96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4563

 

Introduced 5/18/2009, by Rep. William B. Black

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/10-19   from Ch. 122, par. 10-19
105 ILCS 5/10-19.1   from Ch. 122, par. 10-19.1
105 ILCS 5/18-8.05
105 ILCS 5/34-21.4a new

    Amends the School Code. Allows a school district, by resolution of its board, to operate on a 4-day school week plan approved by the State Board of Education. Provides that a school district that operates on a 4-day school week plan must ensure a minimum of 880 hours of student contact in addition to required institute days (instead of requiring a minimum term of 185 days). Makes related changes. Removes a provision referring to the closing of schools on January 29, 1981. Effective immediately.


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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 Sections
5 10-19, 10-19.1, and 18-8.05 and by adding Section 34-21.4a as
6 follows:
 
7     (105 ILCS 5/10-19)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19)
8     Sec. 10-19. Length of school term - experimental programs.
9 Each school board shall annually prepare a calendar for the
10 school term, specifying the opening and closing dates and
11 providing a minimum term of at least 185 days to insure 176
12 days of actual pupil attendance or at least 880 hours of
13 student contact, computable under Section 18-8.05, except that
14 for the 1980-1981 school year only 175 days of actual pupil
15 attendance shall be required because of the closing of schools
16 pursuant to Section 24-2 on January 29, 1981 upon the
17 appointment by the President of that day as a day of
18 thanksgiving for the freedom of the Americans who had been held
19 hostage in Iran. Any days allowed by law for teachers'
20 institute but not used as such or used as parental institutes
21 as provided in Section 10-22.18d shall increase the minimum
22 term by the school days not so used. Except as provided in
23 Section 10-19.1, the board may not extend the school term

 

 

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1 beyond such closing date unless that extension of term is
2 necessary to provide the minimum number of computable days or
3 computable hours. In case of such necessary extension school
4 employees shall be paid for such additional time on the basis
5 of their regular contracts. A school board may specify a
6 closing date earlier than that set on the annual calendar when
7 the schools of the district have provided the minimum number of
8 computable days or computable hours under this Section. Nothing
9 in this Section prevents the board from employing
10 superintendents of schools, principals and other nonteaching
11 personnel for a period of 12 months, or in the case of
12 superintendents for a period in accordance with Section
13 10-23.8, or prevents the board from employing other personnel
14 before or after the regular school term with payment of salary
15 proportionate to that received for comparable work during the
16 school term.
17     A school board may make such changes in its calendar for
18 the school term as may be required by any changes in the legal
19 school holidays prescribed in Section 24-2. A school board may
20 make changes in its calendar for the school term as may be
21 necessary to reflect the utilization of teachers' institute
22 days as parental institute days as provided in Section
23 10-22.18d.
24     The calendar for the school term and any changes must be
25 submitted to and approved by the regional superintendent of
26 schools before the calendar or changes may take effect.

 

 

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1     With the prior approval of the State Board of Education and
2 subject to review by the State Board of Education every 3
3 years, any school board may, by resolution of its board and in
4 agreement with affected exclusive collective bargaining
5 agents, establish experimental educational programs, including
6 but not limited to programs for self-directed learning or
7 outside of formal class periods, which programs when so
8 approved shall be considered to comply with the requirements of
9 this Section as respects numbers of days of actual pupil
10 attendance or numbers of hours of student contact and with the
11 other requirements of this Act as respects courses of
12 instruction.
13 (Source: P.A. 93-1036, eff. 9-14-04.)
 
14     (105 ILCS 5/10-19.1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19.1)
15     Sec. 10-19.1. Full year school plan; 4-day school week
16 plan.
17     (a) Any school district may, by resolution of its board,
18 operate one or more schools within the district on a full year
19 school plan approved by the State Board of Education.
20     (b) Any school district may, by resolution of its board,
21 operate on a 4-day school week plan approved by the State Board
22 of Education, provided that the school district ensures a
23 minimum of 880 hours of student contact in addition to required
24 institute days.
25     (c) Any board which operates one or more schools on a

 

 

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1 full-year school plan under this Section shall devise a plan so
2 that a student's required attendance in school shall be for a
3 minimum term of 180 days of actual attendance, including not
4 more than 4 institute days, during a 12 month period, but shall
5 not exceed 185 days. Under such plan, no teacher shall be
6 required to teach more than 185 days. A calendar of 180 days
7 may be established with the approval of the State Board of
8 Education.
9 (Source: P.A. 81-1508.)
 
10     (105 ILCS 5/18-8.05)
11     Sec. 18-8.05. Basis for apportionment of general State
12 financial aid and supplemental general State aid to the common
13 schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school years.
 
14 (A) General Provisions.
15     (1) The provisions of this Section apply to the 1998-1999
16 and subsequent school years. The system of general State
17 financial aid provided for in this Section is designed to
18 assure that, through a combination of State financial aid and
19 required local resources, the financial support provided each
20 pupil in Average Daily Attendance equals or exceeds a
21 prescribed per pupil Foundation Level. This formula approach
22 imputes a level of per pupil Available Local Resources and
23 provides for the basis to calculate a per pupil level of
24 general State financial aid that, when added to Available Local

 

 

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1 Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level. The amount
2 of per pupil general State financial aid for school districts,
3 in general, varies in inverse relation to Available Local
4 Resources. Per pupil amounts are based upon each school
5 district's Average Daily Attendance as that term is defined in
6 this Section.
7     (2) In addition to general State financial aid, school
8 districts with specified levels or concentrations of pupils
9 from low income households are eligible to receive supplemental
10 general State financial aid grants as provided pursuant to
11 subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants provided for
12 school districts under subsection (H) shall be appropriated for
13 distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
14 in which the general State financial aid of school districts is
15 appropriated under this Section.
16     (3) To receive financial assistance under this Section,
17 school districts are required to file claims with the State
18 Board of Education, subject to the following requirements:
19         (a) Any school district which fails for any given
20     school year to maintain school as required by law, or to
21     maintain a recognized school is not eligible to file for
22     such school year any claim upon the Common School Fund. In
23     case of nonrecognition of one or more attendance centers in
24     a school district otherwise operating recognized schools,
25     the claim of the district shall be reduced in the
26     proportion which the Average Daily Attendance in the

 

 

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1     attendance center or centers bear to the Average Daily
2     Attendance in the school district. A "recognized school"
3     means any public school which meets the standards as
4     established for recognition by the State Board of
5     Education. A school district or attendance center not
6     having recognition status at the end of a school term is
7     entitled to receive State aid payments due upon a legal
8     claim which was filed while it was recognized.
9         (b) School district claims filed under this Section are
10     subject to Sections 18-9 and 18-12, except as otherwise
11     provided in this Section.
12         (c) If a school district operates a full year school
13     under Section 10-19.1 or operates under a 4-day school week
14     in accordance with Section 10-19.1, the general State aid
15     to the school district shall be determined by the State
16     Board of Education in accordance with this Section as near
17     as may be applicable.
18         (d) (Blank).
19     (4) Except as provided in subsections (H) and (L), the
20 board of any district receiving any of the grants provided for
21 in this Section may apply those funds to any fund so received
22 for which that board is authorized to make expenditures by law.
23     School districts are not required to exert a minimum
24 Operating Tax Rate in order to qualify for assistance under
25 this Section.
26     (5) As used in this Section the following terms, when

 

 

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1 capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
2         (a) "Average Daily Attendance": A count of pupil
3     attendance in school, averaged as provided for in
4     subsection (C) and utilized in deriving per pupil financial
5     support levels.
6         (b) "Available Local Resources": A computation of
7     local financial support, calculated on the basis of Average
8     Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant to
9     subsection (D).
10         (c) "Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes":
11     Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to "An Act in
12     relation to the abolition of ad valorem personal property
13     tax and the replacement of revenues lost thereby, and
14     amending and repealing certain Acts and parts of Acts in
15     connection therewith", certified August 14, 1979, as
16     amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
17         (d) "Foundation Level": A prescribed level of per pupil
18     financial support as provided for in subsection (B).
19         (e) "Operating Tax Rate": All school district property
20     taxes extended for all purposes, except Bond and Interest,
21     Summer School, Rent, Capital Improvement, and Vocational
22     Education Building purposes.
 
23 (B) Foundation Level.
24     (1) The Foundation Level is a figure established by the
25 State representing the minimum level of per pupil financial

 

 

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1 support that should be available to provide for the basic
2 education of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance. As set
3 forth in this Section, each school district is assumed to exert
4 a sufficient local taxing effort such that, in combination with
5 the aggregate of general State financial aid provided the
6 district, an aggregate of State and local resources are
7 available to meet the basic education needs of pupils in the
8 district.
9     (2) For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation Level of
10 support is $4,225. For the 1999-2000 school year, the
11 Foundation Level of support is $4,325. For the 2000-2001 school
12 year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425. For the
13 2001-2002 school year and 2002-2003 school year, the Foundation
14 Level of support is $4,560. For the 2003-2004 school year, the
15 Foundation Level of support is $4,810. For the 2004-2005 school
16 year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,964. For the
17 2005-2006 school year, the Foundation Level of support is
18 $5,164. For the 2006-2007 school year, the Foundation Level of
19 support is $5,334. For the 2007-2008 school year, the
20 Foundation Level of support is $5,734.
21     (3) For the 2008-2009 school year and each school year
22 thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $5,959 or such
23 greater amount as may be established by law by the General
24 Assembly.
 
25 (C) Average Daily Attendance.

 

 

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1     (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant
2 to subsection (E), an Average Daily Attendance figure shall be
3 utilized. The Average Daily Attendance figure for formula
4 calculation purposes shall be the monthly average of the actual
5 number of pupils in attendance of each school district, as
6 further averaged for the best 3 months of pupil attendance for
7 each school district. In compiling the figures for the number
8 of pupils in attendance, school districts and the State Board
9 of Education shall, for purposes of general State aid funding,
10 conform attendance figures to the requirements of subsection
11 (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 is
17 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 pursuant
23 to subsection (E), a representation of Available Local
24 Resources per pupil, as that term is defined and determined in
25 this subsection, shall be utilized. Available Local Resources

 

 

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1 per pupil shall include a calculated dollar amount representing
2 local school district revenues from local property taxes and
3 from Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes, expressed
4 on the basis of pupils in Average Daily Attendance. Calculation
5 of Available Local Resources shall exclude any tax amnesty
6 funds received as a result of Public Act 93-26.
7     (2) In determining a school district's revenue from local
8 property taxes, the State Board of Education shall utilize the
9 equalized assessed valuation of all taxable property of each
10 school district as of September 30 of the previous year. The
11 equalized assessed valuation utilized shall be obtained and
12 determined as provided in subsection (G).
13     (3) For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten
14 through 12, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be
15 calculated as the product of the applicable equalized assessed
16 valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%, and divided by
17 the district's Average Daily Attendance figure. For school
18 districts maintaining grades kindergarten through 8, local
19 property tax revenues per pupil shall be calculated as the
20 product of the applicable equalized assessed valuation for the
21 district multiplied by 2.30%, and divided by the district's
22 Average Daily Attendance figure. For school districts
23 maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax revenues
24 per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed valuation
25 of the district multiplied by 1.05%, and divided by the
26 district's Average Daily Attendance figure.

 

 

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1     For partial elementary unit districts created pursuant to
2 Article 11E of this Code, local property tax revenues per pupil
3 shall be calculated as the product of the equalized assessed
4 valuation for property within the partial elementary unit
5 district for elementary purposes, as defined in Article 11E of
6 this Code, multiplied by 2.06% and divided by the district's
7 Average Daily Attendance figure, plus the product of the
8 equalized assessed valuation for property within the partial
9 elementary unit district for high school purposes, as defined
10 in Article 11E of this Code, multiplied by 0.94% and divided by
11 the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
12     (4) The Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes paid
13 to each school district during the calendar year 2 years before
14 the calendar year in which a school year begins, divided by the
15 Average Daily Attendance figure for that district, shall be
16 added to the local property tax revenues per pupil as derived
17 by the application of the immediately preceding paragraph (3).
18 The sum of these per pupil figures for each school district
19 shall constitute Available Local Resources as that term is
20 utilized in subsection (E) in the calculation of general State
21 aid.
 
22 (E) Computation of General State Aid.
23     (1) For each school year, the amount of general State aid
24 allotted to a school district shall be computed by the State
25 Board of Education as provided in this subsection.

 

 

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1     (2) For any school district for which Available Local
2 Resources per pupil is less than the product of 0.93 times the
3 Foundation Level, general State aid for that district shall be
4 calculated as an amount equal to the Foundation Level minus
5 Available Local Resources, multiplied by the Average Daily
6 Attendance of the school district.
7     (3) For any school district for which Available Local
8 Resources per pupil is equal to or greater than the product of
9 0.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the product of
10 1.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
11 pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the Foundation Level
12 derived using a linear algorithm. Under this linear algorithm,
13 the calculated general State aid per pupil shall decline in
14 direct linear fashion from 0.07 times the Foundation Level for
15 a school district with Available Local Resources equal to the
16 product of 0.93 times the Foundation Level, to 0.05 times the
17 Foundation Level for a school district with Available Local
18 Resources equal to the product of 1.75 times the Foundation
19 Level. The allocation of general State aid for school districts
20 subject to this paragraph 3 shall be the calculated general
21 State aid per pupil figure multiplied by the Average Daily
22 Attendance of the school district.
23     (4) For any school district for which Available Local
24 Resources per pupil equals or exceeds the product of 1.75 times
25 the Foundation Level, the general State aid for the school
26 district shall be calculated as the product of $218 multiplied

 

 

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1 by the Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
2     (5) The amount of general State aid allocated to a school
3 district for the 1999-2000 school year meeting the requirements
4 set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) shall be increased
5 by an amount equal to the general State aid that would have
6 been received by the district for the 1998-1999 school year by
7 utilizing the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed
8 Valuation as calculated in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) less
9 the general State aid allotted for the 1998-1999 school year.
10 This amount shall be deemed a one time increase, and shall not
11 affect any future general State aid allocations.
 
12 (F) Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
13     (1) Each school district shall, by July 1 of each year,
14 submit to the State Board of Education, on forms prescribed by
15 the State Board of Education, attendance figures for the school
16 year that began in the preceding calendar year. The attendance
17 information so transmitted shall identify the average daily
18 attendance figures for each month of the school year. Beginning
19 with the general State aid claim form for the 2002-2003 school
20 year, districts shall calculate Average Daily Attendance as
21 provided in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of this paragraph
22 (1).
23         (a) In districts that do not hold year-round classes,
24     days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
25     September and any days of attendance in June shall be added

 

 

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1     to the month of May.
2         (b) In districts in which all buildings hold year-round
3     classes, days of attendance in July and August shall be
4     added to the month of September and any days of attendance
5     in June shall be added to the month of May.
6         (c) In districts in which some buildings, but not all,
7     hold year-round classes, for the non-year-round buildings,
8     days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
9     September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
10     to the month of May. The average daily attendance for the
11     year-round buildings shall be computed as provided in
12     subdivision (b) of this paragraph (1). To calculate the
13     Average Daily Attendance for the district, the average
14     daily attendance for the year-round buildings shall be
15     multiplied by the days in session for the non-year-round
16     buildings for each month and added to the monthly
17     attendance of the non-year-round buildings.
18     Except as otherwise provided in this Section, days of
19 attendance by pupils shall be counted only for sessions of not
20 less than 5 clock hours of school work per day under direct
21 supervision of: (i) teachers, or (ii) non-teaching personnel or
22 volunteer personnel when engaging in non-teaching duties and
23 supervising in those instances specified in subsection (a) of
24 Section 10-22.34 and paragraph 10 of Section 34-18, with pupils
25 of legal school age and in kindergarten and grades 1 through
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1     Days of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited
2 only to the districts that pay the tuition to a recognized
3 school.
4     (2) Days of attendance by pupils of less than 5 clock hours
5 of school shall be subject to the following provisions in the
6 compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
7         (a) Pupils regularly enrolled in a public school for
8     only a part of the school day may be counted on the basis
9     of 1/6 day for every class hour of instruction of 40
10     minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment,
11     unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of 80
12     minutes or more of instruction, in which case the pupil may
13     be counted on the basis of the proportion of minutes of
14     school work completed each day to the minimum number of
15     minutes that school work is required to be held that day.
16         (b) Days of attendance may be less than 5 clock hours
17     on the opening and closing of the school term, and upon the
18     first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by a day or days
19     utilized as an institute or teachers' workshop.
20         (c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be counted
21     as a day of attendance upon certification by the regional
22     superintendent, and approved by the State Superintendent
23     of Education to the extent that the district has been
24     forced to use daily multiple sessions.
25         (d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be counted
26     as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder of the school

 

 

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1     day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that day is
2     utilized for an in-service training program for teachers,
3     up to a maximum of 5 days per school year of which a
4     maximum of 4 days of such 5 days may be used for
5     parent-teacher conferences, provided a district conducts
6     an in-service training program for teachers which has been
7     approved by the State Superintendent of Education; or, in
8     lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be used, in which
9     event each such day may be counted as a day of attendance;
10     and (2) when days in addition to those provided in item (1)
11     are scheduled by a school pursuant to its school
12     improvement plan adopted under Article 34 or its revised or
13     amended school improvement plan adopted under Article 2,
14     provided that (i) such sessions of 3 or more clock hours
15     are scheduled to occur at regular intervals, (ii) the
16     remainder of the school days in which such sessions occur
17     are utilized for in-service training programs or other
18     staff development activities for teachers, and (iii) a
19     sufficient number of minutes of school work under the
20     direct supervision of teachers are added to the school days
21     between such regularly scheduled sessions to accumulate
22     not less than the number of minutes by which such sessions
23     of 3 or more clock hours fall short of 5 clock hours. Any
24     full days used for the purposes of this paragraph shall not
25     be considered for computing average daily attendance. Days
26     scheduled for in-service training programs, staff

 

 

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1     development activities, or parent-teacher conferences may
2     be scheduled separately for different grade levels and
3     different attendance centers of the district.
4         (e) A session of not less than one clock hour of
5     teaching hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or by
6     telephone to the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day of
7     attendance, however these pupils must receive 4 or more
8     clock hours of instruction to be counted for a full day of
9     attendance.
10         (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be counted
11     as a day of attendance for first grade pupils, and pupils
12     in full day kindergartens, and a session of 2 or more hours
13     may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by pupils in
14     kindergartens which provide only 1/2 day of attendance.
15         (g) For children with disabilities who are below the
16     age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock hours
17     because of their disability or immaturity, a session of not
18     less than one clock hour may be counted as 1/2 day of
19     attendance; however for such children whose educational
20     needs so require a session of 4 or more clock hours may be
21     counted as a full day of attendance.
22         (h) A recognized kindergarten which provides for only
23     1/2 day of attendance by each pupil shall not have more
24     than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any one day. However,
25     kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance in any 5
26     consecutive school days. When a pupil attends such a

 

 

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1     kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school day, the
2     pupil shall have the following day as a day absent from
3     school, unless the school district obtains permission in
4     writing from the State Superintendent of Education.
5     Attendance at kindergartens which provide for a full day of
6     attendance by each pupil shall be counted the same as
7     attendance by first grade pupils. Only the first year of
8     attendance in one kindergarten shall be counted, except in
9     case of children who entered the kindergarten in their
10     fifth year whose educational development requires a second
11     year of kindergarten as determined under the rules and
12     regulations of the State Board of Education.
13         (i) On the days when the Prairie State Achievement
14     Examination is administered under subsection (c) of
15     Section 2-3.64 of this Code, the day of attendance for a
16     pupil whose school day must be shortened to accommodate
17     required testing procedures may be less than 5 clock hours
18     and shall be counted towards the 176 days of actual pupil
19     attendance required under Section 10-19 of this Code,
20     provided that a sufficient number of minutes of school work
21     in excess of 5 clock hours are first completed on other
22     school days to compensate for the loss of school work on
23     the examination days.
 
24 (G) Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
25     (1) For purposes of the calculation of Available Local

 

 

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1 Resources required pursuant to subsection (D), the State Board
2 of Education shall secure from the Department of Revenue the
3 value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue of
4 all taxable property of every school district, together with
5 (i) the applicable tax rate used in extending taxes for the
6 funds of the district as of September 30 of the previous year
7 and (ii) the limiting rate for all school districts subject to
8 property tax extension limitations as imposed under the
9 Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
10     The Department of Revenue shall add to the equalized
11 assessed value of all taxable property of each school district
12 situated entirely or partially within a county that is or was
13 subject to the provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the
14 Property Tax Code (a) an amount equal to the total amount by
15 which the homestead exemption allowed under Section 15-176 or
16 15-177 of the Property Tax Code for real property situated in
17 that school district exceeds the total amount that would have
18 been allowed in that school district if the maximum reduction
19 under Section 15-176 was (i) $4,500 in Cook County or $3,500 in
20 all other counties in tax year 2003 or (ii) $5,000 in all
21 counties in tax year 2004 and thereafter and (b) an amount
22 equal to the aggregate amount for the taxable year of all
23 additional exemptions under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax
24 Code for owners with a household income of $30,000 or less. The
25 county clerk of any county that is or was subject to the
26 provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code

 

 

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1 shall annually calculate and certify to the Department of
2 Revenue for each school district all homestead exemption
3 amounts under Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code
4 and all amounts of additional exemptions under Section 15-175
5 of the Property Tax Code for owners with a household income of
6 $30,000 or less. It is the intent of this paragraph that if the
7 general homestead exemption for a parcel of property is
8 determined under Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax
9 Code rather than Section 15-175, then the calculation of
10 Available Local Resources shall not be affected by the
11 difference, if any, between the amount of the general homestead
12 exemption allowed for that parcel of property under Section
13 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code and the amount that
14 would have been allowed had the general homestead exemption for
15 that parcel of property been determined under Section 15-175 of
16 the Property Tax Code. It is further the intent of this
17 paragraph that if additional exemptions are allowed under
18 Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code for owners with a
19 household income of less than $30,000, then the calculation of
20 Available Local Resources shall not be affected by the
21 difference, if any, because of those additional exemptions.
22     This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
23 the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
24 calculation of Available Local Resources.
25     (2) The equalized assessed valuation in paragraph (1) shall
26 be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:

 

 

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1         (a) For the purposes of calculating State aid under
2     this Section, with respect to any part of a school district
3     within a redevelopment project area in respect to which a
4     municipality has adopted tax increment allocation
5     financing pursuant to the Tax Increment Allocation
6     Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through 11-74.4-11
7     of the Illinois Municipal Code or the Industrial Jobs
8     Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through 11-74.6-50 of the
9     Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the current equalized
10     assessed valuation of real property located in any such
11     project area which is attributable to an increase above the
12     total initial equalized assessed valuation of such
13     property shall be used as part of the equalized assessed
14     valuation of the district, until such time as all
15     redevelopment project costs have been paid, as provided in
16     Section 11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment Allocation
17     Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of the
18     Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose of the
19     equalized assessed valuation of the district, the total
20     initial equalized assessed valuation or the current
21     equalized assessed valuation, whichever is lower, shall be
22     used until such time as all redevelopment project costs
23     have been paid.
24         (b) The real property equalized assessed valuation for
25     a school district shall be adjusted by subtracting from the
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1     Department of Revenue for the district an amount computed
2     by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes under
3     Section 18-170 of the Property Tax Code by 3.00% for a
4     district maintaining grades kindergarten through 12, by
5     2.30% for a district maintaining grades kindergarten
6     through 8, or by 1.05% for a district maintaining grades 9
7     through 12 and adjusted by an amount computed by dividing
8     the amount of any abatement of taxes under subsection (a)
9     of Section 18-165 of the Property Tax Code by the same
10     percentage rates for district type as specified in this
11     subparagraph (b).
12     (3) For the 1999-2000 school year and each school year
13 thereafter, if a school district meets all of the criteria of
14 this subsection (G)(3), the school district's Available Local
15 Resources shall be calculated under subsection (D) using the
16 district's Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation
17 as calculated under this subsection (G)(3).
18     For purposes of this subsection (G)(3) the following terms
19 shall have the following meanings:
20         "Budget Year": The school year for which general State
21     aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
22         "Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used to
23     calculate the Budget Year allocation of general State aid.
24         "Preceding Tax Year": The property tax levy year
25     immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
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1     equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County Clerk
2     in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting rate as
3     calculated by the County Clerk and defined in the Property
4     Tax Extension Limitation Law.
5         "Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of
6     the equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County
7     Clerk in the Preceding Tax Year multiplied by the Operating
8     Tax Rate as defined in subsection (A).
9         "Extension Limitation Ratio": A numerical ratio,
10     certified by the County Clerk, in which the numerator is
11     the Base Tax Year's Tax Extension and the denominator is
12     the Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension.
13         "Operating Tax Rate": The operating tax rate as defined
14     in subsection (A).
15     If a school district is subject to property tax extension
16 limitations as imposed under the Property Tax Extension
17 Limitation Law, the State Board of Education shall calculate
18 the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of that
19 district. For the 1999-2000 school year, the Extension
20 Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as
21 calculated by the State Board of Education shall be equal to
22 the product of the district's 1996 Equalized Assessed Valuation
23 and the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. For the
24 2000-2001 school year and each school year thereafter, the
25 Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school
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1 equal to the product of the Equalized Assessed Valuation last
2 used in the calculation of general State aid and the district's
3 Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension Limitation
4 Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as calculated
5 under this subsection (G)(3) is less than the district's
6 equalized assessed valuation as calculated pursuant to
7 subsections (G)(1) and (G)(2), then for purposes of calculating
8 the district's general State aid for the Budget Year pursuant
9 to subsection (E), that Extension Limitation Equalized
10 Assessed Valuation shall be utilized to calculate the
11 district's Available Local Resources under subsection (D).
12     Partial elementary unit districts created in accordance
13 with Article 11E of this Code shall not be eligible for the
14 adjustment in this subsection (G)(3) until the fifth year
15 following the effective date of the reorganization.
16     (4) For the purposes of calculating general State aid for
17 the 1999-2000 school year only, if a school district
18 experienced a triennial reassessment on the equalized assessed
19 valuation used in calculating its general State financial aid
20 apportionment for the 1998-1999 school year, the State Board of
21 Education shall calculate the Extension Limitation Equalized
22 Assessed Valuation that would have been used to calculate the
23 district's 1998-1999 general State aid. This amount shall equal
24 the product of the equalized assessed valuation used to
25 calculate general State aid for the 1997-1998 school year and
26 the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension

 

 

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1 Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of the school district
2 as calculated under this paragraph (4) is less than the
3 district's equalized assessed valuation utilized in
4 calculating the district's 1998-1999 general State aid
5 allocation, then for purposes of calculating the district's
6 general State aid pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection (E),
7 that Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation shall
8 be utilized to calculate the district's Available Local
9 Resources.
10     (5) For school districts having a majority of their
11 equalized assessed valuation in any county except Cook, DuPage,
12 Kane, Lake, McHenry, or Will, if the amount of general State
13 aid allocated to the school district for the 1999-2000 school
14 year under the provisions of subsection (E), (H), and (J) of
15 this Section is less than the amount of general State aid
16 allocated to the district for the 1998-1999 school year under
17 these subsections, then the general State aid of the district
18 for the 1999-2000 school year only shall be increased by the
19 difference between these amounts. The total payments made under
20 this paragraph (5) shall not exceed $14,000,000. Claims shall
21 be prorated if they exceed $14,000,000.
 
22 (H) Supplemental General State Aid.
23     (1) In addition to the general State aid a school district
24 is allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying school
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1 district's payments of general State aid, for supplemental
2 general State aid based upon the concentration level of
3 children from low-income households within the school
4 district. Supplemental State aid grants provided for school
5 districts under this subsection shall be appropriated for
6 distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
7 in which the general State financial aid of school districts is
8 appropriated under this Section. If the appropriation in any
9 fiscal year for general State aid and supplemental general
10 State aid is insufficient to pay the amounts required under the
11 general State aid and supplemental general State aid
12 calculations, then the State Board of Education shall ensure
13 that each school district receives the full amount due for
14 general State aid and the remainder of the appropriation shall
15 be used for supplemental general State aid, which the State
16 Board of Education shall calculate and pay to eligible
17 districts on a prorated basis.
18     (1.5) This paragraph (1.5) applies only to those school
19 years preceding the 2003-2004 school year. For purposes of this
20 subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
21 shall be the low-income eligible pupil count from the most
22 recently available federal census divided by the Average Daily
23 Attendance of the school district. If, however, (i) the
24 percentage decrease from the 2 most recent federal censuses in
25 the low-income eligible pupil count of a high school district
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1 percentage change in the total low-income eligible pupil count
2 of contiguous elementary school districts, whose boundaries
3 are coterminous with the high school district, or (ii) a high
4 school district within 2 counties and serving 5 elementary
5 school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous with the
6 high school district, has a percentage decrease from the 2 most
7 recent federal censuses in the low-income eligible pupil count
8 and there is a percentage increase in the total low-income
9 eligible pupil count of a majority of the elementary school
10 districts in excess of 50% from the 2 most recent federal
11 censuses, then the high school district's low-income eligible
12 pupil count from the earlier federal census shall be the number
13 used as the low-income eligible pupil count for the high school
14 district, for purposes of this subsection (H). The changes made
15 to this paragraph (1) by Public Act 92-28 shall apply to
16 supplemental general State aid grants for school years
17 preceding the 2003-2004 school year that are paid in fiscal
18 year 1999 or thereafter and to any State aid payments made in
19 fiscal year 1994 through fiscal year 1998 pursuant to
20 subsection 1(n) of Section 18-8 of this Code (which was
21 repealed on July 1, 1998), and any high school district that is
22 affected by Public Act 92-28 is entitled to a recomputation of
23 its supplemental general State aid grant or State aid paid in
24 any of those fiscal years. This recomputation shall not be
25 affected by any other funding.
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1 school year and each school year thereafter. For purposes of
2 this subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
3 shall, for each fiscal year, be the low-income eligible pupil
4 count as of July 1 of the immediately preceding fiscal year (as
5 determined by the Department of Human Services based on the
6 number of pupils who are eligible for at least one of the
7 following low income programs: Medicaid, KidCare, TANF, or Food
8 Stamps, excluding pupils who are eligible for services provided
9 by the Department of Children and Family Services, averaged
10 over the 2 immediately preceding fiscal years for fiscal year
11 2004 and over the 3 immediately preceding fiscal years for each
12 fiscal year thereafter) divided by the Average Daily Attendance
13 of the school district.
14     (2) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
15 subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 1998-1999,
16 1999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years only:
17         (a) For any school district with a Low Income
18     Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
19     grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by the
20     low income eligible pupil count.
21         (b) For any school district with a Low Income
22     Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
23     grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall be $1,100
24     multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
25         (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.
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1     Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
2     grant for each school year shall be $1,330 multiplied by
3     the low income eligible pupil count.
4         (d) For any school district with a Low Income
5     Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
6     grant for each school year shall be $1,362 multiplied by
7     the low income eligible pupil count.
8         (e) For any school district with a Low Income
9     Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
10     grant for each school year shall be $1,680 multiplied by
11     the low income eligible pupil count.
12         (f) For any school district with a Low Income
13     Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for each
14     school year shall be $2,080 multiplied by the low income
15     eligible pupil count.
16     (2.10) Except as otherwise provided, supplemental general
17 State aid pursuant to this subsection (H) shall be provided as
18 follows for the 2003-2004 school year and each school year
19 thereafter:
20         (a) For any school district with a Low Income
21     Concentration Level of 15% or less, the grant for each
22     school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
23     eligible pupil count.
24         (b) For any school district with a Low Income
25     Concentration Level greater than 15%, the grant for each
26     school year shall be $294.25 added to the product of $2,700

 

 

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1     and the square of the Low Income Concentration Level, all
2     multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
3     For the 2003-2004 school year and each school year
4 thereafter through the 2008-2009 school year only, the grant
5 shall be no less than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year.
6 For the 2009-2010 school year only, the grant shall be no less
7 than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by
8 0.66. For the 2010-2011 school year only, the grant shall be no
9 less than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by
10 0.33. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph to the
11 contrary, if for any school year supplemental general State aid
12 grants are prorated as provided in paragraph (1) of this
13 subsection (H), then the grants under this paragraph shall be
14 prorated.
15     For the 2003-2004 school year only, the grant shall be no
16 greater than the grant received during the 2002-2003 school
17 year added to the product of 0.25 multiplied by the difference
18 between the grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b)
19 of this paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the
20 grant received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the
21 2004-2005 school year only, the grant shall be no greater than
22 the grant received during the 2002-2003 school year added to
23 the product of 0.50 multiplied by the difference between the
24 grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this
25 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
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1     and under the National School Lunch Act during the
2     immediately preceding school year.
3         (b) The distribution of these portions of supplemental
4     and general State aid among attendance centers according to
5     these requirements shall not be compensated for or
6     contravened by adjustments of the total of other funds
7     appropriated to any attendance centers, and the Board of
8     Education shall utilize funding from one or several sources
9     in order to fully implement this provision annually prior
10     to the opening of school.
11         (c) Each attendance center shall be provided by the
12     school district a distribution of noncategorical funds and
13     other categorical funds to which an attendance center is
14     entitled under law in order that the general State aid and
15     supplemental general State aid provided by application of
16     this subsection supplements rather than supplants the
17     noncategorical funds and other categorical funds provided
18     by the school district to the attendance centers.
19         (d) Any funds made available under this subsection that
20     by reason of the provisions of this subsection are not
21     required to be allocated and provided to attendance centers
22     may be used and appropriated by the board of the district
23     for any lawful school purpose.
24         (e) Funds received by an attendance center pursuant to
25     this subsection shall be used by the attendance center at
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1     for programs to improve educational opportunities at
2     qualifying schools through the following programs and
3     services: early childhood education, reduced class size or
4     improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
5     programs, remedial assistance, attendance improvement, and
6     other educationally beneficial expenditures which
7     supplement the regular and basic programs as determined by
8     the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not be
9     expended for any political or lobbying purposes as defined
10     by board rule.
11         (f) Each district subject to the provisions of this
12     subdivision (H)(4) shall submit an acceptable plan to meet
13     the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
14     compliance with the requirements of this paragraph, to the
15     State Board of Education prior to July 15 of each year.
16     This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of local
17     school councils concerning the school expenditure plans
18     developed in accordance with part 4 of Section 34-2.3. The
19     State Board shall approve or reject the plan within 60 days
20     after its submission. If the plan is rejected, the district
21     shall give written notice of intent to modify the plan
22     within 15 days of the notification of rejection and then
23     submit a modified plan within 30 days after the date of the
24     written notice of intent to modify. Districts may amend
25     approved plans pursuant to rules promulgated by the State
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1         Upon notification by the State Board of Education that
2     the district has not submitted a plan prior to July 15 or a
3     modified plan within the time period specified herein, the
4     State aid funds affected by that plan or modified plan
5     shall be withheld by the State Board of Education until a
6     plan or modified plan is submitted.
7         If the district fails to distribute State aid to
8     attendance centers in accordance with an approved plan, the
9     plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
10     addition to the funds otherwise required by this
11     subsection, to those attendance centers which were
12     underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal to
13     such underfunding.
14         For purposes of determining compliance with this
15     subsection in relation to the requirements of attendance
16     center funding, each district subject to the provisions of
17     this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
18     December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data for
19     the prior year in addition to any modification of its
20     current plan. If it is determined that there has been a
21     failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
22     subsection regarding contravention or supplanting, the
23     State Superintendent of Education shall, within 60 days of
24     receipt of the report, notify the district and any affected
25     local school council. The district shall within 45 days of
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1     Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
2     action to be taken, whether by amendment of the current
3     plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the
4     following year. Failure to provide the expenditure report
5     or the notification of remedial or corrective action in a
6     timely manner shall result in a withholding of the affected
7     funds.
8         The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and
9     regulations to implement the provisions of this
10     subsection. No funds shall be released under this
11     subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted a
12     plan that has been approved by the State Board of
13     Education.
 
14 (I) (Blank).
 
15 (J) Supplementary Grants in Aid.
16     (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section,
17 the amount of the aggregate general State aid in combination
18 with supplemental general State aid under this Section for
19 which each school district is eligible shall be no less than
20 the amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that
21 was received by the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of
22 amounts received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that
23 Section) for the 1997-98 school year, pursuant to the
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1 school district qualifies to receive a supplementary payment
2 made under this subsection (J), the amount of the aggregate
3 general State aid in combination with supplemental general
4 State aid under this Section which that district is eligible to
5 receive for each school year shall be no less than the amount
6 of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that was
7 received by the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of
8 amounts received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that
9 Section) for the 1997-1998 school year, pursuant to the
10 provisions of that Section as it was then in effect.
11     (2) If, as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection
12 (J), a school district is to receive aggregate general State
13 aid in combination with supplemental general State aid under
14 this Section for the 1998-99 school year and any subsequent
15 school year that in any such school year is less than the
16 amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that the
17 district received for the 1997-98 school year, the school
18 district shall also receive, from a separate appropriation made
19 for purposes of this subsection (J), a supplementary payment
20 that is equal to the amount of the difference in the aggregate
21 State aid figures as described in paragraph (1).
22     (3) (Blank).
 
23 (K) Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
24     In calculating the amount to be paid to the governing board
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1 this Section or to any alternative school that is operated by a
2 regional superintendent of schools, the State Board of
3 Education shall require by rule such reporting requirements as
4 it deems necessary.
5     As used in this Section, "laboratory school" means a public
6 school which is created and operated by a public university and
7 approved by the State Board of Education. The governing board
8 of a public university which receives funds from the State
9 Board under this subsection (K) may not increase the number of
10 students enrolled in its laboratory school from a single
11 district, if that district is already sending 50 or more
12 students, except under a mutual agreement between the school
13 board of a student's district of residence and the university
14 which operates the laboratory school. A laboratory school may
15 not have more than 1,000 students, excluding students with
16 disabilities in a special education program.
17     As used in this Section, "alternative school" means a
18 public school which is created and operated by a Regional
19 Superintendent of Schools and approved by the State Board of
20 Education. Such alternative schools may offer courses of
21 instruction for which credit is given in regular school
22 programs, courses to prepare students for the high school
23 equivalency testing program or vocational and occupational
24 training. A regional superintendent of schools may contract
25 with a school district or a public community college district
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1 more than one educational service region may be established by
2 the regional superintendents of schools of the affected
3 educational service regions. An alternative school serving
4 more than one educational service region may be operated under
5 such terms as the regional superintendents of schools of those
6 educational service regions may agree.
7     Each laboratory and alternative school shall file, on forms
8 provided by the State Superintendent of Education, an annual
9 State aid claim which states the Average Daily Attendance of
10 the school's students by month. The best 3 months' Average
11 Daily Attendance shall be computed for each school. The general
12 State aid entitlement shall be computed by multiplying the
13 applicable Average Daily Attendance by the Foundation Level as
14 determined under this Section.
 
15 (L) Payments, Additional Grants in Aid and Other Requirements.
16     (1) For a school district operating under the financial
17 supervision of an Authority created under Article 34A, the
18 general State aid otherwise payable to that district under this
19 Section, but not the supplemental general State aid, shall be
20 reduced by an amount equal to the budget for the operations of
21 the Authority as certified by the Authority to the State Board
22 of Education, and an amount equal to such reduction shall be
23 paid to the Authority created for such district for its
24 operating expenses in the manner provided in Section 18-11. The
25 remainder of general State school aid for any such district

 

 

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1 shall be paid in accordance with Article 34A when that Article
2 provides for a disposition other than that provided by this
3 Article.
4     (2) (Blank).
5     (3) Summer school. Summer school payments shall be made as
6 provided in Section 18-4.3.
 
7 (M) Education Funding Advisory Board.
8     The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
9 subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created.
10 The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
11 Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
12 members appointed shall include representatives of education,
13 business, and the general public. One of the members so
14 appointed shall be designated by the Governor at the time the
15 appointment is made as the chairperson of the Board. The
16 initial members of the Board may be appointed any time after
17 the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997. The regular
18 term of each member of the Board shall be for 4 years from the
19 third Monday of January of the year in which the term of the
20 member's appointment is to commence, except that of the 5
21 initial members appointed to serve on the Board, the member who
22 is appointed as the chairperson shall serve for a term that
23 commences on the date of his or her appointment and expires on
24 the third Monday of January, 2002, and the remaining 4 members,
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1 after all 5 members are appointed, shall determine 2 of their
2 number to serve for terms that commence on the date of their
3 respective appointments and expire on the third Monday of
4 January, 2001, and 2 of their number to serve for terms that
5 commence on the date of their respective appointments and
6 expire on the third Monday of January, 2000. All members
7 appointed to serve on the Board shall serve until their
8 respective successors are appointed and confirmed. Vacancies
9 shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. If
10 a vacancy in membership occurs at a time when the Senate is not
11 in session, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment
12 until the next meeting of the Senate, when he or she shall
13 appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a
14 person to fill that membership for the unexpired term. If the
15 Senate is not in session when the initial appointments are
16 made, those appointments shall be made as in the case of
17 vacancies.
18     The Education Funding Advisory Board shall be deemed
19 established, and the initial members appointed by the Governor
20 to serve as members of the Board shall take office, on the date
21 that the Governor makes his or her appointment of the fifth
22 initial member of the Board, whether those initial members are
23 then serving pursuant to appointment and confirmation or
24 pursuant to temporary appointments that are made by the
25 Governor as in the case of vacancies.
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1 assistance to the Education Funding Advisory Board as is
2 reasonably required for the proper performance by the Board of
3 its responsibilities.
4     For school years after the 2000-2001 school year, the
5 Education Funding Advisory Board, in consultation with the
6 State Board of Education, shall make recommendations as
7 provided in this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for the
8 foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section and
9 for the supplemental general State aid grant level under
10 subsection (H) of this Section for districts with high
11 concentrations of children from poverty. The recommended
12 foundation level shall be determined based on a methodology
13 which incorporates the basic education expenditures of
14 low-spending schools exhibiting high academic performance. The
15 Education Funding Advisory Board shall make such
16 recommendations to the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
17 numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.
 
18 (N) (Blank).
 
19 (O) References.
20     (1) References in other laws to the various subdivisions of
21 Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
22 replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer to
23 the corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to the
24 extent that those references remain applicable.

 

 

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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 (P) Public Act 93-838 and Public Act 93-808 make inconsistent
5 changes to this Section. Under Section 6 of the Statute on
6 Statutes there is an irreconcilable conflict between Public Act
7 93-808 and Public Act 93-838. Public Act 93-838, being the last
8 acted upon, is controlling. The text of Public Act 93-838 is
9 the law regardless of the text of Public Act 93-808.
10 (Source: P.A. 94-69, eff. 7-1-05; 94-438, eff. 8-4-05; 94-835,
11 eff. 6-6-06; 94-1019, eff. 7-10-06; 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07;
12 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-644, eff. 10-12-07; 95-707, eff.
13 1-11-08; 95-744, eff. 7-18-08; 95-903, eff. 8-25-08; revised
14 9-5-08.)
 
15     (105 ILCS 5/34-21.4a new)
16     Sec. 34-21.4a. Four-day school week plan. The school
17 district may, by resolution of the board, operate on a 4-day
18 school week plan in accordance with Section 10-19.1 of this
19 Code if the plan is approved by the State Board of Education.
 
20     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21 becoming law.