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 1        AN ACT relating to schools.

 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.  For
13    the 2001-2002 school year, the Foundation Level of support is
14    $4,560.
15        (3)  For the 2002-2003 2001-2002  school  year  and  each
16    school  year  thereafter,  the Foundation Level of support is
17    $4,680 $4,560 or such greater amount as may be established by
18    law by the General Assembly.

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

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

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

23    (F)  Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
24        (1)  Each  school district shall, by July 1 of each year,
25    submit to the State Board of Education, on  forms  prescribed
26    by  the  State Board of Education, attendance figures for the
27    school year that began in the preceding calendar  year.   The
28    attendance  information  so  transmitted  shall  identify the
29    average daily attendance figures for each month of the school
30    year, except that any days of attendance in August  shall  be
31    added to the month of September and any days of attendance in
32    June shall be added to the month of May.
33        Except  as  otherwise  provided  in this Section, days of
34    attendance by pupils shall be counted only  for  sessions  of
 
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 1    not  less  than  5  clock  hours of school work per day under
 2    direct supervision of: (i)  teachers,  or  (ii)  non-teaching
 3    personnel   or   volunteer   personnel   when   engaging   in
 4    non-teaching   duties  and  supervising  in  those  instances
 5    specified in subsection (a) of Section 10-22.34 and paragraph
 6    10 of Section 34-18, with pupils of legal school age  and  in
 7    kindergarten and grades 1 through 12.
 8        Days  of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited
 9    only to the districts that pay the tuition  to  a  recognized
10    school.
11        (2)  Days  of  attendance  by pupils of less than 5 clock
12    hours of school shall be subject to the following  provisions
13    in the compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
14             (a)  Pupils  regularly  enrolled  in a public school
15        for only a part of the school day may be counted  on  the
16        basis  of  1/6 day for every class hour of instruction of
17        40 minutes or more attended pursuant to such  enrollment,
18        unless  a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of
19        80 minutes or more of  instruction,  in  which  case  the
20        pupil  may  be  counted on the basis of the proportion of
21        minutes of school work completed each day to the  minimum
22        number of minutes that school work is required to be held
23        that day.
24             (b)  Days  of  attendance  may  be less than 5 clock
25        hours on the opening and closing of the school term,  and
26        upon  the first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by a
27        day  or  days  utilized  as  an  institute  or  teachers'
28        workshop.
29             (c)  A session of 4  or  more  clock  hours  may  be
30        counted  as a day of attendance upon certification by the
31        regional  superintendent,  and  approved  by  the   State
32        Superintendent  of  Education  to  the  extent  that  the
33        district has been forced to use daily multiple sessions.
34             (d)  A  session  of  3  or  more  clock hours may be
 
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 1        counted as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder  of
 2        the school day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that
 3        day  is  utilized  for an in-service training program for
 4        teachers, up to a maximum of 5 days per  school  year  of
 5        which  a maximum of 4 days of such 5 days may be used for
 6        parent-teacher conferences, provided a district  conducts
 7        an  in-service  training  program  for teachers which has
 8        been approved by the State Superintendent  of  Education;
 9        or,  in  lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be used, in
10        which event each such day may be  counted  as  a  day  of
11        attendance;  and  (2)  when  days  in  addition  to those
12        provided in item (1) are scheduled by a  school  pursuant
13        to  its  school improvement plan adopted under Article 34
14        or its revised or amended school improvement plan adopted
15        under Article 2, provided that (i) such sessions of 3  or
16        more  clock  hours  are  scheduled  to  occur  at regular
17        intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in which
18        such sessions occur are utilized for in-service  training
19        programs   or  other  staff  development  activities  for
20        teachers, and (iii) a sufficient  number  of  minutes  of
21        school  work under the direct supervision of teachers are
22        added to the school days between such regularly scheduled
23        sessions to  accumulate  not  less  than  the  number  of
24        minutes  by  which such sessions of 3 or more clock hours
25        fall short of 5 clock hours. Any full days used  for  the
26        purposes  of  this  paragraph shall not be considered for
27        computing average daily attendance.  Days  scheduled  for
28        in-service    training    programs,   staff   development
29        activities,  or   parent-teacher   conferences   may   be
30        scheduled  separately  for  different  grade  levels  and
31        different attendance centers of the district.
32             (e)  A  session  of  not less than one clock hour of
33        teaching hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site  or  by
34        telephone  to  the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day of
 
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 1        attendance, however these pupils must receive 4  or  more
 2        clock  hours  of instruction to be counted for a full day
 3        of attendance.
 4             (f)  A session of at least  4  clock  hours  may  be
 5        counted  as  a  day of attendance for first grade pupils,
 6        and pupils in full day kindergartens, and a session of  2
 7        or  more hours may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by
 8        pupils in kindergartens which provide  only  1/2  day  of
 9        attendance.
10             (g)  For  children  with  disabilities who are below
11        the age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more  clock
12        hours  because  of  their  disability  or  immaturity,  a
13        session of not less than one clock hour may be counted as
14        1/2  day  of  attendance; however for such children whose
15        educational needs so require a session of 4 or more clock
16        hours may be counted as a full day of attendance.
17             (h)  A recognized kindergarten  which  provides  for
18        only  1/2  day of attendance by each pupil shall not have
19        more than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any  one  day.
20        However, kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance
21        in  any  5 consecutive school days.  When a pupil attends
22        such a kindergarten for 2 half days  on  any  one  school
23        day,  the  pupil  shall  have  the following day as a day
24        absent from school, unless the  school  district  obtains
25        permission  in  writing  from the State Superintendent of
26        Education. Attendance at kindergartens which provide  for
27        a  full  day of attendance by each pupil shall be counted
28        the same as attendance by first grade  pupils.  Only  the
29        first  year  of  attendance  in one kindergarten shall be
30        counted, except in  case  of  children  who  entered  the
31        kindergarten   in  their  fifth  year  whose  educational
32        development requires a second  year  of  kindergarten  as
33        determined  under  the rules and regulations of the State
34        Board of Education.
 
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 1    (G)  Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
 2        (1)  For purposes of the calculation of  Available  Local
 3    Resources  required  pursuant  to  subsection  (D), the State
 4    Board of  Education  shall  secure  from  the  Department  of
 5    Revenue  the value as equalized or assessed by the Department
 6    of Revenue of all taxable property of every school  district,
 7    together  with  (i) the applicable tax rate used in extending
 8    taxes for the funds of the district as of September 30 of the
 9    previous year and (ii)  the  limiting  rate  for  all  school
10    districts  subject  to  property tax extension limitations as
11    imposed under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
12        This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
13    the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
14    calculation of Available Local Resources.
15        (2)  The equalized assessed valuation  in  paragraph  (1)
16    shall be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
17             (a)  For the purposes of calculating State aid under
18        this  Section,  with  respect  to  any  part  of a school
19        district within a redevelopment project area  in  respect
20        to   which  a  municipality  has  adopted  tax  increment
21        allocation  financing  pursuant  to  the  Tax   Increment
22        Allocation  Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through
23        11-74.4-11  of  the  Illinois  Municipal  Code   or   the
24        Industrial  Jobs Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through
25        11-74.6-50 of the Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the
26        current equalized assessed  valuation  of  real  property
27        located in any such project area which is attributable to
28        an  increase  above  the total initial equalized assessed
29        valuation of such property shall be used as part  of  the
30        equalized  assessed valuation of the district, until such
31        time as all redevelopment project costs have  been  paid,
32        as  provided  in  Section  11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment
33        Allocation Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35  of
34        the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law.  For the purpose of the
 
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 1        equalized  assessed  valuation of the district, the total
 2        initial  equalized  assessed  valuation  or  the  current
 3        equalized assessed valuation, whichever is  lower,  shall
 4        be  used  until  such  time  as all redevelopment project
 5        costs have been paid.
 6             (b)  The real property equalized assessed  valuation
 7        for  a  school  district shall be adjusted by subtracting
 8        from the real property value as equalized or assessed  by
 9        the  Department  of  Revenue  for  the district an amount
10        computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
11        under Section 18-170 of the Property Tax  Code  by  3.00%
12        for  a  district  maintaining grades kindergarten through
13        12,  by  2.30%  for   a   district   maintaining   grades
14        kindergarten  through  8,  or  by  1.05%  for  a district
15        maintaining grades 9 through 12 and adjusted by an amount
16        computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
17        under subsection (a) of Section 18-165  of  the  Property
18        Tax  Code  by the same percentage rates for district type
19        as specified in this subparagraph (b).
20        (3)  For the 1999-2000 school year and each  school  year
21    thereafter, if a school district meets all of the criteria of
22    this subsection (G)(3), the school district's Available Local
23    Resources  shall be calculated under subsection (D) using the
24    district's Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed  Valuation
25    as calculated under this subsection (G)(3).
26        For  purposes  of  this  subsection  (G)(3) the following
27    terms shall have the following meanings:
28             "Budget Year":  The school year  for  which  general
29        State aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
30             "Base  Tax Year": The property tax levy year used to
31        calculate the Budget Year  allocation  of  general  State
32        aid.
33             "Preceding  Tax  Year":  The  property tax levy year
34        immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
 
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 1             "Base Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of  the
 2        equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County Clerk
 3        in  the  Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting rate as
 4        calculated  by  the  County  Clerk  and  defined  in  the
 5        Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
 6             "Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of
 7        the equalized assessed valuation utilized by  the  County
 8        Clerk  in  the  Preceding  Tax  Year  multiplied  by  the
 9        Operating Tax Rate as defined in subsection (A).
10             "Extension  Limitation  Ratio":  A  numerical ratio,
11        certified by the County Clerk, in which the numerator  is
12        the  Base Tax Year's Tax Extension and the denominator is
13        the Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension.
14             "Operating Tax Rate":  The  operating  tax  rate  as
15        defined in subsection (A).
16        If a school district is subject to property tax extension
17    limitations  as  imposed  under  the  Property  Tax Extension
18    Limitation Law, the State Board of Education shall  calculate
19    the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of that
20    district.   For  the  1999-2000  school  year,  the Extension
21    Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school  district
22    as  calculated by the State Board of Education shall be equal
23    to the product of  the  district's  1996  Equalized  Assessed
24    Valuation and the district's Extension Limitation Ratio.  For
25    the  2000-2001  school  year and each school year thereafter,
26    the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed  Valuation  of  a
27    school district as calculated by the State Board of Education
28    shall  be  equal  to  the  product  of the Equalized Assessed
29    Valuation last used in the calculation of general  State  aid
30    and   the  district's  Extension  Limitation  Ratio.  If  the
31    Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school
32    district as calculated under this subsection (G)(3)  is  less
33    than   the   district's   equalized   assessed  valuation  as
34    calculated pursuant to subsections (G)(1)  and  (G)(2),  then
 
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 1    for  purposes of calculating the district's general State aid
 2    for  the  Budget  Year  pursuant  to  subsection  (E),   that
 3    Extension  Limitation  Equalized  Assessed Valuation shall be
 4    utilized  to  calculate  the   district's   Available   Local
 5    Resources under subsection (D).
 6        (4)  For  the  purposes  of calculating general State aid
 7    for the 1999-2000 school year  only,  if  a  school  district
 8    experienced   a   triennial  reassessment  on  the  equalized
 9    assessed valuation used  in  calculating  its  general  State
10    financial  aid  apportionment  for the 1998-1999 school year,
11    the State Board of Education shall  calculate  the  Extension
12    Limitation  Equalized Assessed Valuation that would have been
13    used to calculate the district's 1998-1999 general State aid.
14    This amount shall equal the product of the equalized assessed
15    valuation  used  to  calculate  general  State  aid  for  the
16    1997-1998 school year and the district's Extension Limitation
17    Ratio.   If  the  Extension  Limitation  Equalized   Assessed
18    Valuation  of  the  school  district as calculated under this
19    paragraph (4) is less than the district's equalized  assessed
20    valuation  utilized  in  calculating the district's 1998-1999
21    general  State  aid  allocation,   then   for   purposes   of
22    calculating  the  district's  general  State  aid pursuant to
23    paragraph (5) of subsection (E),  that  Extension  Limitation
24    Equalized  Assessed  Valuation shall be utilized to calculate
25    the district's Available Local Resources.
26        (5)  For school districts  having  a  majority  of  their
27    equalized  assessed  valuation  in  any  county  except Cook,
28    DuPage, Kane, Lake,  McHenry,  or  Will,  if  the  amount  of
29    general  State  aid  allocated to the school district for the
30    1999-2000 school year under the provisions of subsection (E),
31    (H), and (J) of this Section  is  less  than  the  amount  of
32    general State aid allocated to the district for the 1998-1999
33    school  year  under these subsections, then the general State
34    aid of the district for the 1999-2000 school year only  shall
 
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 1    be  increased  by  the difference between these amounts.  The
 2    total payments made under this paragraph (5) shall not exceed
 3    $14,000,000.   Claims  shall  be  prorated  if  they   exceed
 4    $14,000,000.

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

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

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

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

34    (L)  Payments,   Additional   Grants   in   Aid   and   Other
 
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 1    Requirements.
 2        (1)  For  a school district operating under the financial
 3    supervision of an Authority created under  Article  34A,  the
 4    general  State  aid  otherwise payable to that district under
 5    this Section, but not the  supplemental  general  State  aid,
 6    shall  be  reduced  by  an amount equal to the budget for the
 7    operations of the Authority as certified by the Authority  to
 8    the  State  Board  of  Education, and an amount equal to such
 9    reduction shall be paid to the  Authority  created  for  such
10    district for its operating expenses in the manner provided in
11    Section 18-11.  The remainder of general State school aid for
12    any  such  district  shall be paid in accordance with Article
13    34A when that Article provides for a disposition  other  than
14    that provided by this Article.
15        (2)  (Blank).
16        (3)  Summer school.  Summer school payments shall be made
17    as provided in Section 18-4.3.

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

13    (N)  (Blank).

14    (O)  References.
15        (1)  References in other laws to the various subdivisions
16    of Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
17    replacement  by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer
18    to the corresponding provisions of this Section  18-8.05,  to
19    the extent that those references remain applicable.
20        (2)  References  in  other  laws to State Chapter 1 funds
21    shall be deemed to refer to the  supplemental  general  State
22    aid provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
23    (Source:  P.A. 91-24, eff. 7-1-99; 91-93, eff. 7-9-99; 91-96,
24    eff. 7-9-99; 91-111,  eff.  7-14-99;  91-357,  eff.  7-29-99;
25    91-533,   eff.  8-13-99;  92-7,  eff.  6-29-01;  92-16,  eff.
26    6-28-01; 92-28, eff. 7-1-01; 92-29, eff. 7-1-01; 92-269, eff.
27    8-7-01; revised 8-7-01.)

28        Section 10.  The State Aid Continuing  Appropriation  Law
29    is  amended  by  changing Sections 15-10, 15-15, and 15-20 as
30    follows:

31        (105 ILCS 235/15-10)
 
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 1        (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2002)
 2        Sec. 15-10.  Annual budget; recommendation.  The Governor
 3    shall include a Common  School  Fund  recommendation  to  the
 4    State Board of Education in the fiscal year 1999 through 2002
 5    annual  Budget  and in the annual Budget for each fiscal year
 6    thereafter Budgets sufficient to fund (i) the  General  State
 7    Aid  Formula  set  forth  in  subsection  (E) (Computation of
 8    General State Aid) and subsection (H)  (Supplemental  General
 9    State Aid) of Section 18-8.05 of the School Code and (ii) the
10    supplementary  payments  for  school  districts  set forth in
11    subsection (J)  (Supplementary  Grants  in  Aid)  of  Section
12    18-8.05 of the School Code.
13    (Source: P.A. 92-7, eff. 6-29-01.)

14        (105 ILCS 235/15-15)
15        (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2002)
16        Sec.  15-15.   State  Aid  Formula; Funding.  The General
17    Assembly   shall   annually   make   Common    School    Fund
18    appropriations to the State Board of Education in fiscal year
19    years  1999  and  in each fiscal year thereafter through 2002
20    sufficient to fund (i) the  General  State  Aid  Formula  set
21    forth  in  subsection  (E) (Computation of General State Aid)
22    and  subsection  (H)  (Supplemental  General  State  Aid)  of
23    Section 18-8.05 of the School Code and (ii) the supplementary
24    payments for school districts set  forth  in  subsection  (J)
25    (Supplementary  Grants  in  Aid)  of  Section  18-8.05 of the
26    School Code.
27    (Source: P.A. 92-7, eff. 6-29-01.)

28        (105 ILCS 235/15-20)
29        (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2002)
30        Sec. 15-20.  Continuing appropriation.   If  the  General
31    Assembly  fails  to make Common School Fund appropriations to
32    the State Board of Education in fiscal year years 1999 and in
 
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 1    each fiscal year thereafter through 2002 sufficient  to  fund
 2    (i) the General State Aid Formula set forth in subsection (E)
 3    (Computation   of  General  State  Aid)  and  subsection  (H)
 4    (Supplemental General State Aid) of Section  18-8.05  of  the
 5    School  Code  and  (ii) the supplementary payments for school
 6    districts set forth in subsection (J)  (Supplementary  Grants
 7    in  Aid)  of Section 18-8.05 of the School Code, this Article
 8    shall constitute an irrevocable and continuing  appropriation
 9    from  the  Common  School  Fund  of all amounts necessary for
10    those purposes.
11    (Source: P.A. 92-7, eff. 6-29-01.)

12        (105 ILCS 235/15-25 rep.)
13        Section   15.    The   General   State   Aid   Continuing
14    Appropriation Law is amended by repealing Section 15-25.

15        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act  takes  effect  on
16    June 29, 2002.

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