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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1599
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 1599 on page 1, by
3 replacing lines 1 and 2 with the following:
4 "AN ACT relating to education."; and
5 on page 1, line 6, by replacing "Section 2-3.17a" with
6 "Sections 2-3.17a, 2-3.66, 10-22.20, 13A-8, and 18-8.05"; and
7 on page 3, below line 30, by inserting the following:
8 "(105 ILCS 5/2-3.66) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.66)
9 Sec. 2-3.66. Truants' alternative and optional education
10 programs. To establish pilot projects to offer modified
11 instructional programs or other services designed to prevent
12 students from dropping out of school, including programs
13 pursuant to Section 2-3.41, and to serve as a part time or
14 full time option in lieu of regular school attendance and to
15 award grants to local school districts, educational service
16 regions or community college districts from appropriated
17 funds to assist districts in establishing such projects. The
18 education agency may operate its own program or enter into a
19 contract with another not-for-profit entity to implement the
20 program. The pilot projects shall allow dropouts, up to and
21 including age 21, potential dropouts, including truants,
22 uninvolved, unmotivated and disaffected students, as defined
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1 by State Board of Education rules and regulations, to enroll,
2 as an alternative to regular school attendance, in an
3 optional education program which may be established by school
4 board policy and is in conformance with rules adopted by the
5 State Board of Education. Truants' Alternative and Optional
6 Education programs funded pursuant to this Section shall be
7 planned by a student, the student's parents or legal
8 guardians, unless the student is 18 years or older, and
9 school officials and shall culminate in an individualized
10 optional education plan. Such plan shall focus on academic
11 or vocational skills, or both, and may include, but not be
12 limited to, evening school, summer school, community college
13 courses, adult education, preparation courses for the high
14 school level test of General Educational Development,
15 vocational training, work experience, programs to enhance
16 self concept and parenting courses. School districts which
17 are awarded grants pursuant to this Section shall be
18 authorized to provide day care services to children of
19 students who are eligible and desire to enroll in programs
20 established and funded under this Section, but only if and to
21 the extent that such day care is necessary to enable those
22 eligible students to attend and participate in the programs
23 and courses which are conducted pursuant to this Section.
24 The Board shall report on the status of the pilot projects
25 pursuant to Section 1A-4. School districts and regional
26 offices of education may claim general State aid under
27 Section 18-8.05 for students enrolled in truants' alternative
28 and optional education programs, provided that such students
29 are receiving services that are supplemental to a program
30 leading to a high school diploma and are otherwise eligible
31 to be claimed for general State aid under Section 18-8.05.
32 (Source: P.A. 86-339.)
33 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.20) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.20)
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1 Sec. 10-22.20. Classes for adults and youths whose
2 schooling has been interrupted; Conditions for State
3 reimbursement; Use of child care facilities.
4 (a) To establish special classes for the instruction (1)
5 of persons of age 21 years or over, and (2) of persons less
6 than age 21 and not otherwise in attendance in public school,
7 for the purpose of providing adults in the community, and
8 youths whose schooling has been interrupted, with such
9 additional basic education, vocational skill training, and
10 other instruction as may be necessary to increase their
11 qualifications for employment or other means of self-support
12 and their ability to meet their responsibilities as citizens
13 including courses of instruction regularly accepted for
14 graduation from elementary or high schools and for
15 Americanization and General Educational Development Review
16 classes.
17 The board shall pay the necessary expenses of such
18 classes out of school funds of the district, including costs
19 of student transportation and such facilities or provision
20 for child-care as may be necessary in the judgment of the
21 board to permit maximum utilization of the courses by
22 students with children, and other special needs of the
23 students directly related to such instruction. The expenses
24 thus incurred shall be subject to State reimbursement, as
25 provided in this Section. The board may make a tuition
26 charge for persons taking instruction who are not subject to
27 State reimbursement, such tuition charge not to exceed the
28 per capita cost of such classes.
29 The cost of such instruction, including the additional
30 expenses herein authorized, incurred for recipients of
31 financial aid under the Illinois Public Aid Code, or for
32 persons for whom education and training aid has been
33 authorized under Section 9-8 of that Code, shall be assumed
34 in its entirety from funds appropriated by the State to the
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1 State Board of Education.
2 (b) The State Board of Education and the Illinois
3 Community College Board shall annually enter into an
4 interagency agreement to implement this Section. The
5 interagency agreement shall establish the standards for the
6 courses of instruction reimbursed under this Section. The
7 State Board of Education shall supervise the administration
8 of the programs. The State Board of Education shall
9 determine the cost of instruction in accordance with
10 standards jointly established by the State Board of Education
11 and the Illinois Community College Board as set forth in the
12 interagency agreement, including therein other incidental
13 costs as herein authorized, which shall serve as the basis of
14 State reimbursement in accordance with the provisions of
15 this Section. In the approval of programs and the
16 determination of the cost of instruction, the State Board of
17 Education shall provide for the maximum utilization of
18 federal funds for such programs. The interagency agreement
19 shall also include:
20 (1) the development of an index of need for program
21 planning and for area funding allocations as defined by
22 the State Board of Education;
23 (2) the method for calculating hours of
24 instruction, as defined by the State Board of Education,
25 claimable for reimbursement and a method to phase in the
26 calculation and for adjusting the calculations in cases
27 where the services of a program are interrupted due to
28 circumstances beyond the control of the program provider;
29 (3) a plan for the reallocation of funds to
30 increase the amount allocated for grants based upon
31 program performance as set forth in subsection (d) below;
32 and
33 (4) the development of standards for determining
34 grants based upon performance as set forth in subsection
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1 (d) below and a plan for the phased-in implementation of
2 those standards.
3 For instruction provided by school districts and
4 community college districts beginning July 1, 1996 and
5 thereafter, reimbursement provided by the State Board of
6 Education for classes authorized by this Section shall be
7 provided pursuant to the terms of the interagency agreement
8 from funds appropriated for the reimbursement criteria set
9 forth in subsection (c) below.
10 (c) Upon the annual approval of the interagency
11 agreement, reimbursement shall be first provided for
12 transportation, child care services, and other special needs
13 of the students directly related to instruction and then from
14 the funds remaining an amount equal to the product of the
15 total credit hours or units of instruction approved by the
16 State Board of Education, multiplied by the following:
17 (1) For adult basic education, the maximum
18 reimbursement per credit hour or per unit of instruction
19 shall be equal to the general state aid per pupil
20 foundation level established in subsections 5(a) through
21 5(d) of Section 18-8 or subsection (B) of Section
22 18-8.05, divided by 60;
23 (2) The maximum reimbursement per credit hour or
24 per unit of instruction in subparagraph (1) above shall
25 be weighted for students enrolled in classes defined as
26 vocational skills and approved by the State Board of
27 Education by 1.25;
28 (3) The maximum reimbursement per credit hour or
29 per unit of instruction in subparagraph (1) above shall
30 be multiplied by .90 for students enrolled in classes
31 defined as adult secondary education programs and
32 approved by the State Board of Education;
33 (4) For community college districts the maximum
34 reimbursement per credit hour in subparagraphs (1), (2),
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1 and (3) above shall be reduced by the Adult Basic
2 Education/Adult Secondary Education/English As A Second
3 Language credit hour grant rate prescribed in Section
4 2-16.02 of the Public Community College Act, as pro-rated
5 to the appropriation level; and
6 (5) Programs receiving funds under the formula that
7 was in effect during the 1994-1995 program year which
8 continue to be approved and which generate at least 80%
9 of the hours claimable in 1994-95, or in the case of
10 programs not approved in 1994-95 at least 80% of the
11 hours claimable in 1995-96, shall have funding for
12 subsequent years based upon 100% of the 1995-96 formula
13 funding level for 1996-97, 90% of the 1995-96 formula
14 funding level for 1997-98, 80% of the 1995-96 formula
15 funding level for 1998-99, and 70% of the 1995-96 formula
16 funding level for 1999-2000. For any approved program
17 which generates less than 80% of the claimable hours in
18 its base year, the level of funding pursuant to this
19 paragraph shall be reduced proportionately. Funding for
20 program years after 1999-2000 shall be pursuant to the
21 interagency agreement.
22 (d) Upon the annual approval of the interagency
23 agreement, the State Board of Education shall provide grants
24 to eligible programs for supplemental activities to improve
25 or expand services under the Adult Education Act. Eligible
26 programs shall be determined based upon performance outcomes
27 of students in the programs as set forth in the interagency
28 agreement.
29 (e) Reimbursement under this Section shall not exceed
30 the actual costs of the approved program.
31 If the amount appropriated to the State Board of
32 Education for reimbursement under this Section is less than
33 the amount required under this Act, the apportionment shall
34 be proportionately reduced.
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1 School districts and community college districts may
2 assess students up to $3.00 per credit hour, for classes
3 other than Adult Basic Education level programs, if needed to
4 meet program costs.
5 (f) An education plan shall be established for each
6 adult or youth whose schooling has been interrupted and who
7 is participating in the instructional programs provided under
8 this Section.
9 Each school board and community college shall keep an
10 accurate and detailed account of the students assigned to and
11 receiving instruction under this Section who are subject to
12 State reimbursement and shall submit reports of services
13 provided commencing with fiscal year 1997 as required in the
14 interagency agreement.
15 For classes authorized under this Section, a credit hour
16 or unit of instruction is equal to 15 hours of direct
17 instruction for students enrolled in approved adult education
18 programs at midterm and making satisfactory progress, in
19 accordance with standards jointly established by the State
20 Board of Education and the Illinois Community College Board
21 as set forth in the interagency agreement.
22 (g) Upon proof submitted to the Illinois Department of
23 Human Services of the payment of all claims submitted under
24 this Section, that Department shall apply for federal funds
25 made available therefor and any federal funds so received
26 shall be paid into the General Revenue Fund in the State
27 Treasury.
28 School districts or community colleges providing classes
29 under this Section shall submit applications to the State
30 Board of Education for preapproval in accordance with the
31 standards jointly established by the State Board of Education
32 and the Illinois Community College Board as set forth in the
33 interagency agreement. Payments shall be made by the State
34 Board of Education based upon approved programs. Interim
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1 expenditure reports may be required by the State Board of
2 Education as set forth in the interagency agreement. Final
3 claims for the school year shall be submitted to the regional
4 superintendents for transmittal to the State Board of
5 Education as set forth in the interagency agreement. Final
6 adjusted payments shall be made by September 30.
7 If a school district or community college district fails
8 to provide, or is providing unsatisfactory or insufficient
9 classes under this Section, the State Board of Education may
10 enter into agreements with public or private educational or
11 other agencies other than the public schools for the
12 establishment of such classes.
13 (h) If a school district or community college district
14 establishes child-care facilities for the children of
15 participants in classes established under this Section, it
16 may extend the use of these facilities to students who have
17 obtained employment and to other persons in the community
18 whose children require care and supervision while the parent
19 or other person in charge of the children is employed or
20 otherwise absent from the home during all or part of the day.
21 It may make the facilities available before and after as well
22 as during regular school hours to school age and preschool
23 age children who may benefit thereby, including children who
24 require care and supervision pending the return of their
25 parent or other person in charge of their care from
26 employment or other activity requiring absence from the home.
27 The State Board of Education shall pay to the board the
28 cost of care in the facilities for any child who is a
29 recipient of financial aid under The Illinois Public Aid
30 Code.
31 The board may charge for care of children for whom it
32 cannot make claim under the provisions of this Section. The
33 charge shall not exceed per capita cost, and to the extent
34 feasible, shall be fixed at a level which will permit
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1 utilization by employed parents of low or moderate income.
2 It may also permit any other State or local governmental
3 agency or private agency providing care for children to
4 purchase care.
5 After July 1, 1970 when the provisions of Section
6 10-20.20 become operative in the district, children in a
7 child-care facility shall be transferred to the kindergarten
8 established under that Section for such portion of the day as
9 may be required for the kindergarten program, and only the
10 prorated costs of care and training provided in the Center
11 for the remaining period shall be charged to the Illinois
12 Department of Human Services or other persons or agencies
13 paying for such care.
14 (i) The provisions of this Section shall also apply to
15 school districts having a population exceeding 500,000.
16 (j) In addition to claiming reimbursement under this
17 Section, a school district may claim general State aid under
18 Section 18-8.05 for any student under age 21 who is enrolled
19 in courses accepted for graduation from elementary or high
20 school and who otherwise meets the requirements of Section
21 18-8.05.
22 (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 89-524, eff. 7-19-96;
23 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
24 (105 ILCS 5/13A-8)
25 Sec. 13A-8. Funding.
26 (a) The State of Illinois shall provide new and
27 additional funding for the alternative school programs within
28 each educational service region and within the Chicago public
29 school system by line item appropriation made to the State
30 Board of Education for that purpose. This money, when
31 appropriated, shall be provided to the regional
32 superintendent and to the Chicago Board of Education, who
33 shall establish a budget, including salaries, for their
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1 alternative school programs all alternative schools in that
2 region. Each program shall receive funding in the amount of
3 $30,000 plus an amount based on the ratio of the region's or
4 Chicago's best 3 months' average daily attendance in grades
5 pre-kindergarten through 12 to the statewide totals of these
6 amounts. For purposes of this calculation, the best 3
7 months' average daily attendance for each region or Chicago
8 shall be calculated by adding to the best 3 months' average
9 daily attendance the number of low-income students identified
10 in the most recently available federal census multiplied by
11 one-half times the percentage of the region's or Chicago's
12 low income students to the State's total low income students.
13 The State Board of Education shall retain up to 1.1% of the
14 appropriation to be used to provide technical assistance,
15 professional development, and evaluations for the programs.
16 (a-5) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
17 Section, for the 1998-1999 fiscal year, the total amount
18 distributed under subsection (a) for an alternative school
19 program shall be not less than the total amount that was
20 distributed under that subsection for that alternative school
21 program for the 1997-1998 fiscal year. If an alternative
22 school program is to receive a total distribution under
23 subsection (a) for the 1998-1999 fiscal year that is less
24 than the total distribution that the program received under
25 that subsection for the 1997-1998 fiscal year, that
26 alternative school program shall also receive, from a
27 separate appropriation made for purposes of this subsection
28 (a-5), a supplementary payment equal to the amount by which
29 its total distribution under subsection (a) for the 1997-1998
30 fiscal year exceeds the amount of the total distribution that
31 the alternative school program receives under that subsection
32 for the 1998-1999 fiscal year. If the amount appropriated for
33 supplementary payments to alternative school programs under
34 this subsection (a-5) is insufficient for that purpose, those
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1 supplementary payments shall be prorated among the
2 alternative school programs entitled to receive those
3 supplementary payments according to the aggregate amount of
4 the appropriation made for purposes of this subsection (a-5).
5 (b) An alternative school program shall be entitled to
6 receive general State aid as calculated in subsection (K)
7 Part B of Section 18-8.05 18-8 upon filing a claim as
8 provided therein. Any time that a student who is enrolled in
9 an alternative school program spends in work-based learning,
10 community service, or a similar alternative educational
11 setting shall be included in determining the student's
12 minimum number of clock hours of daily school work that
13 constitute a day of attendance for purposes of calculating
14 general State aid.
15 (c) An alternative school program may receive additional
16 funding from its school districts in such amount as may be
17 agreed upon by the parties and necessary to support the
18 program. In addition, an alternative school program is
19 authorized to accept and expend gifts, legacies, and grants,
20 including but not limited to federal grants, from any source
21 for purposes directly related to the conduct and operation of
22 the program.
23 (Source: P.A. 89-383, eff. 8-18-95; 89-629, eff. 8-9-96;
24 89-636, eff. 8-9-96; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-283, eff.
25 7-31-97.)
26 (105 ILCS 5/18-8.05)
27 (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
28 delayed effective date.)
29 Sec. 18-8.05. Basis for apportionment of general State
30 financial aid and supplemental general State aid to the
31 common schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school years.
32 (A) General Provisions.
33 (1) The provisions of this Section apply to the
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1 1998-1999 and subsequent school years. The system of general
2 State financial aid provided for in this Section is designed
3 to assure that, through a combination of State financial aid
4 and required local resources, the financial support provided
5 each pupil in Average Daily Attendance equals or exceeds a
6 prescribed per pupil Foundation Level. This formula approach
7 imputes a level of per pupil Available Local Resources and
8 provides for the basis to calculate a per pupil level of
9 general State financial aid that, when added to Available
10 Local Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level. The
11 amount of per pupil general State financial aid for school
12 districts, in general, varies in inverse relation to
13 Available Local Resources. Per pupil amounts are based upon
14 each school district's Average Daily Attendance as that term
15 is defined in this Section.
16 (2) In addition to general State financial aid, school
17 districts with specified levels or concentrations of pupils
18 from low income households are eligible to receive
19 supplemental general State financial aid grants as provided
20 pursuant to subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants
21 provided for school districts under subsection (H) shall be
22 appropriated for distribution to school districts as part of
23 the same line item in which the general State financial aid
24 of school districts is appropriated under this Section.
25 (3) To receive financial assistance under this Section,
26 school districts are required to file claims with the State
27 Board of Education, subject to the following requirements:
28 (a) Any school district which fails for any given
29 school year to maintain school as required by law, or to
30 maintain a recognized school is not eligible to file for
31 such school year any claim upon the Common School Fund.
32 In case of nonrecognition of one or more attendance
33 centers in a school district otherwise operating
34 recognized schools, the claim of the district shall be
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1 reduced in the proportion which the Average Daily
2 Attendance in the attendance center or centers bear to
3 the Average Daily Attendance in the school district. A
4 "recognized school" means any public school which meets
5 the standards as established for recognition by the State
6 Board of Education. A school district or attendance
7 center not having recognition status at the end of a
8 school term is entitled to receive State aid payments due
9 upon a legal claim which was filed while it was
10 recognized.
11 (b) School district claims filed under this Section
12 are subject to Sections 18-9, 18-10, and 18-12, except as
13 otherwise provided in this Section.
14 (c) If a school district operates a full year
15 school under Section 10-19.1, the general State aid to
16 the school district shall be determined by the State
17 Board of Education in accordance with this Section as
18 near as may be applicable.
19 (d) Claims for financial assistance under this
20 Section shall not be recomputed except as expressly
21 provided under this Section.
22 (4) Except as provided in subsections (H) and (L), the
23 board of any district receiving any of the grants provided
24 for in this Section may apply those funds to any fund so
25 received for which that board is authorized to make
26 expenditures by law.
27 School districts are not required to exert a minimum
28 Operating Tax Rate in order to qualify for assistance under
29 this Section.
30 (5) As used in this Section the following terms, when
31 capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
32 (a) "Average Daily Attendance": A count of pupil
33 attendance in school, averaged as provided for in
34 subsection (C) and utilized in deriving per pupil
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1 financial support levels.
2 (b) "Available Local Resources": A computation of
3 local financial support, calculated on the basis Average
4 Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant to
5 subsection (D).
6 (c) "Corporate Personal Property Replacement
7 Taxes": Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to
8 "An Act in relation to the abolition of ad valorem
9 personal property tax and the replacement of revenues
10 lost thereby, and amending and repealing certain Acts and
11 parts of Acts in connection therewith", certified August
12 14, 1979, as amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
13 (d) "Foundation Level": A prescribed level of per
14 pupil financial support as provided for in subsection
15 (B).
16 (e) "Operating Tax Rate": All school district
17 property taxes extended for all purposes, except
18 community college educational purposes for the payment of
19 tuition under Section 6-1 of the Public Community College
20 Act, Bond and Interest, Summer School, Rent, Capital
21 Improvement, and Vocational Education Building purposes.
22 (B) Foundation Level.
23 (1) The Foundation Level is a figure established by the
24 State representing the minimum level of per pupil financial
25 support that should be available to provide for the basic
26 education of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance. As set
27 forth in this Section, each school district is assumed to
28 exert a sufficient local taxing effort such that, in
29 combination with the aggregate of general State financial aid
30 provided the district, an aggregate of State and local
31 resources are available to meet the basic education needs of
32 pupils in the district.
33 (2) For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation Level
34 of support is $4,225. For the 1999-2000 school year, the
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1 Foundation Level of support is $4,325. For the 2000-2001
2 school year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425.
3 (3) For the 2001-2002 school year and each school year
4 thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425 or such
5 greater amount as may be established by law by the General
6 Assembly.
7 (C) Average Daily Attendance.
8 (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid
9 pursuant to subsection (E), an Average Daily Attendance
10 figure shall be utilized. The Average Daily Attendance
11 figure for formula calculation purposes shall be the monthly
12 average of the actual number of pupils in attendance of each
13 school district, as further averaged for the best 3 months of
14 pupil attendance for each school district. In compiling the
15 figures for the number of pupils in attendance, school
16 districts and the State Board of Education shall, for
17 purposes of general State aid funding, conform attendance
18 figures to the requirements of subsection (F).
19 (2) The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
20 subsection (E) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
21 school year immediately preceding the school year for which
22 general State aid is being calculated.
23 (D) Available Local Resources.
24 (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid
25 pursuant to subsection (E), a representation of Available
26 Local Resources per pupil, as that term is defined and
27 determined in this subsection, shall be utilized. Available
28 Local Resources per pupil shall include a calculated dollar
29 amount representing local school district revenues from local
30 property taxes and from Corporate Personal Property
31 Replacement Taxes, expressed on the basis of pupils in
32 Average Daily Attendance.
33 (2) In determining a school district's revenue from
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1 local property taxes, the State Board of Education shall
2 utilize the equalized assessed valuation of all taxable
3 property of each school district as of September 30 of the
4 previous year. The equalized assessed valuation utilized
5 shall be obtained and determined as provided in subsection
6 (G).
7 (3) For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten
8 through 12, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be
9 calculated as the product of the applicable equalized
10 assessed valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%, and
11 divided by the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
12 For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten through
13 8, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be calculated
14 as the product of the applicable equalized assessed valuation
15 for the district multiplied by 2.30%, and divided by the
16 district's Average Daily Attendance figure. For school
17 districts maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax
18 revenues per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed
19 valuation of the district multiplied by 1.20%, and divided by
20 the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
21 (4) The Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes
22 paid to each school district during the calendar year 2 years
23 before the calendar year in which a school year begins,
24 divided by the Average Daily Attendance figure for that
25 district, shall be added to the local property tax revenues
26 per pupil as derived by the application of the immediately
27 preceding paragraph (3). The sum of these per pupil figures
28 for each school district shall constitute Available Local
29 Resources as that term is utilized in subsection (E) in the
30 calculation of general State aid.
31 (E) Computation of General State Aid.
32 (1) For each school year, the amount of general State
33 aid allotted to a school district shall be computed by the
34 State Board of Education as provided in this subsection.
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1 (2) For any school district for which Available Local
2 Resources per pupil is less than the product of 0.93 times
3 the Foundation Level, general State aid for that district
4 shall be calculated as an amount equal to the Foundation
5 Level minus Available Local Resources, multiplied by the
6 Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
7 (3) For any school district for which Available Local
8 Resources per pupil is equal to or greater than the product
9 of 0.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the product
10 of 1.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
11 pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the Foundation Level
12 derived using a linear algorithm. Under this linear
13 algorithm, the calculated general State aid per pupil shall
14 decline in direct linear fashion from 0.07 times the
15 Foundation Level for a school district with Available Local
16 Resources equal to the product of 0.93 times the Foundation
17 Level, to 0.05 times the Foundation Level for a school
18 district with Available Local Resources equal to the product
19 of 1.75 times the Foundation Level. The allocation of
20 general State aid for school districts subject to this
21 paragraph 3 shall be the calculated general State aid per
22 pupil figure multiplied by the Average Daily Attendance of
23 the school district.
24 (4) For any school district for which Available Local
25 Resources per pupil equals or exceeds the product of 1.75
26 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid for the
27 school district shall be calculated as the product of $218
28 multiplied by the Average Daily Attendance of the school
29 district.
30 (F) Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
31 (1) Each school district shall, by July 1 of each year,
32 submit to the State Board of Education, on forms prescribed
33 by the State Board of Education, attendance figures for the
34 school year that began in the preceding calendar year. The
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1 attendance information so transmitted shall identify the
2 average daily attendance figures for each month of the school
3 year, except that any days of attendance in August shall be
4 added to the month of September and any days of attendance in
5 June shall be added to the month of May.
6 Except as otherwise provided in this Section, days of
7 attendance by pupils shall be counted only for sessions of
8 not less than 5 clock hours of school work per day under
9 direct supervision of: (i) teachers, or (ii) non-teaching
10 personnel or volunteer personnel when engaging in
11 non-teaching duties and supervising in those instances
12 specified in subsection (a) of Section 10-22.34 and paragraph
13 10 of Section 34-18, with pupils of legal school age and in
14 kindergarten and grades 1 through 12.
15 Days of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited
16 only to the districts that pay the tuition to a recognized
17 school.
18 (2) Days of attendance by pupils of less than 5 clock
19 hours of school shall be subject to the following provisions
20 in the compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
21 (a) Pupils regularly enrolled in a public school
22 for only a part of the school day may be counted on the
23 basis of 1/6 day for every class hour of instruction of
24 40 minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment.
25 (b) Days of attendance may be less than 5 clock
26 hours on the opening and closing of the school term, and
27 upon the first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by a
28 day or days utilized as an institute or teachers'
29 workshop.
30 (c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be
31 counted as a day of attendance upon certification by the
32 regional superintendent, and approved by the State
33 Superintendent of Education to the extent that the
34 district has been forced to use daily multiple sessions.
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1 (d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be
2 counted as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder of
3 the school day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that
4 day is utilized for an in-service training program for
5 teachers, up to a maximum of 5 days per school year of
6 which a maximum of 4 days of such 5 days may be used for
7 parent-teacher conferences, provided a district conducts
8 an in-service training program for teachers which has
9 been approved by the State Superintendent of Education;
10 or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be used, in
11 which event each such day may be counted as a day of
12 attendance; and (2) when days in addition to those
13 provided in item (1) are scheduled by a school pursuant
14 to its school improvement plan adopted under Article 34
15 or its revised or amended school improvement plan adopted
16 under Article 2, provided that (i) such sessions of 3 or
17 more clock hours are scheduled to occur at regular
18 intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in which
19 such sessions occur are utilized for in-service training
20 programs or other staff development activities for
21 teachers, and (iii) a sufficient number of minutes of
22 school work under the direct supervision of teachers are
23 added to the school days between such regularly scheduled
24 sessions to accumulate not less than the number of
25 minutes by which such sessions of 3 or more clock hours
26 fall short of 5 clock hours. Any full days used for the
27 purposes of this paragraph shall not be considered for
28 computing average daily attendance. Days scheduled for
29 in-service training programs, staff development
30 activities, or parent-teacher conferences may be
31 scheduled separately for different grade levels and
32 different attendance centers of the district.
33 (e) A session of not less than one clock hour
34 teaching of hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or
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1 by telephone to the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day
2 of attendance, however these pupils must receive 4 or
3 more clock hours of instruction to be counted for a full
4 day of attendance.
5 (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be
6 counted as a day of attendance for first grade pupils,
7 and pupils in full day kindergartens, and a session of 2
8 or more hours may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by
9 pupils in kindergartens which provide only 1/2 day of
10 attendance.
11 (g) For children with disabilities who are below
12 the age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock
13 hours because of their disability or immaturity, a
14 session of not less than one clock hour may be counted as
15 1/2 day of attendance; however for such children whose
16 educational needs so require a session of 4 or more clock
17 hours may be counted as a full day of attendance.
18 (h) A recognized kindergarten which provides for
19 only 1/2 day of attendance by each pupil shall not have
20 more than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any 1 day.
21 However, kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance
22 in any 5 consecutive school days. When a pupil attends
23 such a kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school
24 day, the pupil shall have the following day as a day
25 absent from school, unless the school district obtains
26 permission in writing from the State Superintendent of
27 Education. Attendance at kindergartens which provide for
28 a full day of attendance by each pupil shall be counted
29 the same as attendance by first grade pupils. Only the
30 first year of attendance in one kindergarten shall be
31 counted, except in case of children who entered the
32 kindergarten in their fifth year whose educational
33 development requires a second year of kindergarten as
34 determined under the rules and regulations of the State
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1 Board of Education.
2 (G) Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
3 (1) For purposes of the calculation of Available Local
4 Resources required pursuant to subsection (D), the State
5 Board of Education shall secure from the Department of
6 Revenue the value as equalized or assessed by the Department
7 of Revenue of all taxable property of every school district
8 together with the applicable tax rate used in extending taxes
9 for the funds of the district as of September 30 of the
10 previous year.
11 This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
12 the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
13 calculation of Available Local Resources.
14 (2) The equalized assessed valuation in paragraph (1)
15 shall be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
16 (a) For the purposes of calculating State aid under
17 this Section, with respect to any part of a school
18 district within a redevelopment project area in respect
19 to which a municipality has adopted tax increment
20 allocation financing pursuant to the Tax Increment
21 Allocation Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through
22 11-74.4-11 of the Illinois Municipal Code or the
23 Industrial Jobs Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through
24 11-74.6-50 of the Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the
25 current equalized assessed valuation of real property
26 located in any such project area which is attributable to
27 an increase above the total initial equalized assessed
28 valuation of such property shall be used as part of the
29 equalized assessed valuation of the district, until such
30 time as all redevelopment project costs have been paid,
31 as provided in Section 11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment
32 Allocation Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of
33 the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose of the
34 equalized assessed valuation of the district, the total
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1 initial equalized assessed valuation or the current
2 equalized assessed valuation, whichever is lower, shall
3 be used until such time as all redevelopment project
4 costs have been paid.
5 (b) The real property equalized assessed valuation
6 for a school district shall be adjusted by subtracting
7 from the real property value as equalized or assessed by
8 the Department of Revenue for the district an amount
9 computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
10 under Section 18-170 of the Property Tax Code by 3.00%
11 for a district maintaining grades kindergarten through 12
12 or by 2.30% for a district maintaining grades
13 kindergarten through 8, or by 1.20% for a district
14 maintaining grades 9 through 12 and adjusted by an amount
15 computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
16 under subsection (a) of Section 18-165 of the Property
17 Tax Code by the same percentage rates for district type
18 as specified in this subparagraph (c).
19 (H) Supplemental General State Aid.
20 (1) In addition to the general State aid a school
21 district is allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying
22 school districts shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction
23 with a district's payments of general State aid, for
24 supplemental general State aid based upon the concentration
25 level of children from low-income households within the
26 school district. Supplemental State aid grants provided for
27 school districts under this subsection shall be appropriated
28 for distribution to school districts as part of the same line
29 item in which the general State financial aid of school
30 districts is appropriated under this Section. For purposes of
31 this subsection, the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
32 shall be the low-income eligible pupil count from the most
33 recently available federal census divided by the Average
34 Daily Attendance of the school district.
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1 (2) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
2 subsection shall be provided as follows:
3 (a) For any school district with a Low Income
4 Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%,
5 the grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by
6 the low income eligible pupil count.
7 (b) For any school district with a Low Income
8 Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%,
9 the grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall be $1,100
10 multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
11 (c) For any school district with a Low Income
12 Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%,
13 the grant for the 1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
14 multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
15 (d) For any school district with a Low Income
16 Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for the
17 1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
18 income eligible pupil count.
19 (e) For the 1999-2000 school year, the per pupil
20 amount specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d),
21 immediately above shall be increased by $100 to $1,200,
22 $1,600, and $2,000, respectively.
23 (f) For the 2000-2001 school year, the per pupil
24 amounts specified in subparagraphs (b), (c) and (d)
25 immediately above shall be increased to $1,230, $1,640,
26 and $2,050, respectively.
27 (3) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
28 more than 1,000 and less than 50,000 that qualify for
29 supplemental general State aid pursuant to this subsection
30 shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
31 October 30 of each year for the use of the funds resulting
32 from this grant of supplemental general State aid for the
33 improvement of instruction in which priority is given to
34 meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children. Such
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1 plan shall be submitted in accordance with rules and
2 regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
3 (4) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
4 50,000 or more that qualify for supplemental general State
5 aid pursuant to this subsection shall be required to
6 distribute from funds available pursuant to this Section, no
7 less than $261,000,000 in accordance with the following
8 requirements:
9 (a) The required amounts shall be distributed to
10 the attendance centers within the district in proportion
11 to the number of pupils enrolled at each attendance
12 center who are eligible to receive free or reduced-price
13 lunches or breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition
14 Act of 1966 and under the National School Lunch Act
15 during the immediately preceding school year.
16 (b) The distribution of these portions of
17 supplemental and general State aid among attendance
18 centers according to these requirements shall not be
19 compensated for or contravened by adjustments of the
20 total of other funds appropriated to any attendance
21 centers, and the Board of Education shall utilize funding
22 from one or several sources in order to fully implement
23 this provision annually prior to the opening of school.
24 (c) Each attendance center shall be provided by the
25 school district a distribution of noncategorical funds
26 and other categorical funds to which an attendance center
27 is entitled under law in order that the general State aid
28 and supplemental general State aid provided by
29 application of this subsection supplements rather than
30 supplants the noncategorical funds and other categorical
31 funds provided by the school district to the attendance
32 centers.
33 (d) Any funds made available under this subsection
34 that by reason of the provisions of this subsection are
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1 not required to be allocated and provided to attendance
2 centers may be used and appropriated by the board of the
3 district for any lawful school purpose.
4 (e) Funds received by an attendance center pursuant
5 to this subsection shall be used by the attendance center
6 at the discretion of the principal and local school
7 council for programs to improve educational opportunities
8 at qualifying schools through the following programs and
9 services: early childhood education, reduced class size
10 or improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
11 programs, remedial assistance, attendance improvement and
12 other educationally beneficial expenditures which
13 supplement the regular and basic programs as determined
14 by the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall
15 not be expended for any political or lobbying purposes as
16 defined by board rule.
17 (f) Each district subject to the provisions of this
18 subdivision (H)(4) shall submit an acceptable plan to
19 meet the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
20 compliance with the requirements of this paragraph, to
21 the State Board of Education prior to July 15 of each
22 year. This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of
23 local school councils concerning the school expenditure
24 plans developed in accordance with part 4 of Section
25 34-2.3. The State Board shall approve or reject the plan
26 within 60 days after its submission. If the plan is
27 rejected, the district shall give written notice of
28 intent to modify the plan within 15 days of the
29 notification of rejection and then submit a modified plan
30 within 30 days after the date of the written notice of
31 intent to modify. Districts may amend approved plans
32 pursuant to rules promulgated by the State Board of
33 Education.
34 Upon notification by the State Board of Education
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1 that the district has not submitted a plan prior to July
2 15 or a modified plan within the time period specified
3 herein, the State aid funds affected by that plan or
4 modified plan shall be withheld by the State Board of
5 Education until a plan or modified plan is submitted.
6 If the district fails to distribute State aid to
7 attendance centers in accordance with an approved plan,
8 the plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
9 addition to the funds otherwise required by this
10 subsection, to those attendance centers which were
11 underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal to
12 such underfunding.
13 For purposes of determining compliance with this
14 subsection in relation to the requirements of attendance
15 center funding, each district subject to the provisions
16 of this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
17 December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data for
18 the prior year in addition to any modification of its
19 current plan. If it is determined that there has been a
20 failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
21 subsection regarding contravention or supplanting, the
22 State Superintendent of Education shall, within 60 days
23 of receipt of the report, notify the district and any
24 affected local school council. The district shall within
25 45 days of receipt of that notification inform the State
26 Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
27 action to be taken, whether by amendment of the current
28 plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the
29 following year. Failure to provide the expenditure
30 report or the notification of remedial or corrective
31 action in a timely manner shall result in a withholding
32 of the affected funds.
33 The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules
34 and regulations to implement the provisions of this
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1 subsection. No funds shall be released under this
2 subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted
3 a plan that has been approved by the State Board of
4 Education.
5 (I) General State Aid for Newly Configured School Districts.
6 (1) For a new school district formed by combining
7 property included totally within 2 or more previously
8 existing school districts, for its first year of existence
9 the general State aid and supplemental general State aid
10 calculated under this Section shall be computed for the new
11 district and for the previously existing districts for which
12 property is totally included within the new district. If the
13 computation on the basis of the previously existing districts
14 is greater, a supplementary payment equal to the difference
15 shall be made for the first 4 years of existence of the new
16 district.
17 (2) For a school district which annexes all of the
18 territory of one or more entire other school districts, for
19 the first year during which the change of boundaries
20 attributable to such annexation becomes effective for all
21 purposes as determined under Section 7-9 or 7A-8, the general
22 State aid and supplemental general State aid calculated under
23 this Section shall be computed for the annexing district as
24 constituted after the annexation and for the annexing and
25 each annexed district as constituted prior to the annexation;
26 and if the computation on the basis of the annexing and
27 annexed districts as constituted prior to the annexation is
28 greater, a supplementary payment equal to the difference
29 shall be made for the first 4 years of existence of the
30 annexing school district as constituted upon such annexation.
31 (3) For 2 or more school districts which annex all of
32 the territory of one or more entire other school districts,
33 and for 2 or more community unit districts which result upon
34 the division (pursuant to petition under Section 11A-2) of
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1 one or more other unit school districts into 2 or more parts
2 and which together include all of the parts into which such
3 other unit school district or districts are so divided, for
4 the first year during which the change of boundaries
5 attributable to such annexation or division becomes effective
6 for all purposes as determined under Section 7-9 or 11A-10,
7 as the case may be, the general State aid and supplemental
8 general State aid calculated under this Section shall be
9 computed for each annexing or resulting district as
10 constituted after the annexation or division and for each
11 annexing and annexed district, or for each resulting and
12 divided district, as constituted prior to the annexation or
13 division; and if the aggregate of the general State aid and
14 supplemental general State aid as so computed for the
15 annexing or resulting districts as constituted after the
16 annexation or division is less than the aggregate of the
17 general State aid and supplemental general State aid as so
18 computed for the annexing and annexed districts, or for the
19 resulting and divided districts, as constituted prior to the
20 annexation or division, then a supplementary payment equal to
21 the difference shall be made and allocated between or among
22 the annexing or resulting districts, as constituted upon such
23 annexation or division, for the first 4 years of their
24 existence. The total difference payment shall be allocated
25 between or among the annexing or resulting districts in the
26 same ratio as the pupil enrollment from that portion of the
27 annexed or divided district or districts which is annexed to
28 or included in each such annexing or resulting district bears
29 to the total pupil enrollment from the entire annexed or
30 divided district or districts, as such pupil enrollment is
31 determined for the school year last ending prior to the date
32 when the change of boundaries attributable to the annexation
33 or division becomes effective for all purposes. The amount
34 of the total difference payment and the amount thereof to be
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1 allocated to the annexing or resulting districts shall be
2 computed by the State Board of Education on the basis of
3 pupil enrollment and other data which shall be certified to
4 the State Board of Education, on forms which it shall provide
5 for that purpose, by the regional superintendent of schools
6 for each educational service region in which the annexing and
7 annexed districts, or resulting and divided districts are
8 located.
9 (4) Any supplementary payment made under this subsection
10 (I) shall be treated as separate from all other payments made
11 pursuant to this Section.
12 (J) Supplementary Grants in Aid.
13 (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
14 Section, the amount of the aggregate general State aid in
15 combination with supplemental general State aid under this
16 Section for which each school district is eligible for the
17 1998-1999 school year shall be no less than the amount of the
18 aggregate general State aid entitlement that was received by
19 the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of amounts
20 received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that Section)
21 for the 1997-98 school year, pursuant to the provisions of
22 that Section as it was then in effect. If a school district
23 qualifies to receive a supplementary payment made under this
24 subsection (J) for the 1998-1999 school year, the amount of
25 the aggregate general State aid in combination with
26 supplemental general State aid under this Section which that
27 district is eligible to receive for each school year
28 subsequent to the 1998-1999 school year shall be no less than
29 the amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement
30 that was received by the district under Section 18-8
31 (exclusive of amounts received under subsections 5(p) and
32 5(p-5) of that Section) for the 1997-1998 school year,
33 pursuant to the provisions of that Section as it was then in
34 effect.
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1 (2) If, as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection
2 (J), a school district is to receive aggregate general State
3 aid in combination with supplemental general State aid under
4 this Section for the 1998-99 school year, or for the 1998-99
5 school year and any subsequent school year, that in any such
6 school year is less than the amount of the aggregate general
7 State aid entitlement that the district received for the
8 1997-98 school year, the school district shall also receive,
9 from a separate appropriation made for purposes of this
10 subsection (J), a supplementary payment that is equal to the
11 amount of the difference in the aggregate State aid figures
12 as described in paragraph (1).
13 (3) If the amount appropriated for supplementary
14 payments to school districts under this subsection (J) is
15 insufficient for that purpose, the supplementary payments
16 that districts are to receive under this subsection shall be
17 prorated according to the aggregate amount of the
18 appropriation made for purposes of this subsection.
19 (K) Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
20 In calculating the amount to be paid to the governing
21 board of a public university that operates a laboratory
22 school under this Section or to any alternative school that
23 is operated by a regional superintendent, the State Board of
24 Education shall require by rule such reporting requirements
25 as it deems necessary.
26 As used in this Section, "laboratory school" means a
27 public school which is created and operated by a public
28 university and approved by the State Board of Education. The
29 governing board of a public university which receives funds
30 from the State Board under this subsection (K) may not
31 increase the number of students enrolled in its laboratory
32 school from a single district, if that district is already
33 sending 50 or more students, except under a mutual agreement
34 between the school board of a student's district of residence
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1 and the university which operates the laboratory school. A
2 laboratory school may not have more than 1,000 students,
3 excluding students with disabilities in a special education
4 program.
5 As used in this Section, "alternative school" means a
6 public school which is created and operated by a Regional
7 Superintendent of Schools and approved by the State Board of
8 Education. Such alternative schools may offer courses of
9 instruction for which credit is given in regular school
10 programs, courses to prepare students for the high school
11 equivalency testing program or vocational and occupational
12 training. A regional superintendent may contract with a
13 school district or a public community college district to
14 operate an alternative school. An alternative school serving
15 more than one educational service region may be operated
16 under such terms as the regional superintendents of those
17 regions may agree.
18 Each laboratory and alternative school shall file, on
19 forms provided by the State Superintendent of Education, an
20 annual State aid claim which states the Average Daily
21 Attendance of the school's students by month. The best 3
22 months' Average Daily Attendance shall be computed for each
23 school. The general State aid entitlement shall be computed
24 by multiplying the applicable Average Daily Attendance by the
25 Foundation Level as determined under this Section.
26 (L) Payments, Additional Grants in Aid and Other
27 Requirements.
28 (1) For a school district operating under the financial
29 supervision of an Authority created under Article 34A, the
30 general State aid otherwise payable to that district under
31 this Section, but not the supplemental general State aid,
32 shall be reduced by an amount equal to the budget for the
33 operations of the Authority as certified by the Authority to
34 the State Board of Education, and an amount equal to such
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1 reduction shall be paid to the Authority created for such
2 district for its operating expenses in the manner provided in
3 Section 18-11. The remainder of general State school aid for
4 any such district shall be paid in accordance with Article
5 34A when that Article provides for a disposition other than
6 that provided by this Article.
7 (2) Impaction. Impaction payments shall be made as
8 provided for in Section 18-4.2.
9 (3) Summer school. Summer school payments shall be made
10 as provided in Section 18-4.3.
11 (M) Education Funding Advisory Board.
12 The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
13 subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created.
14 The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
15 Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
16 The members appointed shall include representatives of
17 education, business, and the general public. One of the
18 members so appointed shall be designated by the Governor at
19 the time the appointment is made as the chairperson of the
20 Board. The initial members of the Board may be appointed any
21 time after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
22 The regular term of each member of the Board shall be for 4
23 years from the third Monday of January of the year in which
24 the term of the member's appointment is to commence, except
25 that of the 5 initial members appointed to serve on the
26 Board, the member who is appointed as the chairperson shall
27 serve for a term that commences on the date of his or her
28 appointment and expires on the third Monday of January, 2002,
29 and the remaining 4 members, by lots drawn at the first
30 meeting of the Board that is held after all 5 members are
31 appointed, shall determine 2 of their number to serve for
32 terms that commence on the date of their respective
33 appointments and expire on the third Monday of January, 2001,
34 and 2 of their number to serve for terms that commence on the
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1 date of their respective appointments and expire on the third
2 Monday of January, 2000. All members appointed to serve on
3 the Board shall serve until their respective successors are
4 appointed and confirmed. Vacancies shall be filled in the
5 same manner as original appointments. If a vacancy in
6 membership occurs at a time when the Senate is not in
7 session, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment
8 until the next meeting of the Senate, when he or she shall
9 appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a
10 person to fill that membership for the unexpired term. If
11 the Senate is not in session when the initial appointments
12 are made, those appointments shall be made as in the case of
13 vacancies.
14 The Education Funding Advisory Board shall be deemed
15 established, and the initial members appointed by the
16 Governor to serve as members of the Board shall take office,
17 on the date that the Governor makes his or her appointment of
18 the fifth initial member of the Board, whether those initial
19 members are then serving pursuant to appointment and
20 confirmation or pursuant to temporary appointments that are
21 made by the Governor as in the case of vacancies.
22 The State Board of Education shall provide such staff
23 assistance to the Education Funding Advisory Board as is
24 reasonably required for the proper performance by the Board
25 of its responsibilities.
26 For school years after the 2000-2001 school year, the
27 Education Funding Advisory Board, in consultation with the
28 State Board of Education, shall make recommendations as
29 provided in this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for
30 the foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section
31 and for the supplemental general State aid grant level under
32 subsection (H) of this Section for districts with high
33 concentrations of children from poverty. The recommended
34 foundation level shall be determined based on a methodology
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1 which incorporates the basic education expenditures of
2 low-spending schools exhibiting high academic performance.
3 The Education Funding Advisory Board shall make such
4 recommendations to the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
5 numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.
6 (N) General State Aid Adjustment Grant.
7 (1) Any school district subject to property tax
8 extension limitations as imposed under the provisions of the
9 Property Tax Extension Limitation Law shall be entitled to
10 receive, subject to the qualifications and requirements of
11 this subsection, a general State aid adjustment grant.
12 Eligibility for this grant shall be determined on an annual
13 basis and claims for grant payments shall be paid subject to
14 appropriations made specific to this subsection. For
15 purposes of this subsection the following terms shall have
16 the following meanings:
17 "Budget Year": The school year for which general State
18 aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
19 "Current Year": The school year immediately preceding
20 the Budget Year.
21 "Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used to
22 calculate the Budget Year allocation of general State aid.
23 "Preceding Tax Year": The property tax levy year
24 immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
25 "Extension Limitation Ratio": A numerical ratio,
26 certified by a school district's County Clerk, in which the
27 numerator is the Base Tax Year's tax extension amount
28 resulting from the Operating Tax Rate and the denominator is
29 the Preceding Tax Year's tax extension amount resulting from
30 the Operating Tax Rate.
31 "Operating Tax Rate": The operating tax rate as defined
32 in subsection (A).
33 (2) To qualify for a general State aid adjustment grant,
34 a school district must meet all of the following eligibility
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1 criteria for each Budget Year for which a grant is claimed:
2 (a) The Operating Tax Rate of the school district
3 in the Preceding Tax Year was at least 3.00% in the case
4 of a school district maintaining grades kindergarten
5 through 12, at least 2.30% in the case of a school
6 district maintaining grades kindergarten through 8, or at
7 least 1.41% in the case of a school district maintaining
8 grades 9 through 12.
9 (b) The Operating Tax Rate of the school district
10 for the Base Tax Year was reduced by the Clerk of the
11 County as a result of the requirements of the Property
12 Tax Extension Limitation Law.
13 (c) The Available Local Resources per pupil of the
14 school district as calculated pursuant to subsection (D)
15 using the Base Tax Year are less than the product of 1.75
16 times the Foundation Level for the Budget Year.
17 (d) The school district has filed a proper and
18 timely claim for a general State aid adjustment grant as
19 required under this subsection.
20 (3) A claim for grant assistance under this subsection
21 shall be filed with the State Board of Education on or before
22 January 1 of the Current Year for a grant for the Budget
23 Year. The claim shall be made on forms prescribed by the
24 State Board of Education and must be accompanied by a written
25 statement from the Clerk of the County, certifying:
26 (a) That the school district has its extension for
27 the Base Tax Year reduced as a result of the Property Tax
28 Extension Limitation Law.
29 (b) That the Operating Tax Rate of the school
30 district for the Preceding Tax Year met the tax rate
31 requirements of subdivision (N)(2) of this Section.
32 (c) The Extension Limitation Ratio as that term is
33 defined in this subsection.
34 (4) On or before August 1 of the Budget Year the State
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1 Board of Education shall calculate, for all school districts
2 meeting the other requirements of this subsection, the amount
3 of the general State aid adjustment grant, if any, that the
4 school districts are eligible to receive in the Budget Year.
5 The amount of the general State aid adjustment grant shall be
6 calculated as follows:
7 (a) Determine the school district's general State
8 aid grant for the Budget Year as provided in accordance
9 with the provisions of subsection (E).
10 (b) Determine the school district's adjusted level
11 of general State aid by utilizing in the calculation of
12 Available Local Resources an equalized assessed valuation
13 that is the equalized assessed valuation of the Preceding
14 Tax Year multiplied by the Extension Limitation Ratio.
15 (c) Subtract the sum derived in subparagraph (a)
16 from the sum derived in subparagraph (b). If the result
17 is a positive number, that amount shall be the general
18 State aid adjustment grant that the district is eligible
19 to receive.
20 (5) The State Board of Education shall in the Current
21 Year, based upon claims filed in the Current Year, recommend
22 to the General Assembly an appropriation amount for the
23 general State aid adjustment grants to be made in the Budget
24 Year.
25 (6) Claims for general State aid adjustment grants shall
26 be paid in a lump sum on or before January 1 of the Budget
27 Year only from appropriations made by the General Assembly
28 expressly for claims under this subsection. No such claims
29 may be paid from amounts appropriated for any other purpose
30 provided for under this Section. In the event that the
31 appropriation for claims under this subsection is
32 insufficient to meet all Budget Year claims for a general
33 State aid adjustment grant, the appropriation available shall
34 be proportionately prorated by the State Board of Education
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1 amongst all districts filing for and entitled to payments.
2 (7) The State Board of Education shall promulgate the
3 required claim forms and rules necessary to implement the
4 provisions of this subsection.
5 (O) References.
6 (1) References in other laws to the various subdivisions
7 of Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
8 replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer
9 to the corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to
10 the extent that those references remain applicable.
11 (2) References in other laws to State Chapter 1 funds
12 shall be deemed to refer to the supplemental general State
13 aid provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
14 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 7-1-98.)"; and
15 on page 3, line 32, after "law", by inserting ", except that
16 the provisions changing Sections 2-3.66, 10-22.20, 13A-8, and
17 18-8.05 of the School Code take effect July 1, 1998".