98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB3259

 

Introduced , by Rep. William Davis

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/18-8.05

    Amends the State aid formula provisions of the School Code. Provides that school districts for which Available Local Resources per pupil equals or exceeds the product of 2.00 times the Foundation Level are not eligible for general State aid (instead of providing that for any school district for which Available Local Resources per pupil equals or exceeds the product of 1.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid for the school district shall be calculated as the product of $218 multiplied by the Average Daily Attendance of the school district); makes corresponding changes. Makes changes concerning equalized assessed valuation data and the calculation of Available Local Resources. Makes changes concerning supplemental general State aid and the amount of a grant. Effective July 1, 2013.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
518-8.05 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/18-8.05)
7    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 97-742)
8    Sec. 18-8.05. Basis for apportionment of general State
9financial aid and supplemental general State aid to the common
10schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school years.
 
11(A) General Provisions.
12    (1) The provisions of this Section apply to the 1998-1999
13and subsequent school years. The system of general State
14financial aid provided for in this Section is designed to
15assure that, through a combination of State financial aid and
16required local resources, the financial support provided each
17pupil in Average Daily Attendance equals or exceeds a
18prescribed per pupil Foundation Level. This formula approach
19imputes a level of per pupil Available Local Resources and
20provides for the basis to calculate a per pupil level of
21general State financial aid that, when added to Available Local
22Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level. The amount

 

 

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1of per pupil general State financial aid for school districts,
2in general, varies in inverse relation to Available Local
3Resources. Per pupil amounts are based upon each school
4district's Average Daily Attendance as that term is defined in
5this Section.
6    (2) In addition to general State financial aid, school
7districts with specified levels or concentrations of pupils
8from low income households are eligible to receive supplemental
9general State financial aid grants as provided pursuant to
10subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants provided for
11school districts under subsection (H) shall be appropriated for
12distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
13in which the general State financial aid of school districts is
14appropriated under this Section.
15    (3) To receive financial assistance under this Section,
16school districts are required to file claims with the State
17Board of Education, subject to the following requirements:
18        (a) Any school district which fails for any given
19    school year to maintain school as required by law, or to
20    maintain a recognized school is not eligible to file for
21    such school year any claim upon the Common School Fund. In
22    case of nonrecognition of one or more attendance centers in
23    a school district otherwise operating recognized schools,
24    the claim of the district shall be reduced in the
25    proportion which the Average Daily Attendance in the
26    attendance center or centers bear to the Average Daily

 

 

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1    Attendance in the school district. A "recognized school"
2    means any public school which meets the standards as
3    established for recognition by the State Board of
4    Education. A school district or attendance center not
5    having recognition status at the end of a school term is
6    entitled to receive State aid payments due upon a legal
7    claim which was filed while it was recognized.
8        (b) School district claims filed under this Section are
9    subject to Sections 18-9 and 18-12, except as otherwise
10    provided in this Section.
11        (c) If a school district operates a full year school
12    under Section 10-19.1, the general State aid to the school
13    district shall be determined by the State Board of
14    Education in accordance with this Section as near as may be
15    applicable.
16        (d) (Blank).
17    (4) Except as provided in subsections (H) and (L), the
18board of any district receiving any of the grants provided for
19in this Section may apply those funds to any fund so received
20for which that board is authorized to make expenditures by law.
21    School districts are not required to exert a minimum
22Operating Tax Rate in order to qualify for assistance under
23this Section.
24    (5) As used in this Section the following terms, when
25capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
26        (a) "Average Daily Attendance": A count of pupil

 

 

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1    attendance in school, averaged as provided for in
2    subsection (C) and utilized in deriving per pupil financial
3    support levels.
4        (b) "Available Local Resources": A computation of
5    local financial support, calculated on the basis of Average
6    Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant to
7    subsection (D).
8        (c) "Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes":
9    Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to "An Act in
10    relation to the abolition of ad valorem personal property
11    tax and the replacement of revenues lost thereby, and
12    amending and repealing certain Acts and parts of Acts in
13    connection therewith", certified August 14, 1979, as
14    amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
15        (d) "Foundation Level": A prescribed level of per pupil
16    financial support as provided for in subsection (B).
17        (e) "Operating Tax Rate": All school district property
18    taxes extended for all purposes, except Bond and Interest,
19    Summer School, Rent, Capital Improvement, and Vocational
20    Education Building purposes.
 
21(B) Foundation Level.
22    (1) The Foundation Level is a figure established by the
23State representing the minimum level of per pupil financial
24support that should be available to provide for the basic
25education of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance. As set

 

 

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1forth in this Section, each school district is assumed to exert
2a sufficient local taxing effort such that, in combination with
3the aggregate of general State financial aid provided the
4district, an aggregate of State and local resources are
5available to meet the basic education needs of pupils in the
6district.
7    (2) For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation Level of
8support is $4,225. For the 1999-2000 school year, the
9Foundation Level of support is $4,325. For the 2000-2001 school
10year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425. For the
112001-2002 school year and 2002-2003 school year, the Foundation
12Level of support is $4,560. For the 2003-2004 school year, the
13Foundation Level of support is $4,810. For the 2004-2005 school
14year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,964. For the
152005-2006 school year, the Foundation Level of support is
16$5,164. For the 2006-2007 school year, the Foundation Level of
17support is $5,334. For the 2007-2008 school year, the
18Foundation Level of support is $5,734. For the 2008-2009 school
19year, the Foundation Level of support is $5,959.
20    (3) For the 2009-2010 school year and each school year
21thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $6,119 or such
22greater amount as may be established by law by the General
23Assembly.
 
24(C) Average Daily Attendance.
25    (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant

 

 

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1to subsection (E), an Average Daily Attendance figure shall be
2utilized. The Average Daily Attendance figure for formula
3calculation purposes shall be the monthly average of the actual
4number of pupils in attendance of each school district, as
5further averaged for the best 3 months of pupil attendance for
6each school district. In compiling the figures for the number
7of pupils in attendance, school districts and the State Board
8of Education shall, for purposes of general State aid funding,
9conform attendance figures to the requirements of subsection
10(F).
11    (2) The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
12subsection (E) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
13school year immediately preceding the school year for which
14general State aid is being calculated or the average of the
15attendance data for the 3 preceding school years, whichever is
16greater. The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
17subsection (H) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
18school year immediately preceding the school year for which
19general State aid is being calculated.
 
20(D) Available Local Resources.
21    (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant
22to subsection (E), a representation of Available Local
23Resources per pupil, as that term is defined and determined in
24this subsection, shall be utilized. Available Local Resources
25per pupil shall include a calculated dollar amount representing

 

 

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1local school district revenues from local property taxes and
2from Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes, expressed
3on the basis of pupils in Average Daily Attendance. Calculation
4of Available Local Resources shall exclude any tax amnesty
5funds received as a result of Public Act 93-26.
6    (2) In determining a school district's revenue from local
7property taxes, the State Board of Education shall utilize the
8equalized assessed valuation of all taxable property of each
9school district as of September 30 of the previous year. The
10equalized assessed valuation utilized shall be obtained and
11determined as provided in subsection (G).
12    (3) For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten
13through 12, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be
14calculated as the product of the applicable equalized assessed
15valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%, and divided by
16the district's Average Daily Attendance figure. For school
17districts maintaining grades kindergarten through 8, local
18property tax revenues per pupil shall be calculated as the
19product of the applicable equalized assessed valuation for the
20district multiplied by 2.30%, and divided by the district's
21Average Daily Attendance figure. For school districts
22maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax revenues
23per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed valuation
24of the district multiplied by 1.05%, and divided by the
25district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
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1Article 11E of this Code, local property tax revenues per pupil
2shall be calculated as the product of the equalized assessed
3valuation for property within the partial elementary unit
4district for elementary purposes, as defined in Article 11E of
5this Code, multiplied by 2.06% and divided by the district's
6Average Daily Attendance figure, plus the product of the
7equalized assessed valuation for property within the partial
8elementary unit district for high school purposes, as defined
9in Article 11E of this Code, multiplied by 0.94% and divided by
10the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
11    (4) The Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes paid
12to each school district during the calendar year one year
13before the calendar year in which a school year begins, divided
14by the Average Daily Attendance figure for that district, shall
15be added to the local property tax revenues per pupil as
16derived by the application of the immediately preceding
17paragraph (3). The sum of these per pupil figures for each
18school district shall constitute Available Local Resources as
19that term is utilized in subsection (E) in the calculation of
20general State aid.
 
21(E) Computation of General State Aid.
22    (1) For each school year, the amount of general State aid
23allotted to a school district shall be computed by the State
24Board of Education as provided in this subsection.
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1Resources per pupil is less than the product of 0.93 times the
2Foundation Level, general State aid for that district shall be
3calculated as an amount equal to the Foundation Level minus
4Available Local Resources, multiplied by the Average Daily
5Attendance of the school district.
6    (3) For any school district for which Available Local
7Resources per pupil is equal to or greater than the product of
80.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the product of
92.00 1.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
10pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the Foundation Level
11derived using a linear algorithm. Under this linear algorithm,
12the calculated general State aid per pupil shall decline in
13direct linear fashion from 0.07 times the Foundation Level for
14a school district with Available Local Resources equal to the
15product of 0.93 times the Foundation Level, to 0.00 0.05 times
16the Foundation Level for a school district with Available Local
17Resources equal to the product of 2.00 1.75 times the
18Foundation Level. The allocation of general State aid for
19school districts subject to this paragraph 3 shall be the
20calculated general State aid per pupil figure multiplied by the
21Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
22    (4) School districts for which Available Local Resources
23per pupil equals or exceeds the product of 2.00 times the
24Foundation Level are not eligible for general State aid
25pursuant to this subsection (E). For any school district for
26which Available Local Resources per pupil equals or exceeds the

 

 

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1product of 1.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State
2aid for the school district shall be calculated as the product
3of $218 multiplied by the Average Daily Attendance of the
4school district.
5    (5) The amount of general State aid allocated to a school
6district for the 1999-2000 school year meeting the requirements
7set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) shall be increased
8by an amount equal to the general State aid that would have
9been received by the district for the 1998-1999 school year by
10utilizing the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed
11Valuation as calculated in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) less
12the general State aid allotted for the 1998-1999 school year.
13This amount shall be deemed a one time increase, and shall not
14affect any future general State aid allocations.
 
15(F) Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
16    (1) Each school district shall, by July 1 of each year,
17submit to the State Board of Education, on forms prescribed by
18the State Board of Education, attendance figures for the school
19year that began in the preceding calendar year. The attendance
20information so transmitted shall identify the average daily
21attendance figures for each month of the school year. Beginning
22with the general State aid claim form for the 2002-2003 school
23year, districts shall calculate Average Daily Attendance as
24provided in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of this paragraph
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1        (a) In districts that do not hold year-round classes,
2    days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
3    September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
4    to the month of May.
5        (b) In districts in which all buildings hold year-round
6    classes, days of attendance in July and August shall be
7    added to the month of September and any days of attendance
8    in June shall be added to the month of May.
9        (c) In districts in which some buildings, but not all,
10    hold year-round classes, for the non-year-round buildings,
11    days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
12    September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
13    to the month of May. The average daily attendance for the
14    year-round buildings shall be computed as provided in
15    subdivision (b) of this paragraph (1). To calculate the
16    Average Daily Attendance for the district, the average
17    daily attendance for the year-round buildings shall be
18    multiplied by the days in session for the non-year-round
19    buildings for each month and added to the monthly
20    attendance of the non-year-round buildings.
21    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, days of
22attendance by pupils shall be counted only for sessions of not
23less than 5 clock hours of school work per day under direct
24supervision of: (i) teachers, or (ii) non-teaching personnel or
25volunteer personnel when engaging in non-teaching duties and
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1Section 10-22.34 and paragraph 10 of Section 34-18, with pupils
2of legal school age and in kindergarten and grades 1 through
312.
4    Days of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited
5only to the districts that pay the tuition to a recognized
6school.
7    (2) Days of attendance by pupils of less than 5 clock hours
8of school shall be subject to the following provisions in the
9compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
10        (a) Pupils regularly enrolled in a public school for
11    only a part of the school day may be counted on the basis
12    of 1/6 day for every class hour of instruction of 40
13    minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment,
14    unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of 80
15    minutes or more of instruction, in which case the pupil may
16    be counted on the basis of the proportion of minutes of
17    school work completed each day to the minimum number of
18    minutes that school work is required to be held that day.
19        (b) (Blank).
20        (c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be counted
21    as a day of attendance upon certification by the regional
22    superintendent, and approved by the State Superintendent
23    of Education to the extent that the district has been
24    forced to use daily multiple sessions.
25        (d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be counted
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1    day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that day is
2    utilized for an in-service training program for teachers,
3    up to a maximum of 5 days per school year, provided a
4    district conducts an in-service training program for
5    teachers in accordance with Section 10-22.39 of this Code;
6    or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be used, in
7    which event each such day may be counted as a day required
8    for a legal school calendar pursuant to Section 10-19 of
9    this Code; (1.5) when, of the 5 days allowed under item
10    (1), a maximum of 4 days are used for parent-teacher
11    conferences, or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days are
12    used, in which case each such day may be counted as a
13    calendar day required under Section 10-19 of this Code,
14    provided that the full-day, parent-teacher conference
15    consists of (i) a minimum of 5 clock hours of
16    parent-teacher conferences, (ii) both a minimum of 2 clock
17    hours of parent-teacher conferences held in the evening
18    following a full day of student attendance, as specified in
19    subsection (F)(1)(c), and a minimum of 3 clock hours of
20    parent-teacher conferences held on the day immediately
21    following evening parent-teacher conferences, or (iii)
22    multiple parent-teacher conferences held in the evenings
23    following full days of student attendance, as specified in
24    subsection (F)(1)(c), in which the time used for the
25    parent-teacher conferences is equivalent to a minimum of 5
26    clock hours; and (2) when days in addition to those

 

 

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1    provided in items (1) and (1.5) are scheduled by a school
2    pursuant to its school improvement plan adopted under
3    Article 34 or its revised or amended school improvement
4    plan adopted under Article 2, provided that (i) such
5    sessions of 3 or more clock hours are scheduled to occur at
6    regular intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in
7    which such sessions occur are utilized for in-service
8    training programs or other staff development activities
9    for teachers, and (iii) a sufficient number of minutes of
10    school work under the direct supervision of teachers are
11    added to the school days between such regularly scheduled
12    sessions to accumulate not less than the number of minutes
13    by which such sessions of 3 or more clock hours fall short
14    of 5 clock hours. Any full days used for the purposes of
15    this paragraph shall not be considered for computing
16    average daily attendance. Days scheduled for in-service
17    training programs, staff development activities, or
18    parent-teacher conferences may be scheduled separately for
19    different grade levels and different attendance centers of
20    the district.
21        (e) A session of not less than one clock hour of
22    teaching hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or by
23    telephone to the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day of
24    attendance, however these pupils must receive 4 or more
25    clock hours of instruction to be counted for a full day of
26    attendance.

 

 

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1        (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be counted
2    as a day of attendance for first grade pupils, and pupils
3    in full day kindergartens, and a session of 2 or more hours
4    may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by pupils in
5    kindergartens which provide only 1/2 day of attendance.
6        (g) For children with disabilities who are below the
7    age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock hours
8    because of their disability or immaturity, a session of not
9    less than one clock hour may be counted as 1/2 day of
10    attendance; however for such children whose educational
11    needs so require a session of 4 or more clock hours may be
12    counted as a full day of attendance.
13        (h) A recognized kindergarten which provides for only
14    1/2 day of attendance by each pupil shall not have more
15    than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any one day. However,
16    kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance in any 5
17    consecutive school days. When a pupil attends such a
18    kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school day, the
19    pupil shall have the following day as a day absent from
20    school, unless the school district obtains permission in
21    writing from the State Superintendent of Education.
22    Attendance at kindergartens which provide for a full day of
23    attendance by each pupil shall be counted the same as
24    attendance by first grade pupils. Only the first year of
25    attendance in one kindergarten shall be counted, except in
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1    fifth year whose educational development requires a second
2    year of kindergarten as determined under the rules and
3    regulations of the State Board of Education.
4        (i) On the days when the Prairie State Achievement
5    Examination is administered under subsection (c) of
6    Section 2-3.64 of this Code, the day of attendance for a
7    pupil whose school day must be shortened to accommodate
8    required testing procedures may be less than 5 clock hours
9    and shall be counted towards the 176 days of actual pupil
10    attendance required under Section 10-19 of this Code,
11    provided that a sufficient number of minutes of school work
12    in excess of 5 clock hours are first completed on other
13    school days to compensate for the loss of school work on
14    the examination days.
15        (j) Pupils enrolled in a remote educational program
16    established under Section 10-29 of this Code may be counted
17    on the basis of one-fifth day of attendance for every clock
18    hour of instruction attended in the remote educational
19    program, provided that, in any month, the school district
20    may not claim for a student enrolled in a remote
21    educational program more days of attendance than the
22    maximum number of days of attendance the district can claim
23    (i) for students enrolled in a building holding year-round
24    classes if the student is classified as participating in
25    the remote educational program on a year-round schedule or
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1    year-round classes if the student is not classified as
2    participating in the remote educational program on a
3    year-round schedule.
 
4(G) Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
5    (1) For purposes of the calculation of Available Local
6Resources required pursuant to subsection (D), the State Board
7of Education shall secure from the Department of Revenue the
8value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue of
9all taxable property of every school district, together with
10(i) the applicable tax rate used in extending taxes for the
11funds of the district as of September 30 of the previous year,
12and (ii) the limiting rate for all school districts subject to
13property tax extension limitations as imposed under the
14Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, and (iii) the Equalized
15Assessed Valuation of new property, annexed property,
16recovered tax increment value and disconnected property for all
17school districts subject to property tax extension limitations
18as imposed under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
19    The Department of Revenue shall add to the equalized
20assessed value of all taxable property of each school district
21situated entirely or partially within a county that is or was
22subject to the provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the
23Property Tax Code (a) an amount equal to the total amount by
24which the homestead exemption allowed under Section 15-176 or
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1that school district exceeds the total amount that would have
2been allowed in that school district if the maximum reduction
3under Section 15-176 was (i) $4,500 in Cook County or $3,500 in
4all other counties in tax year 2003 or (ii) $5,000 in all
5counties in tax year 2004 and thereafter and (b) an amount
6equal to the aggregate amount for the taxable year of all
7additional exemptions under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax
8Code for owners with a household income of $30,000 or less. The
9county clerk of any county that is or was subject to the
10provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code
11shall annually calculate and certify to the Department of
12Revenue for each school district all homestead exemption
13amounts under Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code
14and all amounts of additional exemptions under Section 15-175
15of the Property Tax Code for owners with a household income of
16$30,000 or less. It is the intent of this paragraph that if the
17general homestead exemption for a parcel of property is
18determined under Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax
19Code rather than Section 15-175, then the calculation of
20Available Local Resources shall not be affected by the
21difference, if any, between the amount of the general homestead
22exemption allowed for that parcel of property under Section
2315-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code and the amount that
24would have been allowed had the general homestead exemption for
25that parcel of property been determined under Section 15-175 of
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1paragraph that if additional exemptions are allowed under
2Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code for owners with a
3household income of less than $30,000, then the calculation of
4Available Local Resources shall not be affected by the
5difference, if any, because of those additional exemptions.
6    This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
7the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
8calculation of Available Local Resources.
9    (2) The equalized assessed valuation in paragraph (1) shall
10be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
11        (a) For the purposes of calculating State aid under
12    this Section, with respect to any part of a school district
13    within a redevelopment project area in respect to which a
14    municipality has adopted tax increment allocation
15    financing pursuant to the Tax Increment Allocation
16    Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through 11-74.4-11
17    of the Illinois Municipal Code or the Industrial Jobs
18    Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through 11-74.6-50 of the
19    Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the current equalized
20    assessed valuation of real property located in any such
21    project area which is attributable to an increase above the
22    total initial equalized assessed valuation of such
23    property shall be used as part of the equalized assessed
24    valuation of the district, until such time as all
25    redevelopment project costs have been paid, as provided in
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1    Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of the
2    Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose of the
3    equalized assessed valuation of the district, the total
4    initial equalized assessed valuation or the current
5    equalized assessed valuation, whichever is lower, shall be
6    used until such time as all redevelopment project costs
7    have been paid.
8        (b) The real property equalized assessed valuation for
9    a school district shall be adjusted by subtracting from the
10    real property value as equalized or assessed by the
11    Department of Revenue for the district an amount computed
12    by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes under
13    Section 18-170 of the Property Tax Code by 3.00% for a
14    district maintaining grades kindergarten through 12, by
15    2.30% for a district maintaining grades kindergarten
16    through 8, or by 1.05% for a district maintaining grades 9
17    through 12 and adjusted by an amount computed by dividing
18    the amount of any abatement of taxes under subsection (a)
19    of Section 18-165 of the Property Tax Code by the same
20    percentage rates for district type as specified in this
21    subparagraph (b).
22    (3) If a school district is subject to property tax
23extension limitations as imposed under the Property Tax
24Extension Limitation Law, the Equalized Assessed Valuation of
25the school district, for purposes of calculating Available
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1Assessed Valuation last used in the calculation of general
2State aid times an amount equal to one plus the percentage
3increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban
4Consumers for all items published by the United States
5Department of Labor for the 12-month calendar year preceding
6the Base Tax Year, plus the Equalized Assessed Valuation of new
7property, annexed property, and recovered tax increment value
8and minus the Equalized Assessed Valuation of disconnected
9property. New property and recovered tax increment value shall
10have the meanings set forth in the Property Tax Extension
11Limitation Law. For the 1999-2000 school year and each school
12year thereafter, if a school district meets all of the criteria
13of this subsection (G)(3), the school district's Available
14Local Resources shall be calculated under subsection (D) using
15the district's Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed
16Valuation as calculated under this subsection (G)(3).
17    For purposes of this subsection (G)(3) the following terms
18shall have the following meanings:
19        "Budget Year": The school year for which general State
20    aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
21        "Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used to
22    calculate the Budget Year allocation of general State aid.
23        "Preceding Tax Year": The property tax levy year
24    immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
25        "Base Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of the
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1    in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting rate as
2    calculated by the County Clerk and defined in the Property
3    Tax Extension Limitation Law.
4        "Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of
5    the equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County
6    Clerk in the Preceding Tax Year multiplied by the Operating
7    Tax Rate as defined in subsection (A).
8        "Extension Limitation Ratio": A numerical ratio,
9    certified by the County Clerk, in which the numerator is
10    the Base Tax Year's Tax Extension and the denominator is
11    the Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension.
12        "Operating Tax Rate": The operating tax rate as defined
13    in subsection (A).
14    If a school district is subject to property tax extension
15limitations as imposed under the Property Tax Extension
16Limitation Law, the State Board of Education shall calculate
17the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of that
18district. For the 1999-2000 school year, the Extension
19Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as
20calculated by the State Board of Education shall be equal to
21the product of the district's 1996 Equalized Assessed Valuation
22and the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. Except as
23otherwise provided in this paragraph for a school district that
24has approved or does approve an increase in its limiting rate,
25for the 2000-2001 school year and each school year thereafter,
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1school district as calculated by the State Board of Education
2shall be equal to the product of the Equalized Assessed
3Valuation last used in the calculation of general State aid and
4the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension
5Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as
6calculated under this subsection (G)(3) is less than the
7district's equalized assessed valuation as calculated pursuant
8to subsections (G)(1) and (G)(2), then for purposes of
9calculating the district's general State aid for the Budget
10Year pursuant to subsection (E), that Extension Limitation
11Equalized Assessed Valuation shall be utilized to calculate the
12district's Available Local Resources under subsection (D). For
13the 2009-2010 school year and each school year thereafter, if a
14school district has approved or does approve an increase in its
15limiting rate, pursuant to Section 18-190 of the Property Tax
16Code, affecting the Base Tax Year, the Extension Limitation
17Equalized Assessed Valuation of the school district, as
18calculated by the State Board of Education, shall be equal to
19the product of the Equalized Assessed Valuation last used in
20the calculation of general State aid times an amount equal to
21one plus the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price
22Index for all Urban Consumers for all items published by the
23United States Department of Labor for the 12-month calendar
24year preceding the Base Tax Year, plus the Equalized Assessed
25Valuation of new property, annexed property, and recovered tax
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1disconnected property. New property and recovered tax
2increment value shall have the meanings set forth in the
3Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
4    Partial elementary unit districts created in accordance
5with Article 11E of this Code shall not be eligible for the
6adjustment in this subsection (G)(3) until the fifth year
7following the effective date of the reorganization.
8    (3.5) For the 2010-2011 school year and each school year
9thereafter, if a school district's boundaries span multiple
10counties, then the Department of Revenue shall send to the
11State Board of Education, for the purpose of calculating
12general State aid, the limiting rate and individual rates by
13purpose for the county that contains the majority of the school
14district's Equalized Assessed Valuation.
15    (4) For the purposes of calculating general State aid for
16the 1999-2000 school year only, if a school district
17experienced a triennial reassessment on the equalized assessed
18valuation used in calculating its general State financial aid
19apportionment for the 1998-1999 school year, the State Board of
20Education shall calculate the Extension Limitation Equalized
21Assessed Valuation that would have been used to calculate the
22district's 1998-1999 general State aid. This amount shall equal
23the product of the equalized assessed valuation used to
24calculate general State aid for the 1997-1998 school year and
25the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension
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1as calculated under this paragraph (4) is less than the
2district's equalized assessed valuation utilized in
3calculating the district's 1998-1999 general State aid
4allocation, then for purposes of calculating the district's
5general State aid pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection (E),
6that Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation shall
7be utilized to calculate the district's Available Local
8Resources.
9    (5) For school districts having a majority of their
10equalized assessed valuation in any county except Cook, DuPage,
11Kane, Lake, McHenry, or Will, if the amount of general State
12aid allocated to the school district for the 1999-2000 school
13year under the provisions of subsection (E), (H), and (J) of
14this Section is less than the amount of general State aid
15allocated to the district for the 1998-1999 school year under
16these subsections, then the general State aid of the district
17for the 1999-2000 school year only shall be increased by the
18difference between these amounts. The total payments made under
19this paragraph (5) shall not exceed $14,000,000. Claims shall
20be prorated if they exceed $14,000,000.
 
21(H) Supplemental General State Aid.
22    (1) In addition to the general State aid a school district
23is allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying school
24districts shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction with a
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1general State aid based upon the concentration level of
2children from low-income households within the school
3district. Supplemental State aid grants provided for school
4districts under this subsection shall be appropriated for
5distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
6in which the general State financial aid of school districts is
7appropriated under this Section.
8    (1.5) This paragraph (1.5) applies only to those school
9years preceding the 2003-2004 school year. For purposes of this
10subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
11shall be the low-income eligible pupil count from the most
12recently available federal census divided by the Average Daily
13Attendance of the school district. If, however, (i) the
14percentage decrease from the 2 most recent federal censuses in
15the low-income eligible pupil count of a high school district
16with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or more the
17percentage change in the total low-income eligible pupil count
18of contiguous elementary school districts, whose boundaries
19are coterminous with the high school district, or (ii) a high
20school district within 2 counties and serving 5 elementary
21school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous with the
22high school district, has a percentage decrease from the 2 most
23recent federal censuses in the low-income eligible pupil count
24and there is a percentage increase in the total low-income
25eligible pupil count of a majority of the elementary school
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1censuses, then the high school district's low-income eligible
2pupil count from the earlier federal census shall be the number
3used as the low-income eligible pupil count for the high school
4district, for purposes of this subsection (H). The changes made
5to this paragraph (1) by Public Act 92-28 shall apply to
6supplemental general State aid grants for school years
7preceding the 2003-2004 school year that are paid in fiscal
8year 1999 or thereafter and to any State aid payments made in
9fiscal year 1994 through fiscal year 1998 pursuant to
10subsection 1(n) of Section 18-8 of this Code (which was
11repealed on July 1, 1998), and any high school district that is
12affected by Public Act 92-28 is entitled to a recomputation of
13its supplemental general State aid grant or State aid paid in
14any of those fiscal years. This recomputation shall not be
15affected by any other funding.
16    (1.10) This paragraph (1.10) applies to the 2003-2004
17school year and each school year thereafter. For purposes of
18this subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
19shall, for each fiscal year, be the low-income eligible pupil
20count as of July 1 of the immediately preceding fiscal year (as
21determined by the Department of Human Services based on the
22number of pupils who are eligible for at least one of the
23following low income programs: Medicaid, the Children's Health
24Insurance Program, TANF, or Food Stamps, excluding pupils who
25are eligible for services provided by the Department of
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1preceding fiscal years for fiscal year 2004 and over the 3
2immediately preceding fiscal years for each fiscal year
3thereafter) divided by the Average Daily Attendance of the
4school district.
5    (2) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
6subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 1998-1999,
71999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years only:
8        (a) For any school district with a Low Income
9    Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
10    grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by the
11    low income eligible pupil count.
12        (b) For any school district with a Low Income
13    Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
14    grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall be $1,100
15    multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
16        (c) For any school district with a Low Income
17    Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
18    grant for the 1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
19    multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
20        (d) For any school district with a Low Income
21    Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for the
22    1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
23    income eligible pupil count.
24        (e) For the 1999-2000 school year, the per pupil amount
25    specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d) immediately
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1    respectively.
2        (f) For the 2000-2001 school year, the per pupil
3    amounts specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d)
4    immediately above shall be $1,273, $1,640, and $2,050,
5    respectively.
6    (2.5) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
7subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2002-2003
8school year:
9        (a) For any school district with a Low Income
10    Concentration Level of less than 10%, the grant for each
11    school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
12    eligible pupil count.
13        (b) For any school district with a Low Income
14    Concentration Level of at least 10% and less than 20%, the
15    grant for each school year shall be $675 multiplied by the
16    low income eligible pupil count.
17        (c) For any school district with a Low Income
18    Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
19    grant for each school year shall be $1,330 multiplied by
20    the low income eligible pupil count.
21        (d) For any school district with a Low Income
22    Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
23    grant for each school year shall be $1,362 multiplied by
24    the low income eligible pupil count.
25        (e) For any school district with a Low Income
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1    grant for each school year shall be $1,680 multiplied by
2    the low income eligible pupil count.
3        (f) For any school district with a Low Income
4    Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for each
5    school year shall be $2,080 multiplied by the low income
6    eligible pupil count.
7    (2.10) Except as otherwise provided, supplemental general
8State aid pursuant to this subsection (H) shall be provided as
9follows for the 2003-2004 school year through the 2012-2013
10school year only and each school year thereafter:
11        (a) For any school district with a Low Income
12    Concentration Level of 15% or less, the grant for each
13    school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
14    eligible pupil count.
15        (b) For any school district with a Low Income
16    Concentration Level greater than 15%, the grant for each
17    school year shall be $294.25 added to the product of $2,700
18    and the square of the Low Income Concentration Level, all
19    multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
20    (2.15) For the 2013-2014 school year and each school year
21thereafter, the grant shall be the product of $3,000 and the
22square of the Low Income Concentration Level, all multiplied by
23the low income eligible pupil count. For the 2003-2004 school
24year and each school year thereafter through the 2008-2009
25school year only, the grant shall be no less than the grant for
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1the grant shall be no less than the grant for the 2002-2003
2school year multiplied by 0.66. For the 2010-2011 school year
3only, the grant shall be no less than the grant for the
42002-2003 school year multiplied by 0.33. Notwithstanding the
5provisions of this paragraph to the contrary, if for any school
6year supplemental general State aid grants are prorated as
7provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection (H), then the
8grants under this paragraph shall be prorated.
9    For the 2003-2004 school year only, the grant shall be no
10greater than the grant received during the 2002-2003 school
11year added to the product of 0.25 multiplied by the difference
12between the grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b)
13of this paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the
14grant received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the
152004-2005 school year only, the grant shall be no greater than
16the grant received during the 2002-2003 school year added to
17the product of 0.50 multiplied by the difference between the
18grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this
19paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant
20received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the 2005-2006
21school year only, the grant shall be no greater than the grant
22received during the 2002-2003 school year added to the product
23of 0.75 multiplied by the difference between the grant amount
24calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this paragraph
25(2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant received during
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1    (3) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
2more than 1,000 and less than 50,000 that qualify for
3supplemental general State aid pursuant to this subsection
4shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
5October 30 of each year for the use of the funds resulting from
6this grant of supplemental general State aid for the
7improvement of instruction in which priority is given to
8meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children. Such
9plan shall be submitted in accordance with rules and
10regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
11    (4) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
1250,000 or more that qualify for supplemental general State aid
13pursuant to this subsection shall be required to distribute
14from funds available pursuant to this Section, no less than
15$261,000,000 in accordance with the following requirements:
16        (a) The required amounts shall be distributed to the
17    attendance centers within the district in proportion to the
18    number of pupils enrolled at each attendance center who are
19    eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunches or
20    breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966
21    and under the National School Lunch Act during the
22    immediately preceding school year.
23        (b) The distribution of these portions of supplemental
24    and general State aid among attendance centers according to
25    these requirements shall not be compensated for or
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1    appropriated to any attendance centers, and the Board of
2    Education shall utilize funding from one or several sources
3    in order to fully implement this provision annually prior
4    to the opening of school.
5        (c) Each attendance center shall be provided by the
6    school district a distribution of noncategorical funds and
7    other categorical funds to which an attendance center is
8    entitled under law in order that the general State aid and
9    supplemental general State aid provided by application of
10    this subsection supplements rather than supplants the
11    noncategorical funds and other categorical funds provided
12    by the school district to the attendance centers.
13        (d) Any funds made available under this subsection that
14    by reason of the provisions of this subsection are not
15    required to be allocated and provided to attendance centers
16    may be used and appropriated by the board of the district
17    for any lawful school purpose.
18        (e) Funds received by an attendance center pursuant to
19    this subsection shall be used by the attendance center at
20    the discretion of the principal and local school council
21    for programs to improve educational opportunities at
22    qualifying schools through the following programs and
23    services: early childhood education, reduced class size or
24    improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
25    programs, remedial assistance, attendance improvement, and
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1    supplement the regular and basic programs as determined by
2    the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not be
3    expended for any political or lobbying purposes as defined
4    by board rule.
5        (f) Each district subject to the provisions of this
6    subdivision (H)(4) shall submit an acceptable plan to meet
7    the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
8    compliance with the requirements of this paragraph, to the
9    State Board of Education prior to July 15 of each year.
10    This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of local
11    school councils concerning the school expenditure plans
12    developed in accordance with part 4 of Section 34-2.3. The
13    State Board shall approve or reject the plan within 60 days
14    after its submission. If the plan is rejected, the district
15    shall give written notice of intent to modify the plan
16    within 15 days of the notification of rejection and then
17    submit a modified plan within 30 days after the date of the
18    written notice of intent to modify. Districts may amend
19    approved plans pursuant to rules promulgated by the State
20    Board of Education.
21        Upon notification by the State Board of Education that
22    the district has not submitted a plan prior to July 15 or a
23    modified plan within the time period specified herein, the
24    State aid funds affected by that plan or modified plan
25    shall be withheld by the State Board of Education until a
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1        If the district fails to distribute State aid to
2    attendance centers in accordance with an approved plan, the
3    plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
4    addition to the funds otherwise required by this
5    subsection, to those attendance centers which were
6    underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal to
7    such underfunding.
8        For purposes of determining compliance with this
9    subsection in relation to the requirements of attendance
10    center funding, each district subject to the provisions of
11    this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
12    December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data for
13    the prior year in addition to any modification of its
14    current plan. If it is determined that there has been a
15    failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
16    subsection regarding contravention or supplanting, the
17    State Superintendent of Education shall, within 60 days of
18    receipt of the report, notify the district and any affected
19    local school council. The district shall within 45 days of
20    receipt of that notification inform the State
21    Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
22    action to be taken, whether by amendment of the current
23    plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the
24    following year. Failure to provide the expenditure report
25    or the notification of remedial or corrective action in a
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1    funds.
2        The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and
3    regulations to implement the provisions of this
4    subsection. No funds shall be released under this
5    subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted a
6    plan that has been approved by the State Board of
7    Education.
 
8(I) (Blank).
 
9(J) (Blank).
 
10(K) Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
11    In calculating the amount to be paid to the governing board
12of a public university that operates a laboratory school under
13this Section or to any alternative school that is operated by a
14regional superintendent of schools, the State Board of
15Education shall require by rule such reporting requirements as
16it deems necessary.
17    As used in this Section, "laboratory school" means a public
18school which is created and operated by a public university and
19approved by the State Board of Education. The governing board
20of a public university which receives funds from the State
21Board under this subsection (K) may not increase the number of
22students enrolled in its laboratory school from a single
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1students, except under a mutual agreement between the school
2board of a student's district of residence and the university
3which operates the laboratory school. A laboratory school may
4not have more than 1,000 students, excluding students with
5disabilities in a special education program.
6    As used in this Section, "alternative school" means a
7public school which is created and operated by a Regional
8Superintendent of Schools and approved by the State Board of
9Education. Such alternative schools may offer courses of
10instruction for which credit is given in regular school
11programs, courses to prepare students for the high school
12equivalency testing program or vocational and occupational
13training. A regional superintendent of schools may contract
14with a school district or a public community college district
15to operate an alternative school. An alternative school serving
16more than one educational service region may be established by
17the regional superintendents of schools of the affected
18educational service regions. An alternative school serving
19more than one educational service region may be operated under
20such terms as the regional superintendents of schools of those
21educational service regions may agree.
22    Each laboratory and alternative school shall file, on forms
23provided by the State Superintendent of Education, an annual
24State aid claim which states the Average Daily Attendance of
25the school's students by month. The best 3 months' Average
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1State aid entitlement shall be computed by multiplying the
2applicable Average Daily Attendance by the Foundation Level as
3determined under this Section.
 
4(L) Payments, Additional Grants in Aid and Other Requirements.
5    (1) For a school district operating under the financial
6supervision of an Authority created under Article 34A, the
7general State aid otherwise payable to that district under this
8Section, but not the supplemental general State aid, shall be
9reduced by an amount equal to the budget for the operations of
10the Authority as certified by the Authority to the State Board
11of Education, and an amount equal to such reduction shall be
12paid to the Authority created for such district for its
13operating expenses in the manner provided in Section 18-11. The
14remainder of general State school aid for any such district
15shall be paid in accordance with Article 34A when that Article
16provides for a disposition other than that provided by this
17Article.
18    (2) (Blank).
19    (3) Summer school. Summer school payments shall be made as
20provided in Section 18-4.3.
 
21(M) Education Funding Advisory Board.
22    The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
23subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created.
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1Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
2members appointed shall include representatives of education,
3business, and the general public. One of the members so
4appointed shall be designated by the Governor at the time the
5appointment is made as the chairperson of the Board. The
6initial members of the Board may be appointed any time after
7the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997. The regular
8term of each member of the Board shall be for 4 years from the
9third Monday of January of the year in which the term of the
10member's appointment is to commence, except that of the 5
11initial members appointed to serve on the Board, the member who
12is appointed as the chairperson shall serve for a term that
13commences on the date of his or her appointment and expires on
14the third Monday of January, 2002, and the remaining 4 members,
15by lots drawn at the first meeting of the Board that is held
16after all 5 members are appointed, shall determine 2 of their
17number to serve for terms that commence on the date of their
18respective appointments and expire on the third Monday of
19January, 2001, and 2 of their number to serve for terms that
20commence on the date of their respective appointments and
21expire on the third Monday of January, 2000. All members
22appointed to serve on the Board shall serve until their
23respective successors are appointed and confirmed. Vacancies
24shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. If
25a vacancy in membership occurs at a time when the Senate is not
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1until the next meeting of the Senate, when he or she shall
2appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a
3person to fill that membership for the unexpired term. If the
4Senate is not in session when the initial appointments are
5made, those appointments shall be made as in the case of
6vacancies.
7    The Education Funding Advisory Board shall be deemed
8established, and the initial members appointed by the Governor
9to serve as members of the Board shall take office, on the date
10that the Governor makes his or her appointment of the fifth
11initial member of the Board, whether those initial members are
12then serving pursuant to appointment and confirmation or
13pursuant to temporary appointments that are made by the
14Governor as in the case of vacancies.
15    The State Board of Education shall provide such staff
16assistance to the Education Funding Advisory Board as is
17reasonably required for the proper performance by the Board of
18its responsibilities.
19    For school years after the 2000-2001 school year, the
20Education Funding Advisory Board, in consultation with the
21State Board of Education, shall make recommendations as
22provided in this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for the
23foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section and
24for the supplemental general State aid grant level under
25subsection (H) of this Section for districts with high
26concentrations of children from poverty. The recommended

 

 

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1foundation level shall be determined based on a methodology
2which incorporates the basic education expenditures of
3low-spending schools exhibiting high academic performance. The
4Education Funding Advisory Board shall make such
5recommendations to the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
6numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.
 
7(N) (Blank).
 
8(O) References.
9    (1) References in other laws to the various subdivisions of
10Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
11replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer to
12the corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to the
13extent that those references remain applicable.
14    (2) References in other laws to State Chapter 1 funds shall
15be deemed to refer to the supplemental general State aid
16provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
 
17(P) Public Act 93-838 and Public Act 93-808 make inconsistent
18changes to this Section. Under Section 6 of the Statute on
19Statutes there is an irreconcilable conflict between Public Act
2093-808 and Public Act 93-838. Public Act 93-838, being the last
21acted upon, is controlling. The text of Public Act 93-838 is
22the law regardless of the text of Public Act 93-808.
23(Source: P.A. 96-45, eff. 7-15-09; 96-152, eff. 8-7-09; 96-300,

 

 

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1eff. 8-11-09; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 96-640, eff. 8-24-09;
296-959, eff. 7-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1480, eff.
311-18-10; 97-339, eff. 8-12-11; 97-351, eff. 8-12-11; 97-742,
4eff. 6-30-13; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
 
5    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
6changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
7that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
8represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
9not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
10made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
11Public Act.
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
132013.