93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2361

 

Introduced 1/28/2004, by Kimberly A. Lightford

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/18-8.05

    Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the State aid formula.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning education.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
5 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 common
9 schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school years.
 
10 (A) General Provisions.
11     (1) The provisions of this Section apply to the 1998-1999
12 and subsequent school years. The system of general State
13 financial aid provided for in this Section is designed to
14 assure that, through a combination of State financial aid and
15 required local resources, the financial support provided each
16 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 Local
21 Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level. The amount
22 of per pupil general State financial aid for school districts,
23 in general, varies in inverse relation to Available Local
24 Resources. Per pupil amounts are based upon each school
25 district's Average Daily Attendance as that term is defined in
26 this Section.
27     (2) In addition to general State financial aid, school
28 districts with specified levels or concentrations of pupils
29 from low income households are eligible to receive supplemental
30 general State financial aid grants as provided pursuant to
31 subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants provided for

 

 

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1 school districts under subsection (H) shall be appropriated for
2 distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
3 in which the general State financial aid of school districts is
4 appropriated under this Section.
5     (3) To receive financial assistance under this Section,
6 school districts are required to file claims with the State
7 Board of Education, subject to the following requirements:
8         (a) Any school district which fails for any given
9     school year to maintain school as required by law, or to
10     maintain a recognized school is not eligible to file for
11     such school year any claim upon the Common School Fund. In
12     case of nonrecognition of one or more attendance centers in
13     a school district otherwise operating recognized schools,
14     the claim of the district shall be reduced in the
15     proportion which the Average Daily Attendance in the
16     attendance center or centers bear to the Average Daily
17     Attendance in the school district. A "recognized school"
18     means any public school which meets the standards as
19     established for recognition by the State Board of
20     Education. A school district or attendance center not
21     having recognition status at the end of a school term is
22     entitled to receive State aid payments due upon a legal
23     claim which was filed while it was recognized.
24         (b) School district claims filed under this Section are
25     subject to Sections 18-9, 18-10, and 18-12, except as
26     otherwise provided in this Section.
27         (c) If a school district operates a full year school
28     under Section 10-19.1, the general State aid to the school
29     district shall be determined by the State Board of
30     Education in accordance with this Section as near as may be
31     applicable.
32         (d) (Blank).
33     (4) Except as provided in subsections (H) and (L), the
34 board of any district receiving any of the grants provided for
35 in this Section may apply those funds to any fund so received
36 for which that board is authorized to make expenditures by law.

 

 

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1     School districts are not required to exert a minimum
2 Operating Tax Rate in order to qualify for assistance under
3 this Section.
4     (5) As used in this Section the following terms, when
5 capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
6         (a) "Average Daily Attendance": A count of pupil
7     attendance in school, averaged as provided for in
8     subsection (C) and utilized in deriving per pupil financial
9     support levels.
10         (b) "Available Local Resources": A computation of
11     local financial support, calculated on the basis of Average
12     Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant to
13     subsection (D).
14         (c) "Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes":
15     Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to "An Act in
16     relation to the abolition of ad valorem personal property
17     tax and the replacement of revenues lost thereby, and
18     amending and repealing certain Acts and parts of Acts in
19     connection therewith", certified August 14, 1979, as
20     amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
21         (d) "Foundation Level": A prescribed level of per pupil
22     financial support as provided for in subsection (B).
23         (e) "Operating Tax Rate": All school district property
24     taxes extended for all purposes, except Bond and Interest,
25     Summer School, Rent, Capital Improvement, and Vocational
26     Education Building purposes.
 
27 (B) Foundation Level.
28     (1) The Foundation Level is a figure established by the
29 State representing the minimum level of per pupil financial
30 support that should be available to provide for the basic
31 education of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance. As set
32 forth in this Section, each school district is assumed to exert
33 a sufficient local taxing effort such that, in combination with
34 the aggregate of general State financial aid provided the
35 district, an aggregate of State and local resources are

 

 

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1 available to meet the basic education needs of pupils in the
2 district.
3     (2) For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation Level of
4 support is $4,225. For the 1999-2000 school year, the
5 Foundation Level of support is $4,325. For the 2000-2001 school
6 year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425.
7     (3) For the 2001-2002 school year and 2002-2003 school
8 year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,560.
9     (4) For the 2003-2004 school year and each school year
10 thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $4,810 or such
11 greater amount as may be established by law by the General
12 Assembly.
 
13 (C) Average Daily Attendance.
14     (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant
15 to subsection (E), an Average Daily Attendance figure shall be
16 utilized. The Average Daily Attendance figure for formula
17 calculation purposes shall be the monthly average of the actual
18 number of pupils in attendance of each school district, as
19 further averaged for the best 3 months of pupil attendance for
20 each school district. In compiling the figures for the number
21 of pupils in attendance, school districts and the State Board
22 of Education shall, for purposes of general State aid funding,
23 conform attendance figures to the requirements of subsection
24 (F).
25     (2) The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
26 subsection (E) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
27 school year immediately preceding the school year for which
28 general State aid is being calculated or the average of the
29 attendance data for the 3 preceding school years, whichever is
30 greater. The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
31 subsection (H) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
32 school year immediately preceding the school year for which
33 general State aid is being calculated.
 
34 (D) Available Local Resources.

 

 

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

 

 

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1 utilized in subsection (E) in the calculation of general State
2 aid.
 
3 (E) Computation of General State Aid.
4     (1) For each school year, the amount of general State aid
5 allotted to a school district shall be computed by the State
6 Board of Education as provided in this subsection.
7     (2) For any school district for which Available Local
8 Resources per pupil is less than the product of 0.93 times the
9 Foundation Level, general State aid for that district shall be
10 calculated as an amount equal to the Foundation Level minus
11 Available Local Resources, multiplied by the Average Daily
12 Attendance of the school district.
13     (3) For any school district for which Available Local
14 Resources per pupil is equal to or greater than the product of
15 0.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the product of
16 1.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
17 pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the Foundation Level
18 derived using a linear algorithm. Under this linear algorithm,
19 the calculated general State aid per pupil shall decline in
20 direct linear fashion from 0.07 times the Foundation Level for
21 a school district with Available Local Resources equal to the
22 product of 0.93 times the Foundation Level, to 0.05 times the
23 Foundation Level for a school district with Available Local
24 Resources equal to the product of 1.75 times the Foundation
25 Level. The allocation of general State aid for school districts
26 subject to this paragraph 3 shall be the calculated general
27 State aid per pupil figure multiplied by the Average Daily
28 Attendance of the school district.
29     (4) For any school district for which Available Local
30 Resources per pupil equals or exceeds the product of 1.75 times
31 the Foundation Level, the general State aid for the school
32 district shall be calculated as the product of $218 multiplied
33 by the Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
34     (5) The amount of general State aid allocated to a school
35 district for the 1999-2000 school year meeting the requirements

 

 

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1 set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) shall be increased
2 by an amount equal to the general State aid that would have
3 been received by the district for the 1998-1999 school year by
4 utilizing the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed
5 Valuation as calculated in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) less
6 the general State aid allotted for the 1998-1999 school year.
7 This amount shall be deemed a one time increase, and shall not
8 affect any future general State aid allocations.
 
9 (F) Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
10     (1) Each school district shall, by July 1 of each year,
11 submit to the State Board of Education, on forms prescribed by
12 the State Board of Education, attendance figures for the school
13 year that began in the preceding calendar year. The attendance
14 information so transmitted shall identify the average daily
15 attendance figures for each month of the school year. Beginning
16 with the general State aid claim form for the 2002-2003 school
17 year, districts shall calculate Average Daily Attendance as
18 provided in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of this paragraph
19 (1).
20         (a) In districts that do not hold year-round classes,
21     days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
22     September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
23     to the month of May.
24         (b) In districts in which all buildings hold year-round
25     classes, days of attendance in July and August shall be
26     added to the month of September and any days of attendance
27     in June shall be added to the month of May.
28         (c) In districts in which some buildings, but not all,
29     hold year-round classes, for the non-year-round buildings,
30     days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
31     September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
32     to the month of May. The average daily attendance for the
33     year-round buildings shall be computed as provided in
34     subdivision (b) of this paragraph (1). To calculate the
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1     daily attendance for the year-round buildings shall be
2     multiplied by the days in session for the non-year-round
3     buildings for each month and added to the monthly
4     attendance of the non-year-round buildings.
5     Except as otherwise provided in this Section, days of
6 attendance by pupils shall be counted only for sessions of not
7 less than 5 clock hours of school work per day under direct
8 supervision of: (i) teachers, or (ii) non-teaching personnel or
9 volunteer personnel when engaging in non-teaching duties and
10 supervising in those instances specified in subsection (a) of
11 Section 10-22.34 and paragraph 10 of Section 34-18, with pupils
12 of legal school age and in kindergarten and grades 1 through
13 12.
14     Days of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited
15 only to the districts that pay the tuition to a recognized
16 school.
17     (2) Days of attendance by pupils of less than 5 clock hours
18 of school shall be subject to the following provisions in the
19 compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
20         (a) Pupils regularly enrolled in a public school for
21     only a part of the school day may be counted on the basis
22     of 1/6 day for every class hour of instruction of 40
23     minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment,
24     unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of 80
25     minutes or more of instruction, in which case the pupil may
26     be counted on the basis of the proportion of minutes of
27     school work completed each day to the minimum number of
28     minutes that school work is required to be held that day.
29         (b) Days of attendance may be less than 5 clock hours
30     on the opening and closing of the school term, and upon the
31     first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by a day or days
32     utilized as an institute or teachers' workshop.
33         (c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be counted
34     as a day of attendance upon certification by the regional
35     superintendent, and approved by the State Superintendent
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1     forced to use daily multiple sessions.
2         (d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be counted
3     as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder of the school
4     day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that day is
5     utilized for an in-service training program for teachers,
6     up to a maximum of 5 days per school year of which a
7     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 been
10     approved by the State Superintendent of Education; or, in
11     lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be used, in which
12     event each such day may be counted as a day of attendance;
13     and (2) when days in addition to those provided in item (1)
14     are scheduled by a school pursuant to its school
15     improvement plan adopted under Article 34 or its revised or
16     amended school improvement plan adopted under Article 2,
17     provided that (i) such sessions of 3 or more clock hours
18     are scheduled to occur at regular intervals, (ii) the
19     remainder of the school days in which such sessions occur
20     are utilized for in-service training programs or other
21     staff development activities for teachers, and (iii) a
22     sufficient number of minutes of school work under the
23     direct supervision of teachers are added to the school days
24     between such regularly scheduled sessions to accumulate
25     not less than the number of minutes by which such sessions
26     of 3 or more clock hours fall short of 5 clock hours. Any
27     full days used for the purposes of this paragraph shall not
28     be considered for computing average daily attendance. Days
29     scheduled for in-service training programs, staff
30     development activities, or parent-teacher conferences may
31     be scheduled separately for different grade levels and
32     different attendance centers of the district.
33         (e) A session of not less than one clock hour of
34     teaching hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or by
35     telephone to the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day of
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1     clock hours of instruction to be counted for a full day of
2     attendance.
3         (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be counted
4     as a day of attendance for first grade pupils, and pupils
5     in full day kindergartens, and a session of 2 or more hours
6     may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by pupils in
7     kindergartens which provide only 1/2 day of attendance.
8         (g) For children with disabilities who are below the
9     age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock hours
10     because of their disability or immaturity, a session of not
11     less than one clock hour may be counted as 1/2 day of
12     attendance; however for such children whose educational
13     needs so require a session of 4 or more clock hours may be
14     counted as a full day of attendance.
15         (h) A recognized kindergarten which provides for only
16     1/2 day of attendance by each pupil shall not have more
17     than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any one day. However,
18     kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance in any 5
19     consecutive school days. When a pupil attends such a
20     kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school day, the
21     pupil shall have the following day as a day absent from
22     school, unless the school district obtains permission in
23     writing from the State Superintendent of Education.
24     Attendance at kindergartens which provide for a full day of
25     attendance by each pupil shall be counted the same as
26     attendance by first grade pupils. Only the first year of
27     attendance in one kindergarten shall be counted, except in
28     case of children who entered the kindergarten in their
29     fifth year whose educational development requires a second
30     year of kindergarten as determined under the rules and
31     regulations of the State Board of Education.
 
32 (G) Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
33     (1) For purposes of the calculation of Available Local
34 Resources required pursuant to subsection (D), the State Board
35 of Education shall secure from the Department of Revenue the

 

 

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1 value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue of
2 all taxable property of every school district, together with
3 (i) the applicable tax rate used in extending taxes for the
4 funds of the district as of September 30 of the previous year
5 and (ii) the limiting rate for all school districts subject to
6 property tax extension limitations as imposed under the
7 Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
8     This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
9 the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
10 calculation of Available Local Resources.
11     (2) The equalized assessed valuation in paragraph (1) shall
12 be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
13         (a) For the purposes of calculating State aid under
14     this Section, with respect to any part of a school district
15     within a redevelopment project area in respect to which a
16     municipality has adopted tax increment allocation
17     financing pursuant to the Tax Increment Allocation
18     Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through 11-74.4-11
19     of the Illinois Municipal Code or the Industrial Jobs
20     Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through 11-74.6-50 of the
21     Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the current equalized
22     assessed valuation of real property located in any such
23     project area which is attributable to an increase above the
24     total initial equalized assessed valuation of such
25     property shall be used as part of the equalized assessed
26     valuation of the district, until such time as all
27     redevelopment project costs have been paid, as provided in
28     Section 11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment Allocation
29     Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of the
30     Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose of the
31     equalized assessed valuation of the district, the total
32     initial equalized assessed valuation or the current
33     equalized assessed valuation, whichever is lower, shall be
34     used until such time as all redevelopment project costs
35     have been paid.
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1     a school district shall be adjusted by subtracting from the
2     real property value as equalized or assessed by the
3     Department of Revenue for the district an amount computed
4     by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes under
5     Section 18-170 of the Property Tax Code by 3.00% for a
6     district maintaining grades kindergarten through 12, by
7     2.30% for a district maintaining grades kindergarten
8     through 8, or by 1.05% for a district maintaining grades 9
9     through 12 and adjusted by an amount computed by dividing
10     the amount of any abatement of taxes under subsection (a)
11     of Section 18-165 of the Property Tax Code by the same
12     percentage rates for district type as specified in this
13     subparagraph (b).
14     (3) For the 1999-2000 school year and each school year
15 thereafter, if a school district meets all of the criteria of
16 this subsection (G)(3), the school district's Available Local
17 Resources shall be calculated under subsection (D) using the
18 district's Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation
19 as calculated under this subsection (G)(3).
20     For purposes of this subsection (G)(3) the following terms
21 shall have the following meanings:
22         "Budget Year": The school year for which general State
23     aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
24         "Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used to
25     calculate the Budget Year allocation of general State aid.
26         "Preceding Tax Year": The property tax levy year
27     immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
28         "Base Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of the
29     equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County Clerk
30     in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting rate as
31     calculated by the County Clerk and defined in the Property
32     Tax Extension Limitation Law.
33         "Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of
34     the equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County
35     Clerk in the Preceding Tax Year multiplied by the Operating
36     Tax Rate as defined in subsection (A).

 

 

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1         "Extension Limitation Ratio": A numerical ratio,
2     certified by the County Clerk, in which the numerator is
3     the Base Tax Year's Tax Extension and the denominator is
4     the Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension.
5         "Operating Tax Rate": The operating tax rate as defined
6     in subsection (A).
7     If a school district is subject to property tax extension
8 limitations as imposed under the Property Tax Extension
9 Limitation Law, the State Board of Education shall calculate
10 the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of that
11 district. For the 1999-2000 school year, the Extension
12 Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as
13 calculated by the State Board of Education shall be equal to
14 the product of the district's 1996 Equalized Assessed Valuation
15 and the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. For the
16 2000-2001 school year and each school year thereafter, the
17 Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school
18 district as calculated by the State Board of Education shall be
19 equal to the product of the Equalized Assessed Valuation last
20 used in the calculation of general State aid and the district's
21 Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension Limitation
22 Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as calculated
23 under this subsection (G)(3) is less than the district's
24 equalized assessed valuation as calculated pursuant to
25 subsections (G)(1) and (G)(2), then for purposes of calculating
26 the district's general State aid for the Budget Year pursuant
27 to subsection (E), that Extension Limitation Equalized
28 Assessed Valuation shall be utilized to calculate the
29 district's Available Local Resources under subsection (D).
30     (4) For the purposes of calculating general State aid for
31 the 1999-2000 school year only, if a school district
32 experienced a triennial reassessment on the equalized assessed
33 valuation used in calculating its general State financial aid
34 apportionment for the 1998-1999 school year, the State Board of
35 Education shall calculate the Extension Limitation Equalized
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1 district's 1998-1999 general State aid. This amount shall equal
2 the product of the equalized assessed valuation used to
3 calculate general State aid for the 1997-1998 school year and
4 the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension
5 Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of the school district
6 as calculated under this paragraph (4) is less than the
7 district's equalized assessed valuation utilized in
8 calculating the district's 1998-1999 general State aid
9 allocation, then for purposes of calculating the district's
10 general State aid pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection (E),
11 that Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation shall
12 be utilized to calculate the district's Available Local
13 Resources.
14     (5) For school districts having a majority of their
15 equalized assessed valuation in any county except Cook, DuPage,
16 Kane, Lake, McHenry, or Will, if the amount of general State
17 aid allocated to the school district for the 1999-2000 school
18 year under the provisions of subsection (E), (H), and (J) of
19 this Section is less than the amount of general State aid
20 allocated to the district for the 1998-1999 school year under
21 these subsections, then the general State aid of the district
22 for the 1999-2000 school year only shall be increased by the
23 difference between these amounts. The total payments made under
24 this paragraph (5) shall not exceed $14,000,000. Claims shall
25 be prorated if they exceed $14,000,000.
 
26 (H) Supplemental General State Aid.
27     (1) In addition to the general State aid a school district
28 is allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying school
29 districts shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction with a
30 district's payments of general State aid, for supplemental
31 general State aid based upon the concentration level of
32 children from low-income households within the school
33 district. Supplemental State aid grants provided for school
34 districts under this subsection shall be appropriated for
35 distribution to school districts as part of the same line item

 

 

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1 in which the general State financial aid of school districts is
2 appropriated under this Section. If the appropriation in any
3 fiscal year for general State aid and supplemental general
4 State aid is insufficient to pay the amounts required under the
5 general State aid and supplemental general State aid
6 calculations, then the State Board of Education shall ensure
7 that each school district receives the full amount due for
8 general State aid and the remainder of the appropriation shall
9 be used for supplemental general State aid, which the State
10 Board of Education shall calculate and pay to eligible
11 districts on a prorated basis.
12     (1.5) This paragraph (1.5) applies only to those school
13 years preceding the 2003-2004 school year. For purposes of this
14 subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
15 shall be the low-income eligible pupil count from the most
16 recently available federal census divided by the Average Daily
17 Attendance of the school district. If, however, (i) the
18 percentage decrease from the 2 most recent federal censuses in
19 the low-income eligible pupil count of a high school district
20 with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or more the
21 percentage change in the total low-income eligible pupil count
22 of contiguous elementary school districts, whose boundaries
23 are coterminous with the high school district, or (ii) a high
24 school district within 2 counties and serving 5 elementary
25 school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous with the
26 high school district, has a percentage decrease from the 2 most
27 recent federal censuses in the low-income eligible pupil count
28 and there is a percentage increase in the total low-income
29 eligible pupil count of a majority of the elementary school
30 districts in excess of 50% from the 2 most recent federal
31 censuses, then the high school district's low-income eligible
32 pupil count from the earlier federal census shall be the number
33 used as the low-income eligible pupil count for the high school
34 district, for purposes of this subsection (H). The changes made
35 to this paragraph (1) by Public Act 92-28 shall apply to
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1 preceding the 2003-2004 school year that are paid in fiscal
2 year 1999 or thereafter and to any State aid payments made in
3 fiscal year 1994 through fiscal year 1998 pursuant to
4 subsection 1(n) of Section 18-8 of this Code (which was
5 repealed on July 1, 1998), and any high school district that is
6 affected by Public Act 92-28 is entitled to a recomputation of
7 its supplemental general State aid grant or State aid paid in
8 any of those fiscal years. This recomputation shall not be
9 affected by any other funding.
10     (1.10) This paragraph (1.10) applies to the 2003-2004
11 school year and each school year thereafter. For purposes of
12 this subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
13 shall, for each fiscal year, be the low-income eligible pupil
14 count as of July 1 of the immediately preceding fiscal year (as
15 determined by the Department of Human Services based on the
16 number of pupils who are eligible for at least one of the
17 following low income programs: Medicaid, KidCare, TANF, or Food
18 Stamps, excluding pupils who are eligible for services provided
19 by the Department of Children and Family Services, averaged
20 over the 2 immediately preceding fiscal years for fiscal year
21 2004 and over the 3 immediately preceding fiscal years for each
22 fiscal year thereafter) divided by the Average Daily Attendance
23 of the school district.
24     (2) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
25 subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 1998-1999,
26 1999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years only:
27         (a) For any school district with a Low Income
28     Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
29     grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by the
30     low income eligible pupil count.
31         (b) For any school district with a Low Income
32     Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
33     grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall be $1,100
34     multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
35         (c) For any school district with a Low Income
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1     grant for the 1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
2     multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
3         (d) For any school district with a Low Income
4     Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for the
5     1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
6     income eligible pupil count.
7         (e) For the 1999-2000 school year, the per pupil amount
8     specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d) immediately
9     above shall be increased to $1,243, $1,600, and $2,000,
10     respectively.
11         (f) For the 2000-2001 school year, the per pupil
12     amounts specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d)
13     immediately above shall be $1,273, $1,640, and $2,050,
14     respectively.
15     (2.5) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
16 subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2002-2003
17 school year:
18         (a) For any school district with a Low Income
19     Concentration Level of less than 10%, the grant for each
20     school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
21     eligible pupil count.
22         (b) For any school district with a Low Income
23     Concentration Level of at least 10% and less than 20%, the
24     grant for each school year shall be $675 multiplied by the
25     low income eligible pupil count.
26         (c) For any school district with a Low Income
27     Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
28     grant for each school year shall be $1,330 multiplied by
29     the low income eligible pupil count.
30         (d) For any school district with a Low Income
31     Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
32     grant for each school year shall be $1,362 multiplied by
33     the low income eligible pupil count.
34         (e) For any school district with a Low Income
35     Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
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1     the low income eligible pupil count.
2         (f) For any school district with a Low Income
3     Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for each
4     school year shall be $2,080 multiplied by the low income
5     eligible pupil count.
6     (2.10) Except as otherwise provided, supplemental general
7 State aid pursuant to this subsection (H) shall be provided as
8 follows for the 2003-2004 school year and each school year
9 thereafter:
10         (a) For any school district with a Low Income
11     Concentration Level of 15% or less, the grant for each
12     school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
13     eligible pupil count.
14         (b) For any school district with a Low Income
15     Concentration Level greater than 15%, the grant for each
16     school year shall be $294.25 added to the product of $2,700
17     and the square of the Low Income Concentration Level, all
18     multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
19     For the 2003-2004 school year only, the grant shall be no
20 less than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year. For the
21 2004-2005 school year only, the grant shall be no less than the
22 grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by 0.66. For the
23 2005-2006 school year only, the grant shall be no less than the
24 grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by 0.33.
25     For the 2003-2004 school year only, the grant shall be no
26 greater than the grant received during the 2002-2003 school
27 year added to the product of 0.25 multiplied by the difference
28 between the grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b)
29 of this paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the
30 grant received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the
31 2004-2005 school year only, the grant shall be no greater than
32 the grant received during the 2002-2003 school year added to
33 the product of 0.50 multiplied by the difference between the
34 grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this
35 paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant
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1 school year only, the grant shall be no greater than the grant
2 received during the 2002-2003 school year added to the product
3 of 0.75 multiplied by the difference between the grant amount
4 calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this paragraph
5 (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant received during
6 the 2002-2003 school year.
7     (3) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
8 more than 1,000 and less than 50,000 that qualify for
9 supplemental general State aid pursuant to this subsection
10 shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
11 October 30 of each year for the use of the funds resulting from
12 this grant of supplemental general State aid for the
13 improvement of instruction in which priority is given to
14 meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children. Such
15 plan shall be submitted in accordance with rules and
16 regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
17     (4) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
18 50,000 or more that qualify for supplemental general State aid
19 pursuant to this subsection shall be required to distribute
20 from funds available pursuant to this Section, no less than
21 $261,000,000 in accordance with the following requirements:
22         (a) The required amounts shall be distributed to the
23     attendance centers within the district in proportion to the
24     number of pupils enrolled at each attendance center who are
25     eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunches or
26     breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966
27     and under the National School Lunch Act during the
28     immediately preceding school year.
29         (b) The distribution of these portions of supplemental
30     and general State aid among attendance centers according to
31     these requirements shall not be compensated for or
32     contravened by adjustments of the total of other funds
33     appropriated to any attendance centers, and the Board of
34     Education shall utilize funding from one or several sources
35     in order to fully implement this provision annually prior
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1         (c) Each attendance center shall be provided by the
2     school district a distribution of noncategorical funds and
3     other categorical funds to which an attendance center is
4     entitled under law in order that the general State aid and
5     supplemental general State aid provided by application of
6     this subsection supplements rather than supplants the
7     noncategorical funds and other categorical funds provided
8     by the school district to the attendance centers.
9         (d) Any funds made available under this subsection that
10     by reason of the provisions of this subsection are not
11     required to be allocated and provided to attendance centers
12     may be used and appropriated by the board of the district
13     for any lawful school purpose.
14         (e) Funds received by an attendance center pursuant to
15     this subsection shall be used by the attendance center at
16     the discretion of the principal and local school council
17     for programs to improve educational opportunities at
18     qualifying schools through the following programs and
19     services: early childhood education, reduced class size or
20     improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
21     programs, remedial assistance, attendance improvement, and
22     other educationally beneficial expenditures which
23     supplement the regular and basic programs as determined by
24     the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not be
25     expended for any political or lobbying purposes as defined
26     by board rule.
27         (f) Each district subject to the provisions of this
28     subdivision (H)(4) shall submit an acceptable plan to meet
29     the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
30     compliance with the requirements of this paragraph, to the
31     State Board of Education prior to July 15 of each year.
32     This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of local
33     school councils concerning the school expenditure plans
34     developed in accordance with part 4 of Section 34-2.3. The
35     State Board shall approve or reject the plan within 60 days
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1     shall give written notice of intent to modify the plan
2     within 15 days of the notification of rejection and then
3     submit a modified plan within 30 days after the date of the
4     written notice of intent to modify. Districts may amend
5     approved plans pursuant to rules promulgated by the State
6     Board of Education.
7         Upon notification by the State Board of Education that
8     the district has not submitted a plan prior to July 15 or a
9     modified plan within the time period specified herein, the
10     State aid funds affected by that plan or modified plan
11     shall be withheld by the State Board of Education until a
12     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, the
15     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 of
23     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 of
30     receipt of the report, notify the district and any affected
31     local school council. The district shall within 45 days of
32     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
35     plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the
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1     or the notification of remedial or corrective action in a
2     timely manner shall result in a withholding of the affected
3     funds.
4         The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and
5     regulations to implement the provisions of this
6     subsection. No funds shall be released under this
7     subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted a
8     plan that has been approved by the State Board of
9     Education.
 
10 (I) General State Aid for Newly Configured School Districts.
11     (1) For a new school district formed by combining property
12 included totally within 2 or more previously existing school
13 districts, for its first year of existence the general State
14 aid and supplemental general State aid calculated under this
15 Section shall be computed for the new district and for the
16 previously existing districts for which property is totally
17 included within the new district. If the computation on the
18 basis of the previously existing districts is greater, a
19 supplementary payment equal to the difference shall be made for
20 the first 4 years of existence of the new district.
21     (2) For a school district which annexes all of the
22 territory of one or more entire other school districts, for the
23 first year during which the change of boundaries attributable
24 to such annexation becomes effective for all purposes as
25 determined under Section 7-9 or 7A-8, the general State aid and
26 supplemental general State aid calculated under this Section
27 shall be computed for the annexing district as constituted
28 after the annexation and for the annexing and each annexed
29 district as constituted prior to the annexation; and if the
30 computation on the basis of the annexing and annexed districts
31 as constituted prior to the annexation is greater, a
32 supplementary payment equal to the difference shall be made for
33 the first 4 years of existence of the annexing school district
34 as constituted upon such annexation.
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1 territory of one or more entire other school districts, and for
2 2 or more community unit districts which result upon the
3 division (pursuant to petition under Section 11A-2) of one or
4 more other unit school districts into 2 or more parts and which
5 together include all of the parts into which such other unit
6 school district or districts are so divided, for the first year
7 during which the change of boundaries attributable to such
8 annexation or division becomes effective for all purposes as
9 determined under Section 7-9 or 11A-10, as the case may be, the
10 general State aid and supplemental general State aid calculated
11 under this Section shall be computed for each annexing or
12 resulting district as constituted after the annexation or
13 division and for each annexing and annexed district, or for
14 each resulting and divided district, as constituted prior to
15 the annexation or division; and if the aggregate of the general
16 State aid and supplemental general State aid as so computed for
17 the annexing or resulting districts as constituted after the
18 annexation or division is less than the aggregate of the
19 general State aid and supplemental general State aid as so
20 computed for the annexing and annexed districts, or for the
21 resulting and divided districts, as constituted prior to the
22 annexation or division, then a supplementary payment equal to
23 the difference shall be made and allocated between or among the
24 annexing or resulting districts, as constituted upon such
25 annexation or division, for the first 4 years of their
26 existence. The total difference payment shall be allocated
27 between or among the annexing or resulting districts in the
28 same ratio as the pupil enrollment from that portion of the
29 annexed or divided district or districts which is annexed to or
30 included in each such annexing or resulting district bears to
31 the total pupil enrollment from the entire annexed or divided
32 district or districts, as such pupil enrollment is determined
33 for the school year last ending prior to the date when the
34 change of boundaries attributable to the annexation or division
35 becomes effective for all purposes. The amount of the total
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1 the annexing or resulting districts shall be computed by the
2 State Board of Education on the basis of pupil enrollment and
3 other data which shall be certified to the State Board of
4 Education, on forms which it shall provide for that purpose, by
5 the regional superintendent of schools for each educational
6 service region in which the annexing and annexed districts, or
7 resulting and divided districts are located.
8     (3.5) Claims for financial assistance under this
9 subsection (I) shall not be recomputed except as expressly
10 provided under this Section.
11     (4) Any supplementary payment made under this subsection
12 (I) shall be treated as separate from all other payments made
13 pursuant to this Section.
 
14 (J) Supplementary Grants in Aid.
15     (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section,
16 the amount of the aggregate general State aid in combination
17 with supplemental general State aid under this Section for
18 which each school district is eligible shall be no less than
19 the amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that
20 was received by the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of
21 amounts received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that
22 Section) for the 1997-98 school year, pursuant to the
23 provisions of that Section as it was then in effect. If a
24 school district qualifies to receive a supplementary payment
25 made under this subsection (J), the amount of the aggregate
26 general State aid in combination with supplemental general
27 State aid under this Section which that district is eligible to
28 receive for each school year shall be no less than the amount
29 of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that was
30 received by the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of
31 amounts received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that
32 Section) for the 1997-1998 school year, pursuant to the
33 provisions of that Section as it was then in effect.
34     (2) If, as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection
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1 aid in combination with supplemental general State aid under
2 this Section for the 1998-99 school year and any subsequent
3 school year that in any such school year is less than the
4 amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that the
5 district received for the 1997-98 school year, the school
6 district shall also receive, from a separate appropriation made
7 for purposes of this subsection (J), a supplementary payment
8 that is equal to the amount of the difference in the aggregate
9 State aid figures as described in paragraph (1).
10     (3) (Blank).
 
11 (K) Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
12     In calculating the amount to be paid to the governing board
13 of a public university that operates a laboratory school under
14 this Section or to any alternative school that is operated by a
15 regional superintendent of schools, the State Board of
16 Education shall require by rule such reporting requirements as
17 it deems necessary.
18     As used in this Section, "laboratory school" means a public
19 school which is created and operated by a public university and
20 approved by the State Board of Education. The governing board
21 of a public university which receives funds from the State
22 Board under this subsection (K) may not increase the number of
23 students enrolled in its laboratory school from a single
24 district, if that district is already sending 50 or more
25 students, except under a mutual agreement between the school
26 board of a student's district of residence and the university
27 which operates the laboratory school. A laboratory school may
28 not have more than 1,000 students, excluding students with
29 disabilities in a special education program.
30     As used in this Section, "alternative school" means a
31 public school which is created and operated by a Regional
32 Superintendent of Schools and approved by the State Board of
33 Education. Such alternative schools may offer courses of
34 instruction for which credit is given in regular school
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1 equivalency testing program or vocational and occupational
2 training. A regional superintendent of schools may contract
3 with a school district or a public community college district
4 to operate an alternative school. An alternative school serving
5 more than one educational service region may be established by
6 the regional superintendents of schools of the affected
7 educational service regions. An alternative school serving
8 more than one educational service region may be operated under
9 such terms as the regional superintendents of schools of those
10 educational service regions may agree.
11     Each laboratory and alternative school shall file, on forms
12 provided by the State Superintendent of Education, an annual
13 State aid claim which states the Average Daily Attendance of
14 the school's students by month. The best 3 months' Average
15 Daily Attendance shall be computed for each school. The general
16 State aid entitlement shall be computed by multiplying the
17 applicable Average Daily Attendance by the Foundation Level as
18 determined under this Section.
 
19 (L) Payments, Additional Grants in Aid and Other Requirements.
20     (1) For a school district operating under the financial
21 supervision of an Authority created under Article 34A, the
22 general State aid otherwise payable to that district under this
23 Section, but not the supplemental general State aid, shall be
24 reduced by an amount equal to the budget for the operations of
25 the Authority as certified by the Authority to the State Board
26 of Education, and an amount equal to such reduction shall be
27 paid to the Authority created for such district for its
28 operating expenses in the manner provided in Section 18-11. The
29 remainder of general State school aid for any such district
30 shall be paid in accordance with Article 34A when that Article
31 provides for a disposition other than that provided by this
32 Article.
33     (2) (Blank).
34     (3) Summer school. Summer school payments shall be made as
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1 (M) Education Funding Advisory Board.
2     The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
3 subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created.
4 The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
5 Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
6 members appointed shall include representatives of education,
7 business, and the general public. One of the members so
8 appointed shall be designated by the Governor at the time the
9 appointment is made as the chairperson of the Board. The
10 initial members of the Board may be appointed any time after
11 the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997. The regular
12 term of each member of the Board shall be for 4 years from the
13 third Monday of January of the year in which the term of the
14 member's appointment is to commence, except that of the 5
15 initial members appointed to serve on the Board, the member who
16 is appointed as the chairperson shall serve for a term that
17 commences on the date of his or her appointment and expires on
18 the third Monday of January, 2002, and the remaining 4 members,
19 by lots drawn at the first meeting of the Board that is held
20 after all 5 members are appointed, shall determine 2 of their
21 number to serve for terms that commence on the date of their
22 respective appointments and expire on the third Monday of
23 January, 2001, and 2 of their number to serve for terms that
24 commence on the date of their respective appointments and
25 expire on the third Monday of January, 2000. All members
26 appointed to serve on the Board shall serve until their
27 respective successors are appointed and confirmed. Vacancies
28 shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. If
29 a vacancy in membership occurs at a time when the Senate is not
30 in session, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment
31 until the next meeting of the Senate, when he or she shall
32 appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a
33 person to fill that membership for the unexpired term. If the
34 Senate is not in session when the initial appointments are
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1 vacancies.
2     The Education Funding Advisory Board shall be deemed
3 established, and the initial members appointed by the Governor
4 to serve as members of the Board shall take office, on the date
5 that the Governor makes his or her appointment of the fifth
6 initial member of the Board, whether those initial members are
7 then serving pursuant to appointment and confirmation or
8 pursuant to temporary appointments that are made by the
9 Governor as in the case of vacancies.
10     The State Board of Education shall provide such staff
11 assistance to the Education Funding Advisory Board as is
12 reasonably required for the proper performance by the Board of
13 its responsibilities.
14     For school years after the 2000-2001 school year, the
15 Education Funding Advisory Board, in consultation with the
16 State Board of Education, shall make recommendations as
17 provided in this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for the
18 foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section and
19 for the supplemental general State aid grant level under
20 subsection (H) of this Section for districts with high
21 concentrations of children from poverty. The recommended
22 foundation level shall be determined based on a methodology
23 which incorporates the basic education expenditures of
24 low-spending schools exhibiting high academic performance. The
25 Education Funding Advisory Board shall make such
26 recommendations to the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
27 numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.
 
28 (N) (Blank).
 
29 (O) References.
30     (1) References in other laws to the various subdivisions of
31 Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
32 replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer to
33 the corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to the
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1     (2) References in other laws to State Chapter 1 funds shall
2 be deemed to refer to the supplemental general State aid
3 provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
4 (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-28, eff. 7-1-01; 92-29,
5 eff. 7-1-01; 92-269, eff. 8-7-01; 92-604, eff. 7-1-02; 92-636,
6 eff. 7-11-02; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; 93-21, eff. 7-1-03.)