$SB3895 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

AN ACT concerning appropriations.

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

ARTICLE 1

Section 1. The following amounts, or so much of those amounts as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes named, are appropriated to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012:

ALL DIVISIONS

From the General Revenue Fund:

For Personal Services......................... 16,629,600

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer................................ 198,900

For Retirement................................... 200,000

For Social Security Contributions................ 536,800

For Contractual Services....................... 6,000,000

For Travel....................................... 300,000

For Commodities................................... 72,000

For Printing...................................... 65,000

For Equipment.................................... 250,000

For Telecommunications........................... 450,000

For Operation of Auto Equipment................... 25,000

Total $24,727,300

Section 5. The following amounts or so much thereof as may be necessary, which shall be used by the Illinois State Board of Education exclusively for the foregoing purposes and not, under any circumstances, for personal services expenditures or other operational or administrative costs, are appropriated to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012:

From the General Revenue Fund:

For Blind/Dyslexic Persons....................... 816,600

For Disabled Student Personnel

Reimbursement............................... 440,200,000

For Disabled Student Transportation

Reimbursement............................... 440,500,000

For Disabled Student Tuition,

Private Tuition............................. 213,800,000

For District Consolidation Costs/

Supplemental Payments to School Districts,

18-8.2, 18-18.3, 18-8.5, 18-8.05(l) of

the School Code............................... 1,800,000

For Extraordinary Funding for Children Requiring

Special Education, 14-7.02b

of the School Code.......................... 320,919,400

For Arts and Foreign Language.................. 1,000,000

For the Philip J. Rock Center

and School.................................... 3,577,800

For Reimbursement for the Free Breakfast/

Lunch Program................................ 26,300,000

For Tax-Equivalent Grants, 18-4.4................ 222,600

For After School Matters....................... 2,500,000

For Summer School Payments, 18-4.3

of the School Code........................... 10,100,000

For Transportation-Regular/Vocational

Common School Transportation

Reimbursement, 29-5 of the School Code...... 205,808,900

For Visually Impaired/Educational

Materials Coordinating Unit, 14-11.01

of the School Code............................ 1,421,100

For Regular Education Reimbursement

Per 18-3 of the School Code.................. 13,000,000

For Special Education Reimbursement

Per 14-7.03 of the School Code.............. 111,000,000

For all costs associated with Alternative

Education/Regional Safe Schools............... 9,341,900

For Truant Alternative and Optional

Education Program............................ 14,059,000

For costs associated with Teach for America.... 1,975,000

For grants to Local Education Agencies

to conduct Agriculture Education Programs..... 1,800,000

For Career and Technical Education............ 38,562,100

For National Board Certified Teachers.......... 1,000,000

Total $1,859,704,400

From the General Revenue Fund:

For General State Aid........................ 398,713,700

From the Common School Fund:

For General State Aid...................... 4,049,390,800

Section 10. The following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012:

From the General Revenue Fund:

For Autism Training and Technical

Assistance...................................... 100,000

For the Children’s Mental Health

Partnership................................... 1,620,000

For Lowest Performing Schools.................. 3,000,000

For Technology for Success..................... 3,000,000

For Early Childhood Education................ 345,123,500

Total $352,843,500

Section 15. The amount of $592,300, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for all costs associated with the Community Residential Services Authority.

Section 20. The amount of $200,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for all costs associated with implementation of the State Board of Education Strategic Plan.

Section 25. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012:

From the General Revenue Fund:

For Bilingual Education....................... 66,381,200

Section 30. The amount of $27,400,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Student Assessments, including Bilingual Assessments.

Section 35. The amount of $2,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for all costs associated with Standards, Materials, and Training for Teachers

Section 40. The amount of $184,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for all costs associated with Educator Misconduct Investigations.

Section 45. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012:

For Regional Superintendents’ Services –

Bus Driver Training.............................. 70,000

Section 50. The amount of $12,025,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012 for Regional Superintendents’ and Assistants’ Compensation and Related Benefits.

Section 55. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012:

From the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund:

For Regional Superintendents’ Services........ $4,950,000

ARTICLE 2

FISCAL SUPPORT SERVICES

From the SBE Federal Department of Agriculture Fund:

For Personal Services............................ 274,800

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer.................................. 5,000

For Retirement Contributions..................... 110,000

For Social Security Contributions................. 20,700

For Group Insurance.............................. 112,000

For Contractual Services....................... 2,100,000

For Travel....................................... 400,000

For Commodities................................... 85,000

For Printing..................................... 156,300

For Equipment.................................... 191,600

For Telecommunications............................ 50,000

Total $3,505,400

From the SBE Federal Agency Services Fund:

For Contractual Services.......................... 26,500

For Travel........................................ 30,000

For Commodities................................... 20,000

For Printing......................................... 700

For Equipment..................................... 11,000

For Telecommunications............................. 9,000

Total $97,200

From the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund:

For Personal Services.......................... 2,071,300

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer................................. 10,400

For Retirement Contributions..................... 770,000

For Social Security Contributions................ 155,600

For Group Insurance.............................. 672,000

For Contractual Services....................... 3,150,000

For Travel..................................... 1,600,000

For Commodities.................................. 305,000

For Printing..................................... 341,000

For Equipment.................................... 475,000

For Telecommunications........................... 400,000

Total $9,950,300

INTERNAL AUDIT

From the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund:

For Contractual Services......................... 210,000

SCHOOL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ALL SCHOOLS

From the SBE Federal Department of Agriculture Fund:

For Personal Services.......................... 3,394,400

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer................................. 10,900

For Retirement Contributions................... 1,430,000

For Social Security Contributions................ 155,600

For Group Insurance............................ 1,000,000

For Contractual Services....................... 2,110,500

Total $8,101,400

From the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund:

For Personal Services............................ 492,600

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer.................................. 6,100

For Retirement Contributions..................... 192,600

For Social Security Contributions................. 77,800

For Group Insurance.............................. 109,800

For Contractual Services....................... 1,575,000

Total $2,453,900

SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES

From the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund:

For Personal Services.......................... 5,392,400

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer................................. 25,200

For Retirement Contributions................... 2,750,000

For Social Security Contributions................ 311,100

For Group Insurance............................ 1,629,400

For Contractual Services....................... 4,200,000

Total $14,308,100

TEACHING AND LEARNING SERVICES FOR ALL CHILDREN

From the SBE Federal Agency Services Fund:

For Personal Services............................ 103,700

For Retirement Contributions...................... 55,000

For Social Security Contributions.................. 5,200

For Group Insurance............................... 23,000

For Contractual Services......................... 918,500

Total $1,105,400

From the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund:

For Personal Services.......................... 5,646,500

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer................................. 51,800

For Retirement Contributions................... 2,199,900

For Social Security Contributions................ 496,600

For Group Insurance............................ 1,506,000

For Contractual Services...................... 11,235,000

Total $21,135,800

From the School District Emergency

Financial Assistance Fund:

For Emergency Financial Assistance, 1B-8

of the School Code........................... 1,000,000

From the Drivers Education Fund:

For Drivers Education......................... 17,500,000

From the Charter Schools Revolving Loan Fund:

For Charter Schools Loans......................... 20,000

From the School Technology Revolving Loan Fund:

For School Technology Loans, 2-3.117a

of the School Code........................... 5,000,000

Section 10. The following amounts or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012:

From the State Board of Education Federal

Agency Services Fund:

For Learn and Serve America...................... 500,000

From the State Board of Education Federal

Department of Agriculture Fund:

For Child Nutrition.......................... 725,000,000

From the State Board of Education

Federal Department of Education Fund:

For Title I.................................. 825,000,000

For Title II, Teacher/Principal Training..... 157,000,000

For Title III, English Language

Acquisition................................. 45,000,000

For Title IV, 21st Century/Community

Service Programs............................ 65,000,000

For Title IV, Safe and Drug Free Schools......... 500,000

For Title VI, Rural and Low Income

Students..................................... 2,000,000

For Title X, Homeless Education................ 5,000,000

For Enhancing Education through Technology..... 5,000,000

For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

Deaf/Blind..................................... 500,000

For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

IDEA....................................... 700,000,000

For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

Improvement Program.......................... 4,000,000

For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

Pre-School.................................. 25,000,000

For Grants for Vocational

Education – Basic........................... 55,000,000

For Grants for Vocational

Education – Technical Preparation.............. 100,000

For Advanced Placement Fee..................... 3,000,000

For Math/Science Partnerships................. 14,000,000

For Striving Readers............................. 500,000

For ONPAR...................................... 2,000,000

For Longitudinal Data System................... 5,200,000

For Special Federal Congressional Projects..... 5,000,000

For Charter Schools............................ 9,000,000

For Race to the Top........................... 42,800,000

Total $1,970,600,000

Section 15. In addition to any other amounts appropriated for such purposes, the following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated from the State Board of Education Federal Department of Education Fund, pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012:

For Title I.................................. 150,000,000

For Title II, Technology......................... 100,000

For Longitudinal Data System.................. 10,000,000

Total $160,100,000

Section 20. The amount of $600,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the School Infrastructure Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for its ordinary and contingent expenses.

Section 25. The amount of $1,400,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Temporary Relocation Expenses Revolving Grant Fund for use by the State Board of Education as provided in Section 2-3.77 of the School Code.

Section 30. The amount of $5,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Teacher Certificates Processing.

Section 35. The amount of $2,208,900, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Teacher Certificate Institute Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Teacher Certificates.

Section 40. The amount of $8,484,800, or so much of that amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the State Board of Education Special Purpose Trust Fund to the State Board of Education for expenditures by the Board in accordance with grants, gifts or donations that the Board has received or may receive from any source, public or private, in support of projects that are within the lawful powers of the Board.

Section 45. The amount of $7,015,200, or so much of that amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the State Board of Education Special Purpose Trust Fund to the State Board of Education for its ordinary and contingent expenses.

Section 50. The amount of $200,000, or so much of that amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the After School Rescue Fund to the State Board of Education for its ordinary and contingent expenses.

Section 55. The amount of $23,780,300, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the State Board of Education Federal Department of Education Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Student Assessments.

ARTICLE 3

Section 1. The sum of $2,702,278,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Common School Fund to the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois for the State's contribution, as provided by law.

Section 5. The sum of $1,200,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Education Assistance Fund to the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois for additional costs due to the establishment of minimum retirement allowances pursuant to Sections 16-136.2 and 16-136.3 of the Illinois Pension Code, as amended.

Section 10. The sum of $120,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Common School Fund to the Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System for the employer contributions required by the State as an employer of teachers described under subsection (e) of Section 16-158 of the Illinois Pension Code.

Section 15. The amount of $10,449,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Public School Teachers’ Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago for the state’s contribution for retirement contributions under Section 17-127 of the Illinois Pension Code for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012.

Total, this Article $2,714,047,000

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2012.