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 1                        92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 2                  FIRST CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT
 3                         ON SENATE BILL 1983
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 6        To the President of the Senate and  the  Speaker  of  the
 7    House of Representatives:
 8        We,  the  conference  committee appointed to consider the
 9    differences  between  the  houses  in   relation   to   House
10    Amendments  Nos.  1  and 2 to Senate Bill 1983, recommend the
11    following:
12        (1)  that the Senate concur in House  Amendments  Nos.  1
13    and 2; and
14        (2)  that  Senate  Bill  1983,  AS  AMENDED,  be  further
15    amended as follows:
16    in  Section  5, in the introductory clause, by replacing "and
17    14C-4" with "14C-4, and 18-8.05"; and

18    in Section 5, immediately below the end  of  Sec.  14C-4,  by
19    inserting the following:

20        "(105 ILCS 5/18-8.05)
21        Sec.  18-8.05.  Basis  for apportionment of general State
22    financial aid and  supplemental  general  State  aid  to  the
23    common schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school years.

24    (A)  General Provisions.
25        (1)  The   provisions   of  this  Section  apply  to  the
26    1998-1999 and subsequent school years.  The system of general
27    State financial aid provided for in this Section is  designed
28    to  assure that, through a combination of State financial aid
29    and required local resources, the financial support  provided
30    each  pupil  in  Average Daily Attendance equals or exceeds a
31    prescribed per pupil Foundation Level.  This formula approach
32    imputes a level of per pupil Available  Local  Resources  and



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 8    (H)  Supplemental General State Aid.
 9        (1)  In  addition  to  the  general  State  aid  a school
10    district is allotted pursuant to subsection  (E),  qualifying
11    school  districts  shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction
12    with  a  district's  payments  of  general  State  aid,   for
13    supplemental  general  State aid based upon the concentration
14    level of  children  from  low-income  households  within  the
15    school  district.  Supplemental State aid grants provided for
16    school districts under this subsection shall be  appropriated
17    for distribution to school districts as part of the same line
18    item  in  which  the  general  State  financial aid of school
19    districts is appropriated under this Section. For purposes of
20    this subsection, the term  "Low-Income  Concentration  Level"
21    shall  be  the  low-income eligible pupil count from the most
22    recently available federal  census  divided  by  the  Average
23    Daily Attendance of the school district. If, however, (i) the
24    percentage  decrease  from the 2 most recent federal censuses
25    in the low-income eligible  pupil  count  of  a  high  school
26    district  with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or more
27    the percentage change in the total low-income eligible  pupil
28    count   of  contiguous  elementary  school  districts,  whose
29    boundaries are coterminous with the high school district,  or
30    (ii)  a  high school district within 2 counties and serving 5
31    elementary school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous
32    with the high school district, has a percentage decrease from
33    the 2 most recent federal censuses in the low-income eligible
34    pupil count and there is a percentage increase in  the  total
 
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 1    low-income   eligible  pupil  count  of  a  majority  of  the
 2    elementary school districts in excess of 50% from the 2  most
 3    recent  federal  censuses,  then  the  high school district's
 4    low-income eligible pupil  count  from  the  earlier  federal
 5    census  shall  be  the number used as the low-income eligible
 6    pupil count for the high school  district,  for  purposes  of
 7    this  subsection (H).  The changes made to this paragraph (1)
 8    by Public Act 92-28 this amendatory Act of the  92nd  General
 9    Assembly shall apply to supplemental general State aid grants
10    paid  in  fiscal year 1999 and in each fiscal year thereafter
11    and to any State  aid  payments  made  in  fiscal  year  1994
12    through  fiscal  year  1998  pursuant  to  subsection 1(n) of
13    Section 18-8 of this Code (which  was  repealed  on  July  1,
14    1998),  and  any  high  school  district  that is affected by
15    Public Act 92-28 this amendatory  Act  of  the  92nd  General
16    Assembly  is  entitled to a recomputation of its supplemental
17    general State aid grant or State aid paid  in  any  of  those
18    fiscal  years.   This  recomputation shall not be affected by
19    any other funding.
20        (2)  Supplemental general  State  aid  pursuant  to  this
21    subsection   (H)   shall  be  provided  as  follows  for  the
22    1998-1999, 1999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years only:
23             (a)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
24        Concentration  Level  of  at least 20% and less than 35%,
25        the grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by
26        the low income eligible pupil count.
27             (b)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
28        Concentration  Level  of  at least 35% and less than 50%,
29        the grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall  be  $1,100
30        multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
31             (c)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
32        Concentration Level of at least 50% and  less  than  60%,
33        the  grant  for  the  1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
34        multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
35             (d)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
 
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 1        Concentration  Level  of  60%  or more, the grant for the
 2        1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
 3        income eligible pupil count.
 4             (e)  For the 1999-2000 school year,  the  per  pupil
 5        amount  specified  in  subparagraphs  (b),  (c),  and (d)
 6        immediately above shall be increased to  $1,243,  $1,600,
 7        and $2,000, respectively.
 8             (f)  For  the  2000-2001  school year, the per pupil
 9        amounts specified in  subparagraphs  (b),  (c),  and  (d)
10        immediately  above  shall  be $1,273, $1,640, and $2,050,
11        respectively.
12        (2.5)  Supplemental general State aid  pursuant  to  this
13    subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2002-2003
14    2001-2002 school year and each school year thereafter:
15             (a)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
16        Concentration Level of less than 10%, the grant for  each
17        school  year  shall  be $355 multiplied by the low income
18        eligible pupil count.
19             (b)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
20        Concentration  Level  of  at least 10% and less than 20%,
21        the grant for each school year shall be  $675  multiplied
22        by the low income eligible pupil count.
23             (c)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
24        Concentration Level of at least 20% and  less  than  35%,
25        the  grant  for  each  school year shall be $1,330 $1,190
26        multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
27             (d)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
28        Concentration  Level  of  at least 35% and less than 50%,
29        the grant for each school year  shall  be  $1,362  $1,333
30        multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
31             (e)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
32        Concentration Level of at least 50% and  less  than  60%,
33        the grant for each school year shall be $1,680 multiplied
34        by the low income eligible pupil count.
35             (f)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
 
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 1        Concentration Level of 60% or more, the  grant  for  each
 2        school  year shall be $2,080 multiplied by the low income
 3        eligible pupil count.
 4        (3)  School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
 5    more than  1,000  and  less  than  50,000  that  qualify  for
 6    supplemental  general  State  aid pursuant to this subsection
 7    shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior  to
 8    October  30  of  each year for the use of the funds resulting
 9    from this grant of supplemental general  State  aid  for  the
10    improvement  of  instruction  in  which  priority is given to
11    meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children.   Such
12    plan   shall  be  submitted  in  accordance  with  rules  and
13    regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
14        (4)  School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
15    50,000 or more that qualify for  supplemental  general  State
16    aid   pursuant  to  this  subsection  shall  be  required  to
17    distribute from funds available pursuant to this Section,  no
18    less  than  $261,000,000  in  accordance  with  the following
19    requirements:
20             (a)  The required amounts shall  be  distributed  to
21        the  attendance centers within the district in proportion
22        to the number  of  pupils  enrolled  at  each  attendance
23        center  who are eligible to receive free or reduced-price
24        lunches or breakfasts under the federal  Child  Nutrition
25        Act  of  1966  and  under  the  National School Lunch Act
26        during the immediately preceding school year.
27             (b)  The   distribution   of   these   portions   of
28        supplemental  and  general  State  aid  among  attendance
29        centers according to  these  requirements  shall  not  be
30        compensated  for  or  contravened  by  adjustments of the
31        total of  other  funds  appropriated  to  any  attendance
32        centers, and the Board of Education shall utilize funding
33        from  one  or several sources in order to fully implement
34        this provision annually prior to the opening of school.
35             (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
35        34-2.3.  The State Board shall approve or reject the plan
 
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 1        within  60  days  after  its  submission.  If the plan is
 2        rejected, the  district  shall  give  written  notice  of
 3        intent   to  modify  the  plan  within  15  days  of  the
 4        notification of rejection and then submit a modified plan
 5        within 30 days after the date of the  written  notice  of
 6        intent  to  modify.  Districts  may  amend approved plans
 7        pursuant to rules  promulgated  by  the  State  Board  of
 8        Education.
 9             Upon  notification  by  the State Board of Education
10        that the district has not submitted a plan prior to  July
11        15  or  a  modified plan within the time period specified
12        herein, the State aid funds  affected  by  that  plan  or
13        modified  plan  shall  be  withheld by the State Board of
14        Education until a plan or modified plan is submitted.
15             If the district fails to  distribute  State  aid  to
16        attendance  centers  in accordance with an approved plan,
17        the plan for the following year shall allocate funds,  in
18        addition   to   the  funds  otherwise  required  by  this
19        subsection,  to  those  attendance  centers  which   were
20        underfunded  during the previous year in amounts equal to
21        such underfunding.
22             For purposes of  determining  compliance  with  this
23        subsection  in relation to the requirements of attendance
24        center funding, each district subject to  the  provisions
25        of this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
26        December  1 of each year a report of expenditure data for
27        the prior year in addition to  any  modification  of  its
28        current  plan.  If it is determined that there has been a
29        failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
30        subsection regarding contravention  or  supplanting,  the
31        State  Superintendent  of Education shall, within 60 days
32        of receipt of the report, notify  the  district  and  any
33        affected local school council.  The district shall within
34        45  days of receipt of that notification inform the State
35        Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
 
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 1        action to be taken, whether  by amendment of the  current
 2        plan,  if  feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the
 3        following  year.   Failure  to  provide  the  expenditure
 4        report or the  notification  of  remedial  or  corrective
 5        action  in  a timely manner shall result in a withholding
 6        of the affected funds.
 7             The State Board of Education shall promulgate  rules
 8        and  regulations  to  implement  the  provisions  of this
 9        subsection.   No  funds  shall  be  released  under  this
10        subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted
11        a plan that has been  approved  by  the  State  Board  of
12        Education.

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

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

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

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

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

 9    (N)  (Blank).

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

24        Submitted on June 1, 2002.

25    s/Sen. Dan Cronin                        s/Rep. William Delgado        
26    s/Sen. Frank P. Watson                   s/Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie   
27    s/Sen. Bradley Burzynski                 s/Rep. Calvin L. Giles        
28    s/Sen. Lisa Madigan                      s/Rep. Art Tenhouse           
29    s/Sen. Vince Demuzio                       Rep. Mary Lou Cowlishaw     
30      Committee for the Senate               Committee for the House

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