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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 999

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 999 on page  1,  by
 3    replacing lines 1 and 2 with the following:
 4        "AN ACT relating to education."; and

 5    on page 1, by replacing lines 5 and 6 with the following:

 6        "Section  1.  Short  title.  This Act may be cited as the
 7    Fund Education First Act.

 8        Section 5.  Educational appropriations.   Beginning  with
 9    fiscal  year 2000 and in each fiscal year thereafter, subject
10    to the provisions of Section 10  of  this  Act,  the  General
11    Assembly shall appropriate for educational programs an amount
12    that is equal to or exceeds the sum of: (a)  the total amount
13    appropriated  from  general  funds  for  educational programs
14    during the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal  year
15    for  which  the  appropriation is being made; and (b)  51% of
16    total new general funds available for spending from estimated
17    growth in revenues and funds available  because  of  budgeted
18    program  growth  and decline in the fiscal year for which the
19    appropriation  is  being   made,   excluding   annual   State
20    contributions to the Teachers' Retirement System of the State
21    of   Illinois,   the  Public  School  Teachers'  Pension  and
 
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 1    Retirement  Fund  of  Chicago,  and  the  State  Universities
 2    Retirement System.

 3        Section 10.  State and federal  funding.   State  funding
 4    for  educational  programs  shall continue to be appropriated
 5    pursuant to the formula established in Section  5  until  the
 6    sum  of State and federal spending represents one-half of the
 7    total revenues  available  from  local,  State,  and  federal
 8    sources  for  elementary and secondary education programs for
 9    the  current  fiscal  year,  as  estimated   by   the   State
10    Superintendent of Education.

11        Section  15.  Allocation.   Two-thirds of the new general
12    funds to be appropriated pursuant to clause (b) of Section  5
13    shall   be   appropriated   for   elementary   and  secondary
14    educational programs and one-third shall be appropriated  for
15    higher education programs.

16        Section  20.  Governor's  budget.   Beginning with fiscal
17    year 2001 and in each fiscal year  thereafter,  the  Governor
18    shall   include  in  his  annual  budget  an  allocation  for
19    elementary and secondary education and higher education which
20    conforms to the provisions of this Act.

21        Section 105.  The Illinois Income Tax Act is  amended  by
22    changing Section 201 as follows:"; and

23    on page 20, below line 26, by inserting the following:

24        "Section  999.  Effective  date.   This  Act takes effect
25    upon becoming law.".

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