Full Text of HB0007 102nd General Assembly
HB0007ham001 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Rita Mayfield Filed: 4/12/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 7
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 7 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 1. This Act may be referred to as the Classrooms | 5 | | First Act. | 6 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 7 | | 11E-135 and by adding Section 11E-140 as follows: | 8 | | (105 ILCS 5/11E-135) | 9 | | Sec. 11E-135. Incentives. Except as provided under Section | 10 | | 11E-140, for For districts reorganizing under this Article and | 11 | | for a district or districts that annex all of the territory of | 12 | | one or more entire other school districts in accordance with | 13 | | Article 7 of this Code, the following payments shall be made | 14 | | from appropriations made for these purposes: | 15 | | (a)(1) For a combined school district, as defined in |
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| 1 | | Section 11E-20 of this Code, or for a unit district, as defined | 2 | | in Section 11E-25 of this Code, for its first year of | 3 | | existence, the general State aid and supplemental general | 4 | | State aid calculated under Section 18-8.05 of this Code or the | 5 | | evidence-based funding calculated under Section 18-8.15 of | 6 | | this Code, as applicable, shall be computed for the new | 7 | | district and for the previously existing districts for which | 8 | | property is totally included within the new district. If the | 9 | | computation on the basis of the previously existing districts | 10 | | is greater, a supplementary payment equal to the difference | 11 | | shall be made for the first 4 years of existence of the new | 12 | | district. | 13 | | (2) For a school district that annexes all of the | 14 | | territory of one or more entire other school districts as | 15 | | defined in Article 7 of this Code, for the first year during | 16 | | which the change of boundaries attributable to the annexation | 17 | | becomes effective for all purposes, as determined under | 18 | | Section 7-9 of this Code, the general State aid and | 19 | | supplemental general State aid calculated under Section | 20 | | 18-8.05 of this Code or the evidence-based funding calculated | 21 | | under Section 18-8.15 of this Code, as applicable, shall be | 22 | | computed for the annexing district as constituted after the | 23 | | annexation and for the annexing and each annexed district as | 24 | | constituted prior to the annexation; and if the computation on | 25 | | the basis of the annexing and annexed districts as constituted | 26 | | prior to the annexation is greater, then a supplementary |
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| 1 | | payment equal to the difference shall be made for the first 4 | 2 | | years of existence of the annexing school district as | 3 | | constituted upon the annexation. | 4 | | (3) For 2 or more school districts that annex all of the | 5 | | territory of one or more entire other school districts, as | 6 | | defined in Article 7 of this Code, for the first year during | 7 | | which the change of boundaries attributable to the annexation | 8 | | becomes effective for all purposes, as determined under | 9 | | Section 7-9 of this Code, the general State aid and | 10 | | supplemental general State aid calculated under Section | 11 | | 18-8.05 of this Code or the evidence-based funding calculated | 12 | | under Section 18-8.15 of this Code, as applicable, shall be | 13 | | computed for each annexing district as constituted after the | 14 | | annexation and for each annexing and annexed district as | 15 | | constituted prior to the annexation; and if the aggregate of | 16 | | the general State aid and supplemental general State aid or | 17 | | evidence-based funding, as applicable, as so computed for the | 18 | | annexing districts as constituted after the annexation is less | 19 | | than the aggregate of the general State aid and supplemental | 20 | | general State aid or evidence-based funding, as applicable, as | 21 | | so computed for the annexing and annexed districts, as | 22 | | constituted prior to the annexation, then a supplementary | 23 | | payment equal to the difference shall be made and allocated | 24 | | between or among the annexing districts, as constituted upon | 25 | | the annexation, for the first 4 years of their existence. The | 26 | | total difference payment shall be allocated between or among |
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| 1 | | the annexing districts in the same ratio as the pupil | 2 | | enrollment from that portion of the annexed district or | 3 | | districts that is annexed to each annexing district bears to | 4 | | the total pupil enrollment from the entire annexed district or | 5 | | districts, as such pupil enrollment is determined for the | 6 | | school year last ending prior to the date when the change of | 7 | | boundaries attributable to the annexation becomes effective | 8 | | for all purposes. The amount of the total difference payment | 9 | | and the amount thereof to be allocated to the annexing | 10 | | districts shall be computed by the State Board of Education on | 11 | | the basis of pupil enrollment and other data that shall be | 12 | | certified to the State Board of Education, on forms that it | 13 | | shall provide for that purpose, by the regional superintendent | 14 | | of schools for each educational service region in which the | 15 | | annexing and annexed districts are located. | 16 | | (4) For a school district conversion, as defined in | 17 | | Section 11E-15 of this Code, or a multi-unit conversion, as | 18 | | defined in subsection (b) of Section 11E-30 of this Code, if in | 19 | | their first year of existence the newly created elementary | 20 | | districts and the newly created high school district, from a | 21 | | school district conversion, or the newly created elementary | 22 | | district or districts and newly created combined high school - | 23 | | unit district, from a multi-unit conversion, qualify for less | 24 | | general State aid under Section 18-8.05 of this Code or | 25 | | evidence-based funding under Section 18-8.15 of this Code than | 26 | | would have been payable under Section 18-8.05 or 18-8.15, as |
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| 1 | | applicable, for that same year to the previously existing | 2 | | districts, then a supplementary payment equal to that | 3 | | difference shall be made for the first 4 years of existence of | 4 | | the newly created districts. The aggregate amount of each | 5 | | supplementary payment shall be allocated among the newly | 6 | | created districts in the proportion that the deemed pupil | 7 | | enrollment in each district during its first year of existence | 8 | | bears to the actual aggregate pupil enrollment in all of the | 9 | | districts during their first year of existence. For purposes | 10 | | of each allocation: | 11 | | (A) the deemed pupil enrollment of the newly created | 12 | | high school district from a school district conversion | 13 | | shall be an amount equal to its actual pupil enrollment | 14 | | for its first year of existence multiplied by 1.25; | 15 | | (B) the deemed pupil enrollment of each newly created | 16 | | elementary district from a school district conversion | 17 | | shall be an amount equal to its actual pupil enrollment | 18 | | for its first year of existence reduced by an amount equal | 19 | | to the product obtained when the amount by which the newly | 20 | | created high school district's deemed pupil enrollment | 21 | | exceeds its actual pupil enrollment for its first year of | 22 | | existence is multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of | 23 | | which is the actual pupil enrollment of the newly created | 24 | | elementary district for its first year of existence and | 25 | | the denominator of which is the actual aggregate pupil | 26 | | enrollment of all of the newly created elementary |
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| 1 | | districts for their first year of existence; | 2 | | (C) the deemed high school pupil enrollment of the | 3 | | newly created combined high school - unit district from a | 4 | | multi-unit conversion shall be an amount equal to its | 5 | | actual grades 9 through 12 pupil enrollment for its first | 6 | | year of existence multiplied by 1.25; and | 7 | | (D) the deemed elementary pupil enrollment of each | 8 | | newly created district from a multi-unit conversion shall | 9 | | be an amount equal to each district's actual grade K | 10 | | through 8 pupil enrollment for its first year of | 11 | | existence, reduced by an amount equal to the product | 12 | | obtained when the amount by which the newly created | 13 | | combined high school - unit district's deemed high school | 14 | | pupil enrollment exceeds its actual grade 9 through 12 | 15 | | pupil enrollment for its first year of existence is | 16 | | multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the | 17 | | actual grade K through 8 pupil enrollment of each newly | 18 | | created district for its first year of existence and the | 19 | | denominator of which is the actual aggregate grade K | 20 | | through 8 pupil enrollment of all such newly created | 21 | | districts for their first year of existence. | 22 | | The aggregate amount of each supplementary payment under | 23 | | this subdivision (4) and the amount thereof to be allocated to | 24 | | the newly created districts shall be computed by the State | 25 | | Board of Education on the basis of pupil enrollment and other | 26 | | data, which shall be certified to the State Board of |
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| 1 | | Education, on forms that it shall provide for that purpose, by | 2 | | the regional superintendent of schools for each educational | 3 | | service region in which the newly created districts are | 4 | | located.
| 5 | | (5) For a partial elementary unit district, as defined in | 6 | | subsection (a) or (c) of Section 11E-30 of this Code, if, in | 7 | | the first year of existence, the newly created partial | 8 | | elementary unit district qualifies for less general State aid | 9 | | and supplemental general State aid under Section 18-8.05 of | 10 | | this Code or less evidence-based funding under Section 18-8.15 | 11 | | of this Code, as applicable, than would have been payable | 12 | | under those Sections for that same year to the previously | 13 | | existing districts that formed the partial elementary unit | 14 | | district, then a supplementary payment equal to that | 15 | | difference shall be made to the partial elementary unit | 16 | | district for the first 4 years of existence of that newly | 17 | | created district. | 18 | | (6) For an elementary opt-in, as described in subsection | 19 | | (d) of Section 11E-30 of this Code, the general State aid or | 20 | | evidence-based funding difference shall be computed in | 21 | | accordance with paragraph (5) of this subsection (a) as if the | 22 | | elementary opt-in was included in an optional elementary unit | 23 | | district at the optional elementary unit district's original | 24 | | effective date. If the calculation in this paragraph (6) is | 25 | | less than that calculated in paragraph (5) of this subsection | 26 | | (a) at the optional elementary unit district's original |
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| 1 | | effective date, then no adjustments may be made. If the | 2 | | calculation in this paragraph (6) is more than that calculated | 3 | | in paragraph (5) of this subsection (a) at the optional | 4 | | elementary unit district's original effective date, then the | 5 | | excess must be paid as follows: | 6 | | (A) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is | 7 | | one year after the effective date for the optional | 8 | | elementary unit district, 100% of the calculated excess | 9 | | shall be paid to the optional elementary unit district in | 10 | | each of the first 4 years after the effective date of the | 11 | | elementary opt-in. | 12 | | (B) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is | 13 | | 2 years after the effective date for the optional | 14 | | elementary unit district, 75% of the calculated excess | 15 | | shall be paid to the optional elementary unit district in | 16 | | each of the first 4 years after the effective date of the | 17 | | elementary opt-in. | 18 | | (C) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is | 19 | | 3 years after the effective date for the optional | 20 | | elementary unit district, 50% of the calculated excess | 21 | | shall be paid to the optional elementary unit district in | 22 | | each of the first 4 years after the effective date of the | 23 | | elementary opt-in. | 24 | | (D) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is | 25 | | 4 years after the effective date for the optional | 26 | | elementary unit district, 25% of the calculated excess |
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| 1 | | shall be paid to the optional elementary unit district in | 2 | | each of the first 4 years after the effective date of the | 3 | | elementary opt-in. | 4 | | (E) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is | 5 | | 5 years after the effective date for the optional | 6 | | elementary unit district, the optional elementary unit | 7 | | district is not eligible for any additional incentives due | 8 | | to the elementary opt-in. | 9 | | (6.5) For a school district that annexes territory | 10 | | detached from another school district whereby the enrollment | 11 | | of the annexing district increases by 90% or more as a result | 12 | | of the annexation, for the first year during which the change | 13 | | of boundaries attributable to the annexation becomes effective | 14 | | for all purposes as determined under Section 7-9 of this Code, | 15 | | the general State aid and supplemental general State aid or | 16 | | evidence-based funding, as applicable, calculated under this | 17 | | Section shall be computed for the district gaining territory | 18 | | and the district losing territory as constituted after the | 19 | | annexation and for the same districts as constituted prior to | 20 | | the annexation; and if the aggregate of the general State aid | 21 | | and supplemental general State aid or evidence-based funding, | 22 | | as applicable, as so computed for the district gaining | 23 | | territory and the district losing territory as constituted | 24 | | after the annexation is less than the aggregate of the general | 25 | | State aid and supplemental general State aid or evidence-based | 26 | | funding, as applicable, as so computed for the district |
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| 1 | | gaining territory and the district losing territory as | 2 | | constituted prior to the annexation, then a supplementary | 3 | | payment shall be made to the annexing district for the first 4 | 4 | | years of existence after the annexation, equal to the | 5 | | difference multiplied by the ratio of student enrollment in | 6 | | the territory detached to the total student enrollment in the | 7 | | district losing territory for the year prior to the effective | 8 | | date of the annexation. The amount of the total difference and | 9 | | the proportion paid to the annexing district shall be computed | 10 | | by the State Board of Education on the basis of pupil | 11 | | enrollment and other data that must be submitted to the State | 12 | | Board of Education in accordance with Section 7-14A of this | 13 | | Code. The changes to this Section made by Public Act 95-707
are | 14 | | intended to be retroactive and applicable to any annexation | 15 | | taking effect on or after July 1, 2004. For annexations that | 16 | | are eligible for payments under this paragraph (6.5) and that | 17 | | are effective on or after July 1, 2004, but before January 11, | 18 | | 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-707), the first | 19 | | required yearly payment under this paragraph (6.5) shall be | 20 | | paid in the fiscal year of January 11, 2008 (the effective date | 21 | | of Public Act 95-707). Subsequent required yearly payments | 22 | | shall be paid in subsequent fiscal years until the payment | 23 | | obligation under this paragraph (6.5) is complete. | 24 | | (7) Claims for financial assistance under this subsection | 25 | | (a) may not be recomputed except as expressly provided under | 26 | | Section 18-8.05 or 18-8.15 of this Code. |
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| 1 | | (8) Any supplementary payment made under this subsection | 2 | | (a) must be treated as separate from all other payments made | 3 | | pursuant to Section 18-8.05 or 18-8.15 of this Code. | 4 | | (b)(1) After the formation of a combined school district, | 5 | | as defined in Section 11E-20 of this Code, or a unit district, | 6 | | as defined in Section 11E-25 of this Code, a computation shall | 7 | | be made to determine the difference between the salaries | 8 | | effective in each of the previously existing districts on June | 9 | | 30, prior to the creation of the new district. For the first 4 | 10 | | years after the formation of the new district, a supplementary | 11 | | State aid reimbursement shall be paid to the new district | 12 | | equal to the difference between the sum of the salaries earned | 13 | | by each of the certificated members of the new district, while | 14 | | employed in one of the previously existing districts during | 15 | | the year immediately preceding the formation of the new | 16 | | district, and the sum of the salaries those certificated | 17 | | members would have been paid during the year immediately prior | 18 | | to the formation of the new district if placed on the salary | 19 | | schedule of the previously existing district with the highest | 20 | | salary schedule. | 21 | | (2) After the territory of one or more school districts is | 22 | | annexed by one or more other school districts as defined in | 23 | | Article 7 of this Code, a computation shall be made to | 24 | | determine the difference between the salaries effective in | 25 | | each annexed district and in the annexing district or | 26 | | districts as they were each constituted on June 30 preceding |
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| 1 | | the date when the change of boundaries attributable to the | 2 | | annexation became effective for all purposes, as determined | 3 | | under Section 7-9 of this Code. For the first 4 years after the | 4 | | annexation, a supplementary State aid reimbursement shall be | 5 | | paid to each annexing district as constituted after the | 6 | | annexation equal to the difference between the sum of the | 7 | | salaries earned by each of the certificated members of the | 8 | | annexing district as constituted after the annexation, while | 9 | | employed in an annexed or annexing district during the year | 10 | | immediately preceding the annexation, and the sum of the | 11 | | salaries those certificated members would have been paid | 12 | | during the immediately preceding year if placed on the salary | 13 | | schedule of whichever of the annexing or annexed districts had | 14 | | the highest salary schedule during the immediately preceding | 15 | | year. | 16 | | (3) For each new high school district formed under a | 17 | | school district conversion, as defined in Section 11E-15 of | 18 | | this Code, the State shall make a supplementary payment for 4 | 19 | | years equal to the difference between the sum of the salaries | 20 | | earned by each certified member of the new high school | 21 | | district, while employed in one of the previously existing | 22 | | districts, and the sum of the salaries those certified members | 23 | | would have been paid if placed on the salary schedule of the | 24 | | previously existing district with the highest salary schedule. | 25 | | (4) For each newly created partial elementary unit | 26 | | district, the State shall make a supplementary payment for 4 |
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| 1 | | years equal to the difference between the sum of the salaries | 2 | | earned by each certified member of the newly created partial | 3 | | elementary unit district, while employed in one of the | 4 | | previously existing districts that formed the partial | 5 | | elementary unit district, and the sum of the salaries those | 6 | | certified members would have been paid if placed on the salary | 7 | | schedule of the previously existing district with the highest | 8 | | salary schedule. The salary schedules used in the calculation | 9 | | shall be those in effect in the previously existing districts | 10 | | for the school year prior to the creation of the new partial | 11 | | elementary unit district. | 12 | | (5) For an elementary district opt-in, as described in | 13 | | subsection (d) of Section 11E-30 of this Code, the salary | 14 | | difference incentive shall be computed in accordance with | 15 | | paragraph (4) of this subsection (b) as if the opted-in | 16 | | elementary district was included in the optional elementary | 17 | | unit district at the optional elementary unit district's | 18 | | original effective date. If the calculation in this paragraph | 19 | | (5) is less than that calculated in paragraph (4) of this | 20 | | subsection (b) at the optional elementary unit district's | 21 | | original effective date, then no adjustments may be made. If | 22 | | the calculation in this paragraph (5) is more than that | 23 | | calculated in paragraph (4) of this subsection (b) at the | 24 | | optional elementary unit district's original effective date, | 25 | | then the excess must be paid as follows: | 26 | | (A) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is |
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| 1 | | one year after the effective date for the optional | 2 | | elementary unit district, 100% of the calculated excess | 3 | | shall be paid to the optional elementary unit district in | 4 | | each of the first 4 years after the effective date of the | 5 | | elementary opt-in. | 6 | | (B) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is | 7 | | 2 years after the effective date for the optional | 8 | | elementary unit district, 75% of the calculated excess | 9 | | shall be paid to the optional elementary unit district in | 10 | | each of the first 4 years after the effective date of the | 11 | | elementary opt-in. | 12 | | (C) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is | 13 | | 3 years after the effective date for the optional | 14 | | elementary unit district, 50% of the calculated excess | 15 | | shall be paid to the optional elementary unit district in | 16 | | each of the first 4 years after the effective date of the | 17 | | elementary opt-in. | 18 | | (D) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is | 19 | | 4 years after the effective date for the partial | 20 | | elementary unit district, 25% of the calculated excess | 21 | | shall be paid to the optional elementary unit district in | 22 | | each of the first 4 years after the effective date of the | 23 | | elementary opt-in. | 24 | | (E) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is | 25 | | 5 years after the effective date for the optional | 26 | | elementary unit district, the optional elementary unit |
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| 1 | | district is not eligible for any additional incentives due | 2 | | to the elementary opt-in. | 3 | | (5.5) After the formation of a cooperative high school by | 4 | | 2 or more school districts under Section 10-22.22c of this | 5 | | Code, a computation shall be made to determine the difference | 6 | | between the salaries effective in each of the previously | 7 | | existing high schools on June 30 prior to the formation of the | 8 | | cooperative high school. For the first 4 years after the | 9 | | formation of the cooperative high school, a supplementary | 10 | | State aid reimbursement shall be paid to the cooperative high | 11 | | school equal to the difference between the sum of the salaries | 12 | | earned by each of the certificated members of the cooperative | 13 | | high school while employed in one of the previously existing | 14 | | high schools during the year immediately preceding the | 15 | | formation of the cooperative high school and the sum of the | 16 | | salaries those certificated members would have been paid | 17 | | during the year immediately prior to the formation of the | 18 | | cooperative high school if placed on the salary schedule of | 19 | | the previously existing high school with the highest salary | 20 | | schedule. | 21 | | (5.10) After the annexation of territory detached from
| 22 | | another school district whereby the enrollment of the annexing
| 23 | | district increases by 90% or more as a result of the
| 24 | | annexation, a computation shall be made to determine the
| 25 | | difference between the salaries effective in the district
| 26 | | gaining territory and the district losing territory as they
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| 1 | | each were constituted on June 30 preceding the date when the
| 2 | | change of boundaries attributable to the annexation became
| 3 | | effective for all purposes as determined under Section 7-9 of
| 4 | | this Code. For the first 4 years after the annexation, a
| 5 | | supplementary State aid reimbursement shall be paid to the
| 6 | | annexing district equal to the difference between the sum of
| 7 | | the salaries earned by each of the certificated members of the
| 8 | | annexing district as constituted after the annexation while
| 9 | | employed in the district gaining territory or the district
| 10 | | losing territory during the year immediately preceding the
| 11 | | annexation and the sum of the salaries those certificated
| 12 | | members would have been paid during such immediately preceding
| 13 | | year if placed on the salary schedule of whichever of the
| 14 | | district gaining territory or district losing territory had | 15 | | the
highest salary schedule during the immediately preceding | 16 | | year.
To be eligible for supplementary State aid reimbursement | 17 | | under
this Section, the intergovernmental agreement to be | 18 | | submitted
pursuant to Section 7-14A of this Code must show | 19 | | that staff
members were transferred from the control of the | 20 | | district
losing territory to the control of the district | 21 | | gaining
territory in the annexation. The changes to this | 22 | | Section made
by Public Act 95-707
are
intended to be | 23 | | retroactive and applicable to any annexation
taking effect on | 24 | | or after July 1, 2004. For annexations that are eligible for | 25 | | payments under this paragraph (5.10) and that are effective on | 26 | | or after July 1, 2004, but before January 11, 2008 (the |
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| 1 | | effective date of Public Act 95-707), the first required | 2 | | yearly payment under this paragraph (5.10) shall be paid in | 3 | | the fiscal year of January 11, 2008 (the effective date of | 4 | | Public Act 95-707). Subsequent required yearly payments shall | 5 | | be paid in subsequent fiscal years until the payment | 6 | | obligation under this paragraph (5.10) is complete.
| 7 | | (5.15)
After the deactivation of a school facility in | 8 | | accordance with Section 10-22.22b of this Code, a computation | 9 | | shall be made to determine the difference between the salaries | 10 | | effective in the sending school district and each receiving | 11 | | school district on June 30 prior to the deactivation of the | 12 | | school facility. For the lesser of the first 4 years after the | 13 | | deactivation of the school facility or the length of the | 14 | | deactivation agreement, including any renewals of the original | 15 | | deactivation agreement, a supplementary State aid | 16 | | reimbursement shall be paid to each receiving district equal | 17 | | to the difference between the sum of the salaries earned by | 18 | | each of the certificated members transferred to that receiving | 19 | | district as a result of the deactivation while employed in the | 20 | | sending district during the year immediately preceding the | 21 | | deactivation and the sum of the salaries those certificated | 22 | | members would have been paid during the year immediately | 23 | | preceding the deactivation if placed on the salary schedule of | 24 | | the sending or receiving district with the highest salary | 25 | | schedule. | 26 | | (6) The supplementary State aid reimbursement under this |
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| 1 | | subsection (b) shall be treated as separate from all other | 2 | | payments made pursuant to Section 18-8.05 of this Code. In the | 3 | | case of the formation of a new district or cooperative high | 4 | | school or a deactivation, reimbursement shall begin during the | 5 | | first year of operation of the new district or cooperative | 6 | | high school or the first year of the deactivation, and in the | 7 | | case of an annexation of the territory of one or more school | 8 | | districts by one or more other school districts or the | 9 | | annexation of territory detached from a school district | 10 | | whereby
the enrollment of the annexing district increases by | 11 | | 90% or
more as a result of the annexation, reimbursement shall | 12 | | begin during the first year when the change in boundaries | 13 | | attributable to the annexation becomes effective for all | 14 | | purposes as determined pursuant to Section 7-9 of this Code, | 15 | | except that for an annexation of territory detached from a | 16 | | school district that is effective on or after July 1, 2004, but | 17 | | before January 11, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act | 18 | | 95-707), whereby the enrollment of the annexing district | 19 | | increases by 90% or more as a result of the annexation, | 20 | | reimbursement shall begin during the fiscal year of January | 21 | | 11, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-707). Each year | 22 | | that the new, annexing, or receiving district or cooperative | 23 | | high school, as the case may be, is entitled to receive | 24 | | reimbursement, the number of eligible certified members who | 25 | | are employed on October 1 in the district or cooperative high | 26 | | school shall be certified to the State Board of Education on |
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| 1 | | prescribed forms by October 15 and payment shall be made on or | 2 | | before November 15 of that year. | 3 | | (c)(1) For the first year after the formation of a | 4 | | combined school district, as defined in Section 11E-20 of this | 5 | | Code or a unit district, as defined in Section 11E-25 of this | 6 | | Code, a computation shall be made totaling each previously | 7 | | existing district's audited fund balances in the educational | 8 | | fund, working cash fund, operations and maintenance fund, and | 9 | | transportation fund for the year ending June 30 prior to the | 10 | | referendum for the creation of the new district. The new | 11 | | district shall be paid supplementary State aid equal to the | 12 | | sum of the differences between the deficit of the previously | 13 | | existing district with the smallest deficit and the deficits | 14 | | of each of the other previously existing districts. | 15 | | (2) For the first year after the annexation of all of the | 16 | | territory of one or more entire school districts by another | 17 | | school district, as defined in Article 7 of this Code, | 18 | | computations shall be made, for the year ending June 30 prior | 19 | | to the date that the change of boundaries attributable to the | 20 | | annexation is allowed by the affirmative decision issued by | 21 | | the regional board of school trustees under Section 7-6 of | 22 | | this Code, notwithstanding any effort to seek administrative | 23 | | review of the decision, totaling the annexing district's and | 24 | | totaling each annexed district's audited fund balances in | 25 | | their respective educational, working cash, operations and | 26 | | maintenance, and transportation funds. The annexing district |
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| 1 | | as constituted after the annexation shall be paid | 2 | | supplementary State aid equal to the sum of the differences | 3 | | between the deficit of whichever of the annexing or annexed | 4 | | districts as constituted prior to the annexation had the | 5 | | smallest deficit and the deficits of each of the other | 6 | | districts as constituted prior to the annexation. | 7 | | (3) For the first year after the annexation of all of the | 8 | | territory of one or more entire school districts by 2 or more | 9 | | other school districts, as defined by Article 7 of this Code, | 10 | | computations shall be made, for the year ending June 30 prior | 11 | | to the date that the change of boundaries attributable to the | 12 | | annexation is allowed by the affirmative decision of the | 13 | | regional board of school trustees under Section 7-6 of this | 14 | | Code, notwithstanding any action for administrative review of | 15 | | the decision, totaling each annexing and annexed district's | 16 | | audited fund balances in their respective educational, working | 17 | | cash, operations and maintenance, and transportation funds. | 18 | | The annexing districts as constituted after the annexation | 19 | | shall be paid supplementary State aid, allocated as provided | 20 | | in this paragraph (3), in an aggregate amount equal to the sum | 21 | | of the differences between the deficit of whichever of the | 22 | | annexing or annexed districts as constituted prior to the | 23 | | annexation had the smallest deficit and the deficits of each | 24 | | of the other districts as constituted prior to the annexation. | 25 | | The aggregate amount of the supplementary State aid payable | 26 | | under this paragraph (3) shall be allocated between or among |
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| 1 | | the annexing districts as follows: | 2 | | (A) the regional superintendent of schools for each | 3 | | educational service region in which an annexed district is | 4 | | located prior to the annexation shall certify to the State | 5 | | Board of Education, on forms that it shall provide for | 6 | | that purpose, the value of all taxable property in each | 7 | | annexed district, as last equalized or assessed by the | 8 | | Department of Revenue prior to the annexation, and the | 9 | | equalized assessed value of each part of the annexed | 10 | | district that was annexed to or included as a part of an | 11 | | annexing district; | 12 | | (B) using equalized assessed values as certified by | 13 | | the regional superintendent of schools under clause (A) of | 14 | | this paragraph (3), the combined audited fund balance | 15 | | deficit of each annexed district as determined under this | 16 | | Section shall be apportioned between or among the annexing | 17 | | districts in the same ratio as the equalized assessed | 18 | | value of that part of the annexed district that was | 19 | | annexed to or included as a part of an annexing district | 20 | | bears to the total equalized assessed value of the annexed | 21 | | district; and | 22 | | (C) the aggregate supplementary State aid payment | 23 | | under this paragraph (3) shall be allocated between or | 24 | | among, and shall be paid to, the annexing districts in the | 25 | | same ratio as the sum of the combined audited fund balance | 26 | | deficit of each annexing district as constituted prior to |
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| 1 | | the annexation, plus all combined audited fund balance | 2 | | deficit amounts apportioned to that annexing district | 3 | | under clause (B) of this subsection, bears to the | 4 | | aggregate of the combined audited fund balance deficits of | 5 | | all of the annexing and annexed districts as constituted | 6 | | prior to the annexation. | 7 | | (4) For the new elementary districts and new high school | 8 | | district formed through a school district conversion, as | 9 | | defined in Section 11E-15 of this Code or the new elementary | 10 | | district or districts and new combined high school - unit | 11 | | district formed through a multi-unit conversion, as defined in | 12 | | subsection (b) of Section 11E-30 of this Code, a computation | 13 | | shall be made totaling each previously existing district's | 14 | | audited fund balances in the educational fund, working cash | 15 | | fund, operations and maintenance fund, and transportation fund | 16 | | for the year ending June 30 prior to the referendum | 17 | | establishing the new districts. In the first year of the new | 18 | | districts, the State shall make a one-time supplementary | 19 | | payment equal to the sum of the differences between the | 20 | | deficit of the previously existing district with the smallest | 21 | | deficit and the deficits of each of the other previously | 22 | | existing districts. A district with a combined balance among | 23 | | the 4 funds that is positive shall be considered to have a | 24 | | deficit of zero. The supplementary payment shall be allocated | 25 | | among the newly formed high school and elementary districts in | 26 | | the manner provided by the petition for the formation of the |
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| 1 | | districts, in the form in which the petition is approved by the | 2 | | regional superintendent of schools or State Superintendent of | 3 | | Education under Section 11E-50 of this Code. | 4 | | (5) For each newly created partial elementary unit | 5 | | district, as defined in subsection (a) or (c) of Section | 6 | | 11E-30 of this Code, a computation shall be made totaling the | 7 | | audited fund balances of each previously existing district | 8 | | that formed the new partial elementary unit district in the | 9 | | educational fund, working cash fund, operations and | 10 | | maintenance fund, and transportation fund for the year ending | 11 | | June 30 prior to the referendum for the formation of the | 12 | | partial elementary unit district. In the first year of the new | 13 | | partial elementary unit district, the State shall make a | 14 | | one-time supplementary payment to the new district equal to | 15 | | the sum of the differences between the deficit of the | 16 | | previously existing district with the smallest deficit and the | 17 | | deficits of each of the other previously existing districts. A | 18 | | district with a combined balance among the 4 funds that is | 19 | | positive shall be considered to have a deficit of zero. | 20 | | (6) For an elementary opt-in as defined in subsection (d) | 21 | | of Section 11E-30 of this Code, the deficit fund balance | 22 | | incentive shall be computed in accordance with paragraph (5) | 23 | | of this subsection (c) as if the opted-in elementary was | 24 | | included in the optional elementary unit district at the | 25 | | optional elementary unit district's original effective date. | 26 | | If the calculation in this paragraph (6) is less than that |
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| 1 | | calculated in paragraph (5) of this subsection (c) at the | 2 | | optional elementary unit district's original effective date, | 3 | | then no adjustments may be made. If the calculation in this | 4 | | paragraph (6) is more than that calculated in paragraph (5) of | 5 | | this subsection (c) at the optional elementary unit district's | 6 | | original effective date, then the excess must be paid as | 7 | | follows: | 8 | | (A) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is | 9 | | one year after the effective date for the optional | 10 | | elementary unit district, 100% of the calculated excess | 11 | | shall be paid to the optional elementary unit district in | 12 | | the first year after the effective date of the elementary | 13 | | opt-in. | 14 | | (B) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is | 15 | | 2 years after the effective date for the optional | 16 | | elementary unit district, 75% of the calculated excess | 17 | | shall be paid to the optional elementary unit district in | 18 | | the first year after the effective date of the elementary | 19 | | opt-in. | 20 | | (C) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is | 21 | | 3 years after the effective date for the optional | 22 | | elementary unit district, 50% of the calculated excess | 23 | | shall be paid to the optional elementary unit district in | 24 | | the first year after the effective date of the elementary | 25 | | opt-in. | 26 | | (D) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is |
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| 1 | | 4 years after the effective date for the optional | 2 | | elementary unit district, 25% of the calculated excess | 3 | | shall be paid to the optional elementary unit district in | 4 | | the first year after the effective date of the elementary | 5 | | opt-in. | 6 | | (E) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is | 7 | | 5 years after the effective date for the optional | 8 | | elementary unit district, the optional elementary unit | 9 | | district is not eligible for any additional incentives due | 10 | | to the elementary opt-in. | 11 | | (6.5) For the first year after the annexation of territory
| 12 | | detached from another school district whereby the enrollment | 13 | | of
the annexing district increases by 90% or more as a result | 14 | | of
the annexation, a computation shall be made totaling the
| 15 | | audited fund balances of the district gaining territory and | 16 | | the
audited fund balances of the district losing territory in | 17 | | the
educational fund, working cash fund, operations and
| 18 | | maintenance fund, and transportation fund for the year ending
| 19 | | June 30 prior to the date that the change of boundaries
| 20 | | attributable to the annexation is allowed by the affirmative
| 21 | | decision of the regional board of school trustees under | 22 | | Section
7-6 of this Code, notwithstanding any action for | 23 | | administrative
review of the decision. The annexing district | 24 | | as constituted
after the annexation shall be paid | 25 | | supplementary State aid
equal to the difference between the | 26 | | deficit of whichever
district included in this calculation as |
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| 1 | | constituted prior to
the annexation had the smallest deficit | 2 | | and the deficit of each
other district included in this | 3 | | calculation as constituted
prior to the annexation, multiplied | 4 | | by the ratio of equalized
assessed value of the territory | 5 | | detached to the total equalized
assessed value of the district | 6 | | losing territory. The regional
superintendent of schools for | 7 | | the educational service region in
which a district losing | 8 | | territory is located prior to the
annexation shall certify to | 9 | | the State Board of Education the
value of all taxable property | 10 | | in the district losing territory
and the value of all taxable | 11 | | property in the territory being
detached, as last equalized or | 12 | | assessed by the Department of
Revenue prior to the annexation. | 13 | | To be eligible for
supplementary State aid reimbursement under | 14 | | this Section, the
intergovernmental agreement to be submitted | 15 | | pursuant to
Section 7-14A of this Code must show that fund | 16 | | balances were
transferred from the district losing territory | 17 | | to the district
gaining territory in the annexation. The | 18 | | changes to this
Section made by Public Act 95-707
are intended | 19 | | to be retroactive and applicable to any
annexation taking | 20 | | effect on or after July 1, 2004. For annexations that are | 21 | | eligible for payments under this paragraph (6.5) and that are | 22 | | effective on or after July 1, 2004, but before January 11, 2008 | 23 | | (the effective date of Public Act 95-707), the required | 24 | | payment under this paragraph (6.5) shall be paid in the fiscal | 25 | | year of January 11, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act | 26 | | 95-707).
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| 1 | | (7) For purposes of any calculation required under | 2 | | paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), or (6.5) of this | 3 | | subsection (c), a district with a combined fund balance that | 4 | | is positive shall be considered to have a deficit of zero. For | 5 | | purposes of determining each district's audited fund balances | 6 | | in its educational fund, working cash fund, operations and | 7 | | maintenance fund, and transportation fund for the specified | 8 | | year ending June 30, as provided in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), | 9 | | (4), (5), (6), and (6.5) of this subsection (c), the balance of | 10 | | each fund shall be deemed decreased by an amount equal to the | 11 | | amount of the annual property tax theretofore levied in the | 12 | | fund by the district for collection and payment to the | 13 | | district during the calendar year in which the June 30 fell, | 14 | | but only to the extent that the tax so levied in the fund | 15 | | actually was received by the district on or before or | 16 | | comprised a part of the fund on such June 30. For purposes of | 17 | | determining each district's audited fund balances, a | 18 | | calculation shall be made for each fund to determine the | 19 | | average for the 3 years prior to the specified year ending June | 20 | | 30, as provided in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and | 21 | | (6.5) of this subsection (c), of the district's expenditures | 22 | | in the categories "purchased services", "supplies and | 23 | | materials", and "capital outlay", as those categories are | 24 | | defined in rules of the State Board of Education. If this | 25 | | 3-year average is less than the district's expenditures in | 26 | | these categories for the specified year ending June 30, as |
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| 1 | | provided in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (6.5) | 2 | | of this subsection (c), then the 3-year average shall be used | 3 | | in calculating the amounts payable under this Section in place | 4 | | of the amounts shown in these categories for the specified | 5 | | year ending June 30, as provided in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), | 6 | | (4), (5), (6), and (6.5) of this subsection (c). Any deficit | 7 | | because of State aid not yet received may not be considered in | 8 | | determining the June 30 deficits. The same basis of accounting | 9 | | shall be used by all previously existing districts and by all | 10 | | annexing or annexed districts, as constituted prior to the | 11 | | annexation, in making any computation required under | 12 | | paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (6.5) of this | 13 | | subsection (c). | 14 | | (8) The supplementary State aid payments under this | 15 | | subsection (c) shall be treated as separate from all other | 16 | | payments made pursuant to Section 18-8.05 of this Code. | 17 | | (d)(1) Following the formation of a combined school | 18 | | district, as defined in Section 11E-20 of this Code, a new unit | 19 | | district, as defined in Section 11E-25 of this Code, a new | 20 | | elementary district or districts and a new high school | 21 | | district formed through a school district conversion, as | 22 | | defined in Section 11E-15 of this Code, a new partial | 23 | | elementary unit district, as defined in Section 11E-30 of this | 24 | | Code, or a new elementary district or districts formed through | 25 | | a multi-unit conversion, as defined in subsection (b) of | 26 | | Section 11E-30 of this Code, or the annexation of all of the |
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| 1 | | territory of one or more entire school districts by one or more | 2 | | other school districts, as defined in Article 7 of this Code, a | 3 | | supplementary State aid reimbursement shall be paid for the | 4 | | number of school years determined under the following table to | 5 | | each new or annexing district equal to the sum of $4,000 for | 6 | | each certified employee who is employed by the district on a | 7 | | full-time basis for the regular term of the school year: |
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8 | | Reorganized District's Rank |
Reorganized District's Rank |
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9 | | by type of district (unit, |
in Average Daily Attendance |
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10 | | high school, elementary) |
By Quintile |
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11 | | in Equalized Assessed Value |
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12 | | Per Pupil by Quintile |
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13 | | |
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3rd, 4th, |
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14 | | |
1st |
2nd |
or 5th |
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15 | | |
Quintile |
Quintile |
Quintile |
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16 | | 1st Quintile |
1 year |
1 year |
1 year |
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17 | | 2nd Quintile |
1 year |
2 years |
2 years |
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18 | | 3rd Quintile |
2 years |
3 years |
3 years |
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19 | | 4th Quintile |
2 years |
3 years |
3 years |
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20 | | 5th Quintile |
2 years |
3 years |
3 years |
| 21 | | The State Board of Education shall make a one-time calculation | 22 | | of a reorganized district's quintile ranks. The average daily | 23 | | attendance used in this calculation shall be the best 3 | 24 | | months' average daily attendance for the district's first |
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| 1 | | year. The equalized assessed value per pupil shall be the | 2 | | district's real property equalized assessed value used in | 3 | | calculating the district's first-year general State aid claim, | 4 | | under Section 18-8.05 of this Code, or first-year | 5 | | evidence-based funding claim, under Section 18-8.15 of this | 6 | | Code, as applicable, divided by the best 3 months' average | 7 | | daily attendance. | 8 | | No annexing or resulting school district shall be entitled | 9 | | to supplementary State aid under this subsection (d) unless | 10 | | the district acquires at least 30% of the average daily | 11 | | attendance of the district from which the territory is being | 12 | | detached or divided. | 13 | | If a district results from multiple reorganizations that | 14 | | would otherwise qualify the district for multiple payments | 15 | | under this subsection (d) in any year, then the district shall | 16 | | receive a single payment only for that year based solely on the | 17 | | most recent reorganization. | 18 | | (2) For an elementary opt-in, as defined in subsection (d) | 19 | | of Section 11E-30 of this Code, the full-time certified staff | 20 | | incentive shall be computed in accordance with paragraph (1) | 21 | | of this subsection (d), equal to the sum of $4,000 for each | 22 | | certified employee of the elementary district that opts-in who | 23 | | is employed by the optional elementary unit district on a | 24 | | full-time basis for the regular term of the school year. The | 25 | | calculation from this paragraph (2) must be paid as follows: | 26 | | (A) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is |
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| 1 | | one year after the effective date for the optional | 2 | | elementary unit district, 100% of the amount calculated in | 3 | | this paragraph (2) shall be paid to the optional | 4 | | elementary unit district for the number of years | 5 | | calculated in paragraph (1) of this subsection (d) at the | 6 | | optional elementary unit district's original effective | 7 | | date, starting in the second year after the effective date | 8 | | of the elementary opt-in. | 9 | | (B) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is | 10 | | 2 years after the effective date for the optional | 11 | | elementary unit district, 75% of the amount calculated in | 12 | | this paragraph (2) shall be paid to the optional | 13 | | elementary unit district for the number of years | 14 | | calculated in paragraph (1) of this subsection (d) at the | 15 | | optional elementary unit district's original effective | 16 | | date, starting in the second year after the effective date | 17 | | of the elementary opt-in. | 18 | | (C) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is | 19 | | 3 years after the effective date for the optional | 20 | | elementary unit district, 50% of the amount calculated in | 21 | | this paragraph (2) shall be paid to the optional | 22 | | elementary unit district for the number of years | 23 | | calculated in paragraph (1) of this subsection (d) at the | 24 | | optional elementary unit district's original effective | 25 | | date, starting in the second year after the effective date | 26 | | of the elementary opt-in. |
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| 1 | | (D) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is | 2 | | 4 years after the effective date for the optional | 3 | | elementary unit district, 25% of the amount calculated in | 4 | | this paragraph (2) shall be paid to the optional | 5 | | elementary unit district for the number of years | 6 | | calculated in paragraph (1) of this subsection (d) at the | 7 | | optional elementary unit district's original effective | 8 | | date, starting in the second year after the effective date | 9 | | of the elementary opt-in. | 10 | | (E) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is | 11 | | 5 years after the effective date for the optional | 12 | | elementary unit district, the optional elementary unit | 13 | | district is not eligible for any additional incentives due | 14 | | to the elementary opt-in. | 15 | | (2.5) Following the formation of a cooperative high school | 16 | | by 2 or more school districts under Section 10-22.22c of this | 17 | | Code, a supplementary State aid reimbursement shall be paid | 18 | | for 3 school years to the cooperative high school equal to the | 19 | | sum of $4,000 for each certified employee who is employed by | 20 | | the cooperative high school on a full-time basis for the | 21 | | regular term of any such school year. If a cooperative high | 22 | | school results from multiple agreements that would otherwise | 23 | | qualify the cooperative high school for multiple payments | 24 | | under this Section in any year, the cooperative high school | 25 | | shall receive a single payment for that year based solely on | 26 | | the most recent agreement. |
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| 1 | | (2.10) Following the annexation of territory detached from
| 2 | | another school district whereby the enrollment of the annexing
| 3 | | district increases 90% or more as a result of the annexation, a
| 4 | | supplementary State aid reimbursement shall be paid to the
| 5 | | annexing district equal to the sum of $4,000 for each | 6 | | certified
employee who is employed by the annexing district on | 7 | | a
full-time basis and shall be calculated in accordance with
| 8 | | subsection (a) of this Section. To be eligible for
| 9 | | supplementary State aid reimbursement under this Section, the
| 10 | | intergovernmental agreement to be submitted pursuant to
| 11 | | Section 7-14A of this Code must show that certified staff
| 12 | | members were transferred from the control of the district
| 13 | | losing territory to the control of the district gaining
| 14 | | territory in the annexation. The changes to this Section made
| 15 | | by Public Act 95-707
are
intended to be retroactive and | 16 | | applicable to any annexation
taking effect on or after July 1, | 17 | | 2004. For annexations that are eligible for payments under | 18 | | this paragraph (2.10) and that are effective on or after July | 19 | | 1, 2004, but before January 11, 2008 (the effective date of | 20 | | Public Act 95-707), the first required yearly payment under | 21 | | this paragraph (2.10) shall be paid in the second fiscal year | 22 | | after January 11, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act | 23 | | 95-707). Any subsequent required yearly payments shall be paid | 24 | | in subsequent fiscal years until the payment obligation under | 25 | | this paragraph (2.10) is complete.
| 26 | | (2.15)
Following the deactivation of a school facility in |
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| 1 | | accordance with Section 10-22.22b of this Code, a | 2 | | supplementary State aid reimbursement shall be paid for the | 3 | | lesser of 3 school years or the length of the deactivation | 4 | | agreement, including any renewals of the original deactivation | 5 | | agreement, to each receiving school district equal to the sum | 6 | | of $4,000 for each certified employee who is employed by that | 7 | | receiving district on a full-time basis for the regular term | 8 | | of any such school year who was originally transferred to the | 9 | | control of that receiving district as a result of the | 10 | | deactivation. Receiving districts are eligible for payments | 11 | | under this paragraph (2.15)
based on the certified employees | 12 | | transferred to that receiving district as a result of the | 13 | | deactivation and are not required to receive at least 30% of | 14 | | the deactivating district's average daily attendance as | 15 | | required under paragraph (1) of this subsection (d) to be | 16 | | eligible for payments. | 17 | | (3) The supplementary State aid reimbursement payable | 18 | | under this subsection (d) shall be separate from and in | 19 | | addition to all other payments made to the district pursuant | 20 | | to any other Section of this Article. | 21 | | (4) During May of each school year for which a | 22 | | supplementary State aid reimbursement is to be paid to a new, | 23 | | annexing, or receiving school district or cooperative high | 24 | | school pursuant to this subsection (d), the school board or | 25 | | governing board shall certify to the State Board of Education, | 26 | | on forms furnished to the school board or governing board by |
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| 1 | | the State Board of Education for purposes of this subsection | 2 | | (d), the number of certified employees for which the district | 3 | | or cooperative high school is entitled to reimbursement under | 4 | | this Section, together with the names, certificate numbers, | 5 | | and positions held by the certified employees. | 6 | | (5) Upon certification by the State Board of Education to | 7 | | the State Comptroller of the amount of the supplementary State | 8 | | aid reimbursement to which a school district or cooperative | 9 | | high school is entitled under this subsection (d), the State | 10 | | Comptroller shall draw his or her warrant upon the State | 11 | | Treasurer for the payment thereof to the school district or | 12 | | cooperative high school and shall promptly transmit the | 13 | | payment to the school district or cooperative high school | 14 | | through the appropriate school treasurer.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.) | 16 | | (105 ILCS 5/11E-140 new) | 17 | | Sec. 11E-140. Efficient School District Commission. | 18 | | (a) The Efficient School District Commission is created. | 19 | | The purpose of the Commission is to provide recommendations to | 20 | | the Governor, the General Assembly, and the public regarding | 21 | | the optimal number of school districts in this State, the | 22 | | optimal student enrollment amount for a school district, and | 23 | | locations in this State where the reorganization and | 24 | | realignment of school districts would be beneficial. The | 25 | | Commission shall consist of all of the following voting |
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| 1 | | members: | 2 | | (1) One member appointed by the Governor, who shall | 3 | | serve as the chairperson. | 4 | | (2) One member appointed by the State Board of | 5 | | Education. | 6 | | (3) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House | 7 | | of Representatives. | 8 | | (4) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 9 | | House of Representatives. | 10 | | (5) One member appointed by the President of the | 11 | | Senate. | 12 | | (6) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 13 | | Senate. | 14 | | (7) A representative appointed by the head of the | 15 | | largest statewide professional teachers' organization, as | 16 | | measured by the number of members reported in its most | 17 | | recent federal Form LM-2 Labor Organization Annual Report. | 18 | | (8) A representative appointed by the head of the | 19 | | second largest statewide professional teachers' | 20 | | organization, as measured by the number of members | 21 | | reported in its most recent federal Form LM-2 Labor | 22 | | Organization Annual Report. | 23 | | (9) A representative appointed by the head of an | 24 | | organization that represents school boards, selected by | 25 | | the chairperson of the Commission. | 26 | | (10) A representative appointed by the head of a |
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| 1 | | statewide organization that represents school principals, | 2 | | selected by the chairperson of the Commission. | 3 | | (11) A parent of a child enrolled in or a teacher or an | 4 | | administrator employed by a school located in the West | 5 | | Cook region of the State Board of Education's Statewide | 6 | | System of Support Fiscal Agents (Region 1-B-B), appointed | 7 | | by the chairperson of the Commission. | 8 | | (12) A parent of a child enrolled in or a teacher or an | 9 | | administrator employed by a school located in the South | 10 | | Cook region of the State Board of Education's Statewide | 11 | | System of Support Fiscal Agents (Region 1-B-C), appointed | 12 | | by the chairperson of the Commission. | 13 | | (13) A parent of a child enrolled in or a teacher or an | 14 | | administrator employed by a school located in the North | 15 | | Cook region of the State Board of Education's Statewide | 16 | | System of Support Fiscal Agents (Region 1-B-D), appointed | 17 | | by the chairperson of the Commission. | 18 | | (14) A parent of a child enrolled in or a teacher or an | 19 | | administrator employed by a school located in the | 20 | | Northeast region of the State Board of Education's | 21 | | Statewide System of Support Fiscal Agents (Area 1-C), | 22 | | appointed by the chairperson of the Commission. | 23 | | (15) A parent of a child enrolled in or a teacher or an | 24 | | administrator employed by a school located in the | 25 | | Northwest region of the State Board of Education's | 26 | | Statewide System of Support Fiscal Agents (Area 2), |
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| 1 | | appointed by the chairperson of the Commission. | 2 | | (16) A parent of a child enrolled in or a teacher or an | 3 | | administrator employed by a school located in the West | 4 | | Central region of the State Board of Education's Statewide | 5 | | System of Support Fiscal Agents (Area 3), appointed by the | 6 | | chairperson of the Commission. | 7 | | (17) A parent of a child enrolled in or a teacher or an | 8 | | administrator employed by a school located in the East | 9 | | Central region of the State Board of Education's Statewide | 10 | | System of Support Fiscal Agents (Area 4), appointed by the | 11 | | chairperson of the Commission. | 12 | | (18) A parent of a child enrolled in or a teacher or an | 13 | | administrator employed by a school located in the | 14 | | Southwest region of the State Board of Education's | 15 | | Statewide System of Support Fiscal Agents (Area 5), | 16 | | appointed by the chairperson of the Commission. | 17 | | (19) A parent of a child enrolled in or a teacher or an | 18 | | administrator employed by a school located in the | 19 | | Southeast region of the State Board of Education's | 20 | | Statewide System of Support Fiscal Agents (Area 6), | 21 | | appointed by the chairperson of the Commission. | 22 | | (20) A representative appointed by the head of an | 23 | | association that represents school business officials, | 24 | | selected by the chairperson of the Commission. | 25 | | (21) A representative appointed by the head of an | 26 | | association that represents school administrators, |
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| 1 | | selected by the chairperson of the Commission. | 2 | | (22) A representative appointed by the head of an | 3 | | association that represents administrators of special | 4 | | education, selected by the chairperson of the Commission. | 5 | | (23) A representative appointed by the head of a | 6 | | statewide parent organization, selected by the chairperson | 7 | | of the Commission. | 8 | | (24) A representative appointed by the head of an | 9 | | organization that represents high school districts, | 10 | | selected by the chairperson of the Commission. | 11 | | (25) A representative appointed by the head of an | 12 | | association that represents regional superintendents of | 13 | | schools, selected by the chairperson of the Commission. | 14 | | Members shall serve without compensation, but shall be | 15 | | reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary expenses from | 16 | | funds appropriated for that purpose. Members shall be | 17 | | reimbursed for their travel expenses from appropriations to | 18 | | the State Board of Education made available for that purpose | 19 | | and subject to the rules of the appropriate travel control | 20 | | board. | 21 | | The Commission shall meet at the call of the chairperson, | 22 | | with the initial meeting to occur within 90 days after the | 23 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General | 24 | | Assembly. The Commission shall hold public hearings throughout | 25 | | the State with at least one public hearing in each of the 9 | 26 | | regions of the State Board of Education's Statewide System of |
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| 1 | | Support Fiscal Agents that do not include the Chicago region | 2 | | (Region 1-A). | 3 | | The State Board shall provide administrative assistance | 4 | | and necessary staff support services to the Commission. | 5 | | (b) Recommendations of the Efficient School District | 6 | | Commission must focus on all of the following areas: | 7 | | (1) Reducing the money spent on the duplication of | 8 | | efforts. | 9 | | (2) Improving the education of students by having | 10 | | fewer obstacles between qualified teachers and their | 11 | | students. | 12 | | (3) Lowering the property tax burden. | 13 | | (4) Providing recommendations on what the net cost | 14 | | savings of realignment is to this State. | 15 | | (5) With a view toward reducing unnecessary | 16 | | administrative costs, improving the education of students, | 17 | | and lowering the property tax burden, drafting specific | 18 | | recommendations to reduce the statewide total number of | 19 | | school districts by no less than 25% through the | 20 | | reorganization of school districts into unit districts | 21 | | under Section 11E-25. Each recommendation under this | 22 | | paragraph (5) must include all of the following: | 23 | | (A) A request to submit a proposition at the next | 24 | | general election for the purpose of voting for or | 25 | | against the establishment of a combined unit district. | 26 | | (B) A description of the territory comprising the |
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| 1 | | districts proposed to be dissolved and those to be | 2 | | created, which, for an entire district, may be a | 3 | | general reference to all of the territory included | 4 | | within that district. | 5 | | (C) A specification of the maximum tax rates the | 6 | | proposed district or districts are authorized to levy | 7 | | for various purposes and, if applicable, the | 8 | | specifications related to the Property Tax Extension | 9 | | Limitation Law, in accordance with Section 11E-80. | 10 | | The Commission may not make any recommendations under this | 11 | | subsection that would provide for the consolidation of | 12 | | individual schools. | 13 | | (c) On or before May 1, 2024, the Efficient School | 14 | | District Commission must vote on its recommendations and file | 15 | | a report with the Governor and the General Assembly. If the | 16 | | Commission adopts the report recommendations by an affirmative | 17 | | vote of at least 13 of its members, then the Commission's | 18 | | specific recommendations for reorganization of school | 19 | | districts into unit districts under paragraph (5) of | 20 | | subsection (b) shall be filed with the appropriate regional | 21 | | superintendent of schools in the same form as petitions filed | 22 | | under Section 11E-35. A copy of the Commission's specific | 23 | | recommendations shall be provided to the regional | 24 | | superintendent of schools of each educational service region | 25 | | situated in the territory described in the specific | 26 | | recommendation or that part of the territory in which the |
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| 1 | | greater percentage of equalized assessed valuation is | 2 | | situated. Petitions submitted by the Commission under this | 3 | | Section are not subject to the requirements under subsection | 4 | | (a) of Section 11E-35. | 5 | | (d) Upon receiving the filed petition as provided in | 6 | | subsection (c) from the regional superintendent of schools, | 7 | | each school board of the affected school districts shall | 8 | | publish a copy of the petition on its official Internet | 9 | | website, if available, with a link to the recommendation shown | 10 | | prominently on the homepage of the website until the date of | 11 | | the next upcoming general election. | 12 | | (e) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of Section 11E-50, | 13 | | within 14 days after the conclusion of the hearing under | 14 | | Section 11E-45 regarding a petition filed by the Efficient | 15 | | School District Commission, the regional superintendent shall, | 16 | | upon determining that the petition is in compliance with all | 17 | | applicable requirements set forth in the Election Code, | 18 | | through a written order, approve the petition, or, if the | 19 | | regional superintendent determines that the amended petition | 20 | | is not in compliance with the Election Code, the regional | 21 | | superintendent shall deny the petition. | 22 | | (f) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of Section 11E-50, | 23 | | within 21 days after the receipt of the regional | 24 | | superintendent's decision regarding a petition filed by the | 25 | | Efficient School District Commission under this Section, the | 26 | | regional superintendent shall, upon determining that the |
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| 1 | | petition is in compliance with all applicable requirements set | 2 | | forth in the Election Code, through a written order, approve | 3 | | the petition, or, if the regional superintendent determines | 4 | | that the amended petition is not in compliance with the | 5 | | Election Code, the regional superintendent shall deny the | 6 | | petition. | 7 | | (g) The Efficient School District Commission shall serve | 8 | | as and take on the responsibilities of the designated | 9 | | Committee of Ten for the purposes of petitions filed under | 10 | | this Section, except that notwithstanding paragraph (10) of | 11 | | subsection (a) of Section 11E-35, any amendments to petitions | 12 | | filed by the Commission and any binding stipulations made to | 13 | | any question with respect to a petition under this Section | 14 | | shall be made by at least 13 members of the Commission. | 15 | | (h) This Section is repealed on January 31, 2025.
| 16 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 17 | | becoming law.".
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