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91_SB1445
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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 or a
10 hazardous threat to the health and safety of pupils prior to
11 providing the minimum hours of instruction required for a
12 full day of attendance, or (ii) the school district must
13 delay the start of the school day due to adverse weather
14 conditions or a hazardous threat to the health and safety of
15 pupils and this delay prevents the district from providing
16 the minimum hours of instruction required for a full day of
17 attendance, the partial day of attendance may be counted as a
18 full day of attendance. The partial day of attendance and the
19 reasons therefor shall be certified in writing within a month
20 of the closing or delayed start by the local school district
21 superintendent to the Regional Superintendent of Schools for
22 forwarding to the State Superintendent of Education for
23 approval.
24 No exception to the requirement of providing a minimum
25 school term may be approved by the State Superintendent of
26 Education pursuant to this Section unless a school district
27 has first used all emergency days provided for in its regular
28 calendar.
29 If the State Superintendent of Education declares that an
30 energy shortage exists during any part of the school year for
31 the State or a designated portion of the State, a district
32 may operate the school attendance centers within the district
33 4 days of the week during the time of the shortage by
34 extending each existing school day by one clock hour of
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1 school work, and the State aid claim shall not be reduced,
2 nor shall the employees of that district suffer any reduction
3 in salary or benefits as a result thereof. A district may
4 operate all attendance centers on this revised schedule, or
5 may apply the schedule to selected attendance centers, taking
6 into consideration such factors as pupil transportation
7 schedules and patterns and sources of energy for individual
8 attendance centers.
9 No State aid claim may be filed for any district unless
10 the clerk or secretary of the school board executes and files
11 with the State Superintendent of Education, on forms
12 prescribed by the Superintendent, a sworn statement that the
13 district has complied with the requirements of Section
14 10-22.5 in regard to the nonsegregation of pupils on account
15 of color, creed, race, sex or nationality.
16 No State aid claim may be filed for any district unless
17 the clerk or secretary of the school board executes and files
18 with the State Superintendent of Education, on forms
19 prescribed by the Superintendent, a sworn statement that to
20 the best of his or her knowledge or belief the employing or
21 assigning personnel have complied with Section 24-4 in all
22 respects.
23 (Source: P.A. 90-98, eff. 7-11-97.)