Full Text of SB0067 098th General Assembly
SB0067 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 SB0067 Introduced 1/16/2013, by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/18-12 | from Ch. 122, par. 18-12 |
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Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning filing State aid claims.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 18-12 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/18-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 18-12)
| 7 | | Sec. 18-12. Dates for filing State aid claims. The The | 8 | | school board of
each school district shall require teachers, | 9 | | principals, or
superintendents to furnish from records kept by | 10 | | them such data as it
needs in preparing and certifying to the
| 11 | | regional superintendent its school district report of claims | 12 | | provided in
Sections 18-8.05 through 18-9 as required by the | 13 | | State
Superintendent of Education. The district claim
shall be | 14 | | based on the latest available equalized assessed valuation and | 15 | | tax
rates, as provided in Section 18-8.05 and shall use the | 16 | | average
daily
attendance as determined by the method outlined | 17 | | in Section 18-8.05
and shall be
certified and filed with the | 18 | | regional superintendent by June 21
for districts with an
| 19 | | official
school calendar end date before June 15 or within 2 | 20 | | weeks following the
official school calendar end date for | 21 | | districts with a school year end date
of June 15 or later. The | 22 | | regional superintendent shall certify and file
with the State | 23 | | Superintendent of Education district State aid claims by
July 1 |
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| 1 | | for districts with an official school calendar end date before | 2 | | June
15 or no later than July 15 for districts with an official | 3 | | school calendar
end date of June 15 or later.
Failure to
so | 4 | | file by these deadlines constitutes a forfeiture of the right
| 5 | | to
receive payment by
the State until such claim is filed and | 6 | | vouchered for payment. The
regional superintendent of schools | 7 | | shall certify the county report of claims
by July 15; and the | 8 | | State Superintendent of Education shall voucher
for payment | 9 | | those claims to the State Comptroller as provided in Section | 10 | | 18-11.
| 11 | | Except as otherwise provided in this Section, if any school | 12 | | district
fails to provide the minimum school term specified
in | 13 | | Section 10-19, the State aid claim for that year shall be | 14 | | reduced by the
State Superintendent of Education in an amount | 15 | | equivalent to 1/176 or .56818% for
each day less than the | 16 | | number of days required by this Code.
| 17 | | If
the State Superintendent of Education determines that | 18 | | the failure
to
provide the minimum school term was occasioned | 19 | | by an act or acts of God, or
was occasioned by conditions | 20 | | beyond the control of the school district
which posed a | 21 | | hazardous threat to the health and safety of pupils, the
State | 22 | | aid claim need not be reduced.
| 23 | | If a school district is precluded from providing the | 24 | | minimum hours of instruction required for a full day of | 25 | | attendance due to an adverse weather condition or a condition | 26 | | beyond the control of the school district that poses a |
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| 1 | | hazardous threat to the health and safety of students, then the | 2 | | partial day of attendance may be counted if (i) the school | 3 | | district has provided at least one hour of instruction prior to | 4 | | the closure of the school district, (ii) a school building has | 5 | | provided at least one hour of instruction prior to the closure | 6 | | of the school building, or (iii) the normal start time of the | 7 | | school district is delayed. | 8 | | If, prior to providing any instruction, a school district | 9 | | must close one or more but not all school buildings after | 10 | | consultation with a local emergency response agency or due to a | 11 | | condition beyond the control of the school district, then the | 12 | | school district may claim attendance for up to 2 school days | 13 | | based on the average attendance of the 3 school days | 14 | | immediately preceding the closure of the affected school | 15 | | building. The partial or no day of attendance described in this | 16 | | Section and the reasons therefore shall be certified within a | 17 | | month of the closing or delayed start by the school district | 18 | | superintendent to the regional superintendent of schools for | 19 | | forwarding to the State Superintendent of Education for | 20 | | approval.
| 21 | | No exception to the requirement of providing a minimum | 22 | | school term may
be approved by the State Superintendent of | 23 | | Education pursuant to this Section
unless a school district has | 24 | | first used all emergency days provided for
in its regular | 25 | | calendar.
| 26 | | If the State Superintendent of Education declares that an |
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| 1 | | energy
shortage exists during any part of the school year for | 2 | | the State or a
designated portion of the State, a district may | 3 | | operate the school
attendance centers within the district 4 | 4 | | days of the week during the
time of the shortage by extending | 5 | | each existing school day by one clock
hour of school work, and | 6 | | the State aid claim shall not be reduced, nor
shall the | 7 | | employees of that district suffer any reduction in salary or
| 8 | | benefits as a result thereof. A district may operate all | 9 | | attendance
centers on this revised schedule, or may apply the | 10 | | schedule to selected
attendance centers, taking into | 11 | | consideration such factors as pupil
transportation schedules | 12 | | and patterns and sources of energy for
individual attendance | 13 | | centers.
| 14 | | Electronically submitted State aid claims shall be | 15 | | submitted by
duly authorized district or regional individuals | 16 | | over a secure network
that is password protected. The | 17 | | electronic submission of a State aid
claim must be accompanied | 18 | | with an affirmation that all of the provisions
of Sections | 19 | | 18-8.05 through 18-9, 10-22.5, and 24-4 of this Code are
met in | 20 | | all respects.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 95-152, eff. 8-14-07; 95-811, eff. 8-13-08; | 22 | | 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; 96-734, eff. 8-25-09.)
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