Rep. William Davis

Filed: 4/12/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2660

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2660, AS AMENDED, by
3replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
627A-11 as follows:
 
7    (105 ILCS 5/27A-11)
8    Sec. 27A-11. Local financing.
9    (a) For purposes of the School Code, pupils enrolled in a
10charter school shall be included in the pupil enrollment of the
11school district within which the pupil resides. Each charter
12school (i) shall determine the school district in which each
13pupil who is enrolled in the charter school resides, (ii) shall
14report the aggregate number of pupils resident of a school
15district who are enrolled in the charter school to the school
16district in which those pupils reside, and (iii) shall maintain

 

 

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1accurate records of daily attendance that shall be deemed
2sufficient to file claims under Section 18-8 notwithstanding
3any other requirements of that Section regarding hours of
4instruction and teacher certification.
5    (b) Except for a charter school established by referendum
6under Section 27A-6.5, as part of a charter school contract,
7the charter school and the local school board shall agree on
8funding and any services to be provided by the school district
9to the charter school. Agreed funding that a charter school is
10to receive from the local school board for a school year shall
11be paid in equal quarterly installments with the payment of the
12installment for the first quarter being made not later than
13July 1, unless the charter establishes a different payment
14schedule.
15    All services centrally or otherwise provided by the school
16district including, but not limited to, rent, food services,
17custodial services, maintenance, curriculum, media services,
18libraries, transportation, and warehousing shall be subject to
19negotiation between a charter school and the local school board
20and paid for out of the revenues negotiated pursuant to this
21subsection (b); provided that the local school board shall not
22attempt, by negotiation or otherwise, to obligate a charter
23school to provide pupil transportation for pupils for whom a
24district is not required to provide transportation under the
25criteria set forth in subsection (a)(13) of Section 27A-7.
26    In no event shall the funding be less than 75% or more than

 

 

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1125% of the school district's per capita student tuition
2multiplied by the number of students residing in the district
3who are enrolled in the charter school. For charter schools
4authorized by the Commission, if, for a given school year, the
5State is paying less than the full claim amount calculated
6under Section 18-8.05 of this Code, then the payment to the
7charter school shall be made in an amount equal to the per
8capita student tuition amount less the Foundation Level amount,
9as defined in Section 18-8.05 of this Code, plus the Foundation
10Level amount multiplied by the percentage of the claim under
11Section 18-8.05 of this Code paid for that school year, as
12certified by the State Board of Education.
13    It is the intent of the General Assembly that funding and
14service agreements under this subsection (b) shall be neither a
15financial incentive nor a financial disincentive to the
16establishment of a charter school.
17    The charter school may set and collect reasonable fees.
18Fees collected from students enrolled at a charter school shall
19be retained by the charter school.
20    (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this Section, the
21proportionate share of State and federal resources generated by
22students with disabilities or staff serving them shall be
23directed to charter schools enrolling those students by their
24school districts or administrative units. The proportionate
25share of moneys generated under other federal or State
26categorical aid programs shall be directed to charter schools

 

 

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1serving students eligible for that aid.
2    (d) The governing body of a charter school is authorized to
3accept gifts, donations, or grants of any kind made to the
4charter school and to expend or use gifts, donations, or grants
5in accordance with the conditions prescribed by the donor;
6however, a gift, donation, or grant may not be accepted by the
7governing body if it is subject to any condition contrary to
8applicable law or contrary to the terms of the contract between
9the charter school and the local school board. Charter schools
10shall be encouraged to solicit and utilize community volunteer
11speakers and other instructional resources when providing
12instruction on the Holocaust and other historical events.
13    (e) (Blank).
14    (f) The State Board shall provide technical assistance to
15persons and groups preparing or revising charter applications.
16    (g) At the non-renewal or revocation of its charter, each
17charter school shall refund to the local board of education all
18unspent funds.
19    (h) A charter school is authorized to incur temporary,
20short term debt to pay operating expenses in anticipation of
21receipt of funds from the local school board.
22(Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 90-757, eff. 8-14-98;
2391-407, eff. 8-3-99.)
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25becoming law.".