Full Text of SB1688 98th General Assembly
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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 Public Community College Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 2-16.02 as follows:
| 6 | | (110 ILCS 805/2-16.02) (from Ch. 122, par. 102-16.02)
| 7 | | Sec. 2-16.02. Grants. Any community college district that | 8 | | maintains a
community college recognized by the State Board | 9 | | shall receive, when eligible,
grants enumerated in this | 10 | | Section. Funded semester credit hours or other
measures or both | 11 | | as specified by the State Board shall be used to distribute
| 12 | | grants to community colleges. Funded semester credit hours | 13 | | shall be defined,
for purposes of this Section, as the greater | 14 | | of
(1) the number of semester credit hours, or equivalent, in | 15 | | all funded
instructional categories of students who have been | 16 | | certified as being in
attendance at midterm during the | 17 | | respective terms of the base fiscal year or
(2) the average of | 18 | | semester credit hours, or equivalent, in all funded
| 19 | | instructional categories of students who have been certified as | 20 | | being in
attendance at midterm during the respective terms of | 21 | | the base fiscal year and
the 2 prior fiscal years. For purposes | 22 | | of this Section, "base fiscal year"
means the fiscal year 2 | 23 | | years prior to the fiscal year for which the grants are
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| 1 | | appropriated. Such students shall have been residents of | 2 | | Illinois and shall
have been enrolled in courses that are part | 3 | | of instructional program categories
approved by the State Board | 4 | | and that are applicable toward an associate degree
or | 5 | | certificate.
Courses that are eligible for reimbursement are | 6 | | those courses for which
the district pays 50% or more of the | 7 | | program costs from unrestricted
revenue sources, with the | 8 | | exception of courses offered by contract with
the Department of | 9 | | Corrections in correctional institutions. For the
purposes of | 10 | | this Section, "unrestricted revenue sources" means those
| 11 | | revenues in which the provider of the revenue imposes no | 12 | | financial
limitations upon the district as it relates to the | 13 | | expenditure of the funds. Except for Fiscal Year 2012, base | 14 | | operating grants shall be paid based on rates per funded
| 15 | | semester credit hour or equivalent calculated by the State | 16 | | Board for funded
instructional categories using cost of | 17 | | instruction, enrollment, inflation, and
other relevant | 18 | | factors. For Fiscal Year 2012, the allocations for base | 19 | | operating grants to community college districts shall be the | 20 | | same as they were in Fiscal Year 2011, reduced or increased | 21 | | proportionately according to the appropriation for base | 22 | | operating grants for Fiscal Year 2012. A portion of the base | 23 | | operating grant shall be
allocated on the basis of | 24 | | non-residential gross square footage of space
maintained by the | 25 | | district.
| 26 | | Equalization grants shall be calculated by the State Board |
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| 1 | | by determining a
local revenue factor for each district by: (A) | 2 | | adding (1)
each district's Corporate Personal Property | 3 | | Replacement Fund
allocations from the base
fiscal year or the | 4 | | average of the base fiscal year and prior year, whichever is
| 5 | | less, divided by the applicable statewide average tax rate to | 6 | | (2) the
district's most recently audited
year's equalized | 7 | | assessed valuation or the average of the most recently audited
| 8 | | year and prior year, whichever is less, (B) then dividing by | 9 | | the district's
audited full-time equivalent resident students | 10 | | for the base fiscal year or the
average for the base fiscal | 11 | | year and the 2 prior fiscal years, whichever is
greater, and | 12 | | (C) then multiplying by the applicable statewide average tax
| 13 | | rate. The State Board
shall calculate a statewide weighted | 14 | | average threshold by applying
the same methodology to the | 15 | | totals of all districts' Corporate Personal
Property Tax | 16 | | Replacement Fund allocations, equalized assessed valuations, | 17 | | and
audited full-time equivalent district resident students | 18 | | and multiplying by the
applicable statewide average tax rate. | 19 | | The difference between the statewide
weighted average | 20 | | threshold and the local revenue
factor, multiplied by the | 21 | | number of full-time equivalent resident students,
shall | 22 | | determine the amount of equalization funding that each district | 23 | | is
eligible to receive. A percentage factor, as determined by | 24 | | the State Board,
may be applied to the statewide threshold as a | 25 | | method for allocating
equalization funding. A minimum | 26 | | equalization grant of an amount per district
as determined by |
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| 1 | | the State Board shall be established for any community college
| 2 | | district which qualifies for an equalization grant based upon | 3 | | the preceding
criteria, but becomes ineligible for | 4 | | equalization funding, or would have
received a grant of less | 5 | | than the minimum equalization grant, due to threshold
| 6 | | prorations applied to reduce equalization funding.
As of July | 7 | | 1, 2004, a community college district must maintain a
minimum | 8 | | required combined in-district tuition and universal fee rate | 9 | | per
semester credit hour equal to 85% of the State-average | 10 | | combined rate, as
determined by the State Board, for | 11 | | equalization funding. As of July 1,
2004, a community college | 12 | | district must maintain a minimum required
operating tax rate | 13 | | equal to at least 95% of its maximum authorized tax
rate to | 14 | | qualify for equalization funding. This 95% minimum tax rate
| 15 | | requirement shall be based upon the maximum operating tax rate | 16 | | as
limited by the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
| 17 | | The State Board shall distribute such other grants as may | 18 | | be
authorized or appropriated by the General Assembly.
| 19 | | Each community college district entitled to State grants | 20 | | under this
Section must submit a report of its enrollment to | 21 | | the State Board not later
than 30 days following the end of | 22 | | each semester, quarter, or term in a
format prescribed by the | 23 | | State Board. These semester credit hours, or
equivalent, shall | 24 | | be certified by each district on forms provided by the
State | 25 | | Board. Each district's certified semester credit hours, or | 26 | | equivalent,
are subject to audit pursuant to Section 3-22.1.
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| 1 | | The State Board shall certify, prepare, and submit monthly | 2 | | vouchers to the State Comptroller
setting
forth an amount equal | 3 | | to one-twelfth of the grants approved by the State Board for | 4 | | base
operating grants and equalization grants. The State Board | 5 | | shall prepare and
submit to the State Comptroller vouchers for | 6 | | payments of other grants as
appropriated by the General | 7 | | Assembly. If the amount appropriated for grants
is different | 8 | | from the amount provided for such grants under this Act, the
| 9 | | grants shall be proportionately reduced or increased | 10 | | accordingly.
| 11 | | For the purposes of this Section, "resident student" means | 12 | | a student in a
community college district who maintains | 13 | | residency in that district or
meets other residency definitions | 14 | | established by the State Board, and who
was enrolled either in | 15 | | one of the approved instructional program categories
in that | 16 | | district, or in another community college district to which the
| 17 | | resident's district is paying tuition under Section 6-2 or with | 18 | | which the
resident's district has entered into a cooperative | 19 | | agreement in lieu of such
tuition.
| 20 | | For the purposes of this Section, a "full-time equivalent" | 21 | | student is
equal to 30 semester credit hours.
| 22 | | The Illinois Community College Board Contracts and Grants | 23 | | Fund is hereby
created in the State Treasury. Items of income | 24 | | to this fund shall include
any grants, awards, endowments, or | 25 | | like proceeds, and where appropriate,
other funds made | 26 | | available through contracts with governmental, public, and
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| 1 | | private agencies or persons. The General Assembly shall from | 2 | | time to time
make appropriations payable from such fund for the | 3 | | support, improvement,
and expenses of the State Board and | 4 | | Illinois community college
districts.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 96-911, eff. 7-1-10; 97-72, eff. 7-1-11.)
| 6 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 7 | | becoming law.
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