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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3541

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 3541  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

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

 8    (B)  Foundation Level.
 9        (1)  The Foundation Level is a figure established by  the
10    State  representing  the minimum level of per pupil financial
11    support that should be available to  provide  for  the  basic
12    education  of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance.  As set
13    forth in this Section, each school  district  is  assumed  to
14    exert   a  sufficient  local  taxing  effort  such  that,  in
15    combination with the aggregate of general State financial aid
16    provided the  district,  an  aggregate  of  State  and  local
17    resources  are available to meet the basic education needs of
18    pupils in the district.
19        (2)  For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation  Level
20    of  support  is  $4,225.   For the 1999-2000 school year, the
21    Foundation Level of support is  $4,325.   For  the  2000-2001
22    school  year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425.  For
23    the 2001-2002 and  2002-2003  school  years,  the  Foundation
24    Level  of  support is $4,560.  For the 2003-2004 school year,
25    the Foundation Level of support is $5,080. For the  2004-2005
26    school year, the Foundation Level of support is $5,490.
27        (3)  For  the  2005-2006  2001-2002  school year and each
28    school year thereafter, the Foundation Level  of  support  is
29    $5,900 $4,560 or such greater amount as may be established by
30    law by the General Assembly.

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

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

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

 2    (F)  Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
 3        (1)  Each school district shall, by July 1 of each  year,
 4    submit  to  the State Board of Education, on forms prescribed
 5    by the State Board of Education, attendance figures  for  the
 6    school  year  that began in the preceding calendar year.  The
 7    attendance information  so  transmitted  shall  identify  the
 8    average daily attendance figures for each month of the school
 9    year.   Beginning  with  the general State aid claim form for
10    the 2002-2003 school year, districts shall calculate  Average
11    Daily  Attendance  as  provided in subdivisions (a), (b), and
12    (c) of this paragraph (1).
13             (a)  In  districts  that  do  not  hold   year-round
14        classes,  days  of attendance in August shall be added to
15        the month of September and any days of attendance in June
16        shall be added to the month of May.
17             (b)  In  districts  in  which  all  buildings   hold
18        year-round classes, days of attendance in July and August
19        shall  be added to the month of September and any days of
20        attendance in June shall be added to the month of May.
21             (c)  In districts in which some buildings,  but  not
22        all,  hold  year-round  classes,  for  the non-year-round
23        buildings, days of attendance in August shall be added to
24        the month of September and any days of attendance in June
25        shall be added to the month of  May.  The  average  daily
26        attendance for the year-round buildings shall be computed
27        as  provided in subdivision (b) of this paragraph (1). To
28        calculate the Average Daily Attendance for the  district,
29        the average daily attendance for the year-round buildings
30        shall  be  multiplied  by  the  days  in  session for the
31        non-year-round buildings for each month and added to  the
32        monthly attendance of the non-year-round buildings.
33        Except  as  otherwise  provided  in this Section, days of
34    attendance by pupils shall be counted only  for  sessions  of
 
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 1    not  less  than  5  clock  hours of school work per day under
 2    direct supervision of: (i)  teachers,  or  (ii)  non-teaching
 3    personnel   or   volunteer   personnel   when   engaging   in
 4    non-teaching   duties  and  supervising  in  those  instances
 5    specified in subsection (a) of Section 10-22.34 and paragraph
 6    10 of Section 34-18, with pupils of legal school age  and  in
 7    kindergarten and grades 1 through 12.
 8        Days  of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited
 9    only to the districts that pay the tuition  to  a  recognized
10    school.
11        (2)  Days  of  attendance  by pupils of less than 5 clock
12    hours of school shall be subject to the following  provisions
13    in the compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
14             (a)  Pupils  regularly  enrolled  in a public school
15        for only a part of the school day may be counted  on  the
16        basis  of  1/6 day for every class hour of instruction of
17        40 minutes or more attended pursuant to such  enrollment,
18        unless  a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of
19        80 minutes or more of  instruction,  in  which  case  the
20        pupil  may  be  counted on the basis of the proportion of
21        minutes of school work completed each day to the  minimum
22        number of minutes that school work is required to be held
23        that day.
24             (b)  Days  of  attendance  may  be less than 5 clock
25        hours on the opening and closing of the school term,  and
26        upon  the first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by a
27        day  or  days  utilized  as  an  institute  or  teachers'
28        workshop.
29             (c)  A session of 4  or  more  clock  hours  may  be
30        counted  as a day of attendance upon certification by the
31        regional  superintendent,  and  approved  by  the   State
32        Superintendent  of  Education  to  the  extent  that  the
33        district has been forced to use daily multiple sessions.
34             (d)  A  session  of  3  or  more  clock hours may be
 
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 1        counted as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder  of
 2        the school day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that
 3        day  is  utilized  for an in-service training program for
 4        teachers, up to a maximum of 5 days per  school  year  of
 5        which  a maximum of 4 days of such 5 days may be used for
 6        parent-teacher conferences, provided a district  conducts
 7        an  in-service  training  program  for teachers which has
 8        been approved by the State Superintendent  of  Education;
 9        or,  in  lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be used, in
10        which event each such day may be  counted  as  a  day  of
11        attendance;  and  (2)  when  days  in  addition  to those
12        provided in item (1) are scheduled by a  school  pursuant
13        to  its  school improvement plan adopted under Article 34
14        or its revised or amended school improvement plan adopted
15        under Article 2, provided that (i) such sessions of 3  or
16        more  clock  hours  are  scheduled  to  occur  at regular
17        intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in which
18        such sessions occur are utilized for in-service  training
19        programs   or  other  staff  development  activities  for
20        teachers, and (iii) a sufficient  number  of  minutes  of
21        school  work under the direct supervision of teachers are
22        added to the school days between such regularly scheduled
23        sessions to  accumulate  not  less  than  the  number  of
24        minutes  by  which such sessions of 3 or more clock hours
25        fall short of 5 clock hours. Any full days used  for  the
26        purposes  of  this  paragraph shall not be considered for
27        computing average daily attendance.  Days  scheduled  for
28        in-service    training    programs,   staff   development
29        activities,  or   parent-teacher   conferences   may   be
30        scheduled  separately  for  different  grade  levels  and
31        different attendance centers of the district.
32             (e)  A  session  of  not less than one clock hour of
33        teaching hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site  or  by
34        telephone  to  the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day of
 
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 1        attendance, however these pupils must receive 4  or  more
 2        clock  hours  of instruction to be counted for a full day
 3        of attendance.
 4             (f)  A session of at least  4  clock  hours  may  be
 5        counted  as  a  day of attendance for first grade pupils,
 6        and pupils in full day kindergartens, and a session of  2
 7        or  more hours may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by
 8        pupils in kindergartens which provide  only  1/2  day  of
 9        attendance.
10             (g)  For  children  with  disabilities who are below
11        the age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more  clock
12        hours  because  of  their  disability  or  immaturity,  a
13        session of not less than one clock hour may be counted as
14        1/2  day  of  attendance; however for such children whose
15        educational needs so require a session of 4 or more clock
16        hours may be counted as a full day of attendance.
17             (h)  A recognized kindergarten  which  provides  for
18        only  1/2  day of attendance by each pupil shall not have
19        more than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any  one  day.
20        However, kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance
21        in  any  5 consecutive school days.  When a pupil attends
22        such a kindergarten for 2 half days  on  any  one  school
23        day,  the  pupil  shall  have  the following day as a day
24        absent from school, unless the  school  district  obtains
25        permission  in  writing  from the State Superintendent of
26        Education. Attendance at kindergartens which provide  for
27        a  full  day of attendance by each pupil shall be counted
28        the same as attendance by first grade  pupils.  Only  the
29        first  year  of  attendance  in one kindergarten shall be
30        counted, except in  case  of  children  who  entered  the
31        kindergarten   in  their  fifth  year  whose  educational
32        development requires a second  year  of  kindergarten  as
33        determined  under  the rules and regulations of the State
34        Board of Education.
 
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 1    (G)  Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
 2        (1)  For purposes of the calculation of  Available  Local
 3    Resources  required  pursuant  to  subsection  (D), the State
 4    Board of  Education  shall  secure  from  the  Department  of
 5    Revenue  the value as equalized or assessed by the Department
 6    of Revenue of all taxable property of every school  district,
 7    together  with  (i) the applicable tax rate used in extending
 8    taxes for the funds of the district as of September 30 of the
 9    previous year and (ii)  the  limiting  rate  for  all  school
10    districts  subject  to  property tax extension limitations as
11    imposed under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
12        This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
13    the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
14    calculation of Available Local Resources.
15        (2)  The equalized assessed valuation  in  paragraph  (1)
16    shall be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
17             (a)  For the purposes of calculating State aid under
18        this  Section,  with  respect  to  any  part  of a school
19        district within a redevelopment project area  in  respect
20        to   which  a  municipality  has  adopted  tax  increment
21        allocation  financing  pursuant  to  the  Tax   Increment
22        Allocation  Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through
23        11-74.4-11  of  the  Illinois  Municipal  Code   or   the
24        Industrial  Jobs Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through
25        11-74.6-50 of the Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the
26        current equalized assessed  valuation  of  real  property
27        located in any such project area which is attributable to
28        an  increase  above  the total initial equalized assessed
29        valuation of such property shall be used as part  of  the
30        equalized  assessed valuation of the district, until such
31        time as all redevelopment project costs have  been  paid,
32        as  provided  in  Section  11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment
33        Allocation Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35  of
34        the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law.  For the purpose of the
 
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 1        equalized  assessed  valuation of the district, the total
 2        initial  equalized  assessed  valuation  or  the  current
 3        equalized assessed valuation, whichever is  lower,  shall
 4        be  used  until  such  time  as all redevelopment project
 5        costs have been paid.
 6             (b)  The real property equalized assessed  valuation
 7        for  a  school  district shall be adjusted by subtracting
 8        from the real property value as equalized or assessed  by
 9        the  Department  of  Revenue  for  the district an amount
10        computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
11        under Section 18-170 of the Property Tax  Code  by  3.00%
12        for  a  district  maintaining grades kindergarten through
13        12,  by  2.30%  for   a   district   maintaining   grades
14        kindergarten  through  8,  or  by  1.05%  for  a district
15        maintaining grades 9 through 12 and adjusted by an amount
16        computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
17        under subsection (a) of Section 18-165  of  the  Property
18        Tax  Code  by the same percentage rates for district type
19        as specified in this subparagraph (b).
20        (3)  For the 1999-2000 school year and each  school  year
21    thereafter, if a school district meets all of the criteria of
22    this subsection (G)(3), the school district's Available Local
23    Resources  shall be calculated under subsection (D) using the
24    district's Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed  Valuation
25    as calculated under this subsection (G)(3).
26        For  purposes  of  this  subsection  (G)(3) the following
27    terms shall have the following meanings:
28             "Budget Year":  The school year  for  which  general
29        State aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
30             "Base  Tax Year": The property tax levy year used to
31        calculate the Budget Year  allocation  of  general  State
32        aid.
33             "Preceding  Tax  Year":  The  property tax levy year
34        immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
 
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 1             "Base Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of  the
 2        equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County Clerk
 3        in  the  Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting rate as
 4        calculated  by  the  County  Clerk  and  defined  in  the
 5        Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
 6             "Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of
 7        the equalized assessed valuation utilized by  the  County
 8        Clerk  in  the  Preceding  Tax  Year  multiplied  by  the
 9        Operating Tax Rate as defined in subsection (A).
10             "Extension  Limitation  Ratio":  A  numerical ratio,
11        certified by the County Clerk, in which the numerator  is
12        the  Base Tax Year's Tax Extension and the denominator is
13        the Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension.
14             "Operating Tax Rate":  The  operating  tax  rate  as
15        defined in subsection (A).
16        If a school district is subject to property tax extension
17    limitations  as  imposed  under  the  Property  Tax Extension
18    Limitation Law, the State Board of Education shall  calculate
19    the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of that
20    district.   For  the  1999-2000  school  year,  the Extension
21    Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school  district
22    as  calculated by the State Board of Education shall be equal
23    to the product of  the  district's  1996  Equalized  Assessed
24    Valuation and the district's Extension Limitation Ratio.  For
25    the  2000-2001  school  year and each school year thereafter,
26    the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed  Valuation  of  a
27    school district as calculated by the State Board of Education
28    shall  be  equal  to  the  product  of the Equalized Assessed
29    Valuation last used in the calculation of general  State  aid
30    and   the  district's  Extension  Limitation  Ratio.  If  the
31    Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school
32    district as calculated under this subsection (G)(3)  is  less
33    than   the   district's   equalized   assessed  valuation  as
34    calculated pursuant to subsections (G)(1)  and  (G)(2),  then
 
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 1    for  purposes of calculating the district's general State aid
 2    for  the  Budget  Year  pursuant  to  subsection  (E),   that
 3    Extension  Limitation  Equalized  Assessed Valuation shall be
 4    utilized  to  calculate  the   district's   Available   Local
 5    Resources under subsection (D).
 6        (4)  For  the  purposes  of calculating general State aid
 7    for the 1999-2000 school year  only,  if  a  school  district
 8    experienced   a   triennial  reassessment  on  the  equalized
 9    assessed valuation used  in  calculating  its  general  State
10    financial  aid  apportionment  for the 1998-1999 school year,
11    the State Board of Education shall  calculate  the  Extension
12    Limitation  Equalized Assessed Valuation that would have been
13    used to calculate the district's 1998-1999 general State aid.
14    This amount shall equal the product of the equalized assessed
15    valuation  used  to  calculate  general  State  aid  for  the
16    1997-1998 school year and the district's Extension Limitation
17    Ratio.   If  the  Extension  Limitation  Equalized   Assessed
18    Valuation  of  the  school  district as calculated under this
19    paragraph (4) is less than the district's equalized  assessed
20    valuation  utilized  in  calculating the district's 1998-1999
21    general  State  aid  allocation,   then   for   purposes   of
22    calculating  the  district's  general  State  aid pursuant to
23    paragraph (5) of subsection (E),  that  Extension  Limitation
24    Equalized  Assessed  Valuation shall be utilized to calculate
25    the district's Available Local Resources.
26        (5)  For school districts  having  a  majority  of  their
27    equalized  assessed  valuation  in  any  county  except Cook,
28    DuPage, Kane, Lake,  McHenry,  or  Will,  if  the  amount  of
29    general  State  aid  allocated to the school district for the
30    1999-2000 school year under the provisions of subsection (E),
31    (H), and (J) of this Section  is  less  than  the  amount  of
32    general State aid allocated to the district for the 1998-1999
33    school  year  under these subsections, then the general State
34    aid of the district for the 1999-2000 school year only  shall
 
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 1    be  increased  by  the difference between these amounts.  The
 2    total payments made under this paragraph (5) shall not exceed
 3    $14,000,000.   Claims  shall  be  prorated  if  they   exceed
 4    $14,000,000.

 5    (H)  Supplemental General State Aid.
 6        (1)  In  addition  to  the  general  State  aid  a school
 7    district is allotted pursuant to subsection  (E),  qualifying
 8    school  districts  shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction
 9    with  a  district's  payments  of  general  State  aid,   for
10    supplemental  general  State aid based upon the concentration
11    level of  children  from  low-income  households  within  the
12    school  district.  Supplemental State aid grants provided for
13    school districts under this subsection shall be  appropriated
14    for distribution to school districts as part of the same line
15    item  in  which  the  general  State  financial aid of school
16    districts is appropriated under this Section.
17        (1.5)  This paragraph (1.5) applies only to those  school
18    years  preceding  the  2003-2004 school year. For purposes of
19    this  subsection  (H),  the  term  "Low-Income  Concentration
20    Level" shall be the low-income eligible pupil count from  the
21    most recently available federal census divided by the Average
22    Daily Attendance of the school district. If, however, (i) the
23    percentage  decrease  from the 2 most recent federal censuses
24    in the low-income eligible  pupil  count  of  a  high  school
25    district  with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or more
26    the percentage change in the total low-income eligible  pupil
27    count   of  contiguous  elementary  school  districts,  whose
28    boundaries are coterminous with the high school district,  or
29    (ii)  a  high school district within 2 counties and serving 5
30    elementary school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous
31    with the high school district, has a percentage decrease from
32    the 2 most recent federal censuses in the low-income eligible
33    pupil count and there is a percentage increase in  the  total
34    low-income   eligible  pupil  count  of  a  majority  of  the
 
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 1    elementary school districts in excess of 50% from the 2  most
 2    recent  federal  censuses,  then  the  high school district's
 3    low-income eligible pupil  count  from  the  earlier  federal
 4    census  shall  be  the number used as the low-income eligible
 5    pupil count for the high school  district,  for  purposes  of
 6    this  subsection (H).  The changes made to this paragraph (1)
 7    by Public Act 92-28 shall apply to supplemental general State
 8    aid grants for school years preceding  the  2003-2004  school
 9    year  that are paid in fiscal year 1999 or and in each fiscal
10    year thereafter  and to any State aid payments made in fiscal
11    year 1994 through fiscal year  1998  pursuant  to  subsection
12    1(n) of Section 18-8 of this Code (which was repealed on July
13    1,  1998),  and  any high school district that is affected by
14    Public Act 92-28  is  entitled  to  a  recomputation  of  its
15    supplemental general State aid grant or State aid paid in any
16    of  those  fiscal  years.   This  recomputation  shall not be
17    affected by any other funding.
18        (1.10)  This paragraph (1.10) applies  to  the  2003-2004
19    school  year and each school year thereafter. For purposes of
20    this subsection  (4),  the  term  "Low  Income  Concentration
21    Level"  shall  be  the  low  income  eligible pupil count (as
22    determined by the Department of Human Services based  on  the
23    number  of  pupils  who  are eligible for at least one of the
24    following low income programs: Medicaid, KidCare,  TANF,  and
25    Food  Stamps)  divided by the Average Daily Attendance of the
26    school district.
27        (2)  Supplemental general  State  aid  pursuant  to  this
28    subsection   (H)   shall  be  provided  as  follows  for  the
29    1998-1999, 1999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years only:
30             (a)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
31        Concentration  Level  of  at least 20% and less than 35%,
32        the grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by
33        the low income eligible pupil count.
34             (b)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
 
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 1        Concentration  Level  of  at least 35% and less than 50%,
 2        the grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall  be  $1,100
 3        multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
 4             (c)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
 5        Concentration Level of at least 50% and  less  than  60%,
 6        the  grant  for  the  1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
 7        multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
 8             (d)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
 9        Concentration  Level  of  60%  or more, the grant for the
10        1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
11        income eligible pupil count.
12             (e)  For the 1999-2000 school year,  the  per  pupil
13        amount  specified  in  subparagraphs  (b),  (c),  and (d)
14        immediately above shall be increased to  $1,243,  $1,600,
15        and $2,000, respectively.
16             (f)  For  the  2000-2001  school year, the per pupil
17        amounts specified in  subparagraphs  (b),  (c),  and  (d)
18        immediately  above  shall  be $1,273, $1,640, and $2,050,
19        respectively.
20        (2.5)  Supplemental general State aid  pursuant  to  this
21    subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2002-2003
22    school year and each school year thereafter:
23             (a)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
24        Concentration Level of less than 10%, the grant for  each
25        school  year  shall  be $355 multiplied by the low income
26        eligible pupil count.
27             (b)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
28        Concentration  Level  of  at least 10% and less than 20%,
29        the grant for each school year shall be  $675  multiplied
30        by the low income eligible pupil count.
31             (c)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
32        Concentration Level of at least 20% and  less  than  35%,
33        the grant for each school year shall be $1,330 multiplied
34        by the low income eligible pupil count.
 
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 1             (d)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
 2        Concentration Level of at least 35% and  less  than  50%,
 3        the grant for each school year shall be $1,362 multiplied
 4        by the low income eligible pupil count.
 5             (e)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
 6        Concentration Level of at least 50% and  less  than  60%,
 7        the grant for each school year shall be $1,680 multiplied
 8        by the low income eligible pupil count.
 9             (f)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
10        Concentration Level of 60% or more, the  grant  for  each
11        school  year shall be $2,080 multiplied by the low income
12        eligible pupil count.
13        (2.10)  Supplemental general State aid pursuant  to  this
14    subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2003-2004
15    school year and each school year thereafter:
16             (a)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
17        Concentration Level of 10% or less, the  grant  for  each
18        school  year  shall  be $355 multiplied by the low income
19        eligible pupil count.
20             (b)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
21        Concentration  Level  greater than 10% and less than 15%,
22        the grant for each school year shall be  $675  multiplied
23        by the low income eligible pupil count.
24             (c)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
25        Concentration Level of at least 15% and  less  than  65%,
26        the  grant for each school year shall be $532.50 plus the
27        product of $950 and the Low Income  Concentration  Level,
28        all multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
29             (d)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
30        Concentration Level of 65% or more, the  grant  for  each
31        school  year  shall  be the product of $5,286 and the Low
32        Income  Concentration   Level,   minus   $2,285.71,   all
33        multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
34        (3)  School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
 
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 1    more  than  1,000  and  less  than  50,000  that  qualify for
 2    supplemental general State aid pursuant  to  this  subsection
 3    shall  submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
 4    October 30 of each year for the use of  the  funds  resulting
 5    from  this  grant  of  supplemental general State aid for the
 6    improvement of instruction in  which  priority  is  given  to
 7    meeting  the education needs of disadvantaged children.  Such
 8    plan  shall  be  submitted  in  accordance  with  rules   and
 9    regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
10        (4)  School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
11    50,000  or  more  that qualify for supplemental general State
12    aid  pursuant  to  this  subsection  shall  be  required   to
13    distribute  from funds available pursuant to this Section, no
14    less than  $261,000,000  in  accordance  with  the  following
15    requirements:
16             (a)  The  required  amounts  shall be distributed to
17        the attendance centers within the district in  proportion
18        to  the  number  of  pupils  enrolled  at each attendance
19        center who are eligible to receive free or  reduced-price
20        lunches  or  breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition
21        Act of 1966 and  under  the  National  School  Lunch  Act
22        during the immediately preceding school year.
23             (b)  The   distribution   of   these   portions   of
24        supplemental  and  general  State  aid  among  attendance
25        centers  according  to  these  requirements  shall not be
26        compensated for or  contravened  by  adjustments  of  the
27        total  of  other  funds  appropriated  to  any attendance
28        centers, and the Board of Education shall utilize funding
29        from one or several sources in order to  fully  implement
30        this provision annually prior to the opening of school.
31             (c)  Each attendance center shall be provided by the
32        school  district  a  distribution of noncategorical funds
33        and other categorical funds to which an attendance center
34        is entitled under law in order that the general State aid
 
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 1        and  supplemental   general   State   aid   provided   by
 2        application  of  this  subsection supplements rather than
 3        supplants the noncategorical funds and other  categorical
 4        funds  provided  by the school district to the attendance
 5        centers.
 6             (d)  Any funds made available under this  subsection
 7        that  by  reason of the provisions of this subsection are
 8        not required to be allocated and provided  to  attendance
 9        centers  may be used and appropriated by the board of the
10        district for any lawful school purpose.
11             (e)  Funds received by an attendance center pursuant
12        to this subsection shall be used by the attendance center
13        at the discretion  of  the  principal  and  local  school
14        council for programs to improve educational opportunities
15        at  qualifying schools through the following programs and
16        services: early childhood education, reduced  class  size
17        or  improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
18        programs, remedial  assistance,  attendance  improvement,
19        and  other  educationally  beneficial  expenditures which
20        supplement the regular and basic programs  as  determined
21        by the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not
22        be  expended  for  any  political or lobbying purposes as
23        defined by board rule.
24             (f)  Each district subject to the provisions of this
25        subdivision (H)(4) shall submit  an  acceptable  plan  to
26        meet  the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
27        compliance with the requirements of  this  paragraph,  to
28        the  State  Board  of  Education prior to July 15 of each
29        year. This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of
30        local school councils concerning the  school  expenditure
31        plans  developed  in  accordance  with  part 4 of Section
32        34-2.3.  The State Board shall approve or reject the plan
33        within 60 days after its  submission.   If  the  plan  is
34        rejected,  the  district  shall  give  written  notice of
 
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 1        intent  to  modify  the  plan  within  15  days  of   the
 2        notification of rejection and then submit a modified plan
 3        within  30  days  after the date of the written notice of
 4        intent to modify.  Districts  may  amend  approved  plans
 5        pursuant  to  rules  promulgated  by  the  State Board of
 6        Education.
 7             Upon notification by the State  Board  of  Education
 8        that  the district has not submitted a plan prior to July
 9        15 or a modified plan within the  time  period  specified
10        herein,  the  State  aid  funds  affected by that plan or
11        modified plan shall be withheld by  the  State  Board  of
12        Education until a plan or modified plan is submitted.
13             If  the  district  fails  to distribute State aid to
14        attendance centers in accordance with an  approved  plan,
15        the  plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
16        addition  to  the  funds  otherwise  required   by   this
17        subsection,   to  those  attendance  centers  which  were
18        underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal  to
19        such underfunding.
20             For  purposes  of  determining  compliance with this
21        subsection in relation to the requirements of  attendance
22        center  funding,  each district subject to the provisions
23        of this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
24        December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data  for
25        the  prior  year  in  addition to any modification of its
26        current plan.  If it is determined that there has been  a
27        failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
28        subsection  regarding  contravention  or supplanting, the
29        State Superintendent of Education shall, within  60  days
30        of  receipt  of  the  report, notify the district and any
31        affected local school council.  The district shall within
32        45 days of receipt of that notification inform the  State
33        Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
34        action  to be taken, whether  by amendment of the current
 
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 1        plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan  for  the
 2        following  year.   Failure  to  provide  the  expenditure
 3        report  or  the  notification  of  remedial or corrective
 4        action in a timely manner shall result in  a  withholding
 5        of the affected funds.
 6             The  State Board of Education shall promulgate rules
 7        and regulations  to  implement  the  provisions  of  this
 8        subsection.   No  funds  shall  be  released  under  this
 9        subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted
10        a  plan  that  has  been  approved  by the State Board of
11        Education.

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

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

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

31    (L)  Payments,   Additional   Grants   in   Aid   and   Other
32    Requirements.
33        (1)  For a school district operating under the  financial
34    supervision  of  an  Authority created under Article 34A, the
 
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 1    general State aid otherwise payable to  that  district  under
 2    this  Section,  but  not  the supplemental general State aid,
 3    shall be reduced by an amount equal to  the  budget  for  the
 4    operations  of the Authority as certified by the Authority to
 5    the State Board of Education, and an  amount  equal  to  such
 6    reduction  shall  be  paid  to the Authority created for such
 7    district for its operating expenses in the manner provided in
 8    Section 18-11.  The remainder of general State school aid for
 9    any such district shall be paid in  accordance  with  Article
10    34A  when  that Article provides for a disposition other than
11    that provided by this Article.
12        (2)  (Blank).
13        (3)  Summer school.  Summer school payments shall be made
14    as provided in Section 18-4.3.

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

10    (N)  (Blank).

11    (O)  References.
12        (1)  References in other laws to the various subdivisions
13    of Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
14    replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to  refer
15    to  the  corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to
16    the extent that those references remain applicable.
17        (2)  References in other laws to State  Chapter  1  funds
18    shall  be  deemed  to refer to the supplemental general State
19    aid provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
20    (Source: P.A. 91-24, eff. 7-1-99; 91-93, eff. 7-9-99;  91-96,
21    eff.  7-9-99;  91-111,  eff.  7-14-99;  91-357, eff. 7-29-99;
22    91-533,  eff.  8-13-99;  92-7,  eff.  6-29-01;  92-16,   eff.
23    6-28-01; 92-28, eff. 7-1-01; 92-29, eff. 7-1-01; 92-269, eff.
24    8-7-01;  92-604,  eff.  7-1-02; 92-636, eff. 7-11-02; 92-651,
25    eff. 7-11-02; revised 7-26-02.)

26        Section 10.  The State Aid Continuing  Appropriation  Law
27    is  amended  by changing Sections 15-10, 15-15, and 15-25 and
28    adding Section 15-21 as follows:

29        (105 ILCS 235/15-10)
30        (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2003)
31        Sec. 15-10.  Annual budget; recommendation.  The Governor
 
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 1    shall include a Common  School  Fund  recommendation  to  the
 2    State Board of Education in the fiscal year 1999 through 2003
 3    annual   Budget  Budgets  sufficient  to fund (i) the General
 4    State Aid Formula set forth in subsection (E) (Computation of
 5    General State Aid) and subsection (H)  (Supplemental  General
 6    State Aid) of Section 18-8.05 of the School Code and (ii) the
 7    supplementary  payments  for  school  districts  set forth in
 8    subsection (J)  (Supplementary  Grants  in  Aid)  of  Section
 9    18-8.05 of the School Code.
10    (Source: P.A. 92-7, eff. 6-29-01; 92-597, eff. 6-28-02.)

11        (105 ILCS 235/15-15)
12        (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2003)
13        Sec.  15-15.   State  Aid  Formula; Funding.  The General
14    Assembly    shall   annually   make   Common   School    Fund
15    appropriations  to  the  State  Board  of Education in fiscal
16    years 1999 through 2003 sufficient to fund  (i)  the  General
17    State Aid Formula set forth in subsection (E) (Computation of
18    General  State  Aid) and subsection (H) (Supplemental General
19    State Aid) of Section 18-8.05 of the School Code and (ii) the
20    supplementary payments for  school  districts  set  forth  in
21    subsection  (J)  (Supplementary  Grants  in  Aid)  of Section
22    18-8.05 of the School Code.
23    (Source: P.A. 92-7, eff. 6-29-01; 92-597, eff. 6-28-02.)

24        (105 ILCS 235/15-21 new)
25        Sec. 15-21.  Continuing  appropriation.  If  the  General
26    Assembly  fails  to make Common School Fund appropriations to
27    the State Board of Education in fiscal year 2004  or  in  any
28    fiscal  year  thereafter sufficient to fund the General State
29    Aid Formula set  forth  in  subsection  (E)  (Computation  of
30    General  State  Aid) and subsection (H) (Supplemental General
31    State Aid) of Section 18-8.05 of the School  Code,  this  Law
32    shall  constitute an irrevocable and continuing appropriation
 
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 1    from the Common School Fund  of  all  amounts  necessary  for
 2    those purposes.

 3        (105 ILCS 235/15-25)
 4        (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2003)
 5        Sec.  15-25.   Repeal.  This Article is repealed June 30,
 6    2003. Section 15-20 of this  Article  is  repealed  June  30,
 7    2002.
 8    (Source: P.A. 92-7, eff. 6-29-01; 92-597, eff. 6-28-02.)

 9        Section  99.   Effective  date.  This Act takes effect on
10    July 1, 2003.".