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92_SB0556eng SB556 Engrossed LRB9201895NTsbA 1 AN ACT concerning education. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section 5 2-3.2a and by changing Sections 2-3.116 and 3-9 as follows: 6 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.2a new) 7 Sec. 2-3.2a. Electronic transmission and collection of 8 data and funds. The State Board of Education may require 9 that the transmission or collection of any document, record, 10 form, claim, proposal, other data, or funds, between the 11 State Board of Education and any entity doing business with 12 the State Board of Education, be handled by electronic 13 transmission or collection. The State Board shall establish 14 standards for the electronic transmission and collection of 15 data and funds, including data encryption standards, that 16 must be used by all entities doing business with the State 17 Board. These standards must comply with the Electronic 18 Commerce Security Act. 19 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.116) 20 Sec. 2-3.116. Electronic transfer of funds to school 21 districts, regional offices of education, and other 22 providers. The State Board of Education shall, in 23 consultation with the regional superintendents of schools and 24 with the advice and approval of the Comptroller, adopt and 25 implement rules establishing a system for the electronic 26 transfer of funds to school districts, regional offices of 27 education, and other providers entitled to payment under 28 programs administered by the State Board of Education. 29 Beginning July 1, 2002, all payments for school districts, 30 regional offices of education, and other providers entitled SB556 Engrossed -2- LRB9201895NTsbA 1 to payment under programs administered by the State Board of 2 Education must be disbursed by the Comptroller through 3 electronic funds transfer, except as the State Board of 4 Education otherwise directs. If a school district entitled 5 to payment wishes an electronic payment to be made to the 6 district's regional office of education on the district's 7 behalf, the school board, with the approval of the regional 8 office of education, must provide a resolution to the State 9 Board of Education directing that the electronic deposit be 10 made into the account of the regional office of education. 11The procedures in effect on the effective date of this12amendatory Act of 1994 for payment by the State Board of13Education shall remain in effect until those rules take14effect.15 (Source: P.A. 88-641, eff. 9-9-94.) 16 (105 ILCS 5/3-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-9) 17 Sec. 3-9. School funds; apportionment and payment. 18 Whenever the regional superintendent receivesIn every19instance possible, except by written agreement between local20school districts in an educational service region and a21regional superintendent directing that payments be made to22the regional superintendent by the State Comptroller, funds23due to local school districts shall be disbursed by the State24Comptroller through direct electronic transfer from the State25school fund as directed by the State Board of Education. In26the event a written agreement exists, upon receipt ofamounts 27 due to local school districtsfrom the State school funds, 28 the regional superintendent shall apportion and distribute 29 the moneys to the appropriate local school districts as 30 directed. No part of the State or other school fundingfund, 31 however, shall be paid to any school treasurer or other 32 persons authorized to receive it unless such treasurer has 33 filed the requiredhisbond, or if reelected, has renewed the SB556 Engrossed -3- LRB9201895NTsbA 1hisbond and filed it as required by law and unless the 2 publication of the annual fiscal statement required in 3 Section 10-17 has been made and properly certified. 4 (Source: P.A. 87-473; 88-89; 88-641, eff. 9-9-94.) 5 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 6 becoming law.