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91_HB4476
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section
2 13A-8.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
6 Section 13A-8 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/13A-8)
8 Sec. 13A-8. Funding.
9 (a) This The State of Illinois shall provide funding for
10 the alternative school programs within each educational
11 service region and within the Chicago public school system by
12 line item appropriation made to the State Board of Education
13 for that purpose. This money, when appropriated, shall be
14 provided to the regional superintendent and to the Chicago
15 Board of Education, who shall establish a budget, including
16 salaries, for their alternative school programs. Each
17 program shall receive funding in the amount of $30,000 plus
18 an amount based on the ratio of the region's or Chicago's
19 best 3 months' average daily attendance in grades
20 pre-kindergarten through 12 to the statewide totals of these
21 amounts. For purposes of this calculation, the best 3
22 months' average daily attendance for each region or Chicago
23 shall be calculated by adding to the best 3 months' average
24 daily attendance the number of low-income students identified
25 in the most recently available federal census multiplied by
26 one-half times the percentage of the region's or Chicago's
27 low-income students to the State's total low-income students.
28 The State Board of Education shall retain up to 1.1% of the
29 appropriation to be used to provide technical assistance,
30 professional development, and evaluations for the programs.
31 (a-5) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
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1 Section, for the 1998-1999 fiscal year, the total amount
2 distributed under subsection (a) for an alternative school
3 program shall be not less than the total amount that was
4 distributed under that subsection for that alternative school
5 program for the 1997-1998 fiscal year. If an alternative
6 school program is to receive a total distribution under
7 subsection (a) for the 1998-1999 fiscal year that is less
8 than the total distribution that the program received under
9 that subsection for the 1997-1998 fiscal year, that
10 alternative school program shall also receive, from a
11 separate appropriation made for purposes of this subsection
12 (a-5), a supplementary payment equal to the amount by which
13 its total distribution under subsection (a) for the 1997-1998
14 fiscal year exceeds the amount of the total distribution that
15 the alternative school program receives under that subsection
16 for the 1998-1999 fiscal year. If the amount appropriated for
17 supplementary payments to alternative school programs under
18 this subsection (a-5) is insufficient for that purpose, those
19 supplementary payments shall be prorated among the
20 alternative school programs entitled to receive those
21 supplementary payments according to the aggregate amount of
22 the appropriation made for purposes of this subsection (a-5).
23 (b) An alternative school program shall be entitled to
24 receive general State aid as calculated in subsection (K) of
25 Section 18-8.05 upon filing a claim as provided therein. Any
26 time that a student who is enrolled in an alternative school
27 program spends in work-based learning, community service, or
28 a similar alternative educational setting shall be included
29 in determining the student's minimum number of clock hours of
30 daily school work that constitute a day of attendance for
31 purposes of calculating general State aid.
32 (c) An alternative school program may receive additional
33 funding from its school districts in such amount as may be
34 agreed upon by the parties and necessary to support the
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1 program. In addition, an alternative school program is
2 authorized to accept and expend gifts, legacies, and grants,
3 including but not limited to federal grants, from any source
4 for purposes directly related to the conduct and operation of
5 the program.
6 (Source: P.A. 89-383, eff. 8-18-95; 89-629, eff. 8-9-96;
7 89-636, eff. 8-9-96; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-283, eff.
8 7-31-97; 90-802, eff. 12-15-98.)