101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB1760

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/1D-1

    Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning block grants for Chicago.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
51D-1 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/1D-1)
7    (Text of Section from P.A. 100-55)
8    Sec. 1D-1. Block grant funding.
9    (a) For For fiscal year 1996 and each fiscal year
10thereafter, the State Board of Education shall award to a
11school district having a population exceeding 500,000
12inhabitants a general education block grant and an educational
13services block grant, determined as provided in this Section,
14in lieu of distributing to the district separate State funding
15for the programs described in subsections (b) and (c). The
16provisions of this Section, however, do not apply to any
17federal funds that the district is entitled to receive. In
18accordance with Section 2-3.32, all block grants are subject to
19an audit. Therefore, block grant receipts and block grant
20expenditures shall be recorded to the appropriate fund code for
21the designated block grant.
22    (b) The general education block grant shall include the
23following programs: REI Initiative, Summer Bridges, Preschool

 

 

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1Education, K-6 Comprehensive Arts, School Improvement Support,
2Urban Education, Scientific Literacy, Substance Abuse
3Prevention, Second Language Planning, Staff Development,
4Outcomes and Assessment, K-6 Reading Improvement, 7-12
5Continued Reading Improvement, Truants' Optional Education,
6Hispanic Programs, Agriculture Education, Parental Training,
7Prevention Initiative, Report Cards, and Criminal Background
8Investigations. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
9all amounts paid under the general education block grant from
10State appropriations to a school district in a city having a
11population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants shall be appropriated
12and expended by the board of that district for any of the
13programs included in the block grant or any of the board's
14lawful purposes. Beginning in Fiscal Year 2018, at least 25% of
15any additional Preschool Education, Parental Training, and
16Prevention Initiative program funding over and above the
17previous fiscal year's allocation shall be used to fund
18programs for children ages 0-3. Beginning in Fiscal Year 2018,
19funding for Preschool Education, Parental Training, and
20Prevention Initiative programs above the allocation for these
21programs in Fiscal Year 2017 must be used solely as a
22supplement for these programs and may not supplant funds
23received from other sources.
24    (c) The educational services block grant shall include the
25following programs: Regular and Vocational Transportation,
26State Lunch and Free Breakfast Program, Special Education

 

 

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1(Personnel, Transportation, Orphanage, Private Tuition),
2funding for children requiring special education services,
3Summer School, Educational Service Centers, and
4Administrator's Academy. This subsection (c) does not relieve
5the district of its obligation to provide the services required
6under a program that is included within the educational
7services block grant. It is the intention of the General
8Assembly in enacting the provisions of this subsection (c) to
9relieve the district of the administrative burdens that impede
10efficiency and accompany single-program funding. The General
11Assembly encourages the board to pursue mandate waivers
12pursuant to Section 2-3.25g.
13    The funding program included in the educational services
14block grant for funding for children requiring special
15education services in each fiscal year shall be treated in that
16fiscal year as a payment to the school district in respect of
17services provided or costs incurred in the prior fiscal year,
18calculated in each case as provided in this Section. Nothing in
19this Section shall change the nature of payments for any
20program that, apart from this Section, would be or, prior to
21adoption or amendment of this Section, was on the basis of a
22payment in a fiscal year in respect of services provided or
23costs incurred in the prior fiscal year, calculated in each
24case as provided in this Section.
25    (d) For fiscal year 1996 and each fiscal year thereafter,
26the amount of the district's block grants shall be determined

 

 

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1as follows: (i) with respect to each program that is included
2within each block grant, the district shall receive an amount
3equal to the same percentage of the current fiscal year
4appropriation made for that program as the percentage of the
5appropriation received by the district from the 1995 fiscal
6year appropriation made for that program, and (ii) the total
7amount that is due the district under the block grant shall be
8the aggregate of the amounts that the district is entitled to
9receive for the fiscal year with respect to each program that
10is included within the block grant that the State Board of
11Education shall award the district under this Section for that
12fiscal year. In the case of the Summer Bridges program, the
13amount of the district's block grant shall be equal to 44% of
14the amount of the current fiscal year appropriation made for
15that program.
16    (e) The district is not required to file any application or
17other claim in order to receive the block grants to which it is
18entitled under this Section. The State Board of Education shall
19make payments to the district of amounts due under the
20district's block grants on a schedule determined by the State
21Board of Education.
22    (f) A school district to which this Section applies shall
23report to the State Board of Education on its use of the block
24grants in such form and detail as the State Board of Education
25may specify. In addition, the report must include the following
26description for the district, which must also be reported to

 

 

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1the General Assembly: block grant allocation and expenditures
2by program; population and service levels by program; and
3administrative expenditures by program. The State Board of
4Education shall ensure that the reporting requirements for the
5district are the same as for all other school districts in this
6State.
7    (g) This paragraph provides for the treatment of block
8grants under Article 1C for purposes of calculating the amount
9of block grants for a district under this Section. Those block
10grants under Article 1C are, for this purpose, treated as
11included in the amount of appropriation for the various
12programs set forth in paragraph (b) above. The appropriation in
13each current fiscal year for each block grant under Article 1C
14shall be treated for these purposes as appropriations for the
15individual program included in that block grant. The proportion
16of each block grant so allocated to each such program included
17in it shall be the proportion which the appropriation for that
18program was of all appropriations for such purposes now in that
19block grant, in fiscal 1995.
20    Payments to the school district under this Section with
21respect to each program for which payments to school districts
22generally, as of the date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd
23General Assembly, are on a reimbursement basis shall continue
24to be made to the district on a reimbursement basis, pursuant
25to the provisions of this Code governing those programs.
26    (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school

 

 

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1district receiving a block grant under this Section may
2classify all or a portion of the funds that it receives in a
3particular fiscal year from any block grant authorized under
4this Code or from general State aid pursuant to Section 18-8.05
5of this Code (other than supplemental general State aid) as
6funds received in connection with any funding program for which
7it is entitled to receive funds from the State in that fiscal
8year (including, without limitation, any funding program
9referred to in subsection (c) of this Section), regardless of
10the source or timing of the receipt. The district may not
11classify more funds as funds received in connection with the
12funding program than the district is entitled to receive in
13that fiscal year for that program. Any classification by a
14district must be made by a resolution of its board of
15education. The resolution must identify the amount of any block
16grant or general State aid to be classified under this
17subsection (h) and must specify the funding program to which
18the funds are to be treated as received in connection
19therewith. This resolution is controlling as to the
20classification of funds referenced therein. A certified copy of
21the resolution must be sent to the State Superintendent of
22Education. The resolution shall still take effect even though a
23copy of the resolution has not been sent to the State
24Superintendent of Education in a timely manner. No
25classification under this subsection (h) by a district shall
26affect the total amount or timing of money the district is

 

 

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1entitled to receive under this Code. No classification under
2this subsection (h) by a district shall in any way relieve the
3district from or affect any requirements that otherwise would
4apply with respect to the block grant as provided in this
5Section, including any accounting of funds by source, reporting
6expenditures by original source and purpose, reporting
7requirements, or requirements of provision of services.
8(Source: P.A. 100-55, eff. 8-11-17.)
 
9    (Text of Section from P.A. 100-465)
10    Sec. 1D-1. Block grant funding.
11    (a) For For fiscal year 1996 through fiscal year 2017, the
12State Board of Education shall award to a school district
13having a population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants a general
14education block grant and an educational services block grant,
15determined as provided in this Section, in lieu of distributing
16to the district separate State funding for the programs
17described in subsections (b) and (c). The provisions of this
18Section, however, do not apply to any federal funds that the
19district is entitled to receive. In accordance with Section
202-3.32, all block grants are subject to an audit. Therefore,
21block grant receipts and block grant expenditures shall be
22recorded to the appropriate fund code for the designated block
23grant.
24    (b) The general education block grant shall include the
25following programs: REI Initiative, Summer Bridges, Preschool

 

 

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1At Risk, K-6 Comprehensive Arts, School Improvement Support,
2Urban Education, Scientific Literacy, Substance Abuse
3Prevention, Second Language Planning, Staff Development,
4Outcomes and Assessment, K-6 Reading Improvement, 7-12
5Continued Reading Improvement, Truants' Optional Education,
6Hispanic Programs, Agriculture Education, Parental Education,
7Prevention Initiative, Report Cards, and Criminal Background
8Investigations. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
9all amounts paid under the general education block grant from
10State appropriations to a school district in a city having a
11population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants shall be appropriated
12and expended by the board of that district for any of the
13programs included in the block grant or any of the board's
14lawful purposes.
15    (c) The educational services block grant shall include the
16following programs: Regular and Vocational Transportation,
17State Lunch and Free Breakfast Program, Special Education
18(Personnel, Transportation, Orphanage, Private Tuition),
19funding for children requiring special education services,
20Summer School, Educational Service Centers, and
21Administrator's Academy. This subsection (c) does not relieve
22the district of its obligation to provide the services required
23under a program that is included within the educational
24services block grant. It is the intention of the General
25Assembly in enacting the provisions of this subsection (c) to
26relieve the district of the administrative burdens that impede

 

 

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1efficiency and accompany single-program funding. The General
2Assembly encourages the board to pursue mandate waivers
3pursuant to Section 2-3.25g.
4    The funding program included in the educational services
5block grant for funding for children requiring special
6education services in each fiscal year shall be treated in that
7fiscal year as a payment to the school district in respect of
8services provided or costs incurred in the prior fiscal year,
9calculated in each case as provided in this Section. Nothing in
10this Section shall change the nature of payments for any
11program that, apart from this Section, would be or, prior to
12adoption or amendment of this Section, was on the basis of a
13payment in a fiscal year in respect of services provided or
14costs incurred in the prior fiscal year, calculated in each
15case as provided in this Section.
16    (d) For fiscal year 1996 through fiscal year 2017, the
17amount of the district's block grants shall be determined as
18follows: (i) with respect to each program that is included
19within each block grant, the district shall receive an amount
20equal to the same percentage of the current fiscal year
21appropriation made for that program as the percentage of the
22appropriation received by the district from the 1995 fiscal
23year appropriation made for that program, and (ii) the total
24amount that is due the district under the block grant shall be
25the aggregate of the amounts that the district is entitled to
26receive for the fiscal year with respect to each program that

 

 

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1is included within the block grant that the State Board of
2Education shall award the district under this Section for that
3fiscal year. In the case of the Summer Bridges program, the
4amount of the district's block grant shall be equal to 44% of
5the amount of the current fiscal year appropriation made for
6that program.
7    (e) The district is not required to file any application or
8other claim in order to receive the block grants to which it is
9entitled under this Section. The State Board of Education shall
10make payments to the district of amounts due under the
11district's block grants on a schedule determined by the State
12Board of Education.
13    (f) A school district to which this Section applies shall
14report to the State Board of Education on its use of the block
15grants in such form and detail as the State Board of Education
16may specify. In addition, the report must include the following
17description for the district, which must also be reported to
18the General Assembly: block grant allocation and expenditures
19by program; population and service levels by program; and
20administrative expenditures by program. The State Board of
21Education shall ensure that the reporting requirements for the
22district are the same as for all other school districts in this
23State.
24    (g) Through fiscal year 2017, this paragraph provides for
25the treatment of block grants under Article 1C for purposes of
26calculating the amount of block grants for a district under

 

 

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1this Section. Those block grants under Article 1C are, for this
2purpose, treated as included in the amount of appropriation for
3the various programs set forth in paragraph (b) above. The
4appropriation in each current fiscal year for each block grant
5under Article 1C shall be treated for these purposes as
6appropriations for the individual program included in that
7block grant. The proportion of each block grant so allocated to
8each such program included in it shall be the proportion which
9the appropriation for that program was of all appropriations
10for such purposes now in that block grant, in fiscal 1995.
11    Payments to the school district under this Section with
12respect to each program for which payments to school districts
13generally, as of the date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd
14General Assembly, are on a reimbursement basis shall continue
15to be made to the district on a reimbursement basis, pursuant
16to the provisions of this Code governing those programs.
17    (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school
18district receiving a block grant under this Section may
19classify all or a portion of the funds that it receives in a
20particular fiscal year from any block grant authorized under
21this Code or from general State aid pursuant to Section 18-8.05
22of this Code (other than supplemental general State aid) as
23funds received in connection with any funding program for which
24it is entitled to receive funds from the State in that fiscal
25year (including, without limitation, any funding program
26referred to in subsection (c) of this Section), regardless of

 

 

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1the source or timing of the receipt. The district may not
2classify more funds as funds received in connection with the
3funding program than the district is entitled to receive in
4that fiscal year for that program. Any classification by a
5district must be made by a resolution of its board of
6education. The resolution must identify the amount of any block
7grant or general State aid to be classified under this
8subsection (h) and must specify the funding program to which
9the funds are to be treated as received in connection
10therewith. This resolution is controlling as to the
11classification of funds referenced therein. A certified copy of
12the resolution must be sent to the State Superintendent of
13Education. The resolution shall still take effect even though a
14copy of the resolution has not been sent to the State
15Superintendent of Education in a timely manner. No
16classification under this subsection (h) by a district shall
17affect the total amount or timing of money the district is
18entitled to receive under this Code. No classification under
19this subsection (h) by a district shall in any way relieve the
20district from or affect any requirements that otherwise would
21apply with respect to the block grant as provided in this
22Section, including any accounting of funds by source, reporting
23expenditures by original source and purpose, reporting
24requirements, or requirements of provision of services.
25(Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)