Full Text of SB0444 100th 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 School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 18-8.15 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/18-8.15) | 7 | | Sec. 18-8.15. Evidence-based funding for student success | 8 | | for the 2017-2018 and subsequent school years. | 9 | | (a) General provisions. | 10 | | (1) The purpose of this Section is to ensure that, by | 11 | | June 30, 2027 and beyond, this State has a kindergarten | 12 | | through grade 12 public education system with the capacity | 13 | | to ensure the educational development of all persons to the | 14 | | limits of their capacities in accordance with Section 1 of | 15 | | Article X of the Constitution of the State of Illinois. To | 16 | | accomplish that objective, this Section creates a method of | 17 | | funding public education that is evidence-based; is | 18 | | sufficient to ensure every student receives a meaningful | 19 | | opportunity to learn irrespective of race, ethnicity, | 20 | | sexual orientation, gender, or community-income level; and | 21 | | is sustainable and predictable. When fully funded under | 22 | | this Section, every school shall have the resources, based | 23 | | on what the evidence indicates is needed, to: |
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| 1 | | (A) provide all students with a high quality | 2 | | education that offers the academic, enrichment, social | 3 | | and emotional support, technical, and career-focused | 4 | | programs that will allow them to become competitive | 5 | | workers, responsible parents, productive citizens of | 6 | | this State, and active members of our national | 7 | | democracy; | 8 | | (B) ensure all students receive the education they | 9 | | need to graduate from high school with the skills | 10 | | required to pursue post-secondary education and | 11 | | training for a rewarding career; | 12 | | (C) reduce, with a goal of eliminating, the | 13 | | achievement gap between at-risk and non-at-risk | 14 | | students by raising the performance of at-risk | 15 | | students and not by reducing standards; and | 16 | | (D) ensure this State satisfies its obligation to | 17 | | assume the primary responsibility to fund public | 18 | | education and simultaneously relieve the | 19 | | disproportionate burden placed on local property taxes | 20 | | to fund schools. | 21 | | (2) The evidence-based funding formula under this | 22 | | Section shall be applied to all Organizational Units in | 23 | | this State. The evidence-based funding formula outlined in | 24 | | this Act is based on the formula outlined in Senate Bill 1 | 25 | | of the 100th General Assembly, as passed by both | 26 | | legislative chambers. As further defined and described in |
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| 1 | | this Section, there are 4 major components of the | 2 | | evidence-based funding model: | 3 | | (A) First, the model calculates a unique adequacy | 4 | | target for each Organizational Unit in this State that | 5 | | considers the costs to implement research-based | 6 | | activities, the unit's student demographics, and | 7 | | regional wage difference. | 8 | | (B) Second, the model calculates each | 9 | | Organizational Unit's local capacity, or the amount | 10 | | each Organizational Unit is assumed to contribute | 11 | | towards its adequacy target from local resources. | 12 | | (C) Third, the model calculates how much funding | 13 | | the State currently contributes to the Organizational | 14 | | Unit, and adds that to the unit's local capacity to | 15 | | determine the unit's overall current adequacy of | 16 | | funding. | 17 | | (D) Finally, the model's distribution method | 18 | | allocates new State funding to those Organizational | 19 | | Units that are least well-funded, considering both | 20 | | local capacity and State funding, in relation to their | 21 | | adequacy target. | 22 | | (3) An Organizational Unit receiving any funding under | 23 | | this Section may apply those funds to any fund so received | 24 | | for which that Organizational Unit is authorized to make | 25 | | expenditures by law. | 26 | | (4) As used in this Section, the following terms shall |
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| 1 | | have the meanings ascribed in this paragraph (4): | 2 | | "Adequacy Target" is defined in paragraph (1) of | 3 | | subsection (b) of this Section. | 4 | | "Adjusted EAV" is defined in paragraph (4) of | 5 | | subsection (d) of this Section. | 6 | | "Adjusted Local Capacity Target" is defined in | 7 | | paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of this Section. | 8 | | "Adjusted Operating Tax Rate" means a tax rate for all | 9 | | Organizational Units, for which the State Superintendent | 10 | | shall calculate and subtract for the Operating Tax Rate a | 11 | | transportation rate based on total expenses for | 12 | | transportation services under this Code, as reported on the | 13 | | most recent Annual Financial Report in Pupil | 14 | | Transportation Services, function 2550 in both the | 15 | | Education and Transportation funds and functions 4110 and | 16 | | 4120 in the Transportation fund, less any corresponding | 17 | | fiscal year State of Illinois scheduled payments excluding | 18 | | net adjustments for prior years for regular, vocational, or | 19 | | special education transportation reimbursement pursuant to | 20 | | Section 29-5 or subsection (b) of Section 14-13.01 of this | 21 | | Code divided by the Adjusted EAV. If an Organizational | 22 | | Unit's corresponding fiscal year State of Illinois | 23 | | scheduled payments excluding net adjustments for prior | 24 | | years for regular, vocational, or special education | 25 | | transportation reimbursement pursuant to Section 29-5 or | 26 | | subsection (b) of Section 14-13.01 of this Code exceed the |
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| 1 | | total transportation expenses, as defined in this | 2 | | paragraph, no transportation rate shall be subtracted from | 3 | | the Operating Tax Rate. | 4 | | "Allocation Rate" is defined in paragraph (3) of | 5 | | subsection (g) of this Section. | 6 | | "Alternative School" means a public school that is | 7 | | created and operated by a regional superintendent of | 8 | | schools and approved by the State Board. | 9 | | "Applicable Tax Rate" is defined in paragraph (1) of | 10 | | subsection (d) of this Section. | 11 | | "Assessment" means any of those benchmark, progress | 12 | | monitoring, formative, diagnostic, and other assessments, | 13 | | in addition to the State accountability assessment, that | 14 | | assist teachers' needs in understanding the skills and | 15 | | meeting the needs of the students they serve. | 16 | | "Assistant principal" means a school administrator | 17 | | duly endorsed to be employed as an assistant principal in | 18 | | this State. | 19 | | "At-risk student" means a student who is at risk of not | 20 | | meeting the Illinois Learning Standards or not graduating | 21 | | from elementary or high school and who demonstrates a need | 22 | | for vocational support or social services beyond that | 23 | | provided by the regular school program. All students | 24 | | included in an Organizational Unit's Low-Income Count, as | 25 | | well as all English learner and disabled students attending | 26 | | the Organizational Unit, shall be considered at-risk |
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| 1 | | students under this Section. | 2 | | "Average Student Enrollment" or "ASE" means, for an | 3 | | Organizational Unit in a given school year, the greater of | 4 | | the average number of students (grades K through 12) | 5 | | reported to the State Board as enrolled in the | 6 | | Organizational Unit on October 1 and March 1, plus the | 7 | | special education pre-kindergarten students with services | 8 | | of at least more than 2 hours a day as reported to the | 9 | | State Board on December 1, in the immediately preceding | 10 | | school year or the average number of students (grades K | 11 | | through 12) reported to the State Board as enrolled in the | 12 | | Organizational Unit on October 1 and March 1, plus the | 13 | | special education pre-kindergarten students with services | 14 | | of
at least more than 2 hours a day as reported to the | 15 | | State Board on December 1, for each of the immediately | 16 | | preceding 3 school years. For the purposes of this | 17 | | definition, "enrolled in the Organizational Unit" means | 18 | | the number of students reported to the State Board who are | 19 | | enrolled in schools within the Organizational Unit that the | 20 | | student attends or would attend if not placed or | 21 | | transferred to another school or program to receive needed | 22 | | services. For the purposes of calculating "ASE", all | 23 | | students, grades K through 12, excluding those attending | 24 | | kindergarten for a half day, shall be counted as 1.0. All | 25 | | students attending kindergarten for a half day shall be | 26 | | counted as 0.5, unless in 2017 by June 15 or by March 1 in |
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| 1 | | subsequent years, the school district reports to the State | 2 | | Board of Education the intent to implement full-day | 3 | | kindergarten district-wide for all students, then all | 4 | | students attending kindergarten shall be counted as 1.0. | 5 | | Special education pre-kindergarten students shall be | 6 | | counted as 0.5 each. If the State Board does not collect or | 7 | | has not collected both an October 1 and March 1 enrollment | 8 | | count by grade or a December 1 collection of special | 9 | | education pre-kindergarten students as of the effective | 10 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, | 11 | | it shall establish such collection for all future years. | 12 | | For any year where a count by grade level was collected | 13 | | only once, that count shall be used as the single count | 14 | | available for computing a 3-year average ASE. School | 15 | | districts shall submit the data for the ASE calculation to | 16 | | the State Board within 45 days of the dates required in | 17 | | this Section for submission of enrollment data in order for | 18 | | it to be included in the ASE calculation. | 19 | | "Base Funding Guarantee" is defined in paragraph (10) | 20 | | of subsection (g) of this Section. | 21 | | "Base Funding Minimum" is defined in subsection (e) of | 22 | | this Section. | 23 | | "Base Tax Year" means the property tax levy year used | 24 | | to calculate the Budget Year allocation of primary State | 25 | | aid. | 26 | | "Base Tax Year's Extension" means the product of the |
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| 1 | | equalized assessed valuation utilized by the county clerk | 2 | | in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting rate as | 3 | | calculated by the county clerk and defined in PTELL. | 4 | | "Bilingual Education Allocation" means the amount of | 5 | | an Organizational Unit's final Adequacy Target | 6 | | attributable to bilingual education divided by the | 7 | | Organizational Unit's final Adequacy Target, the product | 8 | | of which shall be multiplied by the amount of new funding | 9 | | received pursuant to this Section. An Organizational | 10 | | Unit's final Adequacy Target attributable to bilingual | 11 | | education shall include all additional investments in | 12 | | English learner students' adequacy elements. | 13 | | "Budget Year" means the school year for which primary | 14 | | State aid is calculated and awarded under this Section. | 15 | | "Central office" means individual administrators and | 16 | | support service personnel charged with managing the | 17 | | instructional programs, business and operations, and | 18 | | security of the Organizational Unit. | 19 | | "Comparable Wage Index" or "CWI" means a regional cost | 20 | | differentiation metric that measures systemic, regional | 21 | | variations in the salaries of college graduates who are not | 22 | | educators. The CWI utilized for this Section shall, for the | 23 | | first 3 years of Evidence-Based Funding implementation, be | 24 | | the CWI initially developed by the National Center for | 25 | | Education Statistics, as most recently updated by Texas A & | 26 | | M University. In the fourth and subsequent years of |
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| 1 | | Evidence-Based Funding implementation, the State | 2 | | Superintendent shall re-determine the CWI using a similar | 3 | | methodology to that identified in the Texas A & M | 4 | | University study, with adjustments made no less frequently | 5 | | than once every 5 years. | 6 | | "Computer technology and equipment" means computers | 7 | | servers, notebooks, network equipment, copiers, printers, | 8 | | instructional software, security software, curriculum | 9 | | management courseware, and other similar materials and | 10 | | equipment. | 11 | | "Core subject" means mathematics; science; reading, | 12 | | English, writing, and language arts; history and social | 13 | | studies; world languages; and subjects taught as Advanced | 14 | | Placement in high schools. | 15 | | "Core teacher" means a regular classroom teacher in | 16 | | elementary schools and teachers of a core subject in middle | 17 | | and high schools. | 18 | | "Core Intervention teacher (tutor)" means a licensed | 19 | | teacher providing one-on-one or small group tutoring to | 20 | | students struggling to meet proficiency in core subjects. | 21 | | "CPPRT" means corporate personal property replacement | 22 | | tax funds paid to an Organizational Unit during the | 23 | | calendar year one year before the calendar year in which a | 24 | | school year begins, pursuant to "An Act in relation to the | 25 | | abolition of ad valorem personal property tax and the | 26 | | replacement of revenues lost thereby, and amending and |
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| 1 | | repealing certain Acts and parts of Acts in connection | 2 | | therewith", certified August 14, 1979, as amended (Public | 3 | | Act 81-1st S.S.-1). | 4 | | "EAV" means equalized assessed valuation as defined in | 5 | | paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of this Section and | 6 | | calculated in accordance with paragraph (3) of subsection | 7 | | (d) of this Section. | 8 | | "ECI" means the Bureau of Labor Statistics' national | 9 | | employment cost index for civilian workers in educational | 10 | | services in elementary and secondary schools on a | 11 | | cumulative basis for the 12-month calendar year preceding | 12 | | the fiscal year of the Evidence-Based Funding calculation. | 13 | | "EIS Data" means the employment information system | 14 | | data maintained by the State Board on educators within | 15 | | Organizational Units. | 16 | | "Employee benefits" means health, dental, and vision | 17 | | insurance offered to employees of an Organizational Unit, | 18 | | the costs associated with statutorily required payment of | 19 | | the normal cost of the Organizational Unit's teacher | 20 | | pensions, Social Security employer contributions, and | 21 | | Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund employer contributions. | 22 | | "English learner" or "EL" means a child included in the | 23 | | definition of "English learners" under Section 14C-2 of | 24 | | this Code participating in a program of transitional | 25 | | bilingual education or a transitional program of | 26 | | instruction meeting the requirements and program |
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| 1 | | application procedures of Article 14C of this Code. For the | 2 | | purposes of collecting the number of EL students enrolled, | 3 | | the same collection and calculation methodology as defined | 4 | | above for "ASE" shall apply to English learners. | 5 | | "Essential Elements" means those elements, resources, | 6 | | and educational programs that have been identified through | 7 | | academic research as necessary to improve student success, | 8 | | improve academic performance, close achievement gaps, and | 9 | | provide for other per student costs related to the delivery | 10 | | and leadership of the Organizational Unit, as well as the | 11 | | maintenance and operations of the unit, and which are | 12 | | specified in paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of this | 13 | | Section. | 14 | | "Evidence-Based Funding" means State funding provided | 15 | | to an Organizational Unit pursuant to this Section. | 16 | | "Extended day" means academic and enrichment programs | 17 | | provided to students outside the regular school day before | 18 | | and after school or during non-instructional times during | 19 | | the school day. | 20 | | "Extension Limitation Ratio" means a numerical ratio | 21 | | in which the numerator is the Base Tax Year's Extension and | 22 | | the denominator is the Preceding Tax Year's Extension. | 23 | | "Final Percent of Adequacy" is defined in paragraph (4) | 24 | | of subsection (f) of this Section. | 25 | | "Final Resources" is defined in paragraph (3) of | 26 | | subsection (f) of this Section. |
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| 1 | | "Full-time equivalent" or "FTE" means the full-time | 2 | | equivalency compensation for staffing the relevant | 3 | | position at an Organizational Unit. | 4 | | "Funding Gap" is defined in paragraph (1) of subsection | 5 | | (g). | 6 | | "Guidance counselor" means a licensed guidance | 7 | | counselor who provides guidance and counseling support for | 8 | | students within an Organizational Unit. | 9 | | "Hybrid District" means a partial elementary unit | 10 | | district created pursuant to Article 11E of this Code. | 11 | | "Instructional assistant" means a core or special | 12 | | education, non-licensed employee who assists a teacher in | 13 | | the classroom and provides academic support to students. | 14 | | "Instructional facilitator" means a qualified teacher | 15 | | or licensed teacher leader who facilitates and coaches | 16 | | continuous improvement in classroom instruction; provides | 17 | | instructional support to teachers in the elements of | 18 | | research-based instruction or demonstrates the alignment | 19 | | of instruction with curriculum standards and assessment | 20 | | tools; develops or coordinates instructional programs or | 21 | | strategies; develops and implements training; chooses | 22 | | standards-based instructional materials; provides teachers | 23 | | with an understanding of current research; serves as a | 24 | | mentor, site coach, curriculum specialist, or lead | 25 | | teacher; or otherwise works with fellow teachers, in | 26 | | collaboration, to use data to improve instructional |
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| 1 | | practice or develop model lessons. | 2 | | "Instructional materials" means relevant instructional | 3 | | materials for student instruction, including, but not | 4 | | limited to, textbooks, consumable workbooks, laboratory | 5 | | equipment, library books, and other similar materials. | 6 | | "Laboratory School" means a public school that is | 7 | | created and operated by a public university and approved by | 8 | | the State Board. | 9 | | "Librarian" means a teacher with an endorsement as a | 10 | | library information specialist or another individual whose | 11 | | primary responsibility is overseeing library resources | 12 | | within an Organizational Unit. | 13 | | "Local Capacity" is defined in paragraph (1) of | 14 | | subsection (c) of this Section. | 15 | | "Local Capacity Percentage" is defined in subparagraph | 16 | | (A) of paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of this Section. | 17 | | "Local Capacity Ratio" is defined in subparagraph (B) | 18 | | of paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of this Section. | 19 | | "Local Capacity Target" is defined in paragraph (2) of | 20 | | subsection (c) of this Section. | 21 | | "Low-Income Count" means, for an Organizational Unit | 22 | | in a fiscal year, the higher of the average number of | 23 | | students for the prior school year or the immediately | 24 | | preceding 3 school years who, as of July 1 of the | 25 | | immediately preceding fiscal year (as determined by the | 26 | | Department of Human Services), are eligible for at least |
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| 1 | | one of the following low income programs: Medicaid, the | 2 | | Children's Health Insurance Program, TANF, or the | 3 | | Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, excluding | 4 | | pupils who are eligible for services provided by the | 5 | | Department of Children and Family Services. Until such time | 6 | | that grade level low-income populations become available, | 7 | | grade level low-income populations shall be determined by | 8 | | applying the low-income percentage to total student | 9 | | enrollments by grade level. The low-income percentage is | 10 | | determined by dividing the Low-Income Count by the Average | 11 | | Student Enrollment. | 12 | | "Maintenance and operations" means custodial services, | 13 | | facility and ground maintenance, facility operations, | 14 | | facility security, routine facility repairs, and other | 15 | | similar services and functions. | 16 | | "Minimum Funding Level" is defined in paragraph (9) of | 17 | | subsection (g) of this Section. | 18 | | "New Property Tax Relief Pool Funds" means, for any | 19 | | given fiscal year, all State funds appropriated under | 20 | | Section 2-3.170 of the School Code. | 21 | | "New State Funds" means, for a given school year, all | 22 | | State funds appropriated for Evidence-Based Funding in | 23 | | excess of the amount needed to fund the Base Funding | 24 | | Minimum for all Organizational Units in that school year. | 25 | | "Net State Contribution Target" means, for a given | 26 | | school year, the amount of State funds that would be |
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| 1 | | necessary to fully meet the Adequacy Target of an | 2 | | Operational Unit minus the Preliminary Resources available | 3 | | to each unit. | 4 | | "Nurse" means an individual licensed as a certified | 5 | | school nurse, in accordance with the rules established for | 6 | | nursing services by the State Board, who is an employee of | 7 | | and is available to provide health care-related services | 8 | | for students of an Organizational Unit. | 9 | | "Operating Tax Rate" means the rate utilized in the | 10 | | previous year to extend property taxes for all purposes, | 11 | | except, Bond and Interest, Summer School, Rent, Capital | 12 | | Improvement, and Vocational Education Building purposes. | 13 | | For Hybrid Districts, the Operating Tax Rate shall be the | 14 | | combined elementary and high school rates utilized in the | 15 | | previous year to extend property taxes for all purposes, | 16 | | except, Bond and Interest, Summer School, Rent, Capital | 17 | | Improvement, and Vocational Education Building purposes. | 18 | | "Organizational Unit" means a Laboratory School, an | 19 | | Alternative School, or any public school district that is | 20 | | recognized as such by the State Board and that contains | 21 | | elementary schools typically serving kindergarten through | 22 | | 5th grades, middle schools typically serving 6th through | 23 | | 8th grades, or high schools typically serving 9th through | 24 | | 12th grades. The General Assembly acknowledges that the | 25 | | actual grade levels served by a particular Organizational | 26 | | Unit may vary slightly from what is typical. |
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| 1 | | "Organizational Unit CWI" is determined by calculating | 2 | | the CWI in the region and original county in which an | 3 | | Organizational Unit's primary administrative office is | 4 | | located as set forth in this paragraph, provided that if | 5 | | the Organizational Unit CWI as calculated in accordance | 6 | | with this paragraph is less than 0.9, the Organizational | 7 | | Unit CWI shall be increased to 0.9. Each county's current | 8 | | CWI value shall be adjusted based on the CWI value of that | 9 | | county's neighboring Illinois counties, to create a | 10 | | "weighted adjusted index value". This shall be calculated | 11 | | by summing the CWI values of all of a county's adjacent | 12 | | Illinois counties and dividing by the number of adjacent | 13 | | Illinois counties, then taking the weighted value of the | 14 | | original county's CWI value and the adjacent Illinois | 15 | | county average. To calculate this weighted value, if the | 16 | | number of adjacent Illinois counties is greater than 2, the | 17 | | original county's CWI value will be weighted at 0.25 and | 18 | | the adjacent Illinois county average will be weighted at | 19 | | 0.75. If the number of adjacent Illinois counties is 2, the | 20 | | original county's CWI value will be weighted at 0.33 and | 21 | | the adjacent Illinois county average will be weighted at | 22 | | 0.66. The greater of the county's current CWI value and its | 23 | | weighted adjusted index value shall be used as the | 24 | | Organizational Unit CWI. | 25 | | "Preceding Tax Year" means the property tax levy year | 26 | | immediately preceding the Base Tax Year. |
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| 1 | | "Preceding Tax Year's Extension" means the product of | 2 | | the equalized assessed valuation utilized by the county | 3 | | clerk in the Preceding Tax Year multiplied by the Operating | 4 | | Tax Rate. | 5 | | "Preliminary Percent of Adequacy" is defined in | 6 | | paragraph (2) of subsection (f) of this Section. | 7 | | "Preliminary Resources" is defined in paragraph (2) of | 8 | | subsection (f) of this Section. | 9 | | "Principal" means a school administrator duly endorsed | 10 | | to be employed as a principal in this State. | 11 | | "Professional development" means training programs for | 12 | | licensed staff in schools, including, but not limited to, | 13 | | programs that assist in implementing new curriculum | 14 | | programs, provide data focused or academic assessment data | 15 | | training to help staff identify a student's weaknesses and | 16 | | strengths, target interventions, improve instruction, | 17 | | encompass instructional strategies for English learner, | 18 | | gifted, or at-risk students, address inclusivity, cultural | 19 | | sensitivity, or implicit bias, or otherwise provide | 20 | | professional support for licensed staff. | 21 | | "Prototypical" means 450 special education | 22 | | pre-kindergarten and kindergarten through grade 5 students | 23 | | for an elementary school, 450 grade 6 through 8 students | 24 | | for a middle school, and 600 grade 9 through 12 students | 25 | | for a high school. | 26 | | "PTELL" means the Property Tax Extension Limitation |
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| 1 | | Law. | 2 | | "PTELL EAV" is defined in paragraph (4) of subsection | 3 | | (d) of this Section. | 4 | | "Pupil support staff" means a nurse, psychologist, | 5 | | social worker, family liaison personnel, or other staff | 6 | | member who provides support to at-risk or struggling | 7 | | students. | 8 | | "Real Receipts" is defined in paragraph (1) of | 9 | | subsection (d) of this Section. | 10 | | "Regionalization Factor" means, for a particular | 11 | | Organizational Unit, the figure derived by dividing the | 12 | | Organizational Unit CWI by the Statewide Weighted CWI. | 13 | | "School site staff" means the primary school secretary | 14 | | and any additional clerical personnel assigned to a school. | 15 | | "Special education" means special educational | 16 | | facilities and services, as defined in Section 14-1.08 of | 17 | | this Code. | 18 | | "Special Education Allocation" means the amount of an | 19 | | Organizational Unit's final Adequacy Target attributable | 20 | | to special education divided by the Organizational Unit's | 21 | | final Adequacy Target, the product of which shall be | 22 | | multiplied by the amount of new funding received pursuant | 23 | | to this Section. An Organizational Unit's final Adequacy | 24 | | Target attributable to special education shall include all | 25 | | special education investment adequacy elements. | 26 | | "Specialist teacher" means a teacher who provides |
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| 1 | | instruction in subject areas not included in core subjects, | 2 | | including, but not limited to, art, music, physical | 3 | | education, health, driver education, career-technical | 4 | | education, and such other subject areas as may be mandated | 5 | | by State law or provided by an Organizational Unit. | 6 | | "Specially Funded Unit" means an Alternative School, | 7 | | safe school, Department of Juvenile Justice school, | 8 | | special education cooperative or entity recognized by the | 9 | | State Board as a special education cooperative, | 10 | | State-approved charter school, or alternative learning | 11 | | opportunities program that received direct funding from | 12 | | the State Board during the 2016-2017 school year through | 13 | | any of the funding sources included within the calculation | 14 | | of the Base Funding Minimum or Glenwood Academy. | 15 | | "Supplemental Grant Funding" means supplemental | 16 | | general State aid funding received by an Organization Unit | 17 | | during the 2016-2017 school year pursuant to subsection (H) | 18 | | of Section 18-8.05 of this Code. | 19 | | "State Adequacy Level" is the sum of the Adequacy | 20 | | Targets of all Organizational Units. | 21 | | "State Board" means the State Board of Education. | 22 | | "State Superintendent" means the State Superintendent | 23 | | of Education. | 24 | | "Statewide Weighted CWI" means a figure determined by | 25 | | multiplying each Organizational Unit CWI times the ASE for | 26 | | that Organizational Unit creating a weighted value, |
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| 1 | | summing all Organizational Unit's weighted values, and | 2 | | dividing by the total ASE of all Organizational Units, | 3 | | thereby creating an average weighted index. | 4 | | "Student activities" means non-credit producing | 5 | | after-school programs, including, but not limited to, | 6 | | clubs, bands, sports, and other activities authorized by | 7 | | the school board of the Organizational Unit. | 8 | | "Substitute teacher" means an individual teacher or | 9 | | teaching assistant who is employed by an Organizational | 10 | | Unit and is temporarily serving the Organizational Unit on | 11 | | a per diem or per period-assignment basis replacing another | 12 | | staff member. | 13 | | "Summer school" means academic and enrichment programs | 14 | | provided to students during the summer months outside of | 15 | | the regular school year. | 16 | | "Supervisory aide" means a non-licensed staff member | 17 | | who helps in supervising students of an Organizational | 18 | | Unit, but does so outside of the classroom, in situations | 19 | | such as, but not limited to, monitoring hallways and | 20 | | playgrounds, supervising lunchrooms, or supervising | 21 | | students when being transported in buses serving the | 22 | | Organizational Unit. | 23 | | "Target Ratio" is defined in paragraph (4) of | 24 | | subsection (g). | 25 | | "Tier 1", "Tier 2", "Tier 3", and "Tier 4" are defined | 26 | | in paragraph (3) of subsection (g). |
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| 1 | | "Tier 1 Aggregate Funding", "Tier 2 Aggregate | 2 | | Funding", "Tier 3 Aggregate Funding", and "Tier 4 Aggregate | 3 | | Funding" are defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (g). | 4 | | (b) Adequacy Target calculation. | 5 | | (1) Each Organizational Unit's Adequacy Target is the | 6 | | sum of the Organizational Unit's cost of providing | 7 | | Essential Elements, as calculated in accordance with this | 8 | | subsection (b), with the salary amounts in the Essential | 9 | | Elements multiplied by a Regionalization Factor calculated | 10 | | pursuant to paragraph (3) of this subsection (b). | 11 | | (2) The Essential Elements are attributable on a pro | 12 | | rata basis related to defined subgroups of the ASE of each | 13 | | Organizational Unit as specified in this paragraph (2), | 14 | | with investments and FTE positions pro rata funded based on | 15 | | ASE counts in excess or less than the thresholds set forth | 16 | | in this paragraph (2). The method for calculating | 17 | | attributable pro rata costs and the defined subgroups | 18 | | thereto are as follows: | 19 | | (A) Core class size investments. Each | 20 | | Organizational Unit shall receive the funding required | 21 | | to support that number of FTE core teacher positions as | 22 | | is needed to keep the respective class sizes of the | 23 | | Organizational Unit to the following maximum numbers: | 24 | | (i) For grades kindergarten through 3, the | 25 | | Organizational Unit shall receive funding required | 26 | | to support one FTE core teacher position for every |
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| 1 | | 15 Low-Income Count students in those grades and | 2 | | one FTE core teacher position for every 20 | 3 | | non-Low-Income Count students in those grades. | 4 | | (ii) For grades 4 through 12, the | 5 | | Organizational Unit shall receive funding required | 6 | | to support one FTE core teacher position for every | 7 | | 20 Low-Income Count students in those grades and | 8 | | one FTE core teacher position for every 25 | 9 | | non-Low-Income Count students in those grades. | 10 | | The number of non-Low-Income Count students in a | 11 | | grade shall be determined by subtracting the | 12 | | Low-Income students in that grade from the ASE of the | 13 | | Organizational Unit for that grade. | 14 | | (B) Specialist teacher investments. Each | 15 | | Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed | 16 | | to cover that number of FTE specialist teacher | 17 | | positions that correspond to the following | 18 | | percentages: | 19 | | (i) if the Organizational Unit operates an | 20 | | elementary or middle school, then 20.00% of the | 21 | | number of the Organizational Unit's core teachers, | 22 | | as determined under subparagraph (A) of this | 23 | | paragraph (2); and | 24 | | (ii) if such Organizational Unit operates a | 25 | | high school, then 33.33% of the number of the | 26 | | Organizational Unit's core teachers. |
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| 1 | | (C) Instructional facilitator investments. Each | 2 | | Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed | 3 | | to cover one FTE instructional facilitator position | 4 | | for every 200 combined ASE of pre-kindergarten | 5 | | children with disabilities and all kindergarten | 6 | | through grade 12 students of the Organizational Unit. | 7 | | (D) Core intervention teacher (tutor) investments. | 8 | | Each Organizational Unit shall receive the funding | 9 | | needed to cover one FTE teacher position for each | 10 | | prototypical elementary, middle, and high school. | 11 | | (E) Substitute teacher investments. Each | 12 | | Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed | 13 | | to cover substitute teacher costs that is equal to | 14 | | 5.70% of the minimum pupil attendance days required | 15 | | under Section 10-19 of this Code for all full-time | 16 | | equivalent core, specialist, and intervention | 17 | | teachers, school nurses, special education teachers | 18 | | and instructional assistants, instructional | 19 | | facilitators, and summer school and extended-day | 20 | | teacher positions, as determined under this paragraph | 21 | | (2), at a salary rate of 33.33% of the average salary | 22 | | for grade K through 12 teachers and 33.33% of the | 23 | | average salary of each instructional assistant | 24 | | position. | 25 | | (F) Core guidance counselor investments. Each | 26 | | Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed |
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| 1 | | to cover one FTE guidance counselor for each 450 | 2 | | combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with | 3 | | disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 5 | 4 | | students, plus one FTE guidance counselor for each 250 | 5 | | grades 6 through 8 ASE middle school students, plus one | 6 | | FTE guidance counselor for each 250 grades 9 through 12 | 7 | | ASE high school students. | 8 | | (G) Nurse investments. Each Organizational Unit | 9 | | shall receive the funding needed to cover one FTE nurse | 10 | | for each 750 combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children | 11 | | with disabilities and all kindergarten through grade | 12 | | 12 students across all grade levels it serves. | 13 | | (H) Supervisory aide investments. Each | 14 | | Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed | 15 | | to cover one FTE for each 225 combined ASE of | 16 | | pre-kindergarten children with disabilities and all | 17 | | kindergarten through grade 5 students, plus one FTE for | 18 | | each 225 ASE middle school students, plus one FTE for | 19 | | each 200 ASE high school students. | 20 | | (I) Librarian investments. Each Organizational | 21 | | Unit shall receive the funding needed to cover one FTE | 22 | | librarian for each prototypical elementary school, | 23 | | middle school, and high school and one FTE aide or | 24 | | media technician for every 300 combined ASE of | 25 | | pre-kindergarten children with disabilities and all | 26 | | kindergarten through grade 12 students. |
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| 1 | | (J) Principal investments. Each Organizational | 2 | | Unit shall receive the funding needed to cover one FTE | 3 | | principal position for each prototypical elementary | 4 | | school, plus one FTE principal position for each | 5 | | prototypical middle school, plus one FTE principal | 6 | | position for each prototypical high school. | 7 | | (K) Assistant principal investments. Each | 8 | | Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed | 9 | | to cover one FTE assistant principal position for each | 10 | | prototypical elementary school, plus one FTE assistant | 11 | | principal position for each prototypical middle | 12 | | school, plus one FTE assistant principal position for | 13 | | each prototypical high school. | 14 | | (L) School site staff investments. Each | 15 | | Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed | 16 | | for one FTE position for each 225 ASE of | 17 | | pre-kindergarten children with disabilities and all | 18 | | kindergarten through grade 5 students, plus one FTE | 19 | | position for each 225 ASE middle school students, plus | 20 | | one FTE position for each 200 ASE high school students. | 21 | | (M) Gifted investments. Each Organizational Unit | 22 | | shall receive $40 per kindergarten through grade 12 | 23 | | ASE. | 24 | | (N) Professional development investments. Each | 25 | | Organizational Unit shall receive $125 per student of | 26 | | the combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with |
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| 1 | | disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12 | 2 | | students for trainers and other professional | 3 | | development-related expenses for supplies and | 4 | | materials. | 5 | | (O) Instructional material investments. Each | 6 | | Organizational Unit shall receive $190 per student of | 7 | | the combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with | 8 | | disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12 | 9 | | students to cover instructional material costs. | 10 | | (P) Assessment investments. Each Organizational | 11 | | Unit shall receive $25 per student of the combined ASE | 12 | | of pre-kindergarten children with disabilities and all | 13 | | kindergarten through grade 12 students student to | 14 | | cover assessment costs. | 15 | | (Q) Computer technology and equipment investments. | 16 | | Each Organizational Unit shall receive $285.50 per | 17 | | student of the combined ASE of pre-kindergarten | 18 | | children with disabilities and all kindergarten | 19 | | through grade 12 students to cover computer technology | 20 | | and equipment costs. For the 2018-2019 school year and | 21 | | subsequent school years, Tier 1 and Tier 2 | 22 | | Organizational Units selected by the State Board | 23 | | through a request for proposals process shall, upon the | 24 | | State Board's approval of an Organizational Unit's | 25 | | one-to-one computing technology plan, receive an | 26 | | additional $285.50 per student of the combined ASE of |
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| 1 | | pre-kindergarten children with disabilities and all | 2 | | kindergarten through grade 12 students to cover | 3 | | computer technology and equipment costs. The State | 4 | | Board may establish additional requirements for | 5 | | Organizational Unit expenditures of funds received | 6 | | pursuant to this subparagraph (Q). It is the intent of | 7 | | this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly that | 8 | | all Tier 1 and Tier 2 districts that apply for the | 9 | | technology grant receive the addition to their | 10 | | Adequacy Target, subject to compliance with the | 11 | | requirements of the State Board. | 12 | | (R) Student activities investments. Each | 13 | | Organizational Unit shall receive the following | 14 | | funding amounts to cover student activities: $100 per | 15 | | kindergarten through grade 5 ASE student in elementary | 16 | | school, plus $200 per ASE student in middle school, | 17 | | plus $675 per ASE student in high school. | 18 | | (S) Maintenance and operations investments. Each | 19 | | Organizational Unit shall receive $1,038 per student | 20 | | of the combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with | 21 | | disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12 for | 22 | | day-to-day maintenance and operations expenditures, | 23 | | including salary, supplies, and materials, as well as | 24 | | purchased services, but excluding employee benefits. | 25 | | The proportion of salary for the application of a | 26 | | Regionalization Factor and the calculation of benefits |
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| 1 | | is equal to $352.92. | 2 | | (T) Central office investments. Each | 3 | | Organizational Unit shall receive $742 per student of | 4 | | the combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with | 5 | | disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12 | 6 | | students to cover central office operations, including | 7 | | administrators and classified personnel charged with | 8 | | managing the instructional programs, business and | 9 | | operations of the school district, and security | 10 | | personnel. The proportion of salary for the | 11 | | application of a Regionalization Factor and the | 12 | | calculation of benefits is equal to $368.48. | 13 | | (U) Employee benefit investments. Each | 14 | | Organizational Unit shall receive 30% of the total of | 15 | | all salary-calculated elements of the Adequacy Target, | 16 | | excluding substitute teachers and student activities | 17 | | investments, to cover benefit costs. For central | 18 | | office and maintenance and operations investments, the | 19 | | benefit calculation shall be based upon the salary | 20 | | proportion of each investment. If at any time the | 21 | | responsibility for funding the employer normal cost of | 22 | | teacher pensions is assigned to school districts, then | 23 | | that amount certified by the Teachers' Retirement | 24 | | System of the State of Illinois to be paid by the | 25 | | Organizational Unit for the preceding school year | 26 | | shall be added to the benefit investment. For any |
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| 1 | | fiscal year in which a school district organized under | 2 | | Article 34 of this Code is responsible for paying the | 3 | | employer normal cost of teacher pensions, then that | 4 | | amount of its employer normal cost plus the amount for | 5 | | retiree health insurance as certified by the Public | 6 | | School Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of | 7 | | Chicago to be paid by the school district for the | 8 | | preceding school year that is statutorily required to | 9 | | cover employer normal costs and the amount for retiree | 10 | | health insurance shall be added to the 30% specified in | 11 | | this subparagraph (U). The Public School Teachers' | 12 | | Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago shall submit | 13 | | such information as the State Superintendent may | 14 | | require for the calculations set forth in this | 15 | | subparagraph (U). | 16 | | (V) Additional investments in low-income students. | 17 | | In addition to and not in lieu of all other funding | 18 | | under this paragraph (2), each Organizational Unit | 19 | | shall receive funding based on the average teacher | 20 | | salary for grades K through 12 to cover the costs of: | 21 | | (i) one FTE intervention teacher (tutor) | 22 | | position for every 125 Low-Income Count students; | 23 | | (ii) one FTE pupil support staff position for | 24 | | every 125 Low-Income Count students; | 25 | | (iii) one FTE extended day teacher position | 26 | | for every 120 Low-Income Count students; and |
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| 1 | | (iv) one FTE summer school teacher position | 2 | | for every 120 Low-Income Count students. | 3 | | (W) Additional investments in English learner | 4 | | students. In addition to and not in lieu of all other | 5 | | funding under this paragraph (2), each Organizational | 6 | | Unit shall receive funding based on the average teacher | 7 | | salary for grades K through 12 to cover the costs of: | 8 | | (i) one FTE intervention teacher (tutor) | 9 | | position for every 125 English learner students; | 10 | | (ii) one FTE pupil support staff position for | 11 | | every 125 English learner students; | 12 | | (iii) one FTE extended day teacher position | 13 | | for every 120 English learner students; | 14 | | (iv) one FTE summer school teacher position | 15 | | for every 120 English learner students; and | 16 | | (v) one FTE core teacher position for every 100 | 17 | | English learner students. | 18 | | (X) Special education investments. Each | 19 | | Organizational Unit shall receive funding based on the | 20 | | average teacher salary for grades K through 12 to cover | 21 | | special education as follows: | 22 | | (i) one FTE teacher position for every 141 | 23 | | combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with | 24 | | disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12 | 25 | | students; | 26 | | (ii) one FTE instructional assistant for every |
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| 1 | | 141 combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with | 2 | | disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12 | 3 | | students; and | 4 | | (iii) one FTE psychologist position for every | 5 | | 1,000 combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children | 6 | | with disabilities and all kindergarten through | 7 | | grade 12 students. | 8 | | (3) For calculating the salaries included within the | 9 | | Essential Elements, the State Superintendent shall | 10 | | annually calculate average salaries to the nearest dollar | 11 | | using the employment information system data maintained by | 12 | | the State Board, limited to public schools only and | 13 | | excluding special education and vocational cooperatives, | 14 | | schools operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice, and | 15 | | charter schools, for the following positions: | 16 | | (A) Teacher for grades K through 8. | 17 | | (B) Teacher for grades 9 through 12. | 18 | | (C) Teacher for grades K through 12. | 19 | | (D) Guidance counselor for grades K through 8. | 20 | | (E) Guidance counselor for grades 9 through 12. | 21 | | (F) Guidance counselor for grades K through 12. | 22 | | (G) Social worker. | 23 | | (H) Psychologist. | 24 | | (I) Librarian. | 25 | | (J) Nurse. | 26 | | (K) Principal. |
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| 1 | | (L) Assistant principal. | 2 | | For the purposes of this paragraph (3), "teacher" | 3 | | includes core teachers, specialist and elective teachers, | 4 | | instructional facilitators, tutors, special education | 5 | | teachers, pupil support staff teachers, English learner | 6 | | teachers, extended-day teachers, and summer school | 7 | | teachers. Where specific grade data is not required for the | 8 | | Essential Elements, the average salary for corresponding | 9 | | positions shall apply. For substitute teachers, the | 10 | | average teacher salary for grades K through 12 shall apply. | 11 | | For calculating the salaries included within the | 12 | | Essential Elements for positions not included within EIS | 13 | | Data, the following salaries shall be used in the first | 14 | | year of implementation of Evidence-Based Funding: | 15 | | (i) school site staff, $30,000; and | 16 | | (ii) non-instructional assistant, instructional | 17 | | assistant, library aide, library media tech, or | 18 | | supervisory aide: $25,000. | 19 | | In the second and subsequent years of implementation of | 20 | | Evidence-Based Funding, the amounts in items (i) and (ii) | 21 | | of this paragraph (3) shall annually increase by the ECI. | 22 | | The salary amounts for the Essential Elements | 23 | | determined pursuant to subparagraphs (A) through (L), (S) | 24 | | and (T), and (V) through (X) of paragraph (2) of subsection | 25 | | (b) of this Section shall be multiplied by a | 26 | | Regionalization Factor. |
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| 1 | | (c) Local capacity calculation. | 2 | | (1) Each Organizational Unit's Local Capacity | 3 | | represents an amount of funding it is assumed to contribute | 4 | | toward its Adequacy Target for purposes of the | 5 | | Evidence-Based Funding formula calculation. "Local | 6 | | Capacity" means either (i) the Organizational Unit's Local | 7 | | Capacity Target as calculated in accordance with paragraph | 8 | | (2) of this subsection (c) if its Real Receipts are equal | 9 | | to or less than its Local Capacity Target or (ii) the | 10 | | Organizational Unit's Adjusted Local Capacity, as | 11 | | calculated in accordance with paragraph (3) of this | 12 | | subsection (c) if Real Receipts are more than its Local | 13 | | Capacity Target. | 14 | | (2) "Local Capacity Target" means, for an | 15 | | Organizational Unit, that dollar amount that is obtained by | 16 | | multiplying its Adequacy Target by its Local Capacity | 17 | | Ratio. | 18 | | (A) An Organizational Unit's Local Capacity | 19 | | Percentage is the conversion of the Organizational | 20 | | Unit's Local Capacity Ratio, as such ratio is | 21 | | determined in accordance with subparagraph (B) of this | 22 | | paragraph (2), into a normal curve equivalent score to | 23 | | determine each Organizational Unit's relative position | 24 | | to all other Organizational Units in this State. The | 25 | | calculation of Local Capacity Percentage is described | 26 | | in subparagraph (C) of this paragraph (2). |
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| 1 | | (B) An Organizational Unit's Local Capacity Ratio | 2 | | in a given year is the percentage obtained by dividing | 3 | | its Adjusted EAV or PTELL EAV, whichever is less, by | 4 | | its Adequacy Target, with the resulting ratio further | 5 | | adjusted as follows: | 6 | | (i) for Organizational Units serving grades | 7 | | kindergarten through 12 and Hybrid Districts, no | 8 | | further adjustments shall be made; | 9 | | (ii) for Organizational Units serving grades | 10 | | kindergarten through 8, the ratio shall be | 11 | | multiplied by 9/13; | 12 | | (iii) for Organizational Units serving grades | 13 | | 9 through 12, the Local Capacity Ratio shall be | 14 | | multiplied by 4/13; and | 15 | | (iv) for an Organizational Unit with a | 16 | | different grade configuration than those specified | 17 | | in items (i) through (iii) of this subparagraph | 18 | | (B), the State Superintendent shall determine a | 19 | | comparable adjustment based on the grades served. | 20 | | (C) Local Capacity Percentage converts each | 21 | | Organizational Unit's Local Capacity Ratio to a normal | 22 | | curve equivalent score to determine each | 23 | | Organizational Unit's relative position to all other | 24 | | Organizational Units in this State. The Local Capacity | 25 | | Percentage normal curve equivalent score for each | 26 | | Organizational Unit shall be calculated using the |
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| 1 | | standard normal distribution of the score in relation | 2 | | to the weighted mean and weighted standard deviation | 3 | | and Local Capacity Ratios of all Organizational Units. | 4 | | If the value assigned to any Organizational Unit is in | 5 | | excess of 90%, the value shall be adjusted to 90%. For | 6 | | Laboratory Schools, the Local Capacity Percentage | 7 | | shall be set at 10% in
recognition of the absence of | 8 | | EAV and resources from the public university that are | 9 | | allocated to
the Laboratory School. The weighted mean | 10 | | for the Local Capacity Percentage shall be determined | 11 | | by multiplying each Organizational Unit's Local | 12 | | Capacity Ratio times the ASE for the unit creating a | 13 | | weighted value, summing the weighted values of all | 14 | | Organizational Units, and dividing by the total ASE of | 15 | | all Organizational Units. The weighted standard | 16 | | deviation shall be determined by taking the square root | 17 | | of the weighted variance of all Organizational Units' | 18 | | Local Capacity Ratio, where the variance is calculated | 19 | | by squaring the difference between each unit's Local | 20 | | Capacity Ratio and the weighted mean, then multiplying | 21 | | the variance for each unit times the ASE for the unit | 22 | | to create a weighted variance for each unit, then | 23 | | summing all units' weighted variance and dividing by | 24 | | the total ASE of all units. | 25 | | (D) For any Organizational Unit, the | 26 | | Organizational Unit's Adjusted Local Capacity Target |
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| 1 | | shall be reduced by either (i) the school board's | 2 | | remaining contribution pursuant to paragraph (ii) of | 3 | | subsection (b-4) of Section 16-158 of the Illinois | 4 | | Pension Code in a given year, or (ii) the board of | 5 | | education's remaining contribution pursuant to | 6 | | paragraph (iv) of subsection (b) of Section 17-129 of | 7 | | the Illinois Pension Code absent the employer normal | 8 | | cost portion of the required contribution and amount | 9 | | allowed pursuant to subdivision (3) of Section | 10 | | 17-142.1 of the Illinois Pension Code in a given year. | 11 | | In the preceding sentence, item (i) shall be certified | 12 | | to the State Board of Education by the Teachers' | 13 | | Retirement System of the State of Illinois and item | 14 | | (ii) shall be certified to the State Board of Education | 15 | | by the Public School Teachers' Pension and Retirement | 16 | | Fund of the City of Chicago. | 17 | | (3) If an Organizational Unit's Real Receipts are more | 18 | | than its Local Capacity Target, then its Local Capacity | 19 | | shall equal an Adjusted Local Capacity Target as calculated | 20 | | in accordance with this paragraph (3). The Adjusted Local | 21 | | Capacity Target is calculated as the sum of the | 22 | | Organizational Unit's Local Capacity Target and its Real | 23 | | Receipts Adjustment. The Real Receipts Adjustment equals | 24 | | the Organizational Unit's Real Receipts less its Local | 25 | | Capacity Target, with the resulting figure multiplied by | 26 | | the Local Capacity Percentage. |
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| 1 | | As used in this paragraph (3), "Real Percent of | 2 | | Adequacy" means the sum of an Organizational Unit's Real | 3 | | Receipts, CPPRT, and Base Funding Minimum, with the | 4 | | resulting figure divided by the Organizational Unit's | 5 | | Adequacy Target. | 6 | | (d) Calculation of Real Receipts, EAV, and Adjusted EAV for | 7 | | purposes of the Local Capacity calculation. | 8 | | (1) An Organizational Unit's Real Receipts are the | 9 | | product of its Applicable Tax Rate and its Adjusted EAV. An | 10 | | Organizational Unit's Applicable Tax Rate is its Adjusted | 11 | | Operating Tax Rate for property within the Organizational | 12 | | Unit. | 13 | | (2) The State Superintendent shall calculate the | 14 | | Equalized Assessed Valuation, or EAV, of all taxable | 15 | | property of each Organizational Unit as of September 30 of | 16 | | the previous year in accordance with paragraph (3) of this | 17 | | subsection (d). The State Superintendent shall then | 18 | | determine the Adjusted EAV of each Organizational Unit in | 19 | | accordance with paragraph (4) of this subsection (d), which | 20 | | Adjusted EAV figure shall be used for the purposes of | 21 | | calculating Local Capacity. | 22 | | (3) To calculate Real Receipts and EAV, the Department | 23 | | of Revenue shall supply to the State Superintendent the | 24 | | value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue | 25 | | of all taxable property of every Organizational Unit, | 26 | | together with (i) the applicable tax rate used in extending |
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| 1 | | taxes for the funds of the Organizational Unit as of | 2 | | September 30 of the previous year and (ii) the limiting | 3 | | rate for all Organizational Units subject to property tax | 4 | | extension limitations as imposed under PTELL. | 5 | | (A) The Department of Revenue shall add to the | 6 | | equalized assessed value of all taxable property of | 7 | | each Organizational Unit situated entirely or | 8 | | partially within a county that is or was subject to the | 9 | | provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property | 10 | | Tax Code (i) an amount equal to the total amount by | 11 | | which the homestead exemption allowed under Section | 12 | | 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code for real | 13 | | property situated in that Organizational Unit exceeds | 14 | | the total amount that would have been allowed in that | 15 | | Organizational Unit if the maximum reduction under | 16 | | Section 15-176 was (I) $4,500 in Cook County or $3,500 | 17 | | in all other counties in tax year 2003 or (II) $5,000 | 18 | | in all counties in tax year 2004 and thereafter and | 19 | | (ii) an amount equal to the aggregate amount for the | 20 | | taxable year of all additional exemptions under | 21 | | Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code for owners with | 22 | | a household income of $30,000 or less. The county clerk | 23 | | of any county that is or was subject to the provisions | 24 | | of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code | 25 | | shall annually calculate and certify to the Department | 26 | | of Revenue for each Organizational Unit all homestead |
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| 1 | | exemption amounts under Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the | 2 | | Property Tax Code and all amounts of additional | 3 | | exemptions under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax | 4 | | Code for owners with a household income of $30,000 or | 5 | | less. It is the intent of this subparagraph (A) that if | 6 | | the general homestead exemption for a parcel of | 7 | | property is determined under Section 15-176 or 15-177 | 8 | | of the Property Tax Code rather than Section 15-175, | 9 | | then the calculation of EAV shall not be affected by | 10 | | the difference, if any, between the amount of the | 11 | | general homestead exemption allowed for that parcel of | 12 | | property under Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property | 13 | | Tax Code and the amount that would have been allowed | 14 | | had the general homestead exemption for that parcel of | 15 | | property been determined under Section 15-175 of the | 16 | | Property Tax Code. It is further the intent of this | 17 | | subparagraph (A) that if additional exemptions are | 18 | | allowed under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code | 19 | | for owners with a household income of less than | 20 | | $30,000, then the calculation of EAV shall not be | 21 | | affected by the difference, if any, because of those | 22 | | additional exemptions. | 23 | | (B) With respect to any part of an Organizational | 24 | | Unit within a redevelopment project area in respect to | 25 | | which a municipality has adopted tax increment | 26 | | allocation financing pursuant to the Tax Increment |
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| 1 | | Allocation Redevelopment Act, Division 74.4 of the | 2 | | Illinois Municipal Code, or the Industrial Jobs | 3 | | Recovery Law, Division 74.6 of the Illinois Municipal | 4 | | Code, no part of the current EAV of real property | 5 | | located in any such project area which is attributable | 6 | | to an increase above the total initial EAV of such | 7 | | property shall be used as part of the EAV of the | 8 | | Organizational Unit, until such time as all | 9 | | redevelopment project costs have been paid, as | 10 | | provided in Section 11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment | 11 | | Allocation Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 | 12 | | of the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose of | 13 | | the EAV of the Organizational Unit, the total initial | 14 | | EAV or the current EAV, whichever is lower, shall be | 15 | | used until such time as all redevelopment project costs | 16 | | have been paid. | 17 | | (B-5) The real property equalized assessed | 18 | | valuation for a school district shall be adjusted by | 19 | | subtracting from the real property value, as equalized | 20 | | or assessed by the Department of Revenue, for the | 21 | | district an amount computed by dividing the amount of | 22 | | any abatement of taxes under Section 18-170 of the | 23 | | Property Tax Code by 3.00% for a district maintaining | 24 | | grades kindergarten through 12, by 2.30% for a district | 25 | | maintaining grades kindergarten through 8, or by 1.05% | 26 | | for a district maintaining grades 9 through 12 and |
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| 1 | | adjusted by an amount computed by dividing the amount | 2 | | of any abatement of taxes under subsection (a) of | 3 | | Section 18-165 of the Property Tax Code by the same | 4 | | percentage rates for district type as specified in this | 5 | | subparagraph (B-5). | 6 | | (C) For Organizational Units that are Hybrid | 7 | | Districts, the State Superintendent shall use the | 8 | | lesser of the equalized assessed valuation for | 9 | | property within the partial elementary unit district | 10 | | for elementary purposes, as defined in Article 11E of | 11 | | this Code, or the equalized assessed valuation for | 12 | | property within the partial elementary unit district | 13 | | for high school purposes, as defined in Article 11E of | 14 | | this Code. | 15 | | (4) An Organizational Unit's Adjusted EAV shall be the | 16 | | average of its EAV over the immediately preceding 3 years | 17 | | or its EAV in the immediately preceding year if the EAV in | 18 | | the immediately preceding year has declined by 10% or more | 19 | | compared to the 3-year average. In the event of | 20 | | Organizational Unit reorganization, consolidation, or | 21 | | annexation, the Organizational Unit's Adjusted EAV for the | 22 | | first 3 years after such change shall be as follows: the | 23 | | most current EAV shall be used in the first year, the | 24 | | average of a 2-year EAV or its EAV in the immediately | 25 | | preceding year if the EAV declines by 10% or more compared | 26 | | to the 2-year average for the second year, and a 3-year |
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| 1 | | average EAV or its EAV in the immediately preceding year if | 2 | | the adjusted EAV declines by 10% or more compared to the | 3 | | 3-year average for the third year. | 4 | | "PTELL EAV" means a figure calculated by the State | 5 | | Board for Organizational Units subject to PTELL as | 6 | | described in this paragraph (4) for the purposes of | 7 | | calculating an Organizational Unit's Local Capacity Ratio. | 8 | | Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph (4), for an | 9 | | Organizational Unit that has approved or does approve an | 10 | | increase in its limiting rate, the PTELL EAV of an | 11 | | Organizational Unit shall be equal to the product of the | 12 | | equalized assessed valuation last used in the calculation | 13 | | of general State aid under Section 18-8.05 of this Code or | 14 | | Evidence-Based Funding under this Section and the | 15 | | Organizational Unit's Extension Limitation Ratio. If an | 16 | | Organizational Unit has approved or does approve an | 17 | | increase in its limiting rate, pursuant to Section 18-190 | 18 | | of the Property Tax Code, affecting the Base Tax Year, the | 19 | | PTELL EAV shall be equal to the product of the equalized | 20 | | assessed valuation last used in the calculation of general | 21 | | State aid under Section 18-8.05 of this Code or | 22 | | Evidence-Based Funding under this Section multiplied by an | 23 | | amount equal to one plus the percentage increase, if any, | 24 | | in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for all | 25 | | items published by the United States Department of Labor | 26 | | for the 12-month calendar year preceding the Base Tax Year, |
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| 1 | | plus the equalized assessed valuation of new property, | 2 | | annexed property, and recovered tax increment value and | 3 | | minus the equalized assessed valuation of disconnected | 4 | | property. | 5 | | As used in this paragraph (4), "new property" and | 6 | | "recovered tax increment value" shall have the meanings set | 7 | | forth in the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law. | 8 | | (e) Base Funding Minimum calculation. | 9 | | (1) For the 2017-2018 school year, the Base Funding | 10 | | Minimum of an Organizational Unit, other than a Specially | 11 | | Funded Unit, shall be the amount of State funds distributed | 12 | | to the Organizational Unit during the 2016-2017 school year | 13 | | prior to any adjustments and specified appropriation | 14 | | amounts described in this paragraph (1) from the following | 15 | | Sections, as calculated by the State Superintendent: | 16 | | Section 18-8.05 of this Code (general State aid); Section 5 | 17 | | of Article 224 of Public Act 99-524 (equity grants); | 18 | | Section 14-7.02b of this Code (funding for children | 19 | | requiring special education services); Section 14-13.01 of | 20 | | this Code (special education facilities and staffing), | 21 | | except for reimbursement of the cost of transportation | 22 | | pursuant to Section 14-13.01; Section 14C-12 of this Code | 23 | | (English learners); and Section 18-4.3 of this Code (summer | 24 | | school), based on an appropriation level of $13,121,600. | 25 | | For a school district organized under Article 34 of this | 26 | | Code, the Base Funding Minimum also includes (i) the funds |
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| 1 | | allocated to the school district pursuant to Section 1D-1 | 2 | | of this Code attributable to funding programs authorized by | 3 | | the Sections of this Code listed in the preceding sentence; | 4 | | and (ii) the difference between (I) the funds allocated to | 5 | | the school district pursuant to Section 1D-1 of this Code | 6 | | attributable to the funding programs authorized by Section | 7 | | 14-7.02 (non-public special education reimbursement), | 8 | | subsection (b) of Section 14-13.01 (special education | 9 | | transportation), Section 29-5 (transportation), Section | 10 | | 2-3.80 (agricultural education), Section 2-3.66 (truants' | 11 | | alternative education), Section 2-3.62 (educational | 12 | | service centers), and Section 14-7.03 (special education - | 13 | | orphanage) of this Code and Section 15 of the Childhood | 14 | | Hunger Relief Act (free breakfast program) and (II) the | 15 | | school district's actual expenditures for its non-public | 16 | | special education, special education transportation, | 17 | | transportation programs, agricultural education, truants' | 18 | | alternative education, services that would otherwise be | 19 | | performed by a regional office of education, special | 20 | | education orphanage expenditures, and free breakfast, as | 21 | | most recently calculated and reported pursuant to | 22 | | subsection (f) of Section 1D-1 of this Code. For Specially | 23 | | Funded Units, the Base Funding Minimum shall be the total | 24 | | amount of State funds allotted to the Specially Funded Unit | 25 | | during the 2016-2017 school year. The Base Funding Minimum | 26 | | for Glenwood Academy shall be $625,500. |
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| 1 | | (2) For the 2018-2019 and subsequent school years, the | 2 | | Base Funding Minimum of Organizational Units and Specially | 3 | | Funded Units shall be the sum of (i) the amount of | 4 | | Evidence-Based Funding for the prior school year and (ii) | 5 | | the Base Funding Minimum for the prior school year. | 6 | | (f) Percent of Adequacy and Final Resources calculation. | 7 | | (1) The Evidence-Based Funding formula establishes a | 8 | | Percent of Adequacy for each Organizational Unit in order | 9 | | to place such units into tiers for the purposes of the | 10 | | funding distribution system described in subsection (g) of | 11 | | this Section. Initially, an Organizational Unit's | 12 | | Preliminary Resources and Preliminary Percent of Adequacy | 13 | | are calculated pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection | 14 | | (f). Then, an Organizational Unit's Final Resources and | 15 | | Final Percent of Adequacy are calculated to account for the | 16 | | Organizational Unit's poverty concentration levels | 17 | | pursuant to paragraphs (3) and (4) of this subsection (f). | 18 | | (2) An Organizational Unit's Preliminary Resources are | 19 | | equal to the sum of its Local Capacity Target, CPPRT, and | 20 | | Base Funding Minimum. An Organizational Unit's Preliminary | 21 | | Percent of Adequacy is the lesser of (i) its Preliminary | 22 | | Resources divided by its Adequacy Target or (ii) 100%. | 23 | | (3) Except for Specially Funded Units, an | 24 | | Organizational Unit's Final Resources are equal the sum of | 25 | | its Local Capacity, CPPRT, and Adjusted Base Funding | 26 | | Minimum. The Base Funding Minimum of each Specially Funded |
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| 1 | | Unit shall serve as its Final Resources, except that the | 2 | | Base Funding Minimum for State-approved charter schools | 3 | | shall not include any portion of general State aid | 4 | | allocated in the prior year based on the per capita tuition | 5 | | charge times the charter school enrollment. | 6 | | (4) An Organizational Unit's Final Percent of Adequacy | 7 | | is its Final Resources divided by its Adequacy Target. An | 8 | | Organizational Unit's Adjusted Base Funding Minimum is | 9 | | equal to its Base Funding Minimum less its Supplemental | 10 | | Grant Funding, with the resulting figure added to the | 11 | | product of its Supplemental Grant Funding and Preliminary | 12 | | Percent of Adequacy. | 13 | | (g) Evidence-Based Funding formula distribution system. | 14 | | (1) In each school year under the Evidence-Based | 15 | | Funding formula, each Organizational Unit receives funding | 16 | | equal to the sum of its Base Funding Minimum and the unit's | 17 | | allocation of New State Funds determined pursuant to this | 18 | | subsection (g). To allocate New State Funds, the | 19 | | Evidence-Based Funding formula distribution system first | 20 | | places all Organizational Units into one of 4 tiers in | 21 | | accordance with paragraph (3) of this subsection (g), based | 22 | | on the Organizational Unit's Final Percent of Adequacy. New | 23 | | State Funds are allocated to each of the 4 tiers as | 24 | | follows: Tier 1 Aggregate Funding equals 50% of all New | 25 | | State Funds, Tier 2 Aggregate Funding equals 49% of all New | 26 | | State Funds, Tier 3 Aggregate Funding equals 0.9% of all |
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| 1 | | New State Funds, and Tier 4 Aggregate Funding equals 0.1% | 2 | | of all New State Funds. Each Organizational Unit within | 3 | | Tier 1 or Tier 2 receives an allocation of New State Funds | 4 | | equal to its tier Funding Gap, as defined in the following | 5 | | sentence, multiplied by the tier's Allocation Rate | 6 | | determined pursuant to paragraph (4) of this subsection | 7 | | (g). For Tier 1, an Organizational Unit's Funding Gap | 8 | | equals the tier's Target Ratio, as specified in paragraph | 9 | | (5) of this subsection (g), multiplied by the | 10 | | Organizational Unit's Adequacy Target, with the resulting | 11 | | amount reduced by the Organizational Unit's Final | 12 | | Resources. For Tier 2, an Organizational Unit's Funding Gap | 13 | | equals the tier's Target Ratio, as described in paragraph | 14 | | (5) of this subsection (g), multiplied by the | 15 | | Organizational Unit's Adequacy Target, with the resulting | 16 | | amount reduced by the Organizational Unit's Final | 17 | | Resources and its Tier 1 funding allocation. To determine | 18 | | the Organizational Unit's Funding Gap, the resulting | 19 | | amount is then multiplied by a factor equal to one minus | 20 | | the Organizational Unit's Local Capacity Target | 21 | | percentage. Each Organizational Unit within Tier 3 or Tier | 22 | | 4 receives an allocation of New State Funds equal to the | 23 | | product of its Adequacy Target and the tier's Allocation | 24 | | Rate, as specified in paragraph (4) of this subsection (g). | 25 | | (2) To ensure equitable distribution of dollars for all | 26 | | Tier 2 Organizational Units, no Tier 2 Organizational Unit |
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| 1 | | shall receive fewer dollars per ASE than any Tier 3 | 2 | | Organizational Unit. Each Tier 2 and Tier 3 Organizational | 3 | | Unit shall have its funding allocation divided by its ASE. | 4 | | Any Tier 2 Organizational Unit with a funding allocation | 5 | | per ASE below the greatest Tier 3 allocation per ASE shall | 6 | | get a funding allocation equal to the greatest Tier 3 | 7 | | funding allocation per ASE multiplied by the | 8 | | Organizational Unit's ASE. Each Tier 2 Organizational | 9 | | Unit's Tier 2 funding allocation shall be multiplied by the | 10 | | percentage calculated by dividing the original Tier 2 | 11 | | Aggregate Funding by the sum of all Tier 2 Organizational | 12 | | Unit's Tier 2 funding allocation after adjusting | 13 | | districts' funding below Tier 3 levels. | 14 | | (3) Organizational Units are placed into one of 4 tiers | 15 | | as follows: | 16 | | (A) Tier 1 consists of all Organizational Units, | 17 | | except for Specially Funded Units, with a Percent of | 18 | | Adequacy less than the Tier 1 Target Ratio. The Tier 1 | 19 | | Target Ratio is the ratio level that allows for Tier 1 | 20 | | Aggregate Funding to be distributed, with the Tier 1 | 21 | | Allocation Rate determined pursuant to paragraph (4) | 22 | | of this subsection (g). | 23 | | (B) Tier 2 consists of all Tier 1 Units and all | 24 | | other Organizational Units, except for Specially | 25 | | Funded Units, with a Percent of Adequacy of less than | 26 | | 0.90. |
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| 1 | | (C) Tier 3 consists of all Organizational Units, | 2 | | except for Specially Funded Units, with a Percent of | 3 | | Adequacy of at least 0.90 and less than 1.0. | 4 | | (D) Tier 4 consists of all Organizational Units | 5 | | with a Percent of Adequacy of at least 1.0 and | 6 | | Specially Funded Units, excluding Glenwood Academy. | 7 | | (4) The Allocation Rates for Tiers 1 through 4 is | 8 | | determined as follows: | 9 | | (A) The Tier 1 Allocation Rate is 30%. | 10 | | (B) The Tier 2 Allocation Rate is the result of the | 11 | | following equation: Tier 2 Aggregate Funding, divided | 12 | | by the sum of the Funding Gaps for all Tier 2 | 13 | | Organizational Units, unless the result of such | 14 | | equation is higher than 1.0. If the result of such | 15 | | equation is higher than 1.0, then the Tier 2 Allocation | 16 | | Rate is 1.0. | 17 | | (C) The Tier 3 Allocation Rate is the result of the | 18 | | following equation: Tier 3
Aggregate Funding, divided | 19 | | by the sum of the Adequacy Targets of all Tier 3 | 20 | | Organizational
Units. | 21 | | (D) The Tier 4 Allocation Rate is the result of the | 22 | | following equation: Tier 4
Aggregate Funding, divided | 23 | | by the sum of the Adequacy Targets of all Tier 4 | 24 | | Organizational
Units. | 25 | | (5) A tier's Target Ratio is determined as follows: | 26 | | (A) The Tier 1 Target Ratio is the ratio level that |
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| 1 | | allows for Tier 1 Aggregate Funding to be distributed | 2 | | with the Tier 1 Allocation Rate. | 3 | | (B) The Tier 2 Target Ratio is 0.90. | 4 | | (C) The Tier 3 Target Ratio is 1.0. | 5 | | (6) If, at any point, the Tier 1 Target Ratio is | 6 | | greater than 90%, than all Tier 1 funding shall be | 7 | | allocated to Tier 2 and no Tier 1 Organizational Unit's | 8 | | funding may be identified. | 9 | | (7) In the event that all Tier 2 Organizational Units | 10 | | receive funding at the Tier 2 Target Ratio level, any | 11 | | remaining New State Funds shall be allocated to Tier 3 and | 12 | | Tier 4 Organizational Units. | 13 | | (8) If any Specially Funded Units, excluding Glenwood | 14 | | Academy, recognized by the State Board do not qualify for | 15 | | direct funding following the implementation of this | 16 | | amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly from any of | 17 | | the funding sources included within the definition of Base | 18 | | Funding Minimum, the unqualified portion of the Base | 19 | | Funding Minimum shall be transferred to one or more | 20 | | appropriate Organizational Units as determined by the | 21 | | State Superintendent based on the prior year ASE of the | 22 | | Organizational Units. | 23 | | (9) The Minimum Funding Level is intended to establish | 24 | | a target for State funding that will keep pace with | 25 | | inflation and continue to advance equity through the | 26 | | Evidence-Based Funding formula. The target for State |
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| 1 | | funding of New Property Tax Relief Pool Funds is | 2 | | $50,000,000 for State fiscal year 2019 and subsequent State | 3 | | fiscal years. The Minimum Funding Level is equal to | 4 | | $350,000,000. In addition to any New State Funds, no more | 5 | | than $50,000,000 New Property Tax Relief Pool Funds may be | 6 | | counted towards the Minimum Funding Level. If the sum of | 7 | | New State Funds and applicable New Property Tax Relief Pool | 8 | | Funds are less than the Minimum Funding Level, than funding | 9 | | for tiers shall be reduced in the following manner: | 10 | | (A) First, Tier 4 funding shall be reduced by an | 11 | | amount equal to the difference between the Minimum | 12 | | Funding Level and New State Funds until such time as | 13 | | Tier 4 funding is exhausted. | 14 | | (B) Next, Tier 3 funding shall be reduced by an | 15 | | amount equal to the difference between the Minimum | 16 | | Funding Level and New State Funds and the reduction in | 17 | | Tier 4 funding until such time as Tier 3 funding is | 18 | | exhausted. | 19 | | (C) Next, Tier 2 funding shall be reduced by an | 20 | | amount equal to the difference between the Minimum | 21 | | Funding level and new State Funds and the reduction | 22 | | Tier 4 and Tier 3. | 23 | | (D) Finally, Tier 1 funding shall be reduced by an | 24 | | amount equal to the difference between the Minimum | 25 | | Funding level and New State Funds and the reduction in | 26 | | Tier 2, 3, and 4 funding. In addition, the Allocation |
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| 1 | | Rate for Tier 1 shall be reduced to a percentage equal | 2 | | to 50%, multiplied by the result of New State Funds | 3 | | divided by the Minimum Funding Level. | 4 | | (9.5) For State fiscal year 2019 and subsequent State | 5 | | fiscal years, if New State Funds exceed $300,000,000, then | 6 | | any amount in excess of $300,000,000 shall be dedicated for | 7 | | purposes of Section 2-3.170 of this Code up to a maximum of | 8 | | $50,000,000. | 9 | | (10) In the event of a decrease in the amount of the | 10 | | appropriation for this Section in any fiscal year after | 11 | | implementation of this Section, the Organizational Units | 12 | | receiving Tier 1 and Tier 2 funding, as determined under | 13 | | paragraph (3) of this subsection (g), shall be held | 14 | | harmless by establishing a Base Funding Guarantee equal to | 15 | | the per pupil kindergarten through grade 12 funding | 16 | | received in accordance with this Section in the prior | 17 | | fiscal year. Reductions shall be
made to the Base Funding | 18 | | Minimum of Organizational Units in Tier 3 and Tier 4 on a
| 19 | | per pupil basis equivalent to the total number of the ASE | 20 | | in Tier 3-funded and Tier 4-funded Organizational Units | 21 | | divided by the total reduction in State funding. The Base
| 22 | | Funding Minimum as reduced shall continue to be applied to | 23 | | Tier 3 and Tier 4
Organizational Units and adjusted by the | 24 | | relative formula when increases in
appropriations for this | 25 | | Section resume. In no event may State funding reductions to
| 26 | | Organizational Units in Tier 3 or Tier 4 exceed an amount |
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| 1 | | that would be less than the
Base Funding Minimum | 2 | | established in the first year of implementation of this
| 3 | | Section. If additional reductions are required, all school | 4 | | districts shall receive a
reduction by a per pupil amount | 5 | | equal to the aggregate additional appropriation
reduction | 6 | | divided by the total ASE of all Organizational Units. | 7 | | (11) The State Superintendent shall make minor | 8 | | adjustments to the distribution formula set forth in this | 9 | | subsection (g) to account for the rounding of percentages | 10 | | to the nearest tenth of a percentage and dollar amounts to | 11 | | the nearest whole dollar. | 12 | | (h) State Superintendent administration of funding and | 13 | | district submission requirements. | 14 | | (1) The State Superintendent shall, in accordance with | 15 | | appropriations made by the General Assembly, meet the | 16 | | funding obligations created under this Section. | 17 | | (2) The State Superintendent shall calculate the | 18 | | Adequacy Target for each Organizational Unit and Net State | 19 | | Contribution Target for each Organizational Unit under | 20 | | this Section. The State Superintendent shall also certify | 21 | | the actual amounts of the New State Funds payable for each | 22 | | eligible Organizational Unit based on the equitable | 23 | | distribution calculation to the unit's treasurer, as soon | 24 | | as possible after such amounts are calculated, including | 25 | | any applicable adjusted charge-off increase. No | 26 | | Evidence-Based Funding shall be distributed within an |
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| 1 | | Organizational Unit without the approval of the unit's | 2 | | school board. | 3 | | (3) Annually, the State Superintendent shall calculate | 4 | | and report to each Organizational Unit the unit's aggregate | 5 | | financial adequacy amount, which shall be the sum of the | 6 | | Adequacy Target for each Organizational Unit. The State | 7 | | Superintendent shall calculate and report separately for | 8 | | each Organizational Unit the unit's total State funds | 9 | | allocated for its students with disabilities. The State | 10 | | Superintendent shall calculate and report separately for | 11 | | each Organizational Unit the amount of funding and | 12 | | applicable FTE calculated for each Essential Element of the | 13 | | unit's Adequacy Target. | 14 | | (4) Annually, the State Superintendent shall calculate | 15 | | and report to each Organizational Unit the amount the unit | 16 | | must expend on special education and bilingual education | 17 | | pursuant to the unit's Base Funding Minimum, Special | 18 | | Education Allocation, and Bilingual Education Allocation. | 19 | | (5) Moneys distributed under this Section shall be | 20 | | calculated on a school year basis, but paid on a fiscal | 21 | | year basis, with payments beginning in August and extending | 22 | | through June. Unless otherwise provided, the moneys | 23 | | appropriated for each fiscal year shall be distributed in | 24 | | 22 equal payments at least 2 times monthly to each | 25 | | Organizational Unit. The State Board shall publish a yearly | 26 | | distribution schedule at its meeting in June. If moneys |
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| 1 | | appropriated for any fiscal year are distributed other than | 2 | | monthly, the distribution shall be on the same basis for | 3 | | each Organizational Unit. | 4 | | (6) Any school district that fails, for any given | 5 | | school year, to maintain school as required by law or to | 6 | | maintain a recognized school is not eligible to receive | 7 | | Evidence-Based Funding. In case of non-recognition of one | 8 | | or more attendance centers in a school district otherwise | 9 | | operating recognized schools, the claim of the district | 10 | | shall be reduced in the proportion that the enrollment in | 11 | | the attendance center or centers bears to the enrollment of | 12 | | the school district. "Recognized school" means any public | 13 | | school that meets the standards for recognition by the | 14 | | State Board. A school district or attendance center not | 15 | | having recognition status at the end of a school term is | 16 | | entitled to receive State aid payments due upon a legal | 17 | | claim that was filed while it was recognized. | 18 | | (7) School district claims filed under this Section are | 19 | | subject to Sections 18-9 and 18-12 of this Code, except as | 20 | | otherwise provided in this Section. | 21 | | (8) Each fiscal year, the State Superintendent shall | 22 | | calculate for each Organizational Unit an amount of its | 23 | | Base Funding Minimum and Evidence-Based Funding that shall | 24 | | be deemed attributable to the provision of special | 25 | | educational facilities and services, as defined in Section | 26 | | 14-1.08 of this Code, in a manner that ensures compliance |
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| 1 | | with maintenance of State financial support requirements | 2 | | under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education | 3 | | Act. An Organizational Unit must use such funds only for | 4 | | the provision of special educational facilities and | 5 | | services, as defined in Section 14-1.08 of this Code, and | 6 | | must comply with any expenditure verification procedures | 7 | | adopted by the State Board. | 8 | | (9) All Organizational Units in this State must submit | 9 | | annual spending plans by the end of September of each year | 10 | | to the State Board as part of the annual budget process, | 11 | | which shall describe how each Organizational Unit will | 12 | | utilize the Base Minimum Funding and Evidence-Based | 13 | | funding it receives from this State under this Section with | 14 | | specific identification of the intended utilization of | 15 | | Low-Income, English learner, and special education | 16 | | resources. Additionally, the annual spending plans of each | 17 | | Organizational Unit shall describe how the Organizational | 18 | | Unit expects to achieve student growth and how the | 19 | | Organizational Unit will achieve State education goals, as | 20 | | defined by the State Board. The State Superintendent may, | 21 | | from time to time, identify additional requisites for | 22 | | Organizational Units to satisfy when compiling the annual | 23 | | spending plans required under this subsection (h). The | 24 | | format and scope of annual spending plans shall be | 25 | | developed by the State Superintendent in conjunction with | 26 | | the Professional Review Panel. |
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| 1 | | (10) No later than January 1, 2018, the State | 2 | | Superintendent shall develop a 5-year strategic plan for | 3 | | all Organizational Units to help in planning for adequacy | 4 | | funding under this Section. The State Superintendent shall | 5 | | submit the plan to the Governor and the General Assembly, | 6 | | as provided in Section 3.1 of the General Assembly | 7 | | Organization Act. The plan shall include recommendations | 8 | | for: | 9 | | (A) a framework for collaborative, professional, | 10 | | innovative, and 21st century learning environments | 11 | | using the Evidence-Based Funding model; | 12 | | (B) ways to prepare and support this State's | 13 | | educators for successful instructional careers; | 14 | | (C) application and enhancement of the current | 15 | | financial accountability measures, the approved State | 16 | | plan to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds | 17 | | Act, and the Illinois Balanced Accountability Measures | 18 | | in relation to student growth and elements of the | 19 | | Evidence-Based Funding model; and | 20 | | (D) implementation of an effective school adequacy | 21 | | funding system based on projected and recommended | 22 | | funding levels from the General Assembly. | 23 | | (i) Professional Review Panel. | 24 | | (1) A Professional Review Panel is created to study and | 25 | | review the implementation and effect of the Evidence-Based | 26 | | Funding model under this Section and to recommend continual |
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| 1 | | recalibration and future study topics and modifications to | 2 | | the Evidence-Based Funding model. The Panel shall elect a | 3 | | chairperson and vice chairperson by a majority vote of the | 4 | | Panel and shall advance recommendations based on a majority | 5 | | vote of the Panel. A minority opinion may also accompany | 6 | | any recommendation of the majority of the Panel. The Panel | 7 | | shall be appointed by the State Superintendent, except as | 8 | | otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection (i) | 9 | | and include the following members: | 10 | | (A) Two appointees that represent district | 11 | | superintendents, recommended by a statewide | 12 | | organization that represents district superintendents. | 13 | | (B) Two appointees that represent school boards, | 14 | | recommended by a statewide organization that | 15 | | represents school boards. | 16 | | (C) Two appointees from districts that represent | 17 | | school business officials, recommended by a statewide | 18 | | organization that represents school business | 19 | | officials. | 20 | | (D) Two appointees that represent school | 21 | | principals, recommended by a statewide organization | 22 | | that represents school principals. | 23 | | (E) Two appointees that represent teachers, | 24 | | recommended by a statewide organization that | 25 | | represents teachers. | 26 | | (F) Two appointees that represent teachers, |
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| 1 | | recommended by another statewide organization that | 2 | | represents teachers. | 3 | | (G) Two appointees that represent regional | 4 | | superintendents of schools, recommended by | 5 | | organizations that represent regional superintendents. | 6 | | (H) Two independent experts selected solely by the | 7 | | State Superintendent. | 8 | | (I) Two independent experts recommended by public | 9 | | universities in this State. | 10 | | (J) One member recommended by a statewide | 11 | | organization that represents parents. | 12 | | (K) Two representatives recommended by collective | 13 | | impact organizations that represent major metropolitan | 14 | | areas or geographic areas in Illinois. | 15 | | (L) One member from a statewide organization | 16 | | focused on research-based education policy to support | 17 | | a school system that prepares all students for college, | 18 | | a career, and democratic citizenship. | 19 | | (M) One representative from a school district | 20 | | organized under Article 34 of this Code. | 21 | | The State Superintendent shall ensure that the | 22 | | membership of the Panel includes representatives from | 23 | | school districts and communities reflecting the | 24 | | geographic, socio-economic, racial, and ethnic diversity | 25 | | of this State. The State Superintendent shall additionally | 26 | | ensure that the membership of the Panel includes |
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| 1 | | representatives with expertise in bilingual education and | 2 | | special education. Staff from the State Board shall staff | 3 | | the Panel. | 4 | | (2) In addition to those Panel members appointed by the | 5 | | State Superintendent, 4 members of the General Assembly | 6 | | shall be appointed as follows: one member of the House of | 7 | | Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of | 8 | | Representatives, one member of the Senate appointed by the | 9 | | President of the Senate, one member of the House of | 10 | | Representatives appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 11 | | House of Representatives, and one member of the Senate | 12 | | appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate. There shall | 13 | | be one additional member appointed by the Governor. All | 14 | | members appointed by legislative leaders or the Governor | 15 | | shall be non-voting, ex officio members. | 16 | | (3) On an annual basis, the State Superintendent shall | 17 | | recalibrate the following per pupil elements of the | 18 | | Adequacy Target and applied to the formulas, based on the | 19 | | Panel's study of average expenses as reported in the most | 20 | | recent annual financial report: | 21 | | (A) gifted under subparagraph (M) of paragraph (2) | 22 | | of subsection (b) of this Section; | 23 | | (B) instructional materials under subparagraph (O) | 24 | | of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of this Section; | 25 | | (C) assessment under subparagraph (P) of paragraph | 26 | | (2) of subsection (b) of this Section; |
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| 1 | | (D) student activities under subparagraph (R) of | 2 | | paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of this Section; | 3 | | (E) maintenance and operations under subparagraph | 4 | | (S) of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of this Section; | 5 | | and | 6 | | (F) central office under subparagraph (T) of | 7 | | paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of this Section. | 8 | | (4) On a periodic basis, the Panel shall study all the | 9 | | following elements and make recommendations to the State | 10 | | Board, the General Assembly, and the Governor for | 11 | | modification of this Section: | 12 | | (A) The format and scope of annual spending plans | 13 | | referenced in paragraph (9) of subsection (h) of this | 14 | | Section. | 15 | | (B) The Comparable Wage Index under this Section, | 16 | | to be studied by the Panel and reestablished by the | 17 | | State Superintendent every 5 years. | 18 | | (C) Maintenance and operations. Within 5 years | 19 | | after the implementation of this Section, the Panel | 20 | | shall make recommendations for the further study of | 21 | | maintenance and operations costs, including capital | 22 | | maintenance costs, and recommend any additional | 23 | | reporting data required from Organizational Units. | 24 | | (D) "At-risk student" definition. Within 5 years | 25 | | after the implementation of this Section, the Panel | 26 | | shall make recommendations for the further study and |
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| 1 | | determination of an "at-risk student" definition. | 2 | | Within 5 years after the implementation of this | 3 | | Section, the Panel shall evaluate and make | 4 | | recommendations regarding adequate funding for poverty | 5 | | concentration under the Evidence-Based Funding model. | 6 | | (E) Benefits. Within 5 years after the | 7 | | implementation of this Section, the Panel shall make | 8 | | recommendations for further study of benefit costs. | 9 | | (F) Technology. The per pupil target for | 10 | | technology shall be reviewed every 3 years to determine | 11 | | whether current allocations are sufficient to develop | 12 | | 21st century learning in all classrooms in this State | 13 | | and supporting a one-to-one technological device | 14 | | program in each school. Recommendations shall be made | 15 | | no later than 3 years after the implementation of this | 16 | | Section. | 17 | | (G) Local Capacity Target. Within 3 years after the | 18 | | implementation of this Section, the Panel shall make | 19 | | recommendations for any additional data desired to | 20 | | analyze possible modifications to the Local Capacity | 21 | | Target, to be based on measures in addition to solely | 22 | | EAV and to be completed within 5 years after | 23 | | implementation of this Section. | 24 | | (H) Funding for Alternative Schools, Laboratory | 25 | | Schools, safe schools, and alternative learning | 26 | | opportunities programs. By the beginning of the |
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| 1 | | 2021-2022 school year, the Panel shall study and make | 2 | | recommendations regarding the funding levels for | 3 | | Alternative Schools, Laboratory Schools, safe schools, | 4 | | and alternative learning opportunities programs in | 5 | | this State. | 6 | | (I) Funding for college and career acceleration | 7 | | strategies. By the beginning of the 2021-2022 school | 8 | | year, the Panel shall study and make recommendations | 9 | | regarding funding levels to support college and career | 10 | | acceleration strategies in high school that have been | 11 | | demonstrated to result in improved secondary and | 12 | | postsecondary outcomes, including Advanced Placement, | 13 | | dual-credit opportunities, and college and career | 14 | | pathway systems. | 15 | | (J) Special education investments. By the | 16 | | beginning of the 2021-2022 school year, the Panel shall | 17 | | study and make recommendations on whether and how to | 18 | | account for disability types within the special | 19 | | education funding category. | 20 | | (K) Early childhood investments. In collaboration | 21 | | with the Illinois Early Learning Council, the Panel | 22 | | shall include an analysis of what level of Preschool | 23 | | for All Children funding would be necessary to serve | 24 | | all children ages 0 through 5 years in the | 25 | | highest-priority service tier, as specified in | 26 | | paragraph (4.5) of subsection (a) of Section 2-3.71 of |
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| 1 | | this Code, and an analysis of the potential cost | 2 | | savings that that level of Preschool for All Children | 3 | | investment would have on the kindergarten through | 4 | | grade 12 system. | 5 | | (5) Within 5 years after the implementation of this | 6 | | Section, the Panel shall complete an evaluative study of | 7 | | the entire Evidence-Based Funding model, including an | 8 | | assessment of whether or not the formula is achieving State | 9 | | goals. The Panel shall report to the State Board, the | 10 | | General Assembly, and the Governor on the findings of the | 11 | | study. | 12 | | (6) Within 3 years after the implementation of this | 13 | | Section, the Panel shall evaluate and provide | 14 | | recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on | 15 | | the hold-harmless provisions of this Section found in the | 16 | | Base Funding Minimum. | 17 | | (j) References. Beginning July 1, 2017, references in other | 18 | | laws to general State aid funds or calculations under Section | 19 | | 18-8.05 of this Code shall be deemed to be references to | 20 | | evidence-based model formula funds or calculations under this | 21 | | Section.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)
| 23 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 24 | | becoming law.
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