Full Text of SB0632 100th General Assembly
SB0632 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 SB0632 Introduced 1/25/2017, by Sen. Dale A. Righter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Alternative Public Schools Article of the School Code. With respect to alternative school programs, provides that each program shall receive funding in the amount of $30,000 plus an amount based on the ratio of the region's or Chicago's last 3 years' average daily attendance of pupils in grades 6 through 12 served by the alternative school program (rather than the best 3 months' average daily attendance in grades pre-kindergarten through 12) to the statewide totals of these amounts. Removes provisions concerning the calculation for determining the best 3 months' average daily attendance.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 13A-8 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/13A-8)
| 7 | | Sec. 13A-8. Funding.
| 8 | | (a) The State of Illinois shall provide funding for
the
| 9 | | alternative school programs within each educational service | 10 | | region and within
the Chicago public school system by line item | 11 | | appropriation made to the State
Board of Education for that | 12 | | purpose. This money, when appropriated, shall be
provided to | 13 | | the regional superintendent and to the Chicago Board of | 14 | | Education,
who shall establish a budget, including salaries, | 15 | | for their
alternative school programs.
Each program shall | 16 | | receive funding in the amount of $30,000 plus an amount
based | 17 | | on the ratio of the region's or Chicago's last best 3 years' | 18 | | months' average daily
attendance in grades 6 pre-kindergarten | 19 | | through 12 of pupils served by the alternative school program | 20 | | to the statewide totals of
these amounts. For purposes of this | 21 | | calculation, the best 3 months' average
daily attendance for | 22 | | each region or Chicago shall be calculated by adding to
the | 23 | | best 3 months' average
daily
attendance the number of |
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| 1 | | low-income students identified in the most
recently available | 2 | | federal census multiplied by one-half times the percentage
of | 3 | | the
region's or Chicago's low-income students
to the State's | 4 | | total low-income students.
The State Board of Education shall | 5 | | retain
up to 1.1% of the appropriation to be used to provide | 6 | | technical assistance,
professional development, and | 7 | | evaluations for the programs.
| 8 | | (a-5) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this | 9 | | Section, for the
1998-1999
fiscal year, the total amount | 10 | | distributed
under subsection (a) for an alternative school | 11 | | program shall be not less than
the total amount that was | 12 | | distributed under that subsection for that
alternative school | 13 | | program for the 1997-1998 fiscal year. If an alternative
school | 14 | | program is to receive a total distribution under subsection (a) | 15 | | for the
1998-1999 fiscal year that is less than the total
| 16 | | distribution that the program received under that subsection | 17 | | for the 1997-1998
fiscal year, that alternative school program | 18 | | shall also receive, from a
separate appropriation made for | 19 | | purposes of this subsection (a-5), a
supplementary
payment | 20 | | equal to the amount by which its total distribution under
| 21 | | subsection (a) for the 1997-1998 fiscal year exceeds the amount | 22 | | of the total
distribution that the alternative school program | 23 | | receives under that
subsection for the 1998-1999 fiscal year.
| 24 | | If the amount appropriated
for supplementary payments to | 25 | | alternative school programs under this subsection
(a-5)
is | 26 | | insufficient for that purpose, those supplementary payments |
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| 1 | | shall be
prorated among the alternative school programs | 2 | | entitled to receive those
supplementary payments according to | 3 | | the aggregate amount of the appropriation
made for purposes of | 4 | | this subsection (a-5).
| 5 | | (b) An alternative school program shall be entitled to | 6 | | receive general
State aid as calculated in subsection (K) of
| 7 | | Section 18-8.05 upon filing a claim as
provided therein. Any | 8 | | time that a student who is enrolled in an alternative
school | 9 | | program spends in work-based learning, community service, or a | 10 | | similar
alternative educational setting shall be included in | 11 | | determining the student's
minimum number of clock hours of | 12 | | daily school work that constitute a day of
attendance for | 13 | | purposes of calculating general State aid.
| 14 | | (c) An alternative school program may receive additional | 15 | | funding from its
school districts in such amount as may be | 16 | | agreed upon by the parties and
necessary
to support the | 17 | | program. In addition, an alternative school program is
| 18 | | authorized to accept and expend gifts, legacies, and grants, | 19 | | including but not
limited to federal grants, from any source | 20 | | for purposes directly related to the
conduct and operation of | 21 | | the program.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 89-383, eff. 8-18-95; 89-629, eff. 8-9-96; | 23 | | 89-636, eff. 8-9-96;
90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-283, eff. 7-31-97; | 24 | | 90-802, eff. 12-15-98.)
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