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90_HB2997 Makes appropriations for ordinary and contingent expenses of the Illinois State Board of Education. Effective July 1, 1998. LRB9010113CBcb LRB9010113CBcb 1 AN ACT making appropriations for the ordinary and 2 contingent expenses of the Illinois State Board of Education. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 ARTICLE 1 6 Section 1. The following amounts, or so much of those 7 amounts as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects 8 and purposes named, are appropriated from federal funds to 9 meet the ordinary and contingent expenses of the State Board 10 of Education for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999: 11 From National Center for Education Statistics Fund (Common 12 Core Data Survey): 13 For Contractual Services $10,000 14 For Travel 22,000 15 Total $32,000 16 From Federal Department of Education Fund (Title IV): 17 For Contractual Services $1,000 18 For Travel 25,800 19 For Commodities 900 20 For Equipment 4,500 21 Total $32,200 22 From Federal Department of Education Fund (Title VII Bilingual): 23 For Personal Services $130,000 24 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 6,000 25 For Retirement Contributions 14,000 26 For Social Security Contributions 5,000 27 For Insurance 10,600 28 For Contractual Services 500 29 For Travel 5,000 30 For Commodities 200 31 For Printing 500 32 Total $171,800 -2- LRB9010113CBcb 1 From Federal Department of Education Fund: 2 (Emergency Immigrant Education): 3 For Personal Services $30,000 4 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 1,100 5 For Retirement Contributions 2,700 6 For Social Security Contributions 2,300 7 For Insurance 5,300 8 For Contractual Services 31,000 9 For Travel 11,500 10 For Commodities 4,000 11 For Equipment 8,000 12 For Telecommunication 2,000 13 Total $97,900 14 From Department of Health and Human Services Fund 15 (Training School Health Personnel): 16 For Personal Services $77,000 17 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 3,100 18 For Retirement Contributions 7,800 19 For Social Security Contributions 2,100 20 For Insurance 9,500 21 For Contractual Services 217,700 22 For Travel 8,000 23 For Commodities 8,700 24 For Printing 4,500 25 For Equipment 8,500 26 For Telecommunications 4,300 27 Total $351,200 28 From the Federal Department of Education Fund (Goals 2000): 29 For Personal Services $125,000 30 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 5,000 31 For Retirement Contributions 15,000 32 For Social Security Contributions 3,500 33 For Insurance 11,900 34 For Contractual Services 96,700 -3- LRB9010113CBcb 1 For Travel 28,500 2 For Equipment 1,000 3 For Telecommunications 1,800 4 Total $288,400 5 From ISBE Federal National Community Service Fund 6 (Serve America): 7 For Personal Services $50,000 8 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 2,000 9 For Retirement Contributions 5,100 10 For Social Security Contributions 2,000 11 For Group Insurance 5,300 12 For Contractual Services 35,000 13 For Travel 9,000 14 For Printing 2,000 15 For Equipment 8,700 16 Total $119,100 17 From Carnegie Foundation Grant Fund: 18 For Contractual Services $150,000 19 For Travel 5,000 20 Total $155,000 21 From Federal Department of Agriculture Fund (Child Nutrition): 22 For Personal Services $2,980,000 23 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 124,000 24 For Retirement Contributions 303,000 25 For Social Security Contributions 140,000 26 For Insurance 352,000 27 For Contractual Services 1,507,500 28 For Travel 424,900 29 For Commodities 134,700 30 For Printing 142,700 31 For Equipment 264,700 32 For Telecommunications 59,500 33 Total $6,433,000 34 From Federal Department of Education Fund (Even Start): -4- LRB9010113CBcb 1 For Personal Services $127,500 2 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 5,100 3 For Retirement Contributions 12,900 4 For Social Security Contributions 6,300 5 For Insurance 11,900 6 For Contractual Services 432,500 7 For Travel 52,000 8 For Commodities 1,000 9 For Printing 1,500 10 For Equipment 18,000 11 Total $688,700 12 From Federal Department of Education Fund (Title 1): 13 For Personal Services $2,090,600 14 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 90,800 15 For Retirement Contributions 225,300 16 For Social Security Contributions 61,200 17 For Insurance 250,500 18 For Contractual Services 478,200 19 For Travel 125,000 20 For Commodities 41,000 21 For Printing 8,500 22 For Equipment 89,900 23 For Telecommunications 34,000 24 Total $3,495,000 25 From Federal Department of Education Fund 26 (Title I - Migrant Education): 27 For Personal Services $50,000 28 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 2,000 29 For Retirement Contributions 6,000 30 For Social Security Contributions 2,500 31 For Insurance 5,300 32 For Contractual Services 123,400 33 For Travel 17,000 34 For Printing 7,000 -5- LRB9010113CBcb 1 For Telecommunications 3,300 2 Total $216,500 3 From Federal Department of Education Fund 4 (Title IV Safe and Drug Free Schools): 5 For Personal Services $500,000 6 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 26,100 7 For Retirement Contributions 52,100 8 For Social Security Contributions 27,100 9 For Insurance 64,200 10 For Contractual Services 92,500 11 For Travel 56,000 12 For Commodities 1,000 13 For Printing 1,500 14 For Equipment 20,000 15 For Telecommunications 8,000 16 Total $848,500 17 From Federal Department of Education Fund 18 (Title II Eisenhower Professional Development): 19 For Personal Services $450,000 20 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 20,000 21 For Retirement Contributions 50,300 22 For Social Security Contributions 20,000 23 For Insurance 55,000 24 For Contractual Services 186,600 25 For Travel 65,000 26 For Commodities 1,800 27 For Printing 1,500 28 For Equipment 22,000 29 For Telecommunications 5,300 30 Total $877,500 31 From Federal Department of Education Fund 32 (McKinney Homeless Assistance): 33 For Personal Services $58,400 34 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 2,400 -6- LRB9010113CBcb 1 For Retirement Contributions 6,100 2 For Social Security Contributions 1,000 3 For Insurance 5,300 4 For Contractual Services 63,900 5 For Travel 11,000 6 For Commodities 3,000 7 For Printing 10,000 8 For Equipment 10,000 9 Total $171,100 10 From Federal Department of Education Fund 11 (Personnel Development Part D Training): 12 For Personal Services $76,000 13 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 3,100 14 For Retirement Contributions 7,400 15 For Social Security Contributions 2,600 16 For Insurance 5,300 17 For Contractual Services 202,500 18 For Travel 6,000 19 For Commodities 2,000 20 Total $304,900 21 From Federal Department of Education Fund (Pre-School): 22 For Personal Services $575,000 23 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 24,000 24 For Retirement Contributions 55,000 25 For Social Security Contributions 28,800 26 For Insurance 62,000 27 For Contractual Services 402,700 28 For Travel 45,500 29 For Commodities 28,000 30 For Printing 25,100 31 For Equipment 5,500 32 For Telecommunications 6,100 33 Total $1,257,700 34 From Federal Department of Education Fund -7- LRB9010113CBcb 1 (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act - IDEA): 2 For Personal Services $3,140,000 3 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 129,000 4 For Retirement Contributions 315,000 5 For Social Security Contributions 128,000 6 For Insurance 334,000 7 For Contractual Services 1,190,000 8 For Travel 252,500 9 For Commodities 22,200 10 For Printing 103,000 11 For Equipment 102,700 12 For Telecommunications 61,000 13 Total $5,777,400 14 From Federal Department of Education Fund (Deaf-Blind): 15 For Personal Services $65,000 16 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 2,500 17 For Retirement Contributions 7,500 18 For Social Security Contributions 4,000 19 For Insurance 10,600 20 Total $89,600 21 From Federal Department of Education Fund 22 (Vocational and Applied Technology Education Title II): 23 For Personal Services $2,650,000 24 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 93,900 25 For Retirement Contributions 245,500 26 For Social Security Contributions 147,200 27 For Insurance 233,800 28 For Contractual Services 1,110,500 29 For Travel 200,500 30 For Commodities 12,900 31 For Printing 28,500 32 For Equipment 205,200 33 For Telecommunications 39,500 34 Total $4,967,500 -8- LRB9010113CBcb 1 From Federal Department of Education Fund 2 (Vocational Education - Title III): 3 For Personal Services $190,000 4 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 7,000 5 For Retirement Contributions 18,500 6 For Social Security Contributions 4,000 7 For Insurance 17,200 8 For Contractual Services 3,600 9 For Travel 15,000 10 For Commodities 800 11 For Equipment 23,000 12 Total $279,100 13 From Federal Department of Education Fund (Adult Education): 14 For Personal Services $745,400 15 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 35,200 16 For Retirement Contributions 75,000 17 For Social Security Contributions 28,300 18 For Insurance 79,500 19 For Contractual Services 470,200 20 For Travel 120,000 21 For Commodities 2,900 22 For Printing 8,100 23 For Equipment 96,000 24 For Telecommunications 10,800 25 Total $1,671,400 26 From Federal Department of Education Fund (Title VI): 27 For Personal Services $2,000,000 28 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 80,000 29 For Retirement Contributions 200,000 30 For Social Security Contributions 57,000 31 For Insurance 220,000 32 For Contractual Services 752,500 33 For Travel 119,500 34 For Commodities 10,000 -9- LRB9010113CBcb 1 For Printing 45,500 2 For Equipment 30,000 3 For Telecommunications 56,000 4 Total $3,570,500 5 Total, Section 1 $31,876,000 6 Section 5. The following amounts, or so much of those 7 amounts as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects 8 and purposes named, are appropriated from federal funds to 9 meet the ordinary and contingent expenses of the State Board 10 of Education for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999: 11 From the Federal Department of Labor Fund: 12 For operational costs and grants to implement 13 the School-to-Work Program $20,000,000 14 From the Federal Department of Education Fund: 15 For operational expenses for the Illinois 16 Purchased Care Review Board $ 220,200 17 For costs associated with the Charter Schools 18 Program 2,500,000 19 For costs associated with the Title I 20 Comprehensive Schools Reform Program 7,000,000 21 For operational costs and grants to implement 22 the Technology Literacy Program 17,900,000 23 For costs associated with the Department 24 of Defense Troops to Teachers Program 100,000 25 For costs associated with the Christa 26 McAulliffe Fellowship Program 75,000 27 For costs associated with IDEA Improvement 28 -Part D Program 2,000,000 29 For operational costs and grants for the 30 Youth With Disabilities Program 800,000 31 From the State Board of Education Job Training Partnership 32 Act Fund: -10- LRB9010113CBcb 1 For operational costs and grants for the 2 Job Training Partnership Act Program $4,595,400 3 Total, Section 5 $55,190,600 4 Section 10. The following amounts, or so much of those 5 amounts as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects 6 and purposes named, are appropriated from State funds to meet 7 the ordinary and contingent expenses of the State Board of 8 Education for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999: 9 -BOARD SERVICES- 10 From General Revenue Fund: 11 For Personal Services 230,700 12 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 9,000 13 For Retirement Contributions 13,100 14 For Social Security Contributions 5,800 15 For Contractual Services 80,000 16 For Travel 55,000 17 For Commodities 1,700 18 Total $395,300 19 -REGIONAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION SERVICES- 20 From General Revenue Fund: 21 For Personal Services $323,100 22 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 12,900 23 For Retirement Contributions 4,800 24 For Social Security Contributions 6,900 25 For Contractual Services 15,000 26 For Travel 14,900 27 For Commodities 700 28 Total $378,300 29 - GENERAL OFFICE - 30 From General Revenue Fund: 31 For Personal Services $4,407,800 32 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 162,300 33 For Retirement Contributions 155,500 -11- LRB9010113CBcb 1 For Social Security Contributions 175,000 2 For Contractual Services 2,134,000 3 For Travel 90,100 4 For Commodities 107,400 5 For Printing 192,000 6 For Equipment 141,300 7 For Telecommunications 397,000 8 For Operation of Automotive Equipment 14,000 9 For Regional Board of School Trustees 10,000 10 For State Contribution to the Education 11 Commission of the States 89,000 12 For Contractual Services for 13 teacher dismissal hearing costs 14 under Sections 24-12, 34-15, 15 and 34-85 of the School Code 256,000 16 Total $8,331,400 17 -LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES- 18 From General Revenue Fund: 19 For Personal Services $3,007,700 20 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 115,300 21 For Retirement Contributions 95,800 22 For Social Security Contributions 93,100 23 For Contractual Services 211,000 24 For Travel 27,500 25 For Commodities 13,000 26 For Printing 21,000 27 For Equipment 35,000 28 For Telecommunications 36,000 29 Total $3,655,400 30 -POLICY AND PLANNING- 31 From General Revenue Fund: 32 For Personal Services $1,561,900 33 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 60,500 34 For Retirement Contributions 48,700 -12- LRB9010113CBcb 1 For Social Security Contributions 46,300 2 For Contractual Services 20,000 3 For Travel 28,000 4 For Commodities 2,000 5 Total $1,767,400 6 -BUSINESS, COMMUNITY AND FAMILY PARTNERSHIPS- 7 From General Revenue Fund: 8 For Personal Services $1,152,500 9 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 44,100 10 For Retirement Contributions 41,500 11 For Social Security Contributions 40,700 12 For Contractual Services 5,000 13 For Travel 46,000 14 For Commodities 1,000 15 For Printing 2,500 16 Total $1,333,300 17 -EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION AND REFORM- 18 From General Revenue Fund: 19 For Personal Services $ 1,275,800 20 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 49,100 21 For Retirement Contributions 36,100 22 For Social Security Contributions 35,800 23 For Contractual Services 10,000 24 For Travel 66,000 25 For Commodities 2,000 26 Total $1,474,800 27 -ACCOUNTABILITY AND QUALITY ASSURANCE- 28 From General Revenue Fund: 29 For Personal Services $2,772,500 30 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 108,900 31 For Retirement Contributions 81,600 32 For Social Security Contributions 88,200 33 For Contractual Services 80,000 34 For Travel 35,000 -13- LRB9010113CBcb 1 For Commodities 3,500 2 For Printing 3,000 3 Total $3,172,700 4 -SCHOOL FINANCIAL SERVICES- 5 From General Revenue Fund: 6 For Personal Services $3,505,900 7 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 134,400 8 For Retirement Contributions 87,600 9 For Social Security Contributions 94,000 10 For Contractual Services 30,000 11 For Travel 188,300 12 For Commodities 12,700 13 For Printing 12,000 14 For Operational Expenses for the Illinois 15 Purchased Care Review Board 160,000 16 Total $4,224,900 17 -GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS- 18 From General Revenue Fund: 19 For Personal Services $261,400 20 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 10,400 21 For Retirement Contributions 8,000 22 For Social Security Contributions 8,800 23 For Contractual Services 2,000 24 For Travel 11,000 25 For Commodities 500 26 Total $302,100 27 -COMMUNICATIONS AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS- 28 From General Revenue Fund: 29 For Personal Services $986,400 30 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 38,700 31 For Retirement Contributions 31,000 32 For Social Security Contributions 23,800 33 For Contractual Services 19,500 34 For Travel 10,000 -14- LRB9010113CBcb 1 For Commodities 8,000 2 Total $1,117,400 3 - GENERAL OFFICE - 4 From Driver Education Fund: 5 For Personal Services $575,000 6 For Employee Retirement Paid by Employer 30,000 7 For Retirement Contributions 18,000 8 For Social Security Contributions 17,800 9 For Insurance 65,000 10 For Contractual Services 49,200 11 For Travel 17,400 12 For Commodities 4,000 13 For Printing 14,000 14 For Equipment 22,000 15 For Telecommunications 15,000 16 Total $827,400 17 (Total, this Section $26,980,400; 18 General Revenue Fund $26,153,000; 19 Driver Education Fund $827,400.) 20 Section 15. The following amounts, or so much of those 21 amounts as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects 22 and purposes named, are appropriated to the State Board of 23 Education for Grants-In-Aid: 24 From Federal Funds: 25 For reimbursement to local education 26 agencies, eligible recipients and other 27 service providers as provided by the 28 United States Department of Education: 29 Emergency Immigrant Education Program $11,250,000 30 Title VII Foreign Language Assistance 500,000 31 Goals 2000 23,000,000 32 Title I - Even Start 7,500,000 33 Title 1 - Basic 350,000,000 -15- LRB9010113CBcb 1 Title 1 - Neglected/Delinquent 1,600,000 2 Title 1 - Improvement Grants 3,000,000 3 Title 1 - Capital Expense 3,000,000 4 Title 1 - Migrant Education 3,155,000 5 Title IV Safe and Drug Free Schools 27,000,000 6 Title II Eisenhower Professional Development 14,000,000 7 McKinney Education for Homeless Children 1,300,000 8 Pre-School 25,000,000 9 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 180,000,000 10 Deaf-Blind 255,000 11 Vocational Education - Basic Grant 43,500,000 12 Vocational Education - Technical Preparation 6,000,000 13 Adult Education 16,000,000 14 Title VI 16,000,000 15 Total Federal Department of 16 Education Fund $732,060,000 17 From the Driver Education Fund: 18 For the reimbursement to school districts 19 under the provisions of the Driver 20 Education Act $15,750,000 21 From the Special Education Medicaid Matching Fund: 22 For costs associated with Individuals 23 with Disabilities $150,000,000 24 From the Federal Department of Agriculture Fund: 25 For reimbursement to local education 26 agencies and eligible recipients for 27 programs as provided by the United States 28 Department of Agriculture: 29 Child Nutrition Program $350,000,000 30 Nutrition Education and Training $650,000 31 From the ISBE Federal National Community Service Fund: 32 For grants to local education agencies -16- LRB9010113CBcb 1 and eligible recipients for Learn and 2 Serve America $2,000,000 3 From the Carnegie Foundation Fund: 4 For reimbursement to local education 5 agencies and eligible recipients for 6 programs provided by the Carnegie 7 Foundation $200,000 8 (Total, this Section $1,250,660,000.) 9 Section 20. The following amounts, or so much of those 10 amounts as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects 11 and purposes named, are appropriated to the State Board of 12 Education for Grants-In-Aid: 13 From the Common School Fund: 14 For compensation of Regional Superintendents 15 of Schools and assistants under Section 16 18-5 of the School Code $6,318,600 17 For payment of one time employer's 18 contribution to Teachers' Retirement 19 System as provided in the Early Retirement 20 Incentive Provision of Public Act 87-1265 21 and under Section 16-133.2 of the Illinois 22 Pension Code $142,900 23 For the Supervisory Expense Fund under 24 Section 18-6 of the School Code $102,000 25 For operational expenses of financial 26 audits of each Regional Office of 27 Education in the State as approved by 28 Section 2-3.17a of the School Code $442,000 29 For orphanage tuition claims and State owned 30 housing claims as provided under Section 31 18-3 of the School Code $14,410,100 32 Total, Common School Fund $21,415,600 -17- LRB9010113CBcb 1 From the General Revenue Fund: 2 For financial assistance to Local 3 Education Agencies for the Philip J. Rock 4 Center and School as provided by 5 Section 14-11.02 of the School Code $2,656,600 6 For financial assistance to Local 7 Education Agencies for the purpose of 8 maintaining an educational materials 9 coordinating unit as provided for by 10 Section 14-11.01 of the School Code $964,100 11 For reimbursement to school districts for 12 services and materials for programs 13 under Section 14A-5 of the School Code $20,000,000 14 For tuition of disabled children attending 15 schools under Section 14-7.02 16 of the School Code $42,942,400 17 For reimbursement to school districts 18 for extraordinary special education and 19 facilities under Section 14-7.02a of the 20 School Code $130,972,200 21 For reimbursement to school districts for 22 services and materials used in programs 23 for the use of disabled children under 24 Section 14-13.01 of the School Code $242,495,900 25 For reimbursement on a current basis 26 only to school districts that provide 27 for education of handicapped orphans 28 from residential institutions as well 29 as foster children who are mentally 30 impaired or behaviorally disordered as 31 provided under Section 14-7.03 of the 32 School Code $127,092,100 33 For financial assistance to Local 34 Education Agencies with over 500,000 -18- LRB9010113CBcb 1 population to meet the needs of those 2 children who come from environments where 3 the dominant language is other than English 4 under Section 34-18.2 of the School Code $35,000,000 5 For financial assistance to Local Education 6 Agencies with under 500,000 population 7 to meet the needs of those children who 8 come from environments where the dominant 9 language is other than English under Section 10 10-22.38a of the School Code $26,000,000 11 For distribution to eligible recipients for 12 establishing and/or maintaining 13 educational programs for Low 14 Incidence Disabilities $1,730,000 15 For reimbursement to school districts 16 qualifying under Section 29-5 of The 17 School Code for a portion of the cost 18 of transporting common school pupils $143,808,200 19 For reimbursement to school districts for 20 a portion of the cost of transporting 21 disabled students under Section 14-13.01(b) 22 of The School Code $141,138,900 23 For reimbursement to school districts and 24 for providing free lunch and breakfast 25 programs under the provision of the School 26 Free Lunch Program Act $16,525,000 27 For payment of costs of education of 28 recipients of Public Assistance as 29 provided in Section 10-22.20 of the 30 School Code first and then for reimbursement 31 to Local Education Agencies as provided 32 in Section 3-1 of the Adult 33 Education Act $10,068,200 34 For providing the loan of textbooks to -19- LRB9010113CBcb 1 students under Section 18-17 of the 2 School Code $24,192,100 3 Total, Common School Fund $21,415,600 4 Total, General Revenue Fund $965,585,700 5 Total this Section $987,001,300 6 Section 25. The following named sums, or so much of 7 thereof as may be necessary, respectively are appropriated 8 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education 9 for Grants-In-Aid: 10 For grants to Local Educational Agencies 11 for Project Jumpstart $2,985,000 12 For grants associated with the 13 Work-Based Learning Program $839,900 14 For grants associated with the 15 Illinois Administrators Academy $623,700 16 For grants associated with Substance Abuse 17 and Violence Prevention Programs $5,146,400 18 For grants associated with Learning 19 Improvement and Quality Assurance $7,218,800 20 For grants associated with the Vocational 21 Education Technical Preparation Program $4,567,000 22 For grants to school districts for emergency 23 relocation assistance grants $3,000,000 24 For grants to school districts for the 25 Emergency Relocation Loan Program $5,000,000 26 For reimbursement to Local Educational 27 Agencies as provided in Section 3-1 28 of the Adult Education Act $8,937,100 29 For reimbursement to Local Educational 30 Agencies for Adult Education - State 31 Performance under the Adult Education Act $9,000,000 32 For the purpose of providing funds to Local 33 Education Agencies for the Illinois -20- LRB9010113CBcb 1 Governmental Student Internship Program $129,900 2 For distribution to eligible recipients 3 to assist in conducting and improving 4 Vocational Education Programs and 5 Services $49,700,000 6 Total, this Section $97,147,800 7 Section 30. The following amounts, or so much of those 8 amounts as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated 9 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education 10 for the objects and purposes named: 11 For operational costs to provide services 12 associated with the Regional Office 13 of Education for the City of Chicago $870,000 14 For funding the Illinois Teacher 15 of the Year Program $110,000 16 For operational expenses and grants 17 for Regional Offices of Education and 18 Intermediate Service Centers $14,671,400 19 For independent outside evaluation of 20 select programs operated by the Illinois 21 State Board of Education $300,000 22 For funding the Statewide Bilingual 23 Assessment Program $600,000 24 For operational costs and grants associated 25 with the Career Awareness 26 & Development Initiative $1,350,000 27 For costs associated with Jobs for 28 Illinois Graduates Program $2,800,000 29 For costs associated with General Education 30 Development (GED) testing $210,000 31 For costs associated with the Illinois 32 Program Account Manual $100,000 33 For costs associated with the Low -21- LRB9010113CBcb 1 Income Count Program $100,000 2 For costs associated with the Special 3 Education Research Program $500,000 4 For costs associated with Teacher 5 Framework Implementation $1,070,500 6 For costs associated with the Initiative 7 for National Board Certification $75,000 8 For funding of the Regional Offices of 9 Education Technology Plan $1,200,000 10 For costs associated with regional 11 and local Optional Education Programs 12 for dropouts, those at risk of dropping 13 out, and Alternative Education Programs 14 for chronic truants $18,500,000 15 For costs associated with Reading 16 Improvement Programs $1,000,000 17 For costs associated with establishing 18 and conducting the Illinois Partnership 19 Academies $600,000 20 For costs associated with funding Vocational 21 Education Staff Development $1,299,800 22 For administrative costs and technical 23 costs to provide assistance to Local 24 Educational Agencies for Project Jumpstart $15,000 25 For operational expenses to implement the Leadership 26 Development Institute Program $350,000 27 For administrative costs associated with 28 Learning Standards $2,251,400 29 For payment of Fiscal Year 1998 State 30 Interest Liability pursuant to the 31 Federal Cash Management Improvement Act $275,000 32 For costs associated with the Minority 33 Transition Program $300,000 34 For funding the Illinois Scholars Program $1,104,300 -22- LRB9010113CBcb 1 For the development of tests of Basic Skills 2 and subject matter knowledge for individuals 3 seeking certification and for tests of Basic 4 Skills for individuals currently enrolled in 5 education programs $655,000 6 For administrative cost associated with the 7 Work-Based Learning Program $160,100 8 For operational expenses and technical 9 assistance to Local Educational Agencies 10 for the Illinois Goals Assessment 11 Program and Prairie State Exams $11,155,000 12 For the development of a Consumer 13 Education Proficiency Test $150,000 14 For funding the Urban Education 15 Partnership Grants $1,450,000 16 For administrative costs associated with the 17 Illinois Administrators Academy $234,300 18 For administrative costs associated 19 with the Scientific Literacy and the 20 Center on Scientific Literacy $1,000,000 21 For administrative costs associated with 22 the Substance Abuse and Violence 23 Prevention Programs $321,900 24 For administrative costs associated 25 with the Learning Improvement and 26 Quality Assurance $3,114,600 27 For administrative costs associated 28 with the Vocational Education 29 Technical Preparation program $433,000 30 For operational expenses of administering the 31 Early Childhood Block Grant $508,200 32 For funding the Illinois State Board of 33 Education Technology Program $890,000 34 For operational costs and reimbursement -23- LRB9010113CBcb 1 to a parent or guardian under the 2 Transportation provisions of Section 3 29.5.2 of the School Code $10,120,000 4 For operational costs of the Residential 5 Services Authority for Behavior Disorders 6 and Severely Emotionally Disturbed 7 Children and Adolescents $345,000 8 For funding the Teachers Academy for 9 Math and Science in Chicago $5,500,000 10 For costs associated with the Capital 11 Infrastructure Planning Program $750,000 12 For operational costs associated with 13 administering the Reading Improvement 14 Block Grant $389,500 15 For operational costs associated with 16 administering the Professional 17 Development Block Grant $327,500 18 For purposes of providing liability 19 coverage to certificated persons in 20 accordance with Section 2-3.124 of the 21 School Code $3,000,000 22 Total, this Section $90,156,500 23 Section 35. The following amounts, or so much of those 24 amounts as may be necessary, are appropriated from the 25 General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for the 26 objects and purposes named: 27 For funding the Math and Science Block Grant $17,583,000 28 For distribution to school districts pursuant 29 to the recommendations of the State Board 30 of Education for Hispanic Programs $500,000 31 For funding the Professional Development 32 Block Grant, pursuant to Section 1C-2 33 of the School Code $26,000,000 -24- LRB9010113CBcb 1 For funding the Early Childhood Block 2 Grant pursuant to Section 1.C-2 of 3 the School Code $153,663,600 4 For grants to school districts for Reading 5 Programs for teacher aides, reading 6 specialists, for reading and library materials 7 and other related programs for students 8 in K-6 grades and other authorized purposes 9 under Section 2-3.51 of the School Code $83,000,000 10 For grants to Local Educational Agencies to 11 conduct Agricultural Education Programs $2,000,000 12 For grants to local districts for planning 13 district-wide Comprehensive Arts Programs for 14 for students in kindergarten through 15 grade 6 $499,700 16 Total, this Section $283,246,300 17 Section 40. The following named amounts, or so much of 18 that amount as may be necessary, are appropriated from the 19 General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for the 20 Technology for Success Program for the purpose of 21 implementing the use of computer technology in the classroom 22 as follows: 23 For administrative cost associated with the 24 Technology for Success Program $23,192,300 25 For grants associated with the 26 Technology for Success Program $41,807,700 27 Total this Section $65,000,000 28 Section 45. The following named amounts, or so much of 29 that amount as may be necessary, are appropriated from the 30 School Infrastructure Fund to the State Board of Education 31 for the Capital Infrastructure Program as follows: 32 For administrative costs associated with -25- LRB9010113CBcb 1 the Capital Assistance Program $600,000 2 For debt service grants pursuant to the 3 School Construction Law $30,000,000 4 Total, this Section $30,600,000 5 Section 50. The amount of $15,000,000, or so much of 6 that amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the 7 General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for the 8 purpose of granting funds to Regional Offices of Education to 9 operate Alternative Education Programs for disruptive 10 students pursuant to Article 13A of the School Code. 11 Section 55. The sum of $500,000, or so much of this 12 amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General 13 Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for purpose of 14 making loans to charter schools to be used by these schools 15 to defer their start-up costs of acquiring textbooks and 16 laboratory and other equipment required for student 17 instruction, pursuant to PA 90-548. 18 Section 60. The amount of $30,000,000, or so much 19 thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the School 20 Technology Revolving Loan Fund to the State Board of 21 Education for the School Technology Revolving Loan Program 22 pursuant to Section 2-3.117a of the School Code. 23 Section 65. The amount of $34,000, or so much of that 24 amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General 25 Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for funding 26 payments to the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of 27 Illinois for the early retirement incentive program 28 established under Section 16-133.5 of the Illinois Pension 29 Code. -26- LRB9010113CBcb 1 Section 70. The amount of $509,900, or so much of that 2 amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General 3 Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for 4 reimbursement of expenses related to the performance of 5 Criminal Background Investigations pursuant to Sections 6 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of the School Code. 7 Section 75. The amount of $1,318,500, or so much of that 8 amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General 9 Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for 10 reimbursement of expenses related to printing and 11 distributing school Report Cards pursuant to Sections 10-17a 12 and 34088 of the School Code. 13 Section 80. The amount of $1,093,000 or so much of that 14 amount as may be necessary is appropriated from the State 15 Board of Education State Trust Fund to the State Board of 16 Education for expenditures by the Board in accordance with 17 grants which the Board has received or may receive from 18 private sources in support of projects that are within the 19 lawful powers of the board. 20 Section 85. The amount of $450,000, or so much of that 21 amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Teacher 22 Certification and Technology Fund to the State Board of 23 Education for costs associated with the issuing of teacher's 24 certificates. 25 Section 90. The amount of $27,538,000, or so much of 26 that amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the 27 General Revenue Fund to the Teachers' Retirement System of 28 the State of Illinois for transfer into the Teachers' Health 29 Insurance Security Fund as the State's contribution for 30 teachers' health benefits. -27- LRB9010113CBcb 1 Section 95. The sum of $480,740,900, or so much of that 2 amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Common 3 School Fund to the Teachers' Retirement System of the State 4 of Illinois for the State's Contribution, as provided by law. 5 Section 100. The amount of $65,044,700, or so much of 6 that amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the 7 Common School Fund to the Public School Teachers' Pension and 8 Retirement Fund of Chicago for the State's Contribution, as 9 provided by law and pursuant to PA 90-548. 10 Section 105. The following amounts, or so much of those 11 amounts as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated 12 from the Common School Fund to the State Board of Education 13 for the following objects and purposes: 14 For general apportionment as provided by 15 Section 18-8 of the School Code $2,212,500,000 16 For summer school payments as provided by 17 Section 18-4.3 of the School Code $3,619,700 18 For supplementary payments to school districts 19 as provided in Section 18-8.2, Section 18-8.3, 20 Section 18-8.5, and Section 18-8A(5)(m) of 21 of the School Code $6,000,000 22 For the payment of interest on the general 23 apportionment payment $1,456,400 24 Total, this Section $2,223,576,100 25 Section 110. The following amount, or so much of that 26 amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the 27 Education Assistance Fund to the State Board of Education for 28 the following object and purpose: 29 For general apportionment as provided by 30 Section 18-8 of the School Code $737,500,000 -28- LRB9010113CBcb 1 Section 115. The amount of $185,800, or so much of that 2 amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General 3 Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education per Section 4 18-4.4 of the School Code for Tax Equivalent Grants. 5 Section 120. The amount of $56,500,000, or so much of 6 this amount as may be necessary, is appropriated to fund 7 block grants to school districts for school safety and 8 educational improvement programs pursuant to Section 2-3.51.5 9 of the School Code. 10 Section 125. The amount of $300,000, or so much of this 11 amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General 12 Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for the purchase 13 of school bus safety control devices to be competitively 14 granted to school districts statewide. 15 Section 130. The amount of $805,000, or so much of this 16 amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the School 17 District Emergency Financial Assistance Fund to the State 18 Board of Education for the emergency financial assistance 19 pursuant to Section 18-8 of the School Code. 20 Section 135. The amount of $52,000,000, or so much of 21 this amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the 22 Common School Fund to the State Board of Education for 23 supplementary payments to school districts under the 24 subsection 5(o) of Section 18-8 of the School Code. 25 Section140. The sum of $1,700,000, or so much of this 26 amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General 27 Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for a grant to 28 the Electronic Long Distance Network, Inc. -29- LRB9010113CBcb 1 Section 145. The amount of $500,000, or so much of this 2 amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the School 3 Technology Revolving Fund to the State Board of Education for 4 funding the Statewide Educational Network. 5 Section 150. The amount of $24,192,100, or so much as 6 may be necessary and remains unexpended on June 30, 1998, 7 from appropriations heretofore made for such purposes in 8 Section 20 of Public Act 90-0010, Article 1, is 9 reappropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the State 10 Board of Education for providing the loan of textbooks to 11 Students under Section 18-17 of the School Code. 12 Section 155. No part of the money appropriated by this 13 Act shall be distributed to any school district in which any 14 students are excluded from or segregated in any public 15 schools within the meaning of the School Code, because of 16 race, color or national origin. 17 Section 160. This Act takes effect July 1, 1998.