Rep. Keith Farnham

Filed: 11/16/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1660

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1660 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
518-8.05 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/18-8.05)
7    Sec. 18-8.05. Basis for apportionment of general State
8financial aid and supplemental general State aid to the common
9schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school years.
 
10(A) General Provisions.
11    (1) The provisions of this Section apply to the 1998-1999
12and subsequent school years. The system of general State
13financial aid provided for in this Section is designed to
14assure that, through a combination of State financial aid and
15required local resources, the financial support provided each

 

 

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1pupil in Average Daily Attendance equals or exceeds a
2prescribed per pupil Foundation Level. This formula approach
3imputes a level of per pupil Available Local Resources and
4provides for the basis to calculate a per pupil level of
5general State financial aid that, when added to Available Local
6Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level. The amount
7of per pupil general State financial aid for school districts,
8in general, varies in inverse relation to Available Local
9Resources. Per pupil amounts are based upon each school
10district's Average Daily Attendance as that term is defined in
11this Section.
12    (2) In addition to general State financial aid, school
13districts with specified levels or concentrations of pupils
14from low income households are eligible to receive supplemental
15general State financial aid grants as provided pursuant to
16subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants provided for
17school districts under subsection (H) shall be appropriated for
18distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
19in which the general State financial aid of school districts is
20appropriated under this Section.
21    (3) To receive financial assistance under this Section,
22school districts are required to file claims with the State
23Board of Education, subject to the following requirements:
24        (a) Any school district which fails for any given
25    school year to maintain school as required by law, or to
26    maintain a recognized school is not eligible to file for

 

 

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1    such school year any claim upon the Common School Fund. In
2    case of nonrecognition of one or more attendance centers in
3    a school district otherwise operating recognized schools,
4    the claim of the district shall be reduced in the
5    proportion which the Average Daily Attendance in the
6    attendance center or centers bear to the Average Daily
7    Attendance in the school district. A "recognized school"
8    means any public school which meets the standards as
9    established for recognition by the State Board of
10    Education. A school district or attendance center not
11    having recognition status at the end of a school term is
12    entitled to receive State aid payments due upon a legal
13    claim which was filed while it was recognized.
14        (b) School district claims filed under this Section are
15    subject to Sections 18-9 and 18-12, except as otherwise
16    provided in this Section.
17        (c) If a school district operates a full year school
18    under Section 10-19.1, the general State aid to the school
19    district shall be determined by the State Board of
20    Education in accordance with this Section as near as may be
21    applicable.
22        (d) (Blank).
23    (4) Except as provided in subsections (H) and (L), the
24board of any district receiving any of the grants provided for
25in this Section may apply those funds to any fund so received
26for which that board is authorized to make expenditures by law.

 

 

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1    School districts are not required to exert a minimum
2Operating Tax Rate in order to qualify for assistance under
3this Section.
4    (5) As used in this Section the following terms, when
5capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
6        (a) "Average Daily Attendance": A count of pupil
7    attendance in school, averaged as provided for in
8    subsection (C) and utilized in deriving per pupil financial
9    support levels.
10        (b) "Available Local Resources": A computation of
11    local financial support, calculated on the basis of Average
12    Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant to
13    subsection (D).
14        (c) "Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes":
15    Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to "An Act in
16    relation to the abolition of ad valorem personal property
17    tax and the replacement of revenues lost thereby, and
18    amending and repealing certain Acts and parts of Acts in
19    connection therewith", certified August 14, 1979, as
20    amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
21        (d) "Foundation Level": A prescribed level of per pupil
22    financial support as provided for in subsection (B).
23        (e) "Operating Tax Rate": All school district property
24    taxes extended for all purposes, except Bond and Interest,
25    Summer School, Rent, Capital Improvement, and Vocational
26    Education Building purposes.
 

 

 

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1(B) Foundation Level.
2    (1) The Foundation Level is a figure established by the
3State representing the minimum level of per pupil financial
4support that should be available to provide for the basic
5education of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance. As set
6forth in this Section, each school district is assumed to exert
7a sufficient local taxing effort such that, in combination with
8the aggregate of general State financial aid provided the
9district, an aggregate of State and local resources are
10available to meet the basic education needs of pupils in the
11district.
12    (2) For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation Level of
13support is $4,225. For the 1999-2000 school year, the
14Foundation Level of support is $4,325. For the 2000-2001 school
15year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425. For the
162001-2002 school year and 2002-2003 school year, the Foundation
17Level of support is $4,560. For the 2003-2004 school year, the
18Foundation Level of support is $4,810. For the 2004-2005 school
19year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,964. For the
202005-2006 school year, the Foundation Level of support is
21$5,164. For the 2006-2007 school year, the Foundation Level of
22support is $5,334. For the 2007-2008 school year, the
23Foundation Level of support is $5,734. For the 2008-2009 school
24year, the Foundation Level of support is $5,959.
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1thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $6,119 or such
2greater amount as may be established by law by the General
3Assembly.
 
4(C) Average Daily Attendance.
5    (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant
6to subsection (E), an Average Daily Attendance figure shall be
7utilized. The Average Daily Attendance figure for formula
8calculation purposes shall be the monthly average of the actual
9number of pupils in attendance of each school district, as
10further averaged for the best 3 months of pupil attendance for
11each school district. In compiling the figures for the number
12of pupils in attendance, school districts and the State Board
13of Education shall, for purposes of general State aid funding,
14conform attendance figures to the requirements of subsection
15(F).
16    (2) The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
17subsection (E) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
18school year immediately preceding the school year for which
19general State aid is being calculated or the average of the
20attendance data for the 3 preceding school years, whichever is
21greater. The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
22subsection (H) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
23school year immediately preceding the school year for which
24general State aid is being calculated.
 

 

 

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1(D) Available Local Resources.
2    (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant
3to subsection (E), a representation of Available Local
4Resources per pupil, as that term is defined and determined in
5this subsection, shall be utilized. Available Local Resources
6per pupil shall include a calculated dollar amount representing
7local school district revenues from local property taxes and
8from Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes, expressed
9on the basis of pupils in Average Daily Attendance. Calculation
10of Available Local Resources shall exclude any tax amnesty
11funds received as a result of Public Act 93-26.
12    (2) In determining a school district's revenue from local
13property taxes, the State Board of Education shall utilize the
14equalized assessed valuation of all taxable property of each
15school district as of September 30 of the previous year. The
16equalized assessed valuation utilized shall be obtained and
17determined as provided in subsection (G).
18    (3) For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten
19through 12, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be
20calculated as the product of the applicable equalized assessed
21valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%, and divided by
22the district's Average Daily Attendance figure. For school
23districts maintaining grades kindergarten through 8, local
24property tax revenues per pupil shall be calculated as the
25product of the applicable equalized assessed valuation for the
26district multiplied by 2.30%, and divided by the district's

 

 

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1Average Daily Attendance figure. For school districts
2maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax revenues
3per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed valuation
4of the district multiplied by 1.05%, and divided by the
5district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
6    For partial elementary unit districts created pursuant to
7Article 11E of this Code, local property tax revenues per pupil
8shall be calculated as the product of the equalized assessed
9valuation for property within the partial elementary unit
10district for elementary purposes, as defined in Article 11E of
11this Code, multiplied by 2.06% and divided by the district's
12Average Daily Attendance figure, plus the product of the
13equalized assessed valuation for property within the partial
14elementary unit district for high school purposes, as defined
15in Article 11E of this Code, multiplied by 0.94% and divided by
16the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
17    (4) The Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes paid
18to each school district during the calendar year one year
19before the calendar year in which a school year begins, divided
20by the Average Daily Attendance figure for that district, shall
21be added to the local property tax revenues per pupil as
22derived by the application of the immediately preceding
23paragraph (3). The sum of these per pupil figures for each
24school district shall constitute Available Local Resources as
25that term is utilized in subsection (E) in the calculation of
26general State aid.
 

 

 

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1(E) Computation of General State Aid.
2    (1) For each school year, the amount of general State aid
3allotted to a school district shall be computed by the State
4Board of Education as provided in this subsection.
5    (2) For any school district for which Available Local
6Resources per pupil is less than the product of 0.93 times the
7Foundation Level, general State aid for that district shall be
8calculated as an amount equal to the Foundation Level minus
9Available Local Resources, multiplied by the Average Daily
10Attendance of the school district.
11    (3) For any school district for which Available Local
12Resources per pupil is equal to or greater than the product of
130.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the product of
141.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
15pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the Foundation Level
16derived using a linear algorithm. Under this linear algorithm,
17the calculated general State aid per pupil shall decline in
18direct linear fashion from 0.07 times the Foundation Level for
19a school district with Available Local Resources equal to the
20product of 0.93 times the Foundation Level, to 0.05 times the
21Foundation Level for a school district with Available Local
22Resources equal to the product of 1.75 times the Foundation
23Level. The allocation of general State aid for school districts
24subject to this paragraph 3 shall be the calculated general
25State aid per pupil figure multiplied by the Average Daily

 

 

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1Attendance of the school district.
2    (4) For any school district for which Available Local
3Resources per pupil equals or exceeds the product of 1.75 times
4the Foundation Level, the general State aid for the school
5district shall be calculated as the product of $218 multiplied
6by the Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
7    (5) The amount of general State aid allocated to a school
8district for the 1999-2000 school year meeting the requirements
9set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) shall be increased
10by an amount equal to the general State aid that would have
11been received by the district for the 1998-1999 school year by
12utilizing the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed
13Valuation as calculated in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) less
14the general State aid allotted for the 1998-1999 school year.
15This amount shall be deemed a one time increase, and shall not
16affect any future general State aid allocations.
 
17(F) Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
18    (1) Each school district shall, by July 1 of each year,
19submit to the State Board of Education, on forms prescribed by
20the State Board of Education, attendance figures for the school
21year that began in the preceding calendar year. The attendance
22information so transmitted shall identify the average daily
23attendance figures for each month of the school year. Beginning
24with the general State aid claim form for the 2002-2003 school
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1provided in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of this paragraph
2(1).
3        (a) In districts that do not hold year-round classes,
4    days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
5    September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
6    to the month of May.
7        (b) In districts in which all buildings hold year-round
8    classes, days of attendance in July and August shall be
9    added to the month of September and any days of attendance
10    in June shall be added to the month of May.
11        (c) In districts in which some buildings, but not all,
12    hold year-round classes, for the non-year-round buildings,
13    days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
14    September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
15    to the month of May. The average daily attendance for the
16    year-round buildings shall be computed as provided in
17    subdivision (b) of this paragraph (1). To calculate the
18    Average Daily Attendance for the district, the average
19    daily attendance for the year-round buildings shall be
20    multiplied by the days in session for the non-year-round
21    buildings for each month and added to the monthly
22    attendance of the non-year-round buildings.
23    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, days of
24attendance by pupils shall be counted only for sessions of not
25less than 5 clock hours of school work per day under direct
26supervision of: (i) teachers, or (ii) non-teaching personnel or

 

 

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1volunteer personnel when engaging in non-teaching duties and
2supervising in those instances specified in subsection (a) of
3Section 10-22.34 and paragraph 10 of Section 34-18, with pupils
4of legal school age and in kindergarten and grades 1 through
512.
6    Days of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited
7only to the districts that pay the tuition to a recognized
8school.
9    (2) Days of attendance by pupils of less than 5 clock hours
10of school shall be subject to the following provisions in the
11compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
12        (a) Pupils regularly enrolled in a public school for
13    only a part of the school day may be counted on the basis
14    of 1/6 day for every class hour of instruction of 40
15    minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment,
16    unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of 80
17    minutes or more of instruction, in which case the pupil may
18    be counted on the basis of the proportion of minutes of
19    school work completed each day to the minimum number of
20    minutes that school work is required to be held that day.
21        (b) Days of attendance may be less than 5 clock hours
22    on the opening and closing of the school term, and upon the
23    first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by a day or days
24    utilized as an institute or teachers' workshop.
25        (c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be counted
26    as a day of attendance upon certification by the regional

 

 

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1    superintendent, and approved by the State Superintendent
2    of Education to the extent that the district has been
3    forced to use daily multiple sessions.
4        (d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be counted
5    as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder of the school
6    day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that day is
7    utilized for an in-service training program for teachers,
8    up to a maximum of 5 days per school year, provided a
9    district conducts an in-service training program for
10    teachers in accordance with Section 10-22.39 of this Code;
11    or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be used, in
12    which event each such day may be counted as a day required
13    for a legal school calendar pursuant to Section 10-19 of
14    this Code; (1.5) when, of the 5 days allowed under item
15    (1), a maximum of 4 days are used for parent-teacher
16    conferences, or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days are
17    used, in which case each such day may be counted as a
18    calendar day required under Section 10-19 of this Code,
19    provided that the full-day, parent-teacher conference
20    consists of (i) a minimum of 5 clock hours of
21    parent-teacher conferences, (ii) both a minimum of 2 clock
22    hours of parent-teacher conferences held in the evening
23    following a full day of student attendance, as specified in
24    subsection (F)(1)(c), and a minimum of 3 clock hours of
25    parent-teacher conferences held on the day immediately
26    following evening parent-teacher conferences, or (iii)

 

 

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1    multiple parent-teacher conferences held in the evenings
2    following full days of student attendance, as specified in
3    subsection (F)(1)(c), in which the time used for the
4    parent-teacher conferences is equivalent to a minimum of 5
5    clock hours; and (2) when days in addition to those
6    provided in items (1) and (1.5) are scheduled by a school
7    pursuant to its school improvement plan adopted under
8    Article 34 or its revised or amended school improvement
9    plan adopted under Article 2, provided that (i) such
10    sessions of 3 or more clock hours are scheduled to occur at
11    regular intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in
12    which such sessions occur are utilized for in-service
13    training programs or other staff development activities
14    for teachers, and (iii) a sufficient number of minutes of
15    school work under the direct supervision of teachers are
16    added to the school days between such regularly scheduled
17    sessions to accumulate not less than the number of minutes
18    by which such sessions of 3 or more clock hours fall short
19    of 5 clock hours. Any full days used for the purposes of
20    this paragraph shall not be considered for computing
21    average daily attendance. Days scheduled for in-service
22    training programs, staff development activities, or
23    parent-teacher conferences may be scheduled separately for
24    different grade levels and different attendance centers of
25    the district.
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1    teaching hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or by
2    telephone to the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day of
3    attendance, however these pupils must receive 4 or more
4    clock hours of instruction to be counted for a full day of
5    attendance.
6        (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be counted
7    as a day of attendance for first grade pupils, and pupils
8    in full day kindergartens, and a session of 2 or more hours
9    may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by pupils in
10    kindergartens which provide only 1/2 day of attendance.
11        (g) For children with disabilities who are below the
12    age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock hours
13    because of their disability or immaturity, a session of not
14    less than one clock hour may be counted as 1/2 day of
15    attendance; however for such children whose educational
16    needs so require a session of 4 or more clock hours may be
17    counted as a full day of attendance.
18        (h) A recognized kindergarten which provides for only
19    1/2 day of attendance by each pupil shall not have more
20    than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any one day. However,
21    kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance in any 5
22    consecutive school days. When a pupil attends such a
23    kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school day, the
24    pupil shall have the following day as a day absent from
25    school, unless the school district obtains permission in
26    writing from the State Superintendent of Education.

 

 

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1    Attendance at kindergartens which provide for a full day of
2    attendance by each pupil shall be counted the same as
3    attendance by first grade pupils. Only the first year of
4    attendance in one kindergarten shall be counted, except in
5    case of children who entered the kindergarten in their
6    fifth year whose educational development requires a second
7    year of kindergarten as determined under the rules and
8    regulations of the State Board of Education.
9        (i) On the days when the Prairie State Achievement
10    Examination is administered under subsection (c) of
11    Section 2-3.64 of this Code, the day of attendance for a
12    pupil whose school day must be shortened to accommodate
13    required testing procedures may be less than 5 clock hours
14    and shall be counted towards the 176 days of actual pupil
15    attendance required under Section 10-19 of this Code,
16    provided that a sufficient number of minutes of school work
17    in excess of 5 clock hours are first completed on other
18    school days to compensate for the loss of school work on
19    the examination days.
 
20(G) Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
21    (1) For purposes of the calculation of Available Local
22Resources required pursuant to subsection (D), the State Board
23of Education shall secure from the Department of Revenue the
24value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue of
25all taxable property of every school district, together with

 

 

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1(i) the applicable tax rate used in extending taxes for the
2funds of the district as of September 30 of the previous year
3and (ii) the limiting rate for all school districts subject to
4property tax extension limitations as imposed under the
5Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
6    The Department of Revenue shall add to the equalized
7assessed value of all taxable property of each school district
8situated entirely or partially within a county that is or was
9subject to the provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the
10Property Tax Code (a) an amount equal to the total amount by
11which the homestead exemption allowed under Section 15-176 or
1215-177 of the Property Tax Code for real property situated in
13that school district exceeds the total amount that would have
14been allowed in that school district if the maximum reduction
15under Section 15-176 was (i) $4,500 in Cook County or $3,500 in
16all other counties in tax year 2003 or (ii) $5,000 in all
17counties in tax year 2004 and thereafter and (b) an amount
18equal to the aggregate amount for the taxable year of all
19additional exemptions under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax
20Code for owners with a household income of $30,000 or less. The
21county clerk of any county that is or was subject to the
22provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code
23shall annually calculate and certify to the Department of
24Revenue for each school district all homestead exemption
25amounts under Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code
26and all amounts of additional exemptions under Section 15-175

 

 

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1of the Property Tax Code for owners with a household income of
2$30,000 or less. It is the intent of this paragraph that if the
3general homestead exemption for a parcel of property is
4determined under Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax
5Code rather than Section 15-175, then the calculation of
6Available Local Resources shall not be affected by the
7difference, if any, between the amount of the general homestead
8exemption allowed for that parcel of property under Section
915-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code and the amount that
10would have been allowed had the general homestead exemption for
11that parcel of property been determined under Section 15-175 of
12the Property Tax Code. It is further the intent of this
13paragraph that if additional exemptions are allowed under
14Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code for owners with a
15household income of less than $30,000, then the calculation of
16Available Local Resources shall not be affected by the
17difference, if any, because of those additional exemptions.
18    This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
19the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
20calculation of Available Local Resources.
21    (2) The equalized assessed valuation in paragraph (1) shall
22be 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 district
25    within a redevelopment project area in respect to which a
26    municipality has adopted tax increment allocation

 

 

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1    financing pursuant to the Tax Increment Allocation
2    Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through 11-74.4-11
3    of the Illinois Municipal Code or the Industrial Jobs
4    Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through 11-74.6-50 of the
5    Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the current equalized
6    assessed valuation of real property located in any such
7    project area which is attributable to an increase above the
8    total initial equalized assessed valuation of such
9    property shall be used as part of the equalized assessed
10    valuation of the district, until such time as all
11    redevelopment project costs have been paid, as provided in
12    Section 11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment Allocation
13    Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of the
14    Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose of the
15    equalized assessed valuation of the district, the total
16    initial equalized assessed valuation or the current
17    equalized assessed valuation, whichever is lower, shall be
18    used until such time as all redevelopment project costs
19    have been paid.
20        (b) The real property equalized assessed valuation for
21    a school district shall be adjusted by subtracting from the
22    real property value as equalized or assessed by the
23    Department of Revenue for the district an amount computed
24    by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes under
25    Section 18-170 of the Property Tax Code by 3.00% for a
26    district maintaining grades kindergarten through 12, by

 

 

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1    2.30% for a district maintaining grades kindergarten
2    through 8, or by 1.05% for a district maintaining grades 9
3    through 12 and adjusted by an amount computed by dividing
4    the amount of any abatement of taxes under subsection (a)
5    of Section 18-165 of the Property Tax Code by the same
6    percentage rates for district type as specified in this
7    subparagraph (b).
8    (3) For the 1999-2000 school year and each school year
9thereafter, if a school district meets all of the criteria of
10this subsection (G)(3), the school district's Available Local
11Resources shall be calculated under subsection (D) using the
12district's Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation
13as calculated under this subsection (G)(3).
14    For purposes of this subsection (G)(3) the following terms
15shall have the following meanings:
16        "Budget Year": The school year for which general State
17    aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
18        "Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used to
19    calculate the Budget Year allocation of general State aid.
20        "Preceding Tax Year": The property tax levy year
21    immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
22        "Base Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of the
23    equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County Clerk
24    in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting rate as
25    calculated by the County Clerk and defined in the Property
26    Tax Extension Limitation Law.

 

 

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1        "Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of
2    the equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County
3    Clerk in the Preceding Tax Year multiplied by the Operating
4    Tax Rate as defined in subsection (A).
5        "Extension Limitation Ratio": A numerical ratio,
6    certified by the County Clerk, in which the numerator is
7    the Base Tax Year's Tax Extension and the denominator is
8    the Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension.
9        "Operating Tax Rate": The operating tax rate as defined
10    in subsection (A).
11    If a school district is subject to property tax extension
12limitations as imposed under the Property Tax Extension
13Limitation Law, the State Board of Education shall calculate
14the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of that
15district. For the 1999-2000 school year, the Extension
16Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as
17calculated by the State Board of Education shall be equal to
18the product of the district's 1996 Equalized Assessed Valuation
19and the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. Except as
20otherwise provided in this paragraph for a school district that
21has approved or does approve an increase in its limiting rate,
22for the 2000-2001 school year and each school year thereafter,
23the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a
24school district as calculated by the State Board of Education
25shall be equal to the product of the Equalized Assessed
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1the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension
2Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as
3calculated under this subsection (G)(3) is less than the
4district's equalized assessed valuation as calculated pursuant
5to subsections (G)(1) and (G)(2), then for purposes of
6calculating the district's general State aid for the Budget
7Year pursuant to subsection (E), that Extension Limitation
8Equalized Assessed Valuation shall be utilized to calculate the
9district's Available Local Resources under subsection (D). For
10the 2009-2010 school year and each school year thereafter, if a
11school district has approved or does approve an increase in its
12limiting rate, pursuant to Section 18-190 of the Property Tax
13Code, affecting the Base Tax Year, the Extension Limitation
14Equalized Assessed Valuation of the school district, as
15calculated by the State Board of Education, shall be equal to
16the product of the Equalized Assessed Valuation last used in
17the calculation of general State aid times an amount equal to
18one plus the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price
19Index for all Urban Consumers for all items published by the
20United States Department of Labor for the 12-month calendar
21year preceding the Base Tax Year, plus the Equalized Assessed
22Valuation of new property, annexed property, and recovered tax
23increment value and minus the Equalized Assessed Valuation of
24disconnected property. New property and recovered tax
25increment value shall have the meanings set forth in the
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1    Partial elementary unit districts created in accordance
2with Article 11E of this Code shall not be eligible for the
3adjustment in this subsection (G)(3) until the fifth year
4following the effective date of the reorganization.
5    (3.5) For the 2010-2011 school year and each school year
6thereafter, if a school district's boundaries span multiple
7counties, then the Department of Revenue shall send to the
8State Board of Education, for the purpose of calculating
9general State aid, the limiting rate and individual rates by
10purpose for the county that contains the majority of the school
11district's Equalized Assessed Valuation.
12    (4) For the purposes of calculating general State aid for
13the 1999-2000 school year only, if a school district
14experienced a triennial reassessment on the equalized assessed
15valuation used in calculating its general State financial aid
16apportionment for the 1998-1999 school year, the State Board of
17Education shall calculate the Extension Limitation Equalized
18Assessed Valuation that would have been used to calculate the
19district's 1998-1999 general State aid. This amount shall equal
20the product of the equalized assessed valuation used to
21calculate general State aid for the 1997-1998 school year and
22the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension
23Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of the school district
24as calculated under this paragraph (4) is less than the
25district's equalized assessed valuation utilized in
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1allocation, then for purposes of calculating the district's
2general State aid pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection (E),
3that Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation shall
4be utilized to calculate the district's Available Local
5Resources.
6    (5) For school districts having a majority of their
7equalized assessed valuation in any county except Cook, DuPage,
8Kane, Lake, McHenry, or Will, if the amount of general State
9aid allocated to the school district for the 1999-2000 school
10year under the provisions of subsection (E), (H), and (J) of
11this Section is less than the amount of general State aid
12allocated to the district for the 1998-1999 school year under
13these subsections, then the general State aid of the district
14for the 1999-2000 school year only shall be increased by the
15difference between these amounts. The total payments made under
16this paragraph (5) shall not exceed $14,000,000. Claims shall
17be prorated if they exceed $14,000,000.
 
18(H) Supplemental General State Aid.
19    (1) In addition to the general State aid a school district
20is allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying school
21districts shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction with a
22district's payments of general State aid, for supplemental
23general State aid based upon the concentration level of
24children from low-income households within the school
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1districts under this subsection shall be appropriated for
2distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
3in which the general State financial aid of school districts is
4appropriated under this Section.
5    (1.5) This paragraph (1.5) applies only to those school
6years preceding the 2003-2004 school year. For purposes of this
7subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
8shall be the low-income eligible pupil count from the most
9recently available federal census divided by the Average Daily
10Attendance of the school district. If, however, (i) the
11percentage decrease from the 2 most recent federal censuses in
12the low-income eligible pupil count of a high school district
13with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or more the
14percentage change in the total low-income eligible pupil count
15of contiguous elementary school districts, whose boundaries
16are coterminous with the high school district, or (ii) a high
17school district within 2 counties and serving 5 elementary
18school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous with the
19high school district, has a percentage decrease from the 2 most
20recent federal censuses in the low-income eligible pupil count
21and there is a percentage increase in the total low-income
22eligible pupil count of a majority of the elementary school
23districts in excess of 50% from the 2 most recent federal
24censuses, then the high school district's low-income eligible
25pupil count from the earlier federal census shall be the number
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1district, for purposes of this subsection (H). The changes made
2to this paragraph (1) by Public Act 92-28 shall apply to
3supplemental general State aid grants for school years
4preceding the 2003-2004 school year that are paid in fiscal
5year 1999 or thereafter and to any State aid payments made in
6fiscal year 1994 through fiscal year 1998 pursuant to
7subsection 1(n) of Section 18-8 of this Code (which was
8repealed on July 1, 1998), and any high school district that is
9affected by Public Act 92-28 is entitled to a recomputation of
10its supplemental general State aid grant or State aid paid in
11any of those fiscal years. This recomputation shall not be
12affected by any other funding.
13    (1.10) This paragraph (1.10) applies to the 2003-2004
14school year and each school year thereafter. For purposes of
15this subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
16shall, for each fiscal year, be the low-income eligible pupil
17count as of July 1 of the immediately preceding fiscal year (as
18determined by the Department of Human Services based on the
19number of pupils who are eligible for at least one of the
20following low income programs: Medicaid, the Children's Health
21Insurance Program, TANF, or Food Stamps, excluding pupils who
22are eligible for services provided by the Department of
23Children and Family Services, averaged over the 2 immediately
24preceding fiscal years for fiscal year 2004 and over the 3
25immediately preceding fiscal years for each fiscal year
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1school district.
2    (2) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
3subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 1998-1999,
41999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years only:
5        (a) For any school district with a Low Income
6    Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
7    grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by the
8    low income eligible pupil count.
9        (b) For any school district with a Low Income
10    Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
11    grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall be $1,100
12    multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
13        (c) For any school district with a Low Income
14    Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
15    grant for the 1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
16    multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
17        (d) For any school district with a Low Income
18    Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for the
19    1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
20    income eligible pupil count.
21        (e) For the 1999-2000 school year, the per pupil amount
22    specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d) immediately
23    above shall be increased to $1,243, $1,600, and $2,000,
24    respectively.
25        (f) For the 2000-2001 school year, the per pupil
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1    immediately above shall be $1,273, $1,640, and $2,050,
2    respectively.
3    (2.5) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
4subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2002-2003
5school year:
6        (a) For any school district with a Low Income
7    Concentration Level of less than 10%, the grant for each
8    school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
9    eligible pupil count.
10        (b) For any school district with a Low Income
11    Concentration Level of at least 10% and less than 20%, the
12    grant for each school year shall be $675 multiplied by the
13    low income eligible pupil count.
14        (c) For any school district with a Low Income
15    Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
16    grant for each school year shall be $1,330 multiplied by
17    the low income eligible pupil count.
18        (d) For any school district with a Low Income
19    Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
20    grant for each school year shall be $1,362 multiplied by
21    the low income eligible pupil count.
22        (e) For any school district with a Low Income
23    Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
24    grant for each school year shall be $1,680 multiplied by
25    the low income eligible pupil count.
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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    (2.10) Except as otherwise provided, supplemental general
5State aid pursuant to this subsection (H) shall be provided as
6follows for the 2003-2004 school year and each school year
7thereafter:
8        (a) For any school district with a Low Income
9    Concentration Level of 15% or less, the grant for each
10    school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
11    eligible pupil count.
12        (b) For any school district with a Low Income
13    Concentration Level greater than 15%, the grant for each
14    school year shall be $294.25 added to the product of $2,700
15    and the square of the Low Income Concentration Level, all
16    multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
17    For the 2003-2004 school year and each school year
18thereafter through the 2008-2009 school year only, the grant
19shall be no less than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year.
20For the 2009-2010 school year only, the grant shall be no less
21than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by
220.66. For the 2010-2011 school year only, the grant shall be no
23less than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by
240.33. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph to the
25contrary, if for any school year supplemental general State aid
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1subsection (H), then the grants under this paragraph shall be
2prorated.
3    For the 2003-2004 school year only, the grant shall be no
4greater than the grant received during the 2002-2003 school
5year added to the product of 0.25 multiplied by the difference
6between the grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b)
7of this paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the
8grant received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the
92004-2005 school year only, the grant shall be no greater than
10the grant received during the 2002-2003 school year added to
11the product of 0.50 multiplied by the difference between the
12grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this
13paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant
14received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the 2005-2006
15school year only, the grant shall be no greater than the grant
16received during the 2002-2003 school year added to the product
17of 0.75 multiplied by the difference between the grant amount
18calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this paragraph
19(2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant received during
20the 2002-2003 school year.
21    (3) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
22more than 1,000 and less than 50,000 that qualify for
23supplemental general State aid pursuant to this subsection
24shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
25October 30 of each year for the use of the funds resulting from
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1improvement of instruction in which priority is given to
2meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children. Such
3plan shall be submitted in accordance with rules and
4regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
5    (4) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
650,000 or more that qualify for supplemental general State aid
7pursuant to this subsection shall be required to distribute
8from funds available pursuant to this Section, no less than
9$261,000,000 in accordance with the following requirements:
10        (a) The required amounts shall be distributed to the
11    attendance centers within the district in proportion to the
12    number of pupils enrolled at each attendance center who are
13    eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunches or
14    breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966
15    and under the National School Lunch Act during the
16    immediately preceding school year.
17        (b) The distribution of these portions of supplemental
18    and general State aid among attendance centers according to
19    these requirements shall not be compensated for or
20    contravened by adjustments of the total of other funds
21    appropriated to any attendance centers, and the Board of
22    Education shall utilize funding from one or several sources
23    in order to fully implement this provision annually prior
24    to the opening of school.
25        (c) Each attendance center shall be provided by the
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1    other categorical funds to which an attendance center is
2    entitled under law in order that the general State aid and
3    supplemental general State aid provided by application of
4    this subsection supplements rather than supplants the
5    noncategorical funds and other categorical funds provided
6    by the school district to the attendance centers.
7        (d) Any funds made available under this subsection that
8    by reason of the provisions of this subsection are not
9    required to be allocated and provided to attendance centers
10    may be used and appropriated by the board of the district
11    for any lawful school purpose.
12        (e) Funds received by an attendance center pursuant to
13    this subsection shall be used by the attendance center at
14    the discretion of the principal and local school council
15    for programs to improve educational opportunities at
16    qualifying schools through the following programs and
17    services: early childhood education, reduced class size or
18    improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
19    programs, remedial assistance, attendance improvement, and
20    other educationally beneficial expenditures which
21    supplement the regular and basic programs as determined by
22    the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not be
23    expended for any political or lobbying purposes as defined
24    by board rule.
25        (f) Each district subject to the provisions of this
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1    the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
2    compliance with the requirements of this paragraph, to the
3    State Board of Education prior to July 15 of each year.
4    This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of local
5    school councils concerning the school expenditure plans
6    developed in accordance with part 4 of Section 34-2.3. The
7    State Board shall approve or reject the plan within 60 days
8    after its submission. If the plan is rejected, the district
9    shall give written notice of intent to modify the plan
10    within 15 days of the notification of rejection and then
11    submit a modified plan within 30 days after the date of the
12    written notice of intent to modify. Districts may amend
13    approved plans pursuant to rules promulgated by the State
14    Board of Education.
15        Upon notification by the State Board of Education that
16    the district has not submitted a plan prior to July 15 or a
17    modified plan within the time period specified herein, the
18    State aid funds affected by that plan or modified plan
19    shall be withheld by the State Board of Education until a
20    plan or modified plan is submitted.
21        If the district fails to distribute State aid to
22    attendance centers in accordance with an approved plan, the
23    plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
24    addition to the funds otherwise required by this
25    subsection, to those attendance centers which were
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1    such underfunding.
2        For purposes of determining compliance with this
3    subsection in relation to the requirements of attendance
4    center funding, each district subject to the provisions of
5    this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
6    December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data for
7    the prior year in addition to any modification of its
8    current plan. If it is determined that there has been a
9    failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
10    subsection regarding contravention or supplanting, the
11    State Superintendent of Education shall, within 60 days of
12    receipt of the report, notify the district and any affected
13    local school council. The district shall within 45 days of
14    receipt of that notification inform the State
15    Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
16    action to be taken, whether by amendment of the current
17    plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the
18    following year. Failure to provide the expenditure report
19    or the notification of remedial or corrective action in a
20    timely manner shall result in a withholding of the affected
21    funds.
22        The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and
23    regulations to implement the provisions of this
24    subsection. No funds shall be released under this
25    subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted a
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1    Education.
 
2(I) (Blank).
 
3(J) Supplementary Grants in Aid.
4    (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section,
5the amount of the aggregate general State aid in combination
6with supplemental general State aid under this Section for
7which each school district is eligible shall be no less than
8the amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that
9was received by the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of
10amounts received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that
11Section) for the 1997-98 school year, pursuant to the
12provisions of that Section as it was then in effect. If a
13school district qualifies to receive a supplementary payment
14made under this subsection (J), the amount of the aggregate
15general State aid in combination with supplemental general
16State aid under this Section which that district is eligible to
17receive for each school year shall be no less than the amount
18of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that was
19received by the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of
20amounts received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that
21Section) for the 1997-1998 school year, pursuant to the
22provisions of that Section as it was then in effect.
23    (2) If, as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection
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1aid in combination with supplemental general State aid under
2this Section for the 1998-99 school year and any subsequent
3school year that in any such school year is less than the
4amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that the
5district received for the 1997-98 school year, the school
6district shall also receive, from a separate appropriation made
7for purposes of this subsection (J), a supplementary payment
8that is equal to the amount of the difference in the aggregate
9State aid figures as described in paragraph (1).
10    (3) (Blank).
 
11(K) Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
12    In calculating the amount to be paid to the governing board
13of a public university that operates a laboratory school under
14this Section or to any alternative school that is operated by a
15regional superintendent of schools, the State Board of
16Education shall require by rule such reporting requirements as
17it deems necessary.
18    As used in this Section, "laboratory school" means a public
19school which is created and operated by a public university and
20approved by the State Board of Education. The governing board
21of a public university which receives funds from the State
22Board under this subsection (K) may not increase the number of
23students enrolled in its laboratory school from a single
24district, if that district is already sending 50 or more
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1board of a student's district of residence and the university
2which operates the laboratory school. A laboratory school may
3not have more than 1,000 students, excluding students with
4disabilities in a special education program.
5    As used in this Section, "alternative school" means a
6public school which is created and operated by a Regional
7Superintendent of Schools and approved by the State Board of
8Education. Such alternative schools may offer courses of
9instruction for which credit is given in regular school
10programs, courses to prepare students for the high school
11equivalency testing program or vocational and occupational
12training. A regional superintendent of schools may contract
13with a school district or a public community college district
14to operate an alternative school. An alternative school serving
15more than one educational service region may be established by
16the regional superintendents of schools of the affected
17educational service regions. An alternative school serving
18more than one educational service region may be operated under
19such terms as the regional superintendents of schools of those
20educational service regions may agree.
21    Each laboratory and alternative school shall file, on forms
22provided by the State Superintendent of Education, an annual
23State aid claim which states the Average Daily Attendance of
24the school's students by month. The best 3 months' Average
25Daily Attendance shall be computed for each school. The general
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1applicable Average Daily Attendance by the Foundation Level as
2determined under this Section.
 
3(L) Payments, Additional Grants in Aid and Other Requirements.
4    (1) For a school district operating under the financial
5supervision of an Authority created under Article 34A, the
6general State aid otherwise payable to that district under this
7Section, but not the supplemental general State aid, shall be
8reduced by an amount equal to the budget for the operations of
9the Authority as certified by the Authority to the State Board
10of Education, and an amount equal to such reduction shall be
11paid to the Authority created for such district for its
12operating expenses in the manner provided in Section 18-11. The
13remainder of general State school aid for any such district
14shall be paid in accordance with Article 34A when that Article
15provides for a disposition other than that provided by this
16Article.
17    (2) (Blank).
18    (3) Summer school. Summer school payments shall be made as
19provided in Section 18-4.3.
 
20(M) Education Funding Advisory Board.
21    The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
22subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created.
23The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
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1members appointed shall include representatives of education,
2business, and the general public. One of the members so
3appointed shall be designated by the Governor at the time the
4appointment is made as the chairperson of the Board. The
5initial members of the Board may be appointed any time after
6the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997. The regular
7term of each member of the Board shall be for 4 years from the
8third Monday of January of the year in which the term of the
9member's appointment is to commence, except that of the 5
10initial members appointed to serve on the Board, the member who
11is appointed as the chairperson shall serve for a term that
12commences on the date of his or her appointment and expires on
13the third Monday of January, 2002, and the remaining 4 members,
14by lots drawn at the first meeting of the Board that is held
15after all 5 members are appointed, shall determine 2 of their
16number to serve for terms that commence on the date of their
17respective appointments and expire on the third Monday of
18January, 2001, and 2 of their number to serve for terms that
19commence on the date of their respective appointments and
20expire on the third Monday of January, 2000. All members
21appointed to serve on the Board shall serve until their
22respective successors are appointed and confirmed. Vacancies
23shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. If
24a vacancy in membership occurs at a time when the Senate is not
25in session, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment
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1appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a
2person to fill that membership for the unexpired term. If the
3Senate is not in session when the initial appointments are
4made, those appointments shall be made as in the case of
5vacancies.
6    The Education Funding Advisory Board shall be deemed
7established, and the initial members appointed by the Governor
8to serve as members of the Board shall take office, on the date
9that the Governor makes his or her appointment of the fifth
10initial member of the Board, whether those initial members are
11then serving pursuant to appointment and confirmation or
12pursuant to temporary appointments that are made by the
13Governor as in the case of vacancies.
14    The State Board of Education shall provide such staff
15assistance to the Education Funding Advisory Board as is
16reasonably required for the proper performance by the Board of
17its responsibilities.
18    For school years after the 2000-2001 school year, the
19Education Funding Advisory Board, in consultation with the
20State Board of Education, shall make recommendations as
21provided in this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for the
22foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section and
23for the supplemental general State aid grant level under
24subsection (H) of this Section for districts with high
25concentrations of children from poverty. The recommended
26foundation level shall be determined based on a methodology

 

 

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1which incorporates the basic education expenditures of
2low-spending schools exhibiting high academic performance. The
3Education Funding Advisory Board shall make such
4recommendations to the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
5numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.
 
6(N) (Blank).
 
7(O) References.
8    (1) References in other laws to the various subdivisions of
9Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
10replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer to
11the corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to the
12extent that those references remain applicable.
13    (2) References in other laws to State Chapter 1 funds shall
14be deemed to refer to the supplemental general State aid
15provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
 
16(P) Public Act 93-838 and Public Act 93-808 make inconsistent
17changes to this Section. Under Section 6 of the Statute on
18Statutes there is an irreconcilable conflict between Public Act
1993-808 and Public Act 93-838. Public Act 93-838, being the last
20acted upon, is controlling. The text of Public Act 93-838 is
21the law regardless of the text of Public Act 93-808.
22(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-644, eff. 10-12-07;
2395-707, eff. 1-11-08; 95-744, eff. 7-18-08; 95-903, eff.

 

 

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18-25-08; 96-45, eff. 7-15-09; 96-152, eff. 8-7-09; 96-300, eff.
28-11-09; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 96-640, eff. 8-24-09; 96-959,
3eff. 7-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.".