginning
12with the 2012-2013 school year, the district shall submit
13application, approval data, and claim information in the same
14manner and format as all other school districts for programs
15provided in the general education and educational services
16block grant.
17    (f) A school district to which this Section applies shall
18report to the State Board of Education on its use of the block
19grants in such form and detail as the State Board of Education
20may specify. In addition, the report must include the following
21description for the district, which must also be reported to
22the General Assembly: block grant allocation and expenditures
23by program; population and service levels by program; and
24administrative expenditures by program. The State Board of
25Education shall ensure that the reporting requirements for the
26district are the same as for all other school districts in this

 

 

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1State.
2    (g) This paragraph provides for the treatment of block
3grants under Article 1C for purposes of calculating the amount
4of block grants for a district under this Section. Those block
5grants under Article 1C are, for this purpose, treated as
6included in the amount of appropriation for the various
7programs set forth in paragraph (b) above. The appropriation in
8each current fiscal year for each block grant under Article 1C
9shall be treated for these purposes as appropriations for the
10individual program included in that block grant. The proportion
11of each block grant so allocated to each such program included
12in it shall be the proportion which the appropriation for that
13program was of all appropriations for such purposes now in that
14block grant, in fiscal 1995.
15    Payments to the school district under this Section with
16respect to each program for which payments to school districts
17generally, as of the date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd
18General Assembly, are on a reimbursement basis shall continue
19to be made to the district on a reimbursement basis, pursuant
20to the provisions of this Code governing those programs.
21    (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school
22district receiving a block grant under this Section may
23classify all or a portion of the funds that it receives in a
24particular fiscal year from any block grant authorized under
25this Code or from general State aid pursuant to Section 18-8.05
26of this Code (other than supplemental general State aid) as

 

 

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1funds received in connection with any funding program for which
2it is entitled to receive funds from the State in that fiscal
3year (including, without limitation, any funding program
4referred to in subsection (c) of this Section), regardless of
5the source or timing of the receipt. The district may not
6classify more funds as funds received in connection with the
7funding program than the district is entitled to receive in
8that fiscal year for that program. Any classification by a
9district must be made by a resolution of its board of
10education. The resolution must identify the amount of any block
11grant or general State aid to be classified under this
12subsection (h) and must specify the funding program to which
13the funds are to be treated as received in connection
14therewith. This resolution is controlling as to the
15classification of funds referenced therein. A certified copy of
16the resolution must be sent to the State Superintendent of
17Education. The resolution shall still take effect even though a
18copy of the resolution has not been sent to the State
19Superintendent of Education in a timely manner. No
20classification under this subsection (h) by a district shall
21affect the total amount or timing of money the district is
22entitled to receive under this Code. No classification under
23this subsection (h) by a district shall in any way relieve the
24district from or affect any requirements that otherwise would
25apply with respect to the block grant as provided in this
26Section, including any accounting of funds by source, reporting

 

 

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1expenditures by original source and purpose, reporting
2requirements, or requirements of provision of services.
3(Source: P.A. 97-238, eff. 8-2-11; 97-324, eff. 8-12-11;
4revised 9-21-11.)
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law.