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92_HB3655

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning average daily attendance.

 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    Section 18-8.05 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/18-8.05)
 7        Sec.  18-8.05.  Basis  for apportionment of general State
 8    financial aid and  supplemental  general  State  aid  to  the
 9    common schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school years.

10    (A)  General Provisions.
11        (1)  The   provisions   of  this  Section  apply  to  the
12    1998-1999 and subsequent school years.  The system of general
13    State financial aid provided for in this Section is  designed
14    to  assure that, through a combination of State financial aid
15    and required local resources, the financial support  provided
16    each  pupil  in  Average Daily Attendance equals or exceeds a
17    prescribed per pupil Foundation Level.  This formula approach
18    imputes a level of per pupil Available  Local  Resources  and
19    provides  for  the  basis  to  calculate a per pupil level of
20    general State financial aid that,  when  added  to  Available
21    Local Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level.  The
22    amount  of  per  pupil general State financial aid for school
23    districts,  in  general,  varies  in  inverse   relation   to
24    Available  Local Resources.  Per pupil amounts are based upon
25    each school district's Average Daily Attendance as that  term
26    is defined in this Section.
27        (2)  In  addition  to general State financial aid, school
28    districts with specified levels or concentrations  of  pupils
29    from   low   income   households   are  eligible  to  receive
30    supplemental general State financial aid grants  as  provided
31    pursuant to subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants
 
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 1    provided  for  school districts under subsection (H) shall be
 2    appropriated for distribution to school districts as part  of
 3    the  same  line item in which the general State financial aid
 4    of school districts is appropriated under this Section.
 5        (3)  To receive financial assistance under this  Section,
 6    school  districts  are required to file claims with the State
 7    Board of Education, subject to the following requirements:
 8             (a)  Any school district which fails for  any  given
 9        school  year to maintain school as required by law, or to
10        maintain a recognized school is not eligible to file  for
11        such  school  year any claim upon the Common School Fund.
12        In case of  nonrecognition  of  one  or  more  attendance
13        centers   in   a   school  district  otherwise  operating
14        recognized schools, the claim of the  district  shall  be
15        reduced   in  the  proportion  which  the  Average  Daily
16        Attendance in the attendance center or  centers  bear  to
17        the  Average  Daily Attendance in the school district.  A
18        "recognized school" means any public school  which  meets
19        the standards as established for recognition by the State
20        Board  of  Education.   A  school  district or attendance
21        center not having recognition status  at  the  end  of  a
22        school term is entitled to receive State aid payments due
23        upon   a  legal  claim  which  was  filed  while  it  was
24        recognized.
25             (b)  School district claims filed under this Section
26        are subject to Sections 18-9, 18-10, and 18-12, except as
27        otherwise provided in this Section.
28             (c)  If a  school  district  operates  a  full  year
29        school  under  Section  10-19.1, the general State aid to
30        the school district shall  be  determined  by  the  State
31        Board  of  Education  in  accordance with this Section as
32        near as may be applicable.
33             (d)  (Blank).
34        (4)  Except as provided in subsections (H) and  (L),  the
 
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 1    board  of  any  district receiving any of the grants provided
 2    for in this Section may apply those  funds  to  any  fund  so
 3    received   for   which  that  board  is  authorized  to  make
 4    expenditures by law.
 5        School districts are not  required  to  exert  a  minimum
 6    Operating  Tax  Rate in order to qualify for assistance under
 7    this Section.
 8        (5)  As used in this Section the  following  terms,  when
 9    capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
10             (a)  "Average  Daily  Attendance":  A count of pupil
11        attendance  in  school,  averaged  as  provided  for   in
12        subsection   (C)  and  utilized  in  deriving  per  pupil
13        financial support levels.
14             (b)  "Available Local Resources":  A computation  of
15        local  financial  support,  calculated  on  the  basis of
16        Average Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant
17        to subsection (D).
18             (c)  "Corporate   Personal   Property    Replacement
19        Taxes":  Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to
20        "An  Act  in  relation  to  the  abolition  of ad valorem
21        personal property tax and  the  replacement  of  revenues
22        lost thereby, and amending and repealing certain Acts and
23        parts  of Acts in connection therewith", certified August
24        14, 1979, as amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
25             (d)  "Foundation Level":  A prescribed level of  per
26        pupil  financial  support  as  provided for in subsection
27        (B).
28             (e)  "Operating  Tax  Rate":   All  school  district
29        property taxes extended for all purposes, except Bond and
30        Interest, Summer School, Rent, Capital  Improvement,  and
31        Vocational Education Building purposes.

32    (B)  Foundation Level.
33        (1)  The  Foundation Level is a figure established by the
34    State representing the minimum level of per  pupil  financial
 
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 1    support  that  should  be  available to provide for the basic
 2    education of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance.  As  set
 3    forth  in  this  Section,  each school district is assumed to
 4    exert  a  sufficient  local  taxing  effort  such  that,   in
 5    combination with the aggregate of general State financial aid
 6    provided  the  district,  an  aggregate  of  State  and local
 7    resources are available to meet the basic education needs  of
 8    pupils in the district.
 9        (2)  For  the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation Level
10    of support is $4,225.  For the  1999-2000  school  year,  the
11    Foundation  Level  of  support  is $4,325.  For the 2000-2001
12    school year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425.
13        (3)  For the 2001-2002 school year and each  school  year
14    thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $4,560 or such
15    greater  amount  as  may be established by law by the General
16    Assembly.

17    (C)  Average Daily Attendance.
18        (1)  For  purposes  of  calculating  general  State   aid
19    pursuant  to  subsection  (E),  an  Average  Daily Attendance
20    figure shall  be  utilized.   The  Average  Daily  Attendance
21    figure  for formula calculation purposes shall be the monthly
22    average of the actual number of pupils in attendance of  each
23    school district, as further averaged for the best 3 months of
24    pupil  attendance for each school district.  In compiling the
25    figures for  the  number  of  pupils  in  attendance,  school
26    districts  and  the  State  Board  of  Education  shall,  for
27    purposes  of  general  State  aid funding, conform attendance
28    figures to the requirements of subsection (F).
29        (2)  The Average Daily  Attendance  figures  utilized  in
30    subsection (E) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
31    school  year  immediately preceding the school year for which
32    general State aid is being calculated or the average  of  the
33    attendance  data  for the 3 preceding school years, whichever
34    is greater.  The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
 
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 1    subsection (H) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
 2    school year immediately preceding the school year  for  which
 3    general State aid is being calculated.

 4    (D)  Available Local Resources.
 5        (1)  For   purposes  of  calculating  general  State  aid
 6    pursuant to subsection (E),  a  representation  of  Available
 7    Local  Resources  per  pupil,  as  that  term  is defined and
 8    determined in this subsection, shall be utilized.   Available
 9    Local  Resources  per pupil shall include a calculated dollar
10    amount representing local school district revenues from local
11    property  taxes  and   from   Corporate   Personal   Property
12    Replacement  Taxes,  expressed  on  the  basis  of  pupils in
13    Average Daily Attendance.
14        (2)  In determining  a  school  district's  revenue  from
15    local  property  taxes,  the  State  Board of Education shall
16    utilize the  equalized  assessed  valuation  of  all  taxable
17    property  of  each  school district as of September 30 of the
18    previous year.  The  equalized  assessed  valuation  utilized
19    shall  be  obtained  and determined as provided in subsection
20    (G).
21        (3)  For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten
22    through 12, local property tax revenues per  pupil  shall  be
23    calculated   as  the  product  of  the  applicable  equalized
24    assessed valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%,  and
25    divided  by  the  district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
26    For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten  through
27    8,  local property tax revenues per pupil shall be calculated
28    as the product of the applicable equalized assessed valuation
29    for the district multiplied by  2.30%,  and  divided  by  the
30    district's  Average  Daily  Attendance  figure.   For  school
31    districts maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax
32    revenues per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed
33    valuation of the district multiplied by 1.05%, and divided by
34    the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
 
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 1        (4)  The  Corporate  Personal  Property Replacement Taxes
 2    paid to each school district during the calendar year 2 years
 3    before the calendar year  in  which  a  school  year  begins,
 4    divided  by  the  Average  Daily  Attendance  figure for that
 5    district, shall be added to the local property  tax  revenues
 6    per  pupil  as  derived by the application of the immediately
 7    preceding paragraph (3).  The sum of these per pupil  figures
 8    for  each  school  district  shall constitute Available Local
 9    Resources as that term is utilized in subsection (E)  in  the
10    calculation of general State aid.

11    (E)  Computation of General State Aid.
12        (1)  For  each  school  year, the amount of general State
13    aid allotted to a school district shall be  computed  by  the
14    State Board of Education as provided in this subsection.
15        (2)  For  any  school  district for which Available Local
16    Resources per pupil is less than the product  of  0.93  times
17    the  Foundation  Level,  general  State aid for that district
18    shall be calculated as an  amount  equal  to  the  Foundation
19    Level  minus  Available  Local  Resources,  multiplied by the
20    Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
21        (3)  For any school district for  which  Available  Local
22    Resources  per  pupil is equal to or greater than the product
23    of 0.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the  product
24    of 1.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
25    pupil  shall  be a decimal proportion of the Foundation Level
26    derived  using  a  linear  algorithm.   Under   this   linear
27    algorithm,  the  calculated general State aid per pupil shall
28    decline  in  direct  linear  fashion  from  0.07  times   the
29    Foundation  Level  for a school district with Available Local
30    Resources equal to the product of 0.93 times  the  Foundation
31    Level,  to  0.05  times  the  Foundation  Level  for a school
32    district with Available Local Resources equal to the  product
33    of  1.75  times  the  Foundation  Level.   The  allocation of
34    general State  aid  for  school  districts  subject  to  this
 
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 1    paragraph  3  shall  be  the calculated general State aid per
 2    pupil figure multiplied by the Average  Daily  Attendance  of
 3    the school district.
 4        (4)  For  any  school  district for which Available Local
 5    Resources per pupil equals or exceeds  the  product  of  1.75
 6    times  the  Foundation  Level,  the general State aid for the
 7    school district shall be calculated as the  product  of  $218
 8    multiplied  by  the  Average  Daily  Attendance of the school
 9    district.
10        (5)  The amount of  general  State  aid  allocated  to  a
11    school  district  for  the  1999-2000 school year meeting the
12    requirements set forth in paragraph  (4)  of  subsection  (G)
13    shall  be  increased  by an amount equal to the general State
14    aid that would have been received by  the  district  for  the
15    1998-1999  school  year by utilizing the Extension Limitation
16    Equalized Assessed Valuation as calculated in  paragraph  (4)
17    of subsection (G) less the general State aid allotted for the
18    1998-1999  school  year.   This  amount shall be deemed a one
19    time increase, and shall not affect any future general  State
20    aid allocations.

21    (F)  Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
22        (1)  Each  school district shall, by July 1 of each year,
23    submit to the State Board of Education, on  forms  prescribed
24    by  the  State Board of Education, attendance figures for the
25    school year that began in the preceding calendar  year.   The
26    attendance  information  so  transmitted  shall  identify the
27    average daily attendance figures for each month of the school
28    year.  Beginning with the general State aid  claim  form  for
29    the  2002-2003 school year, districts shall calculate Average
30    Daily Attendance as provided in subdivisions  (a),  (b),  and
31    (c) of this paragraph (1).
32             (a)  In   districts  that  do  not  hold  year-round
33        classes, except that any days  of  attendance  in  August
34        shall  be added to the month of September and any days of
 
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 1        attendance in June shall be added to the month of May.
 2             (b)  In districts holding year-round  classes,  each
 3        month  in  which students attend classes for more than 20
 4        calendar days shall be counted as a  separate  month  for
 5        the  purpose  of  calculating  the  best 3 months average
 6        daily attendance.
 7             (c)  In districts in which some buildings,  but  not
 8        all, conduct year-round classes, the year-round buildings
 9        shall  compute  Average  Daily  Attendance as provided in
10        subdivision  (b)  of   this   paragraph   (1)   and   the
11        non-year-round  buildings  shall  compute  Average  Daily
12        Attendance   as  provided  in  subdivision  (a)  of  this
13        paragraph (1).  These 2 average daily attendance  figures
14        shall  then  be  averaged  to calculate the Average Daily
15        Attendance for the district.
16        Except as otherwise provided in  this  Section,  days  of
17    attendance  by  pupils  shall be counted only for sessions of
18    not less than 5 clock hours of  school  work  per  day  under
19    direct  supervision  of:  (i)  teachers, or (ii) non-teaching
20    personnel   or   volunteer   personnel   when   engaging   in
21    non-teaching  duties  and  supervising  in  those   instances
22    specified in subsection (a) of Section 10-22.34 and paragraph
23    10  of  Section 34-18, with pupils of legal school age and in
24    kindergarten and grades 1 through 12.
25        Days of attendance by tuition pupils shall be  accredited
26    only  to  the  districts that pay the tuition to a recognized
27    school.
28        (2)  Days of attendance by pupils of less  than  5  clock
29    hours  of school shall be subject to the following provisions
30    in the compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
31             (a)  Pupils regularly enrolled in  a  public  school
32        for  only  a part of the school day may be counted on the
33        basis of 1/6 day for every class hour of  instruction  of
34        40  minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment,
 
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 1        unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format  of
 2        80  minutes  or  more  of  instruction, in which case the
 3        pupil may be counted on the basis of  the  proportion  of
 4        minutes  of school work completed each day to the minimum
 5        number of minutes that school work is required to be held
 6        that day.
 7             (b)  Days of attendance may be  less  than  5  clock
 8        hours  on the opening and closing of the school term, and
 9        upon the first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by  a
10        day  or  days  utilized  as  an  institute  or  teachers'
11        workshop.
12             (c)  A  session  of  4  or  more  clock hours may be
13        counted as a day of attendance upon certification by  the
14        regional   superintendent,  and  approved  by  the  State
15        Superintendent  of  Education  to  the  extent  that  the
16        district has been forced to use daily multiple sessions.
17             (d)  A session of 3  or  more  clock  hours  may  be
18        counted  as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder of
19        the school day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that
20        day is utilized for an in-service  training  program  for
21        teachers,  up  to  a maximum of 5 days per school year of
22        which a maximum of 4 days of such 5 days may be used  for
23        parent-teacher  conferences, provided a district conducts
24        an in-service training program  for  teachers  which  has
25        been  approved  by the State Superintendent of Education;
26        or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be  used,  in
27        which  event  each  such  day  may be counted as a day of
28        attendance; and  (2)  when  days  in  addition  to  those
29        provided  in  item (1) are scheduled by a school pursuant
30        to its school improvement plan adopted under  Article  34
31        or its revised or amended school improvement plan adopted
32        under  Article 2, provided that (i) such sessions of 3 or
33        more clock  hours  are  scheduled  to  occur  at  regular
34        intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in which
 
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 1        such  sessions occur are utilized for in-service training
 2        programs  or  other  staff  development  activities   for
 3        teachers,  and  (iii)  a  sufficient number of minutes of
 4        school work under the direct supervision of teachers  are
 5        added to the school days between such regularly scheduled
 6        sessions  to  accumulate  not  less  than  the  number of
 7        minutes by which such sessions of 3 or more  clock  hours
 8        fall  short  of 5 clock hours. Any full days used for the
 9        purposes of this paragraph shall not  be  considered  for
10        computing  average  daily attendance.  Days scheduled for
11        in-service   training   programs,    staff    development
12        activities,   or   parent-teacher   conferences   may  be
13        scheduled  separately  for  different  grade  levels  and
14        different attendance centers of the district.
15             (e)  A session of not less than one  clock  hour  of
16        teaching  hospitalized  or homebound pupils on-site or by
17        telephone to the classroom may be counted as 1/2  day  of
18        attendance,  however  these pupils must receive 4 or more
19        clock hours of instruction to be counted for a  full  day
20        of attendance.
21             (f)  A  session  of  at  least  4 clock hours may be
22        counted as a day of attendance for  first  grade  pupils,
23        and  pupils in full day kindergartens, and a session of 2
24        or more hours may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance  by
25        pupils  in  kindergartens  which  provide only 1/2 day of
26        attendance.
27             (g)  For children with disabilities  who  are  below
28        the  age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock
29        hours  because  of  their  disability  or  immaturity,  a
30        session of not less than one clock hour may be counted as
31        1/2 day of attendance; however for  such  children  whose
32        educational needs so require a session of 4 or more clock
33        hours may be counted as a full day of attendance.
34             (h)  A  recognized  kindergarten  which provides for
 
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 1        only 1/2 day of attendance by each pupil shall  not  have
 2        more  than  1/2 day of attendance counted in any one day.
 3        However, kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance
 4        in any 5 consecutive school days.  When a  pupil  attends
 5        such  a  kindergarten  for  2 half days on any one school
 6        day, the pupil shall have the  following  day  as  a  day
 7        absent  from  school,  unless the school district obtains
 8        permission in writing from the  State  Superintendent  of
 9        Education.  Attendance at kindergartens which provide for
10        a full day of attendance by each pupil shall  be  counted
11        the  same  as  attendance by first grade pupils. Only the
12        first year of attendance in  one  kindergarten  shall  be
13        counted,  except  in  case  of  children  who entered the
14        kindergarten  in  their  fifth  year  whose   educational
15        development  requires  a  second  year of kindergarten as
16        determined under the rules and regulations of  the  State
17        Board of Education.

18    (G)  Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
19        (1)  For  purposes  of the calculation of Available Local
20    Resources required pursuant  to  subsection  (D),  the  State
21    Board  of  Education  shall  secure  from  the  Department of
22    Revenue the value as equalized or assessed by the  Department
23    of  Revenue of all taxable property of every school district,
24    together with (i) the applicable tax rate used  in  extending
25    taxes for the funds of the district as of September 30 of the
26    previous  year  and  (ii)  the  limiting  rate for all school
27    districts subject to property tax  extension  limitations  as
28    imposed under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
29        This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
30    the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
31    calculation of Available Local Resources.
32        (2)  The  equalized  assessed  valuation in paragraph (1)
33    shall be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
34             (a)  For the purposes of calculating State aid under
 
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 1        this Section, with  respect  to  any  part  of  a  school
 2        district  within  a redevelopment project area in respect
 3        to  which  a  municipality  has  adopted  tax   increment
 4        allocation   financing  pursuant  to  the  Tax  Increment
 5        Allocation Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1  through
 6        11-74.4-11   of   the  Illinois  Municipal  Code  or  the
 7        Industrial Jobs Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1  through
 8        11-74.6-50 of the Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the
 9        current  equalized  assessed  valuation  of real property
10        located in any such project area which is attributable to
11        an increase above the total  initial  equalized  assessed
12        valuation  of  such property shall be used as part of the
13        equalized assessed valuation of the district, until  such
14        time  as  all redevelopment project costs have been paid,
15        as provided in Section 11-74.4-8  of  the  Tax  Increment
16        Allocation  Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of
17        the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law.  For the purpose of the
18        equalized assessed valuation of the district,  the  total
19        initial  equalized  assessed  valuation  or  the  current
20        equalized  assessed  valuation, whichever is lower, shall
21        be used until such  time  as  all  redevelopment  project
22        costs have been paid.
23             (b)  The  real property equalized assessed valuation
24        for a school district shall be  adjusted  by  subtracting
25        from  the real property value as equalized or assessed by
26        the Department of Revenue  for  the  district  an  amount
27        computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
28        under  Section  18-170  of the Property Tax Code by 3.00%
29        for a district maintaining  grades  kindergarten  through
30        12,   by   2.30%   for   a  district  maintaining  grades
31        kindergarten through  8,  or  by  1.05%  for  a  district
32        maintaining grades 9 through 12 and adjusted by an amount
33        computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
34        under  subsection  (a)  of Section 18-165 of the Property
 
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 1        Tax Code by the same percentage rates for  district  type
 2        as specified in this subparagraph (b).
 3        (3)  For  the  1999-2000 school year and each school year
 4    thereafter, if a school district meets all of the criteria of
 5    this subsection (G)(3), the school district's Available Local
 6    Resources shall be calculated under subsection (D) using  the
 7    district's  Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation
 8    as calculated under this subsection (G)(3).
 9        For purposes of  this  subsection  (G)(3)  the  following
10    terms shall have the following meanings:
11             "Budget  Year":   The  school year for which general
12        State aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
13             "Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used  to
14        calculate  the  Budget  Year  allocation of general State
15        aid.
16             "Preceding Tax Year": The  property  tax  levy  year
17        immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
18             "Base  Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of the
19        equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County Clerk
20        in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting  rate  as
21        calculated  by  the  County  Clerk  and  defined  in  the
22        Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
23             "Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of
24        the  equalized  assessed valuation utilized by the County
25        Clerk  in  the  Preceding  Tax  Year  multiplied  by  the
26        Operating Tax Rate as defined in subsection (A).
27             "Extension Limitation  Ratio":  A  numerical  ratio,
28        certified  by the County Clerk, in which the numerator is
29        the Base Tax Year's Tax Extension and the denominator  is
30        the Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension.
31             "Operating  Tax  Rate":  The  operating  tax rate as
32        defined in subsection (A).
33        If a school district is subject to property tax extension
34    limitations as  imposed  under  the  Property  Tax  Extension
 
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 1    Limitation  Law, the State Board of Education shall calculate
 2    the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of that
 3    district.  For  the  1999-2000  school  year,  the  Extension
 4    Limitation  Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district
 5    as calculated by the State Board of Education shall be  equal
 6    to  the  product  of  the  district's 1996 Equalized Assessed
 7    Valuation and the district's Extension Limitation Ratio.  For
 8    the 2000-2001 school year and each  school  year  thereafter,
 9    the  Extension  Limitation  Equalized Assessed Valuation of a
10    school district as calculated by the State Board of Education
11    shall be equal to  the  product  of  the  Equalized  Assessed
12    Valuation  last  used in the calculation of general State aid
13    and  the  district's  Extension  Limitation  Ratio.  If   the
14    Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school
15    district  as  calculated under this subsection (G)(3) is less
16    than  the  district's   equalized   assessed   valuation   as
17    calculated  pursuant  to  subsections (G)(1) and (G)(2), then
18    for purposes of calculating the district's general State  aid
19    for   the  Budget  Year  pursuant  to  subsection  (E),  that
20    Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed  Valuation  shall  be
21    utilized   to   calculate   the  district's  Available  Local
22    Resources under subsection (D).
23        (4)  For the purposes of calculating  general  State  aid
24    for  the  1999-2000  school  year  only, if a school district
25    experienced  a  triennial  reassessment  on   the   equalized
26    assessed  valuation  used  in  calculating  its general State
27    financial aid apportionment for the  1998-1999  school  year,
28    the  State  Board  of Education shall calculate the Extension
29    Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation that would have  been
30    used to calculate the district's 1998-1999 general State aid.
31    This amount shall equal the product of the equalized assessed
32    valuation  used  to  calculate  general  State  aid  for  the
33    1997-1998 school year and the district's Extension Limitation
34    Ratio.    If  the  Extension  Limitation  Equalized  Assessed
 
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 1    Valuation of the school district  as  calculated  under  this
 2    paragraph  (4) is less than the district's equalized assessed
 3    valuation utilized in calculating  the  district's  1998-1999
 4    general   State   aid   allocation,   then  for  purposes  of
 5    calculating the district's  general  State  aid  pursuant  to
 6    paragraph  (5)  of  subsection (E), that Extension Limitation
 7    Equalized Assessed Valuation shall be utilized  to  calculate
 8    the district's Available Local Resources.
 9        (5)  For  school  districts  having  a  majority of their
10    equalized assessed  valuation  in  any  county  except  Cook,
11    DuPage,  Kane,  Lake,  McHenry,  or  Will,  if  the amount of
12    general State aid allocated to the school  district  for  the
13    1999-2000 school year under the provisions of subsection (E),
14    (H),  and  (J)  of  this  Section  is less than the amount of
15    general State aid allocated to the district for the 1998-1999
16    school year under these subsections, then the  general  State
17    aid  of the district for the 1999-2000 school year only shall
18    be increased by the difference between  these  amounts.   The
19    total payments made under this paragraph (5) shall not exceed
20    $14,000,000.    Claims  shall  be  prorated  if  they  exceed
21    $14,000,000.

22    (H)  Supplemental General State Aid.
23        (1)  In addition  to  the  general  State  aid  a  school
24    district  is  allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying
25    school districts shall receive a grant, paid  in  conjunction
26    with   a  district's  payments  of  general  State  aid,  for
27    supplemental general State aid based upon  the  concentration
28    level  of  children  from  low-income  households  within the
29    school district. Supplemental State aid grants  provided  for
30    school  districts under this subsection shall be appropriated
31    for distribution to school districts as part of the same line
32    item in which the  general  State  financial  aid  of  school
33    districts is appropriated under this Section. For purposes of
34    this  subsection,  the  term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
 
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 1    shall be the low-income eligible pupil count  from  the  most
 2    recently  available  federal  census  divided  by the Average
 3    Daily Attendance of the school district. If, however, (i) the
 4    percentage decrease from the 2 most recent  federal  censuses
 5    in  the  low-income  eligible  pupil  count  of a high school
 6    district with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or  more
 7    the  percentage change in the total low-income eligible pupil
 8    count  of  contiguous  elementary  school  districts,   whose
 9    boundaries  are coterminous with the high school district, or
10    (ii) a high school district within 2 counties and  serving  5
11    elementary school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous
12    with the high school district, has a percentage decrease from
13    the 2 most recent federal censuses in the low-income eligible
14    pupil  count  and there is a percentage increase in the total
15    low-income  eligible  pupil  count  of  a  majority  of   the
16    elementary  school districts in excess of 50% from the 2 most
17    recent federal censuses,  then  the  high  school  district's
18    low-income  eligible  pupil  count  from  the earlier federal
19    census shall be the number used as  the  low-income  eligible
20    pupil  count  for  the  high school district, for purposes of
21    this subsection (H).  The changes made to this paragraph  (1)
22    by  Public  Act 92-28 this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
23    Assembly shall apply to supplemental general State aid grants
24    paid in fiscal year 1999 and in each fiscal  year  thereafter
25    and  to  any  State  aid  payments  made  in fiscal year 1994
26    through fiscal year  1998  pursuant  to  subsection  1(n)  of
27    Section  18-8  of  this  Code  (which was repealed on July 1,
28    1998), and any high  school  district  that  is  affected  by
29    Public  Act  92-28  this  amendatory  Act of the 92nd General
30    Assembly is entitled to a recomputation of  its  supplemental
31    general  State  aid  grant  or State aid paid in any of those
32    fiscal years.  This recomputation shall not  be  affected  by
33    any other funding.
34        (2)  Supplemental  general  State  aid  pursuant  to this
 
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 1    subsection  (H)  shall  be  provided  as  follows   for   the
 2    1998-1999, 1999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years only:
 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 to $1,243, $1,600,
22        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 $1,273,  $1,640,  and  $2,050,
26        respectively.
27        (2.5)  Supplemental  general  State  aid pursuant to this
28    subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2001-2002
29    school year and each school year thereafter:
30             (a)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
31        Concentration  Level of less than 10%, the grant for each
32        school year shall be $355 multiplied by  the  low  income
33        eligible pupil count.
34             (b)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
 
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 1        Concentration Level of at least 10% and  less  than  20%,
 2        the  grant  for each school year shall be $675 multiplied
 3        by the low income eligible pupil count.
 4             (c)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
 5        Concentration  Level  of  at least 20% and less than 35%,
 6        the grant for each school year shall be $1,190 multiplied
 7        by the low income eligible pupil count.
 8             (d)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
 9        Concentration  Level  of  at least 35% and less than 50%,
10        the grant for each school year shall be $1,333 multiplied
11        by the low income eligible pupil count.
12             (e)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
13        Concentration  Level  of  at least 50% and less than 60%,
14        the grant for each school year shall be $1,680 multiplied
15        by the low income eligible pupil count.
16             (f)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
17        Concentration  Level  of  60% or more, the grant for each
18        school year shall be $2,080 multiplied by the low  income
19        eligible pupil count.
20        (3)  School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
21    more  than  1,000  and  less  than  50,000  that  qualify for
22    supplemental general State aid pursuant  to  this  subsection
23    shall  submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
24    October 30 of each year for the use of  the  funds  resulting
25    from  this  grant  of  supplemental general State aid for the
26    improvement of instruction in  which  priority  is  given  to
27    meeting  the education needs of disadvantaged children.  Such
28    plan  shall  be  submitted  in  accordance  with  rules   and
29    regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
30        (4)  School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
31    50,000  or  more  that qualify for supplemental general State
32    aid  pursuant  to  this  subsection  shall  be  required   to
33    distribute  from funds available pursuant to this Section, no
34    less than  $261,000,000  in  accordance  with  the  following
 
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 1    requirements:
 2             (a)  The  required  amounts  shall be distributed to
 3        the attendance centers within the district in  proportion
 4        to  the  number  of  pupils  enrolled  at each attendance
 5        center who are eligible to receive free or  reduced-price
 6        lunches  or  breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition
 7        Act of 1966 and  under  the  National  School  Lunch  Act
 8        during the immediately preceding school year.
 9             (b)  The   distribution   of   these   portions   of
10        supplemental  and  general  State  aid  among  attendance
11        centers  according  to  these  requirements  shall not be
12        compensated for or  contravened  by  adjustments  of  the
13        total  of  other  funds  appropriated  to  any attendance
14        centers, and the Board of Education shall utilize funding
15        from one or several sources in order to  fully  implement
16        this provision annually prior to the opening of school.
17             (c)  Each attendance center shall be provided by the
18        school  district  a  distribution of noncategorical funds
19        and other categorical funds to which an attendance center
20        is entitled under law in order that the general State aid
21        and  supplemental   general   State   aid   provided   by
22        application  of  this  subsection supplements rather than
23        supplants the noncategorical funds and other  categorical
24        funds  provided  by the school district to the attendance
25        centers.
26             (d)  Any funds made available under this  subsection
27        that  by  reason of the provisions of this subsection are
28        not required to be allocated and provided  to  attendance
29        centers  may be used and appropriated by the board of the
30        district for any lawful school purpose.
31             (e)  Funds received by an attendance center pursuant
32        to this subsection shall be used by the attendance center
33        at the discretion  of  the  principal  and  local  school
34        council for programs to improve educational opportunities
 
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 1        at  qualifying schools through the following programs and
 2        services: early childhood education, reduced  class  size
 3        or  improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
 4        programs, remedial  assistance,  attendance  improvement,
 5        and  other  educationally  beneficial  expenditures which
 6        supplement the regular and basic programs  as  determined
 7        by the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not
 8        be  expended  for  any  political or lobbying purposes as
 9        defined by board rule.
10             (f)  Each district subject to the provisions of this
11        subdivision (H)(4) shall submit  an  acceptable  plan  to
12        meet  the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
13        compliance with the requirements of  this  paragraph,  to
14        the  State  Board  of  Education prior to July 15 of each
15        year. This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of
16        local school councils concerning the  school  expenditure
17        plans  developed  in  accordance  with  part 4 of Section
18        34-2.3.  The State Board shall approve or reject the plan
19        within 60 days after its  submission.   If  the  plan  is
20        rejected,  the  district  shall  give  written  notice of
21        intent  to  modify  the  plan  within  15  days  of   the
22        notification of rejection and then submit a modified plan
23        within  30  days  after the date of the written notice of
24        intent to modify.  Districts  may  amend  approved  plans
25        pursuant  to  rules  promulgated  by  the  State Board of
26        Education.
27             Upon notification by the State  Board  of  Education
28        that  the district has not submitted a plan prior to July
29        15 or a modified plan within the  time  period  specified
30        herein,  the  State  aid  funds  affected by that plan or
31        modified plan shall be withheld by  the  State  Board  of
32        Education until a plan or modified plan is submitted.
33             If  the  district  fails  to distribute State aid to
34        attendance centers in accordance with an  approved  plan,
 
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 1        the  plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
 2        addition  to  the  funds  otherwise  required   by   this
 3        subsection,   to  those  attendance  centers  which  were
 4        underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal  to
 5        such underfunding.
 6             For  purposes  of  determining  compliance with this
 7        subsection in relation to the requirements of  attendance
 8        center  funding,  each district subject to the provisions
 9        of this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
10        December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data  for
11        the  prior  year  in  addition to any modification of its
12        current plan.  If it is determined that there has been  a
13        failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
14        subsection  regarding  contravention  or supplanting, the
15        State Superintendent of Education shall, within  60  days
16        of  receipt  of  the  report, notify the district and any
17        affected local school council.  The district shall within
18        45 days of receipt of that notification inform the  State
19        Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
20        action  to be taken, whether  by amendment of the current
21        plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan  for  the
22        following  year.   Failure  to  provide  the  expenditure
23        report  or  the  notification  of  remedial or corrective
24        action in a timely manner shall result in  a  withholding
25        of the affected funds.
26             The  State Board of Education shall promulgate rules
27        and regulations  to  implement  the  provisions  of  this
28        subsection.   No  funds  shall  be  released  under  this
29        subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted
30        a  plan  that  has  been  approved  by the State Board of
31        Education.

32    (I)  General State Aid for Newly Configured School Districts.
33        (1)  For  a  new  school  district  formed  by  combining
34    property  included  totally  within  2  or  more   previously
 
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 1    existing  school  districts,  for its first year of existence
 2    the general State aid  and  supplemental  general  State  aid
 3    calculated  under  this Section shall be computed for the new
 4    district and for the previously existing districts for  which
 5    property is totally included within the new district.  If the
 6    computation on the basis of the previously existing districts
 7    is  greater,  a supplementary payment equal to the difference
 8    shall be made for the first 4 years of existence of  the  new
 9    district.
10        (2)  For  a  school  district  which  annexes  all of the
11    territory of one or more entire other school  districts,  for
12    the   first  year  during  which  the  change  of  boundaries
13    attributable to such annexation  becomes  effective  for  all
14    purposes as determined under Section 7-9 or 7A-8, the general
15    State aid and supplemental general State aid calculated under
16    this  Section  shall be computed for the annexing district as
17    constituted after the annexation and  for  the  annexing  and
18    each annexed district as constituted prior to the annexation;
19    and  if  the  computation  on  the  basis of the annexing and
20    annexed districts as constituted prior to the  annexation  is
21    greater,  a  supplementary  payment  equal  to the difference
22    shall be made for the first  4  years  of  existence  of  the
23    annexing school district as constituted upon such annexation.
24        (3)  For  2  or  more school districts which annex all of
25    the territory of one or more entire other  school  districts,
26    and  for 2 or more community unit districts which result upon
27    the division (pursuant to petition under  Section  11A-2)  of
28    one  or more other unit school districts into 2 or more parts
29    and which together include all of the parts into  which  such
30    other  unit  school district or districts are so divided, for
31    the  first  year  during  which  the  change  of   boundaries
32    attributable to such annexation or division becomes effective
33    for  all  purposes as determined under Section 7-9 or 11A-10,
34    as the case may be, the general State  aid  and  supplemental
 
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 1    general  State  aid  calculated  under  this Section shall be
 2    computed  for  each  annexing  or   resulting   district   as
 3    constituted  after  the  annexation  or division and for each
 4    annexing and annexed district,  or  for  each  resulting  and
 5    divided  district,  as constituted prior to the annexation or
 6    division; and if the aggregate of the general State  aid  and
 7    supplemental  general  State  aid  as  so  computed  for  the
 8    annexing  or  resulting  districts  as  constituted after the
 9    annexation or division is less  than  the  aggregate  of  the
10    general  State  aid  and supplemental general State aid as so
11    computed for the annexing and annexed districts, or  for  the
12    resulting  and divided districts, as constituted prior to the
13    annexation or division, then a supplementary payment equal to
14    the difference shall be made and allocated between  or  among
15    the annexing or resulting districts, as constituted upon such
16    annexation  or  division,  for  the  first  4  years of their
17    existence.  The total difference payment shall  be  allocated
18    between  or  among the annexing or resulting districts in the
19    same ratio as the pupil enrollment from that portion  of  the
20    annexed  or divided district or districts which is annexed to
21    or included in each such annexing or resulting district bears
22    to the total pupil enrollment  from  the  entire  annexed  or
23    divided  district  or  districts, as such pupil enrollment is
24    determined for the school year last ending prior to the  date
25    when  the change of boundaries attributable to the annexation
26    or division becomes effective for all purposes.   The  amount
27    of  the total difference payment and the amount thereof to be
28    allocated to the annexing or  resulting  districts  shall  be
29    computed  by  the  State  Board  of Education on the basis of
30    pupil enrollment and other data which shall be  certified  to
31    the State Board of Education, on forms which it shall provide
32    for  that  purpose, by the regional superintendent of schools
33    for each educational service region in which the annexing and
34    annexed districts, or resulting  and  divided  districts  are
 
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 1    located.
 2        (3.5)  Claims   for   financial   assistance  under  this
 3    subsection (I) shall not be recomputed  except  as  expressly
 4    provided under this Section.
 5        (4)  Any supplementary payment made under this subsection
 6    (I) shall be treated as separate from all other payments made
 7    pursuant to this Section.

 8    (J)  Supplementary Grants in Aid.
 9        (1)  Notwithstanding   any   other   provisions  of  this
10    Section, the amount of the aggregate  general  State  aid  in
11    combination  with  supplemental  general State aid under this
12    Section for which each school district is eligible  shall  be
13    no  less  than  the amount of the aggregate general State aid
14    entitlement that was received by the district  under  Section
15    18-8  (exclusive  of  amounts received under subsections 5(p)
16    and 5(p-5) of that Section)  for  the  1997-98  school  year,
17    pursuant  to the provisions of that Section as it was then in
18    effect.  If  a  school  district  qualifies  to   receive   a
19    supplementary  payment  made  under  this subsection (J), the
20    amount of the aggregate general State aid in combination with
21    supplemental general State aid under this Section which  that
22    district is eligible to receive for each school year shall be
23    no  less  than  the amount of the aggregate general State aid
24    entitlement that was received by the district  under  Section
25    18-8  (exclusive  of  amounts received under subsections 5(p)
26    and 5(p-5) of that Section) for the  1997-1998  school  year,
27    pursuant  to the provisions of that Section as it was then in
28    effect.
29        (2)  If, as provided in paragraph (1) of this  subsection
30    (J),  a school district is to receive aggregate general State
31    aid in combination with supplemental general State aid  under
32    this  Section  for the 1998-99 school year and any subsequent
33    school year that in any such school year  is  less  than  the
34    amount  of  the  aggregate general State aid entitlement that
 
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 1    the district received for the 1997-98 school year, the school
 2    district shall also receive, from  a  separate  appropriation
 3    made  for  purposes  of  this subsection (J), a supplementary
 4    payment that is equal to the amount of the difference in  the
 5    aggregate State aid figures as described in paragraph (1).
 6        (3)  (Blank).

 7    (K)  Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
 8        In  calculating  the  amount  to be paid to the governing
 9    board of a  public  university  that  operates  a  laboratory
10    school  under  this Section or to any alternative school that
11    is operated by a  regional  superintendent  of  schools,  the
12    State Board of Education shall require by rule such reporting
13    requirements as it deems necessary.
14        As  used  in  this  Section,  "laboratory school" means a
15    public school which is  created  and  operated  by  a  public
16    university and approved by the State Board of Education.  The
17    governing  board  of a public university which receives funds
18    from the State  Board  under  this  subsection  (K)  may  not
19    increase  the  number  of students enrolled in its laboratory
20    school from a single district, if that  district  is  already
21    sending  50 or more students, except under a mutual agreement
22    between the school board of a student's district of residence
23    and the university which operates the laboratory  school.   A
24    laboratory  school  may  not  have  more than 1,000 students,
25    excluding students with disabilities in a  special  education
26    program.
27        As  used  in  this  Section, "alternative school" means a
28    public school which is created and  operated  by  a  Regional
29    Superintendent  of Schools and approved by the State Board of
30    Education.  Such alternative schools  may  offer  courses  of
31    instruction  for  which  credit  is  given  in regular school
32    programs, courses to prepare students  for  the  high  school
33    equivalency  testing  program  or vocational and occupational
34    training.   A regional superintendent of schools may contract
 
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 1    with a school district or a public community college district
 2    to operate an  alternative  school.   An  alternative  school
 3    serving  more  than  one  educational  service  region may be
 4    established by the regional superintendents of schools of the
 5    affected educational service regions.  An alternative  school
 6    serving  more  than  one  educational  service  region may be
 7    operated under such terms as the regional superintendents  of
 8    schools of those educational service regions may agree.
 9        Each  laboratory  and  alternative  school shall file, on
10    forms provided by the State Superintendent of  Education,  an
11    annual  State  aid  claim  which  states  the  Average  Daily
12    Attendance  of  the  school's  students by month.  The best 3
13    months' Average Daily Attendance shall be computed  for  each
14    school.  The  general State aid entitlement shall be computed
15    by multiplying the applicable Average Daily Attendance by the
16    Foundation Level as determined under this Section.

17    (L)  Payments,   Additional   Grants   in   Aid   and   Other
18    Requirements.
19        (1)  For a school district operating under the  financial
20    supervision  of  an  Authority created under Article 34A, the
21    general State aid otherwise payable to  that  district  under
22    this  Section,  but  not  the supplemental general State aid,
23    shall be reduced by an amount equal to  the  budget  for  the
24    operations  of the Authority as certified by the Authority to
25    the State Board of Education, and an  amount  equal  to  such
26    reduction  shall  be  paid  to the Authority created for such
27    district for its operating expenses in the manner provided in
28    Section 18-11.  The remainder of general State school aid for
29    any such district shall be paid in  accordance  with  Article
30    34A  when  that Article provides for a disposition other than
31    that provided by this Article.
32        (2)  (Blank).
33        (3)  Summer school.  Summer school payments shall be made
34    as provided in Section 18-4.3.
 
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 1    (M)  Education Funding Advisory Board.
 2        The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
 3    subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created.
 4    The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
 5    Governor, by and with the advice and consent of  the  Senate.
 6    The   members  appointed  shall  include  representatives  of
 7    education, business, and  the  general  public.  One  of  the
 8    members  so  appointed shall be designated by the Governor at
 9    the time the appointment is made as the  chairperson  of  the
10    Board.  The initial members of the Board may be appointed any
11    time after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
12    The regular term of each member of the Board shall be  for  4
13    years  from  the third Monday of January of the year in which
14    the term of the member's appointment is to  commence,  except
15    that  of  the  5  initial  members  appointed to serve on the
16    Board, the member who is appointed as the  chairperson  shall
17    serve  for  a  term  that commences on the date of his or her
18    appointment and expires on the third Monday of January, 2002,
19    and the remaining 4 members,  by  lots  drawn  at  the  first
20    meeting  of  the  Board  that is held after all 5 members are
21    appointed, shall determine 2 of their  number  to  serve  for
22    terms   that   commence  on  the  date  of  their  respective
23    appointments and expire on the third Monday of January, 2001,
24    and 2 of their number to serve for terms that commence on the
25    date of their respective appointments and expire on the third
26    Monday of January, 2000.  All members appointed to  serve  on
27    the  Board  shall serve until their respective successors are
28    appointed and confirmed.  Vacancies shall be  filled  in  the
29    same  manner  as  original  appointments.   If  a  vacancy in
30    membership occurs at  a  time  when  the  Senate  is  not  in
31    session,  the  Governor  shall  make  a temporary appointment
32    until the next meeting of the Senate, when he  or  she  shall
33    appoint,  by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a
34    person to fill that membership for the  unexpired  term.   If
 
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 1    the  Senate  is  not in session when the initial appointments
 2    are made, those appointments shall be made as in the case  of
 3    vacancies.
 4        The  Education  Funding  Advisory  Board  shall be deemed
 5    established,  and  the  initial  members  appointed  by   the
 6    Governor  to serve as members of the Board shall take office,
 7    on the date that the Governor makes his or her appointment of
 8    the fifth initial member of the Board, whether those  initial
 9    members   are   then  serving  pursuant  to  appointment  and
10    confirmation or pursuant to temporary appointments  that  are
11    made by the Governor as in the case of vacancies.
12        The  State  Board  of  Education shall provide such staff
13    assistance to the Education  Funding  Advisory  Board  as  is
14    reasonably  required  for the proper performance by the Board
15    of its responsibilities.
16        For school years after the  2000-2001  school  year,  the
17    Education  Funding  Advisory  Board, in consultation with the
18    State Board  of  Education,  shall  make  recommendations  as
19    provided  in  this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for
20    the foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section
21    and for the supplemental general State aid grant level  under
22    subsection  (H)  of  this  Section  for  districts  with high
23    concentrations of children  from  poverty.   The  recommended
24    foundation  level  shall be determined based on a methodology
25    which  incorporates  the  basic  education  expenditures   of
26    low-spending  schools  exhibiting  high academic performance.
27    The  Education  Funding  Advisory  Board  shall   make   such
28    recommendations  to  the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
29    numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.

30    (N)  (Blank).

31    (O)  References.
32        (1)  References in other laws to the various subdivisions
33    of Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
 
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 1    replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to  refer
 2    to  the  corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to
 3    the extent that those references remain applicable.
 4        (2)  References in other laws to State  Chapter  1  funds
 5    shall  be  deemed  to refer to the supplemental general State
 6    aid provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
 7    (Source: P.A. 91-24, eff. 7-1-99; 91-93, eff. 7-9-99;  91-96,
 8    eff.  7-9-99;  91-111,  eff.  7-14-99;  91-357, eff. 7-29-99;
 9    91-533,  eff.  8-13-99;  92-7,  eff.  6-29-01;  92-16,   eff.
10    6-28-01; 92-28, eff. 7-1-01; 92-29, eff. 7-1-01; 92-269, eff.
11    8-7-01; revised 8-7-01.)

12        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
13    becoming law.

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