Rep. Rita Mayfield

Filed: 3/14/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3053

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3053 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be referred to as the
5Classrooms First Act.
 
6    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing 11E-135
7and by adding Section 11E-140 as follows:
 
8    (105 ILCS 5/11E-135)
9    Sec. 11E-135. Incentives. Except as provided under Section
1011E-140, for For districts reorganizing under this Article and
11for a district or districts that annex all of the territory of
12one or more entire other school districts in accordance with
13Article 7 of this Code, the following payments shall be made
14from appropriations made for these purposes:
15    (a)(1) For a combined school district, as defined in

 

 

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1Section 11E-20 of this Code, or for a unit district, as defined
2in Section 11E-25 of this Code, for its first year of
3existence, the general State aid and supplemental general State
4aid calculated under Section 18-8.05 of this Code or the
5evidence-based funding calculated under Section 18-8.15 of
6this Code, as applicable, shall be computed for the new
7district and for the previously existing districts for which
8property is totally included within the new district. If the
9computation on the basis of the previously existing districts
10is greater, a supplementary payment equal to the difference
11shall be made for the first 4 years of existence of the new
12district.
13    (2) For a school district that annexes all of the territory
14of one or more entire other school districts as defined in
15Article 7 of this Code, for the first year during which the
16change of boundaries attributable to the annexation becomes
17effective for all purposes, as determined under Section 7-9 of
18this Code, the general State aid and supplemental general State
19aid calculated under Section 18-8.05 of this Code or the
20evidence-based funding calculated under Section 18-8.15 of
21this Code, as applicable, shall be computed for the annexing
22district as constituted after the annexation and for the
23annexing and each annexed district as constituted prior to the
24annexation; and if the computation on the basis of the annexing
25and annexed districts as constituted prior to the annexation is
26greater, then a supplementary payment equal to the difference

 

 

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1shall be made for the first 4 years of existence of the
2annexing school district as constituted upon the annexation.
3    (3) For 2 or more school districts that annex all of the
4territory of one or more entire other school districts, as
5defined in Article 7 of this Code, for the first year during
6which the change of boundaries attributable to the annexation
7becomes effective for all purposes, as determined under Section
87-9 of this Code, the general State aid and supplemental
9general State aid calculated under Section 18-8.05 of this Code
10or the evidence-based funding calculated under Section 18-8.15
11of this Code, as applicable, shall be computed for each
12annexing district as constituted after the annexation and for
13each annexing and annexed district as constituted prior to the
14annexation; and if the aggregate of the general State aid and
15supplemental general State aid or evidence-based funding, as
16applicable, as so computed for the annexing districts as
17constituted after the annexation is less than the aggregate of
18the general State aid and supplemental general State aid or
19evidence-based funding, as applicable, as so computed for the
20annexing and annexed districts, as constituted prior to the
21annexation, then a supplementary payment equal to the
22difference shall be made and allocated between or among the
23annexing districts, as constituted upon the annexation, for the
24first 4 years of their existence. The total difference payment
25shall be allocated between or among the annexing districts in
26the same ratio as the pupil enrollment from that portion of the

 

 

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1annexed district or districts that is annexed to each annexing
2district bears to the total pupil enrollment from the entire
3annexed district or districts, as such pupil enrollment is
4determined for the school year last ending prior to the date
5when the change of boundaries attributable to the annexation
6becomes effective for all purposes. The amount of the total
7difference payment and the amount thereof to be allocated to
8the annexing districts shall be computed by the State Board of
9Education on the basis of pupil enrollment and other data that
10shall be certified to the State Board of Education, on forms
11that it shall provide for that purpose, by the regional
12superintendent of schools for each educational service region
13in which the annexing and annexed districts are located.
14    (4) For a school district conversion, as defined in Section
1511E-15 of this Code, or a multi-unit conversion, as defined in
16subsection (b) of Section 11E-30 of this Code, if in their
17first year of existence the newly created elementary districts
18and the newly created high school district, from a school
19district conversion, or the newly created elementary district
20or districts and newly created combined high school - unit
21district, from a multi-unit conversion, qualify for less
22general State aid under Section 18-8.05 of this Code or
23evidence-based funding under Section 18-8.15 of this Code than
24would have been payable under Section 18-8.05 or 18-8.15, as
25applicable, for that same year to the previously existing
26districts, then a supplementary payment equal to that

 

 

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1difference shall be made for the first 4 years of existence of
2the newly created districts. The aggregate amount of each
3supplementary payment shall be allocated among the newly
4created districts in the proportion that the deemed pupil
5enrollment in each district during its first year of existence
6bears to the actual aggregate pupil enrollment in all of the
7districts during their first year of existence. For purposes of
8each allocation:
9        (A) the deemed pupil enrollment of the newly created
10    high school district from a school district conversion
11    shall be an amount equal to its actual pupil enrollment for
12    its first year of existence multiplied by 1.25;
13        (B) the deemed pupil enrollment of each newly created
14    elementary district from a school district conversion
15    shall be an amount equal to its actual pupil enrollment for
16    its first year of existence reduced by an amount equal to
17    the product obtained when the amount by which the newly
18    created high school district's deemed pupil enrollment
19    exceeds its actual pupil enrollment for its first year of
20    existence is multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of
21    which is the actual pupil enrollment of the newly created
22    elementary district for its first year of existence and the
23    denominator of which is the actual aggregate pupil
24    enrollment of all of the newly created elementary districts
25    for their first year of existence;
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1    newly created combined high school - unit district from a
2    multi-unit conversion shall be an amount equal to its
3    actual grades 9 through 12 pupil enrollment for its first
4    year of existence multiplied by 1.25; and
5        (D) the deemed elementary pupil enrollment of each
6    newly created district from a multi-unit conversion shall
7    be an amount equal to each district's actual grade K
8    through 8 pupil enrollment for its first year of existence,
9    reduced by an amount equal to the product obtained when the
10    amount by which the newly created combined high school -
11    unit district's deemed high school pupil enrollment
12    exceeds its actual grade 9 through 12 pupil enrollment for
13    its first year of existence is multiplied by a fraction,
14    the numerator of which is the actual grade K through 8
15    pupil enrollment of each newly created district for its
16    first year of existence and the denominator of which is the
17    actual aggregate grade K through 8 pupil enrollment of all
18    such newly created districts for their first year of
19    existence.
20    The aggregate amount of each supplementary payment under
21this subdivision (4) and the amount thereof to be allocated to
22the newly created districts shall be computed by the State
23Board of Education on the basis of pupil enrollment and other
24data, which shall be certified to the State Board of Education,
25on forms that it shall provide for that purpose, by the
26regional superintendent of schools for each educational

 

 

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1service region in which the newly created districts are
2located.
3    (5) For a partial elementary unit district, as defined in
4subsection (a) or (c) of Section 11E-30 of this Code, if, in
5the first year of existence, the newly created partial
6elementary unit district qualifies for less general State aid
7and supplemental general State aid under Section 18-8.05 of
8this Code or less evidence-based funding under Section 18-8.15
9of this Code, as applicable, than would have been payable under
10those Sections for that same year to the previously existing
11districts that formed the partial elementary unit district,
12then a supplementary payment equal to that difference shall be
13made to the partial elementary unit district for the first 4
14years of existence of that newly created district.
15    (6) For an elementary opt-in, as described in subsection
16(d) of Section 11E-30 of this Code, the general State aid or
17evidence-based funding difference shall be computed in
18accordance with paragraph (5) of this subsection (a) as if the
19elementary opt-in was included in an optional elementary unit
20district at the optional elementary unit district's original
21effective date. If the calculation in this paragraph (6) is
22less than that calculated in paragraph (5) of this subsection
23(a) at the optional elementary unit district's original
24effective date, then no adjustments may be made. If the
25calculation in this paragraph (6) is more than that calculated
26in paragraph (5) of this subsection (a) at the optional

 

 

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1elementary unit district's original effective date, then the
2excess must be paid as follows:
3        (A) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is
4    one year after the effective date for the optional
5    elementary unit district, 100% of the calculated excess
6    shall be paid to the optional elementary unit district in
7    each of the first 4 years after the effective date of the
8    elementary opt-in.
9        (B) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is
10    2 years after the effective date for the optional
11    elementary unit district, 75% of the calculated excess
12    shall be paid to the optional elementary unit district in
13    each of the first 4 years after the effective date of the
14    elementary opt-in.
15        (C) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is
16    3 years after the effective date for the optional
17    elementary unit district, 50% of the calculated excess
18    shall be paid to the optional elementary unit district in
19    each of the first 4 years after the effective date of the
20    elementary opt-in.
21        (D) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is
22    4 years after the effective date for the optional
23    elementary unit district, 25% of the calculated excess
24    shall be paid to the optional elementary unit district in
25    each of the first 4 years after the effective date of the
26    elementary opt-in.

 

 

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1        (E) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is
2    5 years after the effective date for the optional
3    elementary unit district, the optional elementary unit
4    district is not eligible for any additional incentives due
5    to the elementary opt-in.
6    (6.5) For a school district that annexes territory detached
7from another school district whereby the enrollment of the
8annexing district increases by 90% or more as a result of the
9annexation, for the first year during which the change of
10boundaries attributable to the annexation becomes effective
11for all purposes as determined under Section 7-9 of this Code,
12the general State aid and supplemental general State aid or
13evidence-based funding, as applicable, calculated under this
14Section shall be computed for the district gaining territory
15and the district losing territory as constituted after the
16annexation and for the same districts as constituted prior to
17the annexation; and if the aggregate of the general State aid
18and supplemental general State aid or evidence-based funding,
19as applicable, as so computed for the district gaining
20territory and the district losing territory as constituted
21after the annexation is less than the aggregate of the general
22State aid and supplemental general State aid or evidence-based
23funding, as applicable, as so computed for the district gaining
24territory and the district losing territory as constituted
25prior to the annexation, then a supplementary payment shall be
26made to the annexing district for the first 4 years of

 

 

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1existence after the annexation, equal to the difference
2multiplied by the ratio of student enrollment in the territory
3detached to the total student enrollment in the district losing
4territory for the year prior to the effective date of the
5annexation. The amount of the total difference and the
6proportion paid to the annexing district shall be computed by
7the State Board of Education on the basis of pupil enrollment
8and other data that must be submitted to the State Board of
9Education in accordance with Section 7-14A of this Code. The
10changes to this Section made by Public Act 95-707 are intended
11to be retroactive and applicable to any annexation taking
12effect on or after July 1, 2004. For annexations that are
13eligible for payments under this paragraph (6.5) and that are
14effective on or after July 1, 2004, but before January 11, 2008
15(the effective date of Public Act 95-707), the first required
16yearly payment under this paragraph (6.5) shall be paid in the
17fiscal year of January 11, 2008 (the effective date of Public
18Act 95-707). Subsequent required yearly payments shall be paid
19in subsequent fiscal years until the payment obligation under
20this paragraph (6.5) is complete.
21    (7) Claims for financial assistance under this subsection
22(a) may not be recomputed except as expressly provided under
23Section 18-8.05 or 18-8.15 of this Code.
24    (8) Any supplementary payment made under this subsection
25(a) must be treated as separate from all other payments made
26pursuant to Section 18-8.05 or 18-8.15 of this Code.

 

 

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1    (b)(1) After the formation of a combined school district,
2as defined in Section 11E-20 of this Code, or a unit district,
3as defined in Section 11E-25 of this Code, a computation shall
4be made to determine the difference between the salaries
5effective in each of the previously existing districts on June
630, prior to the creation of the new district. For the first 4
7years after the formation of the new district, a supplementary
8State aid reimbursement shall be paid to the new district equal
9to the difference between the sum of the salaries earned by
10each of the certificated members of the new district, while
11employed in one of the previously existing districts during the
12year immediately preceding the formation of the new district,
13and the sum of the salaries those certificated members would
14have been paid during the year immediately prior to the
15formation of the new district if placed on the salary schedule
16of the previously existing district with the highest salary
17schedule.
18    (2) After the territory of one or more school districts is
19annexed by one or more other school districts as defined in
20Article 7 of this Code, a computation shall be made to
21determine the difference between the salaries effective in each
22annexed district and in the annexing district or districts as
23they were each constituted on June 30 preceding the date when
24the change of boundaries attributable to the annexation became
25effective for all purposes, as determined under Section 7-9 of
26this Code. For the first 4 years after the annexation, a

 

 

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1supplementary State aid reimbursement shall be paid to each
2annexing district as constituted after the annexation equal to
3the difference between the sum of the salaries earned by each
4of the certificated members of the annexing district as
5constituted after the annexation, while employed in an annexed
6or annexing district during the year immediately preceding the
7annexation, and the sum of the salaries those certificated
8members would have been paid during the immediately preceding
9year if placed on the salary schedule of whichever of the
10annexing or annexed districts had the highest salary schedule
11during the immediately preceding year.
12    (3) For each new high school district formed under a school
13district conversion, as defined in Section 11E-15 of this Code,
14the State shall make a supplementary payment for 4 years equal
15to the difference between the sum of the salaries earned by
16each certified member of the new high school district, while
17employed in one of the previously existing districts, and the
18sum of the salaries those certified members would have been
19paid if placed on the salary schedule of the previously
20existing district with the highest salary schedule.
21    (4) For each newly created partial elementary unit
22district, the State shall make a supplementary payment for 4
23years equal to the difference between the sum of the salaries
24earned by each certified member of the newly created partial
25elementary unit district, while employed in one of the
26previously existing districts that formed the partial

 

 

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1elementary unit district, and the sum of the salaries those
2certified members would have been paid if placed on the salary
3schedule of the previously existing district with the highest
4salary schedule. The salary schedules used in the calculation
5shall be those in effect in the previously existing districts
6for the school year prior to the creation of the new partial
7elementary unit district.
8    (5) For an elementary district opt-in, as described in
9subsection (d) of Section 11E-30 of this Code, the salary
10difference incentive shall be computed in accordance with
11paragraph (4) of this subsection (b) as if the opted-in
12elementary district was included in the optional elementary
13unit district at the optional elementary unit district's
14original effective date. If the calculation in this paragraph
15(5) is less than that calculated in paragraph (4) of this
16subsection (b) at the optional elementary unit district's
17original effective date, then no adjustments may be made. If
18the calculation in this paragraph (5) is more than that
19calculated in paragraph (4) of this subsection (b) at the
20optional elementary unit district's original effective date,
21then the excess must be paid as follows:
22        (A) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is
23    one year after the effective date for the optional
24    elementary unit district, 100% of the calculated excess
25    shall be paid to the optional elementary unit district in
26    each of the first 4 years after the effective date of the

 

 

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1    elementary opt-in.
2        (B) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is
3    2 years after the effective date for the optional
4    elementary unit district, 75% of the calculated excess
5    shall be paid to the optional elementary unit district in
6    each of the first 4 years after the effective date of the
7    elementary opt-in.
8        (C) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is
9    3 years after the effective date for the optional
10    elementary unit district, 50% of the calculated excess
11    shall be paid to the optional elementary unit district in
12    each of the first 4 years after the effective date of the
13    elementary opt-in.
14        (D) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is
15    4 years after the effective date for the partial elementary
16    unit district, 25% of the calculated excess shall be paid
17    to the optional elementary unit district in each of the
18    first 4 years after the effective date of the elementary
19    opt-in.
20        (E) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is
21    5 years after the effective date for the optional
22    elementary unit district, the optional elementary unit
23    district is not eligible for any additional incentives due
24    to the elementary opt-in.
25    (5.5) After the formation of a cooperative high school by 2
26or more school districts under Section 10-22.22c of this Code,

 

 

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1a computation shall be made to determine the difference between
2the salaries effective in each of the previously existing high
3schools on June 30 prior to the formation of the cooperative
4high school. For the first 4 years after the formation of the
5cooperative high school, a supplementary State aid
6reimbursement shall be paid to the cooperative high school
7equal to the difference between the sum of the salaries earned
8by each of the certificated members of the cooperative high
9school while employed in one of the previously existing high
10schools during the year immediately preceding the formation of
11the cooperative high school and the sum of the salaries those
12certificated members would have been paid during the year
13immediately prior to the formation of the cooperative high
14school if placed on the salary schedule of the previously
15existing high school with the highest salary schedule.
16    (5.10) After the annexation of territory detached from
17another school district whereby the enrollment of the annexing
18district increases by 90% or more as a result of the
19annexation, a computation shall be made to determine the
20difference between the salaries effective in the district
21gaining territory and the district losing territory as they
22each were constituted on June 30 preceding the date when the
23change of boundaries attributable to the annexation became
24effective for all purposes as determined under Section 7-9 of
25this Code. For the first 4 years after the annexation, a
26supplementary State aid reimbursement shall be paid to the

 

 

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1annexing district equal to the difference between the sum of
2the salaries earned by each of the certificated members of the
3annexing district as constituted after the annexation while
4employed in the district gaining territory or the district
5losing territory during the year immediately preceding the
6annexation and the sum of the salaries those certificated
7members would have been paid during such immediately preceding
8year if placed on the salary schedule of whichever of the
9district gaining territory or district losing territory had the
10highest salary schedule during the immediately preceding year.
11To be eligible for supplementary State aid reimbursement under
12this Section, the intergovernmental agreement to be submitted
13pursuant to Section 7-14A of this Code must show that staff
14members were transferred from the control of the district
15losing territory to the control of the district gaining
16territory in the annexation. The changes to this Section made
17by Public Act 95-707 are intended to be retroactive and
18applicable to any annexation taking effect on or after July 1,
192004. For annexations that are eligible for payments under this
20paragraph (5.10) and that are effective on or after July 1,
212004, but before January 11, 2008 (the effective date of Public
22Act 95-707), the first required yearly payment under this
23paragraph (5.10) shall be paid in the fiscal year of January
2411, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-707). Subsequent
25required yearly payments shall be paid in subsequent fiscal
26years until the payment obligation under this paragraph (5.10)

 

 

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1is complete.
2    (5.15) After the deactivation of a school facility in
3accordance with Section 10-22.22b of this Code, a computation
4shall be made to determine the difference between the salaries
5effective in the sending school district and each receiving
6school district on June 30 prior to the deactivation of the
7school facility. For the lesser of the first 4 years after the
8deactivation of the school facility or the length of the
9deactivation agreement, including any renewals of the original
10deactivation agreement, a supplementary State aid
11reimbursement shall be paid to each receiving district equal to
12the difference between the sum of the salaries earned by each
13of the certificated members transferred to that receiving
14district as a result of the deactivation while employed in the
15sending district during the year immediately preceding the
16deactivation and the sum of the salaries those certificated
17members would have been paid during the year immediately
18preceding the deactivation if placed on the salary schedule of
19the sending or receiving district with the highest salary
20schedule.
21    (6) The supplementary State aid reimbursement under this
22subsection (b) shall be treated as separate from all other
23payments made pursuant to Section 18-8.05 of this Code. In the
24case of the formation of a new district or cooperative high
25school or a deactivation, reimbursement shall begin during the
26first year of operation of the new district or cooperative high

 

 

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1school or the first year of the deactivation, and in the case
2of an annexation of the territory of one or more school
3districts by one or more other school districts or the
4annexation of territory detached from a school district whereby
5the enrollment of the annexing district increases by 90% or
6more as a result of the annexation, reimbursement shall begin
7during the first year when the change in boundaries
8attributable to the annexation becomes effective for all
9purposes as determined pursuant to Section 7-9 of this Code,
10except that for an annexation of territory detached from a
11school district that is effective on or after July 1, 2004, but
12before January 11, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act
1395-707), whereby the enrollment of the annexing district
14increases by 90% or more as a result of the annexation,
15reimbursement shall begin during the fiscal year of January 11,
162008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-707). Each year that
17the new, annexing, or receiving district or cooperative high
18school, as the case may be, is entitled to receive
19reimbursement, the number of eligible certified members who are
20employed on October 1 in the district or cooperative high
21school shall be certified to the State Board of Education on
22prescribed forms by October 15 and payment shall be made on or
23before November 15 of that year.
24    (c)(1) For the first year after the formation of a combined
25school district, as defined in Section 11E-20 of this Code or a
26unit district, as defined in Section 11E-25 of this Code, a

 

 

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1computation shall be made totaling each previously existing
2district's audited fund balances in the educational fund,
3working cash fund, operations and maintenance fund, and
4transportation fund for the year ending June 30 prior to the
5referendum for the creation of the new district. The new
6district shall be paid supplementary State aid equal to the sum
7of the differences between the deficit of the previously
8existing district with the smallest deficit and the deficits of
9each of the other previously existing districts.
10    (2) For the first year after the annexation of all of the
11territory of one or more entire school districts by another
12school district, as defined in Article 7 of this Code,
13computations shall be made, for the year ending June 30 prior
14to the date that the change of boundaries attributable to the
15annexation is allowed by the affirmative decision issued by the
16regional board of school trustees under Section 7-6 of this
17Code, notwithstanding any effort to seek administrative review
18of the decision, totaling the annexing district's and totaling
19each annexed district's audited fund balances in their
20respective educational, working cash, operations and
21maintenance, and transportation funds. The annexing district
22as constituted after the annexation shall be paid supplementary
23State aid equal to the sum of the differences between the
24deficit of whichever of the annexing or annexed districts as
25constituted prior to the annexation had the smallest deficit
26and the deficits of each of the other districts as constituted

 

 

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1prior to the annexation.
2    (3) For the first year after the annexation of all of the
3territory of one or more entire school districts by 2 or more
4other school districts, as defined by Article 7 of this Code,
5computations shall be made, for the year ending June 30 prior
6to the date that the change of boundaries attributable to the
7annexation is allowed by the affirmative decision of the
8regional board of school trustees under Section 7-6 of this
9Code, notwithstanding any action for administrative review of
10the decision, totaling each annexing and annexed district's
11audited fund balances in their respective educational, working
12cash, operations and maintenance, and transportation funds.
13The annexing districts as constituted after the annexation
14shall be paid supplementary State aid, allocated as provided in
15this paragraph (3), in an aggregate amount equal to the sum of
16the differences between the deficit of whichever of the
17annexing or annexed districts as constituted prior to the
18annexation had the smallest deficit and the deficits of each of
19the other districts as constituted prior to the annexation. The
20aggregate amount of the supplementary State aid payable under
21this paragraph (3) shall be allocated between or among the
22annexing districts as follows:
23        (A) the regional superintendent of schools for each
24    educational service region in which an annexed district is
25    located prior to the annexation shall certify to the State
26    Board of Education, on forms that it shall provide for that

 

 

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1    purpose, the value of all taxable property in each annexed
2    district, as last equalized or assessed by the Department
3    of Revenue prior to the annexation, and the equalized
4    assessed value of each part of the annexed district that
5    was annexed to or included as a part of an annexing
6    district;
7        (B) using equalized assessed values as certified by the
8    regional superintendent of schools under clause (A) of this
9    paragraph (3), the combined audited fund balance deficit of
10    each annexed district as determined under this Section
11    shall be apportioned between or among the annexing
12    districts in the same ratio as the equalized assessed value
13    of that part of the annexed district that was annexed to or
14    included as a part of an annexing district bears to the
15    total equalized assessed value of the annexed district; and
16        (C) the aggregate supplementary State aid payment
17    under this paragraph (3) shall be allocated between or
18    among, and shall be paid to, the annexing districts in the
19    same ratio as the sum of the combined audited fund balance
20    deficit of each annexing district as constituted prior to
21    the annexation, plus all combined audited fund balance
22    deficit amounts apportioned to that annexing district
23    under clause (B) of this subsection, bears to the aggregate
24    of the combined audited fund balance deficits of all of the
25    annexing and annexed districts as constituted prior to the
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1    (4) For the new elementary districts and new high school
2district formed through a school district conversion, as
3defined in Section 11E-15 of this Code or the new elementary
4district or districts and new combined high school - unit
5district formed through a multi-unit conversion, as defined in
6subsection (b) of Section 11E-30 of this Code, a computation
7shall be made totaling each previously existing district's
8audited fund balances in the educational fund, working cash
9fund, operations and maintenance fund, and transportation fund
10for the year ending June 30 prior to the referendum
11establishing the new districts. In the first year of the new
12districts, the State shall make a one-time supplementary
13payment equal to the sum of the differences between the deficit
14of the previously existing district with the smallest deficit
15and the deficits of each of the other previously existing
16districts. A district with a combined balance among the 4 funds
17that is positive shall be considered to have a deficit of zero.
18The supplementary payment shall be allocated among the newly
19formed high school and elementary districts in the manner
20provided by the petition for the formation of the districts, in
21the form in which the petition is approved by the regional
22superintendent of schools or State Superintendent of Education
23under Section 11E-50 of this Code.
24    (5) For each newly created partial elementary unit
25district, as defined in subsection (a) or (c) of Section 11E-30
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1fund balances of each previously existing district that formed
2the new partial elementary unit district in the educational
3fund, working cash fund, operations and maintenance fund, and
4transportation fund for the year ending June 30 prior to the
5referendum for the formation of the partial elementary unit
6district. In the first year of the new partial elementary unit
7district, the State shall make a one-time supplementary payment
8to the new district equal to the sum of the differences between
9the deficit of the previously existing district with the
10smallest deficit and the deficits of each of the other
11previously existing districts. A district with a combined
12balance among the 4 funds that is positive shall be considered
13to have a deficit of zero.
14    (6) For an elementary opt-in as defined in subsection (d)
15of Section 11E-30 of this Code, the deficit fund balance
16incentive shall be computed in accordance with paragraph (5) of
17this subsection (c) as if the opted-in elementary was included
18in the optional elementary unit district at the optional
19elementary unit district's original effective date. If the
20calculation in this paragraph (6) is less than that calculated
21in paragraph (5) of this subsection (c) at the optional
22elementary unit district's original effective date, then no
23adjustments may be made. If the calculation in this paragraph
24(6) is more than that calculated in paragraph (5) of this
25subsection (c) at the optional elementary unit district's
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1follows:
2        (A) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is
3    one year after the effective date for the optional
4    elementary unit district, 100% of the calculated excess
5    shall be paid to the optional elementary unit district in
6    the first year after the effective date of the elementary
7    opt-in.
8        (B) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is
9    2 years after the effective date for the optional
10    elementary unit district, 75% of the calculated excess
11    shall be paid to the optional elementary unit district in
12    the first year after the effective date of the elementary
13    opt-in.
14        (C) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is
15    3 years after the effective date for the optional
16    elementary unit district, 50% of the calculated excess
17    shall be paid to the optional elementary unit district in
18    the first year after the effective date of the elementary
19    opt-in.
20        (D) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is
21    4 years after the effective date for the optional
22    elementary unit district, 25% of the calculated excess
23    shall be paid to the optional elementary unit district in
24    the first year after the effective date of the elementary
25    opt-in.
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1    5 years after the effective date for the optional
2    elementary unit district, the optional elementary unit
3    district is not eligible for any additional incentives due
4    to the elementary opt-in.
5    (6.5) For the first year after the annexation of territory
6detached from another school district whereby the enrollment of
7the annexing district increases by 90% or more as a result of
8the annexation, a computation shall be made totaling the
9audited fund balances of the district gaining territory and the
10audited fund balances of the district losing territory in the
11educational fund, working cash fund, operations and
12maintenance fund, and transportation fund for the year ending
13June 30 prior to the date that the change of boundaries
14attributable to the annexation is allowed by the affirmative
15decision of the regional board of school trustees under Section
167-6 of this Code, notwithstanding any action for administrative
17review of the decision. The annexing district as constituted
18after the annexation shall be paid supplementary State aid
19equal to the difference between the deficit of whichever
20district included in this calculation as constituted prior to
21the annexation had the smallest deficit and the deficit of each
22other district included in this calculation as constituted
23prior to the annexation, multiplied by the ratio of equalized
24assessed value of the territory detached to the total equalized
25assessed value of the district losing territory. The regional
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1which a district losing territory is located prior to the
2annexation shall certify to the State Board of Education the
3value of all taxable property in the district losing territory
4and the value of all taxable property in the territory being
5detached, as last equalized or assessed by the Department of
6Revenue prior to the annexation. To be eligible for
7supplementary State aid reimbursement under this Section, the
8intergovernmental agreement to be submitted pursuant to
9Section 7-14A of this Code must show that fund balances were
10transferred from the district losing territory to the district
11gaining territory in the annexation. The changes to this
12Section made by Public Act 95-707 are intended to be
13retroactive and applicable to any annexation taking effect on
14or after July 1, 2004. For annexations that are eligible for
15payments under this paragraph (6.5) and that are effective on
16or after July 1, 2004, but before January 11, 2008 (the
17effective date of Public Act 95-707), the required payment
18under this paragraph (6.5) shall be paid in the fiscal year of
19January 11, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-707).
20    (7) For purposes of any calculation required under
21paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), or (6.5) of this
22subsection (c), a district with a combined fund balance that is
23positive shall be considered to have a deficit of zero. For
24purposes of determining each district's audited fund balances
25in its educational fund, working cash fund, operations and
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1year ending June 30, as provided in paragraphs (1), (2), (3),
2(4), (5), (6), and (6.5) of this subsection (c), the balance of
3each fund shall be deemed decreased by an amount equal to the
4amount of the annual property tax theretofore levied in the
5fund by the district for collection and payment to the district
6during the calendar year in which the June 30 fell, but only to
7the extent that the tax so levied in the fund actually was
8received by the district on or before or comprised a part of
9the fund on such June 30. For purposes of determining each
10district's audited fund balances, a calculation shall be made
11for each fund to determine the average for the 3 years prior to
12the specified year ending June 30, as provided in paragraphs
13(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (6.5) of this subsection (c),
14of the district's expenditures in the categories "purchased
15services", "supplies and materials", and "capital outlay", as
16those categories are defined in rules of the State Board of
17Education. If this 3-year average is less than the district's
18expenditures in these categories for the specified year ending
19June 30, as provided in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5),
20(6), and (6.5) of this subsection (c), then the 3-year average
21shall be used in calculating the amounts payable under this
22Section in place of the amounts shown in these categories for
23the specified year ending June 30, as provided in paragraphs
24(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (6.5) of this subsection (c).
25Any deficit because of State aid not yet received may not be
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1of accounting shall be used by all previously existing
2districts and by all annexing or annexed districts, as
3constituted prior to the annexation, in making any computation
4required under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and
5(6.5) of this subsection (c).
6    (8) The supplementary State aid payments under this
7subsection (c) shall be treated as separate from all other
8payments made pursuant to Section 18-8.05 of this Code.
9    (d)(1) Following the formation of a combined school
10district, as defined in Section 11E-20 of this Code, a new unit
11district, as defined in Section 11E-25 of this Code, a new
12elementary district or districts and a new high school district
13formed through a school district conversion, as defined in
14Section 11E-15 of this Code, a new partial elementary unit
15district, as defined in Section 11E-30 of this Code, or a new
16elementary district or districts formed through a multi-unit
17conversion, as defined in subsection (b) of Section 11E-30 of
18this Code, or the annexation of all of the territory of one or
19more entire school districts by one or more other school
20districts, as defined in Article 7 of this Code, a
21supplementary State aid reimbursement shall be paid for the
22number of school years determined under the following table to
23each new or annexing district equal to the sum of $4,000 for
24each certified employee who is employed by the district on a
25full-time basis for the regular term of the school year:
 

 

 

 

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1Reorganized District's RankReorganized District's Rank
2by type of district (unit,in Average Daily Attendance
3high school, elementary)By Quintile
4in Equalized Assessed Value
5Per Pupil by Quintile
63rd, 4th,
71st2ndor 5th
8QuintileQuintileQuintile
9    1st Quintile1 year1 year1 year
10    2nd Quintile1 year2 years2 years
11    3rd Quintile2 years3 years3 years
12    4th Quintile2 years3 years3 years
13    5th Quintile2 years3 years3 years
14The State Board of Education shall make a one-time calculation
15of a reorganized district's quintile ranks. The average daily
16attendance used in this calculation shall be the best 3 months'
17average daily attendance for the district's first year. The
18equalized assessed value per pupil shall be the district's real
19property equalized assessed value used in calculating the
20district's first-year general State aid claim, under Section
2118-8.05 of this Code, or first-year evidence-based funding
22claim, under Section 18-8.15 of this Code, as applicable,
23divided by the best 3 months' average daily attendance.
24    No annexing or resulting school district shall be entitled
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1district acquires at least 30% of the average daily attendance
2of the district from which the territory is being detached or
3divided.
4    If a district results from multiple reorganizations that
5would otherwise qualify the district for multiple payments
6under this subsection (d) in any year, then the district shall
7receive a single payment only for that year based solely on the
8most recent reorganization.
9    (2) For an elementary opt-in, as defined in subsection (d)
10of Section 11E-30 of this Code, the full-time certified staff
11incentive shall be computed in accordance with paragraph (1) of
12this subsection (d), equal to the sum of $4,000 for each
13certified employee of the elementary district that opts-in who
14is employed by the optional elementary unit district on a
15full-time basis for the regular term of the school year. The
16calculation from this paragraph (2) must be paid as follows:
17        (A) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is
18    one year after the effective date for the optional
19    elementary unit district, 100% of the amount calculated in
20    this paragraph (2) shall be paid to the optional elementary
21    unit district for the number of years calculated in
22    paragraph (1) of this subsection (d) at the optional
23    elementary unit district's original effective date,
24    starting in the second year after the effective date of the
25    elementary opt-in.
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1    2 years after the effective date for the optional
2    elementary unit district, 75% of the amount calculated in
3    this paragraph (2) shall be paid to the optional elementary
4    unit district for the number of years calculated in
5    paragraph (1) of this subsection (d) at the optional
6    elementary unit district's original effective date,
7    starting in the second year after the effective date of the
8    elementary opt-in.
9        (C) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is
10    3 years after the effective date for the optional
11    elementary unit district, 50% of the amount calculated in
12    this paragraph (2) shall be paid to the optional elementary
13    unit district for the number of years calculated in
14    paragraph (1) of this subsection (d) at the optional
15    elementary unit district's original effective date,
16    starting in the second year after the effective date of the
17    elementary opt-in.
18        (D) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is
19    4 years after the effective date for the optional
20    elementary unit district, 25% of the amount calculated in
21    this paragraph (2) shall be paid to the optional elementary
22    unit district for the number of years calculated in
23    paragraph (1) of this subsection (d) at the optional
24    elementary unit district's original effective date,
25    starting in the second year after the effective date of the
26    elementary opt-in.

 

 

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1        (E) If the effective date for the elementary opt-in is
2    5 years after the effective date for the optional
3    elementary unit district, the optional elementary unit
4    district is not eligible for any additional incentives due
5    to the elementary opt-in.
6    (2.5) Following the formation of a cooperative high school
7by 2 or more school districts under Section 10-22.22c of this
8Code, a supplementary State aid reimbursement shall be paid for
93 school years to the cooperative high school equal to the sum
10of $4,000 for each certified employee who is employed by the
11cooperative high school on a full-time basis for the regular
12term of any such school year. If a cooperative high school
13results from multiple agreements that would otherwise qualify
14the cooperative high school for multiple payments under this
15Section in any year, the cooperative high school shall receive
16a single payment for that year based solely on the most recent
17agreement.
18    (2.10) Following the annexation of territory detached from
19another school district whereby the enrollment of the annexing
20district increases 90% or more as a result of the annexation, a
21supplementary State aid reimbursement shall be paid to the
22annexing district equal to the sum of $4,000 for each certified
23employee who is employed by the annexing district on a
24full-time basis and shall be calculated in accordance with
25subsection (a) of this Section. To be eligible for
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1intergovernmental agreement to be submitted pursuant to
2Section 7-14A of this Code must show that certified staff
3members were transferred from the control of the district
4losing territory to the control of the district gaining
5territory in the annexation. The changes to this Section made
6by Public Act 95-707 are intended to be retroactive and
7applicable to any annexation taking effect on or after July 1,
82004. For annexations that are eligible for payments under this
9paragraph (2.10) and that are effective on or after July 1,
102004, but before January 11, 2008 (the effective date of Public
11Act 95-707), the first required yearly payment under this
12paragraph (2.10) shall be paid in the second fiscal year after
13January 11, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-707). Any
14subsequent required yearly payments shall be paid in subsequent
15fiscal years until the payment obligation under this paragraph
16(2.10) is complete.
17    (2.15) Following the deactivation of a school facility in
18accordance with Section 10-22.22b of this Code, a supplementary
19State aid reimbursement shall be paid for the lesser of 3
20school years or the length of the deactivation agreement,
21including any renewals of the original deactivation agreement,
22to each receiving school district equal to the sum of $4,000
23for each certified employee who is employed by that receiving
24district on a full-time basis for the regular term of any such
25school year who was originally transferred to the control of
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1Receiving districts are eligible for payments under this
2paragraph (2.15) based on the certified employees transferred
3to that receiving district as a result of the deactivation and
4are not required to receive at least 30% of the deactivating
5district's average daily attendance as required under
6paragraph (1) of this subsection (d) to be eligible for
7payments.
8    (3) The supplementary State aid reimbursement payable
9under this subsection (d) shall be separate from and in
10addition to all other payments made to the district pursuant to
11any other Section of this Article.
12    (4) During May of each school year for which a
13supplementary State aid reimbursement is to be paid to a new,
14annexing, or receiving school district or cooperative high
15school pursuant to this subsection (d), the school board or
16governing board shall certify to the State Board of Education,
17on forms furnished to the school board or governing board by
18the State Board of Education for purposes of this subsection
19(d), the number of certified employees for which the district
20or cooperative high school is entitled to reimbursement under
21this Section, together with the names, certificate numbers, and
22positions held by the certified employees.
23    (5) Upon certification by the State Board of Education to
24the State Comptroller of the amount of the supplementary State
25aid reimbursement to which a school district or cooperative
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1Comptroller shall draw his or her warrant upon the State
2Treasurer for the payment thereof to the school district or
3cooperative high school and shall promptly transmit the payment
4to the school district or cooperative high school through the
5appropriate school treasurer.
6(Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)
 
7    (105 ILCS 5/11E-140 new)
8    Sec. 11E-140. School District Efficiency Commission.
9    (a) The School District Efficiency Commission is created.
10The Commission shall consist of all of the following voting
11members:
12        (1) The Lieutenant Governor or his or her appointee,
13    who shall serve as the chairperson.
14        (2) One member appointed by the State Board of
15    Education.
16        (3) One representative appointed by the Speaker of the
17    House of Representatives.
18        (4) One representative appointed by the Minority
19    Leader of the House of Representatives.
20        (5) One senator appointed by the President of the
21    Senate.
22        (6) One senator appointed by the Minority Leader of the
23    Senate.
24        (7) A representative of a statewide professional
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1    organization.
2        (8) A representative of a different statewide
3    professional teachers' organization appointed by the head
4    of that organization.
5        (9) A representative of a statewide organization that
6    represents school boards appointed by the head of that
7    organization.
8        (10) A representative of a statewide organization
9    representing principals appointed by the head of that
10    organization.
11        (11) A representative of an organization representing
12    professional teachers in a city having a population
13    exceeding 500,000 appointed by the head of that
14    organization.
15        (12) A representative of an association representing
16    school business officials appointed by the head of that
17    association.
18        (13) A representative of an association representing
19    school administrators appointed by the head of that
20    association.
21        (14) A member of the Chicago Board of Education
22    appointed by the Chicago Board of Education.
23        (15) A representative from an organization
24    representing administrators of special education appointed
25    by the head of that organization.
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1    organization appointed by the head of that organization.
2        (17) A representative from an organization
3    representing high school districts appointed by the head of
4    that organization.
5        (18) A representative from a rural school district in
6    this State appointed by the Governor.
7        (19) A representative from a suburban school district
8    in this State appointed by the Governor.
9        (20) A representative of an association that
10    represents regional superintendents of schools appointed
11    by the head of that association.
12    Members shall serve without compensation, but shall be
13reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary expenses from
14funds appropriated for that purpose. Members shall be
15reimbursed for their travel expenses from appropriations to the
16State Board of Education made available for that purpose and
17subject to the rules of the appropriate travel control board.
18The Commission shall meet at the call of the chairperson, with
19the initial meeting of the Commission being held as soon as
20possible after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
21101st General Assembly, and shall hold public hearings
22throughout this State. The State Board shall provide
23administrative assistance and necessary staff support services
24to the Commission.
25    (b) The Commission must make recommendations to the
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1districts in this State, the optimal amount of enrollment for a
2school district, and where reorganization and realignment of
3school districts would be beneficial in this State. The
4Commission's recommendations must focus on all of the following
5areas:
6        (1) Reducing the money spent on the duplication of
7    efforts.
8        (2) Improving the education of students by having fewer
9    obstacles between qualified teachers and their students.
10        (3) Lowering the property tax burden.
11        (4) Providing recommendations on what the net cost
12    savings of realignment is to this State.
13        (5) With a view toward reducing unnecessary
14    administrative costs, improving the education of students,
15    and lowering the property tax burden, drafting specific
16    propositions to reduce the statewide total number of school
17    districts by no less than 25% through the reorganization of
18    school districts into unit districts under Section 11E-25.
19    Each proposition under this paragraph must include all of
20    the following:
21            (A) A request to submit the proposition at the next
22        general election for the purpose of voting for or
23        against the establishment of a combined unit district.
24            (B) A description of the territory comprising the
25        districts proposed to be dissolved and those to be
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1        general reference to all of the territory included
2        within that district.
3            (C) A specification of the maximum tax rates the
4        proposed district or districts are authorized to levy
5        for various purposes and, if applicable, the
6        specifications related to the Property Tax Extension
7        Limitation Law, in accordance with Section 11E-80 of
8        this Code.
9    (c) On or before May 1, 2020, the Commission must vote on
10its recommended propositions and file a report with the
11Governor and the General Assembly. If the Commission adopts the
12report by an affirmative vote of at least 11 of its members,
13then the Commission's specific propositions for reorganization
14of school districts into unit districts under paragraph (5) of
15subsection (b) shall be filed with the appropriate regional
16superintendent of schools in the same form as required for
17petitions under Section 11E-35.
18    (d) Upon the filing of a proposition with the regional
19superintendent of schools under subsection (c), the regional
20superintendent shall do both of the following:
21        (1) Provide a copy of the proposition to each school
22    board affected by the proposition and the regional
23    superintendent of schools of any other educational service
24    region in which the territory described in the proposition
25    is situated.
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1    each week for 3 successive weeks in at least one newspaper
2    having general circulation within the area of all of the
3    territory of the proposed district or districts. The
4    expense of publishing the notice shall be paid by the
5    School District Efficiency Commission.
6    (e) The notice described in paragraph (2) of subsection (d)
7must include all of the following information:
8        (1) When and to whom the proposition was presented.
9        (2) The proposition.
10        (3) A description of the territory comprising the
11    districts proposed to be dissolved and those to be created,
12    which, for an entire district, may be a general reference
13    to all of the territory included within that district.
14    (f) Within 14 days after receipt of the recommended
15proposition, the regional superintendent of schools must
16inform the School District Efficiency Commission if the
17recommended proposition, as amended or filed, is proper and in
18compliance with all applicable requirements set forth in the
19Election Code. If the regional superintendent determines that
20the proposition is not in proper order or not in compliance
21with any applicable requirements set forth in the Election
22Code, the regional superintendent must identify the specific
23alleged defects in the proposition and include specific
24recommendations to cure the alleged defects. The School
25District Efficiency Commission may amend the proposition to
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1regional superintendent's specific recommendations.
2    (g) Within 14 days after receipt of the School District
3Efficiency Commission's amendments in response to the specific
4recommendations, the regional superintendent of schools shall,
5upon determining the proposition is in proper order and in
6compliance with applicable requirements set forth in the
7Election Code, through a written order, approve the
8proposition, or, if the regional superintendent of schools
9determines that the amended proposition is not proper or not in
10compliance with the Election Code, the regional superintendent
11shall deny the proposition.
12    (h) Upon approving or denying the proposition, the regional
13superintendent of schools shall submit the proposition and all
14evidence to the State Superintendent of Education. The State
15Superintendent shall review the proposition and the written
16order of the regional superintendent, if any. Within 21 days
17after the receipt of the regional superintendent's decision,
18the State Superintendent shall determine whether the
19proposition is proper and in compliance with the applicable
20requirements set forth in the Election Code, and, through a
21written order, either approve or deny the proposition. If the
22State Superintendent denies the proposition, the State
23Superintendent shall set forth in writing the specific basis
24for determining the proposition is not proper or not in
25compliance with the applicable provisions of the Election Code.
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1decision as defined in Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil
2Procedure. The State Superintendent shall provide a copy of the
3decision by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the
4School District Efficiency Commission, each school board of a
5district in which territory described in the proposition is
6situated, the regional superintendent with whom the
7proposition was filed, and the regional superintendent of
8schools of any other educational service region in which
9territory described in the proposition is situated. If the
10proposition is approved, the State Superintendent shall
11otherwise treat the approved proposition as a petition approved
12under subsection (b) of Section 11E-50.
13    (i) Any member of the School District Efficiency Commission
14or school board of any district in which territory described in
15the proposition is situated may, within 35 days after a copy of
16the decision sought to be reviewed was served by certified
17mail, return receipt requested, upon the affected party or upon
18the attorney of record for the party, apply for a review of an
19administrative decision of the State Superintendent of
20Education in accordance with the Administrative Review Law and
21any rules adopted pursuant to the Administrative Review Law.
22The commencement of any action for review shall operate as a
23supersedeas, and no further proceedings shall be had until
24final disposition of the review. The circuit court of the
25county in which the proposition is filed with the regional
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1entertain a complaint for review.
2    (j) This Section is repealed on January 31, 2021.
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4becoming law.".