98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB5534

 

Introduced , by Rep. Joe Sosnowski

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/18-8.05

    Amends the State aid formula provisions of the School Code. Removes language that provides that, with respect to any part of a school district within a redevelopment project area in respect to which a municipality has adopted tax increment allocation financing pursuant to the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act or the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law, no part of the current equalized assessed valuation of real property located in the project area that is attributable to an increase above the total initial equalized assessed valuation of the property shall be used as part of the equalized assessed valuation of the district until such time as all redevelopment project costs have been paid and that, for the purpose of the equalized assessed valuation of the district, the total initial equalized assessed valuation or the current equalized assessed valuation, whichever is lower, shall be used until such time as all redevelopment project costs have been paid. Provides that a school district does not qualify for supplemental general State aid if its available local resources per pupil exceeds an amount equal to the amount of general State aid, per pupil, allotted to the school district plus the amount of the supplemental general State aid grant, per pupil, for which the district would otherwise qualify. Effective July 1, 2014.


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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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
518-8.05 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/18-8.05)
7    Sec. 18-8.05. Basis for apportionment of general State
8financial aid and supplemental general State aid to the common
9schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school years.
 
10(A) General Provisions.
11    (1) The provisions of this Section apply to the 1998-1999
12and subsequent school years. The system of general State
13financial aid provided for in this Section is designed to
14assure that, through a combination of State financial aid and
15required local resources, the financial support provided each
16pupil in Average Daily Attendance equals or exceeds a
17prescribed per pupil Foundation Level. This formula approach
18imputes a level of per pupil Available Local Resources and
19provides for the basis to calculate a per pupil level of
20general State financial aid that, when added to Available Local
21Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level. The amount
22of per pupil general State financial aid for school districts,

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1    subsection (C) and utilized in deriving per pupil financial
2    support levels.
3        (b) "Available Local Resources": A computation of
4    local financial support, calculated on the basis of Average
5    Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant to
6    subsection (D).
7        (c) "Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes":
8    Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to "An Act in
9    relation to the abolition of ad valorem personal property
10    tax and the replacement of revenues lost thereby, and
11    amending and repealing certain Acts and parts of Acts in
12    connection therewith", certified August 14, 1979, as
13    amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
14        (d) "Foundation Level": A prescribed level of per pupil
15    financial support as provided for in subsection (B).
16        (e) "Operating Tax Rate": All school district property
17    taxes extended for all purposes, except Bond and Interest,
18    Summer School, Rent, Capital Improvement, and Vocational
19    Education Building purposes.
 
20(B) Foundation Level.
21    (1) The Foundation Level is a figure established by the
22State representing the minimum level of per pupil financial
23support that should be available to provide for the basic
24education of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance. As set
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1a sufficient local taxing effort such that, in combination with
2the aggregate of general State financial aid provided the
3district, an aggregate of State and local resources are
4available to meet the basic education needs of pupils in the
5district.
6    (2) For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation Level of
7support is $4,225. For the 1999-2000 school year, the
8Foundation Level of support is $4,325. For the 2000-2001 school
9year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425. For the
102001-2002 school year and 2002-2003 school year, the Foundation
11Level of support is $4,560. For the 2003-2004 school year, the
12Foundation Level of support is $4,810. For the 2004-2005 school
13year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,964. For the
142005-2006 school year, the Foundation Level of support is
15$5,164. For the 2006-2007 school year, the Foundation Level of
16support is $5,334. For the 2007-2008 school year, the
17Foundation Level of support is $5,734. For the 2008-2009 school
18year, the Foundation Level of support is $5,959.
19    (3) For the 2009-2010 school year and each school year
20thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $6,119 or such
21greater amount as may be established by law by the General
22Assembly.
 
23(C) Average Daily Attendance.
24    (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant
25to subsection (E), an Average Daily Attendance figure shall be

 

 

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1utilized. The Average Daily Attendance figure for formula
2calculation purposes shall be the monthly average of the actual
3number of pupils in attendance of each school district, as
4further averaged for the best 3 months of pupil attendance for
5each school district. In compiling the figures for the number
6of pupils in attendance, school districts and the State Board
7of Education shall, for purposes of general State aid funding,
8conform attendance figures to the requirements of subsection
9(F).
10    (2) The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
11subsection (E) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
12school year immediately preceding the school year for which
13general State aid is being calculated or the average of the
14attendance data for the 3 preceding school years, whichever is
15greater. The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
16subsection (H) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
17school year immediately preceding the school year for which
18general State aid is being calculated.
 
19(D) Available Local Resources.
20    (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant
21to subsection (E), a representation of Available Local
22Resources per pupil, as that term is defined and determined in
23this subsection, shall be utilized. Available Local Resources
24per pupil shall include a calculated dollar amount representing
25local school district revenues from local property taxes and

 

 

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

 

 

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1shall be calculated as the product of the equalized assessed
2valuation for property within the partial elementary unit
3district for elementary purposes, as defined in Article 11E of
4this Code, multiplied by 2.06% and divided by the district's
5Average Daily Attendance figure, plus the product of the
6equalized assessed valuation for property within the partial
7elementary unit district for high school purposes, as defined
8in Article 11E of this Code, multiplied by 0.94% and divided by
9the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
10    (4) The Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes paid
11to each school district during the calendar year one year
12before the calendar year in which a school year begins, divided
13by the Average Daily Attendance figure for that district, shall
14be added to the local property tax revenues per pupil as
15derived by the application of the immediately preceding
16paragraph (3). The sum of these per pupil figures for each
17school district shall constitute Available Local Resources as
18that term is utilized in subsection (E) in the calculation of
19general State aid.
 
20(E) Computation of General State Aid.
21    (1) For each school year, the amount of general State aid
22allotted to a school district shall be computed by the State
23Board of Education as provided in this subsection.
24    (2) For any school district for which Available Local
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1Foundation Level, general State aid for that district shall be
2calculated as an amount equal to the Foundation Level minus
3Available Local Resources, multiplied by the Average Daily
4Attendance of the school district.
5    (3) For any school district for which Available Local
6Resources per pupil is equal to or greater than the product of
70.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the product of
81.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
9pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the Foundation Level
10derived using a linear algorithm. Under this linear algorithm,
11the calculated general State aid per pupil shall decline in
12direct linear fashion from 0.07 times the Foundation Level for
13a school district with Available Local Resources equal to the
14product of 0.93 times the Foundation Level, to 0.05 times the
15Foundation Level for a school district with Available Local
16Resources equal to the product of 1.75 times the Foundation
17Level. The allocation of general State aid for school districts
18subject to this paragraph 3 shall be the calculated general
19State aid per pupil figure multiplied by the Average Daily
20Attendance of the school district.
21    (4) For any school district for which Available Local
22Resources per pupil equals or exceeds the product of 1.75 times
23the Foundation Level, the general State aid for the school
24district shall be calculated as the product of $218 multiplied
25by the Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
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1district for the 1999-2000 school year meeting the requirements
2set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) shall be increased
3by an amount equal to the general State aid that would have
4been received by the district for the 1998-1999 school year by
5utilizing the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed
6Valuation as calculated in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) less
7the general State aid allotted for the 1998-1999 school year.
8This amount shall be deemed a one time increase, and shall not
9affect any future general State aid allocations.
 
10(F) Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
11    (1) Each school district shall, by July 1 of each year,
12submit to the State Board of Education, on forms prescribed by
13the State Board of Education, attendance figures for the school
14year that began in the preceding calendar year. The attendance
15information so transmitted shall identify the average daily
16attendance figures for each month of the school year. Beginning
17with the general State aid claim form for the 2002-2003 school
18year, districts shall calculate Average Daily Attendance as
19provided in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of this paragraph
20(1).
21        (a) In districts that do not hold year-round classes,
22    days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
23    September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
24    to the month of May.
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1    classes, days of attendance in July and August shall be
2    added to the month of September and any days of attendance
3    in June shall be added to the month of May.
4        (c) In districts in which some buildings, but not all,
5    hold year-round classes, for the non-year-round buildings,
6    days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
7    September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
8    to the month of May. The average daily attendance for the
9    year-round buildings shall be computed as provided in
10    subdivision (b) of this paragraph (1). To calculate the
11    Average Daily Attendance for the district, the average
12    daily attendance for the year-round buildings shall be
13    multiplied by the days in session for the non-year-round
14    buildings for each month and added to the monthly
15    attendance of the non-year-round buildings.
16    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, days of
17attendance by pupils shall be counted only for sessions of not
18less than 5 clock hours of school work per day under direct
19supervision of: (i) teachers, or (ii) non-teaching personnel or
20volunteer personnel when engaging in non-teaching duties and
21supervising in those instances specified in subsection (a) of
22Section 10-22.34 and paragraph 10 of Section 34-18, with pupils
23of legal school age and in kindergarten and grades 1 through
2412.
25    Days of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited
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1school.
2    (2) Days of attendance by pupils of less than 5 clock hours
3of school shall be subject to the following provisions in the
4compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
5        (a) Pupils regularly enrolled in a public school for
6    only a part of the school day may be counted on the basis
7    of 1/6 day for every class hour of instruction of 40
8    minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment,
9    unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of 80
10    minutes or more of instruction, in which case the pupil may
11    be counted on the basis of the proportion of minutes of
12    school work completed each day to the minimum number of
13    minutes that school work is required to be held that day.
14        (b) (Blank).
15        (c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be counted
16    as a day of attendance upon certification by the regional
17    superintendent, and approved by the State Superintendent
18    of Education to the extent that the district has been
19    forced to use daily multiple sessions.
20        (d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be counted
21    as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder of the school
22    day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that day is
23    utilized for an in-service training program for teachers,
24    up to a maximum of 5 days per school year, provided a
25    district conducts an in-service training program for
26    teachers in accordance with Section 10-22.39 of this Code;

 

 

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1    or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be used, in
2    which event each such day may be counted as a day required
3    for a legal school calendar pursuant to Section 10-19 of
4    this Code; (1.5) when, of the 5 days allowed under item
5    (1), a maximum of 4 days are used for parent-teacher
6    conferences, or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days are
7    used, in which case each such day may be counted as a
8    calendar day required under Section 10-19 of this Code,
9    provided that the full-day, parent-teacher conference
10    consists of (i) a minimum of 5 clock hours of
11    parent-teacher conferences, (ii) both a minimum of 2 clock
12    hours of parent-teacher conferences held in the evening
13    following a full day of student attendance, as specified in
14    subsection (F)(1)(c), and a minimum of 3 clock hours of
15    parent-teacher conferences held on the day immediately
16    following evening parent-teacher conferences, or (iii)
17    multiple parent-teacher conferences held in the evenings
18    following full days of student attendance, as specified in
19    subsection (F)(1)(c), in which the time used for the
20    parent-teacher conferences is equivalent to a minimum of 5
21    clock hours; and (2) when days in addition to those
22    provided in items (1) and (1.5) are scheduled by a school
23    pursuant to its school improvement plan adopted under
24    Article 34 or its revised or amended school improvement
25    plan adopted under Article 2, provided that (i) such
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1    regular intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in
2    which such sessions occur are utilized for in-service
3    training programs or other staff development activities
4    for teachers, and (iii) a sufficient number of minutes of
5    school work under the direct supervision of teachers are
6    added to the school days between such regularly scheduled
7    sessions to accumulate not less than the number of minutes
8    by which such sessions of 3 or more clock hours fall short
9    of 5 clock hours. Any full days used for the purposes of
10    this paragraph shall not be considered for computing
11    average daily attendance. Days scheduled for in-service
12    training programs, staff development activities, or
13    parent-teacher conferences may be scheduled separately for
14    different grade levels and different attendance centers of
15    the district.
16        (e) A session of not less than one clock hour of
17    teaching hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or by
18    telephone to the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day of
19    attendance, however these pupils must receive 4 or more
20    clock hours of instruction to be counted for a full day of
21    attendance.
22        (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be counted
23    as a day of attendance for first grade pupils, and pupils
24    in full day kindergartens, and a session of 2 or more hours
25    may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by pupils in
26    kindergartens which provide only 1/2 day of attendance.

 

 

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1        (g) For children with disabilities who are below the
2    age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock hours
3    because of their disability or immaturity, a session of not
4    less than one clock hour may be counted as 1/2 day of
5    attendance; however for such children whose educational
6    needs so require a session of 4 or more clock hours may be
7    counted as a full day of attendance.
8        (h) A recognized kindergarten which provides for only
9    1/2 day of attendance by each pupil shall not have more
10    than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any one day. However,
11    kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance in any 5
12    consecutive school days. When a pupil attends such a
13    kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school day, the
14    pupil shall have the following day as a day absent from
15    school, unless the school district obtains permission in
16    writing from the State Superintendent of Education.
17    Attendance at kindergartens which provide for a full day of
18    attendance by each pupil shall be counted the same as
19    attendance by first grade pupils. Only the first year of
20    attendance in one kindergarten shall be counted, except in
21    case of children who entered the kindergarten in their
22    fifth year whose educational development requires a second
23    year of kindergarten as determined under the rules and
24    regulations of the State Board of Education.
25        (i) On the days when the Prairie State Achievement
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1    Section 2-3.64 of this Code, the day of attendance for a
2    pupil whose school day must be shortened to accommodate
3    required testing procedures may be less than 5 clock hours
4    and shall be counted towards the 176 days of actual pupil
5    attendance required under Section 10-19 of this Code,
6    provided that a sufficient number of minutes of school work
7    in excess of 5 clock hours are first completed on other
8    school days to compensate for the loss of school work on
9    the examination days.
10        (j) Pupils enrolled in a remote educational program
11    established under Section 10-29 of this Code may be counted
12    on the basis of one-fifth day of attendance for every clock
13    hour of instruction attended in the remote educational
14    program, provided that, in any month, the school district
15    may not claim for a student enrolled in a remote
16    educational program more days of attendance than the
17    maximum number of days of attendance the district can claim
18    (i) for students enrolled in a building holding year-round
19    classes if the student is classified as participating in
20    the remote educational program on a year-round schedule or
21    (ii) for students enrolled in a building not holding
22    year-round classes if the student is not classified as
23    participating in the remote educational program on a
24    year-round schedule.
 
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1    (1) For purposes of the calculation of Available Local
2Resources required pursuant to subsection (D), the State Board
3of Education shall secure from the Department of Revenue the
4value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue of
5all taxable property of every school district, together with
6(i) the applicable tax rate used in extending taxes for the
7funds of the district as of September 30 of the previous year
8and (ii) the limiting rate for all school districts subject to
9property tax extension limitations as imposed under the
10Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
11    The Department of Revenue shall add to the equalized
12assessed value of all taxable property of each school district
13situated entirely or partially within a county that is or was
14subject to the provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the
15Property Tax Code (a) an amount equal to the total amount by
16which the homestead exemption allowed under Section 15-176 or
1715-177 of the Property Tax Code for real property situated in
18that school district exceeds the total amount that would have
19been allowed in that school district if the maximum reduction
20under Section 15-176 was (i) $4,500 in Cook County or $3,500 in
21all other counties in tax year 2003 or (ii) $5,000 in all
22counties in tax year 2004 and thereafter and (b) an amount
23equal to the aggregate amount for the taxable year of all
24additional exemptions under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax
25Code for owners with a household income of $30,000 or less. The
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1provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code
2shall annually calculate and certify to the Department of
3Revenue for each school district all homestead exemption
4amounts under Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code
5and all amounts of additional exemptions under Section 15-175
6of the Property Tax Code for owners with a household income of
7$30,000 or less. It is the intent of this paragraph that if the
8general homestead exemption for a parcel of property is
9determined under Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax
10Code rather than Section 15-175, then the calculation of
11Available Local Resources shall not be affected by the
12difference, if any, between the amount of the general homestead
13exemption allowed for that parcel of property under Section
1415-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code and the amount that
15would have been allowed had the general homestead exemption for
16that parcel of property been determined under Section 15-175 of
17the Property Tax Code. It is further the intent of this
18paragraph that if additional exemptions are allowed under
19Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code for owners with a
20household income of less than $30,000, then the calculation of
21Available Local Resources shall not be affected by the
22difference, if any, because of those additional exemptions.
23    This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
24the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
25calculation of Available Local Resources.
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1be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner: (a) For
2the purposes of calculating State aid under this Section, with
3respect to any part of a school district within a redevelopment
4project area in respect to which a municipality has adopted tax
5increment allocation financing pursuant to the Tax Increment
6Allocation Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through
711-74.4-11 of the Illinois Municipal Code or the Industrial
8Jobs Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through 11-74.6-50 of the
9Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the current equalized
10assessed valuation of real property located in any such project
11area which is attributable to an increase above the total
12initial equalized assessed valuation of such property shall be
13used as part of the equalized assessed valuation of the
14district, until such time as all redevelopment project costs
15have been paid, as provided in Section 11-74.4-8 of the Tax
16Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act or in Section
1711-74.6-35 of the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose
18of the equalized assessed valuation of the district, the total
19initial equalized assessed valuation or the current equalized
20assessed valuation, whichever is lower, shall be used until
21such time as all redevelopment project costs have been paid.
22(b) The real property equalized assessed valuation for a school
23district shall be adjusted by subtracting from the real
24property value as equalized or assessed by the Department of
25Revenue for the district an amount computed by dividing the
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1Property Tax Code by 3.00% for a district maintaining grades
2kindergarten through 12, by 2.30% for a district maintaining
3grades kindergarten through 8, or by 1.05% for a district
4maintaining grades 9 through 12 and adjusted by an amount
5computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes under
6subsection (a) of Section 18-165 of the Property Tax Code by
7the same percentage rates for district type as specified in
8this subparagraph (b).
9    (3) For the 1999-2000 school year and each school year
10thereafter, if a school district meets all of the criteria of
11this subsection (G)(3), the school district's Available Local
12Resources shall be calculated under subsection (D) using the
13district's Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation
14as calculated under this subsection (G)(3).
15    For purposes of this subsection (G)(3) the following terms
16shall have the following meanings:
17        "Budget Year": The school year for which general State
18    aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
19        "Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used to
20    calculate the Budget Year allocation of general State aid.
21        "Preceding Tax Year": The property tax levy year
22    immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
23        "Base Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of the
24    equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County Clerk
25    in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting rate as
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1    Tax Extension Limitation Law.
2        "Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of
3    the equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County
4    Clerk in the Preceding Tax Year multiplied by the Operating
5    Tax Rate as defined in subsection (A).
6        "Extension Limitation Ratio": A numerical ratio,
7    certified by the County Clerk, in which the numerator is
8    the Base Tax Year's Tax Extension and the denominator is
9    the Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension.
10        "Operating Tax Rate": The operating tax rate as defined
11    in subsection (A).
12    If a school district is subject to property tax extension
13limitations as imposed under the Property Tax Extension
14Limitation Law, the State Board of Education shall calculate
15the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of that
16district. For the 1999-2000 school year, the Extension
17Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as
18calculated by the State Board of Education shall be equal to
19the product of the district's 1996 Equalized Assessed Valuation
20and the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. Except as
21otherwise provided in this paragraph for a school district that
22has approved or does approve an increase in its limiting rate,
23for the 2000-2001 school year and each school year thereafter,
24the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a
25school district as calculated by the State Board of Education
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1Valuation last used in the calculation of general State aid and
2the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension
3Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as
4calculated under this subsection (G)(3) is less than the
5district's equalized assessed valuation as calculated pursuant
6to subsections (G)(1) and (G)(2), then for purposes of
7calculating the district's general State aid for the Budget
8Year pursuant to subsection (E), that Extension Limitation
9Equalized Assessed Valuation shall be utilized to calculate the
10district's Available Local Resources under subsection (D). For
11the 2009-2010 school year and each school year thereafter, if a
12school district has approved or does approve an increase in its
13limiting rate, pursuant to Section 18-190 of the Property Tax
14Code, affecting the Base Tax Year, the Extension Limitation
15Equalized Assessed Valuation of the school district, as
16calculated by the State Board of Education, shall be equal to
17the product of the Equalized Assessed Valuation last used in
18the calculation of general State aid times an amount equal to
19one plus the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price
20Index for all Urban Consumers for all items published by the
21United States Department of Labor for the 12-month calendar
22year preceding the Base Tax Year, plus the Equalized Assessed
23Valuation of new property, annexed property, and recovered tax
24increment value and minus the Equalized Assessed Valuation of
25disconnected property. New property and recovered tax
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1Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
2    Partial elementary unit districts created in accordance
3with Article 11E of this Code shall not be eligible for the
4adjustment in this subsection (G)(3) until the fifth year
5following the effective date of the reorganization.
6    (3.5) For the 2010-2011 school year and each school year
7thereafter, if a school district's boundaries span multiple
8counties, then the Department of Revenue shall send to the
9State Board of Education, for the purpose of calculating
10general State aid, the limiting rate and individual rates by
11purpose for the county that contains the majority of the school
12district's Equalized Assessed Valuation.
13    (4) For the purposes of calculating general State aid for
14the 1999-2000 school year only, if a school district
15experienced a triennial reassessment on the equalized assessed
16valuation used in calculating its general State financial aid
17apportionment for the 1998-1999 school year, the State Board of
18Education shall calculate the Extension Limitation Equalized
19Assessed Valuation that would have been used to calculate the
20district's 1998-1999 general State aid. This amount shall equal
21the product of the equalized assessed valuation used to
22calculate general State aid for the 1997-1998 school year and
23the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension
24Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of the school district
25as calculated under this paragraph (4) is less than the
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1calculating the district's 1998-1999 general State aid
2allocation, then for purposes of calculating the district's
3general State aid pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection (E),
4that Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation shall
5be utilized to calculate the district's Available Local
6Resources.
7    (5) For school districts having a majority of their
8equalized assessed valuation in any county except Cook, DuPage,
9Kane, Lake, McHenry, or Will, if the amount of general State
10aid allocated to the school district for the 1999-2000 school
11year under the provisions of subsection (E), (H), and (J) of
12this Section is less than the amount of general State aid
13allocated to the district for the 1998-1999 school year under
14these subsections, then the general State aid of the district
15for the 1999-2000 school year only shall be increased by the
16difference between these amounts. The total payments made under
17this paragraph (5) shall not exceed $14,000,000. Claims shall
18be prorated if they exceed $14,000,000.
 
19(H) Supplemental General State Aid.
20    (1) In addition to the general State aid a school district
21is allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying school
22districts shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction with a
23district's payments of general State aid, for supplemental
24general State aid based upon the concentration level of
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1district. A school district does not qualify for supplemental
2general State aid under this subsection (H) if its Available
3Local Resources per pupil exceeds an amount equal to the amount
4of general State aid, per pupil, allotted to the school
5district under subsection (E) of this Section plus the amount
6of the grant, per pupil, the district would otherwise qualify
7for under this subsection (H). Supplemental State aid grants
8provided for school districts under this subsection (H) shall
9be appropriated for distribution to school districts as part of
10the same line item in which the general State financial aid of
11school districts is appropriated under this Section.
12    (1.5) This paragraph (1.5) applies only to those school
13years preceding the 2003-2004 school year. For purposes of this
14subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
15shall be the low-income eligible pupil count from the most
16recently available federal census divided by the Average Daily
17Attendance of the school district. If, however, (i) the
18percentage decrease from the 2 most recent federal censuses in
19the low-income eligible pupil count of a high school district
20with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or more the
21percentage change in the total low-income eligible pupil count
22of contiguous elementary school districts, whose boundaries
23are coterminous with the high school district, or (ii) a high
24school district within 2 counties and serving 5 elementary
25school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous with the
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1recent federal censuses in the low-income eligible pupil count
2and there is a percentage increase in the total low-income
3eligible pupil count of a majority of the elementary school
4districts in excess of 50% from the 2 most recent federal
5censuses, then the high school district's low-income eligible
6pupil count from the earlier federal census shall be the number
7used as the low-income eligible pupil count for the high school
8district, for purposes of this subsection (H). The changes made
9to this paragraph (1) by Public Act 92-28 shall apply to
10supplemental general State aid grants for school years
11preceding the 2003-2004 school year that are paid in fiscal
12year 1999 or thereafter and to any State aid payments made in
13fiscal year 1994 through fiscal year 1998 pursuant to
14subsection 1(n) of Section 18-8 of this Code (which was
15repealed on July 1, 1998), and any high school district that is
16affected by Public Act 92-28 is entitled to a recomputation of
17its supplemental general State aid grant or State aid paid in
18any of those fiscal years. This recomputation shall not be
19affected by any other funding.
20    (1.10) This paragraph (1.10) applies to the 2003-2004
21school year and each school year thereafter. For purposes of
22this subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
23shall, for each fiscal year, be the low-income eligible pupil
24count as of July 1 of the immediately preceding fiscal year (as
25determined by the Department of Human Services based on the
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1following low income programs: Medicaid, the Children's Health
2Insurance Program, TANF, or Food Stamps, excluding pupils who
3are eligible for services provided by the Department of
4Children and Family Services, averaged over the 2 immediately
5preceding fiscal years for fiscal year 2004 and over the 3
6immediately preceding fiscal years for each fiscal year
7thereafter) divided by the Average Daily Attendance of the
8school district.
9    (2) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
10subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 1998-1999,
111999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years only:
12        (a) For any school district with a Low Income
13    Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
14    grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by the
15    low income eligible pupil count.
16        (b) For any school district with a Low Income
17    Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
18    grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall be $1,100
19    multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
20        (c) For any school district with a Low Income
21    Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
22    grant for the 1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
23    multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
24        (d) For any school district with a Low Income
25    Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for the
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1    income eligible pupil count.
2        (e) For the 1999-2000 school year, the per pupil amount
3    specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d) immediately
4    above shall be increased to $1,243, $1,600, and $2,000,
5    respectively.
6        (f) For the 2000-2001 school year, the per pupil
7    amounts specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d)
8    immediately above shall be $1,273, $1,640, and $2,050,
9    respectively.
10    (2.5) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
11subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2002-2003
12school year:
13        (a) For any school district with a Low Income
14    Concentration Level of less than 10%, the grant for each
15    school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
16    eligible pupil count.
17        (b) For any school district with a Low Income
18    Concentration Level of at least 10% and less than 20%, the
19    grant for each school year shall be $675 multiplied by the
20    low income eligible pupil count.
21        (c) For any school district with a Low Income
22    Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
23    grant for each school year shall be $1,330 multiplied by
24    the low income eligible pupil count.
25        (d) For any school district with a Low Income
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1    grant for each school year shall be $1,362 multiplied by
2    the low income eligible pupil count.
3        (e) For any school district with a Low Income
4    Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
5    grant for each school year shall be $1,680 multiplied by
6    the low income eligible pupil count.
7        (f) For any school district with a Low Income
8    Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for each
9    school year shall be $2,080 multiplied by the low income
10    eligible pupil count.
11    (2.10) Except as otherwise provided, supplemental general
12State aid pursuant to this subsection (H) shall be provided as
13follows for the 2003-2004 school year and each school year
14thereafter:
15        (a) For any school district with a Low Income
16    Concentration Level of 15% or less, the grant for each
17    school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
18    eligible pupil count.
19        (b) For any school district with a Low Income
20    Concentration Level greater than 15%, the grant for each
21    school year shall be $294.25 added to the product of $2,700
22    and the square of the Low Income Concentration Level, all
23    multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
24    For the 2003-2004 school year and each school year
25thereafter through the 2008-2009 school year only, the grant
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1For the 2009-2010 school year only, the grant shall be no less
2than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by
30.66. For the 2010-2011 school year only, the grant shall be no
4less than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by
50.33. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph to the
6contrary, if for any school year supplemental general State aid
7grants are prorated as provided in paragraph (1) of this
8subsection (H), then the grants under this paragraph shall be
9prorated.
10    For the 2003-2004 school year only, the grant shall be no
11greater than the grant received during the 2002-2003 school
12year added to the product of 0.25 multiplied by the difference
13between the grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b)
14of this paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the
15grant received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the
162004-2005 school year only, the grant shall be no greater than
17the grant received during the 2002-2003 school year added to
18the product of 0.50 multiplied by the difference between the
19grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this
20paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant
21received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the 2005-2006
22school year only, the grant shall be no greater than the grant
23received during the 2002-2003 school year added to the product
24of 0.75 multiplied by the difference between the grant amount
25calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this paragraph
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1the 2002-2003 school year.
2    (3) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
3more than 1,000 and less than 50,000 that qualify for
4supplemental general State aid pursuant to this subsection
5shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
6October 30 of each year for the use of the funds resulting from
7this grant of supplemental general State aid for the
8improvement of instruction in which priority is given to
9meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children. Such
10plan shall be submitted in accordance with rules and
11regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
12    (4) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
1350,000 or more that qualify for supplemental general State aid
14pursuant to this subsection shall be required to distribute
15from funds available pursuant to this Section, no less than
16$261,000,000 in accordance with the following requirements:
17        (a) The required amounts shall be distributed to the
18    attendance centers within the district in proportion to the
19    number of pupils enrolled at each attendance center who are
20    eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunches or
21    breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966
22    and under the National School Lunch Act during the
23    immediately preceding school year.
24        (b) The distribution of these portions of supplemental
25    and general State aid among attendance centers according to
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1    contravened by adjustments of the total of other funds
2    appropriated to any attendance centers, and the Board of
3    Education shall utilize funding from one or several sources
4    in order to fully implement this provision annually prior
5    to the opening of school.
6        (c) Each attendance center shall be provided by the
7    school district a distribution of noncategorical funds and
8    other categorical funds to which an attendance center is
9    entitled under law in order that the general State aid and
10    supplemental general State aid provided by application of
11    this subsection supplements rather than supplants the
12    noncategorical funds and other categorical funds provided
13    by the school district to the attendance centers.
14        (d) Any funds made available under this subsection that
15    by reason of the provisions of this subsection are not
16    required to be allocated and provided to attendance centers
17    may be used and appropriated by the board of the district
18    for any lawful school purpose.
19        (e) Funds received by an attendance center pursuant to
20    this subsection shall be used by the attendance center at
21    the discretion of the principal and local school council
22    for programs to improve educational opportunities at
23    qualifying schools through the following programs and
24    services: early childhood education, reduced class size or
25    improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
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1    other educationally beneficial expenditures which
2    supplement the regular and basic programs as determined by
3    the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not be
4    expended for any political or lobbying purposes as defined
5    by board rule.
6        (f) Each district subject to the provisions of this
7    subdivision (H)(4) shall submit an acceptable plan to meet
8    the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
9    compliance with the requirements of this paragraph, to the
10    State Board of Education prior to July 15 of each year.
11    This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of local
12    school councils concerning the school expenditure plans
13    developed in accordance with part 4 of Section 34-2.3. The
14    State Board shall approve or reject the plan within 60 days
15    after its submission. If the plan is rejected, the district
16    shall give written notice of intent to modify the plan
17    within 15 days of the notification of rejection and then
18    submit a modified plan within 30 days after the date of the
19    written notice of intent to modify. Districts may amend
20    approved plans pursuant to rules promulgated by the State
21    Board of Education.
22        Upon notification by the State Board of Education that
23    the district has not submitted a plan prior to July 15 or a
24    modified plan within the time period specified herein, the
25    State aid funds affected by that plan or modified plan
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1    plan or modified plan is submitted.
2        If the district fails to distribute State aid to
3    attendance centers in accordance with an approved plan, the
4    plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
5    addition to the funds otherwise required by this
6    subsection, to those attendance centers which were
7    underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal to
8    such underfunding.
9        For purposes of determining compliance with this
10    subsection in relation to the requirements of attendance
11    center funding, each district subject to the provisions of
12    this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
13    December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data for
14    the prior year in addition to any modification of its
15    current plan. If it is determined that there has been a
16    failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
17    subsection regarding contravention or supplanting, the
18    State Superintendent of Education shall, within 60 days of
19    receipt of the report, notify the district and any affected
20    local school council. The district shall within 45 days of
21    receipt of that notification inform the State
22    Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
23    action to be taken, whether by amendment of the current
24    plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the
25    following year. Failure to provide the expenditure report
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1    timely manner shall result in a withholding of the affected
2    funds.
3        The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and
4    regulations to implement the provisions of this
5    subsection. No funds shall be released under this
6    subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted a
7    plan that has been approved by the State Board of
8    Education.
 
9(I) (Blank).
 
10(J) (Blank).
 
11(K) Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
12    In calculating the amount to be paid to the governing board
13of a public university that operates a laboratory school under
14this Section or to any alternative school that is operated by a
15regional superintendent of schools, the State Board of
16Education shall require by rule such reporting requirements as
17it deems necessary.
18    As used in this Section, "laboratory school" means a public
19school which is created and operated by a public university and
20approved by the State Board of Education. The governing board
21of a public university which receives funds from the State
22Board under this subsection (K) may not increase the number of
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1district, if that district is already sending 50 or more
2students, except under a mutual agreement between the school
3board of a student's district of residence and the university
4which operates the laboratory school. A laboratory school may
5not have more than 1,000 students, excluding students with
6disabilities in a special education program.
7    As used in this Section, "alternative school" means a
8public school which is created and operated by a Regional
9Superintendent of Schools and approved by the State Board of
10Education. Such alternative schools may offer courses of
11instruction for which credit is given in regular school
12programs, courses to prepare students for the high school
13equivalency testing program or vocational and occupational
14training. A regional superintendent of schools may contract
15with a school district or a public community college district
16to operate an alternative school. An alternative school serving
17more than one educational service region may be established by
18the regional superintendents of schools of the affected
19educational service regions. An alternative school serving
20more than one educational service region may be operated under
21such terms as the regional superintendents of schools of those
22educational service regions may agree.
23    Each laboratory and alternative school shall file, on forms
24provided by the State Superintendent of Education, an annual
25State aid claim which states the Average Daily Attendance of
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1Daily Attendance shall be computed for each school. The general
2State aid entitlement shall be computed by multiplying the
3applicable Average Daily Attendance by the Foundation Level as
4determined under this Section.
 
5(L) Payments, Additional Grants in Aid and Other Requirements.
6    (1) For a school district operating under the financial
7supervision of an Authority created under Article 34A, the
8general State aid otherwise payable to that district under this
9Section, but not the supplemental general State aid, shall be
10reduced by an amount equal to the budget for the operations of
11the Authority as certified by the Authority to the State Board
12of Education, and an amount equal to such reduction shall be
13paid to the Authority created for such district for its
14operating expenses in the manner provided in Section 18-11. The
15remainder of general State school aid for any such district
16shall be paid in accordance with Article 34A when that Article
17provides for a disposition other than that provided by this
18Article.
19    (2) (Blank).
20    (3) Summer school. Summer school payments shall be made as
21provided in Section 18-4.3.
 
22(M) Education Funding Advisory Board.
23    The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
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1The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
2Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
3members appointed shall include representatives of education,
4business, and the general public. One of the members so
5appointed shall be designated by the Governor at the time the
6appointment is made as the chairperson of the Board. The
7initial members of the Board may be appointed any time after
8the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997. The regular
9term of each member of the Board shall be for 4 years from the
10third Monday of January of the year in which the term of the
11member's appointment is to commence, except that of the 5
12initial members appointed to serve on the Board, the member who
13is appointed as the chairperson shall serve for a term that
14commences on the date of his or her appointment and expires on
15the third Monday of January, 2002, and the remaining 4 members,
16by lots drawn at the first meeting of the Board that is held
17after all 5 members are appointed, shall determine 2 of their
18number to serve for terms that commence on the date of their
19respective appointments and expire on the third Monday of
20January, 2001, and 2 of their number to serve for terms that
21commence on the date of their respective appointments and
22expire on the third Monday of January, 2000. All members
23appointed to serve on the Board shall serve until their
24respective successors are appointed and confirmed. Vacancies
25shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. If
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1in session, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment
2until the next meeting of the Senate, when he or she shall
3appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a
4person to fill that membership for the unexpired term. If the
5Senate is not in session when the initial appointments are
6made, those appointments shall be made as in the case of
7vacancies.
8    The Education Funding Advisory Board shall be deemed
9established, and the initial members appointed by the Governor
10to serve as members of the Board shall take office, on the date
11that the Governor makes his or her appointment of the fifth
12initial member of the Board, whether those initial members are
13then serving pursuant to appointment and confirmation or
14pursuant to temporary appointments that are made by the
15Governor as in the case of vacancies.
16    The State Board of Education shall provide such staff
17assistance to the Education Funding Advisory Board as is
18reasonably required for the proper performance by the Board of
19its responsibilities.
20    For school years after the 2000-2001 school year, the
21Education Funding Advisory Board, in consultation with the
22State Board of Education, shall make recommendations as
23provided in this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for the
24foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section and
25for the supplemental general State aid grant level under
26subsection (H) of this Section for districts with high

 

 

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1concentrations of children from poverty. The recommended
2foundation level shall be determined based on a methodology
3which incorporates the basic education expenditures of
4low-spending schools exhibiting high academic performance. The
5Education Funding Advisory Board shall make such
6recommendations to the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
7numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.
 
8(N) (Blank).
 
9(O) References.
10    (1) References in other laws to the various subdivisions of
11Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
12replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer to
13the corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to the
14extent that those references remain applicable.
15    (2) References in other laws to State Chapter 1 funds shall
16be deemed to refer to the supplemental general State aid
17provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
 
18(P) Public Act 93-838 and Public Act 93-808 make inconsistent
19changes to this Section. Under Section 6 of the Statute on
20Statutes there is an irreconcilable conflict between Public Act
2193-808 and Public Act 93-838. Public Act 93-838, being the last
22acted upon, is controlling. The text of Public Act 93-838 is
23the law regardless of the text of Public Act 93-808.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 96-45, eff. 7-15-09; 96-152, eff. 8-7-09; 96-300,
2eff. 8-11-09; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 96-640, eff. 8-24-09;
396-959, eff. 7-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1480, eff.
411-18-10; 97-339, eff. 8-12-11; 97-351, eff. 8-12-11; 97-742,
5eff. 6-30-13; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
72014.