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90_SB0848
110 ILCS 805/2-16.02 from Ch. 122, par. 102-16.02
Amends the provisions of the Public Community College
Act. Authorizes the Illinois Community College Board to
specify the measures that will be used to distribute grants
to community colleges. Authorizes the Board to apply a
percentage factor to the statewide threshold in determining
the level of equalization funding and a minimum equalization
grant for a qualifying district that becomes ineligible for
any or for full equalization funding due to threshold
prorations. Requires community college districts to maintain
in-district tuition rates per semester credit hour as
determined by the State Board and provides for a reduction in
equalization funding for districts that fail to meet the
minimum required rate until, by July 1, 2001, districts fail
to qualify for equalization funding if they do not meet the
required minimum in-district tuition rate. Also revises
provisions relative to small district, special populations,
and workforce preparation grants and provides for deferred
maintenance grants based upon criteria established by the
State Board. Eliminates provisions under which a one-time
operating expense start-up grant was provided to Community
College District No. 540. Effective July 1, 1997.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Public Community College Act by
2 changing Section 2-16.02.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended
6 by changing Section 2-16.02 as follows:
7 (110 ILCS 805/2-16.02) (from Ch. 122, par. 102-16.02)
8 Sec. 2-16.02. Any community college district that
9 maintains a community college recognized by the State Board
10 shall receive, when eligible, grants enumerated in this
11 Section. Funded semester credit hours or other measures as
12 specified by the State Board shall be used to distribute
13 grants to community colleges. Except for equalization grants,
14 retirees health insurance grants, grants to districts
15 established pursuant to Section 6-6.1, and grants for special
16 initiatives, all grants specified in this Section shall be
17 based on funded semester credit hours. Funded semester
18 credit hours shall be defined, for purposes of this Section,
19 as the greater of (1) the number of semester credit hours, or
20 equivalent, in all funded instructional categories of
21 students who have been certified as being in attendance at
22 midterm during the respective terms of the base fiscal year
23 or (2) the average of semester credit hours, or equivalent,
24 in all funded instructional categories of students who have
25 been certified as being in attendance at midterm during the
26 respective terms of the base fiscal year and the 2 prior
27 fiscal years. For purposes of this Section, "base fiscal
28 year" means the fiscal year 2 years prior to the fiscal year
29 for which the grants are appropriated. Such students shall
30 have been residents of Illinois and shall have been enrolled
31 in courses that are part of instructional program categories
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1 approved by the State Board and that are applicable toward an
2 associate degree or certificate. Courses are not eligible
3 for reimbursement where the district receives federal or
4 State financing or both, except financing through the State
5 Board, for 50% or more of the program costs with the
6 exception of courses offered by contract with the Department
7 of Corrections in correctional institutions. After
8 distributing a grant of up to one-tenth of 1% of the total
9 available credit hour grant funding to each district with
10 less than 75,000 funded semester credit hours exclusive of
11 Department of Corrections credit hours, the remaining Credit
12 hour grants shall be paid based on rates per funded semester
13 credit hour or equivalent calculated by the State Board for
14 funded instructional categories using cost of instruction,
15 enrollment, inflation, and other relevant factors. Small
16 district grants, in an amount to be determined by the State
17 Board, shall be made to each district with less than 75,000
18 funded semester credit hours, exclusive of Department of
19 Corrections credit hours.
20 Grants for Equalization grants shall be distributed to
21 each district that falls below a statewide threshold
22 calculated by the State Board by determining a local revenue
23 factor for each district by: (A) adding (1) each district's
24 the Corporate Personal Property Replacement Fund allocations
25 from the base fiscal year or the average of the base fiscal
26 year and prior year, whichever is less, divided by the
27 applicable statewide average tax rate to (2) the district's
28 most recently audited year's equalized assessed valuation or
29 the average of the most recently audited year and prior year,
30 whichever is less, (B) then dividing by the district's number
31 of audited full-time equivalent resident students for the
32 base fiscal year or the average for the base fiscal year and
33 the 2 prior fiscal years, whichever is greater, and (C) then
34 multiplying by the applicable statewide average tax rate.
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1 The State Board shall calculate a statewide weighted average
2 threshold by applying use the same methodology to the totals
3 of all districts' Corporate Personal Property Tax Replacement
4 Fund allocations, equalized assessed valuations, and audited
5 full-time equivalent district resident students and
6 multiplying by the applicable statewide average tax rate
7 calculate a local revenue factor for each district. The
8 difference between the statewide weighted average threshold
9 and the local revenue factor, multiplied by the number of
10 full-time equivalent resident students, shall determine the
11 amount of equalization funding that each district is eligible
12 to receive. A percentage factor, as determined by the State
13 Board, may be applied to the statewide threshold as a method
14 for allocating equalization funding. A minimum equalization
15 grant of an amount per district as determined by the State
16 Board shall be established for any community college district
17 which qualifies for an equalization grant based upon the
18 preceding criteria, but becomes ineligible for equalization
19 funding, or would have received a grant of less than the
20 minimum equalization grant, due to threshold prorations
21 applied to reduce equalization funding. As of July 1, 1997,
22 community college districts must maintain a minimum required
23 in-district tuition rate per semester credit hour as
24 determined by the State Board. For each fiscal year between
25 July 1, 1997 and June 30, 2001, districts not meeting the
26 minimum required rate will be subject to a percent reduction
27 of equalization funding as determined by the State Board. As
28 of July 1, 2001, districts must meet the required minimum
29 in-district tuition rate to qualify for equalization funding.
30 A special populations grant of a base amount as
31 determined by the State Board $20,000 per community college
32 shall be distributed to each community college district., and
33 Any remaining appropriated funds for special populations
34 purposes shall be distributed based on factors as determined
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1 by the State Board programs with the exception of moneys
2 appropriated as grants for unique special populations
3 initiatives created by the State Board shall be distributed
4 proportionately to each community college district on the
5 basis of each district's share of the State total funded
6 semester credit hours, or equivalent, in
7 remedial/developmental and adult basic education/adult
8 secondary education courses. Each community college
9 district's expenditures of funds from those grants shall be
10 limited to courses and services related to programs for
11 educationally disadvantaged and minority students as
12 specified by the State Board.
13 A workforce preparation grant of a base grant amount as
14 determined by the State Board $35,000 shall be distributed to
15 each community college district., and Any remaining
16 appropriated funds for workforce preparation programs with
17 the exception of monies appropriated as grants for special
18 workforce preparation initiatives created by the State Board
19 shall be distributed based on factors as determined by the
20 State Board proportionately to each community college
21 district on the basis of each district's share of the State
22 total funded semester credit hours, or equivalent, in
23 business occupational, technical occupational, and health
24 occupational courses. Each community college district's
25 expenditures of funds from those grants shall be limited to
26 workforce preparation activities and services as specified by
27 the State Board.
28 An advanced technology equipment grant shall be
29 distributed proportionately to each community college
30 district based on each district's share of the State total
31 funded semester credit hours, or equivalent, in business
32 occupational, technical occupational, and health occupational
33 courses or other measures as determined by the State Board.
34 Each community college district's expenditures of funds from
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1 those grants shall be limited to procurement of equipment for
2 curricula impacted by technological advances as specified by
3 the State Board.
4 A retirees health insurance grant shall be distributed
5 proportionately to each community college district or entity
6 created pursuant to Section 3-55 based on each district's
7 share of the total number of community college retirees in
8 the State on July 1 of the fiscal year prior to the fiscal
9 year for which the grants are appropriated, as determined by
10 the State Board. Each community college district's
11 Expenditures of funds from those grants shall be limited to
12 payment of costs associated with the provision of retirees'
13 health insurance.
14 A deferred maintenance grant shall be distributed to each
15 community college district based upon criteria as determined
16 by the State Board. Each community college district's
17 expenditures of funds from those grants shall be limited to
18 deferred maintenance activities specified by the State Board.
19 A grant shall be provided to the Illinois Occupational
20 Information Coordinating Committee for the purpose of
21 providing the State Board with labor market information by
22 updating the Occupational Information System and HORIZONS
23 Career Information System and by providing labor market
24 information and technical assistance, that grant to be
25 provided in its entirety during the first quarter of the
26 fiscal year.
27 A grant shall be provided to Community College District
28 #540, that district having been formed under the provisions
29 of Section 6-6.1, for the purpose of providing funds for the
30 district to meet operating expenses. The State Board shall
31 certify, prepare, and submit to the State Comptroller during
32 August of the fiscal year a voucher setting forth a one-time
33 payment of any Education Assistance Fund appropriation, and
34 during November, February, and May of the fiscal year a
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1 voucher setting forth equal payments of General Revenue Fund
2 appropriations. The Comptroller shall cause a warrant to be
3 drawn for the amount due, payable to Community College
4 District #540, within 15 days following the receipt of each
5 such voucher.
6 The State Board shall distribute such other special
7 grants as may be authorized or appropriated by the General
8 Assembly.
9 Each community college district entitled to State grants
10 under this Section must submit a report of its enrollment to
11 the State Board not later than 30 days following the end of
12 each semester, quarter, or term in a format prescribed by the
13 State Board. These semester credit hours, or equivalent,
14 shall be certified by each district on forms provided by the
15 State Board. Each district's certified semester credit
16 hours, or equivalent, are subject to audit pursuant to
17 Section 3-22.1.
18 The State Board shall certify, prepare, and submit to the
19 State Comptroller during August, November, February, and May
20 of each fiscal year vouchers setting forth an amount equal to
21 25% of the districts' total grants approved by the State
22 Board for credit hour grants, small district grants, special
23 populations grants, workforce preparation grants,
24 equalization grants, advanced technology equipment grants,
25 deferred maintenance grants, and retirees health insurance
26 grants. The State Board shall prepare and submit to the State
27 Comptroller vouchers for special initiatives grant payments
28 as set forth in the contracts executed pursuant to
29 appropriations received for special initiatives. The
30 Comptroller shall cause his warrants to be drawn for the
31 respective amounts due, payable to each community college
32 district, within 15 days following the receipt of such
33 vouchers. If the amount appropriated for grants is different
34 from the amount provided for such grants under this Act, the
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1 grants shall be proportionately reduced or increased
2 accordingly.
3 For the purposes of this Section, "resident student"
4 means a student in a community college district who maintains
5 residency in that district or meets other residency
6 definitions established by the State Board, and who was
7 enrolled either in one of the approved instructional program
8 categories in that district, or in another community college
9 district to which the resident's district is paying tuition
10 under Section 6-2 or with which the resident's district has
11 entered into a cooperative agreement in lieu of such tuition.
12 For the purposes of this Section, a "full-time
13 equivalent" student is equal to 30 semester credit hours.
14 The Illinois Community College Board Contracts and Grants
15 Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. Items of
16 income to this fund shall include any grants, awards,
17 endowments, or like proceeds, and where appropriate, other
18 funds made available through contracts with governmental,
19 public, and private agencies or persons. The General
20 Assembly shall from time to time make appropriations payable
21 from such fund for the support, improvement, and expenses of
22 the State Board and Illinois community college districts.
23 (Source: P.A. 88-103; 88-553; 89-141, eff. 7-14-95; 89-281,
24 eff. 8-10-95; 89-473, eff. 6-18-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
25 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
26 1, 1997.