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90_SB1338

      110 ILCS 805/2-16.02      from Ch. 122, par. 102-16.02
          Amends  the  Public  Community  College   Act.    Revises
      provisions  under  which  annual  grant  funding  for  public
      community  college  districts  is  provided. Changes the term
      "credit hour grants" to "base operating grants" and  requires
      a  portion of the base operating grant to be allocated on the
      basis of the non-residential gross square  footage  of  space
      maintained  by a district.  Eliminates provisions relating to
      payment of small  district,  special  populations,  workforce
      preparation,    advanced   technology   equipment,   deferred
      maintenance, and retirees health insurance grants.  Makes  no
      change  in  an  existing  provision  requiring  the  Illinois
      Community  College  Board  to distribute such other grants as
      may be authorized or appropriated by  the  General  Assembly.
      Deletes  a  provision  requiring a proportionate reduction or
      increase in district grants if the  amount  appropriated  for
      the  grants  is  different  from  the amount provided for the
      grants under the Act.  Effective July 1, 1998.
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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.  Grants.   Any  community college district
 9    that maintains a community college recognized  by  the  State
10    Board shall receive, when eligible, grants enumerated in this
11    Section.   Funded  semester credit hours or other measures or
12    both as specified  by  the  State  Board  shall  be  used  to
13    distribute  grants  to  community  colleges.  Funded semester
14    credit hours shall be defined, for purposes of this  Section,
15    as the greater of (1) the number of semester credit hours, or
16    equivalent,   in   all  funded  instructional  categories  of
17    students who have been certified as being  in  attendance  at
18    midterm  during  the respective terms of the base fiscal year
19    or (2) the average of semester credit hours,  or  equivalent,
20    in  all  funded instructional categories of students who have
21    been certified as being in attendance at midterm  during  the
22    respective  terms  of  the  base  fiscal year and the 2 prior
23    fiscal years.  For purposes of  this  Section,  "base  fiscal
24    year"  means the fiscal year 2 years prior to the fiscal year
25    for which the grants are appropriated.  Such  students  shall
26    have  been residents of Illinois and shall have been enrolled
27    in courses that are part of instructional program  categories
28    approved by the State Board and that are applicable toward an
29    associate  degree  or  certificate.  Courses are not eligible
30    for reimbursement where  the  district  receives  federal  or
31    State  financing  or both, except financing through the State
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 1    Board, for  50%  or  more  of  the  program  costs  with  the
 2    exception  of courses offered by contract with the Department
 3    of Corrections in correctional institutions.  Base  operating
 4    Credit  hour  grants  shall be paid based on rates per funded
 5    semester credit hour or equivalent calculated  by  the  State
 6    Board  for  funded  instructional  categories  using  cost of
 7    instruction,  enrollment,  inflation,  and   other   relevant
 8    factors.  A  portion  of  the  base  operating grant shall be
 9    allocated  on  the  basis  of  non-residential  gross  square
10    footage of space maintained by the district.  Small  district
11    grants,  in  an  amount  to be determined by the State Board,
12    shall be made to each district with less than  75,000  funded
13    semester credit hours, exclusive of Department of Corrections
14    credit hours.
15        Equalization  grants  shall  be  calculated  by the State
16    Board by determining a local revenue factor for each district
17    by:   (A)  adding  (1)  each  district's  Corporate  Personal
18    Property Replacement Fund allocations from  the  base  fiscal
19    year  or  the average of the base fiscal year and prior year,
20    whichever  is  less,  divided  by  the  applicable  statewide
21    average tax rate to (2) the district's most recently  audited
22    year's  equalized  assessed  valuation  or the average of the
23    most recently audited year and prior year, whichever is less,
24    (B)  then  dividing  by  the  district's  audited   full-time
25    equivalent  resident students for the base fiscal year or the
26    average for the base  fiscal year  and  the  2  prior  fiscal
27    years,  whichever is greater, and (C) then multiplying by the
28    applicable statewide average tax rate.  The State Board shall
29    calculate a statewide weighted average threshold by  applying
30    the   same  methodology  to  the  totals  of  all  districts'
31    Corporate Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund allocations,
32    equalized  assessed   valuations,   and   audited   full-time
33    equivalent  district resident students and multiplying by the
34    applicable statewide average tax rate. The difference between
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 1    the  statewide  weighted  average  threshold  and  the  local
 2    revenue  factor,  multiplied  by  the  number  of   full-time
 3    equivalent  resident  students, shall determine the amount of
 4    equalization  funding  that  each  district  is  eligible  to
 5    receive. A percentage factor,  as  determined  by  the  State
 6    Board,  may be applied to the statewide threshold as a method
 7    for allocating equalization funding.  A minimum  equalization
 8    grant  of  an  amount per district as determined by the State
 9    Board shall be established for any community college district
10    which qualifies for an  equalization  grant  based  upon  the
11    preceding  criteria,  but becomes ineligible for equalization
12    funding, or would have received a  grant  of  less  than  the
13    minimum  equalization  grant,  due  to  threshold  prorations
14    applied  to reduce equalization funding.  As of July 1, 1997,
15    community college districts must maintain a minimum  required
16    in-district   tuition   rate  per  semester  credit  hour  as
17    determined by the State Board. For each fiscal  year  between
18    July  1,  1997  and  June 30, 2001, districts not meeting the
19    minimum required rate will be subject to a percent  reduction
20    of equalization funding as determined by the State Board.  As
21    of  July  1,  2001,  districts must meet the required minimum
22    in-district tuition rate to qualify for equalization funding.
23        A  special  populations  grant  of  a  base   amount   as
24    determined  by  the  State Board shall be distributed to each
25    community college district. Any remaining appropriated  funds
26    for  special  populations purposes shall be distributed based
27    on factors as determined by the State Board.  Each  community
28    college  district's  expenditures  of funds from those grants
29    shall be limited to courses and services related to  programs
30    for  educationally  disadvantaged  and  minority  students as
31    specified by the State Board.
32        A workforce preparation grant of a base grant  amount  as
33    determined  by  the  State Board shall be distributed to each
34    community college district. Any remaining appropriated  funds
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 1    for workforce preparation programs shall be distributed based
 2    on  factors as determined by the State Board.  Each community
 3    college district's expenditures of funds  from  those  grants
 4    shall  be  limited  to  workforce  preparation activities and
 5    services as specified by the State Board.
 6        An  advanced  technology   equipment   grant   shall   be
 7    distributed   proportionately   to   each  community  college
 8    district based on each district's share of  the  State  total
 9    funded  semester  credit  hours,  or  equivalent, in business
10    occupational, technical occupational, and health occupational
11    courses or other measures as determined by the  State  Board.
12    Each  community college district's expenditures of funds from
13    those grants shall be limited to procurement of equipment for
14    curricula impacted by technological advances as specified  by
15    the State Board.
16        Until  January 1, 1999, a retirees health insurance grant
17    shall  be  distributed  proportionately  to  each   community
18    college  district  or entity created pursuant to Section 3-55
19    based on the total number of community  college  retirees  in
20    the  State  on  July 1 of the fiscal year prior to the fiscal
21    year for which the grants are appropriated, as determined  by
22    the  State  Board.    Expenditures of funds from those grants
23    shall  be  limited  to  payment  of  costs  associated   with
24    retirees'  health  insurance.  Beginning January 1, 1999, the
25    retirees health insurance grant shall be limited to community
26    college districts subject to Article VII of  this  Act.   The
27    retirees   health   insurance  grants  to  community  college
28    districts  not  subject  to  Article  VII  for  fiscal   year
29    1998-1999 shall be calculated so as to reflect the January 1,
30    1999 termination date.
31        A deferred maintenance grant shall be distributed to each
32    community  college district based upon criteria as determined
33    by  the  State  Board.  Each  community  college   district's
34    expenditures  of  funds from those grants shall be limited to
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 1    deferred maintenance activities specified by the State Board.
 2        A grant shall be provided to  the  Illinois  Occupational
 3    Information   Coordinating   Committee  for  the  purpose  of
 4    providing the State Board with labor  market  information  by
 5    updating  the  Occupational  Information  System and HORIZONS
 6    Career Information  System  and  by  providing  labor  market
 7    information  and  technical  assistance,  that  grant  to  be
 8    provided  in  its  entirety  during  the first quarter of the
 9    fiscal year.
10        The State Board shall distribute such other grants as may
11    be authorized or appropriated by the General Assembly.
12        Each community college district entitled to State  grants
13    under  this Section must submit a report of its enrollment to
14    the State Board not later than 30 days following the  end  of
15    each semester, quarter, or term in a format prescribed by the
16    State  Board.   These  semester  credit hours, or equivalent,
17    shall be certified by each district on forms provided by  the
18    State  Board.   Each  district's  certified  semester  credit
19    hours,  or  equivalent,  are  subject  to  audit  pursuant to
20    Section 3-22.1.
21        The State Board shall certify, prepare, and submit to the
22    State Comptroller during August, November, February, and  May
23    of each fiscal year vouchers setting forth an amount equal to
24    25%  of  the  grants  approved  by  the  State Board for base
25    operating credit hour  grants  and,  small  district  grants,
26    special  populations  grants,  workforce  preparation grants,
27    equalization grants, advanced  technology  equipment  grants,
28    deferred  maintenance  grants,  and retirees health insurance
29    grants. The State Board shall prepare and submit to the State
30    Comptroller vouchers for payments  of  other  grants  special
31    initiatives  grant  payments  as  appropriated by the General
32    Assembly. set forth in the  contracts  executed  pursuant  to
33    appropriations   received   for   special   initiatives.  The
34    Comptroller shall cause his warrants  to  be  drawn  for  the
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 1    respective  amounts  due,  payable  to each community college
 2    district, within  15  days  following  the  receipt  of  such
 3    vouchers.  If the amount appropriated for grants is different
 4    from  the amount provided for such grants under this Act, the
 5    grants  shall  be  proportionately   reduced   or   increased
 6    accordingly.
 7        For  the  purposes  of  this  Section, "resident student"
 8    means a student in a community college district who maintains
 9    residency  in  that  district  or   meets   other   residency
10    definitions  established  by  the  State  Board,  and who was
11    enrolled either in one of the approved instructional  program
12    categories  in that district, or in another community college
13    district to which the resident's district is  paying  tuition
14    under  Section  6-2 or with which the resident's district has
15    entered into a cooperative agreement in lieu of such tuition.
16        For  the  purposes  of   this   Section,   a   "full-time
17    equivalent" student is equal to 30 semester credit hours.
18        The Illinois Community College Board Contracts and Grants
19    Fund  is  hereby  created  in  the  State Treasury.  Items of
20    income  to  this  fund  shall  include  any  grants,  awards,
21    endowments, or like proceeds, and  where  appropriate,  other
22    funds  made  available  through  contracts with governmental,
23    public,  and  private  agencies  or  persons.   The   General
24    Assembly  shall from time to time make appropriations payable
25    from such fund for the support, improvement, and expenses  of
26    the State Board and Illinois community college districts.
27    (Source:  P.A.  89-141,  eff.  7-14-95; 89-281, eff. 8-10-95;
28    89-473, eff.  6-18-96;  89-626,  eff.  8-9-96;  90-468,  eff.
29    8-17-97;  90-486, eff. 8-17-97; 90-497, eff. 8-18-97; revised
30    11-17-97.)
31        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  July
32    1, 1998.

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