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Public Act 91-0096

SB291 Enrolled                                 LRB9100133NTsb

    AN ACT relating to education, amending named Acts.

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

    Section  5.  The State Finance Act is amended by changing
Section 8a as follows:

    (30 ILCS 105/8a) (from Ch. 127, par. 144a)
    Sec. 8a.  Common School Fund; transfers to Common  School
Fund and Education Assistance Fund.
    (a)  Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section
and  except as otherwise provided in this subsection (a) with
respect to amounts transferred from the General Revenue  Fund
to  the Common School Fund for distribution therefrom for the
benefit of the Teachers' Retirement System of  the  State  of
Illinois   and   the  Public  School  Teachers'  Pension  and
Retirement Fund of Chicago:
         (1)  With respect to all school districts, for  each
    fiscal year other than fiscal year 1994, on or before the
    eleventh  and  twenty-first days of each of the months of
    August through the following July, at  a  time  or  times
    designated  by  the Governor, the State Treasurer and the
    State Comptroller shall transfer from the General Revenue
    Fund to the Common School Fund and  Education  Assistance
    Fund,  as  appropriate, 1/24 or so much thereof as may be
    necessary of the amount appropriated to the  State  Board
    of  Education  for  distribution  to all school districts
    from such Common School  Fund  and  Education  Assistance
    Fund,  for  the  fiscal  year,  including interest on the
    School Fund proportionate for that distribution for  such
    year.
         (2)  With  respect  to all school districts, but for
    fiscal year 1994 only, on the 11th day  of  August,  1993
    and  on  or  before the 11th and 21st days of each of the
    months of October, 1993 through July, 1994 at a  time  or
    times designated by the Governor, the State Treasurer and
    the  State  Comptroller  shall  transfer from the General
    Revenue Fund to the Common School Fund 1/24  or  so  much
    thereof as may be necessary of the amount appropriated to
    the  State  Board  of  Education  for distribution to all
    school districts from such Common School Fund, for fiscal
    year  1994,  including  interest  on  the   School   Fund
    proportionate for that distribution for such year; and on
    or before the 21st day of August, 1993 at a time or times
    designated  by  the Governor, the State Treasurer and the
    State Comptroller shall transfer from the General Revenue
    Fund to the Common School Fund 3/24 or so much thereof as
    may be necessary of the amount appropriated to the  State
    Board   of  Education  for  distribution  to  all  school
    districts from the Common School Fund,  for  fiscal  year
    1994,   including   interest   proportionate   for   that
    distribution on the School Fund for such fiscal year.
    The  amounts  of  the payments made in July of each year:
(i) shall be considered an outstanding liability  as  of  the
30th  day  of June immediately preceding those July payments,
within the meaning of Section 25 of this Act; (ii)  shall  be
payable from the appropriation for the fiscal year that ended
on  that  30th  day  of  June;  and (iii) shall be considered
payments for claims covering the school year  that  commenced
during the immediately preceding calendar year.
    Notwithstanding   the   foregoing   provisions   of  this
subsection, as soon as may be after the 10th and 20th days of
each of the months of August through May, 1/24, and on or  as
soon  as may be after the 10th and 20th days of June, 1/12 of
the  annual  amount  appropriated  to  the  State  Board   of
Education  for  distribution  and  payment during that fiscal
year from the Common School Fund to and for  the  benefit  of
the  Teachers'  Retirement  System  of  the State of Illinois
(until the end of State fiscal  year  1995)  and  the  Public
School  Teachers'  Pension  and Retirement Fund of Chicago as
provided by the Illinois Pension Code and Section 18-7 of the
School Code, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be
transferred by the State Treasurer and the State  Comptroller
from  the  General  Revenue Fund to the Common School Fund to
permit semi-monthly payments from the Common School  Fund  to
and  for  the  benefit  of such teacher retirement systems as
required by Section 18-7 of the School Code.
    Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section,  on
or  as  soon  as  may  be  after  the 15th day of each month,
beginning  in  July  of  1995,  1/12  of  the  annual  amount
appropriated for that fiscal year from the Common School Fund
to the Teachers' Retirement System of the State  of  Illinois
(other  than  amounts  appropriated  under Section 1.1 of the
State Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation Act), or so much
thereof as may be necessary,  shall  be  transferred  by  the
State  Treasurer  and  the State Comptroller from the General
Revenue Fund to the Common  School  Fund  to  permit  monthly
payments  from  the  Common  School  Fund  to that retirement
system in accordance with  Section  16-158  of  the  Illinois
Pension  Code  and  Section 18-7 of the School Code.  Amounts
appropriated to the Teachers' Retirement System of the  State
of  Illinois  under  Section  1.1  of the State Pension Funds
Continuing Appropriation Act  shall  be  transferred  by  the
State  Treasurer  and  the State Comptroller from the General
Revenue Fund to  the  Common  School  Fund  as  necessary  to
provide  for  the  payment  of  vouchers  drawn against those
appropriations.
    The Governor may notify the State Treasurer and the State
Comptroller  to  transfer,  at  a  time  designated  by   the
Governor,  such  additional  amount  as  may  be necessary to
effect advance distribution to school  districts  of  amounts
that otherwise would be payable in the next month pursuant to
Sections  18-8  through  18-10  of the School Code. The State
Treasurer and the State Comptroller shall thereupon  transfer
such additional amount. The aggregate amount transferred from
the  General  Revenue  Fund  to the Common School Fund in the
eleven months beginning August 1 of any fiscal year shall not
be in excess of the amount necessary for  payment  of  claims
certified  by  the State Superintendent of Education pursuant
to the appropriation of  the  Common  School  Fund  for  that
fiscal  year.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of the first
paragraph in this section, no transfer to effect  an  advance
distribution   shall   be   made   in  any  month  except  on
notification, as provided above, by the Governor.
    The State Comptroller and State Treasurer shall  transfer
from  the  General Revenue Fund to the Common School Fund and
the Education Assistance Fund such amounts as may be required
to honor  the  vouchers  presented  by  the  State  Board  of
Education  pursuant  to  Sections 18-3, 18-4.2, 18-4.3, 18-5,
18-6 and 18-7 of the School Code.
    The State Comptroller shall report all transfers provided
for in this Act to the  President  of  the  Senate,  Minority
Leader  of  the  Senate,  Speaker  of the House, and Minority
Leader of the House.
    (b)  On or before the 11th and 21st days of each  of  the
months  of  June, 1982 through July, 1983, at a time or times
designated by the Governor, the State Treasurer and the State
Comptroller shall transfer from the General Revenue  Fund  to
the  Common  School  Fund  1/24  or so much thereof as may be
necessary of the amount appropriated to the  State  Board  of
Education  for distribution from such Common School Fund, for
that same fiscal year, including interest on the School  Fund
for  such year.  The amounts of the payments in the months of
July, 1982 and July, 1983 shall be considered an  outstanding
liability  as  of  the 30th day of June immediately preceding
such July payment, within the meaning of Section 25  of  this
Act,  and  shall  be  payable  from the appropriation for the
fiscal year which ended on such 30th day of  June,  and  such
July   payments  shall  be  considered  payments  for  claims
covering school years 1981-1982 and 1982-1983 respectively.
    In the event the Governor makes  notification  to  effect
advanced  distribution under the provisions of subsection (a)
of this Section, the aggregate amount  transferred  from  the
General  Revenue  Fund  to  the  Common School Fund in the 12
months beginning August 1, 1981 or the  12  months  beginning
August 1, 1982 shall not be in excess of the amount necessary
for  payment  of claims certified by the State Superintendent
of Education pursuant to  the  appropriation  of  the  Common
School  Fund  for the fiscal years commencing on the first of
July of the years 1981 and 1982.
(Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98; 90-587, eff. 7-1-98.)

    Section 10.  The  School  Code  is  amended  by  changing
Sections  2-3.83,  10-19,  14A-5,  18-8.05, 27A-9 and 29-5 as
follows:

    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.83) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.83)
    Sec. 2-3.83.   Individual  transition  plan  model  pilot
program.
    (a)  The  General Assembly finds that transition services
for special  education  students  in  secondary  schools  are
needed  for the increasing numbers of students exiting school
programs.   Therefore,  to  ensure  coordinated  and   timely
delivery of services, the State shall establish a model pilot
program  to  provide  such services.  Local school districts,
using joint agreements and regional service delivery  systems
for   special   and  vocational  education  selected  by  the
Governor's Planning Council  on  Developmental  Disabilities,
shall  have  the primary responsibility to convene transition
planning  meetings  for  these  students  who  will   require
post-school adult services.
    (b)  For purposes of this Section:
         (1)  "Post-secondary   Service   Provider"  means  a
    provider  of   services   for   adults   who   have   any
    developmental  disability  as defined in Section 1-106 of
    the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code  or
    who  are  disabled  as  defined  in  the Disabled Persons
    Rehabilitation Act.
         (2)  "Individual Education  Plan"  means  a  written
    statement for an exceptional child that provides at least
    a statement of: the child's present levels of educational
    performance,  annual  goals  and short-term instructional
    objectives;  specific  special  education   and   related
    services;  the  extent  of  participation  in the regular
    education program; the projected dates for initiation  of
    services;  anticipated  duration of services; appropriate
    objective  criteria  and  evaluation  procedures;  and  a
    schedule   for   annual   determination   of   short-term
    objectives.
         (3)  "Individual  Transition  Plan"  (ITP)  means  a
    multi-agency informal assessment of a student's needs for
    post-secondary adult services including but  not  limited
    to  employment,  post-secondary education or training and
    residential independent living.
         (4)  "Developmental Disability" means  a  disability
    which   is   attributable  to:  (a)  mental  retardation,
    cerebral palsy, epilepsy or autism; or to (b)  any  other
    condition  which  results  in  impairment similar to that
    caused by mental retardation and which requires  services
    similar  to  those required by mentally retarded persons.
    Such disability must  originate  before  the  age  of  18
    years,   be   expected   to  continue  indefinitely,  and
    constitute a substantial handicap.
         (5)  "Exceptional    Characteristic"    means    any
    disabling or exceptional characteristic which  interferes
    with a student's education including, but not limited to,
    a   determination   that   the  student  is  severely  or
    profoundly   mentally   disabled,   trainably    mentally
    disabled,   deaf-blind,   or   has   some   other  health
    impairment.
    (c)  The model pilot program  required  by  this  Section
shall  be  established  and  administered  by  the Governor's
Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities in conjunction
with the case coordination pilot projects established by  the
Department  of  Human Services pursuant to Section 4.1 of the
Community Services Act, as amended.
    (d)  The model pilot program shall include the  following
features:
         (1)  Written  notice  shall  be  sent to the student
    and, when appropriate, his  or  her  parent  or  guardian
    giving the opportunity to consent to having the student's
    name  and relevant information shared with the local case
    coordination unit and other appropriate  State  or  local
    agencies  for  purposes  of  inviting participants to the
    individual transition plan meeting.
         (2)  Meetings to develop and modify, as  needed,  an
    Individual  Transition  Plan  shall be conducted annually
    for all students with a developmental disability  in  the
    pilot  program  area  who are age 16 or older and who are
    receiving special education services for 50% or  more  of
    their  public  school  program.   These meetings shall be
    convened by the local school district  and  conducted  in
    conjunction  with  any other regularly scheduled meetings
    such as the student's annual individual educational  plan
    meeting.     The    Governor's    Planning   Council   on
    Developmental Disabilities shall cooperate with  and  may
    enter  into  any  necessary  written  agreements with the
    Department of Human  Services  and  the  State  Board  of
    Education  to  identify  the target group of students for
    transition planning and the appropriate case coordination
    unit to serve these individuals.
         (3)  The ITP meetings shall  be  co-chaired  by  the
    individual   education  plan  coordinator  and  the  case
    coordinator.  The ITP meeting shall include  but  not  be
    limited  to  discussion  of  the following: the student's
    projected date of  exit  from  the  public  schools;  his
    projected  post-school  goals in the areas of employment,
    residential   living   arrangement   and   post-secondary
    education or training;  specific  school  or  post-school
    services  needed during the following year to achieve the
    student's goals, including but not limited to  vocational
    evaluation,  vocational  education,  work  experience  or
    vocational  training,  placement  assistance, independent
    living skills training, recreational or leisure training,
    income support, medical  needs  and  transportation;  and
    referrals  and  linkage  to  needed services, including a
    proposed time frame  for  services  and  the  responsible
    agency or provider.  The individual transition plan shall
    be   signed   by  participants  in  the  ITP  discussion,
    including but not limited to  the  student's  parents  or
    guardian,     the     student     (where    appropriate),
    multi-disciplinary team representatives from  the  public
    schools,  the  case coordinator and any other individuals
    who  have  participated  in  the  ITP  meeting   at   the
    discretion  of the individual education plan coordinator,
    the developmental  disability  case  coordinator  or  the
    parents or guardian.
         (4)  At  least 10 days prior to the ITP meeting, the
    parents or guardian of the student shall be  notified  in
    writing of the time and place of the meeting by the local
    school  district.  The ITP discussion shall be documented
    by the  assigned  case  coordinator,  and  an  individual
    student   file   shall   be   maintained   by  each  case
    coordination unit.  One year following a  student's  exit
    from  public  school the case coordinator shall conduct a
    follow up interview with the student.
         (5)  Determinations  with  respect   to   individual
    transition  plans  made  under  this Section shall not be
    subject to any due  process  requirements  prescribed  in
    Section 14-8.02 of this Code.
    (e)  (Blank). The State Board of Education shall submit a
report  to the General Assembly by June 30 of each year which
summarizes  the  projected  number   of   secondary   special
education  students that will be exiting public schools after
the following  school  year.   The  report  shall  include  a
description  of  the  students'  exceptional characteristics,
location in the State and other information necessary for the
State to plan for services for these students.    The  report
shall  not  contain  any  information  which  identifies  any
individual.
(Source:  P.A.  88-380;  89-397,  eff.  8-20-95; 89-507, eff.
7-1-97; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)

    (105 ILCS 5/10-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19)
    Sec. 10-19.   Length  of  school  term   -   experimental
programs. Each school board shall annually prepare a calendar
for the school term, specifying the opening and closing dates
and  providing  a minimum term of at least 185 days to insure
176 days of actual pupil attendance, computable under Section
18-8.05 18-8, except that for the 1980-1981 school year  only
175 days of actual pupil attendance shall be required because
of the closing of schools pursuant to Section 24-2 on January
29, 1981 upon the appointment by the President of that day as
a  day  of  thanksgiving for the freedom of the Americans who
had been held hostage in Iran. Any days allowed  by  law  for
teachers'  institute but not used as such or used as parental
institutes as provided in Section  10-22.18d  shall  increase
the  minimum  term by the school days not so used.  Except as
provided in Section 10-19.1, the board  may  not  extend  the
school term beyond such closing date unless that extension of
term is necessary to provide the minimum number of computable
days.   In  case of such necessary extension school employees
shall be paid for such additional time on the basis of  their
regular contracts.  A school board may specify a closing date
earlier than that set on the annual calendar when the schools
of   the   district  have  provided  the  minimum  number  of
computable days under this Section. Nothing in  this  Section
prevents the board from employing superintendents of schools,
principals and other nonteaching personnel for a period of 12
months,  or  in  the  case of superintendents for a period in
accordance with Section 10-23.8, or prevents the  board  from
employing  other personnel before or after the regular school
term with payment of salary proportionate  to  that  received
for comparable work during the school term.
    A  school board may make such changes in its calendar for
the school term as may be required  by  any  changes  in  the
legal  school  holidays prescribed in Section 24-2.  A school
board may make changes in its calendar for the school term as
may be necessary to  reflect  the  utilization  of  teachers'
institute  days  as  parental  institute  days as provided in
Section 10-22.18d.
    With the prior approval of the State Board  of  Education
and subject to review by the State Board of Education every 3
years,  any  school board may, by resolution of its board and
in agreement with affected  exclusive  collective  bargaining
agents,    establish   experimental   educational   programs,
including but  not  limited  to  programs  for  self-directed
learning  or  outside of formal class periods, which programs
when so approved shall  be  considered  to  comply  with  the
requirements  of  this Section as respects numbers of days of
actual pupil attendance and with the  other  requirements  of
this Act as respects courses of instruction.
(Source: P.A. 86-1250; 87-183.)

    (105 ILCS 5/14A-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 14A-5)
    Sec.  14A-5.   Reimbursement  for services and materials.
Pursuant to regulations  of  the  State  Board  of  Education
proposed programs for gifted children may be submitted to the
Council  by  a  school district, 2 or more cooperating school
districts, a county, or 2 or more cooperating counties.  Such
proposals shall include a statement of the qualifications and
duties of the personnel required in the fields of diagnostic,
counseling  and  consultative  services  and  the educational
materials necessary.
    Upon receipt of such proposals the Council shall evaluate
them and if found to contribute to the development of a State
plan to increase the service of  the  public  school  in  the
field  of  education  of  gifted  children  the Council shall
recommend the acceptance thereof to the State  Superintendent
of  Education, who may approve the same. Upon the approval of
the district's program, which shall  be  offered  during  the
regular  school  term and may include optional summer school,
the district shall  be  entitled  to  reimbursement  for  the
services  and  materials  required  therefor  by  the  method
described in either (a) or (b) as follows:
    (a)  The  number of pupils in average daily attendance in
the district's program, multiplied by one  of  the  following
factors:
    The   factors   for  school  districts  having  different
assessed valuations per pupil in average daily attendance for
the prior year shall be:
    1.  in districts with $20,000 or more;
    1.2  in districts with $16,000 but less than $20,000;
    1.3  in districts with $12,000 but less than $16,000;
    1.4  in districts with $9,000 but less than $12,000;
    1.5  in districts with less than $9,000.
    In no case shall  the  claim  for  reimbursement  of  any
district  exceed  the  actual  cost  of  such  program to the
district  nor  shall  the   number   of   pupils   for   whom
reimbursement is claimed exceed 5% of the number of pupils in
average daily attendance in the district for the prior year.
    (b)  For   each   professional   worker,  who  meets  the
established standards  for  his  position,  employed  in  the
district's program at the annual rate of $5,000.
    On  or  before  July  10, annually, the president and the
secretary of the  district  shall  certify  to  the  regional
superintendent   upon   forms   prescribed   by   the   State
Superintendent   of   Education   the  district's  claim  for
reimbursement for the school  year  ended  on  June  30  next
preceding.  The  regional superintendent shall check all such
claims to ascertain compliance with the prescribed  standards
and upon his approval shall certify not later than July 25 to
the  State Superintendent of Education the regional report of
claims  for  reimbursements.  The  State  Superintendent   of
Education  shall  check  and  upon approval shall transmit by
September 15 to the State Comptroller  the  vouchers  showing
the   amounts   due   for   district   reimbursement  claims.
Reimbursement shall be paid in the manner provided  above  in
this  paragraph  through  September  15,  1979.   Thereafter,
estimated  payments  equal  to 1/4 of the district's approved
program amount shall be made  by  the  State  Comptroller  on
November  15,  February  15,  and  May  15 upon submission of
vouchers by the State Superintendent of Education.   A  final
claim  shall  be filed with the regional superintendent on or
before July 10 for approval  and  transmittal  to  the  State
Superintendent  of  Education  on  or  before July 20. Claims
received by the State Superintendent of Education after  July
20  shall not be honored. Upon receipt of the final claim the
State Superintendent shall verify its  accuracy  and  make  a
final adjusted payment on September 20.
    If the amount appropriated for such reimbursement for any
year  is insufficient it shall be apportioned on the basis of
the claims approved.
    When any school district eligible for reimbursement under
this Section operates a school for a full year in  accordance
with  Section 10-19.1 of this Act such reimbursement shall be
increased by 1/185 of the amount or rate paid  hereunder  for
each  day  such  school is operated in excess of 185 days per
calendar year.
    For purposes  of  calculating  claims  for  reimbursement
under this Section for any school year beginning July 1, 1997
1980,  or  thereafter, the equalized assessed valuation for a
school  district  used  to  compute  reimbursement  shall  be
computed in the same manner as it is computed under paragraph
(2) of subsection (G)  of  Section  18-8.05.   determined  by
adding  to the real property equalized assessed valuation for
the district an amount computed by  dividing  the  amount  of
money  received  by  the district under the provisions of "An
Act in relation to  the  abolition  of  ad  valorem  personal
property  tax  and  the replacement of revenues lost thereby,
and amending and repealing certain Acts and parts of Acts  in
connection therewith", certified August 14, 1979, as amended,
by  the total tax rate for the district. For purposes of this
subsection, 1976 tax rates shall be used for school districts
in the county of Cook, and 1977 tax rates shall  be  used  in
all other counties. For the 1980-81 school year, for purposes
of  computing  claims for reimbursement, there shall be added
to the amount derived by the above  computation  2/3  of  the
positive  difference  between  the  1978  corporate  personal
property equalized assessed valuation and the amount of money
received  by  the district under the provisions of "An Act in
relation to the abolition of ad valorem personal property tax
and the replacement of revenues lost  thereby,  and  amending
and  repealing  certain  Acts and parts of Acts in connection
therewith", certified August 14, 1979, as amended, divided by
the total tax rate for the  district;  and  for  the  1981-82
school year 1/3 of the positive difference shall be added.
(Source: P.A. 89-235, eff. 8-4-95; 90-463, eff. 8-17-97.)

    (105 ILCS 5/18-8.05)
    Sec.  18-8.05.  Basis  for apportionment of general State
financial aid and  supplemental  general  State  aid  to  the
common schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school years.

(A)  General Provisions.
    (1)  The   provisions   of  this  Section  apply  to  the
1998-1999 and subsequent school years.  The system of general
State financial aid provided for in this Section is  designed
to  assure that, through a combination of State financial aid
and required local resources, the financial support  provided
each  pupil  in  Average Daily Attendance equals or exceeds a
prescribed per pupil Foundation Level.  This formula approach
imputes a level of per pupil Available  Local  Resources  and
provides  for  the  basis  to  calculate a per pupil level of
general State financial aid that,  when  added  to  Available
Local Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level.  The
amount  of  per  pupil general State financial aid for school
districts,  in  general,  varies  in  inverse   relation   to
Available  Local Resources.  Per pupil amounts are based upon
each school district's Average Daily Attendance as that  term
is defined in this Section.
    (2)  In  addition  to general State financial aid, school
districts with specified levels or concentrations  of  pupils
from   low   income   households   are  eligible  to  receive
supplemental general State financial aid grants  as  provided
pursuant to subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants
provided  for  school districts under subsection (H) shall be
appropriated for distribution to school districts as part  of
the  same  line item in which the general State financial aid
of school districts is appropriated under this Section.
    (3)  To receive financial assistance under this  Section,
school  districts  are required to file claims with the State
Board of Education, subject to the following requirements:
         (a)  Any school district which fails for  any  given
    school  year to maintain school as required by law, or to
    maintain a recognized school is not eligible to file  for
    such  school  year any claim upon the Common School Fund.
    In case of  nonrecognition  of  one  or  more  attendance
    centers   in   a   school  district  otherwise  operating
    recognized schools, the claim of the  district  shall  be
    reduced   in  the  proportion  which  the  Average  Daily
    Attendance in the attendance center or  centers  bear  to
    the  Average  Daily Attendance in the school district.  A
    "recognized school" means any public school  which  meets
    the standards as established for recognition by the State
    Board  of  Education.   A  school  district or attendance
    center not having recognition status  at  the  end  of  a
    school term is entitled to receive State aid payments due
    upon   a  legal  claim  which  was  filed  while  it  was
    recognized.
         (b)  School district claims filed under this Section
    are subject to Sections 18-9, 18-10, and 18-12, except as
    otherwise provided in this Section.
         (c)  If a  school  district  operates  a  full  year
    school  under  Section  10-19.1, the general State aid to
    the school district shall  be  determined  by  the  State
    Board  of  Education  in  accordance with this Section as
    near as may be applicable.
         (d) (Blank).
    (4)  Except as provided in subsections (H) and  (L),  the
board  of  any  district receiving any of the grants provided
for in this Section may apply those  funds  to  any  fund  so
received   for   which  that  board  is  authorized  to  make
expenditures by law.
    School districts are not  required  to  exert  a  minimum
Operating  Tax  Rate in order to qualify for assistance under
this Section.
    (5)  As used in this Section the  following  terms,  when
capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
         (a)  "Average  Daily  Attendance":  A count of pupil
    attendance  in  school,  averaged  as  provided  for   in
    subsection   (C)  and  utilized  in  deriving  per  pupil
    financial support levels.
         (b)  "Available Local Resources":  A computation  of
    local  financial  support,  calculated  on  the  basis of
    Average Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant
    to subsection (D).
         (c)  "Corporate   Personal   Property    Replacement
    Taxes":  Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to
    "An  Act  in  relation  to  the  abolition  of ad valorem
    personal property tax and  the  replacement  of  revenues
    lost thereby, and amending and repealing certain Acts and
    parts  of Acts in connection therewith", certified August
    14, 1979, as amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
         (d)  "Foundation Level":  A prescribed level of  per
    pupil  financial  support  as  provided for in subsection
    (B).
         (e)  "Operating  Tax  Rate":   All  school  district
    property taxes extended for all purposes, except Bond and
    Interest, Summer School, Rent, Capital  Improvement,  and
    Vocational Education Building purposes.

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

(C)  Average Daily Attendance.
    (1)  For  purposes  of  calculating  general  State   aid
pursuant  to  subsection  (E),  an  Average  Daily Attendance
figure shall  be  utilized.   The  Average  Daily  Attendance
figure  for formula calculation purposes shall be the monthly
average of the actual number of pupils in attendance of  each
school district, as further averaged for the best 3 months of
pupil  attendance for each school district.  In compiling the
figures for  the  number  of  pupils  in  attendance,  school
districts  and  the  State  Board  of  Education  shall,  for
purposes  of  general  State  aid funding, conform attendance
figures to the requirements of subsection (F).
    (2)  The Average Daily  Attendance  figures  utilized  in
subsection (E) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
school  year  immediately preceding the school year for which
general State aid is being calculated.

(D)  Available Local Resources.
    (1)  For  purposes  of  calculating  general  State   aid
pursuant  to  subsection  (E),  a representation of Available
Local Resources per  pupil,  as  that  term  is  defined  and
determined  in this subsection, shall be utilized.  Available
Local Resources per pupil shall include a  calculated  dollar
amount representing local school district revenues from local
property   taxes   and   from   Corporate  Personal  Property
Replacement Taxes,  expressed  on  the  basis  of  pupils  in
Average Daily Attendance.
    (2)  In  determining  a  school  district's  revenue from
local property taxes, the  State  Board  of  Education  shall
utilize  the  equalized  assessed  valuation  of  all taxable
property of each school district as of September  30  of  the
previous  year.   The  equalized  assessed valuation utilized
shall be obtained and determined as  provided  in  subsection
(G).
    (3)  For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten
through  12,  local  property tax revenues per pupil shall be
calculated  as  the  product  of  the  applicable   equalized
assessed  valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%, and
divided by the district's Average  Daily  Attendance  figure.
For  school districts maintaining grades kindergarten through
8, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be  calculated
as the product of the applicable equalized assessed valuation
for  the  district  multiplied  by  2.30%, and divided by the
district's  Average  Daily  Attendance  figure.   For  school
districts maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax
revenues per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed
valuation of the district multiplied by 1.20%, and divided by
the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
    (4)  The Corporate Personal  Property  Replacement  Taxes
paid to each school district during the calendar year 2 years
before  the  calendar  year  in  which  a school year begins,
divided by the  Average  Daily  Attendance  figure  for  that
district,  shall  be added to the local property tax revenues
per pupil as derived by the application  of  the  immediately
preceding  paragraph (3).  The sum of these per pupil figures
for each school district  shall  constitute  Available  Local
Resources  as  that term is utilized in subsection (E) in the
calculation of general State aid.

(E)  Computation of General State Aid.
    (1)  For each school year, the amount  of  general  State
aid  allotted  to  a school district shall be computed by the
State Board of Education as provided in this subsection.
    (2)  For any school district for  which  Available  Local
Resources  per  pupil  is less than the product of 0.93 times
the Foundation Level, general State  aid  for  that  district
shall  be  calculated  as  an  amount equal to the Foundation
Level minus Available  Local  Resources,  multiplied  by  the
Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
    (3)  For  any  school  district for which Available Local
Resources per pupil is equal to or greater than  the  product
of  0.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the product
of 1.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the  Foundation  Level
derived   using   a  linear  algorithm.   Under  this  linear
algorithm, the calculated general State aid per  pupil  shall
decline   in  direct  linear  fashion  from  0.07  times  the
Foundation Level for a school district with  Available  Local
Resources  equal  to the product of 0.93 times the Foundation
Level, to 0.05  times  the  Foundation  Level  for  a  school
district  with Available Local Resources equal to the product
of 1.75  times  the  Foundation  Level.   The  allocation  of
general  State  aid  for  school  districts  subject  to this
paragraph 3 shall be the calculated  general  State  aid  per
pupil  figure  multiplied  by the Average Daily Attendance of
the school district.
    (4)  For any school district for  which  Available  Local
Resources  per  pupil  equals  or exceeds the product of 1.75
times the Foundation Level, the general  State  aid  for  the
school  district  shall  be calculated as the product of $218
multiplied by the Average  Daily  Attendance  of  the  school
district.

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

(G)  Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
    (1)  For  purposes  of the calculation of Available Local
Resources required pursuant  to  subsection  (D),  the  State
Board  of  Education  shall  secure  from  the  Department of
Revenue the value as equalized or assessed by the  Department
of  Revenue  of all taxable property of every school district
together with the applicable tax rate used in extending taxes
for the funds of the district  as  of  September  30  of  the
previous year.
    This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
calculation of Available Local Resources.
    (2)  The  equalized  assessed  valuation in paragraph (1)
shall be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
         (a)  For the purposes of calculating State aid under
    this Section, with  respect  to  any  part  of  a  school
    district  within  a redevelopment project area in respect
    to  which  a  municipality  has  adopted  tax   increment
    allocation   financing  pursuant  to  the  Tax  Increment
    Allocation Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1  through
    11-74.4-11   of   the  Illinois  Municipal  Code  or  the
    Industrial Jobs Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1  through
    11-74.6-50 of the Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the
    current  equalized  assessed  valuation  of real property
    located in any such project area which is attributable to
    an increase above the total  initial  equalized  assessed
    valuation  of  such property shall be used as part of the
    equalized assessed valuation of the district, until  such
    time  as  all redevelopment project costs have been paid,
    as provided in Section 11-74.4-8  of  the  Tax  Increment
    Allocation  Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of
    the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law.  For the purpose of the
    equalized assessed valuation of the district,  the  total
    initial  equalized  assessed  valuation  or  the  current
    equalized  assessed  valuation, whichever is lower, shall
    be used until such  time  as  all  redevelopment  project
    costs have been paid.
         (b)  The  real property equalized assessed valuation
    for a school district shall be  adjusted  by  subtracting
    from  the real property value as equalized or assessed by
    the Department of Revenue  for  the  district  an  amount
    computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
    under  Section  18-170  of the Property Tax Code by 3.00%
    for a district maintaining  grades  kindergarten  through
    12,  or  by  2.30%  for  a  district  maintaining  grades
    kindergarten  through  8,  or  by  1.20%  for  a district
    maintaining grades 9 through 12 and adjusted by an amount
    computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
    under subsection (a) of Section 18-165  of  the  Property
    Tax  Code  by the same percentage rates for district type
    as specified in this subparagraph (b) (c).

(H)  Supplemental General State Aid.
    (1)  In addition  to  the  general  State  aid  a  school
district  is  allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying
school districts shall receive a grant, paid  in  conjunction
with   a  district's  payments  of  general  State  aid,  for
supplemental general State aid based upon  the  concentration
level  of  children  from  low-income  households  within the
school district. Supplemental State aid grants  provided  for
school  districts under this subsection shall be appropriated
for distribution to school districts as part of the same line
item in which the  general  State  financial  aid  of  school
districts is appropriated under this Section. For purposes of
this  subsection,  the  term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
shall be the low-income eligible pupil count  from  the  most
recently  available  federal  census  divided  by the Average
Daily Attendance of the school district.
    (2)  Supplemental general  State  aid  pursuant  to  this
subsection shall be provided as follows:
         (a)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
    Concentration Level of at least 20% and  less  than  35%,
    the grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by
    the low income eligible pupil count.
         (b)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
    Concentration Level of at least 35% and  less  than  50%,
    the  grant  for the 1998-1999 school year shall be $1,100
    multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
         (c)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
    Concentration  Level  of  at least 50% and less than 60%,
    the grant for the 1998-99 school  year  shall  be  $1,500
    multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
         (d)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
    Concentration Level of 60% or more,  the  grant  for  the
    1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
    income eligible pupil count.
         (e)  For  the  1999-2000  school year, the per pupil
    amount specified in  subparagraphs  (b),  (c),  and  (d),
    immediately  above  shall be increased by $100 to $1,200,
    $1,600, and $2,000, respectively.
         (f)  For the 2000-2001 school year,  the  per  pupil
    amounts  specified  in  subparagraphs  (b),  (c)  and (d)
    immediately above shall be increased to  $1,230,  $1,640,
    and $2,050, respectively.
    (3)  School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
more  than  1,000  and  less  than  50,000  that  qualify for
supplemental general State aid pursuant  to  this  subsection
shall  submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
October 30 of each year for the use of  the  funds  resulting
from  this  grant  of  supplemental general State aid for the
improvement of instruction in  which  priority  is  given  to
meeting  the education needs of disadvantaged children.  Such
plan  shall  be  submitted  in  accordance  with  rules   and
regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
    (4)  School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
50,000  or  more  that qualify for supplemental general State
aid  pursuant  to  this  subsection  shall  be  required   to
distribute  from funds available pursuant to this Section, no
less than  $261,000,000  in  accordance  with  the  following
requirements:
         (a)  The  required  amounts  shall be distributed to
    the attendance centers within the district in  proportion
    to  the  number  of  pupils  enrolled  at each attendance
    center who are eligible to receive free or  reduced-price
    lunches  or  breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition
    Act of 1966 and  under  the  National  School  Lunch  Act
    during the immediately preceding school year.
         (b)  The   distribution   of   these   portions   of
    supplemental  and  general  State  aid  among  attendance
    centers  according  to  these  requirements  shall not be
    compensated for or  contravened  by  adjustments  of  the
    total  of  other  funds  appropriated  to  any attendance
    centers, and the Board of Education shall utilize funding
    from one or several sources in order to  fully  implement
    this provision annually prior to the opening of school.
         (c)  Each attendance center shall be provided by the
    school  district  a  distribution of noncategorical funds
    and other categorical funds to which an attendance center
    is entitled under law in order that the general State aid
    and  supplemental   general   State   aid   provided   by
    application  of  this  subsection supplements rather than
    supplants the noncategorical funds and other  categorical
    funds  provided  by the school district to the attendance
    centers.
         (d)  Any funds made available under this  subsection
    that  by  reason of the provisions of this subsection are
    not required to be allocated and provided  to  attendance
    centers  may be used and appropriated by the board of the
    district for any lawful school purpose.
         (e)  Funds received by an attendance center pursuant
    to this subsection shall be used by the attendance center
    at the discretion  of  the  principal  and  local  school
    council for programs to improve educational opportunities
    at  qualifying schools through the following programs and
    services: early childhood education, reduced  class  size
    or  improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
    programs, remedial  assistance,  attendance  improvement,
    and  other  educationally  beneficial  expenditures which
    supplement the regular and basic programs  as  determined
    by  the  State  Board of Education.  Funds provided shall
    not be expended for any political or lobbying purposes as
    defined by board rule.
         (f)  Each district subject to the provisions of this
    subdivision (H)(4) shall submit  an  acceptable  plan  to
    meet  the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
    compliance with the requirements of  this  paragraph,  to
    the  State  Board  of  Education prior to July 15 of each
    year. This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of
    local school councils concerning the  school  expenditure
    plans  developed  in  accordance  with  part 4 of Section
    34-2.3.  The State Board shall approve or reject the plan
    within 60 days after its  submission.   If  the  plan  is
    rejected,  the  district  shall  give  written  notice of
    intent  to  modify  the  plan  within  15  days  of   the
    notification of rejection and then submit a modified plan
    within  30  days  after the date of the written notice of
    intent to modify.  Districts  may  amend  approved  plans
    pursuant  to  rules  promulgated  by  the  State Board of
    Education.
         Upon notification by the State  Board  of  Education
    that  the district has not submitted a plan prior to July
    15 or a modified plan within the  time  period  specified
    herein,  the  State  aid  funds  affected by that plan or
    modified plan shall be withheld by  the  State  Board  of
    Education until a plan or modified plan is submitted.
         If  the  district  fails  to distribute State aid to
    attendance centers in accordance with an  approved  plan,
    the  plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
    addition  to  the  funds  otherwise  required   by   this
    subsection,   to  those  attendance  centers  which  were
    underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal  to
    such underfunding.
         For  purposes  of  determining  compliance with this
    subsection in relation to the requirements of  attendance
    center  funding,  each district subject to the provisions
    of this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
    December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data  for
    the  prior  year  in  addition to any modification of its
    current plan.  If it is determined that there has been  a
    failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
    subsection  regarding  contravention  or supplanting, the
    State Superintendent of Education shall, within  60  days
    of  receipt  of  the  report, notify the district and any
    affected local school council.  The district shall within
    45 days of receipt of that notification inform the  State
    Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
    action  to be taken, whether  by amendment of the current
    plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan  for  the
    following  year.   Failure  to  provide  the  expenditure
    report  or  the  notification  of  remedial or corrective
    action in a timely manner shall result in  a  withholding
    of the affected funds.
         The  State Board of Education shall promulgate rules
    and regulations  to  implement  the  provisions  of  this
    subsection.   No  funds  shall  be  released  under  this
    subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted
    a  plan  that  has  been  approved  by the State Board of
    Education.

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

(J)  Supplementary Grants in Aid.
    (1)  Notwithstanding   any   other   provisions  of  this
Section, the amount of the aggregate  general  State  aid  in
combination  with  supplemental  general State aid under this
Section for which each school district is eligible  shall  be
no  less  than  the amount of the aggregate general State aid
entitlement that was received by the district  under  Section
18-8  (exclusive  of  amounts received under subsections 5(p)
and 5(p-5) of that Section)  for  the  1997-98  school  year,
pursuant  to the provisions of that Section as it was then in
effect.  If  a  school  district  qualifies  to   receive   a
supplementary  payment  made  under  this subsection (J), the
amount of the aggregate general State aid in combination with
supplemental general State aid under this Section  which that
district is eligible to receive for each school year shall be
no less than the amount of the aggregate  general  State  aid
entitlement  that  was received by the district under Section
18-8 (exclusive of amounts received  under  subsections  5(p)
and  5(p-5)  of  that Section) for the 1997-1998 school year,
pursuant to the provisions of that Section as it was then  in
effect.
    (2)  If,  as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection
(J), a school district is to receive aggregate general  State
aid  in combination with supplemental general State aid under
this Section for the 1998-99 school year and  any  subsequent
school  year  that  in  any such school year is less than the
amount of the aggregate general State  aid  entitlement  that
the district received for the 1997-98 school year, the school
district  shall  also  receive, from a separate appropriation
made for purposes of this  subsection  (J),  a  supplementary
payment  that is equal to the amount of the difference in the
aggregate State aid figures as described in paragraph (1).
    (3)  (Blank).

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

(L)  Payments,   Additional   Grants   in   Aid   and   Other
Requirements.
    (1)  For a school district operating under the  financial
supervision  of  an  Authority created under Article 34A, the
general State aid otherwise payable to  that  district  under
this  Section,  but  not  the supplemental general State aid,
shall be reduced by an amount equal to  the  budget  for  the
operations  of the Authority as certified by the Authority to
the State Board of Education, and an  amount  equal  to  such
reduction  shall  be  paid  to the Authority created for such
district for its operating expenses in the manner provided in
Section 18-11.  The remainder of general State school aid for
any such district shall be paid in  accordance  with  Article
34A  when  that Article provides for a disposition other than
that provided by this Article.
    (2)  (Blank). Impaction.   Impaction  payments  shall  be
made as provided for in Section 18-4.2.
    (3)  Summer school.  Summer school payments shall be made
as provided in Section 18-4.3.

(M)  Education Funding Advisory Board.
    The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created.
The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
Governor,  by  and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
The  members  appointed  shall  include  representatives   of
education,  business,  and  the  general  public.  One of the
members so appointed shall be designated by the  Governor  at
the  time  the  appointment is made as the chairperson of the
Board. The initial members of the Board may be appointed  any
time after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
The  regular  term of each member of the Board shall be for 4
years from the third Monday of January of the year  in  which
the  term  of the member's appointment is to commence, except
that of the 5 initial  members  appointed  to  serve  on  the
Board,  the  member who is appointed as the chairperson shall
serve for a term that commences on the date  of  his  or  her
appointment and expires on the third Monday of January, 2002,
and  the  remaining  4  members,  by  lots drawn at the first
meeting of the Board that is held after  all  5  members  are
appointed,  shall  determine  2  of their number to serve for
terms  that  commence  on  the  date  of   their   respective
appointments and expire on the third Monday of January, 2001,
and 2 of their number to serve for terms that commence on the
date of their respective appointments and expire on the third
Monday  of  January, 2000.  All members appointed to serve on
the Board shall serve until their respective  successors  are
appointed  and  confirmed.   Vacancies shall be filled in the
same manner  as  original  appointments.   If  a  vacancy  in
membership  occurs  at  a  time  when  the  Senate  is not in
session, the Governor  shall  make  a  temporary  appointment
until  the  next  meeting of the Senate, when he or she shall
appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,  a
person  to  fill  that membership for the unexpired term.  If
the Senate is not in session when  the  initial  appointments
are  made, those appointments shall be made as in the case of
vacancies.
    The Education Funding  Advisory  Board  shall  be  deemed
established,   and  the  initial  members  appointed  by  the
Governor to serve as members of the Board shall take  office,
on the date that the Governor makes his or her appointment of
the  fifth initial member of the Board, whether those initial
members  are  then  serving  pursuant  to   appointment   and
confirmation  or  pursuant to temporary appointments that are
made by the Governor as in the case of vacancies.
    The State Board of Education  shall  provide  such  staff
assistance  to  the  Education  Funding  Advisory Board as is
reasonably required for the proper performance by  the  Board
of its responsibilities.
    For  school  years  after  the 2000-2001 school year, the
Education Funding Advisory Board, in  consultation  with  the
State  Board  of  Education,  shall  make  recommendations as
provided in this subsection (M) to the General  Assembly  for
the foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section
and  for the supplemental general State aid grant level under
subsection (H)  of  this  Section  for  districts  with  high
concentrations  of  children  from  poverty.  The recommended
foundation level shall be determined based on  a  methodology
which   incorporates  the  basic  education  expenditures  of
low-spending schools exhibiting  high  academic  performance.
The   Education   Funding  Advisory  Board  shall  make  such
recommendations to the General Assembly on January 1  of  odd
numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.

(N)  General State Aid Adjustment Grant.
    (1)  Any   school   district   subject  to  property  tax
extension limitations as imposed under the provisions of  the
Property  Tax  Extension  Limitation Law shall be entitled to
receive, subject to the qualifications  and  requirements  of
this  subsection,  a  general  State  aid  adjustment  grant.
Eligibility  for  this grant shall be determined on an annual
basis and claims for grant payments shall be paid subject  to
appropriations   made   specific  to  this  subsection.   For
purposes of this subsection the following  terms  shall  have
the following meanings:
    "Budget  Year":   The school year for which general State
aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
    "Current Year":  The school  year  immediately  preceding
the Budget Year.
    "Base  Tax  Year":   The  property  tax levy year used to
calculate the Budget Year allocation of general State aid.
    "Preceding  Tax  Year":   The  property  tax  levy   year
immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
    "Extension   Limitation   Ratio":   A   numerical  ratio,
certified by a school district's County Clerk, in  which  the
numerator  is  the  Base  Tax  Year's  tax  extension  amount
resulting  from  the Limiting Rate and the denominator is the
Preceding Tax Year's tax extension amount resulting from  the
Limiting Rate.
    "Limiting  Rate":   The  limiting  rate as defined in the
Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
    "Preliminary Tax Rate": The tax  rate  for  all  purposes
except  bond and interest that would have been used to extend
those  taxes  absent  the  provisions  of  the  Property  Tax
Extension Limitation Law.
    (2)  To qualify for a general State aid adjustment grant,
a school district must meet all of the following  eligibility
criteria for each Budget Year for which a grant is claimed:
         (a)  (Blank).
         (b)  The Preliminary Tax Rate of the school district
    for  the  Base  Tax  Year was reduced by the Clerk of the
    County as a result of the requirements  of  the  Property
    Tax Extension Limitation Law.
         (c)  The  Available Local Resources per pupil of the
    school district as calculated pursuant to subsection  (D)
    using the Base Tax Year are less than the product of 1.75
    times the Foundation Level for the Budget Year.
         (d)  The  school  district  has  filed  a proper and
    timely claim for a general State aid adjustment grant  as
    required under this subsection.
    (3)  A  claim  for grant assistance under this subsection
shall be filed with the State Board of Education on or before
April 1 of the Current Year for a grant for the Budget  Year.
The  claim  shall  be  made  on forms prescribed by the State
Board of Education and  must  be  accompanied  by  a  written
statement from the Clerk of the County, certifying:
         (a)  That  the  school  district had its Preliminary
    Tax Rate for the Base Tax Year reduced as a result of the
    Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
         (b)  (Blank).
         (c)  The Extension Limitation Ratio as that term  is
    defined in this subsection.
    (4)  On  or  before August 1 of the Budget Year the State
Board of Education shall calculate, for all school  districts
meeting the other requirements of this subsection, the amount
of  the  general State aid adjustment grant, if any, that the
school districts are eligible to receive in the Budget  Year.
The amount of the general State aid adjustment grant shall be
calculated as follows:
         (a)  Determine  the  school district's general State
    aid grant for the Budget Year as provided  in  accordance
    with the provisions of subsection (E).
         (b)  Determine  the school district's adjusted level
    of general State aid by utilizing in the  calculation  of
    Available   Local   Resources   the   equalized  assessed
    valuation that was used to calculate  the  general  State
    aid  for  the  preceding  fiscal  year  multiplied by the
    Extension Limitation Ratio.
         (c)  Subtract the sum derived  in  subparagraph  (a)
    from  the sum derived in subparagraph (b).  If the result
    is a positive number, that amount shall  be  the  general
    State  aid adjustment grant that the district is eligible
    to receive.
    (5)  The State Board of Education shall  in  the  Current
Year,  based upon claims filed in the Current Year, recommend
to the General  Assembly  an  appropriation  amount  for  the
general  State aid adjustment grants to be made in the Budget
Year.
    (6)  Claims for general State aid adjustment grants shall
be paid in a lump sum on or before January 1  of  the  Budget
Year  only  from  appropriations made by the General Assembly
expressly for claims under this subsection.  No  such  claims
may  be  paid from amounts appropriated for any other purpose
provided for under this  Section.   In  the  event  that  the
appropriation   for   claims   under   this   subsection   is
insufficient  to  meet  all  Budget Year claims for a general
State aid adjustment grant, the appropriation available shall
be proportionately prorated by the State Board  of  Education
amongst all districts filing for and entitled to payments.
    (7)  The  State  Board  of Education shall promulgate the
required claim forms and rules  necessary  to  implement  the
provisions of this subsection.

(O)  References.
    (1)  References in other laws to the various subdivisions
of Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
replacement  by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer
to the corresponding provisions of this Section  18-8.05,  to
the extent that those references remain applicable.
    (2)  References  in  other  laws to State Chapter 1 funds
shall be deemed to refer to the  supplemental  general  State
aid provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
(Source:  P.A.  90-548,  eff.  7-1-98;  incorporates  90-566;
90-653,  eff.  7-29-98;  90-654,  eff.  7-29-98; 90-655, eff.
7-30-98; revised 9-16-98.)

    (105 ILCS 5/27A-9)
    Sec. 27A-9. Term of charter; renewal.
    (a)  A charter may be granted for a period not less  than
3 and not more than 5 school years.  A charter may be renewed
in incremental periods not to exceed 5 school years.
    (b)  A  charter  school renewal proposal submitted to the
local school board shall contain:
         (1)  A report on the progress of the charter  school
    in  achieving  the  goals,  objectives, pupil performance
    standards, content standards,  and  other  terms  of  the
    initial approved charter proposal; and
         (2)  A  financial statement that discloses the costs
    of  administration,  instruction,  and   other   spending
    categories  for the charter school that is understandable
    to the general public and that will allow  comparison  of
    those   costs   to  other  schools  or  other  comparable
    organizations, in a format required by the State Board.
    (c)  A charter may be revoked or not renewed if the local
school board clearly demonstrates that the charter school did
any of the following, or otherwise failed to comply with  the
requirements of this law:
         (1)  Committed  a  material  violation of any of the
    conditions, standards, or procedures  set  forth  in  the
    charter.
         (2)  Failed  to  meet  or  make  reasonable progress
    toward achievement of  the  content  standards  or  pupil
    performance standards identified in the charter.
         (3)  Failed  to meet generally accepted standards of
    fiscal management.
         (4)  Violated any provision of law  from  which  the
    charter school was not exempted.
    (d)  (Blank).
    (e)  Notice  of  a local school board's decision to deny,
revoke or not to renew a charter shall  be  provided  to  the
State  Board.  The  State  Board  may reverse a local board's
decision if the State Board finds that the charter school  or
charter  school  proposal  (i)  is  in  compliance  with this
Article, and (ii) is in the best interests of the students it
is designed to serve. Final  decisions  of  the  State  Board
shall  be subject to judicial review under the Administrative
Review Law.
    (f)  Notwithstanding other provisions of this Article, if
the State Board on appeal reverses a local board's  decision,
the State Board shall act as the authorized chartering entity
for  the  charter  school.  The State Board shall approve and
certify the charter and shall  perform  all  functions  under
this  Article  otherwise performed by the local school board.
The State Board shall report the aggregate number of  charter
school  pupils resident in a school district to that district
and shall notify the district of the amount of funding to  be
paid  by the State Board to the charter school enrolling such
students.  The State Board shall require the  charter  school
to  maintain  accurate records of daily attendance that shall
be deemed sufficient to file  claims  under  Section  18-8.05
notwithstanding   any  other  requirements  of  that  Section
regarding hours of  instruction  and  teacher  certification.
The  State  Board shall withhold from funds otherwise due the
district the funds authorized by this Article to be  paid  to
the  charter school and shall pay such amounts to the charter
school.
(Source: P.A. 89-450, eff. 4-10-96; 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)

    (105 ILCS 5/29-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 29-5)
    Sec. 29-5.  Reimbursement by  State  for  transportation.
Any  school  district,  maintaining  a  school,  transporting
resident  pupils  to  another  school  district's  vocational
program,  offered  through  a joint agreement approved by the
State Board of Education, as provided in Section 10-22.22  or
transporting  its resident pupils to a school which meets the
standards for recognition as established by the  State  Board
of   Education  which  provides  transportation  meeting  the
standards of safety,  comfort,  convenience,  efficiency  and
operation  prescribed  by  the  State  Board of Education for
resident pupils in kindergarten or any of grades 1 through 12
who: (a) reside at least 1  1/2  miles  as  measured  by  the
customary  route  of travel, from the school attended; or (b)
reside in  areas  where  conditions  are  such  that  walking
constitutes  a  hazard  to  the  safety  of  the  child  when
determined under Section 29-3; and (c) are transported to the
school  attended  from pick-up points at the beginning of the
school day and back again at the close of the school  day  or
transported  to  and  from  their assigned attendance centers
during the school day, shall be reimbursed by  the  State  as
hereinafter provided in this Section.
    The  State  will  pay  the  cost of transporting eligible
pupils less the assessed valuation in a dual school  district
maintaining  secondary  grades  9  to  12  inclusive  times a
qualifying rate  of  .05%;  in  elementary  school  districts
maintaining grades K to 8 times a qualifying rate of .06%; in
unit  districts maintaining grades K to 12 times a qualifying
rate of .07%. To be  eligible  to  receive  reimbursement  in
excess  of  4/5  of  the cost to transport eligible pupils, a
school district shall have a Transportation Fund tax rate  of
at  least  .12%.   If  a school district does not have a .12%
Transportation Fund tax rate, the  amount  of  its  claim  in
excess  of  4/5  of  the cost of transporting pupils shall be
reduced  by  the  sum   arrived   at   by   subtracting   the
Transportation  Fund  tax rate from .12% and multiplying that
amount by the  districts  equalized  or  assessed  valuation,
provided,  that  in  no  case  shall said reduction result in
reimbursement of less than  4/5  of  the  cost  to  transport
eligible pupils.
    The  minimum  amount  to be received by a district is $16
times the number of eligible pupils transported.
    Any such district transporting resident pupils during the
school day to an area vocational  school  or  another  school
district's  vocational program more than 1 1/2 miles from the
school  attended,  as  provided  in  Sections  10-22.20a  and
10-22.22, shall be reimbursed by the State  for  4/5  of  the
cost of transporting eligible pupils.
    School  day  means that period of time which the pupil is
required to be in attendance for instructional purposes.
    If a pupil is at a location within  the  school  district
other  than his residence for child care purposes at the time
for transportation to school, that location may be considered
for purposes of determining the 1 1/2 miles from  the  school
attended.
    Claims for reimbursement that include children who attend
any  school  other than a public school shall show the number
of such children transported.
    Claims for reimbursement under this Section shall not  be
paid for the transportation of pupils for whom transportation
costs  are  claimed  for payment under other Sections of this
Act.
    The allowable direct  cost  of  transporting  pupils  for
regular,    vocational,    and    special   education   pupil
transportation shall be limited to the sum  of  the  cost  of
physical examinations required for employment as a school bus
driver;  the salaries of full or part-time drivers and school
bus  maintenance  personnel;  employee   benefits   excluding
Illinois   municipal  retirement  payments,  social  security
payments,  unemployment  insurance  payments   and   workers'
compensation  insurance premiums; expenditures to independent
carriers who operate school buses; payments to  other  school
districts  for  pupil  transportation  services; pre-approved
contractual expenditures for computerized bus scheduling; the
cost of gasoline, oil, tires, and  other  supplies  necessary
for  the  operation  of  school buses; the cost of converting
buses' gasoline engines to more fuel efficient engines or  to
engines  which  use  alternative  energy sources; the cost of
travel to meetings and workshops conducted  by  the  regional
superintendent  or  the  State  Superintendent  of  Education
pursuant  to  the  standards  established by the Secretary of
State under Section 6-106 of the  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  to
improve the driving skills of school bus drivers; the cost of
maintenance  of  school  buses  including parts and materials
used;  expenditures  for  leasing  transportation   vehicles,
except  interest  and  service charges; the cost of insurance
and licenses for transportation  vehicles;  expenditures  for
the  rental  of transportation equipment; plus a depreciation
allowance of 20% for 5 years for school  buses  and  vehicles
approved  for  transporting  pupils  to and from school and a
depreciation  allowance  of  10%  for  10  years  for   other
transportation  equipment  so  used. In addition to the above
allowable  costs  school  districts  shall  also  claim   all
transportation  supervisory  salary costs, including Illinois
municipal retirement payments, and all transportation related
building and building maintenance costs without limitation.
    Special education  allowable  costs  shall  also  include
expenditures for the salaries of attendants or aides for that
portion  of  the  time  they  assist special education pupils
while in transit and  expenditures  for  parents  and  public
carriers  for  transporting  special  education  pupils  when
pre-approved by the State Superintendent of Education.
    Indirect  costs  shall  be  included in the reimbursement
claim for districts which own and operate  their  own  school
buses.   Such  indirect  costs  shall  include administrative
costs, or any costs attributable to transporting pupils  from
their  attendance  centers  to  another  school  building for
instructional purposes.  No school district  which  owns  and
operates  its  own  school  buses may claim reimbursement for
indirect costs which exceed 5% of the total allowable  direct
costs for pupil transportation.
    The  State  Board  of  Education  shall prescribe uniform
regulations for determining the  above  standards  and  shall
prescribe   forms   of   cost  accounting  and  standards  of
determining reasonable depreciation. Such depreciation  shall
include  the  cost  of equipping school buses with the safety
features required by law or by  the  rules,  regulations  and
standards  promulgated  by  the State Board of Education, and
the  Department  of  Transportation  for   the   safety   and
construction of school buses provided, however, any equipment
cost  reimbursed  by  the  Department  of  Transportation for
equipping school buses with such safety  equipment  shall  be
deducted  from  the  allowable  cost  in  the  computation of
reimbursement under this Section in the  same  percentage  as
the cost of the equipment is depreciated.
    On  or  before  July 10, annually, the board clerk or the
secretary of the  district  shall  certify  to  the  regional
superintendent  of schools upon forms prescribed by the State
Superintendent  of  Education  the   district's   claim   for
reimbursement  for  the  school  year  ended  on June 30 next
preceding.  The  regional  superintendent  of  schools  shall
check  all transportation claims to ascertain compliance with
the prescribed standards and upon his approval shall  certify
not  later  than  July  25  to  the  State  Superintendent of
Education the regional report of claims  for  reimbursements.
The State Superintendent of Education shall check and approve
the  claims  and prepare the vouchers showing the amounts due
for district reimbursement claims.  Beginning with  the  1977
fiscal  year,  the  State  Superintendent  of Education shall
prepare and transmit the first 3 vouchers to the  Comptroller
on   the   30th   day   of  September,  December  and  March,
respectively, and the final voucher, no later than June 15.
    If   the   amount   appropriated    for    transportation
reimbursement  is  insufficient  to fund total claims for any
fiscal year, the State Board of Education shall  reduce  each
school  district's  allowable  costs  and  flat  grant amount
proportionately to make total adjusted claims equal the total
amount appropriated.
    For purposes  of  calculating  claims  for  reimbursement
under this Section for any school year beginning July 1, 1998
1980,  or  thereafter, the equalized assessed valuation for a
school  district  used  to  compute  reimbursement  shall  be
computed in the same manner as it is computed under paragraph
(2) of subsection  (G)  of  Section  18-8.05.  determined  by
adding  to the real property equalized assessed valuation for
the district an amount computed by  dividing  the  amount  of
money  received  by  the district under the provisions of "An
Act in relation to  the  abolition  of  ad  valorem  personal
property  tax  and  the replacement of revenues lost thereby,
and amending and repealing certain Acts and parts of Acts  in
connection therewith", certified August 14, 1979, as amended,
by  the total tax rate for the district. For purposes of this
subsection, 1976 tax rates shall be used for school districts
in the county of Cook, and 1977 tax rates shall  be  used  in
all  other  counties.  For the purposes of calculating claims
for reimbursement under this  Section  for  any  school  year
beginning  July  1,  1986,  or  thereafter, the real property
equalized assessed valuation for a school  district  used  to
compute reimbursement shall be determined by subtracting from
the  real  property  value  as  equalized  or assessed by the
Department of Revenue for the  district an amount computed by
dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes  under  Section
18-170  of the Property Tax Code by the maximum operating tax
rates specified in subsection 5(c) of Section 18-8.
    All reimbursements  received  from  the  State  shall  be
deposited into the district's transportation fund or into the
fund from which the allowable expenditures were made.
(Source:  P.A.  88-612,  eff.  7-1-95;  88-641,  eff. 9-9-94;
88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-235, eff. 8-4-95.)

    (105 ILCS 5/18-4.2 rep.)
    Section 15.  The School  Code  is  amended  by  repealing
Section 18-4.2.

    Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

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