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90_SB0556eng
105 ILCS 5/27A-11
Amends the School Code. Provides that unless its charter
otherwise provides, a charter school is to receive its
aggregate, annual funding for each school year in 4 equal
installments, payable by the school board to the charter
school on or before August 1, November 1, February 1, and May
1. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section
2 27A-11.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
6 Section 27A-11 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/27A-11)
8 Sec. 27A-11. Financing.
9 (a) For purposes of the School Code, pupils enrolled in
10 a charter school shall be included in the pupil enrollment of
11 the school district within which the pupil resides. Each
12 charter school (i) shall determine the school district in
13 which each pupil who is enrolled in the charter school
14 resides and (ii) shall report the aggregate number of pupils
15 resident of a school district who are enrolled in the charter
16 school to the school district in which those pupils reside.
17 (b) As part of a charter school contract, the charter
18 school and the local school board shall agree on funding and
19 any services to be provided by the school district to the
20 charter school. Unless the charter under which a charter
21 school is operated establishes a different payment schedule,
22 the local school board shall provide funding to the charter
23 school in accordance with the following schedule: 25% of the
24 total annual funding for a school year shall be paid by the
25 local school board to the charter school on or before August
26 1, an additional 25% on or before November 1, an additional
27 25% on or before February 1, and the remainder on or before
28 May 1.
29 All services centrally or otherwise provided by the
30 school district including, but not limited to, food services,
31 custodial services, maintenance, curriculum, media services,
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1 libraries, transportation, and warehousing shall be subject
2 to negotiation between a charter school and the local school
3 board and paid for out of the revenues negotiated pursuant to
4 this subsection (b).
5 In no event shall the funding be less than 95% or more
6 than 105% of the school district's per capita student tuition
7 multiplied by the number of students residing in the district
8 who are enrolled in the charter school.
9 It is the intent of the General Assembly that funding and
10 service agreements under this subsection (b) shall be neither
11 a financial incentive nor a financial disincentive to the
12 establishment of a charter school.
13 Fees collected from students enrolled at a charter school
14 shall be retained by the charter school.
15 (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this Section, the
16 proportionate share of State and federal resources generated
17 by students with disabilities or staff serving them shall be
18 directed to charter schools enrolling those students by their
19 school districts or administrative units. The proportionate
20 share of moneys generated under other federal or State
21 categorical aid programs shall be directed to charter schools
22 serving students eligible for that aid.
23 (d) The governing body of a charter school is authorized
24 to accept gifts, donations, or grants of any kind made to the
25 charter school and to expend or use gifts, donations, or
26 grants in accordance with the conditions prescribed by the
27 donor; however, a gift, donation, or grant may not be
28 accepted by the governing body if it is subject to any
29 condition contrary to applicable law or contrary to the terms
30 of the contract between the charter school and the local
31 school board. Charter schools shall be encouraged to solicit
32 and utilize community volunteer speakers and other
33 instructional resources when providing instruction on the
34 Holocaust and other historical events.
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1 (e) No later than January 1, 1997, the State Board shall
2 issue a report to the General Assembly and the Governor
3 describing the charter schools certified under this Article,
4 their geographic locations, their areas of focus, and the
5 numbers of school children served by them.
6 (f) The State Board shall provide technical assistance
7 to persons and groups preparing or revising charter
8 applications.
9 (g) At the non-renewal or revocation of its charter,
10 each charter school shall refund to the local board of
11 education all unspent funds.
12 (h) A charter school is authorized to incur temporary,
13 short term debt to pay operating expenses in anticipation of
14 receipt of funds from the local school board.
15 (Source: P.A. 89-450, eff. 4-10-96.)
16 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17 becoming a law.