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Full Text of HB1450  98th General Assembly

HB1450 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB1450

 

Introduced , by Rep. Fred Crespo

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/17-1.10 new
105 ILCS 5/34-43.5 new
30 ILCS 805/8.37 new

    Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district must spend at least 65% of its total operating expenditures on direct classroom expenditures and if a school district's direct classroom expenditures for the 2013-2014 school year are less than 65% of its total operating expenditures, then the district must increase its direct classroom expenditures by at least 2 percentage points per school year beginning with the 2014-2015 school year until at least 65% of the district's total operating expenditures are spent on direct classroom expenditures. Provides that a school district that is unable to meet these expenditure standards due to special circumstances may apply to the State Superintendent of Education for a one-year, renewable waiver. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

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 adding Sections
517-1.10 and 34-43.5 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/17-1.10 new)
7    Sec. 17-1.10. Direct classroom expenditures.
8    (a) This Section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
9school year.
10    (b) In this Section:
11    "Direct classroom expenditures" means the amount defined
12by the National Center of Educational Statistics of the United
13States Department of Education.
14    "Total operating expenditures" includes all operating
15expenditures incurred for the benefit of elementary and
16secondary education during that school year, except capital
17expenditures. Debt service is a nonoperating expenditure.
18    (c) A school district must spend at least 65% of its total
19operating expenditures on direct classroom expenditures. If a
20school district's direct classroom expenditures for the
212013-2014 school year are less than 65% of its total operating
22expenditures, then the district must increase its direct
23classroom expenditures by at least 2 percentage points per

 

 

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1school year beginning with the 2014-2015 school year until at
2least 65% of the district's total operating expenditures are
3spent on direct classroom expenditures.
4    (d) At the end of each school year, the district
5superintendent must submit to the State Superintendent of
6Education a letter signed by the district superintendent
7certifying the percentage of the school district's total
8operating expenditures that were actually spent on direct
9classroom expenditures for that school year.
10    (e) A school district that is unable to meet the
11requirements of subsection (c) of this Section due to special
12circumstances may apply to the State Superintendent of
13Education for a one-year, renewable waiver. The waiver request
14must list the reasons why the district's direct classroom
15expenditures cannot meet the requirements of subsection (c) of
16this Section and describe the changes the district intends to
17make in the subsequent year in order to meet the requirements
18of subsection (c) of this Section. The State Superintendent of
19Education must grant or deny the waiver request within 60 days
20after receiving the request.
 
21    (105 ILCS 5/34-43.5 new)
22    Sec. 34-43.5. Direct classroom expenditures.
23    (a) This Section applies beginning with the 2013-2014
24school year.
25    (b) In this Section:

 

 

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1    "Direct classroom expenditures" means the amount defined
2by the National Center of Educational Statistics of the United
3States Department of Education.
4    "Total operating expenditures" includes all operating
5expenditures incurred for the benefit of elementary and
6secondary education during that school year, except capital
7expenditures. Debt service is a nonoperating expenditure.
8    (c) The school district must spend at least 65% of its
9total operating expenditures on direct classroom expenditures.
10If the school district's direct classroom expenditures for the
112013-2014 school year are less than 65% of its total operating
12expenditures, then the district must increase its direct
13classroom expenditures by at least 2 percentage points per
14school year beginning with the 2014-2015 school year until at
15least 65% of the district's total operating expenditures are
16spent on direct classroom expenditures.
17    (d) At the end of each school year, the general
18superintendent of schools must submit to the State
19Superintendent of Education a letter signed by the general
20superintendent of schools certifying the percentage of the
21school district's total operating expenditures that were
22actually spent on direct classroom expenditures for that school
23year.
24    (e) If the school district is unable to meet the
25requirements of subsection (c) of this Section due to special
26circumstances, then the district may apply to the State

 

 

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1Superintendent of Education for a one-year, renewable waiver.
2The waiver request must list the reasons why the district's
3direct classroom expenditures cannot meet the requirements of
4subsection (c) of this Section and describe the changes the
5district intends to make in the subsequent year in order to
6meet the requirements of subsection (c) of this Section. The
7State Superintendent of Education must grant or deny the waiver
8request within 60 days after receiving the request.
 
9    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
10Section 8.37 as follows:
 
11    (30 ILCS 805/8.37 new)
12    Sec. 8.37. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
13of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
14implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
15the 98th General Assembly.
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17becoming law.