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15 ILCS 20/50-20

(15 ILCS 20/50-20) (was 15 ILCS 20/38.3)

Sec. 50-20.

Responsible Education Funding Law.

(a) The Governor shall submit to the General Assembly a proposed budget for
elementary and secondary education in which total General Revenue Fund
appropriations are no less than the total General Revenue Fund appropriations
of the previous fiscal year.  In addition, the Governor shall specify the total
amount of funds to be transferred from the General Revenue Fund to the Common
School Fund during the budget year, which shall be no less than the total
amount transferred during the previous fiscal year.  The Governor may submit a
proposed budget in which the total appropriated and transferred amounts are
less than the previous fiscal year if the Governor declares in writing to the
General Assembly the reason for the lesser amounts.

(b) The General Assembly shall appropriate amounts for elementary and
secondary education from the General Revenue Fund for each fiscal year so that
the total General Revenue Fund appropriation is no less than the total General
Revenue Fund appropriation for elementary and secondary education for the
previous fiscal year.  In addition, the General Assembly shall legislatively
transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Common School Fund for the
fiscal year a total amount that is no less than the total amount transferred
for the previous fiscal year.  The General Assembly may appropriate or transfer
lesser amounts if it declares by Joint Resolution the reason for the lesser
amounts.

(c) This Section may be cited as the Responsible Education Funding Law.

(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)