Sen. Heather A. Steans

Filed: 3/5/2014

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3412

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3412 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
52-3.51, 2-3.51.5, 10-20.9a, 10-29, 13A-11, 13B-25.25, 18-8.05,
621B-75, 27A-4, 27A-6, and 34-8.14 and by adding Section
72-3.64a-5 as follows:
 
8    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.51)  (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.51)
9    Sec. 2-3.51. Reading Improvement Block Grant Program. To
10improve the reading and study skills of children from
11kindergarten through sixth grade in school districts. The State
12Board of Education is authorized to administer a Reading
13Improvement Block Grant Program. As used in this Section:
14    "School district" includes those schools designated as
15"laboratory schools".
16    "Scientifically based reading research" means the

 

 

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1application of rigorous, systematic, and objective procedures
2to obtain valid knowledge relevant to reading development,
3reading instruction, and reading difficulties. The term
4includes research that employs systematic, empirical methods
5that draw on observation or experiment, involves rigorous data
6analysis that is adequate to test the stated hypotheses and to
7justify the general conclusions drawn, relies on measurements
8or observational methods that provide valid data across
9evaluators and observers and across multiple measurements and
10observations, and has been accepted by peer-reviewed journal or
11approved by a panel of independent experts through a comparably
12rigorous, objective and scientific review.
13    (a) Funds for the Reading Improvement Block Grant Program
14shall be distributed to school districts on the following
15basis: 70% of monies shall be awarded on the prior year's best
163 months average daily attendance and 30% shall be distributed
17on the number of economically disadvantaged (E.C.I.A. Chapter
18I) pupils in the district, provided that the State Board may
19distribute an amount not to exceed 2% of the monies
20appropriated for the Reading Improvement Block Grant Program
21for the purpose of providing teacher training and re-training
22in the teaching of reading. Program funds shall be distributed
23to school districts in 2 semi-annual installments, one payment
24on or before October 30, and one payment prior to April 30, of
25each year. The State Board shall promulgate rules and
26regulations necessary for the implementation of this program.

 

 

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1Programs provided with grant funds shall not replace quality
2classroom reading instruction, but shall instead supplement
3such instruction.
4    (a-5) Reading Improvement Block Grant Program funds shall
5be used by school districts in the following manner:
6        (1) to hire reading specialists, reading teachers, and
7    reading aides in order to provide early reading
8    intervention in kindergarten through grade 2 and programs
9    of continued reading support for students in grades 3
10    through 6;
11        (2) in kindergarten through grade 2, to establish
12    short-term tutorial early reading intervention programs
13    for children who are at risk of failing to learn to read;
14    these programs shall (i) focus on scientifically based
15    research and best practices with proven long-term results,
16    (ii) identify students in need of help no later than the
17    middle of first grade, (iii) provide ongoing training for
18    teachers in the program, (iv) focus instruction on
19    strengthening a student's phonemic awareness, phonics,
20    fluency, and comprehension skills, (v) provide a means to
21    document and evaluate student growth, and (vi) provide
22    properly trained staff;
23        (3) to continue direct reading instruction for grades 3
24    through 6;
25        (4) in grades 3 through 6, to establish programs of
26    support for students who demonstrate a need for continued

 

 

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1    assistance in learning to read and in maintaining reading
2    achievement; these programs shall (i) focus on
3    scientifically based research and best practices with
4    proven long-term results, (ii) provide ongoing training
5    for teachers and other staff members in the program, (iii)
6    focus instruction on strengthening a student's phonics,
7    fluency, and comprehension skills in grades 3 through 6,
8    (iv) provide a means to evaluate and document student
9    growth, and (v) provide properly trained staff;
10        (5) in grades K through 6, to provide classroom reading
11    materials for students; each district may allocate up to
12    25% of the funds for this purpose; and
13        (6) to provide a long-term professional development
14    program for classroom teachers, administrators, and other
15    appropriate staff; the program shall (i) focus on
16    scientifically based research and best practices with
17    proven long-term results, (ii) provide a means to evaluate
18    student progress in reading as a result of the training,
19    (iii) and be provided by approved staff development
20    providers.
21    (a-10) Reading Improvement Block Grant Program funds shall
22be made available to each eligible school district submitting
23an approved application developed by the State Board beginning
24with the 1998-99 school year. Applications shall include a
25proposed assessment method or methods for measuring the reading
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1of the funding and the impact of staff development activities
2on student growth in reading. Such methods may include the
3reading portion of the assessments required under Section
42-3.64a-5 of this Code Illinois Standards Achievement Testing
5Program. At the end of each school year the district shall
6report performance of progress results to the State Board.
7Districts not demonstrating performance progress using an
8approved assessment method shall not be eligible for funding in
9the third or subsequent years until such progress is
10established.
11    (a-15) The State Superintendent of Education, in
12cooperation with the school districts participating in the
13program, shall annually report to the leadership of the General
14Assembly on the results of the Reading Improvement Block Grant
15Program and the progress being made on improving the reading
16skills of students in kindergarten through the sixth grade.
17    (b) (Blank).
18    (c) (Blank).
19    (d) Grants under the Reading Improvement Program shall be
20awarded provided there is an appropriation for the program, and
21funding levels for each district shall be prorated according to
22the amount of the appropriation.
23    (e) (Blank).
24    (f) (Blank).
25(Source: P.A. 92-25, eff. 7-1-01.)
 

 

 

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1    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.51.5)
2    Sec. 2-3.51.5. School Safety and Educational Improvement
3Block Grant Program. To improve the level of education and
4safety of students from kindergarten through grade 12 in school
5districts and State-recognized, non-public schools. The State
6Board of Education is authorized to fund a School Safety and
7Educational Improvement Block Grant Program.
8    (1) For school districts, the program shall provide funding
9for school safety, textbooks and software, electronic
10textbooks and the technological equipment necessary to gain
11access to and use electronic textbooks, teacher training and
12curriculum development, school improvements, remediation
13programs under subsection (a) of Section 2-3.64, school report
14cards under Section 10-17a, and criminal history records checks
15under Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5. For State-recognized,
16non-public schools, the program shall provide funding for
17secular textbooks and software, criminal history records
18checks, and health and safety mandates to the extent that the
19funds are expended for purely secular purposes. A school
20district or laboratory school as defined in Section 18-8 or
2118-8.05 is not required to file an application in order to
22receive the categorical funding to which it is entitled under
23this Section. Funds for the School Safety and Educational
24Improvement Block Grant Program shall be distributed to school
25districts and laboratory schools based on the prior year's best
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1and Educational Improvement Block Grant Program shall be
2distributed to State-recognized, non-public schools based on
3the average daily attendance figure for the previous school
4year provided to the State Board of Education. The State Board
5of Education shall develop an application that requires
6State-recognized, non-public schools to submit average daily
7attendance figures. A State-recognized, non-public school must
8submit the application and average daily attendance figure
9prior to receiving funds under this Section. The State Board of
10Education shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary for
11the implementation of this program.
12    (2) Distribution of moneys to school districts and
13State-recognized, non-public schools shall be made in 2
14semi-annual installments, one payment on or before October 30,
15and one payment prior to April 30, of each fiscal year.
16    (3) Grants under the School Safety and Educational
17Improvement Block Grant Program shall be awarded provided there
18is an appropriation for the program, and funding levels for
19each district shall be prorated according to the amount of the
20appropriation.
21    (4) The provisions of this Section are in the public
22interest, are for the public benefit, and serve secular public
23purposes.
24(Source: P.A. 95-707, eff. 1-11-08; 96-1403, eff. 7-29-10.)
 
25    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a-5 new)

 

 

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1    Sec. 2-3.64a-5. State goals and assessment.
2    (a) For the assessment and accountability purposes of this
3Section, "students" includes those students enrolled in a
4public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school,
5or cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or
6board of control, a charter school operating in compliance with
7the Charter Schools Law, a school operated by a regional office
8of education under Section 13A-3 of this Code, or a public
9school administered by a local public agency or the Department
10of Human Services.
11    (b) The State Board of Education shall establish the
12academic standards that are to be applicable to students who
13are subject to State assessments under this Section. The State
14Board of Education shall not establish any such standards in
15final form without first providing opportunities for public
16participation and local input in the development of the final
17academic standards. Those opportunities shall include a
18well-publicized period of public comment and opportunities to
19file written comments.
20    (c) Beginning no later than the 2014-2015 school year, the
21State Board of Education shall annually assess all students
22enrolled in grades 3 through 8 in English language arts and
23mathematics.
24    Beginning no later than the 2017-2018 school year, the
25State Board of Education shall annually assess all students in
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1grades 6 through 8, and at one grade in grades 9 through 12.
2    The State Board of Education shall annually assess schools
3that operate a secondary education program, as defined in
4Section 22-22 of this Code, in English language arts and
5mathematics. The State Board of Education shall administer no
6more than 3 assessments, per student, of English language arts
7and mathematics for students in a secondary education program.
8One of these assessments shall include a college and career
9ready determination.
10    Students who are not assessed for college and career ready
11determinations may not receive a regular high school diploma
12unless the student is exempted from taking State assessments
13under subsection (d) of this Section because (i) the student's
14individualized educational program developed under Article 14
15of this Code identifies the State assessment as inappropriate
16for the student, (ii) the student is enrolled in a program of
17adult and continuing education, as defined in the Adult
18Education Act, (iii) the school district is not required to
19assess the individual student for purposes of accountability
20under federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requirements,
21(iv) the student has been determined to have limited English
22proficiency and has been enrolled in schools in the United
23States for less than 12 months, or (v) the student is otherwise
24identified by the State Board of Education, through rules, as
25being exempt from the assessment.
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1under this Section in subjects not required by this Section.
2    Districts shall inform their students of the timelines and
3procedures applicable to their participation in every yearly
4administration of the State assessments. The State Board of
5Education shall establish periods of time in each school year
6during which State assessments shall occur to meet the
7objectives of this Section.
8    (d) Every individualized educational program as described
9in Article 14 shall identify if the State assessment or
10components thereof are appropriate for the student. The State
11Board of Education shall develop rules governing the
12administration of an alternate assessment that may be available
13to students for whom participation in this State's regular
14assessments is not appropriate, even with accommodations as
15allowed under this Section.
16    Students receiving special education services whose
17individualized educational programs identify them as eligible
18for the alternative State assessments nevertheless shall have
19the option of taking this State's regular assessment that
20includes a college and career ready determination, which shall
21be administered in accordance with the eligible accommodations
22appropriate for meeting these students' respective needs.
23    All students determined to have limited English
24proficiency shall participate in the State assessments,
25excepting those students who have been enrolled in schools in
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1exempted from participation in one annual administration of the
2English language arts assessment. Any student determined to
3have limited English proficiency may receive appropriate
4assessment accommodations, which shall be established by rule.
5Approved assessment accommodations may be provided until the
6student's English language skills develop to the extent that
7the student is no longer considered to have limited English
8proficiency, as demonstrated through a State-identified
9English language proficiency assessment.
10    (e) The results or scores of each assessment taken under
11this Section shall be made available to the parents of each
12student.
13    In each school year, the scores attained by a student on
14the State assessment that includes a college and career ready
15determination must be placed in the student's permanent record
16and must be entered on the student's transcript pursuant to
17rules that the State Board of Education shall adopt for that
18purpose in accordance with Section 3 of the Illinois School
19Student Records Act. In each school year, the scores attained
20by a student on the State assessments administered in grades 3
21through 8 must be placed in the student's temporary record.
22    (f) All schools shall administer an academic assessment of
23English language proficiency in oral comprehension (listening
24and speaking) and reading and writing skills to all children of
25limited English speaking ability as prescribed by the State
26Board of Education pursuant to Section 14C-3 of this Code.

 

 

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1    (g) All schools in this State that are part of the sample
2drawn by the National Center for Education Statistics, in
3collaboration with their school districts and the State Board
4of Education, shall administer the biennial academic
5assessments under the National Assessment of Educational
6Progress carried out under Section 411(b)(2) of the federal
7National Education Statistics Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 9010) if
8the U.S. Secretary of Education pays the costs of administering
9the assessments.
10    (h) Subject to available funds to this State for the
11purpose of student assessment, the State Board of Education
12shall provide additional assessments and assessment resources
13that may be used by school districts for local assessment
14purposes. The State Board of Education shall annually
15distribute a listing of these additional resources.
16    (i) For the purposes of this subsection (i), "academically
17based assessments" means assessments consisting of questions
18and answers that are measurable and quantifiable to measure the
19knowledge, skills, and ability of students in the subject
20matters covered by the assessments. All assessments
21administered pursuant to this Section must be academically
22based assessments. The scoring of academically based
23assessments shall be reliable, valid, and fair and shall meet
24the guidelines for assessment development and use prescribed by
25the American Psychological Association, the National Council
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1Research Association.
2    The State Board of Education shall review the use of all
3assessment item types in order to ensure that they are valid
4and reliable indicators of student performance aligned to the
5learning standards being assessed and that the development,
6administration, and scoring of these item types are justifiable
7in terms of cost.
8    (j) The State Superintendent of Education shall appoint a
9committee of no more than 20 members, consisting of parents,
10teachers, school administrators, assessment experts, and
11concerned citizens, to review the State assessments
12administered by the State Board of Education. The Committee
13shall select one of the parent representatives as its
14chairperson. The Committee shall meet on an ongoing basis to
15review the content and design of the assessments (including
16whether the requirements of subsection (i) of this Section have
17been met), the time and money expended at the local and State
18levels to prepare for and administer the assessments, the
19collective results of the assessments as measured against the
20stated purpose of assessing student performance, and other
21issues involving the assessments identified by the Committee.
22The Committee shall make periodic recommendations to the State
23Superintendent of Education and the General Assembly
24concerning the assessments.
25    (k) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to
26implement this Section.
 

 

 

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1    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.9a)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.9a)
2    Sec. 10-20.9a. Final Grade; Promotion.
3    (a) Teachers shall administer the approved marking system
4or other approved means of evaluating pupil progress. The
5teacher shall maintain the responsibility and right to
6determine grades and other evaluations of students within the
7grading policies of the district based upon his or her
8professional judgment of available criteria pertinent to any
9given subject area or activity for which he or she is
10responsible. District policy shall provide the procedure and
11reasons by and for which a grade may be changed; provided that
12no grade or evaluation shall be changed without notification to
13the teacher concerning the nature and reasons for such change.
14If such a change is made, the person making the change shall
15assume such responsibility for determining the grade or
16evaluation, and shall initial such change.
17    (b) School districts shall not promote students to the next
18higher grade level based upon age or any other social reasons
19not related to the academic performance of the students. On or
20before September 1, 1998, school boards shall adopt and enforce
21a policy on promotion as they deem necessary to ensure that
22students meet local goals and objectives and can perform at the
23expected grade level prior to promotion. Decisions to promote
24or retain students in any classes shall be based on successful
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1the assessments required under Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code
2Illinois Goals and Assessment Program tests, the Iowa Test of
3Basic Skills, or other testing or any other criteria
4established by the school board. Students determined by the
5local district to not qualify for promotion to the next higher
6grade shall be provided remedial assistance, which may include,
7but shall not be limited to, a summer bridge program of no less
8than 90 hours, tutorial sessions, increased or concentrated
9instructional time, modifications to instructional materials,
10and retention in grade.
11(Source: P.A. 89-610, eff. 8-6-96; 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
12    (105 ILCS 5/10-29)
13    Sec. 10-29. Remote educational programs.
14    (a) For purposes of this Section, "remote educational
15program" means an educational program delivered to students in
16the home or other location outside of a school building that
17meets all of the following criteria:
18        (1) A student may participate in the program only after
19    the school district, pursuant to adopted school board
20    policy, and a person authorized to enroll the student under
21    Section 10-20.12b of this Code determine that a remote
22    educational program will best serve the student's
23    individual learning needs. The adopted school board policy
24    shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
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1        educational program will best serve a student's
2        individual learning needs. The criteria must include
3        consideration of, at a minimum, a student's prior
4        attendance, disciplinary record, and academic history.
5            (B) Any limitations on the number of students or
6        grade levels that may participate in a remote
7        educational program.
8            (C) A description of the process that the school
9        district will use to approve participation in the
10        remote educational program. The process must include
11        without limitation a requirement that, for any student
12        who qualifies to receive services pursuant to the
13        federal Individuals with Disabilities Education
14        Improvement Act of 2004, the student's participation
15        in a remote educational program receive prior approval
16        from the student's individualized education program
17        team.
18            (D) A description of the process the school
19        district will use to develop and approve a written
20        remote educational plan that meets the requirements of
21        subdivision (5) of this subsection (a).
22            (E) A description of the system the school district
23        will establish to calculate the number of clock hours a
24        student is participating in instruction in accordance
25        with the remote educational program.
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1        remote educational program at the expiration of its
2        term.
3            (G) Such other terms and provisions as the school
4        district deems necessary to provide for the
5        establishment and delivery of a remote educational
6        program.
7        (2) The school district has determined that the remote
8    educational program's curriculum is aligned to State
9    learning standards and that the program offers instruction
10    and educational experiences consistent with those given to
11    students at the same grade level in the district.
12        (3) The remote educational program is delivered by
13    instructors that meet the following qualifications:
14            (A) they are certificated under Article 21 of this
15        Code;
16            (B) they meet applicable highly qualified criteria
17        under the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; and
18            (C) they have responsibility for all of the
19        following elements of the program: planning
20        instruction, diagnosing learning needs, prescribing
21        content delivery through class activities, assessing
22        learning, reporting outcomes to administrators and
23        parents and guardians, and evaluating the effects of
24        instruction.
25        (4) During the period of time from and including the
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1    of the school district established pursuant to Section
2    10-19 of this Code, participation in a remote educational
3    program may be claimed for general State aid purposes under
4    Section 18-8.05 of this Code on any calendar day,
5    notwithstanding whether the day is a day of pupil
6    attendance or institute day on the school district's
7    calendar or any other provision of law restricting
8    instruction on that day. If the district holds year-round
9    classes in some buildings, the district shall classify each
10    student's participation in a remote educational program as
11    either on a year-round or a non-year-round schedule for
12    purposes of claiming general State aid. Outside of the
13    regular school term of the district, the remote educational
14    program may be offered as part of any summer school program
15    authorized by this Code.
16        (5) Each student participating in a remote educational
17    program must have a written remote educational plan that
18    has been approved by the school district and a person
19    authorized to enroll the student under Section 10-20.12b of
20    this Code. The school district and a person authorized to
21    enroll the student under Section 10-20.12b of this Code
22    must approve any amendment to a remote educational plan.
23    The remote educational plan must include, but is not
24    limited to, all of the following:
25            (A) Specific achievement goals for the student
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1            (B) A description of all assessments that will be
2        used to measure student progress, which description
3        shall indicate the assessments that will be
4        administered at an attendance center within the school
5        district.
6            (C) A description of the progress reports that will
7        be provided to the school district and the person or
8        persons authorized to enroll the student under Section
9        10-20.12b of this Code.
10            (D) Expectations, processes, and schedules for
11        interaction between a teacher and student.
12            (E) A description of the specific responsibilities
13        of the student's family and the school district with
14        respect to equipment, materials, phone and Internet
15        service, and any other requirements applicable to the
16        home or other location outside of a school building
17        necessary for the delivery of the remote educational
18        program.
19            (F) If applicable, a description of how the remote
20        educational program will be delivered in a manner
21        consistent with the student's individualized education
22        program required by Section 614(d) of the federal
23        Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement
24        Act of 2004 or plan to ensure compliance with Section
25        504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
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1        opportunities for participation in academic and
2        extra-curricular activities and programs within the
3        school district.
4            (H) The identification of a parent, guardian, or
5        other responsible adult who will provide direct
6        supervision of the program. The plan must include an
7        acknowledgment by the parent, guardian, or other
8        responsible adult that he or she may engage only in
9        non-teaching duties not requiring instructional
10        judgment or the evaluation of a student. The plan shall
11        designate the parent, guardian, or other responsible
12        adult as non-teaching personnel or volunteer personnel
13        under subsection (a) of Section 10-22.34 of this Code.
14            (I) The identification of a school district
15        administrator who will oversee the remote educational
16        program on behalf of the school district and who may be
17        contacted by the student's parents with respect to any
18        issues or concerns with the program.
19            (J) The term of the student's participation in the
20        remote educational program, which may not extend for
21        longer than 12 months, unless the term is renewed by
22        the district in accordance with subdivision (7) of this
23        subsection (a).
24            (K) A description of the specific location or
25        locations in which the program will be delivered. If
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1        student in any location other than the student's home,
2        the plan must include a written determination by the
3        school district that the location will provide a
4        learning environment appropriate for the delivery of
5        the program. The location or locations in which the
6        program will be delivered shall be deemed a long
7        distance teaching reception area under subsection (a)
8        of Section 10-22.34 of this Code.
9            (L) Certification by the school district that the
10        plan meets all other requirements of this Section.
11        (6) Students participating in a remote educational
12    program must be enrolled in a school district attendance
13    center pursuant to the school district's enrollment policy
14    or policies. A student participating in a remote
15    educational program must be tested as part of all
16    assessments administered by the school district pursuant
17    to Section 2-3.64a-5 2-3.64 of this Code at the attendance
18    center in which the student is enrolled and in accordance
19    with the attendance center's assessment policies and
20    schedule. The student must be included within all adequate
21    yearly progress and other accountability determinations
22    for the school district and attendance center under State
23    and federal law.
24        (7) The term of a student's participation in a remote
25    educational program may not extend for longer than 12
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1    The district may only renew a student's participation in a
2    remote educational program following an evaluation of the
3    student's progress in the program, a determination that the
4    student's continuation in the program will best serve the
5    student's individual learning needs, and an amendment to
6    the student's written remote educational plan addressing
7    any changes for the upcoming term of the program.
8    (b) A school district may, by resolution of its school
9board, establish a remote educational program.
10    (c) Clock hours of instruction by students in a remote
11educational program meeting the requirements of this Section
12may be claimed by the school district and shall be counted as
13school work for general State aid purposes in accordance with
14and subject to the limitations of Section 18-8.05 of this Code.
15    (d) The impact of remote educational programs on wages,
16hours, and terms and conditions of employment of educational
17employees within the school district shall be subject to local
18collective bargaining agreements.
19    (e) The use of a home or other location outside of a school
20building for a remote educational program shall not cause the
21home or other location to be deemed a public school facility.
22    (f) A remote educational program may be used, but is not
23required, for instruction delivered to a student in the home or
24other location outside of a school building that is not claimed
25for general State aid purposes under Section 18-8.05 of this
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1    (g) School districts that, pursuant to this Section, adopt
2a policy for a remote educational program must submit to the
3State Board of Education a copy of the policy and any
4amendments thereto, as well as data on student participation in
5a format specified by the State Board of Education. The State
6Board of Education may perform or contract with an outside
7entity to perform an evaluation of remote educational programs
8in this State.
9    (h) The State Board of Education may adopt any rules
10necessary to ensure compliance by remote educational programs
11with the requirements of this Section and other applicable
12legal requirements.
13(Source: P.A. 96-684, eff. 8-25-09; 97-339, eff. 8-12-11.)
 
14    (105 ILCS 5/13A-11)
15    Sec. 13A-11. Chicago public schools.
16    (a) The Chicago Board of Education may establish
17alternative schools within Chicago and may contract with third
18parties for services otherwise performed by employees,
19including those in a bargaining unit, in accordance with
20Sections 34-8.1, 34-18, and 34-49.
21    (b) Alternative schools operated by third parties within
22Chicago shall be exempt from all provisions of this the School
23Code, except provisions concerning:
24        (1) student Student civil rights;
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1        (3) health Health and safety;
2        (4) performance Performance and financial audits;
3        (5) the assessments required under Section 2-3.64a-5
4    of this Code The Illinois Goals Assessment Program;
5        (6) Chicago learning outcomes;
6        (7) Sections 2-3.25a through 2-3.25j of this the School
7    Code;
8        (8) the The Inspector General; and
9        (9) Section 34-2.4b of this the School Code.
10(Source: P.A. 89-383, eff. 8-18-95; 89-636, eff. 8-9-96.)
 
11    (105 ILCS 5/13B-25.25)
12    Sec. 13B-25.25. Testing and assessment. A district plan for
13an alternative learning opportunities program operated through
14a cooperative or intergovernmental agreement must provide
15procedures for ensuring that students are included in the
16administration of statewide testing programs. Students
17enrolled in an alternative learning opportunities program
18shall participate in State assessments under Section 2-3.64a-5
192-3.64 of this Code.
20(Source: P.A. 92-42, eff. 1-1-02.)
 
21    (105 ILCS 5/18-8.05)
22    Sec. 18-8.05. Basis for apportionment of general State
23financial aid and supplemental general State aid to the common
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1(A) General Provisions.
2    (1) The provisions of this Section apply to the 1998-1999
3and subsequent school years. The system of general State
4financial aid provided for in this Section is designed to
5assure that, through a combination of State financial aid and
6required local resources, the financial support provided each
7pupil in Average Daily Attendance equals or exceeds a
8prescribed per pupil Foundation Level. This formula approach
9imputes a level of per pupil Available Local Resources and
10provides for the basis to calculate a per pupil level of
11general State financial aid that, when added to Available Local
12Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level. The amount
13of per pupil general State financial aid for school districts,
14in general, varies in inverse relation to Available Local
15Resources. Per pupil amounts are based upon each school
16district's Average Daily Attendance as that term is defined in
17this Section.
18    (2) In addition to general State financial aid, school
19districts with specified levels or concentrations of pupils
20from low income households are eligible to receive supplemental
21general State financial aid grants as provided pursuant to
22subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants provided for
23school districts under subsection (H) shall be appropriated for
24distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
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1appropriated under this Section.
2    (3) To receive financial assistance under this Section,
3school districts are required to file claims with the State
4Board of Education, subject to the following requirements:
5        (a) Any school district which fails for any given
6    school year to maintain school as required by law, or to
7    maintain a recognized school is not eligible to file for
8    such school year any claim upon the Common School Fund. In
9    case of nonrecognition of one or more attendance centers in
10    a school district otherwise operating recognized schools,
11    the claim of the district shall be reduced in the
12    proportion which the Average Daily Attendance in the
13    attendance center or centers bear to the Average Daily
14    Attendance in the school district. A "recognized school"
15    means any public school which meets the standards as
16    established for recognition by the State Board of
17    Education. A school district or attendance center not
18    having recognition status at the end of a school term is
19    entitled to receive State aid payments due upon a legal
20    claim which was filed while it was recognized.
21        (b) School district claims filed under this Section are
22    subject to Sections 18-9 and 18-12, except as otherwise
23    provided in this Section.
24        (c) If a school district operates a full year school
25    under Section 10-19.1, the general State aid to the school
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1    Education in accordance with this Section as near as may be
2    applicable.
3        (d) (Blank).
4    (4) Except as provided in subsections (H) and (L), the
5board of any district receiving any of the grants provided for
6in this Section may apply those funds to any fund so received
7for which that board is authorized to make expenditures by law.
8    School districts are not required to exert a minimum
9Operating Tax Rate in order to qualify for assistance under
10this Section.
11    (5) As used in this Section the following terms, when
12capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
13        (a) "Average Daily Attendance": A count of pupil
14    attendance in school, averaged as provided for in
15    subsection (C) and utilized in deriving per pupil financial
16    support levels.
17        (b) "Available Local Resources": A computation of
18    local financial support, calculated on the basis of Average
19    Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant to
20    subsection (D).
21        (c) "Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes":
22    Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to "An Act in
23    relation to the abolition of ad valorem personal property
24    tax and the replacement of revenues lost thereby, and
25    amending and repealing certain Acts and parts of Acts in
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1    amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
2        (d) "Foundation Level": A prescribed level of per pupil
3    financial support as provided for in subsection (B).
4        (e) "Operating Tax Rate": All school district property
5    taxes extended for all purposes, except Bond and Interest,
6    Summer School, Rent, Capital Improvement, and Vocational
7    Education Building purposes.
 
8(B) Foundation Level.
9    (1) The Foundation Level is a figure established by the
10State representing the minimum level of per pupil financial
11support that should be available to provide for the basic
12education of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance. As set
13forth in this Section, each school district is assumed to exert
14a sufficient local taxing effort such that, in combination with
15the aggregate of general State financial aid provided the
16district, an aggregate of State and local resources are
17available to meet the basic education needs of pupils in the
18district.
19    (2) For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation Level of
20support is $4,225. For the 1999-2000 school year, the
21Foundation Level of support is $4,325. For the 2000-2001 school
22year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425. For the
232001-2002 school year and 2002-2003 school year, the Foundation
24Level of support is $4,560. For the 2003-2004 school year, the
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1year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,964. For the
22005-2006 school year, the Foundation Level of support is
3$5,164. For the 2006-2007 school year, the Foundation Level of
4support is $5,334. For the 2007-2008 school year, the
5Foundation Level of support is $5,734. For the 2008-2009 school
6year, the Foundation Level of support is $5,959.
7    (3) For the 2009-2010 school year and each school year
8thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $6,119 or such
9greater amount as may be established by law by the General
10Assembly.
 
11(C) Average Daily Attendance.
12    (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant
13to subsection (E), an Average Daily Attendance figure shall be
14utilized. The Average Daily Attendance figure for formula
15calculation purposes shall be the monthly average of the actual
16number of pupils in attendance of each school district, as
17further averaged for the best 3 months of pupil attendance for
18each school district. In compiling the figures for the number
19of pupils in attendance, school districts and the State Board
20of Education shall, for purposes of general State aid funding,
21conform attendance figures to the requirements of subsection
22(F).
23    (2) The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
24subsection (E) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
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1general State aid is being calculated or the average of the
2attendance data for the 3 preceding school years, whichever is
3greater. The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
4subsection (H) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
5school year immediately preceding the school year for which
6general State aid is being calculated.
 
7(D) Available Local Resources.
8    (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant
9to subsection (E), a representation of Available Local
10Resources per pupil, as that term is defined and determined in
11this subsection, shall be utilized. Available Local Resources
12per pupil shall include a calculated dollar amount representing
13local school district revenues from local property taxes and
14from Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes, expressed
15on the basis of pupils in Average Daily Attendance. Calculation
16of Available Local Resources shall exclude any tax amnesty
17funds received as a result of Public Act 93-26.
18    (2) In determining a school district's revenue from local
19property taxes, the State Board of Education shall utilize the
20equalized assessed valuation of all taxable property of each
21school district as of September 30 of the previous year. The
22equalized assessed valuation utilized shall be obtained and
23determined as provided in subsection (G).
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1calculated as the product of the applicable equalized assessed
2valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%, and divided by
3the district's Average Daily Attendance figure. For school
4districts maintaining grades kindergarten through 8, local
5property tax revenues per pupil shall be calculated as the
6product of the applicable equalized assessed valuation for the
7district multiplied by 2.30%, and divided by the district's
8Average Daily Attendance figure. For school districts
9maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax revenues
10per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed valuation
11of the district multiplied by 1.05%, and divided by the
12district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
13    For partial elementary unit districts created pursuant to
14Article 11E of this Code, local property tax revenues per pupil
15shall be calculated as the product of the equalized assessed
16valuation for property within the partial elementary unit
17district for elementary purposes, as defined in Article 11E of
18this Code, multiplied by 2.06% and divided by the district's
19Average Daily Attendance figure, plus the product of the
20equalized assessed valuation for property within the partial
21elementary unit district for high school purposes, as defined
22in Article 11E of this Code, multiplied by 0.94% and divided by
23the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
24    (4) The Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes paid
25to each school district during the calendar year one year
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1by the Average Daily Attendance figure for that district, shall
2be added to the local property tax revenues per pupil as
3derived by the application of the immediately preceding
4paragraph (3). The sum of these per pupil figures for each
5school district shall constitute Available Local Resources as
6that term is utilized in subsection (E) in the calculation of
7general State aid.
 
8(E) Computation of General State Aid.
9    (1) For each school year, the amount of general State aid
10allotted to a school district shall be computed by the State
11Board of Education as provided in this subsection.
12    (2) For any school district for which Available Local
13Resources per pupil is less than the product of 0.93 times the
14Foundation Level, general State aid for that district shall be
15calculated as an amount equal to the Foundation Level minus
16Available Local Resources, multiplied by the Average Daily
17Attendance of the school district.
18    (3) For any school district for which Available Local
19Resources per pupil is equal to or greater than the product of
200.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the product of
211.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
22pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the Foundation Level
23derived using a linear algorithm. Under this linear algorithm,
24the calculated general State aid per pupil shall decline in
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1a school district with Available Local Resources equal to the
2product of 0.93 times the Foundation Level, to 0.05 times the
3Foundation Level for a school district with Available Local
4Resources equal to the product of 1.75 times the Foundation
5Level. The allocation of general State aid for school districts
6subject to this paragraph 3 shall be the calculated general
7State aid per pupil figure multiplied by the Average Daily
8Attendance of the school district.
9    (4) For any school district for which Available Local
10Resources per pupil equals or exceeds the product of 1.75 times
11the Foundation Level, the general State aid for the school
12district shall be calculated as the product of $218 multiplied
13by the Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
14    (5) The amount of general State aid allocated to a school
15district for the 1999-2000 school year meeting the requirements
16set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) shall be increased
17by an amount equal to the general State aid that would have
18been received by the district for the 1998-1999 school year by
19utilizing the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed
20Valuation as calculated in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) less
21the general State aid allotted for the 1998-1999 school year.
22This amount shall be deemed a one time increase, and shall not
23affect any future general State aid allocations.
 
24(F) Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
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1submit to the State Board of Education, on forms prescribed by
2the State Board of Education, attendance figures for the school
3year that began in the preceding calendar year. The attendance
4information so transmitted shall identify the average daily
5attendance figures for each month of the school year. Beginning
6with the general State aid claim form for the 2002-2003 school
7year, districts shall calculate Average Daily Attendance as
8provided in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of this paragraph
9(1).
10        (a) In districts that do not hold year-round classes,
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.
14        (b) In districts in which all buildings hold year-round
15    classes, days of attendance in July and August shall be
16    added to the month of September and any days of attendance
17    in June shall be added to the month of May.
18        (c) In districts in which some buildings, but not all,
19    hold year-round classes, for the non-year-round buildings,
20    days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
21    September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
22    to the month of May. The average daily attendance for the
23    year-round buildings shall be computed as provided in
24    subdivision (b) of this paragraph (1). To calculate the
25    Average Daily Attendance for the district, the average
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1    multiplied by the days in session for the non-year-round
2    buildings for each month and added to the monthly
3    attendance of the non-year-round buildings.
4    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, days of
5attendance by pupils shall be counted only for sessions of not
6less than 5 clock hours of school work per day under direct
7supervision of: (i) teachers, or (ii) non-teaching personnel or
8volunteer personnel when engaging in non-teaching duties and
9supervising in those instances specified in subsection (a) of
10Section 10-22.34 and paragraph 10 of Section 34-18, with pupils
11of legal school age and in kindergarten and grades 1 through
1212.
13    Days of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited
14only to the districts that pay the tuition to a recognized
15school.
16    (2) Days of attendance by pupils of less than 5 clock hours
17of school shall be subject to the following provisions in the
18compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
19        (a) Pupils regularly enrolled in a public school for
20    only a part of the school day may be counted on the basis
21    of 1/6 day for every class hour of instruction of 40
22    minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment,
23    unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of 80
24    minutes or more of instruction, in which case the pupil may
25    be counted on the basis of the proportion of minutes of
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1    minutes that school work is required to be held that day.
2        (b) (Blank).
3        (c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be counted
4    as a day of attendance upon certification by the regional
5    superintendent, and approved by the State Superintendent
6    of Education to the extent that the district has been
7    forced to use daily multiple sessions.
8        (d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be counted
9    as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder of the school
10    day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that day is
11    utilized for an in-service training program for teachers,
12    up to a maximum of 5 days per school year, provided a
13    district conducts an in-service training program for
14    teachers in accordance with Section 10-22.39 of this Code;
15    or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be used, in
16    which event each such day may be counted as a day required
17    for a legal school calendar pursuant to Section 10-19 of
18    this Code; (1.5) when, of the 5 days allowed under item
19    (1), a maximum of 4 days are used for parent-teacher
20    conferences, or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days are
21    used, in which case each such day may be counted as a
22    calendar day required under Section 10-19 of this Code,
23    provided that the full-day, parent-teacher conference
24    consists of (i) a minimum of 5 clock hours of
25    parent-teacher conferences, (ii) both a minimum of 2 clock
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1    following a full day of student attendance, as specified in
2    subsection (F)(1)(c), and a minimum of 3 clock hours of
3    parent-teacher conferences held on the day immediately
4    following evening parent-teacher conferences, or (iii)
5    multiple parent-teacher conferences held in the evenings
6    following full days of student attendance, as specified in
7    subsection (F)(1)(c), in which the time used for the
8    parent-teacher conferences is equivalent to a minimum of 5
9    clock hours; and (2) when days in addition to those
10    provided in items (1) and (1.5) are scheduled by a school
11    pursuant to its school improvement plan adopted under
12    Article 34 or its revised or amended school improvement
13    plan adopted under Article 2, provided that (i) such
14    sessions of 3 or more clock hours are scheduled to occur at
15    regular intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in
16    which such sessions occur are utilized for in-service
17    training programs or other staff development activities
18    for teachers, and (iii) a sufficient number of minutes of
19    school work under the direct supervision of teachers are
20    added to the school days between such regularly scheduled
21    sessions to accumulate not less than the number of minutes
22    by which such sessions of 3 or more clock hours fall short
23    of 5 clock hours. Any full days used for the purposes of
24    this paragraph shall not be considered for computing
25    average daily attendance. Days scheduled for in-service
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1    parent-teacher conferences may be scheduled separately for
2    different grade levels and different attendance centers of
3    the district.
4        (e) A session of not less than one clock hour of
5    teaching hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or by
6    telephone to the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day of
7    attendance, however these pupils must receive 4 or more
8    clock hours of instruction to be counted for a full day of
9    attendance.
10        (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be counted
11    as a day of attendance for first grade pupils, and pupils
12    in full day kindergartens, and a session of 2 or more hours
13    may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by pupils in
14    kindergartens which provide only 1/2 day of attendance.
15        (g) For children with disabilities who are below the
16    age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock hours
17    because of their disability or immaturity, a session of not
18    less than one clock hour may be counted as 1/2 day of
19    attendance; however for such children whose educational
20    needs so require a session of 4 or more clock hours may be
21    counted as a full day of attendance.
22        (h) A recognized kindergarten which provides for only
23    1/2 day of attendance by each pupil shall not have more
24    than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any one day. However,
25    kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance in any 5
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1    kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school day, the
2    pupil shall have the following day as a day absent from
3    school, unless the school district obtains permission in
4    writing from the State Superintendent of Education.
5    Attendance at kindergartens which provide for a full day of
6    attendance by each pupil shall be counted the same as
7    attendance by first grade pupils. Only the first year of
8    attendance in one kindergarten shall be counted, except in
9    case of children who entered the kindergarten in their
10    fifth year whose educational development requires a second
11    year of kindergarten as determined under the rules and
12    regulations of the State Board of Education.
13        (i) On the days when the assessment that includes a
14    college and career ready determination Prairie State
15    Achievement Examination is administered under subsection
16    (c) of Section 2-3.64a-5 2-3.64 of this Code, the day of
17    attendance for a pupil whose school day must be shortened
18    to accommodate required testing procedures may be less than
19    5 clock hours and shall be counted towards the 176 days of
20    actual pupil attendance required under Section 10-19 of
21    this Code, provided that a sufficient number of minutes of
22    school work in excess of 5 clock hours are first completed
23    on other school days to compensate for the loss of school
24    work on the examination days.
25        (j) Pupils enrolled in a remote educational program
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1    on the basis of one-fifth day of attendance for every clock
2    hour of instruction attended in the remote educational
3    program, provided that, in any month, the school district
4    may not claim for a student enrolled in a remote
5    educational program more days of attendance than the
6    maximum number of days of attendance the district can claim
7    (i) for students enrolled in a building holding year-round
8    classes if the student is classified as participating in
9    the remote educational program on a year-round schedule or
10    (ii) for students enrolled in a building not holding
11    year-round classes if the student is not classified as
12    participating in the remote educational program on a
13    year-round schedule.
 
14(G) Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
15    (1) For purposes of the calculation of Available Local
16Resources required pursuant to subsection (D), the State Board
17of Education shall secure from the Department of Revenue the
18value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue of
19all taxable property of every school district, together with
20(i) the applicable tax rate used in extending taxes for the
21funds of the district as of September 30 of the previous year
22and (ii) the limiting rate for all school districts subject to
23property tax extension limitations as imposed under the
24Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
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1assessed value of all taxable property of each school district
2situated entirely or partially within a county that is or was
3subject to the provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the
4Property Tax Code (a) an amount equal to the total amount by
5which the homestead exemption allowed under Section 15-176 or
615-177 of the Property Tax Code for real property situated in
7that school district exceeds the total amount that would have
8been allowed in that school district if the maximum reduction
9under Section 15-176 was (i) $4,500 in Cook County or $3,500 in
10all other counties in tax year 2003 or (ii) $5,000 in all
11counties in tax year 2004 and thereafter and (b) an amount
12equal to the aggregate amount for the taxable year of all
13additional exemptions under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax
14Code for owners with a household income of $30,000 or less. The
15county clerk of any county that is or was subject to the
16provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code
17shall annually calculate and certify to the Department of
18Revenue for each school district all homestead exemption
19amounts under Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code
20and all amounts of additional exemptions under Section 15-175
21of the Property Tax Code for owners with a household income of
22$30,000 or less. It is the intent of this paragraph that if the
23general homestead exemption for a parcel of property is
24determined under Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax
25Code rather than Section 15-175, then the calculation of
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1difference, if any, between the amount of the general homestead
2exemption allowed for that parcel of property under Section
315-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code and the amount that
4would have been allowed had the general homestead exemption for
5that parcel of property been determined under Section 15-175 of
6the Property Tax Code. It is further the intent of this
7paragraph that if additional exemptions are allowed under
8Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code for owners with a
9household income of less than $30,000, then the calculation of
10Available Local Resources shall not be affected by the
11difference, if any, because of those additional exemptions.
12    This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
13the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
14calculation of Available Local Resources.
15    (2) The equalized assessed valuation in paragraph (1) shall
16be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
17        (a) For the purposes of calculating State aid under
18    this Section, with respect to any part of a school district
19    within a redevelopment project area in respect to which a
20    municipality has adopted tax increment allocation
21    financing pursuant to the Tax Increment Allocation
22    Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through 11-74.4-11
23    of the Illinois Municipal Code or the Industrial Jobs
24    Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through 11-74.6-50 of the
25    Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the current equalized
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1    project area which is attributable to an increase above the
2    total initial equalized assessed valuation of such
3    property shall be used as part of the equalized assessed
4    valuation of the district, until such time as all
5    redevelopment project costs have been paid, as provided in
6    Section 11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment Allocation
7    Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of the
8    Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose of the
9    equalized assessed valuation of the district, the total
10    initial equalized assessed valuation or the current
11    equalized assessed valuation, whichever is lower, shall be
12    used until such time as all redevelopment project costs
13    have been paid.
14        (b) The real property equalized assessed valuation for
15    a school district shall be adjusted by subtracting from the
16    real property value as equalized or assessed by the
17    Department of Revenue for the district an amount computed
18    by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes under
19    Section 18-170 of the Property Tax Code by 3.00% for a
20    district maintaining grades kindergarten through 12, by
21    2.30% for a district maintaining grades kindergarten
22    through 8, or by 1.05% for a district maintaining grades 9
23    through 12 and adjusted by an amount computed by dividing
24    the amount of any abatement of taxes under subsection (a)
25    of Section 18-165 of the Property Tax Code by the same
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1    subparagraph (b).
2    (3) For the 1999-2000 school year and each school year
3thereafter, if a school district meets all of the criteria of
4this subsection (G)(3), the school district's Available Local
5Resources shall be calculated under subsection (D) using the
6district's Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation
7as calculated under this subsection (G)(3).
8    For purposes of this subsection (G)(3) the following terms
9shall have the following meanings:
10        "Budget Year": The school year for which general State
11    aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
12        "Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used to
13    calculate the Budget Year allocation of general State aid.
14        "Preceding Tax Year": The property tax levy year
15    immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
16        "Base Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of the
17    equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County Clerk
18    in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting rate as
19    calculated by the County Clerk and defined in the Property
20    Tax Extension Limitation Law.
21        "Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of
22    the equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County
23    Clerk in the Preceding Tax Year multiplied by the Operating
24    Tax Rate as defined in subsection (A).
25        "Extension Limitation Ratio": A numerical ratio,
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1    the Base Tax Year's Tax Extension and the denominator is
2    the Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension.
3        "Operating Tax Rate": The operating tax rate as defined
4    in subsection (A).
5    If a school district is subject to property tax extension
6limitations as imposed under the Property Tax Extension
7Limitation Law, the State Board of Education shall calculate
8the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of that
9district. For the 1999-2000 school year, the Extension
10Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as
11calculated by the State Board of Education shall be equal to
12the product of the district's 1996 Equalized Assessed Valuation
13and the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. Except as
14otherwise provided in this paragraph for a school district that
15has approved or does approve an increase in its limiting rate,
16for the 2000-2001 school year and each school year thereafter,
17the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a
18school district as calculated by the State Board of Education
19shall be equal to the product of the Equalized Assessed
20Valuation last used in the calculation of general State aid and
21the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension
22Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as
23calculated under this subsection (G)(3) is less than the
24district's equalized assessed valuation as calculated pursuant
25to subsections (G)(1) and (G)(2), then for purposes of
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1Year pursuant to subsection (E), that Extension Limitation
2Equalized Assessed Valuation shall be utilized to calculate the
3district's Available Local Resources under subsection (D). For
4the 2009-2010 school year and each school year thereafter, if a
5school district has approved or does approve an increase in its
6limiting rate, pursuant to Section 18-190 of the Property Tax
7Code, affecting the Base Tax Year, the Extension Limitation
8Equalized Assessed Valuation of the school district, as
9calculated by the State Board of Education, shall be equal to
10the product of the Equalized Assessed Valuation last used in
11the calculation of general State aid times an amount equal to
12one plus the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price
13Index for all Urban Consumers for all items published by the
14United States Department of Labor for the 12-month calendar
15year preceding the Base Tax Year, plus the Equalized Assessed
16Valuation of new property, annexed property, and recovered tax
17increment value and minus the Equalized Assessed Valuation of
18disconnected property. New property and recovered tax
19increment value shall have the meanings set forth in the
20Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
21    Partial elementary unit districts created in accordance
22with Article 11E of this Code shall not be eligible for the
23adjustment in this subsection (G)(3) until the fifth year
24following the effective date of the reorganization.
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1counties, then the Department of Revenue shall send to the
2State Board of Education, for the purpose of calculating
3general State aid, the limiting rate and individual rates by
4purpose for the county that contains the majority of the school
5district's Equalized Assessed Valuation.
6    (4) For the purposes of calculating general State aid for
7the 1999-2000 school year only, if a school district
8experienced a triennial reassessment on the equalized assessed
9valuation used in calculating its general State financial aid
10apportionment for the 1998-1999 school year, the State Board of
11Education shall calculate the Extension Limitation Equalized
12Assessed Valuation that would have been used to calculate the
13district's 1998-1999 general State aid. This amount shall equal
14the product of the equalized assessed valuation used to
15calculate general State aid for the 1997-1998 school year and
16the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension
17Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of the school district
18as calculated under this paragraph (4) is less than the
19district's equalized assessed valuation utilized in
20calculating the district's 1998-1999 general State aid
21allocation, then for purposes of calculating the district's
22general State aid pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection (E),
23that Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation shall
24be utilized to calculate the district's Available Local
25Resources.
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1equalized assessed valuation in any county except Cook, DuPage,
2Kane, Lake, McHenry, or Will, if the amount of general State
3aid allocated to the school district for the 1999-2000 school
4year under the provisions of subsection (E), (H), and (J) of
5this Section is less than the amount of general State aid
6allocated to the district for the 1998-1999 school year under
7these subsections, then the general State aid of the district
8for the 1999-2000 school year only shall be increased by the
9difference between these amounts. The total payments made under
10this paragraph (5) shall not exceed $14,000,000. Claims shall
11be prorated if they exceed $14,000,000.
 
12(H) Supplemental General State Aid.
13    (1) In addition to the general State aid a school district
14is allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying school
15districts shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction with a
16district's payments of general State aid, for supplemental
17general State aid based upon the concentration level of
18children from low-income households within the school
19district. Supplemental State aid grants provided for school
20districts under this subsection shall be appropriated for
21distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
22in which the general State financial aid of school districts is
23appropriated under this Section.
24    (1.5) This paragraph (1.5) applies only to those school
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1subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
2shall be the low-income eligible pupil count from the most
3recently available federal census divided by the Average Daily
4Attendance of the school district. If, however, (i) the
5percentage decrease from the 2 most recent federal censuses in
6the low-income eligible pupil count of a high school district
7with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or more the
8percentage change in the total low-income eligible pupil count
9of contiguous elementary school districts, whose boundaries
10are coterminous with the high school district, or (ii) a high
11school district within 2 counties and serving 5 elementary
12school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous with the
13high school district, has a percentage decrease from the 2 most
14recent federal censuses in the low-income eligible pupil count
15and there is a percentage increase in the total low-income
16eligible pupil count of a majority of the elementary school
17districts in excess of 50% from the 2 most recent federal
18censuses, then the high school district's low-income eligible
19pupil count from the earlier federal census shall be the number
20used as the low-income eligible pupil count for the high school
21district, for purposes of this subsection (H). The changes made
22to this paragraph (1) by Public Act 92-28 shall apply to
23supplemental general State aid grants for school years
24preceding the 2003-2004 school year that are paid in fiscal
25year 1999 or thereafter and to any State aid payments made in
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1subsection 1(n) of Section 18-8 of this Code (which was
2repealed on July 1, 1998), and any high school district that is
3affected by Public Act 92-28 is entitled to a recomputation of
4its supplemental general State aid grant or State aid paid in
5any of those fiscal years. This recomputation shall not be
6affected by any other funding.
7    (1.10) This paragraph (1.10) applies to the 2003-2004
8school year and each school year thereafter. For purposes of
9this subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
10shall, for each fiscal year, be the low-income eligible pupil
11count as of July 1 of the immediately preceding fiscal year (as
12determined by the Department of Human Services based on the
13number of pupils who are eligible for at least one of the
14following low income programs: Medicaid, the Children's Health
15Insurance Program, TANF, or Food Stamps, excluding pupils who
16are eligible for services provided by the Department of
17Children and Family Services, averaged over the 2 immediately
18preceding fiscal years for fiscal year 2004 and over the 3
19immediately preceding fiscal years for each fiscal year
20thereafter) divided by the Average Daily Attendance of the
21school district.
22    (2) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
23subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 1998-1999,
241999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years only:
25        (a) For any school district with a Low Income
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1    grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by the
2    low income eligible pupil count.
3        (b) For any school district with a Low Income
4    Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
5    grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall be $1,100
6    multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
7        (c) For any school district with a Low Income
8    Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
9    grant for the 1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
10    multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
11        (d) For any school district with a Low Income
12    Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for the
13    1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
14    income eligible pupil count.
15        (e) For the 1999-2000 school year, the per pupil amount
16    specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d) immediately
17    above shall be increased to $1,243, $1,600, and $2,000,
18    respectively.
19        (f) For the 2000-2001 school year, the per pupil
20    amounts specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d)
21    immediately above shall be $1,273, $1,640, and $2,050,
22    respectively.
23    (2.5) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
24subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2002-2003
25school year:
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1    Concentration Level of less than 10%, the grant for each
2    school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
3    eligible pupil count.
4        (b) For any school district with a Low Income
5    Concentration Level of at least 10% and less than 20%, the
6    grant for each school year shall be $675 multiplied by the
7    low income eligible pupil count.
8        (c) For any school district with a Low Income
9    Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
10    grant for each school year shall be $1,330 multiplied by
11    the low income eligible pupil count.
12        (d) For any school district with a Low Income
13    Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
14    grant for each school year shall be $1,362 multiplied by
15    the low income eligible pupil count.
16        (e) For any school district with a Low Income
17    Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
18    grant for each school year shall be $1,680 multiplied by
19    the low income eligible pupil count.
20        (f) For any school district with a Low Income
21    Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for each
22    school year shall be $2,080 multiplied by the low income
23    eligible pupil count.
24    (2.10) Except as otherwise provided, supplemental general
25State aid pursuant to this subsection (H) shall be provided as
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1thereafter:
2        (a) For any school district with a Low Income
3    Concentration Level of 15% or less, the grant for each
4    school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
5    eligible pupil count.
6        (b) For any school district with a Low Income
7    Concentration Level greater than 15%, the grant for each
8    school year shall be $294.25 added to the product of $2,700
9    and the square of the Low Income Concentration Level, all
10    multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
11    For the 2003-2004 school year and each school year
12thereafter through the 2008-2009 school year only, the grant
13shall be no less than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year.
14For the 2009-2010 school year only, the grant shall be no less
15than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by
160.66. For the 2010-2011 school year only, the grant shall be no
17less than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by
180.33. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph to the
19contrary, if for any school year supplemental general State aid
20grants are prorated as provided in paragraph (1) of this
21subsection (H), then the grants under this paragraph shall be
22prorated.
23    For the 2003-2004 school year only, the grant shall be no
24greater than the grant received during the 2002-2003 school
25year added to the product of 0.25 multiplied by the difference
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1of this paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the
2grant received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the
32004-2005 school year only, the grant shall be no greater than
4the grant received during the 2002-2003 school year added to
5the product of 0.50 multiplied by the difference between the
6grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this
7paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant
8received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the 2005-2006
9school year only, the grant shall be no greater than the grant
10received during the 2002-2003 school year added to the product
11of 0.75 multiplied by the difference between the grant amount
12calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this paragraph
13(2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant received during
14the 2002-2003 school year.
15    (3) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
16more than 1,000 and less than 50,000 that qualify for
17supplemental general State aid pursuant to this subsection
18shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
19October 30 of each year for the use of the funds resulting from
20this grant of supplemental general State aid for the
21improvement of instruction in which priority is given to
22meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children. Such
23plan shall be submitted in accordance with rules and
24regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
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1pursuant to this subsection shall be required to distribute
2from funds available pursuant to this Section, no less than
3$261,000,000 in accordance with the following requirements:
4        (a) The required amounts shall be distributed to the
5    attendance centers within the district in proportion to the
6    number of pupils enrolled at each attendance center who are
7    eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunches or
8    breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966
9    and under the National School Lunch Act during the
10    immediately preceding school year.
11        (b) The distribution of these portions of supplemental
12    and general State aid among attendance centers according to
13    these requirements shall not be compensated for or
14    contravened by adjustments of the total of other funds
15    appropriated to any attendance centers, and the Board of
16    Education shall utilize funding from one or several sources
17    in order to fully implement this provision annually prior
18    to the opening of school.
19        (c) Each attendance center shall be provided by the
20    school district a distribution of noncategorical funds and
21    other categorical funds to which an attendance center is
22    entitled under law in order that the general State aid and
23    supplemental general State aid provided by application of
24    this subsection supplements rather than supplants the
25    noncategorical funds and other categorical funds provided
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1        (d) Any funds made available under this subsection that
2    by reason of the provisions of this subsection are not
3    required to be allocated and provided to attendance centers
4    may be used and appropriated by the board of the district
5    for any lawful school purpose.
6        (e) Funds received by an attendance center pursuant to
7    this subsection shall be used by the attendance center at
8    the discretion of the principal and local school council
9    for programs to improve educational opportunities at
10    qualifying schools through the following programs and
11    services: early childhood education, reduced class size or
12    improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
13    programs, remedial assistance, attendance improvement, and
14    other educationally beneficial expenditures which
15    supplement the regular and basic programs as determined by
16    the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not be
17    expended for any political or lobbying purposes as defined
18    by board rule.
19        (f) Each district subject to the provisions of this
20    subdivision (H)(4) shall submit an acceptable plan to meet
21    the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
22    compliance with the requirements of this paragraph, to the
23    State Board of Education prior to July 15 of each year.
24    This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of local
25    school councils concerning the school expenditure plans
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1    State Board shall approve or reject the plan within 60 days
2    after its submission. If the plan is rejected, the district
3    shall give written notice of intent to modify the plan
4    within 15 days of the notification of rejection and then
5    submit a modified plan within 30 days after the date of the
6    written notice of intent to modify. Districts may amend
7    approved plans pursuant to rules promulgated by the State
8    Board of Education.
9        Upon notification by the State Board of Education that
10    the district has not submitted a plan prior to July 15 or a
11    modified plan within the time period specified herein, the
12    State aid funds affected by that plan or modified plan
13    shall be withheld by the State Board of Education until a
14    plan or modified plan is submitted.
15        If the district fails to distribute State aid to
16    attendance centers in accordance with an approved plan, the
17    plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
18    addition to the funds otherwise required by this
19    subsection, to those attendance centers which were
20    underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal to
21    such underfunding.
22        For purposes of determining compliance with this
23    subsection in relation to the requirements of attendance
24    center funding, each district subject to the provisions of
25    this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
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1    the prior year in addition to any modification of its
2    current plan. If it is determined that there has been a
3    failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
4    subsection regarding contravention or supplanting, the
5    State Superintendent of Education shall, within 60 days of
6    receipt of the report, notify the district and any affected
7    local school council. The district shall within 45 days of
8    receipt of that notification inform the State
9    Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
10    action to be taken, whether by amendment of the current
11    plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the
12    following year. Failure to provide the expenditure report
13    or the notification of remedial or corrective action in a
14    timely manner shall result in a withholding of the affected
15    funds.
16        The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and
17    regulations to implement the provisions of this
18    subsection. No funds shall be released under this
19    subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted a
20    plan that has been approved by the State Board of
21    Education.
 
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1(K) Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
2    In calculating the amount to be paid to the governing board
3of a public university that operates a laboratory school under
4this Section or to any alternative school that is operated by a
5regional superintendent of schools, the State Board of
6Education shall require by rule such reporting requirements as
7it deems necessary.
8    As used in this Section, "laboratory school" means a public
9school which is created and operated by a public university and
10approved by the State Board of Education. The governing board
11of a public university which receives funds from the State
12Board under this subsection (K) may not increase the number of
13students enrolled in its laboratory school from a single
14district, if that district is already sending 50 or more
15students, except under a mutual agreement between the school
16board of a student's district of residence and the university
17which operates the laboratory school. A laboratory school may
18not have more than 1,000 students, excluding students with
19disabilities in a special education program.
20    As used in this Section, "alternative school" means a
21public school which is created and operated by a Regional
22Superintendent of Schools and approved by the State Board of
23Education. Such alternative schools may offer courses of
24instruction for which credit is given in regular school
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1training. A regional superintendent of schools may contract
2with a school district or a public community college district
3to operate an alternative school. An alternative school serving
4more than one educational service region may be established by
5the regional superintendents of schools of the affected
6educational service regions. An alternative school serving
7more than one educational service region may be operated under
8such terms as the regional superintendents of schools of those
9educational service regions may agree.
10    Each laboratory and alternative school shall file, on forms
11provided by the State Superintendent of Education, an annual
12State aid claim which states the Average Daily Attendance of
13the school's students by month. The best 3 months' Average
14Daily Attendance shall be computed for each school. The general
15State aid entitlement shall be computed by multiplying the
16applicable Average Daily Attendance by the Foundation Level as
17determined under this Section.
 
18(L) Payments, Additional Grants in Aid and Other Requirements.
19    (1) For a school district operating under the financial
20supervision of an Authority created under Article 34A, the
21general State aid otherwise payable to that district under this
22Section, but not the supplemental general State aid, shall be
23reduced by an amount equal to the budget for the operations of
24the Authority as certified by the Authority to the State Board
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1paid to the Authority created for such district for its
2operating expenses in the manner provided in Section 18-11. The
3remainder of general State school aid for any such district
4shall be paid in accordance with Article 34A when that Article
5provides for a disposition other than that provided by this
6Article.
7    (2) (Blank).
8    (3) Summer school. Summer school payments shall be made as
9provided in Section 18-4.3.
 
10(M) Education Funding Advisory Board.
11    The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
12subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created.
13The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
14Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
15members appointed shall include representatives of education,
16business, and the general public. One of the members so
17appointed shall be designated by the Governor at the time the
18appointment is made as the chairperson of the Board. The
19initial members of the Board may be appointed any time after
20the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997. The regular
21term of each member of the Board shall be for 4 years from the
22third Monday of January of the year in which the term of the
23member's appointment is to commence, except that of the 5
24initial members appointed to serve on the Board, the member who
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1commences on the date of his or her appointment and expires on
2the third Monday of January, 2002, and the remaining 4 members,
3by lots drawn at the first meeting of the Board that is held
4after all 5 members are appointed, shall determine 2 of their
5number to serve for terms that commence on the date of their
6respective appointments and expire on the third Monday of
7January, 2001, and 2 of their number to serve for terms that
8commence on the date of their respective appointments and
9expire on the third Monday of January, 2000. All members
10appointed to serve on the Board shall serve until their
11respective successors are appointed and confirmed. Vacancies
12shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. If
13a vacancy in membership occurs at a time when the Senate is not
14in session, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment
15until the next meeting of the Senate, when he or she shall
16appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a
17person to fill that membership for the unexpired term. If the
18Senate is not in session when the initial appointments are
19made, those appointments shall be made as in the case of
20vacancies.
21    The Education Funding Advisory Board shall be deemed
22established, and the initial members appointed by the Governor
23to serve as members of the Board shall take office, on the date
24that the Governor makes his or her appointment of the fifth
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1pursuant to temporary appointments that are made by the
2Governor as in the case of vacancies.
3    The State Board of Education shall provide such staff
4assistance to the Education Funding Advisory Board as is
5reasonably required for the proper performance by the Board of
6its responsibilities.
7    For school years after the 2000-2001 school year, the
8Education Funding Advisory Board, in consultation with the
9State Board of Education, shall make recommendations as
10provided in this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for the
11foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section and
12for the supplemental general State aid grant level under
13subsection (H) of this Section for districts with high
14concentrations of children from poverty. The recommended
15foundation level shall be determined based on a methodology
16which incorporates the basic education expenditures of
17low-spending schools exhibiting high academic performance. The
18Education Funding Advisory Board shall make such
19recommendations to the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
20numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.
 
21(N) (Blank).
 
22(O) References.
23    (1) References in other laws to the various subdivisions of
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1replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer to
2the corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to the
3extent that those references remain applicable.
4    (2) References in other laws to State Chapter 1 funds shall
5be deemed to refer to the supplemental general State aid
6provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
 
7(P) Public Act 93-838 and Public Act 93-808 make inconsistent
8changes to this Section. Under Section 6 of the Statute on
9Statutes there is an irreconcilable conflict between Public Act
1093-808 and Public Act 93-838. Public Act 93-838, being the last
11acted upon, is controlling. The text of Public Act 93-838 is
12the law regardless of the text of Public Act 93-808.
13(Source: P.A. 96-45, eff. 7-15-09; 96-152, eff. 8-7-09; 96-300,
14eff. 8-11-09; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 96-640, eff. 8-24-09;
1596-959, eff. 7-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1480, eff.
1611-18-10; 97-339, eff. 8-12-11; 97-351, eff. 8-12-11; 97-742,
17eff. 6-30-13; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
 
18    (105 ILCS 5/21B-75)
19    Sec. 21B-75. Suspension or revocation of license.
20    (a) As used in this Section, "teacher" means any school
21district employee regularly required to be licensed, as
22provided in this Article, in order to teach or supervise in the
23public schools.
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1authority, in accordance with this Section and any rules
2adopted by the State Board of Education, in consultation with
3the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, to initiate
4the suspension of up to 5 calendar years or revocation of any
5license issued pursuant to this Article for abuse or neglect of
6a child, immorality, a condition of health detrimental to the
7welfare of pupils, incompetency, unprofessional conduct (which
8includes the failure to disclose on an employment application
9any previous conviction for a sex offense, as defined in
10Section 21B-80 of this Code, or any other offense committed in
11any other state or against the laws of the United States that,
12if committed in this State, would be punishable as a sex
13offense, as defined in Section 21B-80 of this Code), the
14neglect of any professional duty, willful failure to report an
15instance of suspected child abuse or neglect as required by the
16Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, failure to establish
17satisfactory repayment on an educational loan guaranteed by the
18Illinois Student Assistance Commission, or other just cause.
19Unprofessional conduct shall include the refusal to attend or
20participate in institutes, teachers' meetings, or professional
21readings or to meet other reasonable requirements of the
22regional superintendent of schools or State Superintendent of
23Education. Unprofessional conduct also includes conduct that
24violates the standards, ethics, or rules applicable to the
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1administered under Section 2-3.64a-5 2-3.64 of this Code or
2that is known or intended to produce or report manipulated or
3artificial, rather than actual, assessment or achievement
4results or gains from the administration of those tests or
5examinations. Unprofessional conduct shall also include
6neglect or unnecessary delay in the making of statistical and
7other reports required by school officers. Incompetency shall
8include, without limitation, 2 or more school terms of service
9for which the license holder has received an unsatisfactory
10rating on a performance evaluation conducted pursuant to
11Article 24A of this Code within a period of 7 school terms of
12service. In determining whether to initiate action against one
13or more licenses based on incompetency and the recommended
14sanction for such action, the State Superintendent shall
15consider factors that include without limitation all of the
16following:
17        (1) Whether the unsatisfactory evaluation ratings
18    occurred prior to June 13, 2011 (the effective date of
19    Public Act 97-8).
20        (2) Whether the unsatisfactory evaluation ratings
21    occurred prior to or after the implementation date, as
22    defined in Section 24A-2.5 of this Code, of an evaluation
23    system for teachers in a school district.
24        (3) Whether the evaluator or evaluators who performed
25    an unsatisfactory evaluation met the pre-licensure and
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1    Code.
2        (4) The time between the unsatisfactory evaluation
3    ratings.
4        (5) The quality of the remediation plans associated
5    with the unsatisfactory evaluation ratings and whether the
6    license holder successfully completed the remediation
7    plans.
8        (6) Whether the unsatisfactory evaluation ratings were
9    related to the same or different assignments performed by
10    the license holder.
11        (7) Whether one or more of the unsatisfactory
12    evaluation ratings occurred in the first year of a teaching
13    or administrative assignment.
14When initiating an action against one or more licenses, the
15State Superintendent may seek required professional
16development as a sanction in lieu of or in addition to
17suspension or revocation. Any such required professional
18development must be at the expense of the license holder, who
19may use, if available and applicable to the requirements
20established by administrative or court order, training,
21coursework, or other professional development funds in
22accordance with the terms of an applicable collective
23bargaining agreement entered into after June 13, 2011 (the
24effective date of Public Act 97-8), unless that agreement
25specifically precludes use of funds for such purpose.
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1receipt of evidence of abuse or neglect of a child, immorality,
2a condition of health detrimental to the welfare of pupils,
3incompetency (subject to subsection (b) of this Section),
4unprofessional conduct, the neglect of any professional duty,
5or other just cause, further investigate and, if and as
6appropriate, serve written notice to the individual and afford
7the individual opportunity for a hearing prior to suspension,
8revocation, or other sanction; provided that the State
9Superintendent is under no obligation to initiate such an
10investigation if the Department of Children and Family Services
11is investigating the same or substantially similar allegations
12and its child protective service unit has not made its
13determination, as required under Section 7.12 of the Abused and
14Neglected Child Reporting Act. If the State Superintendent of
15Education does not receive from an individual a request for a
16hearing within 10 days after the individual receives notice,
17the suspension, revocation, or other sanction shall
18immediately take effect in accordance with the notice. If a
19hearing is requested within 10 days after notice of an
20opportunity for hearing, it shall act as a stay of proceedings
21until the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board issues
22a decision. Any hearing shall take place in the educational
23service region where the educator is or was last employed and
24in accordance with rules adopted by the State Board of
25Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation
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1limitation provisions for discovery and the sharing of
2information between parties prior to the hearing. The standard
3of proof for any administrative hearing held pursuant to this
4Section shall be by the preponderance of the evidence. The
5decision of the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board
6is a final administrative decision and is subject to judicial
7review by appeal of either party.
8    The State Board of Education may refuse to issue or may
9suspend the license of any person who fails to file a return or
10to pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed return or
11to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty, or interest, as
12required by any tax Act administered by the Department of
13Revenue, until such time as the requirements of any such tax
14Act are satisfied.
15    The exclusive authority of the State Superintendent of
16Education to initiate suspension or revocation of a license
17pursuant to this Section does not preclude a regional
18superintendent of schools from cooperating with the State
19Superintendent or a State's Attorney with respect to an
20investigation of alleged misconduct.
21    (d) The State Superintendent of Education or his or her
22designee may initiate and conduct such investigations as may be
23reasonably necessary to establish the existence of any alleged
24misconduct. At any stage of the investigation, the State
25Superintendent may issue a subpoena requiring the attendance
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1the production of any evidence, including files, records,
2correspondence, or documents, relating to any matter in
3question in the investigation. The subpoena shall require a
4witness to appear at the State Board of Education at a
5specified date and time and shall specify any evidence to be
6produced. The license holder is not entitled to be present, but
7the State Superintendent shall provide the license holder with
8a copy of any recorded testimony prior to a hearing under this
9Section. Such recorded testimony must not be used as evidence
10at a hearing, unless the license holder has adequate notice of
11the testimony and the opportunity to cross-examine the witness.
12Failure of a license holder to comply with a duly issued,
13investigatory subpoena may be grounds for revocation,
14suspension, or denial of a license.
15    (e) All correspondence, documentation, and other
16information so received by the regional superintendent of
17schools, the State Superintendent of Education, the State Board
18of Education, or the State Educator Preparation and Licensure
19Board under this Section is confidential and must not be
20disclosed to third parties, except (i) as necessary for the
21State Superintendent of Education or his or her designee to
22investigate and prosecute pursuant to this Article, (ii)
23pursuant to a court order, (iii) for disclosure to the license
24holder or his or her representative, or (iv) as otherwise
25required in this Article and provided that any such information
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1confidentiality and non-disclosure requirement.
2    (f) The State Superintendent of Education or a person
3designated by him or her shall have the power to administer
4oaths to witnesses at any hearing conducted before the State
5Educator Preparation and Licensure Board pursuant to this
6Section. The State Superintendent of Education or a person
7designated by him or her is authorized to subpoena and bring
8before the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board any
9person in this State and to take testimony either orally or by
10deposition or by exhibit, with the same fees and mileage and in
11the same manner as prescribed by law in judicial proceedings in
12civil cases in circuit courts of this State.
13    (g) Any circuit court, upon the application of the State
14Superintendent of Education or the license holder, may, by
15order duly entered, require the attendance of witnesses and the
16production of relevant books and papers as part of any
17investigation or at any hearing the State Educator Preparation
18and Licensure Board is authorized to conduct pursuant to this
19Section, and the court may compel obedience to its orders by
20proceedings for contempt.
21    (h) The State Board of Education shall receive an annual
22line item appropriation to cover fees associated with the
23investigation and prosecution of alleged educator misconduct
24and hearings related thereto.
25(Source: P.A. 97-607, eff. 8-26-11; incorporates 97-8, eff.
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1    (105 ILCS 5/27A-4)
2    Sec. 27A-4. General Provisions.
3    (a) The General Assembly does not intend to alter or amend
4the provisions of any court-ordered desegregation plan in
5effect for any school district. A charter school shall be
6subject to all federal and State laws and constitutional
7provisions prohibiting discrimination on the basis of
8disability, race, creed, color, gender, national origin,
9religion, ancestry, marital status, or need for special
10education services.
11    (b) The total number of charter schools operating under
12this Article at any one time shall not exceed 120. Not more
13than 70 charter schools shall operate at any one time in any
14city having a population exceeding 500,000, with at least 5
15charter schools devoted exclusively to students from
16low-performing or overcrowded schools operating at any one time
17in that city; and not more than 45 charter schools shall
18operate at any one time in the remainder of the State, with not
19more than one charter school that has been initiated by a board
20of education, or by an intergovernmental agreement between or
21among boards of education, operating at any one time in the
22school district where the charter school is located. In
23addition to these charter schools, up to but no more than 5
24charter schools devoted exclusively to re-enrolled high school
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1out may operate at any one time in any city having a population
2exceeding 500,000. Notwithstanding any provision to the
3contrary in subsection (b) of Section 27A-5 of this Code, each
4such dropout charter may operate up to 15 campuses within the
5city. Any of these dropout charters may have a maximum of 1,875
6enrollment seats, any one of the campuses of the dropout
7charter may have a maximum of 165 enrollment seats, and each
8campus of the dropout charter must be operated, through a
9contract or payroll, by the same legal entity as that for which
10the charter is approved and certified.
11    For purposes of implementing this Section, the State Board
12shall assign a number to each charter submission it receives
13under Section 27A-6 for its review and certification, based on
14the chronological order in which the submission is received by
15it. The State Board shall promptly notify local school boards
16when the maximum numbers of certified charter schools
17authorized to operate have been reached.
18    (c) No charter shall be granted under this Article that
19would convert any existing private, parochial, or non-public
20school to a charter school.
21    (d) Enrollment in a charter school shall be open to any
22pupil who resides within the geographic boundaries of the area
23served by the local school board, provided that the board of
24education in a city having a population exceeding 500,000 may
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1education determines that attendance boundaries are needed to
2relieve overcrowding or to better serve low-income and at-risk
3students. Students residing within an attendance boundary may
4be given priority for enrollment, but must not be required to
5attend the charter school.
6    (e) Nothing in this Article shall prevent 2 or more local
7school boards from jointly issuing a charter to a single shared
8charter school, provided that all of the provisions of this
9Article are met as to those local school boards.
10    (f) No local school board shall require any employee of the
11school district to be employed in a charter school.
12    (g) No local school board shall require any pupil residing
13within the geographic boundary of its district to enroll in a
14charter school.
15    (h) If there are more eligible applicants for enrollment in
16a charter school than there are spaces available, successful
17applicants shall be selected by lottery. However, priority
18shall be given to siblings of pupils enrolled in the charter
19school and to pupils who were enrolled in the charter school
20the previous school year, unless expelled for cause, and
21priority may be given to pupils residing within the charter
22school's attendance boundary, if a boundary has been designated
23by the board of education in a city having a population
24exceeding 500,000. Dual enrollment at both a charter school and
25a public school or non-public school shall not be allowed. A
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1be deemed to be suspended or expelled from the public schools
2of the school district in which the pupil resides.
3Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this subsection
4(h):
5        (1) any charter school with a mission exclusive to
6    educating high school dropouts may grant priority
7    admission to students who are high school dropouts and/or
8    students 16 or 15 years old at risk of dropping out and any
9    charter school with a mission exclusive to educating
10    students from low-performing or overcrowded schools may
11    restrict admission to students who are from low-performing
12    or overcrowded schools; "priority admission" for charter
13    schools exclusively devoted to re-enrolled dropouts or
14    students at risk of dropping out means a minimum of 90% of
15    students enrolled shall be high school dropouts; and
16        (2) any charter school located in a school district
17    that contains all or part of a federal military base may
18    set aside up to 33% of its current charter enrollment to
19    students with parents assigned to the federal military
20    base, with the remaining 67% subject to the general
21    enrollment and lottery requirements of subsection (d) of
22    this Section and this subsection (h); if a student with a
23    parent assigned to the federal military base withdraws from
24    the charter school during the course of a school year for
25    reasons other than grade promotion, those students with
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1    preference in filling the vacancy.
2    (i) (Blank).
3    (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
4contrary, a school district in a city having a population
5exceeding 500,000 shall not have a duty to collectively bargain
6with an exclusive representative of its employees over
7decisions to grant or deny a charter school proposal under
8Section 27A-8 of this Code, decisions to renew or revoke a
9charter under Section 27A-9 of this Code, and the impact of
10these decisions, provided that nothing in this Section shall
11have the effect of negating, abrogating, replacing, reducing,
12diminishing, or limiting in any way employee rights,
13guarantees, or privileges granted in Sections 2, 3, 7, 8, 10,
1414, and 15 of the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
15    (k) In this Section:
16    "Low-performing school" means a public school in a school
17district organized under Article 34 of this Code that enrolls
18students in any of grades kindergarten through 8 and that is
19ranked within the lowest 10% of schools in that district in
20terms of the percentage of students meeting or exceeding
21standards on the assessments required under Section 2-3.64a-5
22of this Code Illinois Standards Achievement Test.
23    "Overcrowded school" means a public school in a school
24district organized under Article 34 of this Code that (i)
25enrolls students in any of grades kindergarten through 8, (ii)
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1identified in the most recently available School Report Card
2published by the State Board of Education, and (iii) is
3determined by the Chicago Board of Education to be in the most
4severely overcrowded 5% of schools in the district. On or
5before November 1 of each year, the Chicago Board of Education
6shall file a report with the State Board of Education on which
7schools in the district meet the definition of "overcrowded
8school". "Students at risk of dropping out" means students 16
9or 15 years old in a public school in a district organized
10under Article 34 of this Code that enrolls students in any
11grades 9-12 who have been absent at least 90 school attendance
12days of the previous 180 school attendance days.
13(Source: P.A. 97-151, eff. 1-1-12; 97-624, eff. 11-28-11;
1497-813, eff. 7-13-12; 98-474, eff. 8-16-13.)
 
15    (105 ILCS 5/27A-6)
16    Sec. 27A-6. Contract contents; applicability of laws and
17regulations.
18    (a) A certified charter shall constitute a binding contract
19and agreement between the charter school and a local school
20board under the terms of which the local school board
21authorizes the governing body of the charter school to operate
22the charter school on the terms specified in the contract.
23    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
24the certified charter may not waive or release the charter
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1established pursuant to Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code 2-3.64.
2Beginning with the 2003-2004 school year, the certified charter
3for a charter school operating in a city having a population
4exceeding 500,000 shall require the charter school to
5administer any other nationally recognized standardized tests
6to its students that the chartering entity administers to other
7students, and the results on such tests shall be included in
8the chartering entity's assessment reports.
9    (c) Subject to the provisions of subsection (e), a material
10revision to a previously certified contract or a renewal shall
11be made with the approval of both the local school board and
12the governing body of the charter school.
13    (c-5) The proposed contract shall include a provision on
14how both parties will address minor violations of the contract.
15    (d) The proposed contract between the governing body of a
16proposed charter school and the local school board as described
17in Section 27A-7 must be submitted to and certified by the
18State Board before it can take effect. If the State Board
19recommends that the proposed contract be modified for
20consistency with this Article before it can be certified, the
21modifications must be consented to by both the governing body
22of the charter school and the local school board, and
23resubmitted to the State Board for its certification. If the
24proposed contract is resubmitted in a form that is not
25consistent with this Article, the State Board may refuse to
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1    The State Board shall assign a number to each submission or
2resubmission in chronological order of receipt, and shall
3determine whether the proposed contract is consistent with the
4provisions of this Article. If the proposed contract complies,
5the State Board shall so certify.
6    (e) No material revision to a previously certified contract
7or a renewal shall be effective unless and until the State
8Board certifies that the revision or renewal is consistent with
9the provisions of this Article.
10(Source: P.A. 93-3, eff. 4-16-03.)
 
11    (105 ILCS 5/34-8.14)
12    Sec. 34-8.14. Non-waivable provisions. Notwithstanding
13anything in this the School Code to the contrary, statutes,
14regulations, rules, and policy provisions concerning the
15following shall not be waivable:
16        (1) student Student civil rights;
17        (2) staff Staff civil rights;
18        (3) health Health and safety;
19        (4) performance Performance and financial audits;
20        (5) Local School Council provisions, including
21    required statements of economic disclosure;
22        (6) the The Open Meetings Act;
23        (7) the The Freedom of Information Act;
24        (8) the assessments required under Section 2-3.64a-5
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1        (9) Chicago learning outcomes;
2        (10) Sections 2-3.25a through 2-3.25j of this the
3    School Code; and
4        (11) collective Collective bargaining agreements.
5(Source: P.A. 89-3, eff. 2-27-95.)
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.64 rep.)
7    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a rep.)
8    Section 10. The School Code is amended by repealing
9Sections 2-3.64 and 2-3.64a.
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
112014.".