Full Text of HB4491 101st General Assembly
HB4491 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB4491 Introduced 2/4/2020, by Rep. Jonathan Carroll SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 105 ILCS 5/2-3.66b | | 105 ILCS 5/10-19 | from Ch. 122, par. 10-19 | 105 ILCS 5/13B-45 | | 105 ILCS 5/18-8.15 | | 105 ILCS 5/24-1 | from Ch. 122, par. 24-1 |
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Amends the School Code. Provides that, in annually preparing a calendar for the school term, a school board may provide a minimum term of 880 instructional clock hours instead of the required term of at least 185 days to insure 176 days of actual pupil attendance. Makes conforming changes.
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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 Sections | 5 | | 2-3.66b, 10-19, 13B-45, 18-8.15, and 24-1 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.66b) | 7 | | Sec. 2-3.66b. IHOPE Program. | 8 | | (a) There is established the Illinois Hope and Opportunity | 9 | | Pathways through Education (IHOPE) Program. The State Board of | 10 | | Education shall implement and administer the IHOPE Program. The | 11 | | goal of the IHOPE Program is to develop a comprehensive system | 12 | | in this State to re-enroll significant numbers of high school | 13 | | dropouts in programs that will enable them to earn their high | 14 | | school diploma. | 15 | | (b) The IHOPE Program shall award grants, subject to | 16 | | appropriation for this purpose, to educational service regions | 17 | | and a school district organized under Article 34 of this Code | 18 | | from appropriated funds to assist in establishing | 19 | | instructional programs and other services designed to | 20 | | re-enroll high school dropouts. From any funds appropriated for | 21 | | the IHOPE Program, the State Board of Education may use up to | 22 | | 5% for administrative costs, including the performance of a | 23 | | program evaluation and the hiring of staff to implement and |
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| 1 | | administer the program. | 2 | | The IHOPE Program shall provide incentive grant funds for | 3 | | regional offices of education and a school district organized | 4 | | under Article 34 of this Code to develop partnerships with | 5 | | school districts, public community colleges, and community | 6 | | groups to build comprehensive plans to re-enroll high school | 7 | | dropouts in their regions or districts. | 8 | | Programs funded through the IHOPE Program shall allow high | 9 | | school dropouts, up to and including age 21 notwithstanding | 10 | | Section 26-2 of this Code, to re-enroll in an educational | 11 | | program in conformance with rules adopted by the State Board of | 12 | | Education. Programs may include without limitation | 13 | | comprehensive year-round programming, evening school, summer | 14 | | school, community college courses, adult education, vocational | 15 | | training, work experience, programs to enhance self-concept, | 16 | | and parenting courses. Any student in the IHOPE Program who | 17 | | wishes to earn a high school diploma must meet the | 18 | | prerequisites to receiving a high school diploma specified in | 19 | | Section 27-22 of this Code and any other graduation | 20 | | requirements of the student's district of residence. Any | 21 | | student who successfully completes the requirements for his or | 22 | | her graduation shall receive a diploma identifying the student | 23 | | as graduating from his or her district of residence. | 24 | | (c) In order to be eligible for funding under the IHOPE | 25 | | Program, an interested regional office of education or a school | 26 | | district organized under Article 34 of this Code shall develop |
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| 1 | | an IHOPE Plan to be approved by the State Board of Education. | 2 | | The State Board of Education shall develop rules for the IHOPE | 3 | | Program that shall set forth the requirements for the | 4 | | development of the IHOPE Plan. Each Plan shall involve school | 5 | | districts, public community colleges, and key community | 6 | | programs that work with high school dropouts located in an | 7 | | educational service region or the City of Chicago before the | 8 | | Plan is sent to the State Board for approval. No funds may be | 9 | | distributed to a regional office of education or a school | 10 | | district organized under Article 34 of this Code until the | 11 | | State Board has approved the Plan. | 12 | | (d) A regional office of education or a school district | 13 | | organized under Article 34 of this Code may operate its own | 14 | | program funded by the IHOPE Program or enter into a contract | 15 | | with other not-for-profit entities, including school | 16 | | districts, public community colleges, and not-for-profit | 17 | | community-based organizations, to operate a program. | 18 | | A regional office of education or a school district | 19 | | organized under Article 34 of this Code that receives an IHOPE | 20 | | grant from the State Board of Education may provide funds under | 21 | | a sub-grant, as specified in the IHOPE Plan, to other | 22 | | not-for-profit entities to provide services according to the | 23 | | IHOPE Plan that was developed. These other entities may include | 24 | | school districts, public community colleges, or not-for-profit | 25 | | community-based organizations or a cooperative partnership | 26 | | among these entities. |
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| 1 | | (e) In order to distribute funding based upon the need to | 2 | | ensure delivery of programs that will have the greatest impact, | 3 | | IHOPE Program funding must be distributed based upon the | 4 | | proportion of dropouts in the educational service region or | 5 | | school district, in the case of a school district organized | 6 | | under Article 34 of this Code, to the total number of dropouts | 7 | | in this State. This formula shall employ the dropout data | 8 | | provided by school districts to the State Board of Education. | 9 | | A regional office of education or a school district | 10 | | organized under Article 34 of this Code may claim State aid | 11 | | under Section 18-8.05 or 18-8.15 of this Code for students | 12 | | enrolled in a program funded by the IHOPE Program, provided | 13 | | that the State Board of Education has approved the IHOPE Plan | 14 | | and that these students are receiving services that are meeting | 15 | | the requirements of Section 27-22 of this Code for receipt of a | 16 | | high school diploma and are otherwise eligible to be claimed | 17 | | for general State aid under Section 18-8.05 of this Code or | 18 | | evidence-based funding under Section 18-8.15 of this Code, | 19 | | including provisions related to the minimum number of days of | 20 | | pupil attendance or minimum number of instructional clock hours | 21 | | pursuant to Section 10-19 of this Code and the minimum number | 22 | | of daily hours of school work and any exceptions thereto as | 23 | | defined by the State Board of Education in rules. | 24 | | (f) IHOPE categories of programming may include the | 25 | | following: | 26 | | (1) Full-time programs that are comprehensive, |
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| 1 | | year-round programs. | 2 | | (2) Part-time programs combining work and study | 3 | | scheduled at various times that are flexible to the needs | 4 | | of students. | 5 | | (3) Online programs and courses in which students take | 6 | | courses and complete on-site, supervised tests that | 7 | | measure the student's mastery of a specific course needed | 8 | | for graduation. Students may take courses online and earn | 9 | | credit or students may prepare to take supervised tests for | 10 | | specific courses for credit leading to receipt of a high | 11 | | school diploma. | 12 | | (4) Dual enrollment in which students attend high | 13 | | school classes in combination with community college | 14 | | classes or students attend community college classes while | 15 | | simultaneously earning high school credit and eventually a | 16 | | high school diploma. | 17 | | (g) In order to have successful comprehensive programs | 18 | | re-enrolling and graduating low-skilled high school dropouts, | 19 | | programs funded through the IHOPE Program shall include all of | 20 | | the following components: | 21 | | (1) Small programs (70 to 100 students) at a separate | 22 | | school site with a distinct identity. Programs may be | 23 | | larger with specific need and justification, keeping in | 24 | | mind that it is crucial to keep programs small to be | 25 | | effective. | 26 | | (2) Specific performance-based goals and outcomes and |
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| 1 | | measures of enrollment, attendance, skills, credits, | 2 | | graduation, and the transition to college, training, and | 3 | | employment. | 4 | | (3) Strong, experienced leadership and teaching staff | 5 | | who are provided with ongoing professional development. | 6 | | (4) Voluntary enrollment. | 7 | | (5) High standards for student learning, integrating | 8 | | work experience, and education, including during the | 9 | | school year and after school, and summer school programs | 10 | | that link internships, work, and learning. | 11 | | (6) Comprehensive programs providing extensive support | 12 | | services. | 13 | | (7) Small teams of students supported by full-time paid | 14 | | mentors who work to retain and help those students | 15 | | graduate. | 16 | | (8) A comprehensive technology learning center with | 17 | | Internet access and broad-based curriculum focusing on | 18 | | academic and career subject areas. | 19 | | (9) Learning opportunities that incorporate action | 20 | | into study. | 21 | | (h) Programs funded through the IHOPE Program must report | 22 | | data to the State Board of Education as requested. This | 23 | | information shall include, but is not limited to, student | 24 | | enrollment figures, attendance information, course completion | 25 | | data, graduation information, and post-graduation information, | 26 | | as available. |
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| 1 | | (i) Rules must be developed by the State Board of Education | 2 | | to set forth the fund distribution process to regional offices | 3 | | of education and a school district organized under Article 34 | 4 | | of this Code, the planning and the conditions upon which an | 5 | | IHOPE Plan would be approved by State Board, and other rules to | 6 | | develop the IHOPE Program.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)
| 8 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19)
| 9 | | Sec. 10-19. Length of school term - experimental programs. | 10 | | Each school
board shall annually prepare a calendar for the | 11 | | school term, specifying
the opening and closing dates and | 12 | | providing a minimum term of at least 185
days to insure 176 | 13 | | days of actual pupil attendance or a minimum term of 880 | 14 | | instructional clock hours , computable under Section
18-8.05 or | 15 | | 18-8.15 , except that for the 1980-1981 school year only 175 | 16 | | days
of actual
pupil attendance shall be required because of | 17 | | the closing of schools pursuant
to Section 24-2 on January 29, | 18 | | 1981 upon the appointment by the President
of that day as a day | 19 | | of thanksgiving for the freedom of the Americans who
had been | 20 | | held hostage in Iran . Any days allowed by law for teachers' | 21 | | institutes
but not used as such or used as parental institutes | 22 | | as provided
in Section 10-22.18d shall increase the minimum | 23 | | term by the school days not
so used. Except as provided in | 24 | | Section 10-19.1, the board may not extend
the school term | 25 | | beyond such closing date unless that extension of term is
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| 1 | | necessary to provide the minimum number of computable days. In | 2 | | case of
such necessary extension school employees
shall be paid | 3 | | for such additional time on the basis of their regular
| 4 | | contracts. A school board may specify a closing date earlier | 5 | | than that
set on the annual calendar when the schools of the | 6 | | district have
provided the minimum number of computable days | 7 | | under this Section.
Nothing in this Section prevents the board | 8 | | from employing
superintendents of schools, principals and | 9 | | other nonteaching personnel
for a period of 12 months, or in | 10 | | the case of superintendents for a
period in accordance with | 11 | | Section 10-23.8, or prevents the board from
employing other | 12 | | personnel before or after the regular school term with
payment | 13 | | of salary proportionate to that received for comparable work
| 14 | | during the school term.
| 15 | | A school board may make such changes in its calendar for | 16 | | the school term
as may be required by any changes in the legal | 17 | | school holidays prescribed
in Section 24-2. A school board may | 18 | | make changes in its calendar for the
school term as may be | 19 | | necessary to reflect the utilization of teachers'
institute | 20 | | days as parental institute days as provided in Section | 21 | | 10-22.18d.
| 22 | | The calendar for the school term and any changes must be | 23 | | submitted to and approved by the regional superintendent of | 24 | | schools before the calendar or changes may take effect.
| 25 | | With the prior approval of the State Board of Education and | 26 | | subject
to review by the State Board of Education every 3 |
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| 1 | | years, any school
board may, by resolution of its board and in | 2 | | agreement with affected
exclusive collective bargaining | 3 | | agents, establish experimental
educational programs, including | 4 | | but not limited to programs for e-learning days as authorized | 5 | | under Section 10-20.56 of this Code,
self-directed learning, or | 6 | | outside of formal class periods, which programs
when so | 7 | | approved shall be considered to comply with the requirements of
| 8 | | this Section as respects numbers of days of actual pupil | 9 | | attendance and
with the other requirements of this Act as | 10 | | respects courses of instruction.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 99-194, eff. 7-30-15; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)
| 12 | | (105 ILCS 5/13B-45)
| 13 | | Sec. 13B-45. Days and hours of attendance. An alternative | 14 | | learning
opportunities program
shall provide students with at | 15 | | least the minimum number of days of pupil
attendance or minimum | 16 | | number of instructional clock hours required under Section | 17 | | 10-19 of this Code and the minimum number of
daily hours of | 18 | | school work required under Section 18-8.05 or 18-8.15 of this | 19 | | Code ,
provided that the State Board may approve exceptions to | 20 | | these
requirements if the program meets all of the following | 21 | | conditions:
| 22 | | (1) The district plan submitted under Section | 23 | | 13B-25.15 of this Code
establishes that a program providing | 24 | | the required minimum number of days of
attendance or daily | 25 | | hours of school work would not serve the needs of the
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| 1 | | program's students.
| 2 | | (2) Each day of attendance shall provide no fewer than | 3 | | 3 clock hours of
school work , as defined under paragraph | 4 | | (1) of subsection (F) of Section
18-8.05 of this Code .
| 5 | | (3) Each day of attendance that provides fewer than 5 | 6 | | clock hours of
school
work shall also provide supplementary | 7 | | services, including without limitation
work-based | 8 | | learning, student assistance programs, counseling, case | 9 | | management,
health and fitness programs, or life-skills or | 10 | | conflict resolution training,
in order to provide a total | 11 | | daily program to the student of 5 clock hours. A
program | 12 | | may claim general State aid or evidence-based funding for | 13 | | up to 2 hours of the time each day that
a student is | 14 | | receiving
supplementary services.
| 15 | | (4) Each program shall provide no fewer than 174 days | 16 | | of actual pupil
attendance or no fewer than 880 | 17 | | instructional clock hours during the school term; however, | 18 | | approved evening programs that meet
the requirements of | 19 | | Section 13B-45 of this Code may offer less than 174 days
of | 20 | | actual pupil attendance or less than 880 instructional | 21 | | clock hours during the school term.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)
| 23 | | (105 ILCS 5/18-8.15) | 24 | | Sec. 18-8.15. Evidence-based funding for student success | 25 | | for the 2017-2018 and subsequent school years. |
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| 1 | | (a) General provisions. | 2 | | (1) The purpose of this Section is to ensure that, by | 3 | | June 30, 2027 and beyond, this State has a kindergarten | 4 | | through grade 12 public education system with the capacity | 5 | | to ensure the educational development of all persons to the | 6 | | limits of their capacities in accordance with Section 1 of | 7 | | Article X of the Constitution of the State of Illinois. To | 8 | | accomplish that objective, this Section creates a method of | 9 | | funding public education that is evidence-based; is | 10 | | sufficient to ensure every student receives a meaningful | 11 | | opportunity to learn irrespective of race, ethnicity, | 12 | | sexual orientation, gender, or community-income level; and | 13 | | is sustainable and predictable. When fully funded under | 14 | | this Section, every school shall have the resources, based | 15 | | on what the evidence indicates is needed, to: | 16 | | (A) provide all students with a high quality | 17 | | education that offers the academic, enrichment, social | 18 | | and emotional support, technical, and career-focused | 19 | | programs that will allow them to become competitive | 20 | | workers, responsible parents, productive citizens of | 21 | | this State, and active members of our national | 22 | | democracy; | 23 | | (B) ensure all students receive the education they | 24 | | need to graduate from high school with the skills | 25 | | required to pursue post-secondary education and | 26 | | training for a rewarding career; |
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| 1 | | (C) reduce, with a goal of eliminating, the | 2 | | achievement gap between at-risk and non-at-risk | 3 | | students by raising the performance of at-risk | 4 | | students and not by reducing standards; and | 5 | | (D) ensure this State satisfies its obligation to | 6 | | assume the primary responsibility to fund public | 7 | | education and simultaneously relieve the | 8 | | disproportionate burden placed on local property taxes | 9 | | to fund schools. | 10 | | (2) The evidence-based funding formula under this | 11 | | Section shall be applied to all Organizational Units in | 12 | | this State. The evidence-based funding formula outlined in | 13 | | this Act is based on the formula outlined in Senate Bill 1 | 14 | | of the 100th General Assembly, as passed by both | 15 | | legislative chambers. As further defined and described in | 16 | | this Section, there are 4 major components of the | 17 | | evidence-based funding model: | 18 | | (A) First, the model calculates a unique adequacy | 19 | | target for each Organizational Unit in this State that | 20 | | considers the costs to implement research-based | 21 | | activities, the unit's student demographics, and | 22 | | regional wage difference. | 23 | | (B) Second, the model calculates each | 24 | | Organizational Unit's local capacity, or the amount | 25 | | each Organizational Unit is assumed to contribute | 26 | | towards its adequacy target from local resources. |
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| 1 | | (C) Third, the model calculates how much funding | 2 | | the State currently contributes to the Organizational | 3 | | Unit, and adds that to the unit's local capacity to | 4 | | determine the unit's overall current adequacy of | 5 | | funding. | 6 | | (D) Finally, the model's distribution method | 7 | | allocates new State funding to those Organizational | 8 | | Units that are least well-funded, considering both | 9 | | local capacity and State funding, in relation to their | 10 | | adequacy target. | 11 | | (3) An Organizational Unit receiving any funding under | 12 | | this Section may apply those funds to any fund so received | 13 | | for which that Organizational Unit is authorized to make | 14 | | expenditures by law. | 15 | | (4) As used in this Section, the following terms shall | 16 | | have the meanings ascribed in this paragraph (4): | 17 | | "Adequacy Target" is defined in paragraph (1) of | 18 | | subsection (b) of this Section. | 19 | | "Adjusted EAV" is defined in paragraph (4) of | 20 | | subsection (d) of this Section. | 21 | | "Adjusted Local Capacity Target" is defined in | 22 | | paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of this Section. | 23 | | "Adjusted Operating Tax Rate" means a tax rate for all | 24 | | Organizational Units, for which the State Superintendent | 25 | | shall calculate and subtract for the Operating Tax Rate a | 26 | | transportation rate based on total expenses for |
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| 1 | | transportation services under this Code, as reported on the | 2 | | most recent Annual Financial Report in Pupil | 3 | | Transportation Services, function 2550 in both the | 4 | | Education and Transportation funds and functions 4110 and | 5 | | 4120 in the Transportation fund, less any corresponding | 6 | | fiscal year State of Illinois scheduled payments excluding | 7 | | net adjustments for prior years for regular, vocational, or | 8 | | special education transportation reimbursement pursuant to | 9 | | Section 29-5 or subsection (b) of Section 14-13.01 of this | 10 | | Code divided by the Adjusted EAV. If an Organizational | 11 | | Unit's corresponding fiscal year State of Illinois | 12 | | scheduled payments excluding net adjustments for prior | 13 | | years for regular, vocational, or special education | 14 | | transportation reimbursement pursuant to Section 29-5 or | 15 | | subsection (b) of Section 14-13.01 of this Code exceed the | 16 | | total transportation expenses, as defined in this | 17 | | paragraph, no transportation rate shall be subtracted from | 18 | | the Operating Tax Rate. | 19 | | "Allocation Rate" is defined in paragraph (3) of | 20 | | subsection (g) of this Section. | 21 | | "Alternative School" means a public school that is | 22 | | created and operated by a regional superintendent of | 23 | | schools and approved by the State Board. | 24 | | "Applicable Tax Rate" is defined in paragraph (1) of | 25 | | subsection (d) of this Section. | 26 | | "Assessment" means any of those benchmark, progress |
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| 1 | | monitoring, formative, diagnostic, and other assessments, | 2 | | in addition to the State accountability assessment, that | 3 | | assist teachers' needs in understanding the skills and | 4 | | meeting the needs of the students they serve. | 5 | | "Assistant principal" means a school administrator | 6 | | duly endorsed to be employed as an assistant principal in | 7 | | this State. | 8 | | "At-risk student" means a student who is at risk of not | 9 | | meeting the Illinois Learning Standards or not graduating | 10 | | from elementary or high school and who demonstrates a need | 11 | | for vocational support or social services beyond that | 12 | | provided by the regular school program. All students | 13 | | included in an Organizational Unit's Low-Income Count, as | 14 | | well as all English learner and disabled students attending | 15 | | the Organizational Unit, shall be considered at-risk | 16 | | students under this Section. | 17 | | "Average Student Enrollment" or "ASE" for fiscal year | 18 | | 2018 means, for an Organizational Unit, the greater of the | 19 | | average number of students (grades K through 12) reported | 20 | | to the State Board as enrolled in the Organizational Unit | 21 | | on October 1 in the immediately preceding school year, plus | 22 | | the pre-kindergarten students who receive special | 23 | | education services of 2 or more hours a day as reported to | 24 | | the State Board on December 1 in the immediately preceding | 25 | | school year, or the average number of students (grades K | 26 | | through 12) reported to the State Board as enrolled in the |
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| 1 | | Organizational Unit on October 1, plus the | 2 | | pre-kindergarten students who receive special education | 3 | | services of 2 or more hours a day as reported to the State | 4 | | Board on December 1, for each of the immediately preceding | 5 | | 3 school years. For fiscal year 2019 and each subsequent | 6 | | fiscal year, "Average Student Enrollment" or "ASE" means, | 7 | | for an Organizational Unit, the greater of the average | 8 | | number of students (grades K through 12) reported to the | 9 | | State Board as enrolled in the Organizational Unit on | 10 | | October 1 and March 1 in the immediately preceding school | 11 | | year, plus the pre-kindergarten students who receive | 12 | | special education services as reported to the State Board | 13 | | on October 1 and March 1 in the immediately preceding | 14 | | school year, or the average number of students (grades K | 15 | | through 12) reported to the State Board as enrolled in the | 16 | | Organizational Unit on October 1 and March 1, plus the | 17 | | pre-kindergarten students who receive special education | 18 | | services as reported to the State Board on October 1 and | 19 | | March 1, for each of the immediately preceding 3 school | 20 | | years. For the purposes of this definition, "enrolled in | 21 | | the Organizational Unit" means the number of students | 22 | | reported to the State Board who are enrolled in schools | 23 | | within the Organizational Unit that the student attends or | 24 | | would attend if not placed or transferred to another school | 25 | | or program to receive needed services. For the purposes of | 26 | | calculating "ASE", all students, grades K through 12, |
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| 1 | | excluding those attending kindergarten for a half day, | 2 | | shall be counted as 1.0. All students attending | 3 | | kindergarten for a half day shall be counted as 0.5, unless | 4 | | in 2017 by June 15 or by March 1 in subsequent years, the | 5 | | school district reports to the State Board of Education the | 6 | | intent to implement full-day kindergarten district-wide | 7 | | for all students, then all students attending kindergarten | 8 | | shall be counted as 1.0. Special education | 9 | | pre-kindergarten students shall be counted as 0.5 each. If | 10 | | the State Board does not collect or has not collected both | 11 | | an October 1 and March 1 enrollment count by grade or a | 12 | | December 1 collection of special education | 13 | | pre-kindergarten students as of the effective date of this | 14 | | amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, it shall | 15 | | establish such collection for all future years. For any | 16 | | year where a count by grade level was collected only once, | 17 | | that count shall be used as the single count available for | 18 | | computing a 3-year average ASE. School districts shall | 19 | | submit the data for the ASE calculation to the State Board | 20 | | within 45 days of the dates required in this Section for | 21 | | submission of enrollment data in order for it to be | 22 | | included in the ASE calculation. For fiscal year 2018 only, | 23 | | the ASE calculation shall include only enrollment taken on | 24 | | October 1. | 25 | | "Base Funding Guarantee" is defined in paragraph (10) | 26 | | of subsection (g) of this Section. |
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| 1 | | "Base Funding Minimum" is defined in subsection (e) of | 2 | | this Section. | 3 | | "Base Tax Year" means the property tax levy year used | 4 | | to calculate the Budget Year allocation of primary State | 5 | | aid. | 6 | | "Base Tax Year's Extension" means the product of the | 7 | | equalized assessed valuation utilized by the county clerk | 8 | | in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting rate as | 9 | | calculated by the county clerk and defined in PTELL. | 10 | | "Bilingual Education Allocation" means the amount of | 11 | | an Organizational Unit's final Adequacy Target | 12 | | attributable to bilingual education divided by the | 13 | | Organizational Unit's final Adequacy Target, the product | 14 | | of which shall be multiplied by the amount of new funding | 15 | | received pursuant to this Section. An Organizational | 16 | | Unit's final Adequacy Target attributable to bilingual | 17 | | education shall include all additional investments in | 18 | | English learner students' adequacy elements. | 19 | | "Budget Year" means the school year for which primary | 20 | | State aid is calculated and awarded under this Section. | 21 | | "Central office" means individual administrators and | 22 | | support service personnel charged with managing the | 23 | | instructional programs, business and operations, and | 24 | | security of the Organizational Unit. | 25 | | "Comparable Wage Index" or "CWI" means a regional cost | 26 | | differentiation metric that measures systemic, regional |
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| 1 | | variations in the salaries of college graduates who are not | 2 | | educators. The CWI utilized for this Section shall, for the | 3 | | first 3 years of Evidence-Based Funding implementation, be | 4 | | the CWI initially developed by the National Center for | 5 | | Education Statistics, as most recently updated by Texas A & | 6 | | M University. In the fourth and subsequent years of | 7 | | Evidence-Based Funding implementation, the State | 8 | | Superintendent shall re-determine the CWI using a similar | 9 | | methodology to that identified in the Texas A & M | 10 | | University study, with adjustments made no less frequently | 11 | | than once every 5 years. | 12 | | "Computer technology and equipment" means computers | 13 | | servers, notebooks, network equipment, copiers, printers, | 14 | | instructional software, security software, curriculum | 15 | | management courseware, and other similar materials and | 16 | | equipment. | 17 | | "Computer technology and equipment investment | 18 | | allocation" means the final Adequacy Target amount of an | 19 | | Organizational Unit assigned to Tier 1 or Tier 2 in the | 20 | | prior school year attributable to the additional $285.50 | 21 | | per student computer technology and equipment investment | 22 | | grant divided by the Organizational Unit's final Adequacy | 23 | | Target, the result of which shall be multiplied by the | 24 | | amount of new funding received pursuant to this Section. An | 25 | | Organizational Unit assigned to a Tier 1 or Tier 2 final | 26 | | Adequacy Target attributable to the received computer |
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| 1 | | technology and equipment investment grant shall include | 2 | | all additional investments in computer technology and | 3 | | equipment adequacy elements. | 4 | | "Core subject" means mathematics; science; reading, | 5 | | English, writing, and language arts; history and social | 6 | | studies; world languages; and subjects taught as Advanced | 7 | | Placement in high schools. | 8 | | "Core teacher" means a regular classroom teacher in | 9 | | elementary schools and teachers of a core subject in middle | 10 | | and high schools. | 11 | | "Core Intervention teacher (tutor)" means a licensed | 12 | | teacher providing one-on-one or small group tutoring to | 13 | | students struggling to meet proficiency in core subjects. | 14 | | "CPPRT" means corporate personal property replacement | 15 | | tax funds paid to an Organizational Unit during the | 16 | | calendar year one year before the calendar year in which a | 17 | | school year begins, pursuant to "An Act in relation to the | 18 | | abolition of ad valorem personal property tax and the | 19 | | replacement of revenues lost thereby, and amending and | 20 | | repealing certain Acts and parts of Acts in connection | 21 | | therewith", certified August 14, 1979, as amended (Public | 22 | | Act 81-1st S.S.-1). | 23 | | "EAV" means equalized assessed valuation as defined in | 24 | | paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of this Section and | 25 | | calculated in accordance with paragraph (3) of subsection | 26 | | (d) of this Section. |
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| 1 | | "ECI" means the Bureau of Labor Statistics' national | 2 | | employment cost index for civilian workers in educational | 3 | | services in elementary and secondary schools on a | 4 | | cumulative basis for the 12-month calendar year preceding | 5 | | the fiscal year of the Evidence-Based Funding calculation. | 6 | | "EIS Data" means the employment information system | 7 | | data maintained by the State Board on educators within | 8 | | Organizational Units. | 9 | | "Employee benefits" means health, dental, and vision | 10 | | insurance offered to employees of an Organizational Unit, | 11 | | the costs associated with statutorily required payment of | 12 | | the normal cost of the Organizational Unit's teacher | 13 | | pensions, Social Security employer contributions, and | 14 | | Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund employer contributions. | 15 | | "English learner" or "EL" means a child included in the | 16 | | definition of "English learners" under Section 14C-2 of | 17 | | this Code participating in a program of transitional | 18 | | bilingual education or a transitional program of | 19 | | instruction meeting the requirements and program | 20 | | application procedures of Article 14C of this Code. For the | 21 | | purposes of collecting the number of EL students enrolled, | 22 | | the same collection and calculation methodology as defined | 23 | | above for "ASE" shall apply to English learners, with the | 24 | | exception that EL student enrollment shall include | 25 | | students in grades pre-kindergarten through 12. | 26 | | "Essential Elements" means those elements, resources, |
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| 1 | | and educational programs that have been identified through | 2 | | academic research as necessary to improve student success, | 3 | | improve academic performance, close achievement gaps, and | 4 | | provide for other per student costs related to the delivery | 5 | | and leadership of the Organizational Unit, as well as the | 6 | | maintenance and operations of the unit, and which are | 7 | | specified in paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of this | 8 | | Section. | 9 | | "Evidence-Based Funding" means State funding provided | 10 | | to an Organizational Unit pursuant to this Section. | 11 | | "Extended day" means academic and enrichment programs | 12 | | provided to students outside the regular school day before | 13 | | and after school or during non-instructional times during | 14 | | the school day. | 15 | | "Extension Limitation Ratio" means a numerical ratio | 16 | | in which the numerator is the Base Tax Year's Extension and | 17 | | the denominator is the Preceding Tax Year's Extension. | 18 | | "Final Percent of Adequacy" is defined in paragraph (4) | 19 | | of subsection (f) of this Section. | 20 | | "Final Resources" is defined in paragraph (3) of | 21 | | subsection (f) of this Section. | 22 | | "Full-time equivalent" or "FTE" means the full-time | 23 | | equivalency compensation for staffing the relevant | 24 | | position at an Organizational Unit. | 25 | | "Funding Gap" is defined in paragraph (1) of subsection | 26 | | (g). |
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| 1 | | "Guidance counselor" means a licensed guidance | 2 | | counselor who provides guidance and counseling support for | 3 | | students within an Organizational Unit. | 4 | | "Hybrid District" means a partial elementary unit | 5 | | district created pursuant to Article 11E of this Code. | 6 | | "Instructional assistant" means a core or special | 7 | | education, non-licensed employee who assists a teacher in | 8 | | the classroom and provides academic support to students. | 9 | | "Instructional facilitator" means a qualified teacher | 10 | | or licensed teacher leader who facilitates and coaches | 11 | | continuous improvement in classroom instruction; provides | 12 | | instructional support to teachers in the elements of | 13 | | research-based instruction or demonstrates the alignment | 14 | | of instruction with curriculum standards and assessment | 15 | | tools; develops or coordinates instructional programs or | 16 | | strategies; develops and implements training; chooses | 17 | | standards-based instructional materials; provides teachers | 18 | | with an understanding of current research; serves as a | 19 | | mentor, site coach, curriculum specialist, or lead | 20 | | teacher; or otherwise works with fellow teachers, in | 21 | | collaboration, to use data to improve instructional | 22 | | practice or develop model lessons. | 23 | | "Instructional materials" means relevant instructional | 24 | | materials for student instruction, including, but not | 25 | | limited to, textbooks, consumable workbooks, laboratory | 26 | | equipment, library books, and other similar materials. |
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| 1 | | "Laboratory School" means a public school that is | 2 | | created and operated by a public university and approved by | 3 | | the State Board. | 4 | | "Librarian" means a teacher with an endorsement as a | 5 | | library information specialist or another individual whose | 6 | | primary responsibility is overseeing library resources | 7 | | within an Organizational Unit. | 8 | | "Limiting rate for Hybrid Districts" means the | 9 | | combined elementary school and high school limited rates. | 10 | | "Local Capacity" is defined in paragraph (1) of | 11 | | subsection (c) of this Section. | 12 | | "Local Capacity Percentage" is defined in subparagraph | 13 | | (A) of paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of this Section. | 14 | | "Local Capacity Ratio" is defined in subparagraph (B) | 15 | | of paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of this Section. | 16 | | "Local Capacity Target" is defined in paragraph (2) of | 17 | | subsection (c) of this Section. | 18 | | "Low-Income Count" means, for an Organizational Unit | 19 | | in a fiscal year, the higher of the average number of | 20 | | students for the prior school year or the immediately | 21 | | preceding 3 school years who, as of July 1 of the | 22 | | immediately preceding fiscal year (as determined by the | 23 | | Department of Human Services), are eligible for at least | 24 | | one of the following low income programs: Medicaid, the | 25 | | Children's Health Insurance Program, TANF, or the | 26 | | Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, excluding |
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| 1 | | pupils who are eligible for services provided by the | 2 | | Department of Children and Family Services. Until such time | 3 | | that grade level low-income populations become available, | 4 | | grade level low-income populations shall be determined by | 5 | | applying the low-income percentage to total student | 6 | | enrollments by grade level. The low-income percentage is | 7 | | determined by dividing the Low-Income Count by the Average | 8 | | Student Enrollment. | 9 | | "Maintenance and operations" means custodial services, | 10 | | facility and ground maintenance, facility operations, | 11 | | facility security, routine facility repairs, and other | 12 | | similar services and functions. | 13 | | "Minimum Funding Level" is defined in paragraph (9) of | 14 | | subsection (g) of this Section. | 15 | | "New Property Tax Relief Pool Funds" means, for any | 16 | | given fiscal year, all State funds appropriated under | 17 | | Section 2-3.170 of the School Code. | 18 | | "New State Funds" means, for a given school year, all | 19 | | State funds appropriated for Evidence-Based Funding in | 20 | | excess of the amount needed to fund the Base Funding | 21 | | Minimum for all Organizational Units in that school year. | 22 | | "Net State Contribution Target" means, for a given | 23 | | school year, the amount of State funds that would be | 24 | | necessary to fully meet the Adequacy Target of an | 25 | | Operational Unit minus the Preliminary Resources available | 26 | | to each unit. |
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| 1 | | "Nurse" means an individual licensed as a certified | 2 | | school nurse, in accordance with the rules established for | 3 | | nursing services by the State Board, who is an employee of | 4 | | and is available to provide health care-related services | 5 | | for students of an Organizational Unit. | 6 | | "Operating Tax Rate" means the rate utilized in the | 7 | | previous year to extend property taxes for all purposes, | 8 | | except, Bond and Interest, Summer School, Rent, Capital | 9 | | Improvement, and Vocational Education Building purposes. | 10 | | For Hybrid Districts, the Operating Tax Rate shall be the | 11 | | combined elementary and high school rates utilized in the | 12 | | previous year to extend property taxes for all purposes, | 13 | | except, Bond and Interest, Summer School, Rent, Capital | 14 | | Improvement, and Vocational Education Building purposes. | 15 | | "Organizational Unit" means a Laboratory School or any | 16 | | public school district that is recognized as such by the | 17 | | State Board and that contains elementary schools typically | 18 | | serving kindergarten through 5th grades, middle schools | 19 | | typically serving 6th through 8th grades, or high schools | 20 | | typically serving 9th through 12th grades. The General | 21 | | Assembly acknowledges that the actual grade levels served | 22 | | by a particular Organizational Unit may vary slightly from | 23 | | what is typical. | 24 | | "Organizational Unit CWI" is determined by calculating | 25 | | the CWI in the region and original county in which an | 26 | | Organizational Unit's primary administrative office is |
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| 1 | | located as set forth in this paragraph, provided that if | 2 | | the Organizational Unit CWI as calculated in accordance | 3 | | with this paragraph is less than 0.9, the Organizational | 4 | | Unit CWI shall be increased to 0.9. Each county's current | 5 | | CWI value shall be adjusted based on the CWI value of that | 6 | | county's neighboring Illinois counties, to create a | 7 | | "weighted adjusted index value". This shall be calculated | 8 | | by summing the CWI values of all of a county's adjacent | 9 | | Illinois counties and dividing by the number of adjacent | 10 | | Illinois counties, then taking the weighted value of the | 11 | | original county's CWI value and the adjacent Illinois | 12 | | county average. To calculate this weighted value, if the | 13 | | number of adjacent Illinois counties is greater than 2, the | 14 | | original county's CWI value will be weighted at 0.25 and | 15 | | the adjacent Illinois county average will be weighted at | 16 | | 0.75. If the number of adjacent Illinois counties is 2, the | 17 | | original county's CWI value will be weighted at 0.33 and | 18 | | the adjacent Illinois county average will be weighted at | 19 | | 0.66. The greater of the county's current CWI value and its | 20 | | weighted adjusted index value shall be used as the | 21 | | Organizational Unit CWI. | 22 | | "Preceding Tax Year" means the property tax levy year | 23 | | immediately preceding the Base Tax Year. | 24 | | "Preceding Tax Year's Extension" means the product of | 25 | | the equalized assessed valuation utilized by the county | 26 | | clerk in the Preceding Tax Year multiplied by the Operating |
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| 1 | | Tax Rate. | 2 | | "Preliminary Percent of Adequacy" is defined in | 3 | | paragraph (2) of subsection (f) of this Section. | 4 | | "Preliminary Resources" is defined in paragraph (2) of | 5 | | subsection (f) of this Section. | 6 | | "Principal" means a school administrator duly endorsed | 7 | | to be employed as a principal in this State. | 8 | | "Professional development" means training programs for | 9 | | licensed staff in schools, including, but not limited to, | 10 | | programs that assist in implementing new curriculum | 11 | | programs, provide data focused or academic assessment data | 12 | | training to help staff identify a student's weaknesses and | 13 | | strengths, target interventions, improve instruction, | 14 | | encompass instructional strategies for English learner, | 15 | | gifted, or at-risk students, address inclusivity, cultural | 16 | | sensitivity, or implicit bias, or otherwise provide | 17 | | professional support for licensed staff. | 18 | | "Prototypical" means 450 special education | 19 | | pre-kindergarten and kindergarten through grade 5 students | 20 | | for an elementary school, 450 grade 6 through 8 students | 21 | | for a middle school, and 600 grade 9 through 12 students | 22 | | for a high school. | 23 | | "PTELL" means the Property Tax Extension Limitation | 24 | | Law. | 25 | | "PTELL EAV" is defined in paragraph (4) of subsection | 26 | | (d) of this Section. |
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| 1 | | "Pupil support staff" means a nurse, psychologist, | 2 | | social worker, family liaison personnel, or other staff | 3 | | member who provides support to at-risk or struggling | 4 | | students. | 5 | | "Real Receipts" is defined in paragraph (1) of | 6 | | subsection (d) of this Section. | 7 | | "Regionalization Factor" means, for a particular | 8 | | Organizational Unit, the figure derived by dividing the | 9 | | Organizational Unit CWI by the Statewide Weighted CWI. | 10 | | "School site staff" means the primary school secretary | 11 | | and any additional clerical personnel assigned to a school. | 12 | | "Special education" means special educational | 13 | | facilities and services, as defined in Section 14-1.08 of | 14 | | this Code. | 15 | | "Special Education Allocation" means the amount of an | 16 | | Organizational Unit's final Adequacy Target attributable | 17 | | to special education divided by the Organizational Unit's | 18 | | final Adequacy Target, the product of which shall be | 19 | | multiplied by the amount of new funding received pursuant | 20 | | to this Section. An Organizational Unit's final Adequacy | 21 | | Target attributable to special education shall include all | 22 | | special education investment adequacy elements. | 23 | | "Specialist teacher" means a teacher who provides | 24 | | instruction in subject areas not included in core subjects, | 25 | | including, but not limited to, art, music, physical | 26 | | education, health, driver education, career-technical |
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| 1 | | education, and such other subject areas as may be mandated | 2 | | by State law or provided by an Organizational Unit. | 3 | | "Specially Funded Unit" means an Alternative School, | 4 | | safe school, Department of Juvenile Justice school, | 5 | | special education cooperative or entity recognized by the | 6 | | State Board as a special education cooperative, | 7 | | State-approved charter school, or alternative learning | 8 | | opportunities program that received direct funding from | 9 | | the State Board during the 2016-2017 school year through | 10 | | any of the funding sources included within the calculation | 11 | | of the Base Funding Minimum or Glenwood Academy. | 12 | | "Supplemental Grant Funding" means supplemental | 13 | | general State aid funding received by an Organization Unit | 14 | | during the 2016-2017 school year pursuant to subsection (H) | 15 | | of Section 18-8.05 of this Code (now repealed). | 16 | | "State Adequacy Level" is the sum of the Adequacy | 17 | | Targets of all Organizational Units. | 18 | | "State Board" means the State Board of Education. | 19 | | "State Superintendent" means the State Superintendent | 20 | | of Education. | 21 | | "Statewide Weighted CWI" means a figure determined by | 22 | | multiplying each Organizational Unit CWI times the ASE for | 23 | | that Organizational Unit creating a weighted value, | 24 | | summing all Organizational Unit's weighted values, and | 25 | | dividing by the total ASE of all Organizational Units, | 26 | | thereby creating an average weighted index. |
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| 1 | | "Student activities" means non-credit producing | 2 | | after-school programs, including, but not limited to, | 3 | | clubs, bands, sports, and other activities authorized by | 4 | | the school board of the Organizational Unit. | 5 | | "Substitute teacher" means an individual teacher or | 6 | | teaching assistant who is employed by an Organizational | 7 | | Unit and is temporarily serving the Organizational Unit on | 8 | | a per diem or per period-assignment basis replacing another | 9 | | staff member. | 10 | | "Summer school" means academic and enrichment programs | 11 | | provided to students during the summer months outside of | 12 | | the regular school year. | 13 | | "Supervisory aide" means a non-licensed staff member | 14 | | who helps in supervising students of an Organizational | 15 | | Unit, but does so outside of the classroom, in situations | 16 | | such as, but not limited to, monitoring hallways and | 17 | | playgrounds, supervising lunchrooms, or supervising | 18 | | students when being transported in buses serving the | 19 | | Organizational Unit. | 20 | | "Target Ratio" is defined in paragraph (4) of | 21 | | subsection (g). | 22 | | "Tier 1", "Tier 2", "Tier 3", and "Tier 4" are defined | 23 | | in paragraph (3) of subsection (g). | 24 | | "Tier 1 Aggregate Funding", "Tier 2 Aggregate | 25 | | Funding", "Tier 3 Aggregate Funding", and "Tier 4 Aggregate | 26 | | Funding" are defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (g). |
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| 1 | | (b) Adequacy Target calculation. | 2 | | (1) Each Organizational Unit's Adequacy Target is the | 3 | | sum of the Organizational Unit's cost of providing | 4 | | Essential Elements, as calculated in accordance with this | 5 | | subsection (b), with the salary amounts in the Essential | 6 | | Elements multiplied by a Regionalization Factor calculated | 7 | | pursuant to paragraph (3) of this subsection (b). | 8 | | (2) The Essential Elements are attributable on a pro | 9 | | rata basis related to defined subgroups of the ASE of each | 10 | | Organizational Unit as specified in this paragraph (2), | 11 | | with investments and FTE positions pro rata funded based on | 12 | | ASE counts in excess or less than the thresholds set forth | 13 | | in this paragraph (2). The method for calculating | 14 | | attributable pro rata costs and the defined subgroups | 15 | | thereto are as follows: | 16 | | (A) Core class size investments. Each | 17 | | Organizational Unit shall receive the funding required | 18 | | to support that number of FTE core teacher positions as | 19 | | is needed to keep the respective class sizes of the | 20 | | Organizational Unit to the following maximum numbers: | 21 | | (i) For grades kindergarten through 3, the | 22 | | Organizational Unit shall receive funding required | 23 | | to support one FTE core teacher position for every | 24 | | 15 Low-Income Count students in those grades and | 25 | | one FTE core teacher position for every 20 | 26 | | non-Low-Income Count students in those grades. |
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| 1 | | (ii) For grades 4 through 12, the | 2 | | Organizational Unit shall receive funding required | 3 | | to support one FTE core teacher position for every | 4 | | 20 Low-Income Count students in those grades and | 5 | | one FTE core teacher position for every 25 | 6 | | non-Low-Income Count students in those grades. | 7 | | The number of non-Low-Income Count students in a | 8 | | grade shall be determined by subtracting the | 9 | | Low-Income students in that grade from the ASE of the | 10 | | Organizational Unit for that grade. | 11 | | (B) Specialist teacher investments. Each | 12 | | Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed | 13 | | to cover that number of FTE specialist teacher | 14 | | positions that correspond to the following | 15 | | percentages: | 16 | | (i) if the Organizational Unit operates an | 17 | | elementary or middle school, then 20.00% of the | 18 | | number of the Organizational Unit's core teachers, | 19 | | as determined under subparagraph (A) of this | 20 | | paragraph (2); and | 21 | | (ii) if such Organizational Unit operates a | 22 | | high school, then 33.33% of the number of the | 23 | | Organizational Unit's core teachers. | 24 | | (C) Instructional facilitator investments. Each | 25 | | Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed | 26 | | to cover one FTE instructional facilitator position |
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| 1 | | for every 200 combined ASE of pre-kindergarten | 2 | | children with disabilities and all kindergarten | 3 | | through grade 12 students of the Organizational Unit. | 4 | | (D) Core intervention teacher (tutor) investments. | 5 | | Each Organizational Unit shall receive the funding | 6 | | needed to cover one FTE teacher position for each | 7 | | prototypical elementary, middle, and high school. | 8 | | (E) Substitute teacher investments. Each | 9 | | Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed | 10 | | to cover substitute teacher costs that is equal to | 11 | | 5.70% of the minimum pupil attendance days or | 12 | | instructional clock hours required under Section 10-19 | 13 | | of this Code for all full-time equivalent core, | 14 | | specialist, and intervention teachers, school nurses, | 15 | | special education teachers and instructional | 16 | | assistants, instructional facilitators, and summer | 17 | | school and extended-day teacher positions, as | 18 | | determined under this paragraph (2), at a salary rate | 19 | | of 33.33% of the average salary for grade K through 12 | 20 | | teachers and 33.33% of the average salary of each | 21 | | instructional assistant position. | 22 | | (F) Core guidance counselor investments. Each | 23 | | Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed | 24 | | to cover one FTE guidance counselor for each 450 | 25 | | combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with | 26 | | disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 5 |
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| 1 | | students, plus one FTE guidance counselor for each 250 | 2 | | grades 6 through 8 ASE middle school students, plus one | 3 | | FTE guidance counselor for each 250 grades 9 through 12 | 4 | | ASE high school students. | 5 | | (G) Nurse investments. Each Organizational Unit | 6 | | shall receive the funding needed to cover one FTE nurse | 7 | | for each 750 combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children | 8 | | with disabilities and all kindergarten through grade | 9 | | 12 students across all grade levels it serves. | 10 | | (H) Supervisory aide investments. Each | 11 | | Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed | 12 | | to cover one FTE for each 225 combined ASE of | 13 | | pre-kindergarten children with disabilities and all | 14 | | kindergarten through grade 5 students, plus one FTE for | 15 | | each 225 ASE middle school students, plus one FTE for | 16 | | each 200 ASE high school students. | 17 | | (I) Librarian investments. Each Organizational | 18 | | Unit shall receive the funding needed to cover one FTE | 19 | | librarian for each prototypical elementary school, | 20 | | middle school, and high school and one FTE aide or | 21 | | media technician for every 300 combined ASE of | 22 | | pre-kindergarten children with disabilities and all | 23 | | kindergarten through grade 12 students. | 24 | | (J) Principal investments. Each Organizational | 25 | | Unit shall receive the funding needed to cover one FTE | 26 | | principal position for each prototypical elementary |
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| 1 | | school, plus one FTE principal position for each | 2 | | prototypical middle school, plus one FTE principal | 3 | | position for each prototypical high school. | 4 | | (K) Assistant principal investments. Each | 5 | | Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed | 6 | | to cover one FTE assistant principal position for each | 7 | | prototypical elementary school, plus one FTE assistant | 8 | | principal position for each prototypical middle | 9 | | school, plus one FTE assistant principal position for | 10 | | each prototypical high school. | 11 | | (L) School site staff investments. Each | 12 | | Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed | 13 | | for one FTE position for each 225 ASE of | 14 | | pre-kindergarten children with disabilities and all | 15 | | kindergarten through grade 5 students, plus one FTE | 16 | | position for each 225 ASE middle school students, plus | 17 | | one FTE position for each 200 ASE high school students. | 18 | | (M) Gifted investments. Each Organizational Unit | 19 | | shall receive $40 per kindergarten through grade 12 | 20 | | ASE. | 21 | | (N) Professional development investments. Each | 22 | | Organizational Unit shall receive $125 per student of | 23 | | the combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with | 24 | | disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12 | 25 | | students for trainers and other professional | 26 | | development-related expenses for supplies and |
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| 1 | | materials. | 2 | | (O) Instructional material investments. Each | 3 | | Organizational Unit shall receive $190 per student of | 4 | | the combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with | 5 | | disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12 | 6 | | students to cover instructional material costs. | 7 | | (P) Assessment investments. Each Organizational | 8 | | Unit shall receive $25 per student of the combined ASE | 9 | | of pre-kindergarten children with disabilities and all | 10 | | kindergarten through grade 12 students student to | 11 | | cover assessment costs. | 12 | | (Q) Computer technology and equipment investments. | 13 | | Each Organizational Unit shall receive $285.50 per | 14 | | student of the combined ASE of pre-kindergarten | 15 | | children with disabilities and all kindergarten | 16 | | through grade 12 students to cover computer technology | 17 | | and equipment costs. For the 2018-2019 school year and | 18 | | subsequent school years, Organizational Units assigned | 19 | | to Tier 1 and Tier 2 in the prior school year shall | 20 | | receive an additional $285.50 per student of the | 21 | | combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with | 22 | | disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12 | 23 | | students to cover computer technology and equipment | 24 | | costs in the Organization Unit's Adequacy Target. The | 25 | | State Board may establish additional requirements for | 26 | | Organizational Unit expenditures of funds received |
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| 1 | | pursuant to this subparagraph (Q), including a | 2 | | requirement that funds received pursuant to this | 3 | | subparagraph (Q) may be used only for serving the | 4 | | technology needs of the district. It is the intent of | 5 | | this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly that | 6 | | all Tier 1 and Tier 2 districts receive the addition to | 7 | | their Adequacy Target in the following year, subject to | 8 | | compliance with the requirements of the State Board. | 9 | | (R) Student activities investments. Each | 10 | | Organizational Unit shall receive the following | 11 | | funding amounts to cover student activities: $100 per | 12 | | kindergarten through grade 5 ASE student in elementary | 13 | | school, plus $200 per ASE student in middle school, | 14 | | plus $675 per ASE student in high school. | 15 | | (S) Maintenance and operations investments. Each | 16 | | Organizational Unit shall receive $1,038 per student | 17 | | of the combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with | 18 | | disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12 for | 19 | | day-to-day maintenance and operations expenditures, | 20 | | including salary, supplies, and materials, as well as | 21 | | purchased services, but excluding employee benefits. | 22 | | The proportion of salary for the application of a | 23 | | Regionalization Factor and the calculation of benefits | 24 | | is equal to $352.92. | 25 | | (T) Central office investments. Each | 26 | | Organizational Unit shall receive $742 per student of |
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| 1 | | the combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with | 2 | | disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12 | 3 | | students to cover central office operations, including | 4 | | administrators and classified personnel charged with | 5 | | managing the instructional programs, business and | 6 | | operations of the school district, and security | 7 | | personnel. The proportion of salary for the | 8 | | application of a Regionalization Factor and the | 9 | | calculation of benefits is equal to $368.48. | 10 | | (U) Employee benefit investments. Each | 11 | | Organizational Unit shall receive 30% of the total of | 12 | | all salary-calculated elements of the Adequacy Target, | 13 | | excluding substitute teachers and student activities | 14 | | investments, to cover benefit costs. For central | 15 | | office and maintenance and operations investments, the | 16 | | benefit calculation shall be based upon the salary | 17 | | proportion of each investment. If at any time the | 18 | | responsibility for funding the employer normal cost of | 19 | | teacher pensions is assigned to school districts, then | 20 | | that amount certified by the Teachers' Retirement | 21 | | System of the State of Illinois to be paid by the | 22 | | Organizational Unit for the preceding school year | 23 | | shall be added to the benefit investment. For any | 24 | | fiscal year in which a school district organized under | 25 | | Article 34 of this Code is responsible for paying the | 26 | | employer normal cost of teacher pensions, then that |
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| 1 | | amount of its employer normal cost plus the amount for | 2 | | retiree health insurance as certified by the Public | 3 | | School Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of | 4 | | Chicago to be paid by the school district for the | 5 | | preceding school year that is statutorily required to | 6 | | cover employer normal costs and the amount for retiree | 7 | | health insurance shall be added to the 30% specified in | 8 | | this subparagraph (U). The Teachers' Retirement System | 9 | | of the State of Illinois and the Public School | 10 | | Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago shall | 11 | | submit such information as the State Superintendent | 12 | | may require for the calculations set forth in this | 13 | | subparagraph (U). | 14 | | (V) Additional investments in low-income students. | 15 | | In addition to and not in lieu of all other funding | 16 | | under this paragraph (2), each Organizational Unit | 17 | | shall receive funding based on the average teacher | 18 | | salary for grades K through 12 to cover the costs of: | 19 | | (i) one FTE intervention teacher (tutor) | 20 | | position for every 125 Low-Income Count students; | 21 | | (ii) one FTE pupil support staff position for | 22 | | every 125 Low-Income Count students; | 23 | | (iii) one FTE extended day teacher position | 24 | | for every 120 Low-Income Count students; and | 25 | | (iv) one FTE summer school teacher position | 26 | | for every 120 Low-Income Count students. |
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| 1 | | (W) Additional investments in English learner | 2 | | students. In addition to and not in lieu of all other | 3 | | funding under this paragraph (2), each Organizational | 4 | | Unit shall receive funding based on the average teacher | 5 | | salary for grades K through 12 to cover the costs of: | 6 | | (i) one FTE intervention teacher (tutor) | 7 | | position for every 125 English learner students; | 8 | | (ii) one FTE pupil support staff position for | 9 | | every 125 English learner students; | 10 | | (iii) one FTE extended day teacher position | 11 | | for every 120 English learner students; | 12 | | (iv) one FTE summer school teacher position | 13 | | for every 120 English learner students; and | 14 | | (v) one FTE core teacher position for every 100 | 15 | | English learner students. | 16 | | (X) Special education investments. Each | 17 | | Organizational Unit shall receive funding based on the | 18 | | average teacher salary for grades K through 12 to cover | 19 | | special education as follows: | 20 | | (i) one FTE teacher position for every 141 | 21 | | combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with | 22 | | disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12 | 23 | | students; | 24 | | (ii) one FTE instructional assistant for every | 25 | | 141 combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with | 26 | | disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12 |
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| 1 | | students; and | 2 | | (iii) one FTE psychologist position for every | 3 | | 1,000 combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children | 4 | | with disabilities and all kindergarten through | 5 | | grade 12 students. | 6 | | (3) For calculating the salaries included within the | 7 | | Essential Elements, the State Superintendent shall | 8 | | annually calculate average salaries to the nearest dollar | 9 | | using the employment information system data maintained by | 10 | | the State Board, limited to public schools only and | 11 | | excluding special education and vocational cooperatives, | 12 | | schools operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice, and | 13 | | charter schools, for the following positions: | 14 | | (A) Teacher for grades K through 8. | 15 | | (B) Teacher for grades 9 through 12. | 16 | | (C) Teacher for grades K through 12. | 17 | | (D) Guidance counselor for grades K through 8. | 18 | | (E) Guidance counselor for grades 9 through 12. | 19 | | (F) Guidance counselor for grades K through 12. | 20 | | (G) Social worker. | 21 | | (H) Psychologist. | 22 | | (I) Librarian. | 23 | | (J) Nurse. | 24 | | (K) Principal. | 25 | | (L) Assistant principal. | 26 | | For the purposes of this paragraph (3), "teacher" |
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| 1 | | includes core teachers, specialist and elective teachers, | 2 | | instructional facilitators, tutors, special education | 3 | | teachers, pupil support staff teachers, English learner | 4 | | teachers, extended-day teachers, and summer school | 5 | | teachers. Where specific grade data is not required for the | 6 | | Essential Elements, the average salary for corresponding | 7 | | positions shall apply. For substitute teachers, the | 8 | | average teacher salary for grades K through 12 shall apply. | 9 | | For calculating the salaries included within the | 10 | | Essential Elements for positions not included within EIS | 11 | | Data, the following salaries shall be used in the first | 12 | | year of implementation of Evidence-Based Funding: | 13 | | (i) school site staff, $30,000; and | 14 | | (ii) non-instructional assistant, instructional | 15 | | assistant, library aide, library media tech, or | 16 | | supervisory aide: $25,000. | 17 | | In the second and subsequent years of implementation of | 18 | | Evidence-Based Funding, the amounts in items (i) and (ii) | 19 | | of this paragraph (3) shall annually increase by the ECI. | 20 | | The salary amounts for the Essential Elements | 21 | | determined pursuant to subparagraphs (A) through (L), (S) | 22 | | and (T), and (V) through (X) of paragraph (2) of subsection | 23 | | (b) of this Section shall be multiplied by a | 24 | | Regionalization Factor. | 25 | | (c) Local capacity calculation. | 26 | | (1) Each Organizational Unit's Local Capacity |
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| 1 | | represents an amount of funding it is assumed to contribute | 2 | | toward its Adequacy Target for purposes of the | 3 | | Evidence-Based Funding formula calculation. "Local | 4 | | Capacity" means either (i) the Organizational Unit's Local | 5 | | Capacity Target as calculated in accordance with paragraph | 6 | | (2) of this subsection (c) if its Real Receipts are equal | 7 | | to or less than its Local Capacity Target or (ii) the | 8 | | Organizational Unit's Adjusted Local Capacity, as | 9 | | calculated in accordance with paragraph (3) of this | 10 | | subsection (c) if Real Receipts are more than its Local | 11 | | Capacity Target. | 12 | | (2) "Local Capacity Target" means, for an | 13 | | Organizational Unit, that dollar amount that is obtained by | 14 | | multiplying its Adequacy Target by its Local Capacity | 15 | | Ratio. | 16 | | (A) An Organizational Unit's Local Capacity | 17 | | Percentage is the conversion of the Organizational | 18 | | Unit's Local Capacity Ratio, as such ratio is | 19 | | determined in accordance with subparagraph (B) of this | 20 | | paragraph (2), into a cumulative distribution | 21 | | resulting in a percentile ranking to determine each | 22 | | Organizational Unit's relative position to all other | 23 | | Organizational Units in this State. The calculation of | 24 | | Local Capacity Percentage is described in subparagraph | 25 | | (C) of this paragraph (2). | 26 | | (B) An Organizational Unit's Local Capacity Ratio |
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| 1 | | in a given year is the percentage obtained by dividing | 2 | | its Adjusted EAV or PTELL EAV, whichever is less, by | 3 | | its Adequacy Target, with the resulting ratio further | 4 | | adjusted as follows: | 5 | | (i) for Organizational Units serving grades | 6 | | kindergarten through 12 and Hybrid Districts, no | 7 | | further adjustments shall be made; | 8 | | (ii) for Organizational Units serving grades | 9 | | kindergarten through 8, the ratio shall be | 10 | | multiplied by 9/13; | 11 | | (iii) for Organizational Units serving grades | 12 | | 9 through 12, the Local Capacity Ratio shall be | 13 | | multiplied by 4/13; and | 14 | | (iv) for an Organizational Unit with a | 15 | | different grade configuration than those specified | 16 | | in items (i) through (iii) of this subparagraph | 17 | | (B), the State Superintendent shall determine a | 18 | | comparable adjustment based on the grades served. | 19 | | (C) The Local Capacity Percentage is equal to the | 20 | | percentile ranking of the district. Local Capacity | 21 | | Percentage converts each Organizational Unit's Local | 22 | | Capacity Ratio to a cumulative distribution resulting | 23 | | in a percentile ranking to determine each | 24 | | Organizational Unit's relative position to all other | 25 | | Organizational Units in this State. The Local Capacity | 26 | | Percentage cumulative distribution resulting in a |
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| 1 | | percentile ranking for each Organizational Unit shall | 2 | | be calculated using the standard normal distribution | 3 | | of the score in relation to the weighted mean and | 4 | | weighted standard deviation and Local Capacity Ratios | 5 | | of all Organizational Units. If the value assigned to | 6 | | any Organizational Unit is in excess of 90%, the value | 7 | | shall be adjusted to 90%. For Laboratory Schools, the | 8 | | Local Capacity Percentage shall be set at 10% in
| 9 | | recognition of the absence of EAV and resources from | 10 | | the public university that are allocated to
the | 11 | | Laboratory School. The weighted mean for the Local | 12 | | Capacity Percentage shall be determined by multiplying | 13 | | each Organizational Unit's Local Capacity Ratio times | 14 | | the ASE for the unit creating a weighted value, summing | 15 | | the weighted values of all Organizational Units, and | 16 | | dividing by the total ASE of all Organizational Units. | 17 | | The weighted standard deviation shall be determined by | 18 | | taking the square root of the weighted variance of all | 19 | | Organizational Units' Local Capacity Ratio, where the | 20 | | variance is calculated by squaring the difference | 21 | | between each unit's Local Capacity Ratio and the | 22 | | weighted mean, then multiplying the variance for each | 23 | | unit times the ASE for the unit to create a weighted | 24 | | variance for each unit, then summing all units' | 25 | | weighted variance and dividing by the total ASE of all | 26 | | units. |
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| 1 | | (D) For any Organizational Unit, the | 2 | | Organizational Unit's Adjusted Local Capacity Target | 3 | | shall be reduced by either (i) the school board's | 4 | | remaining contribution pursuant to paragraph (ii) of | 5 | | subsection (b-4) of Section 16-158 of the Illinois | 6 | | Pension Code in a given year, or (ii) the board of | 7 | | education's remaining contribution pursuant to | 8 | | paragraph (iv) of subsection (b) of Section 17-129 of | 9 | | the Illinois Pension Code absent the employer normal | 10 | | cost portion of the required contribution and amount | 11 | | allowed pursuant to subdivision (3) of Section | 12 | | 17-142.1 of the Illinois Pension Code in a given year. | 13 | | In the preceding sentence, item (i) shall be certified | 14 | | to the State Board of Education by the Teachers' | 15 | | Retirement System of the State of Illinois and item | 16 | | (ii) shall be certified to the State Board of Education | 17 | | by the Public School Teachers' Pension and Retirement | 18 | | Fund of the City of Chicago. | 19 | | (3) If an Organizational Unit's Real Receipts are more | 20 | | than its Local Capacity Target, then its Local Capacity | 21 | | shall equal an Adjusted Local Capacity Target as calculated | 22 | | in accordance with this paragraph (3). The Adjusted Local | 23 | | Capacity Target is calculated as the sum of the | 24 | | Organizational Unit's Local Capacity Target and its Real | 25 | | Receipts Adjustment. The Real Receipts Adjustment equals | 26 | | the Organizational Unit's Real Receipts less its Local |
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| 1 | | Capacity Target, with the resulting figure multiplied by | 2 | | the Local Capacity Percentage. | 3 | | As used in this paragraph (3), "Real Percent of | 4 | | Adequacy" means the sum of an Organizational Unit's Real | 5 | | Receipts, CPPRT, and Base Funding Minimum, with the | 6 | | resulting figure divided by the Organizational Unit's | 7 | | Adequacy Target. | 8 | | (d) Calculation of Real Receipts, EAV, and Adjusted EAV for | 9 | | purposes of the Local Capacity calculation. | 10 | | (1) An Organizational Unit's Real Receipts are the | 11 | | product of its Applicable Tax Rate and its Adjusted EAV. An | 12 | | Organizational Unit's Applicable Tax Rate is its Adjusted | 13 | | Operating Tax Rate for property within the Organizational | 14 | | Unit. | 15 | | (2) The State Superintendent shall calculate the | 16 | | Equalized Assessed Valuation, or EAV, of all taxable | 17 | | property of each Organizational Unit as of September 30 of | 18 | | the previous year in accordance with paragraph (3) of this | 19 | | subsection (d). The State Superintendent shall then | 20 | | determine the Adjusted EAV of each Organizational Unit in | 21 | | accordance with paragraph (4) of this subsection (d), which | 22 | | Adjusted EAV figure shall be used for the purposes of | 23 | | calculating Local Capacity. | 24 | | (3) To calculate Real Receipts and EAV, the Department | 25 | | of Revenue shall supply to the State Superintendent the | 26 | | value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue |
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| 1 | | of all taxable property of every Organizational Unit, | 2 | | together with (i) the applicable tax rate used in extending | 3 | | taxes for the funds of the Organizational Unit as of | 4 | | September 30 of the previous year and (ii) the limiting | 5 | | rate for all Organizational Units subject to property tax | 6 | | extension limitations as imposed under PTELL. | 7 | | (A) The Department of Revenue shall add to the | 8 | | equalized assessed value of all taxable property of | 9 | | each Organizational Unit situated entirely or | 10 | | partially within a county that is or was subject to the | 11 | | provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property | 12 | | Tax Code (i) an amount equal to the total amount by | 13 | | which the homestead exemption allowed under Section | 14 | | 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code for real | 15 | | property situated in that Organizational Unit exceeds | 16 | | the total amount that would have been allowed in that | 17 | | Organizational Unit if the maximum reduction under | 18 | | Section 15-176 was (I) $4,500 in Cook County or $3,500 | 19 | | in all other counties in tax year 2003 or (II) $5,000 | 20 | | in all counties in tax year 2004 and thereafter and | 21 | | (ii) an amount equal to the aggregate amount for the | 22 | | taxable year of all additional exemptions under | 23 | | Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code for owners with | 24 | | a household income of $30,000 or less. The county clerk | 25 | | of any county that is or was subject to the provisions | 26 | | of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code |
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| 1 | | shall annually calculate and certify to the Department | 2 | | of Revenue for each Organizational Unit all homestead | 3 | | exemption amounts under Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the | 4 | | Property Tax Code and all amounts of additional | 5 | | exemptions under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax | 6 | | Code for owners with a household income of $30,000 or | 7 | | less. It is the intent of this subparagraph (A) that if | 8 | | the general homestead exemption for a parcel of | 9 | | property is determined under Section 15-176 or 15-177 | 10 | | of the Property Tax Code rather than Section 15-175, | 11 | | then the calculation of EAV shall not be affected by | 12 | | the difference, if any, between the amount of the | 13 | | general homestead exemption allowed for that parcel of | 14 | | property under Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property | 15 | | Tax Code and the amount that would have been allowed | 16 | | had the general homestead exemption for that parcel of | 17 | | property been determined under Section 15-175 of the | 18 | | Property Tax Code. It is further the intent of this | 19 | | subparagraph (A) that if additional exemptions are | 20 | | allowed under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code | 21 | | for owners with a household income of less than | 22 | | $30,000, then the calculation of EAV shall not be | 23 | | affected by the difference, if any, because of those | 24 | | additional exemptions. | 25 | | (B) With respect to any part of an Organizational | 26 | | Unit within a redevelopment project area in respect to |
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| 1 | | which a municipality has adopted tax increment | 2 | | allocation financing pursuant to the Tax Increment | 3 | | Allocation Redevelopment Act, Division 74.4 of Article | 4 | | 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code, or the Industrial | 5 | | Jobs Recovery Law, Division 74.6 of Article 11 of the | 6 | | Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the current EAV of | 7 | | real property located in any such project area which is | 8 | | attributable to an increase above the total initial EAV | 9 | | of such property shall be used as part of the EAV of | 10 | | the Organizational Unit, until such time as all | 11 | | redevelopment project costs have been paid, as | 12 | | provided in Section 11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment | 13 | | Allocation Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 | 14 | | of the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose of | 15 | | the EAV of the Organizational Unit, the total initial | 16 | | EAV or the current EAV, whichever is lower, shall be | 17 | | used until such time as all redevelopment project costs | 18 | | have been paid. | 19 | | (B-5) The real property equalized assessed | 20 | | valuation for a school district shall be adjusted by | 21 | | subtracting from the real property value, as equalized | 22 | | or assessed by the Department of Revenue, for the | 23 | | district an amount computed by dividing the amount of | 24 | | any abatement of taxes under Section 18-170 of the | 25 | | Property Tax Code by 3.00% for a district maintaining | 26 | | grades kindergarten through 12, by 2.30% for a district |
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| 1 | | maintaining grades kindergarten through 8, or by 1.05% | 2 | | for a district maintaining grades 9 through 12 and | 3 | | adjusted by an amount computed by dividing the amount | 4 | | of any abatement of taxes under subsection (a) of | 5 | | Section 18-165 of the Property Tax Code by the same | 6 | | percentage rates for district type as specified in this | 7 | | subparagraph (B-5). | 8 | | (C) For Organizational Units that are Hybrid | 9 | | Districts, the State Superintendent shall use the | 10 | | lesser of the adjusted equalized assessed valuation | 11 | | for property within the partial elementary unit | 12 | | district for elementary purposes, as defined in | 13 | | Article 11E of this Code, or the adjusted equalized | 14 | | assessed valuation for property within the partial | 15 | | elementary unit district for high school purposes, as | 16 | | defined in Article 11E of this Code. | 17 | | (4) An Organizational Unit's Adjusted EAV shall be the | 18 | | average of its EAV over the immediately preceding 3 years | 19 | | or its EAV in the immediately preceding year if the EAV in | 20 | | the immediately preceding year has declined by 10% or more | 21 | | compared to the 3-year average. In the event of | 22 | | Organizational Unit reorganization, consolidation, or | 23 | | annexation, the Organizational Unit's Adjusted EAV for the | 24 | | first 3 years after such change shall be as follows: the | 25 | | most current EAV shall be used in the first year, the | 26 | | average of a 2-year EAV or its EAV in the immediately |
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| 1 | | preceding year if the EAV declines by 10% or more compared | 2 | | to the 2-year average for the second year, and a 3-year | 3 | | average EAV or its EAV in the immediately preceding year if | 4 | | the adjusted EAV declines by 10% or more compared to the | 5 | | 3-year average for the third year. For any school district | 6 | | whose EAV in the immediately preceding year is used in | 7 | | calculations, in the following year, the Adjusted EAV shall | 8 | | be the average of its EAV over the immediately preceding 2 | 9 | | years or the immediately preceding year if that year | 10 | | represents a decline of 10% or more compared to the 2-year | 11 | | average. | 12 | | "PTELL EAV" means a figure calculated by the State | 13 | | Board for Organizational Units subject to PTELL as | 14 | | described in this paragraph (4) for the purposes of | 15 | | calculating an Organizational Unit's Local Capacity Ratio. | 16 | | Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph (4), the | 17 | | PTELL EAV of an Organizational Unit shall be equal to the | 18 | | product of the equalized assessed valuation last used in | 19 | | the calculation of general State aid under Section 18-8.05 | 20 | | of this Code (now repealed) or Evidence-Based Funding under | 21 | | this Section and the Organizational Unit's Extension | 22 | | Limitation Ratio. If an Organizational Unit has approved or | 23 | | does approve an increase in its limiting rate, pursuant to | 24 | | Section 18-190 of the Property Tax Code, affecting the Base | 25 | | Tax Year, the PTELL EAV shall be equal to the product of | 26 | | the equalized assessed valuation last used in the |
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| 1 | | calculation of general State aid under Section 18-8.05 of | 2 | | this Code (now repealed) or Evidence-Based Funding under | 3 | | this Section multiplied by an amount equal to one plus the | 4 | | percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index | 5 | | for All Urban Consumers for all items published by the | 6 | | United States Department of Labor for the 12-month calendar | 7 | | year preceding the Base Tax Year, plus the equalized | 8 | | assessed valuation of new property, annexed property, and | 9 | | recovered tax increment value and minus the equalized | 10 | | assessed valuation of disconnected property. | 11 | | As used in this paragraph (4), "new property" and | 12 | | "recovered tax increment value" shall have the meanings set | 13 | | forth in the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law. | 14 | | (e) Base Funding Minimum calculation. | 15 | | (1) For the 2017-2018 school year, the Base Funding | 16 | | Minimum of an Organizational Unit or a Specially Funded | 17 | | Unit shall be the amount of State funds distributed to the | 18 | | Organizational Unit or Specially Funded Unit during the | 19 | | 2016-2017 school year prior to any adjustments and | 20 | | specified appropriation amounts described in this | 21 | | paragraph (1) from the following Sections, as calculated by | 22 | | the State Superintendent: Section 18-8.05 of this Code (now | 23 | | repealed); Section 5 of Article 224 of Public Act 99-524 | 24 | | (equity grants); Section 14-7.02b of this Code (funding for | 25 | | children requiring special education services); Section | 26 | | 14-13.01 of this Code (special education facilities and |
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| 1 | | staffing), except for reimbursement of the cost of | 2 | | transportation pursuant to Section 14-13.01; Section | 3 | | 14C-12 of this Code (English learners); and Section 18-4.3 | 4 | | of this Code (summer school), based on an appropriation | 5 | | level of $13,121,600. For a school district organized under | 6 | | Article 34 of this Code, the Base Funding Minimum also | 7 | | includes (i) the funds allocated to the school district | 8 | | pursuant to Section 1D-1 of this Code attributable to | 9 | | funding programs authorized by the Sections of this Code | 10 | | listed in the preceding sentence; and (ii) the difference | 11 | | between (I) the funds allocated to the school district | 12 | | pursuant to Section 1D-1 of this Code attributable to the | 13 | | funding programs authorized by Section 14-7.02 (non-public | 14 | | special education reimbursement), subsection (b) of | 15 | | Section 14-13.01 (special education transportation), | 16 | | Section 29-5 (transportation), Section 2-3.80 | 17 | | (agricultural education), Section 2-3.66 (truants' | 18 | | alternative education), Section 2-3.62 (educational | 19 | | service centers), and Section 14-7.03 (special education - | 20 | | orphanage) of this Code and Section 15 of the Childhood | 21 | | Hunger Relief Act (free breakfast program) and (II) the | 22 | | school district's actual expenditures for its non-public | 23 | | special education, special education transportation, | 24 | | transportation programs, agricultural education, truants' | 25 | | alternative education, services that would otherwise be | 26 | | performed by a regional office of education, special |
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| 1 | | education orphanage expenditures, and free breakfast, as | 2 | | most recently calculated and reported pursuant to | 3 | | subsection (f) of Section 1D-1 of this Code. The Base | 4 | | Funding Minimum for Glenwood Academy shall be $625,500. | 5 | | (2) For the 2018-2019 and subsequent school years, the | 6 | | Base Funding Minimum of Organizational Units and Specially | 7 | | Funded Units shall be the sum of (i) the amount of | 8 | | Evidence-Based Funding for the prior school year, (ii) the | 9 | | Base Funding Minimum for the prior school year, and (iii) | 10 | | any amount received by a school district pursuant to | 11 | | Section 7 of Article 97 of Public Act 100-21. | 12 | | (f) Percent of Adequacy and Final Resources calculation. | 13 | | (1) The Evidence-Based Funding formula establishes a | 14 | | Percent of Adequacy for each Organizational Unit in order | 15 | | to place such units into tiers for the purposes of the | 16 | | funding distribution system described in subsection (g) of | 17 | | this Section. Initially, an Organizational Unit's | 18 | | Preliminary Resources and Preliminary Percent of Adequacy | 19 | | are calculated pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection | 20 | | (f). Then, an Organizational Unit's Final Resources and | 21 | | Final Percent of Adequacy are calculated to account for the | 22 | | Organizational Unit's poverty concentration levels | 23 | | pursuant to paragraphs (3) and (4) of this subsection (f). | 24 | | (2) An Organizational Unit's Preliminary Resources are | 25 | | equal to the sum of its Local Capacity Target, CPPRT, and | 26 | | Base Funding Minimum. An Organizational Unit's Preliminary |
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| 1 | | Percent of Adequacy is the lesser of (i) its Preliminary | 2 | | Resources divided by its Adequacy Target or (ii) 100%. | 3 | | (3) Except for Specially Funded Units, an | 4 | | Organizational Unit's Final Resources are equal the sum of | 5 | | its Local Capacity, CPPRT, and Adjusted Base Funding | 6 | | Minimum. The Base Funding Minimum of each Specially Funded | 7 | | Unit shall serve as its Final Resources, except that the | 8 | | Base Funding Minimum for State-approved charter schools | 9 | | shall not include any portion of general State aid | 10 | | allocated in the prior year based on the per capita tuition | 11 | | charge times the charter school enrollment. | 12 | | (4) An Organizational Unit's Final Percent of Adequacy | 13 | | is its Final Resources divided by its Adequacy Target. An | 14 | | Organizational Unit's Adjusted Base Funding Minimum is | 15 | | equal to its Base Funding Minimum less its Supplemental | 16 | | Grant Funding, with the resulting figure added to the | 17 | | product of its Supplemental Grant Funding and Preliminary | 18 | | Percent of Adequacy. | 19 | | (g) Evidence-Based Funding formula distribution system. | 20 | | (1) In each school year under the Evidence-Based | 21 | | Funding formula, each Organizational Unit receives funding | 22 | | equal to the sum of its Base Funding Minimum and the unit's | 23 | | allocation of New State Funds determined pursuant to this | 24 | | subsection (g). To allocate New State Funds, the | 25 | | Evidence-Based Funding formula distribution system first | 26 | | places all Organizational Units into one of 4 tiers in |
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| 1 | | accordance with paragraph (3) of this subsection (g), based | 2 | | on the Organizational Unit's Final Percent of Adequacy. New | 3 | | State Funds are allocated to each of the 4 tiers as | 4 | | follows: Tier 1 Aggregate Funding equals 50% of all New | 5 | | State Funds, Tier 2 Aggregate Funding equals 49% of all New | 6 | | State Funds, Tier 3 Aggregate Funding equals 0.9% of all | 7 | | New State Funds, and Tier 4 Aggregate Funding equals 0.1% | 8 | | of all New State Funds. Each Organizational Unit within | 9 | | Tier 1 or Tier 2 receives an allocation of New State Funds | 10 | | equal to its tier Funding Gap, as defined in the following | 11 | | sentence, multiplied by the tier's Allocation Rate | 12 | | determined pursuant to paragraph (4) of this subsection | 13 | | (g). For Tier 1, an Organizational Unit's Funding Gap | 14 | | equals the tier's Target Ratio, as specified in paragraph | 15 | | (5) of this subsection (g), multiplied by the | 16 | | Organizational Unit's Adequacy Target, with the resulting | 17 | | amount reduced by the Organizational Unit's Final | 18 | | Resources. For Tier 2, an Organizational Unit's Funding Gap | 19 | | equals the tier's Target Ratio, as described in paragraph | 20 | | (5) of this subsection (g), multiplied by the | 21 | | Organizational Unit's Adequacy Target, with the resulting | 22 | | amount reduced by the Organizational Unit's Final | 23 | | Resources and its Tier 1 funding allocation. To determine | 24 | | the Organizational Unit's Funding Gap, the resulting | 25 | | amount is then multiplied by a factor equal to one minus | 26 | | the Organizational Unit's Local Capacity Target |
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| 1 | | percentage. Each Organizational Unit within Tier 3 or Tier | 2 | | 4 receives an allocation of New State Funds equal to the | 3 | | product of its Adequacy Target and the tier's Allocation | 4 | | Rate, as specified in paragraph (4) of this subsection (g). | 5 | | (2) To ensure equitable distribution of dollars for all | 6 | | Tier 2 Organizational Units, no Tier 2 Organizational Unit | 7 | | shall receive fewer dollars per ASE than any Tier 3 | 8 | | Organizational Unit. Each Tier 2 and Tier 3 Organizational | 9 | | Unit shall have its funding allocation divided by its ASE. | 10 | | Any Tier 2 Organizational Unit with a funding allocation | 11 | | per ASE below the greatest Tier 3 allocation per ASE shall | 12 | | get a funding allocation equal to the greatest Tier 3 | 13 | | funding allocation per ASE multiplied by the | 14 | | Organizational Unit's ASE. Each Tier 2 Organizational | 15 | | Unit's Tier 2 funding allocation shall be multiplied by the | 16 | | percentage calculated by dividing the original Tier 2 | 17 | | Aggregate Funding by the sum of all Tier 2 Organizational | 18 | | Unit's Tier 2 funding allocation after adjusting | 19 | | districts' funding below Tier 3 levels. | 20 | | (3) Organizational Units are placed into one of 4 tiers | 21 | | as follows: | 22 | | (A) Tier 1 consists of all Organizational Units, | 23 | | except for Specially Funded Units, with a Percent of | 24 | | Adequacy less than the Tier 1 Target Ratio. The Tier 1 | 25 | | Target Ratio is the ratio level that allows for Tier 1 | 26 | | Aggregate Funding to be distributed, with the Tier 1 |
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| 1 | | Allocation Rate determined pursuant to paragraph (4) | 2 | | of this subsection (g). | 3 | | (B) Tier 2 consists of all Tier 1 Units and all | 4 | | other Organizational Units, except for Specially | 5 | | Funded Units, with a Percent of Adequacy of less than | 6 | | 0.90. | 7 | | (C) Tier 3 consists of all Organizational Units, | 8 | | except for Specially Funded Units, with a Percent of | 9 | | Adequacy of at least 0.90 and less than 1.0. | 10 | | (D) Tier 4 consists of all Organizational Units | 11 | | with a Percent of Adequacy of at least 1.0. | 12 | | (4) The Allocation Rates for Tiers 1 through 4 is | 13 | | determined as follows: | 14 | | (A) The Tier 1 Allocation Rate is 30%. | 15 | | (B) The Tier 2 Allocation Rate is the result of the | 16 | | following equation: Tier 2 Aggregate Funding, divided | 17 | | by the sum of the Funding Gaps for all Tier 2 | 18 | | Organizational Units, unless the result of such | 19 | | equation is higher than 1.0. If the result of such | 20 | | equation is higher than 1.0, then the Tier 2 Allocation | 21 | | Rate is 1.0. | 22 | | (C) The Tier 3 Allocation Rate is the result of the | 23 | | following equation: Tier 3
Aggregate Funding, divided | 24 | | by the sum of the Adequacy Targets of all Tier 3 | 25 | | Organizational
Units. | 26 | | (D) The Tier 4 Allocation Rate is the result of the |
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| 1 | | following equation: Tier 4
Aggregate Funding, divided | 2 | | by the sum of the Adequacy Targets of all Tier 4 | 3 | | Organizational
Units. | 4 | | (5) A tier's Target Ratio is determined as follows: | 5 | | (A) The Tier 1 Target Ratio is the ratio level that | 6 | | allows for Tier 1 Aggregate Funding to be distributed | 7 | | with the Tier 1 Allocation Rate. | 8 | | (B) The Tier 2 Target Ratio is 0.90. | 9 | | (C) The Tier 3 Target Ratio is 1.0. | 10 | | (6) If, at any point, the Tier 1 Target Ratio is | 11 | | greater than 90%, than all Tier 1 funding shall be | 12 | | allocated to Tier 2 and no Tier 1 Organizational Unit's | 13 | | funding may be identified. | 14 | | (7) In the event that all Tier 2 Organizational Units | 15 | | receive funding at the Tier 2 Target Ratio level, any | 16 | | remaining New State Funds shall be allocated to Tier 3 and | 17 | | Tier 4 Organizational Units. | 18 | | (8) If any Specially Funded Units, excluding Glenwood | 19 | | Academy, recognized by the State Board do not qualify for | 20 | | direct funding following the implementation of this | 21 | | amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly from any of | 22 | | the funding sources included within the definition of Base | 23 | | Funding Minimum, the unqualified portion of the Base | 24 | | Funding Minimum shall be transferred to one or more | 25 | | appropriate Organizational Units as determined by the | 26 | | State Superintendent based on the prior year ASE of the |
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| 1 | | Organizational Units. | 2 | | (8.5) If a school district withdraws from a special | 3 | | education cooperative, the portion of the Base Funding | 4 | | Minimum that is attributable to the school district may be | 5 | | redistributed to the school district upon withdrawal. The | 6 | | school district and the cooperative must include the amount | 7 | | of the Base Funding Minimum that is to be re-apportioned in | 8 | | their withdrawal agreement and notify the State Board of | 9 | | the change with a copy of the agreement upon withdrawal. | 10 | | (9) The Minimum Funding Level is intended to establish | 11 | | a target for State funding that will keep pace with | 12 | | inflation and continue to advance equity through the | 13 | | Evidence-Based Funding formula. The target for State | 14 | | funding of New Property Tax Relief Pool Funds is | 15 | | $50,000,000 for State fiscal year 2019 and subsequent State | 16 | | fiscal years. The Minimum Funding Level is equal to | 17 | | $350,000,000. In addition to any New State Funds, no more | 18 | | than $50,000,000 New Property Tax Relief Pool Funds may be | 19 | | counted towards the Minimum Funding Level. If the sum of | 20 | | New State Funds and applicable New Property Tax Relief Pool | 21 | | Funds are less than the Minimum Funding Level, than funding | 22 | | for tiers shall be reduced in the following manner: | 23 | | (A) First, Tier 4 funding shall be reduced by an | 24 | | amount equal to the difference between the Minimum | 25 | | Funding Level and New State Funds until such time as | 26 | | Tier 4 funding is exhausted. |
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| 1 | | (B) Next, Tier 3 funding shall be reduced by an | 2 | | amount equal to the difference between the Minimum | 3 | | Funding Level and New State Funds and the reduction in | 4 | | Tier 4 funding until such time as Tier 3 funding is | 5 | | exhausted. | 6 | | (C) Next, Tier 2 funding shall be reduced by an | 7 | | amount equal to the difference between the Minimum | 8 | | Funding level and new State Funds and the reduction | 9 | | Tier 4 and Tier 3. | 10 | | (D) Finally, Tier 1 funding shall be reduced by an | 11 | | amount equal to the difference between the Minimum | 12 | | Funding level and New State Funds and the reduction in | 13 | | Tier 2, 3, and 4 funding. In addition, the Allocation | 14 | | Rate for Tier 1 shall be reduced to a percentage equal | 15 | | to the Tier 1 allocation rate set by paragraph (4) of | 16 | | this subsection (g), multiplied by the result of New | 17 | | State Funds divided by the Minimum Funding Level. | 18 | | (9.5) For State fiscal year 2019 and subsequent State | 19 | | fiscal years, if New State Funds exceed $300,000,000, then | 20 | | any amount in excess of $300,000,000 shall be dedicated for | 21 | | purposes of Section 2-3.170 of this Code up to a maximum of | 22 | | $50,000,000. | 23 | | (10) In the event of a decrease in the amount of the | 24 | | appropriation for this Section in any fiscal year after | 25 | | implementation of this Section, the Organizational Units | 26 | | receiving Tier 1 and Tier 2 funding, as determined under |
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| 1 | | paragraph (3) of this subsection (g), shall be held | 2 | | harmless by establishing a Base Funding Guarantee equal to | 3 | | the per pupil kindergarten through grade 12 funding | 4 | | received in accordance with this Section in the prior | 5 | | fiscal year. Reductions shall be
made to the Base Funding | 6 | | Minimum of Organizational Units in Tier 3 and Tier 4 on a
| 7 | | per pupil basis equivalent to the total number of the ASE | 8 | | in Tier 3-funded and Tier 4-funded Organizational Units | 9 | | divided by the total reduction in State funding. The Base
| 10 | | Funding Minimum as reduced shall continue to be applied to | 11 | | Tier 3 and Tier 4
Organizational Units and adjusted by the | 12 | | relative formula when increases in
appropriations for this | 13 | | Section resume. In no event may State funding reductions to
| 14 | | Organizational Units in Tier 3 or Tier 4 exceed an amount | 15 | | that would be less than the
Base Funding Minimum | 16 | | established in the first year of implementation of this
| 17 | | Section. If additional reductions are required, all school | 18 | | districts shall receive a
reduction by a per pupil amount | 19 | | equal to the aggregate additional appropriation
reduction | 20 | | divided by the total ASE of all Organizational Units. | 21 | | (11) The State Superintendent shall make minor | 22 | | adjustments to the distribution formula set forth in this | 23 | | subsection (g) to account for the rounding of percentages | 24 | | to the nearest tenth of a percentage and dollar amounts to | 25 | | the nearest whole dollar. | 26 | | (h) State Superintendent administration of funding and |
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| 1 | | district submission requirements. | 2 | | (1) The State Superintendent shall, in accordance with | 3 | | appropriations made by the General Assembly, meet the | 4 | | funding obligations created under this Section. | 5 | | (2) The State Superintendent shall calculate the | 6 | | Adequacy Target for each Organizational Unit and Net State | 7 | | Contribution Target for each Organizational Unit under | 8 | | this Section. The State Superintendent shall also certify | 9 | | the actual amounts of the New State Funds payable for each | 10 | | eligible Organizational Unit based on the equitable | 11 | | distribution calculation to the unit's treasurer, as soon | 12 | | as possible after such amounts are calculated, including | 13 | | any applicable adjusted charge-off increase. No | 14 | | Evidence-Based Funding shall be distributed within an | 15 | | Organizational Unit without the approval of the unit's | 16 | | school board. | 17 | | (3) Annually, the State Superintendent shall calculate | 18 | | and report to each Organizational Unit the unit's aggregate | 19 | | financial adequacy amount, which shall be the sum of the | 20 | | Adequacy Target for each Organizational Unit. The State | 21 | | Superintendent shall calculate and report separately for | 22 | | each Organizational Unit the unit's total State funds | 23 | | allocated for its students with disabilities. The State | 24 | | Superintendent shall calculate and report separately for | 25 | | each Organizational Unit the amount of funding and | 26 | | applicable FTE calculated for each Essential Element of the |
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| 1 | | unit's Adequacy Target. | 2 | | (4) Annually, the State Superintendent shall calculate | 3 | | and report to each Organizational Unit the amount the unit | 4 | | must expend on special education and bilingual education | 5 | | and computer technology and equipment for Organizational | 6 | | Units assigned to Tier 1 or Tier 2 that received an | 7 | | additional $285.50 per student computer technology and | 8 | | equipment investment grant to their Adequacy Target | 9 | | pursuant to the unit's Base Funding Minimum, Special | 10 | | Education Allocation, Bilingual Education Allocation, and | 11 | | computer technology and equipment investment allocation. | 12 | | (5) Moneys distributed under this Section shall be | 13 | | calculated on a school year basis, but paid on a fiscal | 14 | | year basis, with payments beginning in August and extending | 15 | | through June. Unless otherwise provided, the moneys | 16 | | appropriated for each fiscal year shall be distributed in | 17 | | 22 equal payments at least 2 times monthly to each | 18 | | Organizational Unit. The State Board shall publish a yearly | 19 | | distribution schedule at its meeting in June. If moneys | 20 | | appropriated for any fiscal year are distributed other than | 21 | | monthly, the distribution shall be on the same basis for | 22 | | each Organizational Unit. | 23 | | (6) Any school district that fails, for any given | 24 | | school year, to maintain school as required by law or to | 25 | | maintain a recognized school is not eligible to receive | 26 | | Evidence-Based Funding. In case of non-recognition of one |
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| 1 | | or more attendance centers in a school district otherwise | 2 | | operating recognized schools, the claim of the district | 3 | | shall be reduced in the proportion that the enrollment in | 4 | | the attendance center or centers bears to the enrollment of | 5 | | the school district. "Recognized school" means any public | 6 | | school that meets the standards for recognition by the | 7 | | State Board. A school district or attendance center not | 8 | | having recognition status at the end of a school term is | 9 | | entitled to receive State aid payments due upon a legal | 10 | | claim that was filed while it was recognized. | 11 | | (7) School district claims filed under this Section are | 12 | | subject to Sections 18-9 and 18-12 of this Code, except as | 13 | | otherwise provided in this Section. | 14 | | (8) Each fiscal year, the State Superintendent shall | 15 | | calculate for each Organizational Unit an amount of its | 16 | | Base Funding Minimum and Evidence-Based Funding that shall | 17 | | be deemed attributable to the provision of special | 18 | | educational facilities and services, as defined in Section | 19 | | 14-1.08 of this Code, in a manner that ensures compliance | 20 | | with maintenance of State financial support requirements | 21 | | under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education | 22 | | Act. An Organizational Unit must use such funds only for | 23 | | the provision of special educational facilities and | 24 | | services, as defined in Section 14-1.08 of this Code, and | 25 | | must comply with any expenditure verification procedures | 26 | | adopted by the State Board. |
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| 1 | | (9) All Organizational Units in this State must submit | 2 | | annual spending plans by the end of September of each year | 3 | | to the State Board as part of the annual budget process, | 4 | | which shall describe how each Organizational Unit will | 5 | | utilize the Base Minimum Funding and Evidence-Based | 6 | | funding it receives from this State under this Section with | 7 | | specific identification of the intended utilization of | 8 | | Low-Income, English learner, and special education | 9 | | resources. Additionally, the annual spending plans of each | 10 | | Organizational Unit shall describe how the Organizational | 11 | | Unit expects to achieve student growth and how the | 12 | | Organizational Unit will achieve State education goals, as | 13 | | defined by the State Board. The State Superintendent may, | 14 | | from time to time, identify additional requisites for | 15 | | Organizational Units to satisfy when compiling the annual | 16 | | spending plans required under this subsection (h). The | 17 | | format and scope of annual spending plans shall be | 18 | | developed by the State Superintendent in conjunction with | 19 | | the Professional Review Panel. School districts that serve | 20 | | students under Article 14C of this Code shall continue to | 21 | | submit information as required under Section 14C-12 of this | 22 | | Code. | 23 | | (10) No later than January 1, 2018, the State | 24 | | Superintendent shall develop a 5-year strategic plan for | 25 | | all Organizational Units to help in planning for adequacy | 26 | | funding under this Section. The State Superintendent shall |
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| 1 | | submit the plan to the Governor and the General Assembly, | 2 | | as provided in Section 3.1 of the General Assembly | 3 | | Organization Act. The plan shall include recommendations | 4 | | for: | 5 | | (A) a framework for collaborative, professional, | 6 | | innovative, and 21st century learning environments | 7 | | using the Evidence-Based Funding model; | 8 | | (B) ways to prepare and support this State's | 9 | | educators for successful instructional careers; | 10 | | (C) application and enhancement of the current | 11 | | financial accountability measures, the approved State | 12 | | plan to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds | 13 | | Act, and the Illinois Balanced Accountability Measures | 14 | | in relation to student growth and elements of the | 15 | | Evidence-Based Funding model; and | 16 | | (D) implementation of an effective school adequacy | 17 | | funding system based on projected and recommended | 18 | | funding levels from the General Assembly. | 19 | | (i) Professional Review Panel. | 20 | | (1) A Professional Review Panel is created to study and | 21 | | review the implementation and effect of the Evidence-Based | 22 | | Funding model under this Section and to recommend continual | 23 | | recalibration and future study topics and modifications to | 24 | | the Evidence-Based Funding model. The Panel shall elect a | 25 | | chairperson and vice chairperson by a majority vote of the | 26 | | Panel and shall advance recommendations based on a majority |
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| 1 | | vote of the Panel. A minority opinion may also accompany | 2 | | any recommendation of the majority of the Panel. The Panel | 3 | | shall be appointed by the State Superintendent, except as | 4 | | otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection (i) | 5 | | and include the following members: | 6 | | (A) Two appointees that represent district | 7 | | superintendents, recommended by a statewide | 8 | | organization that represents district superintendents. | 9 | | (B) Two appointees that represent school boards, | 10 | | recommended by a statewide organization that | 11 | | represents school boards. | 12 | | (C) Two appointees from districts that represent | 13 | | school business officials, recommended by a statewide | 14 | | organization that represents school business | 15 | | officials. | 16 | | (D) Two appointees that represent school | 17 | | principals, recommended by a statewide organization | 18 | | that represents school principals. | 19 | | (E) Two appointees that represent teachers, | 20 | | recommended by a statewide organization that | 21 | | represents teachers. | 22 | | (F) Two appointees that represent teachers, | 23 | | recommended by another statewide organization that | 24 | | represents teachers. | 25 | | (G) Two appointees that represent regional | 26 | | superintendents of schools, recommended by |
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| 1 | | organizations that represent regional superintendents. | 2 | | (H) Two independent experts selected solely by the | 3 | | State Superintendent. | 4 | | (I) Two independent experts recommended by public | 5 | | universities in this State. | 6 | | (J) One member recommended by a statewide | 7 | | organization that represents parents. | 8 | | (K) Two representatives recommended by collective | 9 | | impact organizations that represent major metropolitan | 10 | | areas or geographic areas in Illinois. | 11 | | (L) One member from a statewide organization | 12 | | focused on research-based education policy to support | 13 | | a school system that prepares all students for college, | 14 | | a career, and democratic citizenship. | 15 | | (M) One representative from a school district | 16 | | organized under Article 34 of this Code. | 17 | | The State Superintendent shall ensure that the | 18 | | membership of the Panel includes representatives from | 19 | | school districts and communities reflecting the | 20 | | geographic, socio-economic, racial, and ethnic diversity | 21 | | of this State. The State Superintendent shall additionally | 22 | | ensure that the membership of the Panel includes | 23 | | representatives with expertise in bilingual education and | 24 | | special education. Staff from the State Board shall staff | 25 | | the Panel. | 26 | | (2) In addition to those Panel members appointed by the |
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| 1 | | State Superintendent, 4 members of the General Assembly | 2 | | shall be appointed as follows: one member of the House of | 3 | | Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of | 4 | | Representatives, one member of the Senate appointed by the | 5 | | President of the Senate, one member of the House of | 6 | | Representatives appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 7 | | House of Representatives, and one member of the Senate | 8 | | appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate. There shall | 9 | | be one additional member appointed by the Governor. All | 10 | | members appointed by legislative leaders or the Governor | 11 | | shall be non-voting, ex officio members. | 12 | | (3) On an annual basis, the State Superintendent shall | 13 | | recalibrate the following per pupil elements of the | 14 | | Adequacy Target and applied to the formulas, based on the | 15 | | Panel's study of average expenses as reported in the most | 16 | | recent annual financial report: | 17 | | (A) gifted under subparagraph (M) of paragraph (2) | 18 | | of subsection (b) of this Section; | 19 | | (B) instructional materials under subparagraph (O) | 20 | | of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of this Section; | 21 | | (C) assessment under subparagraph (P) of paragraph | 22 | | (2) of subsection (b) of this Section; | 23 | | (D) student activities under subparagraph (R) of | 24 | | paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of this Section; | 25 | | (E) maintenance and operations under subparagraph | 26 | | (S) of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of this Section; |
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| 1 | | and | 2 | | (F) central office under subparagraph (T) of | 3 | | paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of this Section. | 4 | | (4) On a periodic basis, the Panel shall study all the | 5 | | following elements and make recommendations to the State | 6 | | Board, the General Assembly, and the Governor for | 7 | | modification of this Section: | 8 | | (A) The format and scope of annual spending plans | 9 | | referenced in paragraph (9) of subsection (h) of this | 10 | | Section. | 11 | | (B) The Comparable Wage Index under this Section, | 12 | | to be studied by the Panel and reestablished by the | 13 | | State Superintendent every 5 years. | 14 | | (C) Maintenance and operations. Within 5 years | 15 | | after the implementation of this Section, the Panel | 16 | | shall make recommendations for the further study of | 17 | | maintenance and operations costs, including capital | 18 | | maintenance costs, and recommend any additional | 19 | | reporting data required from Organizational Units. | 20 | | (D) "At-risk student" definition. Within 5 years | 21 | | after the implementation of this Section, the Panel | 22 | | shall make recommendations for the further study and | 23 | | determination of an "at-risk student" definition. | 24 | | Within 5 years after the implementation of this | 25 | | Section, the Panel shall evaluate and make | 26 | | recommendations regarding adequate funding for poverty |
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| 1 | | concentration under the Evidence-Based Funding model. | 2 | | (E) Benefits. Within 5 years after the | 3 | | implementation of this Section, the Panel shall make | 4 | | recommendations for further study of benefit costs. | 5 | | (F) Technology. The per pupil target for | 6 | | technology shall be reviewed every 3 years to determine | 7 | | whether current allocations are sufficient to develop | 8 | | 21st century learning in all classrooms in this State | 9 | | and supporting a one-to-one technological device | 10 | | program in each school. Recommendations shall be made | 11 | | no later than 3 years after the implementation of this | 12 | | Section. | 13 | | (G) Local Capacity Target. Within 3 years after the | 14 | | implementation of this Section, the Panel shall make | 15 | | recommendations for any additional data desired to | 16 | | analyze possible modifications to the Local Capacity | 17 | | Target, to be based on measures in addition to solely | 18 | | EAV and to be completed within 5 years after | 19 | | implementation of this Section. | 20 | | (H) Funding for Alternative Schools, Laboratory | 21 | | Schools, safe schools, and alternative learning | 22 | | opportunities programs. By the beginning of the | 23 | | 2021-2022 school year, the Panel shall study and make | 24 | | recommendations regarding the funding levels for | 25 | | Alternative Schools, Laboratory Schools, safe schools, | 26 | | and alternative learning opportunities programs in |
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| 1 | | this State. | 2 | | (I) Funding for college and career acceleration | 3 | | strategies. By the beginning of the 2021-2022 school | 4 | | year, the Panel shall study and make recommendations | 5 | | regarding funding levels to support college and career | 6 | | acceleration strategies in high school that have been | 7 | | demonstrated to result in improved secondary and | 8 | | postsecondary outcomes, including Advanced Placement, | 9 | | dual-credit opportunities, and college and career | 10 | | pathway systems. | 11 | | (J) Special education investments. By the | 12 | | beginning of the 2021-2022 school year, the Panel shall | 13 | | study and make recommendations on whether and how to | 14 | | account for disability types within the special | 15 | | education funding category. | 16 | | (K) Early childhood investments. In collaboration | 17 | | with the Illinois Early Learning Council, the Panel | 18 | | shall include an analysis of what level of Preschool | 19 | | for All Children funding would be necessary to serve | 20 | | all children ages 0 through 5 years in the | 21 | | highest-priority service tier, as specified in | 22 | | paragraph (4.5) of subsection (a) of Section 2-3.71 of | 23 | | this Code, and an analysis of the potential cost | 24 | | savings that that level of Preschool for All Children | 25 | | investment would have on the kindergarten through | 26 | | grade 12 system. |
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| 1 | | (5) Within 5 years after the implementation of this | 2 | | Section, the Panel shall complete an evaluative study of | 3 | | the entire Evidence-Based Funding model, including an | 4 | | assessment of whether or not the formula is achieving State | 5 | | goals. The Panel shall report to the State Board, the | 6 | | General Assembly, and the Governor on the findings of the | 7 | | study. | 8 | | (6) Within 3 years after the implementation of this | 9 | | Section, the Panel shall evaluate and provide | 10 | | recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on | 11 | | the hold-harmless provisions of this Section found in the | 12 | | Base Funding Minimum. | 13 | | (j) References. Beginning July 1, 2017, references in other | 14 | | laws to general State aid funds or calculations under Section | 15 | | 18-8.05 of this Code (now repealed) shall be deemed to be | 16 | | references to evidence-based model formula funds or | 17 | | calculations under this Section.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 100-578, eff. 1-31-18; | 19 | | 100-582, eff. 3-23-18.)
| 20 | | (105 ILCS 5/24-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-1)
| 21 | | Sec. 24-1.
Appointment-Salaries-Payment-School | 22 | | month-School term. )
School boards shall appoint all teachers, | 23 | | determine qualifications of
employment
and fix the amount of | 24 | | their
salaries subject to limitation set forth in this Code | 25 | | Act . They shall pay
the wages of teachers monthly, subject, |
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| 1 | | however, to the provisions of
Section 24-21. The school month | 2 | | shall be the same as the calendar month
but by resolution the | 3 | | school board may adopt for its use a month of 20
days, | 4 | | including holidays. The school term shall consist of at least | 5 | | the
minimum number of pupil attendance days or minimum number | 6 | | of instructional clock hours required by Section 10-19, any
| 7 | | additional legal school holidays, days of teachers' | 8 | | institutes, or
equivalent professional educational | 9 | | experiences, and one or 2 two days at
the beginning of the | 10 | | school term when used as a teachers' workshop.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 80-249.)
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