093_HB2109

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning education.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30    (N)  (Blank).

31    (O)  References.
32        (1)  References in other laws to the various subdivisions
33    of Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
 
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 1    replacement  by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer
 2    to the corresponding provisions of this Section  18-8.05,  to
 3    the extent that those references remain applicable.
 4        (2)  References  in  other  laws to State Chapter 1 funds
 5    shall be deemed to refer to the  supplemental  general  State
 6    aid provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
 7    (Source:  P.A. 91-24, eff. 7-1-99; 91-93, eff. 7-9-99; 91-96,
 8    eff. 7-9-99; 91-111,  eff.  7-14-99;  91-357,  eff.  7-29-99;
 9    91-533,   eff.  8-13-99;  92-7,  eff.  6-29-01;  92-16,  eff.
10    6-28-01; 92-28, eff. 7-1-01; 92-29, eff. 7-1-01; 92-269, eff.
11    8-7-01; 92-604, eff. 7-1-02; 92-636,  eff.  7-11-02;  92-651,
12    eff. 7-11-02; revised 7-26-02.)