093_HB2193

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning education.

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

 4        Section  5.   The  School  Code  is  amended  by changing
 5    Section 18-8.05 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/18-8.05)
 7        Sec. 18-8.05.  Basis for apportionment of  general  State
 8    financial  aid  and  supplemental  general  State  aid to the
 9    common schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school years.

10    (A)  General Provisions.
11        (1)  The  provisions  of  this  Section  apply   to   the
12    1998-1999 and subsequent school years.  The system of general
13    State  financial aid provided for in this Section is designed
14    to assure that, through a combination of State financial  aid
15    and  required local resources, the financial support provided
16    each pupil in Average Daily Attendance equals  or  exceeds  a
17    prescribed per pupil Foundation Level.  This formula approach
18    imputes  a  level  of per pupil Available Local Resources and
19    provides for the basis to calculate  a  per  pupil  level  of
20    general  State  financial  aid  that, when added to Available
21    Local Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level.  The
22    amount of per pupil general State financial  aid  for  school
23    districts,   in   general,  varies  in  inverse  relation  to
24    Available Local Resources.  Per pupil amounts are based  upon
25    each  school district's Average Daily Attendance as that term
26    is defined in this Section.
27        (2)  In addition to general State financial  aid,  school
28    districts  with  specified levels or concentrations of pupils
29    from  low  income  households   are   eligible   to   receive
30    supplemental  general  State financial aid grants as provided
31    pursuant to subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants
 
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 1    provided for school districts under subsection (H)  shall  be
 2    appropriated  for distribution to school districts as part of
 3    the same line item in which the general State  financial  aid
 4    of school districts is appropriated under this Section.
 5        (3)  To  receive financial assistance under this Section,
 6    school districts are required to file claims with  the  State
 7    Board of Education, subject to the following requirements:
 8             (a)  Any  school  district which fails for any given
 9        school year to maintain school as required by law, or  to
10        maintain  a recognized school is not eligible to file for
11        such school year any claim upon the Common  School  Fund.
12        In  case  of  nonrecognition  of  one  or more attendance
13        centers  in  a  school   district   otherwise   operating
14        recognized  schools,  the  claim of the district shall be
15        reduced  in  the  proportion  which  the  Average   Daily
16        Attendance  in  the  attendance center or centers bear to
17        the Average Daily Attendance in the school  district.   A
18        "recognized  school"  means any public school which meets
19        the standards as established for recognition by the State
20        Board of Education.   A  school  district  or  attendance
21        center  not  having  recognition  status  at the end of a
22        school term is entitled to receive State aid payments due
23        upon  a  legal  claim  which  was  filed  while  it   was
24        recognized.
25             (b)  School district claims filed under this Section
26        are subject to Sections 18-9, 18-10, and 18-12, except as
27        otherwise provided in this Section.
28             (c)  If  a  school  district  operates  a  full year
29        school under Section 10-19.1, the general  State  aid  to
30        the  school  district  shall  be  determined by the State
31        Board of Education in accordance  with  this  Section  as
32        near as may be applicable.
33             (d)  (Blank).
34        (4)  Except  as  provided in subsections (H) and (L), the
 
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 1    board of any district receiving any of  the  grants  provided
 2    for  in  this  Section  may  apply those funds to any fund so
 3    received  for  which  that  board  is  authorized   to   make
 4    expenditures by law.
 5        School  districts  are  not  required  to exert a minimum
 6    Operating Tax Rate in order to qualify for  assistance  under
 7    this Section.
 8        (5)  As  used  in  this Section the following terms, when
 9    capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
10             (a)  "Average Daily Attendance":  A count  of  pupil
11        attendance   in  school,  averaged  as  provided  for  in
12        subsection  (C)  and  utilized  in  deriving  per   pupil
13        financial support levels.
14             (b)  "Available  Local Resources":  A computation of
15        local financial  support,  calculated  on  the  basis  of
16        Average Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant
17        to subsection (D).
18             (c)  "Corporate    Personal   Property   Replacement
19        Taxes":  Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to
20        "An Act in  relation  to  the  abolition  of  ad  valorem
21        personal  property  tax  and  the replacement of revenues
22        lost thereby, and amending and repealing certain Acts and
23        parts of Acts in connection therewith", certified  August
24        14, 1979, as amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
25             (d)  "Foundation  Level":  A prescribed level of per
26        pupil financial support as  provided  for  in  subsection
27        (B).
28             (e)  "Operating  Tax  Rate":   All  school  district
29        property taxes extended for all purposes, except Bond and
30        Interest,  Summer  School, Rent, Capital Improvement, and
31        Vocational Education Building purposes.

32    (B)  Foundation Level.
33        (1)  The Foundation Level is a figure established by  the
34    State  representing  the minimum level of per pupil financial
 
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 1    support that should be available to  provide  for  the  basic
 2    education  of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance.  As set
 3    forth in this Section, each school  district  is  assumed  to
 4    exert   a  sufficient  local  taxing  effort  such  that,  in
 5    combination with the aggregate of general State financial aid
 6    provided the  district,  an  aggregate  of  State  and  local
 7    resources  are available to meet the basic education needs of
 8    pupils in the district.
 9        (2)  For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation  Level
10    of  support  is  $4,225.   For the 1999-2000 school year, the
11    Foundation Level of support is  $4,325.   For  the  2000-2001
12    school year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425.
13        (3)  For  the 2001-2002 school year through the 2002-2003
14    school year and each school year thereafter,  the  Foundation
15    Level  of  support is $4,560 or such greater amount as may be
16    established by law by the General Assembly.  For each  school
17    year  thereafter,  the  Foundation  Level of support shall be
18    equal to the Foundation Level of support  for  the  preceding
19    school  year,  increased  by  (i) the percentage increase, if
20    any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers  for
21    all  items,  published  by  the  United  States Department of
22    Labor,  during  the  12-month   calendar   year   immediately
23    preceding  the  calendar  year  in which commences the school
24    year or (ii) 3%, whichever is greater.

25    (C)  Average Daily Attendance.
26        (1)  For  purposes  of  calculating  general  State   aid
27    pursuant  to  subsection  (E),  an  Average  Daily Attendance
28    figure shall  be  utilized.   The  Average  Daily  Attendance
29    figure  for formula calculation purposes shall be the monthly
30    average of the actual number of pupils in attendance of  each
31    school district, as further averaged for the best 3 months of
32    pupil  attendance for each school district.  In compiling the
33    figures for  the  number  of  pupils  in  attendance,  school
34    districts  and  the  State  Board  of  Education  shall,  for
 
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 1    purposes  of  general  State  aid funding, conform attendance
 2    figures to the requirements of subsection (F).
 3        (2)  The Average Daily  Attendance  figures  utilized  in
 4    subsection (E) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
 5    school  year  immediately preceding the school year for which
 6    general State aid is being calculated or the average  of  the
 7    attendance  data  for the 3 preceding school years, whichever
 8    is greater.  The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
 9    subsection (H) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
10    school year immediately preceding the school year  for  which
11    general State aid is being calculated.

12    (D)  Available Local Resources.
13        (1)  For   purposes  of  calculating  general  State  aid
14    pursuant to subsection (E),  a  representation  of  Available
15    Local  Resources  per  pupil,  as  that  term  is defined and
16    determined in this subsection, shall be utilized.   Available
17    Local  Resources  per pupil shall include a calculated dollar
18    amount representing local school district revenues from local
19    property  taxes  and   from   Corporate   Personal   Property
20    Replacement  Taxes,  expressed  on  the  basis  of  pupils in
21    Average Daily Attendance.
22        (2)  In determining  a  school  district's  revenue  from
23    local  property  taxes,  the  State  Board of Education shall
24    utilize the  equalized  assessed  valuation  of  all  taxable
25    property  of  each  school district as of September 30 of the
26    previous year.  The  equalized  assessed  valuation  utilized
27    shall  be  obtained  and determined as provided in subsection
28    (G).
29        (3)  For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten
30    through 12, local property tax revenues per  pupil  shall  be
31    calculated   as  the  product  of  the  applicable  equalized
32    assessed valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%,  and
33    divided  by  the  district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
34    For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten  through
 
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 1    8,  local property tax revenues per pupil shall be calculated
 2    as the product of the applicable equalized assessed valuation
 3    for the district multiplied by  2.30%,  and  divided  by  the
 4    district's  Average  Daily  Attendance  figure.   For  school
 5    districts maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax
 6    revenues per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed
 7    valuation of the district multiplied by 1.05%, and divided by
 8    the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
 9        (4)  The  Corporate  Personal  Property Replacement Taxes
10    paid to each school district during the calendar year 2 years
11    before the calendar year  in  which  a  school  year  begins,
12    divided  by  the  Average  Daily  Attendance  figure for that
13    district, shall be added to the local property  tax  revenues
14    per  pupil  as  derived by the application of the immediately
15    preceding paragraph (3).  The sum of these per pupil  figures
16    for  each  school  district  shall constitute Available Local
17    Resources as that term is utilized in subsection (E)  in  the
18    calculation of general State aid.

19    (E)  Computation of General State Aid.
20        (1)  For  each  school  year, the amount of general State
21    aid allotted to a school district shall be  computed  by  the
22    State Board of Education as provided in this subsection.
23        (2)  For  any  school  district for which Available Local
24    Resources per pupil is less than the product  of  0.93  times
25    the  Foundation  Level,  general  State aid for that district
26    shall be calculated as an  amount  equal  to  the  Foundation
27    Level  minus  Available  Local  Resources,  multiplied by the
28    Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
29        (3)  For any school district for  which  Available  Local
30    Resources  per  pupil is equal to or greater than the product
31    of 0.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the  product
32    of 1.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
33    pupil  shall  be a decimal proportion of the Foundation Level
34    derived  using  a  linear  algorithm.   Under   this   linear
 
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 1    algorithm,  the  calculated general State aid per pupil shall
 2    decline  in  direct  linear  fashion  from  0.07  times   the
 3    Foundation  Level  for a school district with Available Local
 4    Resources equal to the product of 0.93 times  the  Foundation
 5    Level,  to  0.05  times  the  Foundation  Level  for a school
 6    district with Available Local Resources equal to the  product
 7    of  1.75  times  the  Foundation  Level.   The  allocation of
 8    general State  aid  for  school  districts  subject  to  this
 9    paragraph  3  shall  be  the calculated general State aid per
10    pupil figure multiplied by the Average  Daily  Attendance  of
11    the school district.
12        (4)  For  any  school  district for which Available Local
13    Resources per pupil equals or exceeds  the  product  of  1.75
14    times  the  Foundation  Level,  the general State aid for the
15    school district shall be calculated as the  product  of  $218
16    multiplied  by  the  Average  Daily  Attendance of the school
17    district.
18        (5)  The amount of  general  State  aid  allocated  to  a
19    school  district  for  the  1999-2000 school year meeting the
20    requirements set forth in paragraph  (4)  of  subsection  (G)
21    shall  be  increased  by an amount equal to the general State
22    aid that would have been received by  the  district  for  the
23    1998-1999  school  year by utilizing the Extension Limitation
24    Equalized Assessed Valuation as calculated in  paragraph  (4)
25    of subsection (G) less the general State aid allotted for the
26    1998-1999  school  year.   This  amount shall be deemed a one
27    time increase, and shall not affect any future general  State
28    aid allocations.

29    (F)  Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
30        (1)  Each  school district shall, by July 1 of each year,
31    submit to the State Board of Education, on  forms  prescribed
32    by  the  State Board of Education, attendance figures for the
33    school year that began in the preceding calendar  year.   The
34    attendance  information  so  transmitted  shall  identify the
 
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 1    average daily attendance figures for each month of the school
 2    year.  Beginning with the general State aid  claim  form  for
 3    the  2002-2003 school year, districts shall calculate Average
 4    Daily Attendance as provided in subdivisions  (a),  (b),  and
 5    (c) of this paragraph (1).
 6             (a)  In   districts  that  do  not  hold  year-round
 7        classes, days of attendance in August shall be  added  to
 8        the month of September and any days of attendance in June
 9        shall be added to the month of May.
10             (b)  In   districts  in  which  all  buildings  hold
11        year-round classes, days of attendance in July and August
12        shall be added to the month of September and any days  of
13        attendance in June shall be added to the month of May.
14             (c)  In  districts  in which some buildings, but not
15        all, hold  year-round  classes,  for  the  non-year-round
16        buildings, days of attendance in August shall be added to
17        the month of September and any days of attendance in June
18        shall  be  added  to  the month of May. The average daily
19        attendance for the year-round buildings shall be computed
20        as provided in subdivision (b) of this paragraph (1).  To
21        calculate  the Average Daily Attendance for the district,
22        the average daily attendance for the year-round buildings
23        shall be multiplied  by  the  days  in  session  for  the
24        non-year-round  buildings for each month and added to the
25        monthly attendance of the non-year-round buildings.
26        Except as otherwise provided in  this  Section,  days  of
27    attendance  by  pupils  shall be counted only for sessions of
28    not less than 5 clock hours of  school  work  per  day  under
29    direct  supervision  of:  (i)  teachers, or (ii) non-teaching
30    personnel   or   volunteer   personnel   when   engaging   in
31    non-teaching  duties  and  supervising  in  those   instances
32    specified in subsection (a) of Section 10-22.34 and paragraph
33    10  of  Section 34-18, with pupils of legal school age and in
34    kindergarten and grades 1 through 12.
 
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 1        Days of attendance by tuition pupils shall be  accredited
 2    only  to  the  districts that pay the tuition to a recognized
 3    school.
 4        (2)  Days of attendance by pupils of less  than  5  clock
 5    hours  of school shall be subject to the following provisions
 6    in the compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
 7             (a)  Pupils regularly enrolled in  a  public  school
 8        for  only  a part of the school day may be counted on the
 9        basis of 1/6 day for every class hour of  instruction  of
10        40  minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment,
11        unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format  of
12        80  minutes  or  more  of  instruction, in which case the
13        pupil may be counted on the basis of  the  proportion  of
14        minutes  of school work completed each day to the minimum
15        number of minutes that school work is required to be held
16        that day.
17             (b)  Days of attendance may be  less  than  5  clock
18        hours  on the opening and closing of the school term, and
19        upon the first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by  a
20        day  or  days  utilized  as  an  institute  or  teachers'
21        workshop.
22             (c)  A  session  of  4  or  more  clock hours may be
23        counted as a day of attendance upon certification by  the
24        regional   superintendent,  and  approved  by  the  State
25        Superintendent  of  Education  to  the  extent  that  the
26        district has been forced to use daily multiple sessions.
27             (d)  A session of 3  or  more  clock  hours  may  be
28        counted  as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder of
29        the school day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that
30        day is utilized for an in-service  training  program  for
31        teachers,  up  to  a maximum of 5 days per school year of
32        which a maximum of 4 days of such 5 days may be used  for
33        parent-teacher  conferences, provided a district conducts
34        an in-service training program  for  teachers  which  has
 
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 1        been  approved  by the State Superintendent of Education;
 2        or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be  used,  in
 3        which  event  each  such  day  may be counted as a day of
 4        attendance; and  (2)  when  days  in  addition  to  those
 5        provided  in  item (1) are scheduled by a school pursuant
 6        to its school improvement plan adopted under  Article  34
 7        or its revised or amended school improvement plan adopted
 8        under  Article 2, provided that (i) such sessions of 3 or
 9        more clock  hours  are  scheduled  to  occur  at  regular
10        intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in which
11        such  sessions occur are utilized for in-service training
12        programs  or  other  staff  development  activities   for
13        teachers,  and  (iii)  a  sufficient number of minutes of
14        school work under the direct supervision of teachers  are
15        added to the school days between such regularly scheduled
16        sessions  to  accumulate  not  less  than  the  number of
17        minutes by which such sessions of 3 or more  clock  hours
18        fall  short  of 5 clock hours. Any full days used for the
19        purposes of this paragraph shall not  be  considered  for
20        computing  average  daily attendance.  Days scheduled for
21        in-service   training   programs,    staff    development
22        activities,   or   parent-teacher   conferences   may  be
23        scheduled  separately  for  different  grade  levels  and
24        different attendance centers of the district.
25             (e)  A session of not less than one  clock  hour  of
26        teaching  hospitalized  or homebound pupils on-site or by
27        telephone to the classroom may be counted as 1/2  day  of
28        attendance,  however  these pupils must receive 4 or more
29        clock hours of instruction to be counted for a  full  day
30        of attendance.
31             (f)  A  session  of  at  least  4 clock hours may be
32        counted as a day of attendance for  first  grade  pupils,
33        and  pupils in full day kindergartens, and a session of 2
34        or more hours may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance  by
 
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 1        pupils  in  kindergartens  which  provide only 1/2 day of
 2        attendance.
 3             (g)  For children with disabilities  who  are  below
 4        the  age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock
 5        hours  because  of  their  disability  or  immaturity,  a
 6        session of not less than one clock hour may be counted as
 7        1/2 day of attendance; however for  such  children  whose
 8        educational needs so require a session of 4 or more clock
 9        hours may be counted as a full day of attendance.
10             (h)  A  recognized  kindergarten  which provides for
11        only 1/2 day of attendance by each pupil shall  not  have
12        more  than  1/2 day of attendance counted in any one day.
13        However, kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance
14        in any 5 consecutive school days.  When a  pupil  attends
15        such  a  kindergarten  for  2 half days on any one school
16        day, the pupil shall have the  following  day  as  a  day
17        absent  from  school,  unless the school district obtains
18        permission in writing from the  State  Superintendent  of
19        Education.  Attendance at kindergartens which provide for
20        a full day of attendance by each pupil shall  be  counted
21        the  same  as  attendance by first grade pupils. Only the
22        first year of attendance in  one  kindergarten  shall  be
23        counted,  except  in  case  of  children  who entered the
24        kindergarten  in  their  fifth  year  whose   educational
25        development  requires  a  second  year of kindergarten as
26        determined under the rules and regulations of  the  State
27        Board of Education.

28    (G)  Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
29        (1)  For  purposes  of the calculation of Available Local
30    Resources required pursuant  to  subsection  (D),  the  State
31    Board  of  Education  shall  secure  from  the  Department of
32    Revenue the value as equalized or assessed by the  Department
33    of  Revenue of all taxable property of every school district,
34    together with (i) the applicable tax rate used  in  extending
 
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 1    taxes for the funds of the district as of September 30 of the
 2    previous  year  and  (ii)  the  limiting  rate for all school
 3    districts subject to property tax  extension  limitations  as
 4    imposed under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
 5        This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
 6    the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
 7    calculation of Available Local Resources.
 8        (2)  The  equalized  assessed  valuation in paragraph (1)
 9    shall be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
10             (a)  For the purposes of calculating State aid under
11        this Section, with  respect  to  any  part  of  a  school
12        district  within  a redevelopment project area in respect
13        to  which  a  municipality  has  adopted  tax   increment
14        allocation   financing  pursuant  to  the  Tax  Increment
15        Allocation Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1  through
16        11-74.4-11   of   the  Illinois  Municipal  Code  or  the
17        Industrial Jobs Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1  through
18        11-74.6-50 of the Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the
19        current  equalized  assessed  valuation  of real property
20        located in any such project area which is attributable to
21        an increase above the total  initial  equalized  assessed
22        valuation  of  such property shall be used as part of the
23        equalized assessed valuation of the district, until  such
24        time  as  all redevelopment project costs have been paid,
25        as provided in Section 11-74.4-8  of  the  Tax  Increment
26        Allocation  Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of
27        the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law.  For the purpose of the
28        equalized assessed valuation of the district,  the  total
29        initial  equalized  assessed  valuation  or  the  current
30        equalized  assessed  valuation, whichever is lower, shall
31        be used until such  time  as  all  redevelopment  project
32        costs have been paid.
33             (b)  The  real property equalized assessed valuation
34        for a school district shall be  adjusted  by  subtracting
 
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 1        from  the real property value as equalized or assessed by
 2        the Department of Revenue  for  the  district  an  amount
 3        computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
 4        under  Section  18-170  of the Property Tax Code by 3.00%
 5        for a district maintaining  grades  kindergarten  through
 6        12,   by   2.30%   for   a  district  maintaining  grades
 7        kindergarten through  8,  or  by  1.05%  for  a  district
 8        maintaining grades 9 through 12 and adjusted by an amount
 9        computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
10        under  subsection  (a)  of Section 18-165 of the Property
11        Tax Code by the same percentage rates for  district  type
12        as specified in this subparagraph (b).
13        (3)  For  the  1999-2000 school year and each school year
14    thereafter, if a school district meets all of the criteria of
15    this subsection (G)(3), the school district's Available Local
16    Resources shall be calculated under subsection (D) using  the
17    district's  Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation
18    as calculated under this subsection (G)(3).
19        For purposes of  this  subsection  (G)(3)  the  following
20    terms shall have the following meanings:
21             "Budget  Year":   The  school year for which general
22        State aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
23             "Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used  to
24        calculate  the  Budget  Year  allocation of general State
25        aid.
26             "Preceding Tax Year": The  property  tax  levy  year
27        immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
28             "Base  Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of the
29        equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County Clerk
30        in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting  rate  as
31        calculated  by  the  County  Clerk  and  defined  in  the
32        Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
33             "Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of
34        the  equalized  assessed valuation utilized by the County
 
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 1        Clerk  in  the  Preceding  Tax  Year  multiplied  by  the
 2        Operating Tax Rate as defined in subsection (A).
 3             "Extension Limitation  Ratio":  A  numerical  ratio,
 4        certified  by the County Clerk, in which the numerator is
 5        the Base Tax Year's Tax Extension and the denominator  is
 6        the Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension.
 7             "Operating  Tax  Rate":  The  operating  tax rate as
 8        defined in subsection (A).
 9        If a school district is subject to property tax extension
10    limitations as  imposed  under  the  Property  Tax  Extension
11    Limitation  Law, the State Board of Education shall calculate
12    the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of that
13    district.  For  the  1999-2000  school  year,  the  Extension
14    Limitation  Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district
15    as calculated by the State Board of Education shall be  equal
16    to  the  product  of  the  district's 1996 Equalized Assessed
17    Valuation and the district's Extension Limitation Ratio.  For
18    the 2000-2001 school year and each  school  year  thereafter,
19    the  Extension  Limitation  Equalized Assessed Valuation of a
20    school district as calculated by the State Board of Education
21    shall be equal to  the  product  of  the  Equalized  Assessed
22    Valuation  last  used in the calculation of general State aid
23    and  the  district's  Extension  Limitation  Ratio.  If   the
24    Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school
25    district  as  calculated under this subsection (G)(3) is less
26    than  the  district's   equalized   assessed   valuation   as
27    calculated  pursuant  to  subsections (G)(1) and (G)(2), then
28    for purposes of calculating the district's general State  aid
29    for   the  Budget  Year  pursuant  to  subsection  (E),  that
30    Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed  Valuation  shall  be
31    utilized   to   calculate   the  district's  Available  Local
32    Resources under subsection (D).
33        (4)  For the purposes of calculating  general  State  aid
34    for  the  1999-2000  school  year  only, if a school district
 
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 1    experienced  a  triennial  reassessment  on   the   equalized
 2    assessed  valuation  used  in  calculating  its general State
 3    financial aid apportionment for the  1998-1999  school  year,
 4    the  State  Board  of Education shall calculate the Extension
 5    Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation that would have  been
 6    used to calculate the district's 1998-1999 general State aid.
 7    This amount shall equal the product of the equalized assessed
 8    valuation  used  to  calculate  general  State  aid  for  the
 9    1997-1998 school year and the district's Extension Limitation
10    Ratio.    If  the  Extension  Limitation  Equalized  Assessed
11    Valuation of the school district  as  calculated  under  this
12    paragraph  (4) is less than the district's equalized assessed
13    valuation utilized in calculating  the  district's  1998-1999
14    general   State   aid   allocation,   then  for  purposes  of
15    calculating the district's  general  State  aid  pursuant  to
16    paragraph  (5)  of  subsection (E), that Extension Limitation
17    Equalized Assessed Valuation shall be utilized  to  calculate
18    the district's Available Local Resources.
19        (5)  For  school  districts  having  a  majority of their
20    equalized assessed  valuation  in  any  county  except  Cook,
21    DuPage,  Kane,  Lake,  McHenry,  or  Will,  if  the amount of
22    general State aid allocated to the school  district  for  the
23    1999-2000 school year under the provisions of subsection (E),
24    (H),  and  (J)  of  this  Section  is less than the amount of
25    general State aid allocated to the district for the 1998-1999
26    school year under these subsections, then the  general  State
27    aid  of the district for the 1999-2000 school year only shall
28    be increased by the difference between  these  amounts.   The
29    total payments made under this paragraph (5) shall not exceed
30    $14,000,000.    Claims  shall  be  prorated  if  they  exceed
31    $14,000,000.

32    (H)  Supplemental General State Aid.
33        (1)  In addition  to  the  general  State  aid  a  school
34    district  is  allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying
 
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 1    school districts shall receive a grant, paid  in  conjunction
 2    with   a  district's  payments  of  general  State  aid,  for
 3    supplemental general State aid based upon  the  concentration
 4    level  of  children  from  low-income  households  within the
 5    school district. Supplemental State aid grants  provided  for
 6    school  districts under this subsection shall be appropriated
 7    for distribution to school districts as part of the same line
 8    item in which the  general  State  financial  aid  of  school
 9    districts is appropriated under this Section. For purposes of
10    this  subsection,  the  term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
11    shall be the low-income eligible pupil count  from  the  most
12    recently  available  federal  census  divided  by the Average
13    Daily Attendance of the school district. If, however, (i) the
14    percentage decrease from the 2 most recent  federal  censuses
15    in  the  low-income  eligible  pupil  count  of a high school
16    district with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or  more
17    the  percentage change in the total low-income eligible pupil
18    count  of  contiguous  elementary  school  districts,   whose
19    boundaries  are coterminous with the high school district, or
20    (ii) a high school district within 2 counties and  serving  5
21    elementary school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous
22    with the high school district, has a percentage decrease from
23    the 2 most recent federal censuses in the low-income eligible
24    pupil  count  and there is a percentage increase in the total
25    low-income  eligible  pupil  count  of  a  majority  of   the
26    elementary  school districts in excess of 50% from the 2 most
27    recent federal censuses,  then  the  high  school  district's
28    low-income  eligible  pupil  count  from  the earlier federal
29    census shall be the number used as  the  low-income  eligible
30    pupil  count  for  the  high school district, for purposes of
31    this subsection (H).  The changes made to this paragraph  (1)
32    by Public Act 92-28 shall apply to supplemental general State
33    aid  grants  paid in fiscal year 1999 and in each fiscal year
34    thereafter and to any State aid payments made in fiscal  year
 
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 1    1994  through fiscal year 1998 pursuant to subsection 1(n) of
 2    Section 18-8 of this Code (which  was  repealed  on  July  1,
 3    1998),  and  any  high  school  district  that is affected by
 4    Public Act 92-28  is  entitled  to  a  recomputation  of  its
 5    supplemental general State aid grant or State aid paid in any
 6    of  those  fiscal  years.   This  recomputation  shall not be
 7    affected by any other funding.
 8        (2)  Supplemental general  State  aid  pursuant  to  this
 9    subsection   (H)   shall  be  provided  as  follows  for  the
10    1998-1999, 1999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years only:
11             (a)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
12        Concentration  Level  of  at least 20% and less than 35%,
13        the grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by
14        the low income eligible pupil count.
15             (b)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
16        Concentration  Level  of  at least 35% and less than 50%,
17        the grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall  be  $1,100
18        multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
19             (c)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
20        Concentration Level of at least 50% and  less  than  60%,
21        the  grant  for  the  1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
22        multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
23             (d)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
24        Concentration  Level  of  60%  or more, the grant for the
25        1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
26        income eligible pupil count.
27             (e)  For the 1999-2000 school year,  the  per  pupil
28        amount  specified  in  subparagraphs  (b),  (c),  and (d)
29        immediately above shall be increased to  $1,243,  $1,600,
30        and $2,000, respectively.
31             (f)  For  the  2000-2001  school year, the per pupil
32        amounts specified in  subparagraphs  (b),  (c),  and  (d)
33        immediately  above  shall  be $1,273, $1,640, and $2,050,
34        respectively.
 
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 1        (2.5)  Supplemental general State aid  pursuant  to  this
 2    subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2002-2003
 3    school year and each school year thereafter:
 4             (a)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
 5        Concentration Level of less than 10%, the grant for  each
 6        school  year  shall  be $355 multiplied by the low income
 7        eligible pupil count.
 8             (b)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
 9        Concentration  Level  of  at least 10% and less than 20%,
10        the grant for each school year shall be  $675  multiplied
11        by the low income eligible pupil count.
12             (c)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
13        Concentration Level of at least 20% and  less  than  35%,
14        the grant for each school year shall be $1,330 multiplied
15        by the low income eligible pupil count.
16             (d)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
17        Concentration Level of at least 35% and  less  than  50%,
18        the grant for each school year shall be $1,362 multiplied
19        by the low income eligible pupil count.
20             (e)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
21        Concentration Level of at least 50% and  less  than  60%,
22        the grant for each school year shall be $1,680 multiplied
23        by the low income eligible pupil count.
24             (f)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
25        Concentration Level of 60% or more, the  grant  for  each
26        school  year shall be $2,080 multiplied by the low income
27        eligible pupil count.
28        (3)  School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
29    more than  1,000  and  less  than  50,000  that  qualify  for
30    supplemental  general  State  aid pursuant to this subsection
31    shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior  to
32    October  30  of  each year for the use of the funds resulting
33    from this grant of supplemental general  State  aid  for  the
34    improvement  of  instruction  in  which  priority is given to
 
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 1    meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children.   Such
 2    plan   shall  be  submitted  in  accordance  with  rules  and
 3    regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
 4        (4)  School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
 5    50,000 or more that qualify for  supplemental  general  State
 6    aid   pursuant  to  this  subsection  shall  be  required  to
 7    distribute from funds available pursuant to this Section,  no
 8    less  than  $261,000,000  in  accordance  with  the following
 9    requirements:
10             (a)  The required amounts shall  be  distributed  to
11        the  attendance centers within the district in proportion
12        to the number  of  pupils  enrolled  at  each  attendance
13        center  who are eligible to receive free or reduced-price
14        lunches or breakfasts under the federal  Child  Nutrition
15        Act  of  1966  and  under  the  National School Lunch Act
16        during the immediately preceding school year.
17             (b)  The   distribution   of   these   portions   of
18        supplemental  and  general  State  aid  among  attendance
19        centers according to  these  requirements  shall  not  be
20        compensated  for  or  contravened  by  adjustments of the
21        total of  other  funds  appropriated  to  any  attendance
22        centers, and the Board of Education shall utilize funding
23        from  one  or several sources in order to fully implement
24        this provision annually prior to the opening of school.
25             (c)  Each attendance center shall be provided by the
26        school district a distribution  of  noncategorical  funds
27        and other categorical funds to which an attendance center
28        is entitled under law in order that the general State aid
29        and   supplemental   general   State   aid   provided  by
30        application of this subsection  supplements  rather  than
31        supplants  the noncategorical funds and other categorical
32        funds provided by the school district to  the  attendance
33        centers.
34             (d)  Any  funds made available under this subsection
 
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 1        that by reason of the provisions of this  subsection  are
 2        not  required  to be allocated and provided to attendance
 3        centers may be used and appropriated by the board of  the
 4        district for any lawful school purpose.
 5             (e)  Funds received by an attendance center pursuant
 6        to this subsection shall be used by the attendance center
 7        at  the  discretion  of  the  principal  and local school
 8        council for programs to improve educational opportunities
 9        at qualifying schools through the following programs  and
10        services:  early  childhood education, reduced class size
11        or improved adult to student classroom ratio,  enrichment
12        programs,  remedial  assistance,  attendance improvement,
13        and other  educationally  beneficial  expenditures  which
14        supplement  the  regular and basic programs as determined
15        by the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not
16        be expended for any political  or  lobbying  purposes  as
17        defined by board rule.
18             (f)  Each district subject to the provisions of this
19        subdivision  (H)(4)  shall  submit  an acceptable plan to
20        meet the educational needs of disadvantaged children,  in
21        compliance  with  the  requirements of this paragraph, to
22        the State Board of Education prior to  July  15  of  each
23        year. This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of
24        local  school  councils concerning the school expenditure
25        plans developed in accordance  with  part  4  of  Section
26        34-2.3.  The State Board shall approve or reject the plan
27        within  60  days  after  its  submission.  If the plan is
28        rejected, the  district  shall  give  written  notice  of
29        intent   to  modify  the  plan  within  15  days  of  the
30        notification of rejection and then submit a modified plan
31        within 30 days after the date of the  written  notice  of
32        intent  to  modify.  Districts  may  amend approved plans
33        pursuant to rules  promulgated  by  the  State  Board  of
34        Education.
 
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 1             Upon  notification  by  the State Board of Education
 2        that the district has not submitted a plan prior to  July
 3        15  or  a  modified plan within the time period specified
 4        herein, the State aid funds  affected  by  that  plan  or
 5        modified  plan  shall  be  withheld by the State Board of
 6        Education until a plan or modified plan is submitted.
 7             If the district fails to  distribute  State  aid  to
 8        attendance  centers  in accordance with an approved plan,
 9        the plan for the following year shall allocate funds,  in
10        addition   to   the  funds  otherwise  required  by  this
11        subsection,  to  those  attendance  centers  which   were
12        underfunded  during the previous year in amounts equal to
13        such underfunding.
14             For purposes of  determining  compliance  with  this
15        subsection  in relation to the requirements of attendance
16        center funding, each district subject to  the  provisions
17        of this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
18        December  1 of each year a report of expenditure data for
19        the prior year in addition to  any  modification  of  its
20        current  plan.  If it is determined that there has been a
21        failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
22        subsection regarding contravention  or  supplanting,  the
23        State  Superintendent  of Education shall, within 60 days
24        of receipt of the report, notify  the  district  and  any
25        affected local school council.  The district shall within
26        45  days of receipt of that notification inform the State
27        Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
28        action to be taken, whether  by amendment of the  current
29        plan,  if  feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the
30        following  year.   Failure  to  provide  the  expenditure
31        report or the  notification  of  remedial  or  corrective
32        action  in  a timely manner shall result in a withholding
33        of the affected funds.
34             The State Board of Education shall promulgate  rules
 
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 1        and  regulations  to  implement  the  provisions  of this
 2        subsection.   No  funds  shall  be  released  under  this
 3        subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted
 4        a plan that has been  approved  by  the  State  Board  of
 5        Education.

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

16    (J)  Supplementary Grants in Aid.
17        (1)  Notwithstanding  any  other   provisions   of   this
18    Section,  the  amount  of  the aggregate general State aid in
19    combination with supplemental general State  aid  under  this
20    Section  for  which each school district is eligible shall be
21    no less than the amount of the aggregate  general  State  aid
22    entitlement  that  was received by the district under Section
23    18-8 (exclusive of amounts received  under  subsections  5(p)
24    and  5(p-5)  of  that  Section)  for the 1997-98 school year,
25    pursuant to the provisions of that Section as it was then  in
26    effect.   If   a  school  district  qualifies  to  receive  a
27    supplementary payment made under  this  subsection  (J),  the
28    amount of the aggregate general State aid in combination with
29    supplemental  general State aid under this Section which that
30    district is eligible to receive for each school year shall be
31    no less than the amount of the aggregate  general  State  aid
32    entitlement  that  was received by the district under Section
33    18-8 (exclusive of amounts received  under  subsections  5(p)
34    and  5(p-5)  of  that Section) for the 1997-1998 school year,
 
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 1    pursuant to the provisions of that Section as it was then  in
 2    effect.
 3        (2)  If,  as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection
 4    (J), a school district is to receive aggregate general  State
 5    aid  in combination with supplemental general State aid under
 6    this Section for the 1998-99 school year and  any  subsequent
 7    school  year  that  in  any such school year is less than the
 8    amount of the aggregate general State  aid  entitlement  that
 9    the district received for the 1997-98 school year, the school
10    district  shall  also  receive, from a separate appropriation
11    made for purposes of this  subsection  (J),  a  supplementary
12    payment  that is equal to the amount of the difference in the
13    aggregate State aid figures as described in paragraph (1).
14        (3)  (Blank).

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

25    (L)  Payments,   Additional   Grants   in   Aid   and   Other
26    Requirements.
27        (1)  For  a school district operating under the financial
28    supervision of an Authority created under  Article  34A,  the
29    general  State  aid  otherwise payable to that district under
30    this Section, but not the  supplemental  general  State  aid,
31    shall  be  reduced  by  an amount equal to the budget for the
32    operations of the Authority as certified by the Authority  to
33    the  State  Board  of  Education, and an amount equal to such
34    reduction shall be paid to the  Authority  created  for  such
 
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 1    district for its operating expenses in the manner provided in
 2    Section 18-11.  The remainder of general State school aid for
 3    any  such  district  shall be paid in accordance with Article
 4    34A when that Article provides for a disposition  other  than
 5    that provided by this Article.
 6        (2)  (Blank).
 7        (3)  Summer school.  Summer school payments shall be made
 8    as provided in Section 18-4.3.

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

 4    (N)  (Blank).

 5    (O)  References.
 6        (1)  References in other laws to the various subdivisions
 7    of Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
 8    replacement  by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer
 9    to the corresponding provisions of this Section  18-8.05,  to
10    the extent that those references remain applicable.
11        (2)  References  in  other  laws to State Chapter 1 funds
12    shall be deemed to refer to the  supplemental  general  State
13    aid provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
14    (Source:  P.A. 91-24, eff. 7-1-99; 91-93, eff. 7-9-99; 91-96,
15    eff. 7-9-99; 91-111,  eff.  7-14-99;  91-357,  eff.  7-29-99;
16    91-533,   eff.  8-13-99;  92-7,  eff.  6-29-01;  92-16,  eff.
17    6-28-01; 92-28, eff. 7-1-01; 92-29, eff. 7-1-01; 92-269, eff.
18    8-7-01; 92-604, eff. 7-1-02; 92-636,  eff.  7-11-02;  92-651,
19    eff. 7-11-02; revised 7-26-02.)

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