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92_HB3639

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning education.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The  School  Code  is  amended  by changing
 5    Section 18-8.05 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/18-8.05)
 7        Sec. 18-8.05.  Basis for apportionment of  general  State
 8    financial  aid  and  supplemental  general  State  aid to the
 9    common schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school years.

10    (A)  General Provisions.
11        (1)  The  provisions  of  this  Section  apply   to   the
12    1998-1999 and subsequent school years.  The system of general
13    State  financial aid provided for in this Section is designed
14    to assure that, through a combination of State financial  aid
15    and  required local resources, the financial support provided
16    each pupil in Average Daily Attendance equals  or  exceeds  a
17    prescribed per pupil Foundation Level.  This formula approach
18    imputes  a  level  of per pupil Available Local Resources and
19    provides for the basis to calculate  a  per  pupil  level  of
20    general  State  financial  aid  that, when added to Available
21    Local Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level.  The
22    amount of per pupil general State financial  aid  for  school
23    districts,   in   general,  varies  in  inverse  relation  to
24    Available Local Resources.  Per pupil amounts are based  upon
25    each  school district's Average Daily Attendance as that term
26    is defined in this Section.
27        (2)  In addition to general State financial  aid,  school
28    districts  with  specified levels or concentrations of pupils
29    from  low  income  households   are   eligible   to   receive
30    supplemental  general  State financial aid grants as provided
31    pursuant to subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants
 
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 1    provided for school districts under subsection (H)  shall  be
 2    appropriated  for distribution to school districts as part of
 3    the same line item in which the general State  financial  aid
 4    of school districts is appropriated under this Section.
 5        (3)  To  receive financial assistance under this Section,
 6    school districts are required to file claims with  the  State
 7    Board of Education, subject to the following requirements:
 8             (a)  Any  school  district which fails for any given
 9        school year to maintain school as required by law, or  to
10        maintain  a recognized school is not eligible to file for
11        such school year any claim upon the Common  School  Fund.
12        In  case  of  nonrecognition  of  one  or more attendance
13        centers  in  a  school   district   otherwise   operating
14        recognized  schools,  the  claim of the district shall be
15        reduced  in  the  proportion  which  the  Average   Daily
16        Attendance  in  the  attendance center or centers bear to
17        the Average Daily Attendance in the school  district.   A
18        "recognized  school"  means any public school which meets
19        the standards as established for recognition by the State
20        Board of Education.   A  school  district  or  attendance
21        center  not  having  recognition  status  at the end of a
22        school term is entitled to receive State aid payments due
23        upon  a  legal  claim  which  was  filed  while  it   was
24        recognized.
25             (b)  School district claims filed under this Section
26        are subject to Sections 18-9, 18-10, and 18-12, except as
27        otherwise provided in this Section.
28             (c)  If  a  school  district  operates  a  full year
29        school under Section 10-19.1, the general  State  aid  to
30        the  school  district  shall  be  determined by the State
31        Board of Education in accordance  with  this  Section  as
32        near as may be applicable.
33             (d)  (Blank).
34        (4)  Except  as  provided in subsections (H) and (L), the
 
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 1    board of any district receiving any of  the  grants  provided
 2    for  in  this  Section  may  apply those funds to any fund so
 3    received  for  which  that  board  is  authorized   to   make
 4    expenditures by law.
 5        School  districts  are  not  required  to exert a minimum
 6    Operating Tax Rate in order to qualify for  assistance  under
 7    this Section.
 8        (5)  As  used  in  this Section the following terms, when
 9    capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
10             (a)  "Average Daily Attendance":  A count  of  pupil
11        attendance   in  school,  averaged  as  provided  for  in
12        subsection  (C)  and  utilized  in  deriving  per   pupil
13        financial support levels.
14             (b)  "Available  Local Resources":  A computation of
15        local financial  support,  calculated  on  the  basis  of
16        Average Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant
17        to subsection (D).
18             (c)  "Corporate    Personal   Property   Replacement
19        Taxes":  Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to
20        "An Act in  relation  to  the  abolition  of  ad  valorem
21        personal  property  tax  and  the replacement of revenues
22        lost thereby, and amending and repealing certain Acts and
23        parts of Acts in connection therewith", certified  August
24        14, 1979, as amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
25             (d)  "Foundation  Level":  A prescribed level of per
26        pupil financial support as  provided  for  in  subsection
27        (B).
28             (e)  "Operating  Tax  Rate":   All  school  district
29        property taxes extended for all purposes, except Bond and
30        Interest,  Summer  School, Rent, Capital Improvement, and
31        Vocational Education Building purposes.

32    (B)  Foundation Level.
33        (1)  The Foundation Level is a figure established by  the
34    State  representing  the minimum level of per pupil financial
 
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 1    support that should be available to  provide  for  the  basic
 2    education  of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance.  As set
 3    forth in this Section, each school  district  is  assumed  to
 4    exert   a  sufficient  local  taxing  effort  such  that,  in
 5    combination with the aggregate of general State financial aid
 6    provided the  district,  an  aggregate  of  State  and  local
 7    resources  are available to meet the basic education needs of
 8    pupils in the district.
 9        (2)  For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation  Level
10    of  support  is  $4,225.   For the 1999-2000 school year, the
11    Foundation Level of support is  $4,325.   For  the  2000-2001
12    school year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425.
13        (3)  For  the  2001-2002 school year and each school year
14    thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $4,560 or such
15    greater amount as may be established by law  by  the  General
16    Assembly.    For  each school year thereafter, the Foundation
17    Level of support shall be equal to the  Foundation  Level  of
18    support  for  the preceding school year, increased by (i) the
19    percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index  for
20    All  Urban  Consumers  for all items, published by the United
21    States Department of Labor, during the 12-month calendar year
22    immediately preceding the calendar year  in  which  commences
23    the school year or (ii) 3%, whichever is greater.

24    (C)  Average Daily Attendance.
25        (1)  For   purposes  of  calculating  general  State  aid
26    pursuant to  subsection  (E),  an  Average  Daily  Attendance
27    figure  shall  be  utilized.   The  Average  Daily Attendance
28    figure for formula calculation purposes shall be the  monthly
29    average  of the actual number of pupils in attendance of each
30    school district, as further averaged for the best 3 months of
31    pupil attendance for each school district.  In compiling  the
32    figures  for  the  number  of  pupils  in  attendance, school
33    districts  and  the  State  Board  of  Education  shall,  for
34    purposes of general State  aid  funding,  conform  attendance
 
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 1    figures to the requirements of subsection (F).
 2        (2)  The  Average  Daily  Attendance  figures utilized in
 3    subsection (E) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
 4    school year immediately preceding the school year  for  which
 5    general  State  aid is being calculated or the average of the
 6    attendance data for the 3 preceding school  years,  whichever
 7    is greater.  The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
 8    subsection (H) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
 9    school  year  immediately preceding the school year for which
10    general State aid is being calculated.

11    (D)  Available Local Resources.
12        (1)  For  purposes  of  calculating  general  State   aid
13    pursuant  to  subsection  (E),  a representation of Available
14    Local Resources per  pupil,  as  that  term  is  defined  and
15    determined  in this subsection, shall be utilized.  Available
16    Local Resources per pupil shall include a  calculated  dollar
17    amount representing local school district revenues from local
18    property   taxes   and   from   Corporate  Personal  Property
19    Replacement Taxes,  expressed  on  the  basis  of  pupils  in
20    Average Daily Attendance.
21        (2)  In  determining  a  school  district's  revenue from
22    local property taxes, the  State  Board  of  Education  shall
23    utilize  the  equalized  assessed  valuation  of  all taxable
24    property of each school district as of September  30  of  the
25    previous  year.   The  equalized  assessed valuation utilized
26    shall be obtained and determined as  provided  in  subsection
27    (G).
28        (3)  For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten
29    through  12,  local  property tax revenues per pupil shall be
30    calculated  as  the  product  of  the  applicable   equalized
31    assessed  valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%, and
32    divided by the district's Average  Daily  Attendance  figure.
33    For  school districts maintaining grades kindergarten through
34    8, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be  calculated
 
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 1    as the product of the applicable equalized assessed valuation
 2    for  the  district  multiplied  by  2.30%, and divided by the
 3    district's  Average  Daily  Attendance  figure.   For  school
 4    districts maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax
 5    revenues per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed
 6    valuation of the district multiplied by 1.05%, and divided by
 7    the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
 8        (4)  The Corporate Personal  Property  Replacement  Taxes
 9    paid to each school district during the calendar year 2 years
10    before  the  calendar  year  in  which  a school year begins,
11    divided by the  Average  Daily  Attendance  figure  for  that
12    district,  shall  be added to the local property tax revenues
13    per pupil as derived by the application  of  the  immediately
14    preceding  paragraph (3).  The sum of these per pupil figures
15    for each school district  shall  constitute  Available  Local
16    Resources  as  that term is utilized in subsection (E) in the
17    calculation of general State aid.

18    (E)  Computation of General State Aid.
19        (1)  For each school year, the amount  of  general  State
20    aid  allotted  to  a school district shall be computed by the
21    State Board of Education as provided in this subsection.
22        (2)  For any school district for  which  Available  Local
23    Resources  per  pupil  is less than the product of 0.93 times
24    the Foundation Level, general State  aid  for  that  district
25    shall  be  calculated  as  an  amount equal to the Foundation
26    Level minus Available  Local  Resources,  multiplied  by  the
27    Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
28        (3)  For  any  school  district for which Available Local
29    Resources per pupil is equal to or greater than  the  product
30    of  0.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the product
31    of 1.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
32    pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the  Foundation  Level
33    derived   using   a  linear  algorithm.   Under  this  linear
34    algorithm, the calculated general State aid per  pupil  shall
 
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 1    decline   in  direct  linear  fashion  from  0.07  times  the
 2    Foundation Level for a school district with  Available  Local
 3    Resources  equal  to the product of 0.93 times the Foundation
 4    Level, to 0.05  times  the  Foundation  Level  for  a  school
 5    district  with Available Local Resources equal to the product
 6    of 1.75  times  the  Foundation  Level.   The  allocation  of
 7    general  State  aid  for  school  districts  subject  to this
 8    paragraph 3 shall be the calculated  general  State  aid  per
 9    pupil  figure  multiplied  by the Average Daily Attendance of
10    the school district.
11        (4)  For any school district for  which  Available  Local
12    Resources  per  pupil  equals  or exceeds the product of 1.75
13    times the Foundation Level, the general  State  aid  for  the
14    school  district  shall  be calculated as the product of $218
15    multiplied by the Average  Daily  Attendance  of  the  school
16    district.
17        (5)  The  amount  of  general  State  aid  allocated to a
18    school district for the 1999-2000  school  year  meeting  the
19    requirements  set  forth  in  paragraph (4) of subsection (G)
20    shall be increased by an amount equal to  the  general  State
21    aid  that  would  have  been received by the district for the
22    1998-1999 school year by utilizing the  Extension  Limitation
23    Equalized  Assessed  Valuation as calculated in paragraph (4)
24    of subsection (G) less the general State aid allotted for the
25    1998-1999 school year.  This amount shall  be  deemed  a  one
26    time  increase, and shall not affect any future general State
27    aid allocations.

28    (F)  Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
29        (1)  Each school district shall, by July 1 of each  year,
30    submit  to  the State Board of Education, on forms prescribed
31    by the State Board of Education, attendance figures  for  the
32    school  year  that began in the preceding calendar year.  The
33    attendance information  so  transmitted  shall  identify  the
34    average daily attendance figures for each month of the school
 
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 1    year,  except  that any days of attendance in August shall be
 2    added to the month of September and any days of attendance in
 3    June shall be added to the month of May.
 4        Except as otherwise provided in  this  Section,  days  of
 5    attendance  by  pupils  shall be counted only for sessions of
 6    not less than 5 clock hours of  school  work  per  day  under
 7    direct  supervision  of:  (i)  teachers, or (ii) non-teaching
 8    personnel   or   volunteer   personnel   when   engaging   in
 9    non-teaching  duties  and  supervising  in  those   instances
10    specified in subsection (a) of Section 10-22.34 and paragraph
11    10  of  Section 34-18, with pupils of legal school age and in
12    kindergarten and grades 1 through 12.
13        Days of attendance by tuition pupils shall be  accredited
14    only  to  the  districts that pay the tuition to a recognized
15    school.
16        (2)  Days of attendance by pupils of less  than  5  clock
17    hours  of school shall be subject to the following provisions
18    in the compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
19             (a)  Pupils regularly enrolled in  a  public  school
20        for  only  a part of the school day may be counted on the
21        basis of 1/6 day for every class hour of  instruction  of
22        40  minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment,
23        unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format  of
24        80  minutes  or  more  of  instruction, in which case the
25        pupil may be counted on the basis of  the  proportion  of
26        minutes  of school work completed each day to the minimum
27        number of minutes that school work is required to be held
28        that day.
29             (b)  Days of attendance may be  less  than  5  clock
30        hours  on the opening and closing of the school term, and
31        upon the first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by  a
32        day  or  days  utilized  as  an  institute  or  teachers'
33        workshop.
34             (c)  A  session  of  4  or  more  clock hours may be
 
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 1        counted as a day of attendance upon certification by  the
 2        regional   superintendent,  and  approved  by  the  State
 3        Superintendent  of  Education  to  the  extent  that  the
 4        district has been forced to use daily multiple sessions.
 5             (d)  A session of 3  or  more  clock  hours  may  be
 6        counted  as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder of
 7        the school day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that
 8        day is utilized for an in-service  training  program  for
 9        teachers,  up  to  a maximum of 5 days per school year of
10        which a maximum of 4 days of such 5 days may be used  for
11        parent-teacher  conferences, provided a district conducts
12        an in-service training program  for  teachers  which  has
13        been  approved  by the State Superintendent of Education;
14        or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be  used,  in
15        which  event  each  such  day  may be counted as a day of
16        attendance; and  (2)  when  days  in  addition  to  those
17        provided  in  item (1) are scheduled by a school pursuant
18        to its school improvement plan adopted under  Article  34
19        or its revised or amended school improvement plan adopted
20        under  Article 2, provided that (i) such sessions of 3 or
21        more clock  hours  are  scheduled  to  occur  at  regular
22        intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in which
23        such  sessions occur are utilized for in-service training
24        programs  or  other  staff  development  activities   for
25        teachers,  and  (iii)  a  sufficient number of minutes of
26        school work under the direct supervision of teachers  are
27        added to the school days between such regularly scheduled
28        sessions  to  accumulate  not  less  than  the  number of
29        minutes by which such sessions of 3 or more  clock  hours
30        fall  short  of 5 clock hours. Any full days used for the
31        purposes of this paragraph shall not  be  considered  for
32        computing  average  daily attendance.  Days scheduled for
33        in-service   training   programs,    staff    development
34        activities,   or   parent-teacher   conferences   may  be
 
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 1        scheduled  separately  for  different  grade  levels  and
 2        different attendance centers of the district.
 3             (e)  A session of not less than one  clock  hour  of
 4        teaching  hospitalized  or homebound pupils on-site or by
 5        telephone to the classroom may be counted as 1/2  day  of
 6        attendance,  however  these pupils must receive 4 or more
 7        clock hours of instruction to be counted for a  full  day
 8        of attendance.
 9             (f)  A  session  of  at  least  4 clock hours may be
10        counted as a day of attendance for  first  grade  pupils,
11        and  pupils in full day kindergartens, and a session of 2
12        or more hours may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance  by
13        pupils  in  kindergartens  which  provide only 1/2 day of
14        attendance.
15             (g)  For children with disabilities  who  are  below
16        the  age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock
17        hours  because  of  their  disability  or  immaturity,  a
18        session of not less than one clock hour may be counted as
19        1/2 day of attendance; however for  such  children  whose
20        educational needs so require a session of 4 or more clock
21        hours may be counted as a full day of attendance.
22             (h)  A  recognized  kindergarten  which provides for
23        only 1/2 day of attendance by each pupil shall  not  have
24        more  than  1/2 day of attendance counted in any one day.
25        However, kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance
26        in any 5 consecutive school days.  When a  pupil  attends
27        such  a  kindergarten  for  2 half days on any one school
28        day, the pupil shall have the  following  day  as  a  day
29        absent  from  school,  unless the school district obtains
30        permission in writing from the  State  Superintendent  of
31        Education.  Attendance at kindergartens which provide for
32        a full day of attendance by each pupil shall  be  counted
33        the  same  as  attendance by first grade pupils. Only the
34        first year of attendance in  one  kindergarten  shall  be
 
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 1        counted,  except  in  case  of  children  who entered the
 2        kindergarten  in  their  fifth  year  whose   educational
 3        development  requires  a  second  year of kindergarten as
 4        determined under the rules and regulations of  the  State
 5        Board of Education.

 6    (G)  Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
 7        (1)  For  purposes  of the calculation of Available Local
 8    Resources required pursuant  to  subsection  (D),  the  State
 9    Board  of  Education  shall  secure  from  the  Department of
10    Revenue the value as equalized or assessed by the  Department
11    of  Revenue of all taxable property of every school district,
12    together with (i) the applicable tax rate used  in  extending
13    taxes for the funds of the district as of September 30 of the
14    previous  year  and  (ii)  the  limiting  rate for all school
15    districts subject to property tax  extension  limitations  as
16    imposed under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
17        This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
18    the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
19    calculation of Available Local Resources.
20        (2)  The  equalized  assessed  valuation in paragraph (1)
21    shall be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
22             (a)  For the purposes of calculating State aid under
23        this Section, with  respect  to  any  part  of  a  school
24        district  within  a redevelopment project area in respect
25        to  which  a  municipality  has  adopted  tax   increment
26        allocation   financing  pursuant  to  the  Tax  Increment
27        Allocation Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1  through
28        11-74.4-11   of   the  Illinois  Municipal  Code  or  the
29        Industrial Jobs Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1  through
30        11-74.6-50 of the Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the
31        current  equalized  assessed  valuation  of real property
32        located in any such project area which is attributable to
33        an increase above the total  initial  equalized  assessed
34        valuation  of  such property shall be used as part of the
 
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 1        equalized assessed valuation of the district, until  such
 2        time  as  all redevelopment project costs have been paid,
 3        as provided in Section 11-74.4-8  of  the  Tax  Increment
 4        Allocation  Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of
 5        the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law.  For the purpose of the
 6        equalized assessed valuation of the district,  the  total
 7        initial  equalized  assessed  valuation  or  the  current
 8        equalized  assessed  valuation, whichever is lower, shall
 9        be used until such  time  as  all  redevelopment  project
10        costs have been paid.
11             (b)  The  real property equalized assessed valuation
12        for a school district shall be  adjusted  by  subtracting
13        from  the real property value as equalized or assessed by
14        the Department of Revenue  for  the  district  an  amount
15        computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
16        under  Section  18-170  of the Property Tax Code by 3.00%
17        for a district maintaining  grades  kindergarten  through
18        12,   by   2.30%   for   a  district  maintaining  grades
19        kindergarten through  8,  or  by  1.05%  for  a  district
20        maintaining grades 9 through 12 and adjusted by an amount
21        computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
22        under  subsection  (a)  of Section 18-165 of the Property
23        Tax Code by the same percentage rates for  district  type
24        as specified in this subparagraph (b).
25        (3)  For  the  1999-2000 school year and each school year
26    thereafter, if a school district meets all of the criteria of
27    this subsection (G)(3), the school district's Available Local
28    Resources shall be calculated under subsection (D) using  the
29    district's  Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation
30    as calculated under this subsection (G)(3).
31        For purposes of  this  subsection  (G)(3)  the  following
32    terms shall have the following meanings:
33             "Budget  Year":   The  school year for which general
34        State aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
 
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 1             "Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used  to
 2        calculate  the  Budget  Year  allocation of general State
 3        aid.
 4             "Preceding Tax Year": The  property  tax  levy  year
 5        immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
 6             "Base  Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of the
 7        equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County Clerk
 8        in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting  rate  as
 9        calculated  by  the  County  Clerk  and  defined  in  the
10        Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
11             "Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of
12        the  equalized  assessed valuation utilized by the County
13        Clerk  in  the  Preceding  Tax  Year  multiplied  by  the
14        Operating Tax Rate as defined in subsection (A).
15             "Extension Limitation  Ratio":  A  numerical  ratio,
16        certified  by the County Clerk, in which the numerator is
17        the Base Tax Year's Tax Extension and the denominator  is
18        the Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension.
19             "Operating  Tax  Rate":  The  operating  tax rate as
20        defined in subsection (A).
21        If a school district is subject to property tax extension
22    limitations as  imposed  under  the  Property  Tax  Extension
23    Limitation  Law, the State Board of Education shall calculate
24    the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of that
25    district.  For  the  1999-2000  school  year,  the  Extension
26    Limitation  Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district
27    as calculated by the State Board of Education shall be  equal
28    to  the  product  of  the  district's 1996 Equalized Assessed
29    Valuation and the district's Extension Limitation Ratio.  For
30    the 2000-2001 school year and each  school  year  thereafter,
31    the  Extension  Limitation  Equalized Assessed Valuation of a
32    school district as calculated by the State Board of Education
33    shall be equal to  the  product  of  the  Equalized  Assessed
34    Valuation  last  used in the calculation of general State aid
 
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 1    and  the  district's  Extension  Limitation  Ratio.  If   the
 2    Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school
 3    district  as  calculated under this subsection (G)(3) is less
 4    than  the  district's   equalized   assessed   valuation   as
 5    calculated  pursuant  to  subsections (G)(1) and (G)(2), then
 6    for purposes of calculating the district's general State  aid
 7    for   the  Budget  Year  pursuant  to  subsection  (E),  that
 8    Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed  Valuation  shall  be
 9    utilized   to   calculate   the  district's  Available  Local
10    Resources under subsection (D).
11        (4)  For the purposes of calculating  general  State  aid
12    for  the  1999-2000  school  year  only, if a school district
13    experienced  a  triennial  reassessment  on   the   equalized
14    assessed  valuation  used  in  calculating  its general State
15    financial aid apportionment for the  1998-1999  school  year,
16    the  State  Board  of Education shall calculate the Extension
17    Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation that would have  been
18    used to calculate the district's 1998-1999 general State aid.
19    This amount shall equal the product of the equalized assessed
20    valuation  used  to  calculate  general  State  aid  for  the
21    1997-1998 school year and the district's Extension Limitation
22    Ratio.    If  the  Extension  Limitation  Equalized  Assessed
23    Valuation of the school district  as  calculated  under  this
24    paragraph  (4) is less than the district's equalized assessed
25    valuation utilized in calculating  the  district's  1998-1999
26    general   State   aid   allocation,   then  for  purposes  of
27    calculating the district's  general  State  aid  pursuant  to
28    paragraph  (5)  of  subsection (E), that Extension Limitation
29    Equalized Assessed Valuation shall be utilized  to  calculate
30    the district's Available Local Resources.
31        (5)  For  school  districts  having  a  majority of their
32    equalized assessed  valuation  in  any  county  except  Cook,
33    DuPage,  Kane,  Lake,  McHenry,  or  Will,  if  the amount of
34    general State aid allocated to the school  district  for  the
 
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 1    1999-2000 school year under the provisions of subsection (E),
 2    (H),  and  (J)  of  this  Section  is less than the amount of
 3    general State aid allocated to the district for the 1998-1999
 4    school year under these subsections, then the  general  State
 5    aid  of the district for the 1999-2000 school year only shall
 6    be increased by the difference between  these  amounts.   The
 7    total payments made under this paragraph (5) shall not exceed
 8    $14,000,000.    Claims  shall  be  prorated  if  they  exceed
 9    $14,000,000.

10    (H)  Supplemental General State Aid.
11        (1)  In addition  to  the  general  State  aid  a  school
12    district  is  allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying
13    school districts shall receive a grant, paid  in  conjunction
14    with   a  district's  payments  of  general  State  aid,  for
15    supplemental general State aid based upon  the  concentration
16    level  of  children  from  low-income  households  within the
17    school district. Supplemental State aid grants  provided  for
18    school  districts under this subsection shall be appropriated
19    for distribution to school districts as part of the same line
20    item in which the  general  State  financial  aid  of  school
21    districts is appropriated under this Section. For purposes of
22    this  subsection,  the  term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
23    shall be the low-income eligible pupil count  from  the  most
24    recently  available  federal  census  divided  by the Average
25    Daily Attendance of the school district. If, however, (i) the
26    percentage decrease from the 2 most recent  federal  censuses
27    in  the  low-income  eligible  pupil  count  of a high school
28    district with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or  more
29    the  percentage change in the total low-income eligible pupil
30    count  of  contiguous  elementary  school  districts,   whose
31    boundaries  are coterminous with the high school district, or
32    (ii) a high school district within 2 counties and  serving  5
33    elementary school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous
34    with the high school district, has a percentage decrease from
 
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 1    the 2 most recent federal censuses in the low-income eligible
 2    pupil  count  and there is a percentage increase in the total
 3    low-income  eligible  pupil  count  of  a  majority  of   the
 4    elementary  school districts in excess of 50% from the 2 most
 5    recent federal censuses,  then  the  high  school  district's
 6    low-income  eligible  pupil  count  from  the earlier federal
 7    census shall be the number used as  the  low-income  eligible
 8    pupil  count  for  the  high school district, for purposes of
 9    this subsection (H).  The changes made to this paragraph  (1)
10    by  Public  Act 92-28 this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
11    Assembly shall apply to supplemental general State aid grants
12    paid in fiscal year 1999 and in each fiscal  year  thereafter
13    and  to  any  State  aid  payments  made  in fiscal year 1994
14    through fiscal year  1998  pursuant  to  subsection  1(n)  of
15    Section  18-8  of  this  Code  (which was repealed on July 1,
16    1998), and any high  school  district  that  is  affected  by
17    Public  Act  92-28  this  amendatory  Act of the 92nd General
18    Assembly is entitled to a recomputation of  its  supplemental
19    general  State  aid  grant  or State aid paid in any of those
20    fiscal years.  This recomputation shall not  be  affected  by
21    any other funding.
22        (2)  Supplemental  general  State  aid  pursuant  to this
23    subsection  (H)  shall  be  provided  as  follows   for   the
24    1998-1999, 1999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years only:
25             (a)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
26        Concentration Level of at least 20% and  less  than  35%,
27        the grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by
28        the low income eligible pupil count.
29             (b)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
30        Concentration Level of at least 35% and  less  than  50%,
31        the  grant  for the 1998-1999 school year shall be $1,100
32        multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
33             (c)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
34        Concentration  Level  of  at least 50% and less than 60%,
 
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 1        the grant for the 1998-99 school  year  shall  be  $1,500
 2        multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
 3             (d)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
 4        Concentration Level of 60% or more,  the  grant  for  the
 5        1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
 6        income eligible pupil count.
 7             (e)  For  the  1999-2000  school year, the per pupil
 8        amount specified  in  subparagraphs  (b),  (c),  and  (d)
 9        immediately  above  shall be increased to $1,243, $1,600,
10        and $2,000, respectively.
11             (f)  For the 2000-2001 school year,  the  per  pupil
12        amounts  specified  in  subparagraphs  (b),  (c), and (d)
13        immediately above shall be $1,273,  $1,640,  and  $2,050,
14        respectively.
15        (2.5)  Supplemental  general  State  aid pursuant to this
16    subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2001-2002
17    school year and each school year thereafter:
18             (a)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
19        Concentration  Level of less than 10%, the grant for each
20        school year shall be $355 multiplied by  the  low  income
21        eligible pupil count.
22             (b)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
23        Concentration Level of at least 10% and  less  than  20%,
24        the  grant  for each school year shall be $675 multiplied
25        by the low income eligible pupil count.
26             (c)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
27        Concentration  Level  of  at least 20% and less than 35%,
28        the grant for each school year shall be $1,190 multiplied
29        by the low income eligible pupil count.
30             (d)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
31        Concentration  Level  of  at least 35% and less than 50%,
32        the grant for each school year shall be $1,333 multiplied
33        by the low income eligible pupil count.
34             (e)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
 
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 1        Concentration  Level  of  at least 50% and less than 60%,
 2        the grant for each school year shall be $1,680 multiplied
 3        by the low income eligible pupil count.
 4             (f)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
 5        Concentration  Level  of  60% or more, the grant for each
 6        school year shall be $2,080 multiplied by the low  income
 7        eligible pupil count.
 8        (3)  School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
 9    more  than  1,000  and  less  than  50,000  that  qualify for
10    supplemental general State aid pursuant  to  this  subsection
11    shall  submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
12    October 30 of each year for the use of  the  funds  resulting
13    from  this  grant  of  supplemental general State aid for the
14    improvement of instruction in  which  priority  is  given  to
15    meeting  the education needs of disadvantaged children.  Such
16    plan  shall  be  submitted  in  accordance  with  rules   and
17    regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
18        (4)  School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
19    50,000  or  more  that qualify for supplemental general State
20    aid  pursuant  to  this  subsection  shall  be  required   to
21    distribute  from funds available pursuant to this Section, no
22    less than  $261,000,000  in  accordance  with  the  following
23    requirements:
24             (a)  The  required  amounts  shall be distributed to
25        the attendance centers within the district in  proportion
26        to  the  number  of  pupils  enrolled  at each attendance
27        center who are eligible to receive free or  reduced-price
28        lunches  or  breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition
29        Act of 1966 and  under  the  National  School  Lunch  Act
30        during the immediately preceding school year.
31             (b)  The   distribution   of   these   portions   of
32        supplemental  and  general  State  aid  among  attendance
33        centers  according  to  these  requirements  shall not be
34        compensated for or  contravened  by  adjustments  of  the
 
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 1        total  of  other  funds  appropriated  to  any attendance
 2        centers, and the Board of Education shall utilize funding
 3        from one or several sources in order to  fully  implement
 4        this provision annually prior to the opening of school.
 5             (c)  Each attendance center shall be provided by the
 6        school  district  a  distribution of noncategorical funds
 7        and other categorical funds to which an attendance center
 8        is entitled under law in order that the general State aid
 9        and  supplemental   general   State   aid   provided   by
10        application  of  this  subsection supplements rather than
11        supplants the noncategorical funds and other  categorical
12        funds  provided  by the school district to the attendance
13        centers.
14             (d)  Any funds made available under this  subsection
15        that  by  reason of the provisions of this subsection are
16        not required to be allocated and provided  to  attendance
17        centers  may be used and appropriated by the board of the
18        district for any lawful school purpose.
19             (e)  Funds received by an attendance center pursuant
20        to this subsection shall be used by the attendance center
21        at the discretion  of  the  principal  and  local  school
22        council for programs to improve educational opportunities
23        at  qualifying schools through the following programs and
24        services: early childhood education, reduced  class  size
25        or  improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
26        programs, remedial  assistance,  attendance  improvement,
27        and  other  educationally  beneficial  expenditures which
28        supplement the regular and basic programs  as  determined
29        by the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not
30        be  expended  for  any  political or lobbying purposes as
31        defined by board rule.
32             (f)  Each district subject to the provisions of this
33        subdivision (H)(4) shall submit  an  acceptable  plan  to
34        meet  the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
 
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 1        compliance with the requirements of  this  paragraph,  to
 2        the  State  Board  of  Education prior to July 15 of each
 3        year. This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of
 4        local school councils concerning the  school  expenditure
 5        plans  developed  in  accordance  with  part 4 of Section
 6        34-2.3.  The State Board shall approve or reject the plan
 7        within 60 days after its  submission.   If  the  plan  is
 8        rejected,  the  district  shall  give  written  notice of
 9        intent  to  modify  the  plan  within  15  days  of   the
10        notification of rejection and then submit a modified plan
11        within  30  days  after the date of the written notice of
12        intent to modify.  Districts  may  amend  approved  plans
13        pursuant  to  rules  promulgated  by  the  State Board of
14        Education.
15             Upon notification by the State  Board  of  Education
16        that  the district has not submitted a plan prior to July
17        15 or a modified plan within the  time  period  specified
18        herein,  the  State  aid  funds  affected by that plan or
19        modified plan shall be withheld by  the  State  Board  of
20        Education until a plan or modified plan is submitted.
21             If  the  district  fails  to distribute State aid to
22        attendance centers in accordance with an  approved  plan,
23        the  plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
24        addition  to  the  funds  otherwise  required   by   this
25        subsection,   to  those  attendance  centers  which  were
26        underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal  to
27        such underfunding.
28             For  purposes  of  determining  compliance with this
29        subsection in relation to the requirements of  attendance
30        center  funding,  each district subject to the provisions
31        of this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
32        December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data  for
33        the  prior  year  in  addition to any modification of its
34        current plan.  If it is determined that there has been  a
 
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 1        failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
 2        subsection  regarding  contravention  or supplanting, the
 3        State Superintendent of Education shall, within  60  days
 4        of  receipt  of  the  report, notify the district and any
 5        affected local school council.  The district shall within
 6        45 days of receipt of that notification inform the  State
 7        Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
 8        action  to be taken, whether  by amendment of the current
 9        plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan  for  the
10        following  year.   Failure  to  provide  the  expenditure
11        report  or  the  notification  of  remedial or corrective
12        action in a timely manner shall result in  a  withholding
13        of the affected funds.
14             The  State Board of Education shall promulgate rules
15        and regulations  to  implement  the  provisions  of  this
16        subsection.   No  funds  shall  be  released  under  this
17        subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted
18        a  plan  that  has  been  approved  by the State Board of
19        Education.

20    (I)  General State Aid for Newly Configured School Districts.
21        (1)  For  a  new  school  district  formed  by  combining
22    property  included  totally  within  2  or  more   previously
23    existing  school  districts,  for its first year of existence
24    the general State aid  and  supplemental  general  State  aid
25    calculated  under  this Section shall be computed for the new
26    district and for the previously existing districts for  which
27    property is totally included within the new district.  If the
28    computation on the basis of the previously existing districts
29    is  greater,  a supplementary payment equal to the difference
30    shall be made for the first 4 years of existence of  the  new
31    district.
32        (2)  For  a  school  district  which  annexes  all of the
33    territory of one or more entire other school  districts,  for
34    the   first  year  during  which  the  change  of  boundaries
 
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 1    attributable to such annexation  becomes  effective  for  all
 2    purposes as determined under Section 7-9 or 7A-8, the general
 3    State aid and supplemental general State aid calculated under
 4    this  Section  shall be computed for the annexing district as
 5    constituted after the annexation and  for  the  annexing  and
 6    each annexed district as constituted prior to the annexation;
 7    and  if  the  computation  on  the  basis of the annexing and
 8    annexed districts as constituted prior to the  annexation  is
 9    greater,  a  supplementary  payment  equal  to the difference
10    shall be made for the first  4  years  of  existence  of  the
11    annexing school district as constituted upon such annexation.
12        (3)  For  2  or  more school districts which annex all of
13    the territory of one or more entire other  school  districts,
14    and  for 2 or more community unit districts which result upon
15    the division (pursuant to petition under  Section  11A-2)  of
16    one  or more other unit school districts into 2 or more parts
17    and which together include all of the parts into  which  such
18    other  unit  school district or districts are so divided, for
19    the  first  year  during  which  the  change  of   boundaries
20    attributable to such annexation or division becomes effective
21    for  all  purposes as determined under Section 7-9 or 11A-10,
22    as the case may be, the general State  aid  and  supplemental
23    general  State  aid  calculated  under  this Section shall be
24    computed  for  each  annexing  or   resulting   district   as
25    constituted  after  the  annexation  or division and for each
26    annexing and annexed district,  or  for  each  resulting  and
27    divided  district,  as constituted prior to the annexation or
28    division; and if the aggregate of the general State  aid  and
29    supplemental  general  State  aid  as  so  computed  for  the
30    annexing  or  resulting  districts  as  constituted after the
31    annexation or division is less  than  the  aggregate  of  the
32    general  State  aid  and supplemental general State aid as so
33    computed for the annexing and annexed districts, or  for  the
34    resulting  and divided districts, as constituted prior to the
 
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 1    annexation or division, then a supplementary payment equal to
 2    the difference shall be made and allocated between  or  among
 3    the annexing or resulting districts, as constituted upon such
 4    annexation  or  division,  for  the  first  4  years of their
 5    existence.  The total difference payment shall  be  allocated
 6    between  or  among the annexing or resulting districts in the
 7    same ratio as the pupil enrollment from that portion  of  the
 8    annexed  or divided district or districts which is annexed to
 9    or included in each such annexing or resulting district bears
10    to the total pupil enrollment  from  the  entire  annexed  or
11    divided  district  or  districts, as such pupil enrollment is
12    determined for the school year last ending prior to the  date
13    when  the change of boundaries attributable to the annexation
14    or division becomes effective for all purposes.   The  amount
15    of  the total difference payment and the amount thereof to be
16    allocated to the annexing or  resulting  districts  shall  be
17    computed  by  the  State  Board  of Education on the basis of
18    pupil enrollment and other data which shall be  certified  to
19    the State Board of Education, on forms which it shall provide
20    for  that  purpose, by the regional superintendent of schools
21    for each educational service region in which the annexing and
22    annexed districts, or resulting  and  divided  districts  are
23    located.
24        (3.5)  Claims   for   financial   assistance  under  this
25    subsection (I) shall not be recomputed  except  as  expressly
26    provided under this Section.
27        (4)  Any supplementary payment made under this subsection
28    (I) shall be treated as separate from all other payments made
29    pursuant to this Section.

30    (J)  Supplementary Grants in Aid.
31        (1)  Notwithstanding   any   other   provisions  of  this
32    Section, the amount of the aggregate  general  State  aid  in
33    combination  with  supplemental  general State aid under this
34    Section for which each school district is eligible  shall  be
 
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 1    no  less  than  the amount of the aggregate general State aid
 2    entitlement that was received by the district  under  Section
 3    18-8  (exclusive  of  amounts received under subsections 5(p)
 4    and 5(p-5) of that Section)  for  the  1997-98  school  year,
 5    pursuant  to the provisions of that Section as it was then in
 6    effect.  If  a  school  district  qualifies  to   receive   a
 7    supplementary  payment  made  under  this subsection (J), the
 8    amount of the aggregate general State aid in combination with
 9    supplemental general State aid under this Section which  that
10    district is eligible to receive for each school year shall be
11    no  less  than  the amount of the aggregate general State aid
12    entitlement that was received by the district  under  Section
13    18-8  (exclusive  of  amounts received under subsections 5(p)
14    and 5(p-5) of that Section) for the  1997-1998  school  year,
15    pursuant  to the provisions of that Section as it was then in
16    effect.
17        (2)  If, as provided in paragraph (1) of this  subsection
18    (J),  a school district is to receive aggregate general State
19    aid in combination with supplemental general State aid  under
20    this  Section  for the 1998-99 school year and any subsequent
21    school year that in any such school year  is  less  than  the
22    amount  of  the  aggregate general State aid entitlement that
23    the district received for the 1997-98 school year, the school
24    district shall also receive, from  a  separate  appropriation
25    made  for  purposes  of  this subsection (J), a supplementary
26    payment that is equal to the amount of the difference in  the
27    aggregate State aid figures as described in paragraph (1).
28        (3)  (Blank).

29    (K)  Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
30        In  calculating  the  amount  to be paid to the governing
31    board of a  public  university  that  operates  a  laboratory
32    school  under  this Section or to any alternative school that
33    is operated by a  regional  superintendent  of  schools,  the
34    State Board of Education shall require by rule such reporting
 
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 1    requirements as it deems necessary.
 2        As  used  in  this  Section,  "laboratory school" means a
 3    public school which is  created  and  operated  by  a  public
 4    university and approved by the State Board of Education.  The
 5    governing  board  of a public university which receives funds
 6    from the State  Board  under  this  subsection  (K)  may  not
 7    increase  the  number  of students enrolled in its laboratory
 8    school from a single district, if that  district  is  already
 9    sending  50 or more students, except under a mutual agreement
10    between the school board of a student's district of residence
11    and the university which operates the laboratory  school.   A
12    laboratory  school  may  not  have  more than 1,000 students,
13    excluding students with disabilities in a  special  education
14    program.
15        As  used  in  this  Section, "alternative school" means a
16    public school which is created and  operated  by  a  Regional
17    Superintendent  of Schools and approved by the State Board of
18    Education.  Such alternative schools  may  offer  courses  of
19    instruction  for  which  credit  is  given  in regular school
20    programs, courses to prepare students  for  the  high  school
21    equivalency  testing  program  or vocational and occupational
22    training.   A regional superintendent of schools may contract
23    with a school district or a public community college district
24    to operate an  alternative  school.   An  alternative  school
25    serving  more  than  one  educational  service  region may be
26    established by the regional superintendents of schools of the
27    affected educational service regions.  An alternative  school
28    serving  more  than  one  educational  service  region may be
29    operated under such terms as the regional superintendents  of
30    schools of those educational service regions may agree.
31        Each  laboratory  and  alternative  school shall file, on
32    forms provided by the State Superintendent of  Education,  an
33    annual  State  aid  claim  which  states  the  Average  Daily
34    Attendance  of  the  school's  students by month.  The best 3
 
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 1    months' Average Daily Attendance shall be computed  for  each
 2    school.  The  general State aid entitlement shall be computed
 3    by multiplying the applicable Average Daily Attendance by the
 4    Foundation Level as determined under this Section.

 5    (L)  Payments,   Additional   Grants   in   Aid   and   Other
 6    Requirements.
 7        (1)  For a school district operating under the  financial
 8    supervision  of  an  Authority created under Article 34A, the
 9    general State aid otherwise payable to  that  district  under
10    this  Section,  but  not  the supplemental general State aid,
11    shall be reduced by an amount equal to  the  budget  for  the
12    operations  of the Authority as certified by the Authority to
13    the State Board of Education, and an  amount  equal  to  such
14    reduction  shall  be  paid  to the Authority created for such
15    district for its operating expenses in the manner provided in
16    Section 18-11.  The remainder of general State school aid for
17    any such district shall be paid in  accordance  with  Article
18    34A  when  that Article provides for a disposition other than
19    that provided by this Article.
20        (2)  (Blank).
21        (3)  Summer school.  Summer school payments shall be made
22    as provided in Section 18-4.3.

23    (M)  Education Funding Advisory Board.
24        The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
25    subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created.
26    The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
27    Governor, by and with the advice and consent of  the  Senate.
28    The   members  appointed  shall  include  representatives  of
29    education, business, and  the  general  public.  One  of  the
30    members  so  appointed shall be designated by the Governor at
31    the time the appointment is made as the  chairperson  of  the
32    Board.  The initial members of the Board may be appointed any
33    time after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
 
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 1    The regular term of each member of the Board shall be  for  4
 2    years  from  the third Monday of January of the year in which
 3    the term of the member's appointment is to  commence,  except
 4    that  of  the  5  initial  members  appointed to serve on the
 5    Board, the member who is appointed as the  chairperson  shall
 6    serve  for  a  term  that commences on the date of his or her
 7    appointment and expires on the third Monday of January, 2002,
 8    and the remaining 4 members,  by  lots  drawn  at  the  first
 9    meeting  of  the  Board  that is held after all 5 members are
10    appointed, shall determine 2 of their  number  to  serve  for
11    terms   that   commence  on  the  date  of  their  respective
12    appointments and expire on the third Monday of January, 2001,
13    and 2 of their number to serve for terms that commence on the
14    date of their respective appointments and expire on the third
15    Monday of January, 2000.  All members appointed to  serve  on
16    the  Board  shall serve until their respective successors are
17    appointed and confirmed.  Vacancies shall be  filled  in  the
18    same  manner  as  original  appointments.   If  a  vacancy in
19    membership occurs at  a  time  when  the  Senate  is  not  in
20    session,  the  Governor  shall  make  a temporary appointment
21    until the next meeting of the Senate, when he  or  she  shall
22    appoint,  by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a
23    person to fill that membership for the  unexpired  term.   If
24    the  Senate  is  not in session when the initial appointments
25    are made, those appointments shall be made as in the case  of
26    vacancies.
27        The  Education  Funding  Advisory  Board  shall be deemed
28    established,  and  the  initial  members  appointed  by   the
29    Governor  to serve as members of the Board shall take office,
30    on the date that the Governor makes his or her appointment of
31    the fifth initial member of the Board, whether those  initial
32    members   are   then  serving  pursuant  to  appointment  and
33    confirmation or pursuant to temporary appointments  that  are
34    made by the Governor as in the case of vacancies.
 
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 1        The  State  Board  of  Education shall provide such staff
 2    assistance to the Education  Funding  Advisory  Board  as  is
 3    reasonably  required  for the proper performance by the Board
 4    of its responsibilities.
 5        For school years after the  2000-2001  school  year,  the
 6    Education  Funding  Advisory  Board, in consultation with the
 7    State Board  of  Education,  shall  make  recommendations  as
 8    provided  in  this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for
 9    the foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section
10    and for the supplemental general State aid grant level  under
11    subsection  (H)  of  this  Section  for  districts  with high
12    concentrations of children  from  poverty.   The  recommended
13    foundation  level  shall be determined based on a methodology
14    which  incorporates  the  basic  education  expenditures   of
15    low-spending  schools  exhibiting  high academic performance.
16    The  Education  Funding  Advisory  Board  shall   make   such
17    recommendations  to  the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
18    numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.

19    (N)  (Blank).

20    (O)  References.
21        (1)  References in other laws to the various subdivisions
22    of Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
23    replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to  refer
24    to  the  corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to
25    the extent that those references remain applicable.
26        (2)  References in other laws to State  Chapter  1  funds
27    shall  be  deemed  to refer to the supplemental general State
28    aid provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
29    (Source: P.A. 91-24, eff. 7-1-99; 91-93, eff. 7-9-99;  91-96,
30    eff.  7-9-99;  91-111,  eff.  7-14-99;  91-357, eff. 7-29-99;
31    91-533,  eff.  8-13-99;  92-7,  eff.  6-29-01;  92-16,   eff.
32    6-28-01; 92-28, eff. 7-1-01; 92-29, eff. 7-1-01; 92-269, eff.
33    8-7-01; revised 8-7-01.)
 
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 1        Section  99.   Effective  date.  This Act takes effect on
 2    July 1, 2002.

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