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

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

24    (H)  Supplemental General State Aid.
25        (1)  In  addition  to  the  general  State  aid  a school
26    district is allotted pursuant to subsection  (E),  qualifying
27    school  districts  shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction
28    with  a  district's  payments  of  general  State  aid,   for
29    supplemental  general  State aid based upon the concentration
30    level of  children  from  low-income  households  within  the
31    school  district.  Supplemental State aid grants provided for
32    school districts under this subsection shall be  appropriated
33    for distribution to school districts as part of the same line
34    item  in  which  the  general  State  financial aid of school
 
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 1    districts is appropriated under this Section. For purposes of
 2    this subsection, the term  "Low-Income  Concentration  Level"
 3    shall  be  the  low-income eligible pupil count from the most
 4    recently available federal  census  divided  by  the  Average
 5    Daily Attendance of the school district. If, however, (i) the
 6    percentage  decrease  from the 2 most recent federal censuses
 7    in the low-income eligible  pupil  count  of  a  high  school
 8    district  with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or more
 9    the percentage change in the total low-income eligible  pupil
10    count   of  contiguous  elementary  school  districts,  whose
11    boundaries are coterminous with the high school district,  or
12    (ii)  a  high school district within 2 counties and serving 5
13    elementary school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous
14    with the high school district, has a percentage decrease from
15    the 2 most recent federal censuses in the low-income eligible
16    pupil count and there is a percentage increase in  the  total
17    low-income   eligible  pupil  count  of  a  majority  of  the
18    elementary school districts in excess of 50% from the 2  most
19    recent  federal  censuses,  then  the  high school district's
20    low-income eligible pupil  count  from  the  earlier  federal
21    census  shall  be  the number used as the low-income eligible
22    pupil count for the high school  district,  for  purposes  of
23    this  subsection (H).  The changes made to this paragraph (1)
24    by Public Act 92-28 this amendatory Act of the  92nd  General
25    Assembly shall apply to supplemental general State aid grants
26    paid  in  fiscal year 1999 and in each fiscal year thereafter
27    and to any State  aid  payments  made  in  fiscal  year  1994
28    through  fiscal  year  1998  pursuant  to  subsection 1(n) of
29    Section 18-8 of this Code (which  was  repealed  on  July  1,
30    1998),  and  any  high  school  district  that is affected by
31    Public Act 92-28 this amendatory  Act  of  the  92nd  General
32    Assembly  is  entitled to a recomputation of its supplemental
33    general State aid grant or State aid paid  in  any  of  those
34    fiscal  years.   This  recomputation shall not be affected by
 
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 1    any other funding.
 2        (2)  Supplemental general  State  aid  pursuant  to  this
 3    subsection   (H)   shall  be  provided  as  follows  for  the
 4    1998-1999, 1999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years only:
 5             (a)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
 6        Concentration  Level  of  at least 20% and less than 35%,
 7        the grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by
 8        the low income eligible pupil count.
 9             (b)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
10        Concentration  Level  of  at least 35% and less than 50%,
11        the grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall  be  $1,100
12        multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
13             (c)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
14        Concentration Level of at least 50% and  less  than  60%,
15        the  grant  for  the  1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
16        multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
17             (d)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
18        Concentration  Level  of  60%  or more, the grant for the
19        1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
20        income eligible pupil count.
21             (e)  For the 1999-2000 school year,  the  per  pupil
22        amount  specified  in  subparagraphs  (b),  (c),  and (d)
23        immediately above shall be increased to  $1,243,  $1,600,
24        and $2,000, respectively.
25             (f)  For  the  2000-2001  school year, the per pupil
26        amounts specified in  subparagraphs  (b),  (c),  and  (d)
27        immediately  above  shall  be $1,273, $1,640, and $2,050,
28        respectively.
29        (2.5)  Supplemental general State aid  pursuant  to  this
30    subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2001-2002
31    school year and each school year thereafter:
32             (a)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
33        Concentration Level of less than 10%, the grant for  each
34        school  year  shall  be $355 multiplied by the low income
 
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 1        eligible pupil count.
 2             (b)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
 3        Concentration  Level  of  at least 10% and less than 20%,
 4        the grant for each school year shall be  $675  multiplied
 5        by the low income eligible pupil count.
 6             (c)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
 7        Concentration Level of at least 20% and  less  than  35%,
 8        the grant for each school year shall be $1,190 multiplied
 9        by the low income eligible pupil count.
10             (d)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
11        Concentration Level of at least 35% and  less  than  50%,
12        the grant for each school year shall be $1,333 multiplied
13        by the low income eligible pupil count.
14             (e)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
15        Concentration Level of at least 50% and  less  than  60%,
16        the grant for each school year shall be $1,680 multiplied
17        by the low income eligible pupil count.
18             (f)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
19        Concentration Level of 60% or more, the  grant  for  each
20        school  year shall be $2,080 multiplied by the low income
21        eligible pupil count.
22        (3)  School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
23    more than  1,000  and  less  than  50,000  that  qualify  for
24    supplemental  general  State  aid pursuant to this subsection
25    shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior  to
26    October  30  of  each year for the use of the funds resulting
27    from this grant of supplemental general  State  aid  for  the
28    improvement  of  instruction  in  which  priority is given to
29    meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children.   Such
30    plan   shall  be  submitted  in  accordance  with  rules  and
31    regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
32        (4)  School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
33    50,000 or more that qualify for  supplemental  general  State
34    aid   pursuant  to  this  subsection  shall  be  required  to
 
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 1    distribute from funds available pursuant to this Section,  no
 2    less  than  $261,000,000  in  accordance  with  the following
 3    requirements:
 4             (a)  The required amounts shall  be  distributed  to
 5        the  attendance centers within the district in proportion
 6        to the number  of  pupils  enrolled  at  each  attendance
 7        center  who are eligible to receive free or reduced-price
 8        lunches or breakfasts under the federal  Child  Nutrition
 9        Act  of  1966  and  under  the  National School Lunch Act
10        during the immediately preceding school year.
11             (b)  The   distribution   of   these   portions   of
12        supplemental  and  general  State  aid  among  attendance
13        centers according to  these  requirements  shall  not  be
14        compensated  for  or  contravened  by  adjustments of the
15        total of  other  funds  appropriated  to  any  attendance
16        centers, and the Board of Education shall utilize funding
17        from  one  or several sources in order to fully implement
18        this provision annually prior to the opening of school.
19             (c)  Each attendance center shall be provided by the
20        school district a distribution  of  noncategorical  funds
21        and other categorical funds to which an attendance center
22        is entitled under law in order that the general State aid
23        and   supplemental   general   State   aid   provided  by
24        application of this subsection  supplements  rather  than
25        supplants  the noncategorical funds and other categorical
26        funds provided by the school district to  the  attendance
27        centers.
28             (d)  Any  funds made available under this subsection
29        that by reason of the provisions of this  subsection  are
30        not  required  to be allocated and provided to attendance
31        centers may be used and appropriated by the board of  the
32        district for any lawful school purpose.
33             (e)  Funds received by an attendance center pursuant
34        to this subsection shall be used by the attendance center
 
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 1        at  the  discretion  of  the  principal  and local school
 2        council for programs to improve educational opportunities
 3        at qualifying schools through the following programs  and
 4        services:  early  childhood education, reduced class size
 5        or improved adult to student classroom ratio,  enrichment
 6        programs,  remedial  assistance,  attendance improvement,
 7        and other  educationally  beneficial  expenditures  which
 8        supplement  the  regular and basic programs as determined
 9        by the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not
10        be expended for any political  or  lobbying  purposes  as
11        defined by board rule.
12             (f)  Each district subject to the provisions of this
13        subdivision  (H)(4)  shall  submit  an acceptable plan to
14        meet the educational needs of disadvantaged children,  in
15        compliance  with  the  requirements of this paragraph, to
16        the State Board of Education prior to  July  15  of  each
17        year. This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of
18        local  school  councils concerning the school expenditure
19        plans developed in accordance  with  part  4  of  Section
20        34-2.3.  The State Board shall approve or reject the plan
21        within  60  days  after  its  submission.  If the plan is
22        rejected, the  district  shall  give  written  notice  of
23        intent   to  modify  the  plan  within  15  days  of  the
24        notification of rejection and then submit a modified plan
25        within 30 days after the date of the  written  notice  of
26        intent  to  modify.  Districts  may  amend approved plans
27        pursuant to rules  promulgated  by  the  State  Board  of
28        Education.
29             Upon  notification  by  the State Board of Education
30        that the district has not submitted a plan prior to  July
31        15  or  a  modified plan within the time period specified
32        herein, the State aid funds  affected  by  that  plan  or
33        modified  plan  shall  be  withheld by the State Board of
34        Education until a plan or modified plan is submitted.
 
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 1             If the district fails to  distribute  State  aid  to
 2        attendance  centers  in accordance with an approved plan,
 3        the plan for the following year shall allocate funds,  in
 4        addition   to   the  funds  otherwise  required  by  this
 5        subsection,  to  those  attendance  centers  which   were
 6        underfunded  during the previous year in amounts equal to
 7        such underfunding.
 8             For purposes of  determining  compliance  with  this
 9        subsection  in relation to the requirements of attendance
10        center funding, each district subject to  the  provisions
11        of this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
12        December  1 of each year a report of expenditure data for
13        the prior year in addition to  any  modification  of  its
14        current  plan.  If it is determined that there has been a
15        failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
16        subsection regarding contravention  or  supplanting,  the
17        State  Superintendent  of Education shall, within 60 days
18        of receipt of the report, notify  the  district  and  any
19        affected local school council.  The district shall within
20        45  days of receipt of that notification inform the State
21        Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
22        action to be taken, whether  by amendment of the  current
23        plan,  if  feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the
24        following  year.   Failure  to  provide  the  expenditure
25        report or the  notification  of  remedial  or  corrective
26        action  in  a timely manner shall result in a withholding
27        of the affected funds.
28             The State Board of Education shall promulgate  rules
29        and  regulations  to  implement  the  provisions  of this
30        subsection.   No  funds  shall  be  released  under  this
31        subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted
32        a plan that has been  approved  by  the  State  Board  of
33        Education.

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

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

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

19    (L)  Payments,   Additional   Grants   in   Aid   and   Other
20    Requirements.
21        (1)  For  a school district operating under the financial
22    supervision of an Authority created under  Article  34A,  the
23    general  State  aid  otherwise payable to that district under
24    this Section, but not the  supplemental  general  State  aid,
25    shall  be  reduced  by  an amount equal to the budget for the
26    operations of the Authority as certified by the Authority  to
27    the  State  Board  of  Education, and an amount equal to such
28    reduction shall be paid to the  Authority  created  for  such
29    district for its operating expenses in the manner provided in
30    Section 18-11.  The remainder of general State school aid for
31    any  such  district  shall be paid in accordance with Article
32    34A when that Article provides for a disposition  other  than
33    that provided by this Article.
34        (2)  (Blank).
 
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 1        (3)  Summer school.  Summer school payments shall be made
 2    as provided in Section 18-4.3.

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

32    (N)  (Blank).

33    (O)  References.
 
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 1        (1)  References in other laws to the various subdivisions
 2    of Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
 3    replacement  by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer
 4    to the corresponding provisions of this Section  18-8.05,  to
 5    the extent that those references remain applicable.
 6        (2)  References  in  other  laws to State Chapter 1 funds
 7    shall be deemed to refer to the  supplemental  general  State
 8    aid provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
 9    (Source:  P.A. 91-24, eff. 7-1-99; 91-93, eff. 7-9-99; 91-96,
10    eff. 7-9-99; 91-111,  eff.  7-14-99;  91-357,  eff.  7-29-99;
11    91-533,   eff.  8-13-99;  92-7,  eff.  6-29-01;  92-16,  eff.
12    6-28-01; 92-28, eff. 7-1-01; 92-29, eff. 7-1-01; 92-269, eff.
13    8-7-01; revised 8-7-01.)

14        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
15    becoming law.

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