Full Text of HB2660 98th General Assembly
HB2660ham002 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. William Davis Filed: 4/12/2013
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2660
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2660, AS AMENDED, by | 3 | | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 | | following:
| 5 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 6 | | 27A-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 | 10 | | charter school
shall be included in the pupil enrollment of the | 11 | | school district within which
the
pupil resides. Each charter | 12 | | school (i) shall determine the school district in
which each | 13 | | pupil who is enrolled in the charter school resides,
(ii) shall
| 14 | | report the aggregate number of pupils resident of a school | 15 | | district who are
enrolled in the charter school to the school | 16 | | district in which those pupils
reside, and (iii) shall maintain |
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| 1 | | accurate records of daily attendance that
shall be deemed | 2 | | sufficient to file claims under Section 18-8 notwithstanding
| 3 | | any other requirements of that Section regarding hours of | 4 | | instruction and
teacher certification.
| 5 | | (b) Except for a charter school established by referendum | 6 | | under Section
27A-6.5, as part of a charter school contract, | 7 | | the charter school and the
local
school board shall agree on | 8 | | funding and any services to be provided by the
school district | 9 | | to the charter school.
Agreed funding that a charter school is | 10 | | to receive from the local school
board for a school year shall | 11 | | be paid in
equal quarterly installments with the payment of the
| 12 | | installment for the first quarter being made not later than | 13 | | July 1, unless the
charter establishes a different payment | 14 | | schedule.
| 15 | | All services centrally or otherwise provided by the school | 16 | | district
including, but not limited to, rent, food services, | 17 | | custodial services,
maintenance,
curriculum, media services, | 18 | | libraries, transportation, and warehousing shall be
subject to
| 19 | | negotiation between a charter school and the local school board | 20 | | and paid
for out
of the revenues negotiated pursuant to this | 21 | | subsection (b); provided that the
local school board shall not | 22 | | attempt, by negotiation or otherwise, to obligate
a charter | 23 | | school to provide pupil transportation for pupils for whom a | 24 | | district
is not required to provide transportation under the | 25 | | criteria 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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| 1 | | 125% of the
school district's per capita student tuition | 2 | | multiplied by
the
number of students residing in the district | 3 | | who are enrolled in the charter
school. For charter schools | 4 | | authorized by the Commission, if, for a given school year, the | 5 | | State is paying less than the full claim amount calculated | 6 | | under Section 18-8.05 of this Code, then the payment to the | 7 | | charter school shall be made in an amount equal to the per | 8 | | capita student tuition amount less the Foundation Level amount, | 9 | | as defined in Section 18-8.05 of this Code, plus the Foundation | 10 | | Level amount multiplied by the percentage of the claim under | 11 | | Section 18-8.05 of this Code paid for that school year, as | 12 | | certified by the State Board of Education.
| 13 | | It is the intent of the General Assembly that funding and | 14 | | service agreements
under this subsection (b) shall be neither a | 15 | | financial incentive nor a
financial disincentive to the | 16 | | establishment of a charter school.
| 17 | | The charter school may set and collect reasonable fees. | 18 | | Fees collected
from students enrolled at a charter school shall | 19 | | be retained
by the charter school.
| 20 | | (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this Section, the | 21 | | proportionate share
of State and federal resources generated by | 22 | | students with disabilities or staff
serving them shall be | 23 | | directed to charter schools enrolling those students by
their | 24 | | school districts or administrative units. The proportionate | 25 | | share of
moneys generated under other federal or State | 26 | | categorical aid programs shall be
directed to charter schools |
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| 1 | | serving students eligible for that aid.
| 2 | | (d) The governing body of a charter school is authorized to | 3 | | accept
gifts,
donations, or grants of any kind made to the | 4 | | charter school and to expend or
use gifts, donations, or grants | 5 | | in accordance with the conditions prescribed by
the donor; | 6 | | however, a gift, donation, or grant may not be accepted by the
| 7 | | governing body if it is subject to any condition contrary to | 8 | | applicable law or
contrary
to the terms of the contract between | 9 | | the charter school and the local school
board. Charter schools | 10 | | shall be encouraged to solicit and utilize community
volunteer | 11 | | speakers and other instructional resources when providing | 12 | | instruction
on the Holocaust and other historical events.
| 13 | | (e) (Blank).
| 14 | | (f) The State Board shall provide technical assistance to
| 15 | | persons and groups
preparing or revising charter applications.
| 16 | | (g) At the non-renewal or revocation of its charter, each
| 17 | | charter school
shall refund to the local board of education all | 18 | | unspent funds.
| 19 | | (h) A charter school is authorized to incur temporary, | 20 | | short
term debt to
pay operating expenses in anticipation of | 21 | | receipt of funds from the local
school board.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 90-757, eff. 8-14-98; | 23 | | 91-407, eff.
8-3-99.)
| 24 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 25 | | becoming law.".
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