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90_SB0245

      105 ILCS 5/18-12          from Ch. 122, par. 18-12
          Amends  the  School  Code.   Treats  as  a  full  day  of
      attendance for State Aid formula purposes a  day  of  partial
      attendance  resulting  from  adverse  weather conditions that
      delay the start of the school day.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend  the  School  Code  by  changing  Section
 2    18-12.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.   The  School  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 6    Section 18-12 as follows:
 7        (105 ILCS 5/18-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 18-12)
 8        Sec.  18-12.   Dates  for  filing State aid claims.)  The
 9    school board of each school district shall require  teachers,
10    principals,  or  superintendents to furnish from records kept
11    by them such data as it needs  in  preparing  and  certifying
12    under  oath or affirmation to the regional superintendent its
13    school district report of claims provided  in  Sections  18-8
14    through   18-10  on  blanks  to  be  provided  by  the  State
15    Superintendent of Education.  The  district  claim  shall  be
16    based  on  the  latest available equalized assessed valuation
17    and tax rates, as provided in Section 18-8 and shall use  the
18    average daily attendance as determined by the method outlined
19    in  Section  18-8  and  shall be certified and filed with the
20    regional superintendent by July 1.  Failure  to  so  file  by
21    July  1  constitutes  a  forfeiture  of  the right to receive
22    payment by the State until such claim is filed and  vouchered
23    for  payment.   The  regional superintendent of schools shall
24    certify the county report of claims by July 15; and the State
25    Superintendent of Education shall voucher for  payment  those
26    claims to the State Comptroller as provided in Section 18-11.
27        If  any  school  district  fails  to  provide the minimum
28    school term specified in Section 10-19, the State  aid  claim
29    for that year shall be reduced by the State Superintendent of
30    Education  in  an  amount  equivalent to .56818% for each day
31    less than the number of days required by this Act.   However,
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 1    if the State Superintendent of Education determines that such
 2    failure  to provide the minimum school term was occasioned by
 3    an act or acts of God, or was occasioned by conditions beyond
 4    the control of the school district which  posed  a  hazardous
 5    threat  to  the  health  and  safety of pupils, the State aid
 6    claim need not be reduced.
 7        If, during any school day,  (i)  a  school  district  has
 8    provided  at  least  one  clock  hour of instruction but must
 9    close the schools due to adverse weather conditions prior  to
10    providing  the  minimum  hours  of instruction required for a
11    full day of attendance, or  (ii)  the  school  district  must
12    delay  the  start  of  the  school day due to adverse weather
13    conditions  and  this  delay  prevents  the   district   from
14    providing  the  minimum  hours  of instruction required for a
15    full day of attendance, the partial day of attendance may  be
16    counted  as  a  full  day  of  attendance. The partial day of
17    attendance Such closing and the  reasons  therefor  therefore
18    shall  be  certified in writing within a month of the closing
19    or delayed start by the local school district  superintendent
20    to  the  Regional Superintendent of Schools for forwarding to
21    the State Superintendent of Education for approval.
22        No exception to the requirement of  providing  a  minimum
23    school  term  may  be approved by the State Superintendent of
24    Education pursuant to this Section unless a  school  district
25    has first used all emergency days provided for in its regular
26    calendar.
27        If the State Superintendent of Education declares that an
28    energy shortage exists during any part of the school year for
29    the  State  or  a designated portion of the State, a district
30    may operate the school attendance centers within the district
31    4 days of the  week  during  the  time  of  the  shortage  by
32    extending  each  existing  school  day  by  one clock hour of
33    school work, and the State aid claim shall  not  be  reduced,
34    nor shall the employees of that district suffer any reduction
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 1    in  salary  or  benefits  as a result thereof. A district may
 2    operate all attendance centers on this revised  schedule,  or
 3    may apply the schedule to selected attendance centers, taking
 4    into  consideration  such  factors  as  pupil  transportation
 5    schedules  and  patterns and sources of energy for individual
 6    attendance centers.
 7        No State aid claim may be filed for any  district  unless
 8    the clerk or secretary of the school board executes and files
 9    with   the   State  Superintendent  of  Education,  on  forms
10    prescribed by the Superintendent, a sworn statement that  the
11    district  has  complied  with  the  requirements  of  Section
12    10-22.5  in regard to the nonsegregation of pupils on account
13    of color, creed, race, sex or nationality.
14        No State aid claim may be filed for any  district  unless
15    the clerk or secretary of the school board executes and files
16    with   the   State  Superintendent  of  Education,  on  forms
17    prescribed by the Superintendent, a sworn statement  that  to
18    the  best  of his or her knowledge or belief the employing or
19    assigning personnel have complied with Section  24-4  in  all
20    respects.
21    (Source: P.A. 88-9.)
22        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
23    becoming law.

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