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90_SB1378
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Amends the School Code. In the State aid formula
applicable to the 1998-99 and subsequent school years,
revises provisions under which general State aid grants are
to be paid to school districts based on their low-income
concentration level. Provides that the low-income
concentration level is to be based upon the number of pupils
eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunches or
breakfasts under federal law (rather than upon the low-income
eligible pupil count from the most recently available federal
census), divided by average daily attendance. Deletes
language requiring that if the aggregate amount of any
hold-harmless payments that school districts are to receive
in any school year, as computed under the applicable formula
for that school year, is greater than the aggregate amount
appropriated for that purpose, the hold-harmless payments
that school districts receive for that school year are to be
prorated accordingly. Permits school districts participating
in the Reading Improvement Block Grant Program to use
assessment methods other than the reading portion of the IGAP
tests to measure student reading skills. In the provisions
relating to administrative expenditure limitations applicable
to school districts other than the Chicago school district,
revises the definition of administrative expenditures. Amends
the School Construction Law. Eliminates the requirement that
a school district meet certain minimum enrollment standards
in order to be eligible to receive a school construction
project grant. Also amends the General State Aid Continuing
Appropriation Law. Changes the Law's short title and
includes hold-harmless payments required to be made to school
districts under the State aid formula within the ambit of
that Law's application. Effective immediately, except the
amendments of the School Code take effect July 1, 1998.
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1 AN ACT relating to education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 2-3.51, 17-1.5, and 18-8.05 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.51) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.51)
7 Sec. 2-3.51. Reading Improvement Block Grant Program.
8 To improve the reading and study skills of children from
9 kindergarten through sixth grade in school districts. The
10 State Board of Education is authorized to administer a
11 Reading Improvement Block Grant Program. As used in this
12 Section, "school district" shall include those schools
13 designated as "laboratory schools".
14 (a) Funds for the Reading Improvement Block Grant
15 Program shall be distributed to school districts on the
16 following basis: 70% of monies shall be awarded on the prior
17 year's best 3 months average daily attendance and 30% shall
18 be distributed on the number of economically disadvantaged
19 (E.C.I.A. Chapter I) pupils in the district, provided that
20 the State Board may distribute an amount not to exceed 2% of
21 the monies appropriated for the Reading Improvement Block
22 Grant Program for the purpose of providing teacher training
23 and re-training in the teaching of reading. Program funds
24 shall be distributed to school districts in 2 semi-annual
25 installments, one payment on or before October 30, and one
26 payment prior to April 30, of each year. The State Board
27 shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the
28 implementation of this program.
29 (a-5) Reading Improvement Block Grant Program funds
30 shall be used by school districts in the following manner:
31 (1) to reduce class size in grades kindergarten
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1 through 3 for the purpose of providing more intensified
2 reading instruction;
3 (2) to extend the time devoted in kindergarten
4 through third grade to intensified reading instruction,
5 including phonic instruction, either by lengthening the
6 school day or lengthening the school year;
7 (3) to create transitional grades for students
8 needing intensified reading instruction either between
9 the first and second grades or between the second and
10 third grades in accordance with the authority granted
11 school districts in Section 10-21.2 of this Code;
12 (4) to continue direct reading instruction for
13 grades 4 through 6;
14 (5) to establish reading academies in schools that
15 focus on the mechanics of reading, the application of
16 reading skills, and the reading of rich literature and
17 that reflect a commitment of time and resources to these
18 functions;
19 (6) to conduct intense vocabulary, spelling, and
20 related writing enrichment programs that promote better
21 understanding of language and words;
22 (7) to increase the availability of reading
23 specialists and teacher aides for reading; and
24 (8) to train and retrain teachers of kindergarten
25 through third grade to be proficient in the teaching of
26 reading, including phonic instruction.
27 (a-10) Reading Improvement Block Grant Program funds
28 shall be made available to each eligible school district
29 submitting an approved application developed by the State
30 Board beginning with the 1998-99 school year. Applications
31 shall include a proposed assessment method or methods for
32 measuring student reading skills. Such methods may include
33 the reading portion of the Illinois Goals and Assessment
34 Program. At the end of each school year the district shall
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1 report assessment results to the State Board. Districts not
2 demonstrating performance progress using an approved
3 assessment method shall not be eligible for funding in the
4 third or subsequent years until such progress is established.
5 Reading Improvement Block Grant Program funds shall be made
6 available to each eligible school district submitting a
7 one-page application developed by the State Board beginning
8 with the 1998-99 school year. Applications shall include
9 existing Illinois Goals and Assessment Program (IGAP) reading
10 scores and the planned use for the funds. At the end of each
11 school year the school district shall report new IGAP results
12 on the same form. Each application, beginning with the
13 1998-99 school year, shall be for a 2-year grant based on
14 initial year qualification. Districts not demonstrating
15 performance progress using IGAP reading scores as the basis
16 of measure based on metrics of progress established by the
17 State Board shall not be eligible for funding in the third or
18 subsequent years thereafter until such progress is
19 established.
20 (a-15) The State Superintendent of Education, in
21 cooperation with the school districts participating in the
22 program, shall annually report to the leadership of the
23 General Assembly on the results of the Reading Improvement
24 Block Grant Program and the progress being made on improving
25 the reading skills of students in kindergarten through the
26 sixth grade.
27 (b) (Blank).
28 (c) (Blank).
29 (d) Grants under the Reading Improvement Program shall
30 be awarded provided there is an appropriation for the
31 program, and funding levels for each district shall be
32 prorated according to the amount of the appropriation.
33 (e) (Blank).
34 (f) (Blank).
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1 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
2 (105 ILCS 5/17-1.5)
3 Sec. 17-1.5. Limitation of administrative costs.
4 (a) It is the purpose of this Section to establish
5 limitations on the growth of administrative expenditures in
6 order to maximize the proportion of school district resources
7 available for the instructional program, building
8 maintenance, and safety services for the students of each
9 district.
10 (b) Definitions. For the purposes of this Section:
11 "Administrative expenditures" mean the annual expenditure
12 expenditures of school districts properly attributable to
13 expenditure function 2321 (Office of the Superintendent
14 Services) as functions defined by the rules of the State
15 Board of Education as: 2310 (Board of Education Services);
16 2320 (Executive Administration Services); 2330 (Special Area
17 Administration Services); 2490 (Other Support Services -
18 School Administration); 2510 (Direction of Business Support
19 Services); 2520 (Fiscal Services); 2570 (Internal Services);
20 2600 (Total Support Services - Central); and all
21 expenditures properly attributable for the Service Area
22 Direction of functions 2540 (Operations and Maintenance of
23 Plant Services), 2550 (Pupil Transportation Services), and
24 2560 (Food Services).
25 "Instructional expenditures" mean the annual expenditures
26 of school districts properly attributable to expenditure
27 functions defined by the rules of the State Board of
28 Education as: 1100 (Regular Programs); 1200 (Special
29 Education Programs); 1250 (Educational Deprived/Remedial
30 Programs); 1300 (Adult/Continuing Education Programs); 1400
31 (Vocational Programs); 1500 (Interscholastic Programs); 1600
32 (Summer School Programs); 1650 (Gifted Programs); 1800
33 (Bilingual Programs); and 1900 (Truants' Alternative and
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1 Optional Programs).
2 "School district" means all school districts having a
3 population of less than 500,000.
4 (c) For the 1998-99 school year and each school year
5 thereafter, each school district shall undertake budgetary
6 and expenditure control actions so that the increase in
7 administrative expenditures for that school year over the
8 prior school year do not exceed the lesser of 5% or the
9 percentage increase in instructional expenditures for that
10 school year over the prior school year. School districts
11 with administrative expenditures per pupil in the 25th
12 percentile and below for all districts of the same type, as
13 defined by the State Board of Education, may waive the
14 limitation imposed under this Section for any year with the
15 affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members of the
16 school board of the district.
17 (d) School districts shall file with the State Board of
18 Education by October 15, 1998 and by each October 15th
19 thereafter a one-page report that lists (i) the actual
20 administrative expenditures and the actual instructional
21 expenditures for the prior year from the district's audited
22 Annual Financial Report, and (ii) the projected
23 administrative expenditures and the projected instructional
24 expenditures for the current year from the budget adopted by
25 the school board pursuant to Section 17-1 of this Code. If
26 the report and information required under this subsection (d)
27 is not provided by the school district in a timely manner, or
28 is initially or subsequently determined by the State
29 Superintendent of Education to be incomplete or inaccurate,
30 the State Superintendent shall notify the district in writing
31 of reporting deficiencies. The school district shall, within
32 60 days of the notice, address the reporting deficiencies
33 identified. If the State Superintendent does not receive a
34 satisfactory response to these reporting deficiencies within
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1 these 60 days, the next payment of general State aid due the
2 district under Section 18-8 of this Code, and all subsequent
3 payments, may be withheld until the deficiencies have been
4 addressed.
5 (e) If the State Superintendent determines that a school
6 district has failed to comply with the administrative
7 expenditure limitation imposed in subsection (c) of this
8 Section by adopting a budget in violation of the limitation
9 or by having actual administrative expenditures for the prior
10 year in excess of the limitation, the State Superintendent
11 shall notify the district of the violation and direct the
12 district to undertake corrective action to bring the
13 district's budget into compliance with the administrative
14 expenditure limitation. The district shall, within 60 days
15 of the notice, provide adequate assurance to the State
16 Superintendent that appropriate corrective actions have been
17 or will be taken. If the district fails to provide adequate
18 assurance or fails to undertake the necessary corrective
19 actions, the State Superintendent may withhold all subsequent
20 payments of general State aid due the district under Section
21 18-8 of this Code until the assurance is provided or the
22 corrective actions taken.
23 (f) The State Superintendent shall publish a list each
24 year of the school districts that violate the limitation
25 imposed by subsection (c) of this Section. The State Board
26 of Education may recommend to the General Assembly and the
27 Governor any additional sanctions or remedial actions that
28 they determine necessary to deter non-compliance with the
29 limitation.
30 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
31 (105 ILCS 5/18-8.05)
32 (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
33 delayed effective date.)
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1 Sec. 18-8.05. Basis for apportionment of general State
2 financial aid and supplemental general State aid to the
3 common schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school years.
4 (A) General Provisions.
5 (1) The provisions of this Section apply to the
6 1998-1999 and subsequent school years. The system of general
7 State financial aid provided for in this Section is designed
8 to assure that, through a combination of State financial aid
9 and required local resources, the financial support provided
10 each pupil in Average Daily Attendance equals or exceeds a
11 prescribed per pupil Foundation Level. This formula approach
12 imputes a level of per pupil Available Local Resources and
13 provides for the basis to calculate a per pupil level of
14 general State financial aid that, when added to Available
15 Local Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level. The
16 amount of per pupil general State financial aid for school
17 districts, in general, varies in inverse relation to
18 Available Local Resources. Per pupil amounts are based upon
19 each school district's Average Daily Attendance as that term
20 is defined in this Section.
21 (2) In addition to general State financial aid, school
22 districts with specified levels or concentrations of pupils
23 from low income households are eligible to receive
24 supplemental general State financial aid grants as provided
25 pursuant to subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants
26 provided for school districts under subsection (H) shall be
27 appropriated for distribution to school districts as part of
28 the same line item in which the general State financial aid
29 of school districts is appropriated under this Section.
30 (3) To receive financial assistance under this Section,
31 school districts are required to file claims with the State
32 Board of Education, subject to the following requirements:
33 (a) Any school district which fails for any given
34 school year to maintain school as required by law, or to
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1 maintain a recognized school is not eligible to file for
2 such school year any claim upon the Common School Fund.
3 In case of nonrecognition of one or more attendance
4 centers in a school district otherwise operating
5 recognized schools, the claim of the district shall be
6 reduced in the proportion which the Average Daily
7 Attendance in the attendance center or centers bear to
8 the Average Daily Attendance in the school district. A
9 "recognized school" means any public school which meets
10 the standards as established for recognition by the State
11 Board of Education. A school district or attendance
12 center not having recognition status at the end of a
13 school term is entitled to receive State aid payments due
14 upon a legal claim which was filed while it was
15 recognized.
16 (b) School district claims filed under this Section
17 are subject to Sections 18-9, 18-10, and 18-12, except as
18 otherwise provided in this Section.
19 (c) If a school district operates a full year
20 school under Section 10-19.1, the general State aid to
21 the school district shall be determined by the State
22 Board of Education in accordance with this Section as
23 near as may be applicable.
24 (d) Claims for financial assistance under this
25 Section shall not be recomputed except as expressly
26 provided under this Section.
27 (4) Except as provided in subsections (H) and (L), the
28 board of any district receiving any of the grants provided
29 for in this Section may apply those funds to any fund so
30 received for which that board is authorized to make
31 expenditures by law.
32 School districts are not required to exert a minimum
33 Operating Tax Rate in order to qualify for assistance under
34 this Section.
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1 (5) As used in this Section the following terms, when
2 capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
3 (a) "Average Daily Attendance": A count of pupil
4 attendance in school, averaged as provided for in
5 subsection (C) and utilized in deriving per pupil
6 financial support levels.
7 (b) "Available Local Resources": A computation of
8 local financial support, calculated on the basis Average
9 Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant to
10 subsection (D).
11 (c) "Corporate Personal Property Replacement
12 Taxes": Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to
13 "An Act in relation to the abolition of ad valorem
14 personal property tax and the replacement of revenues
15 lost thereby, and amending and repealing certain Acts and
16 parts of Acts in connection therewith", certified August
17 14, 1979, as amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
18 (d) "Foundation Level": A prescribed level of per
19 pupil financial support as provided for in subsection
20 (B).
21 (e) "Operating Tax Rate": All school district
22 property taxes extended for all purposes, except
23 community college educational purposes for the payment of
24 tuition under Section 6-1 of the Public Community College
25 Act, Bond and Interest, Summer School, Rent, Capital
26 Improvement, and Vocational Education Building purposes.
27 (B) Foundation Level.
28 (1) The Foundation Level is a figure established by the
29 State representing the minimum level of per pupil financial
30 support that should be available to provide for the basic
31 education of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance. As set
32 forth in this Section, each school district is assumed to
33 exert a sufficient local taxing effort such that, in
34 combination with the aggregate of general State financial aid
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1 provided the district, an aggregate of State and local
2 resources are available to meet the basic education needs of
3 pupils in the district.
4 (2) For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation Level
5 of support is $4,225. For the 1999-2000 school year, the
6 Foundation Level of support is $4,325. For the 2000-2001
7 school year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425.
8 (3) For the 2001-2002 school year and each school year
9 thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425 or such
10 greater amount as may be established by law by the General
11 Assembly.
12 (C) Average Daily Attendance.
13 (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid
14 pursuant to subsection (E), an Average Daily Attendance
15 figure shall be utilized. The Average Daily Attendance
16 figure for formula calculation purposes shall be the monthly
17 average of the actual number of pupils in attendance of each
18 school district, as further averaged for the best 3 months of
19 pupil attendance for each school district. In compiling the
20 figures for the number of pupils in attendance, school
21 districts and the State Board of Education shall, for
22 purposes of general State aid funding, conform attendance
23 figures to the requirements of subsection (F).
24 (2) The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
25 subsection (E) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
26 school year immediately preceding the school year for which
27 general State aid is being calculated.
28 (D) Available Local Resources.
29 (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid
30 pursuant to subsection (E), a representation of Available
31 Local Resources per pupil, as that term is defined and
32 determined in this subsection, shall be utilized. Available
33 Local Resources per pupil shall include a calculated dollar
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1 amount representing local school district revenues from local
2 property taxes and from Corporate Personal Property
3 Replacement Taxes, expressed on the basis of pupils in
4 Average Daily Attendance.
5 (2) In determining a school district's revenue from
6 local property taxes, the State Board of Education shall
7 utilize the equalized assessed valuation of all taxable
8 property of each school district as of September 30 of the
9 previous year. The equalized assessed valuation utilized
10 shall be obtained and determined as provided in subsection
11 (G).
12 (3) For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten
13 through 12, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be
14 calculated as the product of the applicable equalized
15 assessed valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%, and
16 divided by the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
17 For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten through
18 8, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be calculated
19 as the product of the applicable equalized assessed valuation
20 for the district multiplied by 2.30%, and divided by the
21 district's Average Daily Attendance figure. For school
22 districts maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax
23 revenues per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed
24 valuation of the district multiplied by 1.20%, and divided by
25 the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
26 (4) The Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes
27 paid to each school district during the calendar year 2 years
28 before the calendar year in which a school year begins,
29 divided by the Average Daily Attendance figure for that
30 district, shall be added to the local property tax revenues
31 per pupil as derived by the application of the immediately
32 preceding paragraph (3). The sum of these per pupil figures
33 for each school district shall constitute Available Local
34 Resources as that term is utilized in subsection (E) in the
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1 calculation of general State aid.
2 (E) Computation of General State Aid.
3 (1) For each school year, the amount of general State
4 aid allotted to a school district shall be computed by the
5 State Board of Education as provided in this subsection.
6 (2) For any school district for which Available Local
7 Resources per pupil is less than the product of 0.93 times
8 the Foundation Level, general State aid for that district
9 shall be calculated as an amount equal to the Foundation
10 Level minus Available Local Resources, multiplied by the
11 Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
12 (3) For any school district for which Available Local
13 Resources per pupil is equal to or greater than the product
14 of 0.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the product
15 of 1.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
16 pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the Foundation Level
17 derived using a linear algorithm. Under this linear
18 algorithm, the calculated general State aid per pupil shall
19 decline in direct linear fashion from 0.07 times the
20 Foundation Level for a school district with Available Local
21 Resources equal to the product of 0.93 times the Foundation
22 Level, to 0.05 times the Foundation Level for a school
23 district with Available Local Resources equal to the product
24 of 1.75 times the Foundation Level. The allocation of
25 general State aid for school districts subject to this
26 paragraph 3 shall be the calculated general State aid per
27 pupil figure multiplied by the Average Daily Attendance of
28 the school district.
29 (4) For any school district for which Available Local
30 Resources per pupil equals or exceeds the product of 1.75
31 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid for the
32 school district shall be calculated as the product of $218
33 multiplied by the Average Daily Attendance of the school
34 district.
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1 (F) Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
2 (1) Each school district shall, by July 1 of each year,
3 submit to the State Board of Education, on forms prescribed
4 by the State Board of Education, attendance figures for the
5 school year that began in the preceding calendar year. The
6 attendance information so transmitted shall identify the
7 average daily attendance figures for each month of the school
8 year, except that any days of attendance in August shall be
9 added to the month of September and any days of attendance in
10 June shall be added to the month of May.
11 Except as otherwise provided in this Section, days of
12 attendance by pupils shall be counted only for sessions of
13 not less than 5 clock hours of school work per day under
14 direct supervision of: (i) teachers, or (ii) non-teaching
15 personnel or volunteer personnel when engaging in
16 non-teaching duties and supervising in those instances
17 specified in subsection (a) of Section 10-22.34 and paragraph
18 10 of Section 34-18, with pupils of legal school age and in
19 kindergarten and grades 1 through 12.
20 Days of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited
21 only to the districts that pay the tuition to a recognized
22 school.
23 (2) Days of attendance by pupils of less than 5 clock
24 hours of school shall be subject to the following provisions
25 in the compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
26 (a) Pupils regularly enrolled in a public school
27 for only a part of the school day may be counted on the
28 basis of 1/6 day for every class hour of instruction of
29 40 minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment.
30 (b) Days of attendance may be less than 5 clock
31 hours on the opening and closing of the school term, and
32 upon the first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by a
33 day or days utilized as an institute or teachers'
34 workshop.
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1 (c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be
2 counted as a day of attendance upon certification by the
3 regional superintendent, and approved by the State
4 Superintendent of Education to the extent that the
5 district has been forced to use daily multiple sessions.
6 (d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be
7 counted as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder of
8 the school day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that
9 day is utilized for an in-service training program for
10 teachers, up to a maximum of 5 days per school year of
11 which a maximum of 4 days of such 5 days may be used for
12 parent-teacher conferences, provided a district conducts
13 an in-service training program for teachers which has
14 been approved by the State Superintendent of Education;
15 or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be used, in
16 which event each such day may be counted as a day of
17 attendance; and (2) when days in addition to those
18 provided in item (1) are scheduled by a school pursuant
19 to its school improvement plan adopted under Article 34
20 or its revised or amended school improvement plan adopted
21 under Article 2, provided that (i) such sessions of 3 or
22 more clock hours are scheduled to occur at regular
23 intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in which
24 such sessions occur are utilized for in-service training
25 programs or other staff development activities for
26 teachers, and (iii) a sufficient number of minutes of
27 school work under the direct supervision of teachers are
28 added to the school days between such regularly scheduled
29 sessions to accumulate not less than the number of
30 minutes by which such sessions of 3 or more clock hours
31 fall short of 5 clock hours. Any full days used for the
32 purposes of this paragraph shall not be considered for
33 computing average daily attendance. Days scheduled for
34 in-service training programs, staff development
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1 activities, or parent-teacher conferences may be
2 scheduled separately for different grade levels and
3 different attendance centers of the district.
4 (e) A session of not less than one clock hour
5 teaching of hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or
6 by telephone to the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day
7 of attendance, however these pupils must receive 4 or
8 more clock hours of instruction to be counted for a full
9 day of attendance.
10 (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be
11 counted as a day of attendance for first grade pupils,
12 and pupils in full day kindergartens, and a session of 2
13 or more hours may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by
14 pupils in kindergartens which provide only 1/2 day of
15 attendance.
16 (g) For children with disabilities who are below
17 the age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock
18 hours because of their disability or immaturity, a
19 session of not less than one clock hour may be counted as
20 1/2 day of attendance; however for such children whose
21 educational needs so require a session of 4 or more clock
22 hours may be counted as a full day of attendance.
23 (h) A recognized kindergarten which provides for
24 only 1/2 day of attendance by each pupil shall not have
25 more than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any 1 day.
26 However, kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance
27 in any 5 consecutive school days. When a pupil attends
28 such a kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school
29 day, the pupil shall have the following day as a day
30 absent from school, unless the school district obtains
31 permission in writing from the State Superintendent of
32 Education. Attendance at kindergartens which provide for
33 a full day of attendance by each pupil shall be counted
34 the same as attendance by first grade pupils. Only the
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1 first year of attendance in one kindergarten shall be
2 counted, except in case of children who entered the
3 kindergarten in their fifth year whose educational
4 development requires a second year of kindergarten as
5 determined under the rules and regulations of the State
6 Board of Education.
7 (G) Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
8 (1) For purposes of the calculation of Available Local
9 Resources required pursuant to subsection (D), the State
10 Board of Education shall secure from the Department of
11 Revenue the value as equalized or assessed by the Department
12 of Revenue of all taxable property of every school district
13 together with the applicable tax rate used in extending taxes
14 for the funds of the district as of September 30 of the
15 previous year.
16 This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
17 the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
18 calculation of Available Local Resources.
19 (2) The equalized assessed valuation in paragraph (1)
20 shall be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
21 (a) For the purposes of calculating State aid under
22 this Section, with respect to any part of a school
23 district within a redevelopment project area in respect
24 to which a municipality has adopted tax increment
25 allocation financing pursuant to the Tax Increment
26 Allocation Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through
27 11-74.4-11 of the Illinois Municipal Code or the
28 Industrial Jobs Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through
29 11-74.6-50 of the Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the
30 current equalized assessed valuation of real property
31 located in any such project area which is attributable to
32 an increase above the total initial equalized assessed
33 valuation of such property shall be used as part of the
34 equalized assessed valuation of the district, until such
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1 time as all redevelopment project costs have been paid,
2 as provided in Section 11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment
3 Allocation Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of
4 the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose of the
5 equalized assessed valuation of the district, the total
6 initial equalized assessed valuation or the current
7 equalized assessed valuation, whichever is lower, shall
8 be used until such time as all redevelopment project
9 costs have been paid.
10 (b) The real property equalized assessed valuation
11 for a school district shall be adjusted by subtracting
12 from the real property value as equalized or assessed by
13 the Department of Revenue for the district an amount
14 computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
15 under Section 18-170 of the Property Tax Code by 3.00%
16 for a district maintaining grades kindergarten through 12
17 or by 2.30% for a district maintaining grades
18 kindergarten through 8, or by 1.20% for a district
19 maintaining grades 9 through 12 and adjusted by an amount
20 computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
21 under subsection (a) of Section 18-165 of the Property
22 Tax Code by the same percentage rates for district type
23 as specified in this subparagraph (c).
24 (H) Supplemental General State Aid.
25 (1) In addition to the general State aid a school
26 district is allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying
27 school districts shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction
28 with a district's payments of general State aid, for
29 supplemental general State aid based upon the concentration
30 level of children from low-income households within the
31 school district. Supplemental State aid grants provided for
32 school districts under this subsection shall be appropriated
33 for distribution to school districts as part of the same line
34 item in which the general State financial aid of school
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1 districts is appropriated under this Section. For purposes of
2 this subsection, the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
3 shall be the number of pupils who are eligible to receive
4 free or reduced-price lunches or breakfasts under the federal
5 Child Nutrition Act of 1996 and under the National School
6 Lunch Act during the school year immediately preceding the
7 school year for which the supplemental general State aid is
8 being calculated low-income eligible pupil count from the
9 most recently available federal census divided by the Average
10 Daily Attendance of the school district.
11 (2) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
12 subsection shall be provided as follows:
13 (a) For any school district with a Low Income
14 Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%,
15 the grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by
16 the free or reduced-price lunch or breakfast low income
17 eligible pupil count.
18 (b) For any school district with a Low Income
19 Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%,
20 the grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall be $1,100
21 multiplied by the free or reduced-price lunch or
22 breakfast low income eligible pupil count.
23 (c) For any school district with a Low Income
24 Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%,
25 the grant for the 1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
26 multiplied by the free or reduced-price lunch or
27 breakfast low income eligible pupil count.
28 (d) For any school district with a Low Income
29 Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for the
30 1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the
31 free or reduced-price lunch or breakfast low income
32 eligible pupil count.
33 (e) For the 1999-2000 school year, the per pupil
34 amount specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d),
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1 immediately above shall be increased by $100 to $1,200,
2 $1,600, and $2,000, respectively.
3 (f) For the 2000-2001 school year, the per pupil
4 amounts specified in subparagraphs (b), (c) and (d)
5 immediately above shall be increased to $1,230, $1,640,
6 and $2,050, respectively.
7 (3) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
8 more than 1,000 and less than 50,000 that qualify for
9 supplemental general State aid pursuant to this subsection
10 shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
11 October 30 of each year for the use of the funds resulting
12 from this grant of supplemental general State aid for the
13 improvement of instruction in which priority is given to
14 meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children. Such
15 plan shall be submitted in accordance with rules and
16 regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
17 (4) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
18 50,000 or more that qualify for supplemental general State
19 aid pursuant to this subsection shall be required to
20 distribute from funds available pursuant to this Section, no
21 less than $261,000,000 in accordance with the following
22 requirements:
23 (a) The required amounts shall be distributed to
24 the attendance centers within the district in proportion
25 to the number of pupils enrolled at each attendance
26 center who are eligible to receive free or reduced-price
27 lunches or breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition
28 Act of 1966 and under the National School Lunch Act
29 during the immediately preceding school year.
30 (b) The distribution of these portions of
31 supplemental and general State aid among attendance
32 centers according to these requirements shall not be
33 compensated for or contravened by adjustments of the
34 total of other funds appropriated to any attendance
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1 centers, and the Board of Education shall utilize funding
2 from one or several sources in order to fully implement
3 this provision annually prior to the opening of school.
4 (c) Each attendance center shall be provided by the
5 school district a distribution of noncategorical funds
6 and other categorical funds to which an attendance center
7 is entitled under law in order that the general State aid
8 and supplemental general State aid provided by
9 application of this subsection supplements rather than
10 supplants the noncategorical funds and other categorical
11 funds provided by the school district to the attendance
12 centers.
13 (d) Any funds made available under this subsection
14 that by reason of the provisions of this subsection are
15 not required to be allocated and provided to attendance
16 centers may be used and appropriated by the board of the
17 district for any lawful school purpose.
18 (e) Funds received by an attendance center pursuant
19 to this subsection shall be used by the attendance center
20 at the discretion of the principal and local school
21 council for programs to improve educational opportunities
22 at qualifying schools through the following programs and
23 services: early childhood education, reduced class size
24 or improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
25 programs, remedial assistance, attendance improvement and
26 other educationally beneficial expenditures which
27 supplement the regular and basic programs as determined
28 by the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall
29 not be expended for any political or lobbying purposes as
30 defined by board rule.
31 (f) Each district subject to the provisions of this
32 subdivision (H)(4) shall submit an acceptable plan to
33 meet the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
34 compliance with the requirements of this paragraph, to
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1 the State Board of Education prior to July 15 of each
2 year. This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of
3 local school councils concerning the school expenditure
4 plans developed in accordance with part 4 of Section
5 34-2.3. The State Board shall approve or reject the plan
6 within 60 days after its submission. If the plan is
7 rejected, the district shall give written notice of
8 intent to modify the plan within 15 days of the
9 notification of rejection and then submit a modified plan
10 within 30 days after the date of the written notice of
11 intent to modify. Districts may amend approved plans
12 pursuant to rules promulgated by the State Board of
13 Education.
14 Upon notification by the State Board of Education
15 that the district has not submitted a plan prior to July
16 15 or a modified plan within the time period specified
17 herein, the State aid funds affected by that plan or
18 modified plan shall be withheld by the State Board of
19 Education until a plan or modified plan is submitted.
20 If the district fails to distribute State aid to
21 attendance centers in accordance with an approved plan,
22 the plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
23 addition to the funds otherwise required by this
24 subsection, to those attendance centers which were
25 underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal to
26 such underfunding.
27 For purposes of determining compliance with this
28 subsection in relation to the requirements of attendance
29 center funding, each district subject to the provisions
30 of this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
31 December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data for
32 the prior year in addition to any modification of its
33 current plan. If it is determined that there has been a
34 failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
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1 subsection regarding contravention or supplanting, the
2 State Superintendent of Education shall, within 60 days
3 of receipt of the report, notify the district and any
4 affected local school council. The district shall within
5 45 days of receipt of that notification inform the State
6 Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
7 action to be taken, whether by amendment of the current
8 plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the
9 following year. Failure to provide the expenditure
10 report or the notification of remedial or corrective
11 action in a timely manner shall result in a withholding
12 of the affected funds.
13 The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules
14 and regulations to implement the provisions of this
15 subsection. No funds shall be released under this
16 subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted
17 a plan that has been approved by the State Board of
18 Education.
19 (I) General State Aid for Newly Configured School Districts.
20 (1) For a new school district formed by combining
21 property included totally within 2 or more previously
22 existing school districts, for its first year of existence
23 the general State aid and supplemental general State aid
24 calculated under this Section shall be computed for the new
25 district and for the previously existing districts for which
26 property is totally included within the new district. If the
27 computation on the basis of the previously existing districts
28 is greater, a supplementary payment equal to the difference
29 shall be made for the first 4 years of existence of the new
30 district.
31 (2) For a school district which annexes all of the
32 territory of one or more entire other school districts, for
33 the first year during which the change of boundaries
34 attributable to such annexation becomes effective for all
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1 purposes as determined under Section 7-9 or 7A-8, the general
2 State aid and supplemental general State aid calculated under
3 this Section shall be computed for the annexing district as
4 constituted after the annexation and for the annexing and
5 each annexed district as constituted prior to the annexation;
6 and if the computation on the basis of the annexing and
7 annexed districts as constituted prior to the annexation is
8 greater, a supplementary payment equal to the difference
9 shall be made for the first 4 years of existence of the
10 annexing school district as constituted upon such annexation.
11 (3) For 2 or more school districts which annex all of
12 the territory of one or more entire other school districts,
13 and for 2 or more community unit districts which result upon
14 the division (pursuant to petition under Section 11A-2) of
15 one or more other unit school districts into 2 or more parts
16 and which together include all of the parts into which such
17 other unit school district or districts are so divided, for
18 the first year during which the change of boundaries
19 attributable to such annexation or division becomes effective
20 for all purposes as determined under Section 7-9 or 11A-10,
21 as the case may be, the general State aid and supplemental
22 general State aid calculated under this Section shall be
23 computed for each annexing or resulting district as
24 constituted after the annexation or division and for each
25 annexing and annexed district, or for each resulting and
26 divided district, as constituted prior to the annexation or
27 division; and if the aggregate of the general State aid and
28 supplemental general State aid as so computed for the
29 annexing or resulting districts as constituted after the
30 annexation or division is less than the aggregate of the
31 general State aid and supplemental general State aid as so
32 computed for the annexing and annexed districts, or for the
33 resulting and divided districts, as constituted prior to the
34 annexation or division, then a supplementary payment equal to
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1 the difference shall be made and allocated between or among
2 the annexing or resulting districts, as constituted upon such
3 annexation or division, for the first 4 years of their
4 existence. The total difference payment shall be allocated
5 between or among the annexing or resulting districts in the
6 same ratio as the pupil enrollment from that portion of the
7 annexed or divided district or districts which is annexed to
8 or included in each such annexing or resulting district bears
9 to the total pupil enrollment from the entire annexed or
10 divided district or districts, as such pupil enrollment is
11 determined for the school year last ending prior to the date
12 when the change of boundaries attributable to the annexation
13 or division becomes effective for all purposes. The amount
14 of the total difference payment and the amount thereof to be
15 allocated to the annexing or resulting districts shall be
16 computed by the State Board of Education on the basis of
17 pupil enrollment and other data which shall be certified to
18 the State Board of Education, on forms which it shall provide
19 for that purpose, by the regional superintendent of schools
20 for each educational service region in which the annexing and
21 annexed districts, or resulting and divided districts are
22 located.
23 (4) Any supplementary payment made under this subsection
24 (I) shall be treated as separate from all other payments made
25 pursuant to this Section.
26 (J) Supplementary Grants in Aid.
27 (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
28 Section, the amount of the aggregate general State aid in
29 combination with supplemental general State aid under this
30 Section for which each school district is eligible for the
31 1998-1999 school year shall be no less than the amount of the
32 aggregate general State aid entitlement that was received by
33 the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of amounts
34 received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that Section)
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1 for the 1997-98 school year, pursuant to the provisions of
2 that Section as it was then in effect. If a school district
3 qualifies to receive a supplementary payment made under this
4 subsection (J) for the 1998-1999 school year, the amount of
5 the aggregate general State aid in combination with
6 supplemental general State aid under this Section which that
7 district is eligible to receive for each school year
8 subsequent to the 1998-1999 school year shall be no less than
9 the amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement
10 that was received by the district under Section 18-8
11 (exclusive of amounts received under subsections 5(p) and
12 5(p-5) of that Section) for the 1997-1998 school year,
13 pursuant to the provisions of that Section as it was then in
14 effect.
15 (2) If, as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection
16 (J), a school district is to receive aggregate general State
17 aid in combination with supplemental general State aid under
18 this Section for the 1998-99 school year, or for the 1998-99
19 school year and any subsequent school year, that in any such
20 school year is less than the amount of the aggregate general
21 State aid entitlement that the district received for the
22 1997-98 school year, the school district shall also receive,
23 from a separate appropriation made for purposes of this
24 subsection (J), a supplementary payment that is equal to the
25 amount of the difference in the aggregate State aid figures
26 as described in paragraph (1).
27 (3) If the amount appropriated for supplementary
28 payments to school districts under this subsection (J) is
29 insufficient for that purpose, the supplementary payments
30 that districts are to receive under this subsection shall be
31 prorated according to the aggregate amount of the
32 appropriation made for purposes of this subsection.
33 (K) Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
34 In calculating the amount to be paid to the governing
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1 board of a public university that operates a laboratory
2 school under this Section or to any alternative school that
3 is operated by a regional superintendent, the State Board of
4 Education shall require by rule such reporting requirements
5 as it deems necessary.
6 As used in this Section, "laboratory school" means a
7 public school which is created and operated by a public
8 university and approved by the State Board of Education. The
9 governing board of a public university which receives funds
10 from the State Board under this subsection (K) may not
11 increase the number of students enrolled in its laboratory
12 school from a single district, if that district is already
13 sending 50 or more students, except under a mutual agreement
14 between the school board of a student's district of residence
15 and the university which operates the laboratory school. A
16 laboratory school may not have more than 1,000 students,
17 excluding students with disabilities in a special education
18 program.
19 As used in this Section, "alternative school" means a
20 public school which is created and operated by a Regional
21 Superintendent of Schools and approved by the State Board of
22 Education. Such alternative schools may offer courses of
23 instruction for which credit is given in regular school
24 programs, courses to prepare students for the high school
25 equivalency testing program or vocational and occupational
26 training.
27 Each laboratory and alternative school shall file, on
28 forms provided by the State Superintendent of Education, an
29 annual State aid claim which states the Average Daily
30 Attendance of the school's students by month. The best 3
31 months' Average Daily Attendance shall be computed for each
32 school. The general State aid entitlement shall be computed
33 by multiplying the applicable Average Daily Attendance by the
34 Foundation Level as determined under this Section.
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1 (L) Payments, Additional Grants in Aid and Other
2 Requirements.
3 (1) For a school district operating under the financial
4 supervision of an Authority created under Article 34A, the
5 general State aid otherwise payable to that district under
6 this Section, but not the supplemental general State aid,
7 shall be reduced by an amount equal to the budget for the
8 operations of the Authority as certified by the Authority to
9 the State Board of Education, and an amount equal to such
10 reduction shall be paid to the Authority created for such
11 district for its operating expenses in the manner provided in
12 Section 18-11. The remainder of general State school aid for
13 any such district shall be paid in accordance with Article
14 34A when that Article provides for a disposition other than
15 that provided by this Article.
16 (2) Impaction. Impaction payments shall be made as
17 provided for in Section 18-4.2.
18 (3) Summer school. Summer school payments shall be made
19 as provided in Section 18-4.3.
20 (M) Education Funding Advisory Board.
21 The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
22 subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created.
23 The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
24 Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
25 The members appointed shall include representatives of
26 education, business, and the general public. One of the
27 members so appointed shall be designated by the Governor at
28 the time the appointment is made as the chairperson of the
29 Board. The initial members of the Board may be appointed any
30 time after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
31 The regular term of each member of the Board shall be for 4
32 years from the third Monday of January of the year in which
33 the term of the member's appointment is to commence, except
34 that of the 5 initial members appointed to serve on the
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1 Board, the member who is appointed as the chairperson shall
2 serve for a term that commences on the date of his or her
3 appointment and expires on the third Monday of January, 2002,
4 and the remaining 4 members, by lots drawn at the first
5 meeting of the Board that is held after all 5 members are
6 appointed, shall determine 2 of their number to serve for
7 terms that commence on the date of their respective
8 appointments and expire on the third Monday of January, 2001,
9 and 2 of their number to serve for terms that commence on the
10 date of their respective appointments and expire on the third
11 Monday of January, 2000. All members appointed to serve on
12 the Board shall serve until their respective successors are
13 appointed and confirmed. Vacancies shall be filled in the
14 same manner as original appointments. If a vacancy in
15 membership occurs at a time when the Senate is not in
16 session, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment
17 until the next meeting of the Senate, when he or she shall
18 appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a
19 person to fill that membership for the unexpired term. If
20 the Senate is not in session when the initial appointments
21 are made, those appointments shall be made as in the case of
22 vacancies.
23 The Education Funding Advisory Board shall be deemed
24 established, and the initial members appointed by the
25 Governor to serve as members of the Board shall take office,
26 on the date that the Governor makes his or her appointment of
27 the fifth initial member of the Board, whether those initial
28 members are then serving pursuant to appointment and
29 confirmation or pursuant to temporary appointments that are
30 made by the Governor as in the case of vacancies.
31 The State Board of Education shall provide such staff
32 assistance to the Education Funding Advisory Board as is
33 reasonably required for the proper performance by the Board
34 of its responsibilities.
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1 For school years after the 2000-2001 school year, the
2 Education Funding Advisory Board, in consultation with the
3 State Board of Education, shall make recommendations as
4 provided in this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for
5 the foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section
6 and for the supplemental general State aid grant level under
7 subsection (H) of this Section for districts with high
8 concentrations of children from poverty. The recommended
9 foundation level shall be determined based on a methodology
10 which incorporates the basic education expenditures of
11 low-spending schools exhibiting high academic performance.
12 The Education Funding Advisory Board shall make such
13 recommendations to the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
14 numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.
15 (N) General State Aid Adjustment Grant.
16 (1) Any school district subject to property tax
17 extension limitations as imposed under the provisions of the
18 Property Tax Extension Limitation Law shall be entitled to
19 receive, subject to the qualifications and requirements of
20 this subsection, a general State aid adjustment grant.
21 Eligibility for this grant shall be determined on an annual
22 basis and claims for grant payments shall be paid subject to
23 appropriations made specific to this subsection. For
24 purposes of this subsection the following terms shall have
25 the following meanings:
26 "Budget Year": The school year for which general State
27 aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
28 "Current Year": The school year immediately preceding
29 the Budget Year.
30 "Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used to
31 calculate the Budget Year allocation of general State aid.
32 "Preceding Tax Year": The property tax levy year
33 immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
34 "Extension Limitation Ratio": A numerical ratio,
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1 certified by a school district's County Clerk, in which the
2 numerator is the Base Tax Year's tax extension amount
3 resulting from the Operating Tax Rate and the denominator is
4 the Preceding Tax Year's tax extension amount resulting from
5 the Operating Tax Rate.
6 "Operating Tax Rate": The operating tax rate as defined
7 in subsection (A).
8 (2) To qualify for a general State aid adjustment grant,
9 a school district must meet all of the following eligibility
10 criteria for each Budget Year for which a grant is claimed:
11 (a) The Operating Tax Rate of the school district
12 in the Preceding Tax Year was at least 3.00% in the case
13 of a school district maintaining grades kindergarten
14 through 12, at least 2.30% in the case of a school
15 district maintaining grades kindergarten through 8, or at
16 least 1.41% in the case of a school district maintaining
17 grades 9 through 12.
18 (b) The Operating Tax Rate of the school district
19 for the Base Tax Year was reduced by the Clerk of the
20 County as a result of the requirements of the Property
21 Tax Extension Limitation Law.
22 (c) The Available Local Resources per pupil of the
23 school district as calculated pursuant to subsection (D)
24 using the Base Tax Year are less than the product of 1.75
25 times the Foundation Level for the Budget Year.
26 (d) The school district has filed a proper and
27 timely claim for a general State aid adjustment grant as
28 required under this subsection.
29 (3) A claim for grant assistance under this subsection
30 shall be filed with the State Board of Education on or before
31 January 1 of the Current Year for a grant for the Budget
32 Year. The claim shall be made on forms prescribed by the
33 State Board of Education and must be accompanied by a written
34 statement from the Clerk of the County, certifying:
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1 (a) That the school district has its extension for
2 the Base Tax Year reduced as a result of the Property Tax
3 Extension Limitation Law.
4 (b) That the Operating Tax Rate of the school
5 district for the Preceding Tax Year met the tax rate
6 requirements of subdivision (N)(2) of this Section.
7 (c) The Extension Limitation Ratio as that term is
8 defined in this subsection.
9 (4) On or before August 1 of the Budget Year the State
10 Board of Education shall calculate, for all school districts
11 meeting the other requirements of this subsection, the amount
12 of the general State aid adjustment grant, if any, that the
13 school districts are eligible to receive in the Budget Year.
14 The amount of the general State aid adjustment grant shall be
15 calculated as follows:
16 (a) Determine the school district's general State
17 aid grant for the Budget Year as provided in accordance
18 with the provisions of subsection (E).
19 (b) Determine the school district's adjusted level
20 of general State aid by utilizing in the calculation of
21 Available Local Resources an equalized assessed valuation
22 that is the equalized assessed valuation of the Preceding
23 Tax Year multiplied by the Extension Limitation Ratio.
24 (c) Subtract the sum derived in subparagraph (a)
25 from the sum derived in subparagraph (b). If the result
26 is a positive number, that amount shall be the general
27 State aid adjustment grant that the district is eligible
28 to receive.
29 (5) The State Board of Education shall in the Current
30 Year, based upon claims filed in the Current Year, recommend
31 to the General Assembly an appropriation amount for the
32 general State aid adjustment grants to be made in the Budget
33 Year.
34 (6) Claims for general State aid adjustment grants shall
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1 be paid in a lump sum on or before January 1 of the Budget
2 Year only from appropriations made by the General Assembly
3 expressly for claims under this subsection. No such claims
4 may be paid from amounts appropriated for any other purpose
5 provided for under this Section. In the event that the
6 appropriation for claims under this subsection is
7 insufficient to meet all Budget Year claims for a general
8 State aid adjustment grant, the appropriation available shall
9 be proportionately prorated by the State Board of Education
10 amongst all districts filing for and entitled to payments.
11 (7) The State Board of Education shall promulgate the
12 required claim forms and rules necessary to implement the
13 provisions of this subsection.
14 (O) References.
15 (1) References in other laws to the various subdivisions
16 of Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
17 replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer
18 to the corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to
19 the extent that those references remain applicable.
20 (2) References in other laws to State Chapter 1 funds
21 shall be deemed to refer to the supplemental general State
22 aid provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
23 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 7-1-98.)
24 Section 10. The School Construction Law is amended by
25 changing Section 5-25 as follows:
26 (105 ILCS 230/5-25)
27 Sec. 5-25. Eligibility and project standards.
28 (a) The State Board of Education shall establish
29 eligibility standards for school construction project grants
30 and debt service grants. These standards shall include
31 minimum enrollment requirements for eligibility for school
32 construction project grants of 200 students for elementary
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1 districts, 200 students for high school districts, and 400
2 students for unit districts. The State Board of Education
3 shall approve a district's eligibility for a school
4 construction project grant or a debt service grant pursuant
5 to the established standards.
6 (b) The Capital Development Board shall establish
7 project standards for all school construction project grants
8 provided pursuant to this Article. These standards shall
9 include space and capacity standards as well as the
10 determination of recognized project costs that shall be
11 eligible for State financial assistance and enrichment costs
12 that shall not be eligible for State financial assistance.
13 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
14 Section 15. The General State Aid Continuing
15 Appropriation Law is amended by changing Sections 15-5,
16 15-10, 15-15, and 15-20 as follows:
17 (105 ILCS 235/15-5)
18 Sec. 15-5. Short title. This Article may be cited as
19 the General State Aid Continuing Appropriation Law.
20 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 12-4-97.)
21 (105 ILCS 235/15-10)
22 Sec. 15-10. Annual budget; recommendation. The Governor
23 shall include a Common School Fund recommendation to the
24 State Board of Education in the fiscal year 1999 through 2001
25 annual Budgets sufficient to fund (i) the General State Aid
26 Formula set forth in subsection (E) (Computation of General
27 State Aid) and subsection (H) (Supplemental General State
28 Aid) of Section 18-8.05 of the School Code and (ii) the
29 supplementary payments for school districts set forth in
30 subsection (J) (Supplementary Grants in Aid) of Section
31 18-8.05 of the School Code.
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1 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 12-4-97.)
2 (105 ILCS 235/15-15)
3 Sec. 15-15. General State Aid Formula; Funding. The
4 General Assembly shall annually make Common School Fund
5 appropriations to the State Board of Education in fiscal
6 years 1999 through 2001 sufficient to fund (i) the General
7 State Aid Formula set forth in subsection (E) (Computation of
8 General State Aid) and subsection (H) (Supplemental General
9 State Aid) of Section 18-8.05 of the School Code and (ii) the
10 supplementary payments for school districts set forth in
11 subsection (J) (Supplementary Grants in Aid) of Section
12 18-8.05 of the School Code.
13 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 12-4-97.)
14 (105 ILCS 235/15-20)
15 Sec. 15-20. Continuing appropriation. If the General
16 Assembly fails to make Common School Fund appropriations to
17 the State Board of Education in fiscal years 1999 through
18 2001 sufficient to fund (i) the General State Aid Formula set
19 forth in subsection (E) (Computation of General State Aid)
20 and subsection (H) (Supplemental General State Aid) of
21 Section 18-8.05 of the School Code and (ii) the supplementary
22 payments for school districts set forth in subsection (J)
23 (Supplementary Grants in Aid) of Section 18-8.05 of the
24 School Code, this Article shall constitute an irrevocable and
25 continuing appropriation from the Common School Fund of all
26 amounts necessary for those purposes that purpose.
27 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 12-4-97.)
28 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
29 becoming law, except the changes to Sections 2-3.51, 17-1.5,
30 and 18-8.05 of the School Code take effect July 1, 1998.
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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3 105 ILCS 5/2-3.51 from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.51
4 105 ILCS 5/17-1.5
5 105 ILCS 5/18-8.05
6 105 ILCS 230/5-25
7 105 ILCS 235/15-5
8 105 ILCS 235/15-10
9 105 ILCS 235/15-15
10 105 ILCS 235/15-20