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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 $4,810. For the  2004-2005
26    school  year,  the Foundation Level of support is $5,200. For
27    the 2005-2006 school year, the Foundation Level of support is
28    $5,600.
29        (3)  For the 2006-2007 2001-2002  school  year  and  each
30    school  year  thereafter,  the Foundation Level of support is
31    $5,950 $4,560 or such greater amount as may be established by
32    law by the General Assembly.

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

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

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

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

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

 7    (H)  Supplemental General State Aid.
 8        (1)  In addition  to  the  general  State  aid  a  school
 9    district  is  allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying
10    school districts shall receive a grant, paid  in  conjunction
11    with   a  district's  payments  of  general  State  aid,  for
12    supplemental general State aid based upon  the  concentration
13    level  of  children  from  low-income  households  within the
14    school district. Supplemental State aid grants  provided  for
15    school  districts under this subsection shall be appropriated
16    for distribution to school districts as part of the same line
17    item in which the  general  State  financial  aid  of  school
18    districts is appropriated under this Section.
19        (1.5)  This  paragraph (1.5) applies only to those school
20    years preceding the 2003-2004 school year.  For  purposes  of
21    this  subsection  (H),  the  term  "Low-Income  Concentration
22    Level"  shall be the low-income eligible pupil count from the
23    most recently available federal census divided by the Average
24    Daily Attendance of the school district. If, however, (i) the
25    percentage decrease from the 2 most recent  federal  censuses
26    in  the  low-income  eligible  pupil  count  of a high school
27    district with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or  more
28    the  percentage change in the total low-income eligible pupil
29    count  of  contiguous  elementary  school  districts,   whose
30    boundaries  are coterminous with the high school district, or
31    (ii) a high school district within 2 counties and  serving  5
32    elementary school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous
33    with the high school district, has a percentage decrease from
34    the 2 most recent federal censuses in the low-income eligible
 
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 1    pupil  count  and there is a percentage increase in the total
 2    low-income  eligible  pupil  count  of  a  majority  of   the
 3    elementary  school districts in excess of 50% from the 2 most
 4    recent federal censuses,  then  the  high  school  district's
 5    low-income  eligible  pupil  count  from  the earlier federal
 6    census shall be the number used as  the  low-income  eligible
 7    pupil  count  for  the  high school district, for purposes of
 8    this subsection (H).  The changes made to this paragraph  (1)
 9    by Public Act 92-28 shall apply to supplemental general State
10    aid  grants  for  school years preceding the 2003-2004 school
11    year that are paid in fiscal year 1999 or and in each  fiscal
12    year thereafter  and to any State aid payments made in fiscal
13    year  1994  through  fiscal  year 1998 pursuant to subsection
14    1(n) of Section 18-8 of this Code (which was repealed on July
15    1, 1998), and any high school district that  is  affected  by
16    Public  Act  92-28  is  entitled  to  a  recomputation of its
17    supplemental general State aid grant or State aid paid in any
18    of those fiscal  years.   This  recomputation  shall  not  be
19    affected by any other funding.
20        (1.10)  This  paragraph  (1.10)  applies to the 2003-2004
21    school year.  For purposes of this subsection (H),  the  term
22    "Low  Income Concentration Level" shall be (i) the low income
23    eligible pupil count from the most recently available federal
24    census or (ii) the average low income  eligible  pupil  count
25    over the prior 2 school years as determined by the Department
26    of  Human Services based on those pupils who are eligible for
27    food stamps or Medicaid or both,  whichever  pupil  count  is
28    greater,  divided  by  the  Average  Daily  Attendance of the
29    school district.
30        (1.15)  This paragraph (1.15) applies  to  the  2004-2005
31    school  year and each school year thereafter. For purposes of
32    this subsection  (H),  the  term  "Low  Income  Concentration
33    Level"  shall be (i) the low income eligible pupil count from
34    the most  recently  available  federal  census  or  (ii)  the
 
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 1    average  low  income  eligible  pupil  count over the prior 3
 2    school  years  as  determined  by  the  Department  of  Human
 3    Services based on those pupils  who  are  eligible  for  food
 4    stamps or Medicaid or both, whichever pupil count is greater,
 5    divided  by  the  Average  Daily  Attendance  of  the  school
 6    district.
 7        (2)  Supplemental  general  State  aid  pursuant  to this
 8    subsection  (H)  shall  be  provided  as  follows   for   the
 9    1998-1999, 1999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years only:
10             (a)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
11        Concentration Level of at least 20% and  less  than  35%,
12        the grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by
13        the low income eligible pupil count.
14             (b)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
15        Concentration Level of at least 35% and  less  than  50%,
16        the  grant  for the 1998-1999 school year shall be $1,100
17        multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
18             (c)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
19        Concentration  Level  of  at least 50% and less than 60%,
20        the grant for the 1998-99 school  year  shall  be  $1,500
21        multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
22             (d)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
23        Concentration Level of 60% or more,  the  grant  for  the
24        1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
25        income eligible pupil count.
26             (e)  For  the  1999-2000  school year, the per pupil
27        amount specified  in  subparagraphs  (b),  (c),  and  (d)
28        immediately  above  shall be increased to $1,243, $1,600,
29        and $2,000, respectively.
30             (f)  For the 2000-2001 school year,  the  per  pupil
31        amounts  specified  in  subparagraphs  (b),  (c), and (d)
32        immediately above shall be $1,273,  $1,640,  and  $2,050,
33        respectively.
34        (2.5)  Supplemental  general  State  aid pursuant to this
 
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 1    subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2002-2003
 2    school year and each school year thereafter:
 3             (a)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
 4        Concentration  Level of less than 10%, the grant for each
 5        school year shall be $355 multiplied by  the  low  income
 6        eligible pupil count.
 7             (b)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
 8        Concentration Level of at least 10% and  less  than  20%,
 9        the  grant  for each school year shall be $675 multiplied
10        by the low income eligible pupil count.
11             (c)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
12        Concentration  Level  of  at least 20% and less than 35%,
13        the grant for each school year shall be $1,330 multiplied
14        by the low income eligible pupil count.
15             (d)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
16        Concentration  Level  of  at least 35% and less than 50%,
17        the grant for each school year shall be $1,362 multiplied
18        by the low income eligible pupil count.
19             (e)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
20        Concentration  Level  of  at least 50% and less than 60%,
21        the grant for each school year shall be $1,680 multiplied
22        by the low income eligible pupil count.
23             (f)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
24        Concentration  Level  of  60% or more, the grant for each
25        school year shall be $2,080 multiplied by the low  income
26        eligible pupil count.
27        (2.10)  Supplemental  general  State aid pursuant to this
28    subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2003-2004
29    school year and each school year thereafter:
30             (a)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
31        Concentration  Level  of  15% or less, the grant for each
32        school year shall be $355 multiplied by  the  low  income
33        eligible pupil count.
34             (b)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
 
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 1        Concentration Level greater than 15%, the grant for  each
 2        school  year  shall  be  $294.25  added to the product of
 3        $2,700  multiplied  by  the  square  of  the  Low  Income
 4        Concentration Level, all multiplied  by  the  low  income
 5        eligible pupil count.
 6        (3)  School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
 7    more  than  1,000  and  less  than  50,000  that  qualify for
 8    supplemental general State aid pursuant  to  this  subsection
 9    shall  submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
10    October 30 of each year for the use of  the  funds  resulting
11    from  this  grant  of  supplemental general State aid for the
12    improvement of instruction in  which  priority  is  given  to
13    meeting  the education needs of disadvantaged children.  Such
14    plan  shall  be  submitted  in  accordance  with  rules   and
15    regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
16        (4)  School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
17    50,000  or  more  that qualify for supplemental general State
18    aid  pursuant  to  this  subsection  shall  be  required   to
19    distribute  from funds available pursuant to this Section, no
20    less than  $261,000,000  in  accordance  with  the  following
21    requirements:
22             (a)  The  required  amounts  shall be distributed to
23        the attendance centers within the district in  proportion
24        to  the  number  of  pupils  enrolled  at each attendance
25        center who are eligible to receive free or  reduced-price
26        lunches  or  breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition
27        Act of 1966 and  under  the  National  School  Lunch  Act
28        during the immediately preceding school year.
29             (b)  The   distribution   of   these   portions   of
30        supplemental  and  general  State  aid  among  attendance
31        centers  according  to  these  requirements  shall not be
32        compensated for or  contravened  by  adjustments  of  the
33        total  of  other  funds  appropriated  to  any attendance
34        centers, and the Board of Education shall utilize funding
 
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 1        from one or several sources in order to  fully  implement
 2        this provision annually prior to the opening of school.
 3             (c)  Each attendance center shall be provided by the
 4        school  district  a  distribution of noncategorical funds
 5        and other categorical funds to which an attendance center
 6        is entitled under law in order that the general State aid
 7        and  supplemental   general   State   aid   provided   by
 8        application  of  this  subsection supplements rather than
 9        supplants the noncategorical funds and other  categorical
10        funds  provided  by the school district to the attendance
11        centers.
12             (d)  Any funds made available under this  subsection
13        that  by  reason of the provisions of this subsection are
14        not required to be allocated and provided  to  attendance
15        centers  may be used and appropriated by the board of the
16        district for any lawful school purpose.
17             (e)  Funds received by an attendance center pursuant
18        to this subsection shall be used by the attendance center
19        at the discretion  of  the  principal  and  local  school
20        council for programs to improve educational opportunities
21        at  qualifying schools through the following programs and
22        services: early childhood education, reduced  class  size
23        or  improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
24        programs, remedial  assistance,  attendance  improvement,
25        and  other  educationally  beneficial  expenditures which
26        supplement the regular and basic programs  as  determined
27        by the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not
28        be  expended  for  any  political or lobbying purposes as
29        defined by board rule.
30             (f)  Each district subject to the provisions of this
31        subdivision (H)(4) shall submit  an  acceptable  plan  to
32        meet  the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
33        compliance with the requirements of  this  paragraph,  to
34        the  State  Board  of  Education prior to July 15 of each
 
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 1        year. This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of
 2        local school councils concerning the  school  expenditure
 3        plans  developed  in  accordance  with  part 4 of Section
 4        34-2.3.  The State Board shall approve or reject the plan
 5        within 60 days after its  submission.   If  the  plan  is
 6        rejected,  the  district  shall  give  written  notice of
 7        intent  to  modify  the  plan  within  15  days  of   the
 8        notification of rejection and then submit a modified plan
 9        within  30  days  after the date of the written notice of
10        intent to modify.  Districts  may  amend  approved  plans
11        pursuant  to  rules  promulgated  by  the  State Board of
12        Education.
13             Upon notification by the State  Board  of  Education
14        that  the district has not submitted a plan prior to July
15        15 or a modified plan within the  time  period  specified
16        herein,  the  State  aid  funds  affected by that plan or
17        modified plan shall be withheld by  the  State  Board  of
18        Education until a plan or modified plan is submitted.
19             If  the  district  fails  to distribute State aid to
20        attendance centers in accordance with an  approved  plan,
21        the  plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
22        addition  to  the  funds  otherwise  required   by   this
23        subsection,   to  those  attendance  centers  which  were
24        underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal  to
25        such underfunding.
26             For  purposes  of  determining  compliance with this
27        subsection in relation to the requirements of  attendance
28        center  funding,  each district subject to the provisions
29        of this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
30        December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data  for
31        the  prior  year  in  addition to any modification of its
32        current plan.  If it is determined that there has been  a
33        failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
34        subsection  regarding  contravention  or supplanting, the
 
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 1        State Superintendent of Education shall, within  60  days
 2        of  receipt  of  the  report, notify the district and any
 3        affected local school council.  The district shall within
 4        45 days of receipt of that notification inform the  State
 5        Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
 6        action  to be taken, whether  by amendment of the current
 7        plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan  for  the
 8        following  year.   Failure  to  provide  the  expenditure
 9        report  or  the  notification  of  remedial or corrective
10        action in a timely manner shall result in  a  withholding
11        of the affected funds.
12             The  State Board of Education shall promulgate rules
13        and regulations  to  implement  the  provisions  of  this
14        subsection.   No  funds  shall  be  released  under  this
15        subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted
16        a  plan  that  has  been  approved  by the State Board of
17        Education.
18        (5)  Any  additional  funding  for  supplemental  general
19    State  aid  pursuant  to  this   subsection   (H)   that   is
20    necessitated  by  the  changes made by this amendatory Act of
21    the 93rd General Assembly shall be phased in equally over the
22    2003-2004 through 2005-2006 school  years,  after  which  the
23    changes  made  by  this  amendatory  Act  of the 93rd General
24    Assembly shall be funded in full.

25    (I)  General State Aid for Newly Configured School Districts.
26        (1)  For  a  new  school  district  formed  by  combining
27    property  included  totally  within  2  or  more   previously
28    existing  school  districts,  for its first year of existence
29    the general State aid  and  supplemental  general  State  aid
30    calculated  under  this Section shall be computed for the new
31    district and for the previously existing districts for  which
32    property is totally included within the new district.  If the
33    computation on the basis of the previously existing districts
34    is  greater,  a supplementary payment equal to the difference
 
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 1    shall be made for the first 4 years of existence of  the  new
 2    district.
 3        (2)  For  a  school  district  which  annexes  all of the
 4    territory of one or more entire other school  districts,  for
 5    the   first  year  during  which  the  change  of  boundaries
 6    attributable to such annexation  becomes  effective  for  all
 7    purposes as determined under Section 7-9 or 7A-8, the general
 8    State aid and supplemental general State aid calculated under
 9    this  Section  shall be computed for the annexing district as
10    constituted after the annexation and  for  the  annexing  and
11    each annexed district as constituted prior to the annexation;
12    and  if  the  computation  on  the  basis of the annexing and
13    annexed districts as constituted prior to the  annexation  is
14    greater,  a  supplementary  payment  equal  to the difference
15    shall be made for the first  4  years  of  existence  of  the
16    annexing school district as constituted upon such annexation.
17        (3)  For  2  or  more school districts which annex all of
18    the territory of one or more entire other  school  districts,
19    and  for 2 or more community unit districts which result upon
20    the division (pursuant to petition under  Section  11A-2)  of
21    one  or more other unit school districts into 2 or more parts
22    and which together include all of the parts into  which  such
23    other  unit  school district or districts are so divided, for
24    the  first  year  during  which  the  change  of   boundaries
25    attributable to such annexation or division becomes effective
26    for  all  purposes as determined under Section 7-9 or 11A-10,
27    as the case may be, the general State  aid  and  supplemental
28    general  State  aid  calculated  under  this Section shall be
29    computed  for  each  annexing  or   resulting   district   as
30    constituted  after  the  annexation  or division and for each
31    annexing and annexed district,  or  for  each  resulting  and
32    divided  district,  as constituted prior to the annexation or
33    division; and if the aggregate of the general State  aid  and
34    supplemental  general  State  aid  as  so  computed  for  the
 
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 1    annexing  or  resulting  districts  as  constituted after the
 2    annexation or division is less  than  the  aggregate  of  the
 3    general  State  aid  and supplemental general State aid as so
 4    computed for the annexing and annexed districts, or  for  the
 5    resulting  and divided districts, as constituted prior to the
 6    annexation or division, then a supplementary payment equal to
 7    the difference shall be made and allocated between  or  among
 8    the annexing or resulting districts, as constituted upon such
 9    annexation  or  division,  for  the  first  4  years of their
10    existence.  The total difference payment shall  be  allocated
11    between  or  among the annexing or resulting districts in the
12    same ratio as the pupil enrollment from that portion  of  the
13    annexed  or divided district or districts which is annexed to
14    or included in each such annexing or resulting district bears
15    to the total pupil enrollment  from  the  entire  annexed  or
16    divided  district  or  districts, as such pupil enrollment is
17    determined for the school year last ending prior to the  date
18    when  the change of boundaries attributable to the annexation
19    or division becomes effective for all purposes.   The  amount
20    of  the total difference payment and the amount thereof to be
21    allocated to the annexing or  resulting  districts  shall  be
22    computed  by  the  State  Board  of Education on the basis of
23    pupil enrollment and other data which shall be  certified  to
24    the State Board of Education, on forms which it shall provide
25    for  that  purpose, by the regional superintendent of schools
26    for each educational service region in which the annexing and
27    annexed districts, or resulting  and  divided  districts  are
28    located.
29        (3.5)  Claims   for   financial   assistance  under  this
30    subsection (I) shall not be recomputed  except  as  expressly
31    provided under this Section.
32        (4)  Any supplementary payment made under this subsection
33    (I) shall be treated as separate from all other payments made
34    pursuant to this Section.
 
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 1    (J)  Supplementary Grants in Aid.
 2        (1)  Notwithstanding   any   other   provisions  of  this
 3    Section, the amount of the aggregate  general  State  aid  in
 4    combination  with  supplemental  general State aid under this
 5    Section for which each school district is eligible  shall  be
 6    no  less  than  the amount of the aggregate general State aid
 7    entitlement that was received by the district  under  Section
 8    18-8  (exclusive  of  amounts received under subsections 5(p)
 9    and 5(p-5) of that Section)  for  the  1997-98  school  year,
10    pursuant  to the provisions of that Section as it was then in
11    effect.  If  a  school  district  qualifies  to   receive   a
12    supplementary  payment  made  under  this subsection (J), the
13    amount of the aggregate general State aid in combination with
14    supplemental general State aid under this Section which  that
15    district is eligible to receive for each school year shall be
16    no  less  than  the amount of the aggregate general State aid
17    entitlement that was received by the district  under  Section
18    18-8  (exclusive  of  amounts received under subsections 5(p)
19    and 5(p-5) of that Section) for the  1997-1998  school  year,
20    pursuant  to the provisions of that Section as it was then in
21    effect.
22        (2)  If, as provided in paragraph (1) of this  subsection
23    (J),  a school district is to receive aggregate general State
24    aid in combination with supplemental general State aid  under
25    this  Section  for the 1998-99 school year and any subsequent
26    school year that in any such school year  is  less  than  the
27    amount  of  the  aggregate general State aid entitlement that
28    the district received for the 1997-98 school year, the school
29    district shall also receive, from  a  separate  appropriation
30    made  for  purposes  of  this subsection (J), a supplementary
31    payment that is equal to the amount of the difference in  the
32    aggregate State aid figures as described in paragraph (1).
33        (3)  (Blank).

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

10    (L)  Payments,   Additional   Grants   in   Aid   and   Other
11    Requirements.
12        (1)  For a school district operating under the  financial
13    supervision  of  an  Authority created under Article 34A, the
14    general State aid otherwise payable to  that  district  under
15    this  Section,  but  not  the supplemental general State aid,
16    shall be reduced by an amount equal to  the  budget  for  the
17    operations  of the Authority as certified by the Authority to
18    the State Board of Education, and an  amount  equal  to  such
19    reduction  shall  be  paid  to the Authority created for such
20    district for its operating expenses in the manner provided in
21    Section 18-11.  The remainder of general State school aid for
22    any such district shall be paid in  accordance  with  Article
23    34A  when  that Article provides for a disposition other than
24    that provided by this Article.
25        (2)  (Blank).
26        (3)  Summer school.  Summer school payments shall be made
27    as provided in Section 18-4.3.

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

24    (N)  (Blank).

25    (O)  References.
26        (1)  References in other laws to the various subdivisions
27    of Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
28    replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to  refer
29    to  the  corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to
30    the extent that those references remain applicable.
31        (2)  References in other laws to State  Chapter  1  funds
32    shall  be  deemed  to refer to the supplemental general State
33    aid provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 91-24, eff. 7-1-99; 91-93, eff. 7-9-99;  91-96,
 2    eff.  7-9-99;  91-111,  eff.  7-14-99;  91-357, eff. 7-29-99;
 3    91-533,  eff.  8-13-99;  92-7,  eff.  6-29-01;  92-16,   eff.
 4    6-28-01; 92-28, eff. 7-1-01; 92-29, eff. 7-1-01; 92-269, eff.
 5    8-7-01;  92-604,  eff.  7-1-02; 92-636, eff. 7-11-02; 92-651,
 6    eff. 7-11-02; revised 7-26-02.)

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

10        (105 ILCS 235/15-10)
11        (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2003)
12        Sec. 15-10.  Annual budget; recommendation.  The Governor
13    shall include a Common  School  Fund  recommendation  to  the
14    State Board of Education in the fiscal year 1999 through 2003
15    annual   Budget  Budgets  sufficient  to fund (i) the General
16    State Aid Formula set forth in subsection (E) (Computation of
17    General State Aid) and subsection (H)  (Supplemental  General
18    State Aid) of Section 18-8.05 of the School Code and (ii) the
19    supplementary  payments  for  school  districts  set forth in
20    subsection (J)  (Supplementary  Grants  in  Aid)  of  Section
21    18-8.05 of the School Code.
22    (Source: P.A. 92-7, eff. 6-29-01; 92-597, eff. 6-28-02.)

23        (105 ILCS 235/15-15)
24        (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2003)
25        Sec.  15-15.   State  Aid  Formula; Funding.  The General
26    Assembly    shall   annually   make   Common   School    Fund
27    appropriations  to  the  State  Board  of Education in fiscal
28    years 1999 through 2003 sufficient to fund  (i)  the  General
29    State 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 and (ii) the
 
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 1    supplementary payments for  school  districts  set  forth  in
 2    subsection  (J)  (Supplementary  Grants  in  Aid)  of Section
 3    18-8.05 of the School Code.
 4    (Source: P.A. 92-7, eff. 6-29-01; 92-597, eff. 6-28-02.)

 5        (105 ILCS 235/15-21 new)
 6        Sec. 15-21.  Continuing  appropriation.  If  the  General
 7    Assembly  fails  to make Common School Fund appropriations to
 8    the State Board of Education in fiscal year 2004  or  in  any
 9    fiscal  year  thereafter sufficient to fund the General State
10    Aid Formula set  forth  in  subsection  (E)  (Computation  of
11    General  State  Aid) and subsection (H) (Supplemental General
12    State Aid) of Section 18-8.05 of the School  Code,  this  Law
13    shall  constitute an irrevocable and continuing appropriation
14    from the Common School Fund  of  all  amounts  necessary  for
15    those purposes.

16        (105 ILCS 235/15-25)
17        (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2003)
18        Sec.  15-25.   Repeal.  This Article is repealed June 30,
19    2003. Section 15-20 of this  Article  is  repealed  June  30,
20    2002.
21    (Source: P.A. 92-7, eff. 6-29-01; 92-597, eff. 6-28-02.)

22        Section  99.   Effective  date.  This Act takes effect on
23    July 1, 2003.".