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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1180
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1180 on page 1,
3 lines 2 and 6, by replacing "Section 3-22.1" each time it
4 appears with "Sections 2-16.02 and 3-22.1"; and
5 on page 1, by inserting below line 6 the following:
6 "(110 ILCS 805/2-16.02) (from Ch. 122, par. 102-16.02)
7 Sec. 2-16.02. Any community college district that
8 maintains a community college recognized by the State Board
9 shall receive, when eligible, grants enumerated in this
10 Section. Funded semester credit hours or other measures as
11 specified by the State Board shall be used to distribute
12 grants to community colleges. Except for equalization grants,
13 retirees health insurance grants, grants to districts
14 established pursuant to Section 6-6.1, and grants for special
15 initiatives, all grants specified in this Section shall be
16 based on funded semester credit hours. Funded semester
17 credit hours shall be defined, for purposes of this Section,
18 as the greater of (1) the number of semester credit hours, or
19 equivalent, in all funded instructional categories of
20 students who have been certified as being in attendance at
21 midterm during the respective terms of the base fiscal year
22 or (2) the average of semester credit hours, or equivalent,
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1 in all funded instructional categories of students who have
2 been certified as being in attendance at midterm during the
3 respective terms of the base fiscal year and the 2 prior
4 fiscal years. For purposes of this Section, "base fiscal
5 year" means the fiscal year 2 years prior to the fiscal year
6 for which the grants are appropriated. Such students shall
7 have been residents of Illinois and shall have been enrolled
8 in courses that are part of instructional program categories
9 approved by the State Board and that are applicable toward an
10 associate degree or certificate. Courses are not eligible
11 for reimbursement where the district receives federal or
12 State financing or both, except financing through the State
13 Board, for 50% or more of the program costs with the
14 exception of courses offered by contract with the Department
15 of Corrections in correctional institutions. After
16 distributing a grant of up to one-tenth of 1% of the total
17 available credit hour grant funding to each district with
18 less than 75,000 funded semester credit hours exclusive of
19 Department of Corrections credit hours, the remaining Credit
20 hour grants shall be paid based on rates per funded semester
21 credit hour or equivalent calculated by the State Board for
22 funded instructional categories using cost of instruction,
23 enrollment, inflation, and other relevant factors. Small
24 district grants, in an amount to be determined by the State
25 Board, shall be made to each district with less than 75,000
26 funded semester credit hours, exclusive of Department of
27 Corrections credit hours.
28 Grants for Equalization grants shall be distributed to
29 each district that falls below a statewide threshold
30 calculated by the State Board by determining a local revenue
31 factor for each district by: (A) adding (1) each district's
32 the Corporate Personal Property Replacement Fund allocations
33 from the base fiscal year or the average of the base fiscal
34 year and prior year, whichever is less, divided by the
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1 applicable statewide average tax rate to (2) the district's
2 most recently audited year's equalized assessed valuation or
3 the average of the most recently audited year and prior year,
4 whichever is less, (B) then dividing by the district's number
5 of audited full-time equivalent resident students for the
6 base fiscal year or the average for the base fiscal year and
7 the 2 prior fiscal years, whichever is greater, and (C) then
8 multiplying by the applicable statewide average tax rate.
9 The State Board shall calculate a statewide weighted average
10 threshold by applying use the same methodology to the totals
11 of all districts' Corporate Personal Property Tax Replacement
12 Fund allocations, equalized assessed valuations, and audited
13 full-time equivalent district resident students and
14 multiplying by the applicable statewide average tax rate
15 calculate a local revenue factor for each district. The
16 difference between the statewide weighted average threshold
17 and the local revenue factor, multiplied by the number of
18 full-time equivalent resident students, shall determine the
19 amount of equalization funding that each district is eligible
20 to receive. A percentage factor, as determined by the State
21 Board, may be applied to the statewide threshold as a method
22 for allocating equalization funding. A minimum equalization
23 grant of an amount per district as determined by the State
24 Board shall be established for any community college district
25 which qualifies for an equalization grant based upon the
26 preceding criteria, but becomes ineligible for equalization
27 funding, or would have received a grant of less than the
28 minimum equalization grant, due to threshold prorations
29 applied to reduce equalization funding. As of July 1, 1997,
30 community college districts must maintain a minimum required
31 in-district tuition rate per semester credit hour as
32 determined by the State Board. For each fiscal year between
33 July 1, 1997 and June 30, 2001, districts not meeting the
34 minimum required rate will be subject to a percent reduction
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1 of equalization funding as determined by the State Board. As
2 of July 1, 2001, districts must meet the required minimum
3 in-district tuition rate to qualify for equalization funding.
4 A special populations grant of a base amount as
5 determined by the State Board $20,000 per community college
6 shall be distributed to each community college district., and
7 Any remaining appropriated funds for special populations
8 purposes shall be distributed based on factors as determined
9 by the State Board programs with the exception of moneys
10 appropriated as grants for unique special populations
11 initiatives created by the State Board shall be distributed
12 proportionately to each community college district on the
13 basis of each district's share of the State total funded
14 semester credit hours, or equivalent, in
15 remedial/developmental and adult basic education/adult
16 secondary education courses. Each community college
17 district's expenditures of funds from those grants shall be
18 limited to courses and services related to programs for
19 educationally disadvantaged and minority students as
20 specified by the State Board.
21 A workforce preparation grant of a base grant amount as
22 determined by the State Board $35,000 shall be distributed to
23 each community college district., and Any remaining
24 appropriated funds for workforce preparation programs with
25 the exception of monies appropriated as grants for special
26 workforce preparation initiatives created by the State Board
27 shall be distributed based on factors as determined by the
28 State Board proportionately to each community college
29 district on the basis of each district's share of the State
30 total funded semester credit hours, or equivalent, in
31 business occupational, technical occupational, and health
32 occupational courses. Each community college district's
33 expenditures of funds from those grants shall be limited to
34 workforce preparation activities and services as specified by
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1 the State Board.
2 An advanced technology equipment grant shall be
3 distributed proportionately to each community college
4 district based on each district's share of the State total
5 funded semester credit hours, or equivalent, in business
6 occupational, technical occupational, and health occupational
7 courses or other measures as determined by the State Board.
8 Each community college district's expenditures of funds from
9 those grants shall be limited to procurement of equipment for
10 curricula impacted by technological advances as specified by
11 the State Board.
12 A retirees health insurance grant shall be distributed
13 proportionately to each community college district or entity
14 created pursuant to Section 3-55 based on each district's
15 share of the total number of community college retirees in
16 the State on July 1 of the fiscal year prior to the fiscal
17 year for which the grants are appropriated, as determined by
18 the State Board. Each community college district's
19 Expenditures of funds from those grants shall be limited to
20 payment of costs associated with the provision of retirees'
21 health insurance.
22 A deferred maintenance grant shall be distributed to each
23 community college district based upon criteria as determined
24 by the State Board. Each community college district's
25 expenditures of funds from those grants shall be limited to
26 deferred maintenance activities specified by the State Board.
27 A grant shall be provided to the Illinois Occupational
28 Information Coordinating Committee for the purpose of
29 providing the State Board with labor market information by
30 updating the Occupational Information System and HORIZONS
31 Career Information System and by providing labor market
32 information and technical assistance, that grant to be
33 provided in its entirety during the first quarter of the
34 fiscal year.
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1 A grant shall be provided to Community College District
2 #540, that district having been formed under the provisions
3 of Section 6-6.1, for the purpose of providing funds for the
4 district to meet operating expenses. The State Board shall
5 certify, prepare, and submit to the State Comptroller during
6 August of the fiscal year a voucher setting forth a one-time
7 payment of any Education Assistance Fund appropriation, and
8 during November, February, and May of the fiscal year a
9 voucher setting forth equal payments of General Revenue Fund
10 appropriations. The Comptroller shall cause a warrant to be
11 drawn for the amount due, payable to Community College
12 District #540, within 15 days following the receipt of each
13 such voucher.
14 The State Board shall distribute such other special
15 grants as may be authorized or appropriated by the General
16 Assembly.
17 Each community college district entitled to State grants
18 under this Section must submit a report of its enrollment to
19 the State Board not later than 30 days following the end of
20 each semester, quarter, or term in a format prescribed by the
21 State Board. These semester credit hours, or equivalent,
22 shall be certified by each district on forms provided by the
23 State Board. Each district's certified semester credit
24 hours, or equivalent, are subject to audit pursuant to
25 Section 3-22.1.
26 The State Board shall certify, prepare, and submit to the
27 State Comptroller during August, November, February, and May
28 of each fiscal year vouchers setting forth an amount equal to
29 25% of the districts' total grants approved by the State
30 Board for credit hour grants, small district grants, special
31 populations grants, workforce preparation grants,
32 equalization grants, advanced technology equipment grants,
33 deferred maintenance grants, and retirees health insurance
34 grants. The State Board shall prepare and submit to the State
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1 Comptroller vouchers for special initiatives grant payments
2 as set forth in the contracts executed pursuant to
3 appropriations received for special initiatives. The
4 Comptroller shall cause his warrants to be drawn for the
5 respective amounts due, payable to each community college
6 district, within 15 days following the receipt of such
7 vouchers. If the amount appropriated for grants is different
8 from the amount provided for such grants under this Act, the
9 grants shall be proportionately reduced or increased
10 accordingly.
11 For the purposes of this Section, "resident student"
12 means a student in a community college district who maintains
13 residency in that district or meets other residency
14 definitions established by the State Board, and who was
15 enrolled either in one of the approved instructional program
16 categories in that district, or in another community college
17 district to which the resident's district is paying tuition
18 under Section 6-2 or with which the resident's district has
19 entered into a cooperative agreement in lieu of such tuition.
20 For the purposes of this Section, a "full-time
21 equivalent" student is equal to 30 semester credit hours.
22 The Illinois Community College Board Contracts and Grants
23 Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. Items of
24 income to this fund shall include any grants, awards,
25 endowments, or like proceeds, and where appropriate, other
26 funds made available through contracts with governmental,
27 public, and private agencies or persons. The General
28 Assembly shall from time to time make appropriations payable
29 from such fund for the support, improvement, and expenses of
30 the State Board and Illinois community college districts.
31 (Source: P.A. 88-103; 88-553; 89-141, eff. 7-14-95; 89-281,
32 eff. 8-10-95; 89-473, eff. 6-18-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)";
33 and
34 on page 2, by inserting below line 2 the following:
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1 "Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
2 1, 1997.".