[ Search ] [ Legislation ]
[ Home ] [ Back ] [ Bottom ]
91_SB0908
LRB9102967NTsb
1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section
2 18-8.05.
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 18-8.05 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/18-8.05)
8 Sec. 18-8.05. Basis for apportionment of general State
9 financial aid and supplemental general State aid to the
10 common schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school years.
11 (A) General Provisions.
12 (1) The provisions of this Section apply to the
13 1998-1999 and subsequent school years. The system of general
14 State financial aid provided for in this Section is designed
15 to assure that, through a combination of State financial aid
16 and required local resources, the financial support provided
17 each pupil in Average Daily Attendance equals or exceeds a
18 prescribed per pupil Foundation Level. This formula approach
19 imputes a level of per pupil Available Local Resources and
20 provides for the basis to calculate a per pupil level of
21 general State financial aid that, when added to Available
22 Local Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level. The
23 amount of per pupil general State financial aid for school
24 districts, in general, varies in inverse relation to
25 Available Local Resources. Per pupil amounts are based upon
26 each school district's Average Daily Attendance as that term
27 is defined in this Section.
28 (2) In addition to general State financial aid, school
29 districts with specified levels or concentrations of pupils
30 from low income households are eligible to receive
31 supplemental general State financial aid grants as provided
-2- LRB9102967NTsb
1 pursuant to subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants
2 provided for school districts under subsection (H) shall be
3 appropriated for distribution to school districts as part of
4 the same line item in which the general State financial aid
5 of school districts is appropriated under this Section.
6 (3) To receive financial assistance under this Section,
7 school districts are required to file claims with the State
8 Board of Education, subject to the following requirements:
9 (a) Any school district which fails for any given
10 school year to maintain school as required by law, or to
11 maintain a recognized school is not eligible to file for
12 such school year any claim upon the Common School Fund.
13 In case of nonrecognition of one or more attendance
14 centers in a school district otherwise operating
15 recognized schools, the claim of the district shall be
16 reduced in the proportion which the Average Daily
17 Attendance in the attendance center or centers bear to
18 the Average Daily Attendance in the school district. A
19 "recognized school" means any public school which meets
20 the standards as established for recognition by the State
21 Board of Education. A school district or attendance
22 center not having recognition status at the end of a
23 school term is entitled to receive State aid payments due
24 upon a legal claim which was filed while it was
25 recognized.
26 (b) School district claims filed under this Section
27 are subject to Sections 18-9, 18-10, and 18-12, except as
28 otherwise provided in this Section.
29 (c) If a school district operates a full year
30 school under Section 10-19.1, the general State aid to
31 the school district shall be determined by the State
32 Board of Education in accordance with this Section as
33 near as may be applicable.
34 (d) (Blank).
-3- LRB9102967NTsb
1 (4) Except as provided in subsections (H) and (L), the
2 board of any district receiving any of the grants provided
3 for in this Section may apply those funds to any fund so
4 received for which that board is authorized to make
5 expenditures by law.
6 School districts are not required to exert a minimum
7 Operating Tax Rate in order to qualify for assistance under
8 this Section.
9 (5) As used in this Section the following terms, when
10 capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
11 (a) "Average Daily Attendance": A count of pupil
12 attendance in school, averaged as provided for in
13 subsection (C) and utilized in deriving per pupil
14 financial support levels.
15 (b) "Available Local Resources": A computation of
16 local financial support, calculated on the basis of
17 Average Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant
18 to subsection (D).
19 (c) "Corporate Personal Property Replacement
20 Taxes": Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to
21 "An Act in relation to the abolition of ad valorem
22 personal property tax and the replacement of revenues
23 lost thereby, and amending and repealing certain Acts and
24 parts of Acts in connection therewith", certified August
25 14, 1979, as amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
26 (d) "Foundation Level": A prescribed level of per
27 pupil financial support as provided for in subsection
28 (B).
29 (e) "Operating Tax Rate": All school district
30 property taxes extended for all purposes, except Bond and
31 Interest, Summer School, Rent, Capital Improvement, and
32 Vocational Education Building purposes.
33 (B) Foundation Level.
34 (1) The Foundation Level is a figure established by the
-4- LRB9102967NTsb
1 State representing the minimum level of per pupil financial
2 support that should be available to provide for the basic
3 education of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance. As set
4 forth in this Section, each school district is assumed to
5 exert a sufficient local taxing effort such that, in
6 combination with the aggregate of general State financial aid
7 provided the district, an aggregate of State and local
8 resources are available to meet the basic education needs of
9 pupils in the district.
10 (2) For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation Level
11 of support is $4,225. For the 1999-2000 school year, the
12 Foundation Level of support is $4,325. For the 2000-2001
13 school year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425.
14 (3) For the 2001-2002 school year and each school year
15 thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425 or such
16 greater amount as may be established by law by the General
17 Assembly.
18 (C) Average Daily Attendance.
19 (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid
20 pursuant to subsection (E), an Average Daily Attendance
21 figure shall be utilized. The Average Daily Attendance
22 figure for formula calculation purposes shall be the monthly
23 average of the actual number of pupils in attendance of each
24 school district, as further averaged for the best 3 months of
25 pupil attendance for each school district. In compiling the
26 figures for the number of pupils in attendance, school
27 districts and the State Board of Education shall, for
28 purposes of general State aid funding, conform attendance
29 figures to the requirements of subsection (F).
30 (2) The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
31 subsection (E) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
32 school year immediately preceding the school year for which
33 general State aid is being calculated.
-5- LRB9102967NTsb
1 (D) Available Local Resources.
2 (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid
3 pursuant to subsection (E), a representation of Available
4 Local Resources per pupil, as that term is defined and
5 determined in this subsection, shall be utilized. Available
6 Local Resources per pupil shall include a calculated dollar
7 amount representing local school district revenues from local
8 property taxes and from Corporate Personal Property
9 Replacement Taxes, expressed on the basis of pupils in
10 Average Daily Attendance.
11 (2) In determining a school district's revenue from
12 local property taxes, the State Board of Education shall
13 utilize the equalized assessed valuation of all taxable
14 property of each school district as of September 30 of the
15 previous year. The equalized assessed valuation utilized
16 shall be obtained and determined as provided in subsection
17 (G).
18 (3) For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten
19 through 12, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be
20 calculated as the product of the applicable equalized
21 assessed valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%, and
22 divided by the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
23 For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten through
24 8, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be calculated
25 as the product of the applicable equalized assessed valuation
26 for the district multiplied by 2.30%, and divided by the
27 district's Average Daily Attendance figure. For school
28 districts maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax
29 revenues per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed
30 valuation of the district multiplied by 1.20%, and divided by
31 the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
32 (4) The Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes
33 paid to each school district during the calendar year 2 years
34 before the calendar year in which a school year begins,
-6- LRB9102967NTsb
1 divided by the Average Daily Attendance figure for that
2 district, shall be added to the local property tax revenues
3 per pupil as derived by the application of the immediately
4 preceding paragraph (3). The sum of these per pupil figures
5 for each school district shall constitute Available Local
6 Resources as that term is utilized in subsection (E) in the
7 calculation of general State aid.
8 (E) Computation of General State Aid.
9 (1) For each school year, the amount of general State
10 aid allotted to a school district shall be computed by the
11 State Board of Education as provided in this subsection.
12 (2) For any school district for which Available Local
13 Resources per pupil is less than the product of 0.93 times
14 the Foundation Level, general State aid for that district
15 shall be calculated as an amount equal to the Foundation
16 Level minus Available Local Resources, multiplied by the
17 Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
18 (3) For any school district for which Available Local
19 Resources per pupil is equal to or greater than the product
20 of 0.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the product
21 of 1.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
22 pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the Foundation Level
23 derived using a linear algorithm. Under this linear
24 algorithm, the calculated general State aid per pupil shall
25 decline in direct linear fashion from 0.07 times the
26 Foundation Level for a school district with Available Local
27 Resources equal to the product of 0.93 times the Foundation
28 Level, to 0.05 times the Foundation Level for a school
29 district with Available Local Resources equal to the product
30 of 1.75 times the Foundation Level. The allocation of
31 general State aid for school districts subject to this
32 paragraph 3 shall be the calculated general State aid per
33 pupil figure multiplied by the Average Daily Attendance of
34 the school district.
-7- LRB9102967NTsb
1 (4) For any school district for which Available Local
2 Resources per pupil equals or exceeds the product of 1.75
3 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid for the
4 school district shall be calculated as the product of $218
5 multiplied by the Average Daily Attendance of the school
6 district.
7 (F) Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
8 (1) Each school district shall, by July 1 of each year,
9 submit to the State Board of Education, on forms prescribed
10 by the State Board of Education, attendance figures for the
11 school year that began in the preceding calendar year. The
12 attendance information so transmitted shall identify the
13 average daily attendance figures for each month of the school
14 year, except that any days of attendance in August shall be
15 added to the month of September and any days of attendance in
16 June shall be added to the month of May.
17 Except as otherwise provided in this Section, days of
18 attendance by pupils shall be counted only for sessions of
19 not less than 5 clock hours of school work per day under
20 direct supervision of: (i) teachers, or (ii) non-teaching
21 personnel or volunteer personnel when engaging in
22 non-teaching duties and supervising in those instances
23 specified in subsection (a) of Section 10-22.34 and paragraph
24 10 of Section 34-18, with pupils of legal school age and in
25 kindergarten and grades 1 through 12, provided that any such
26 pupil who on a particular day attends for only a part of the
27 pupil's scheduled school day may be counted on the basis of
28 the proportion of minutes of school work completed on that
29 day to the minimum number of minutes that school work is
30 required to be held that day.
31 Days of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited
32 only to the districts that pay the tuition to a recognized
33 school.
34 (2) Days of attendance by pupils of less than 5 clock
-8- LRB9102967NTsb
1 hours of school shall be subject to the following provisions
2 in the compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
3 (a) Pupils regularly enrolled in a public school
4 for only a part of the school day may be counted on the
5 basis of the proportion of minutes of school work
6 completed each day to the minimum number of minutes that
7 school work is required to be held that day 1/6 day for
8 every class hour of instruction of 40 minutes or more
9 attended pursuant to such enrollment.
10 (b) Days of attendance may be less than 5 clock
11 hours on the opening and closing of the school term, and
12 upon the first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by a
13 day or days utilized as an institute or teachers'
14 workshop.
15 (c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be
16 counted as a day of attendance upon certification by the
17 regional superintendent, and approved by the State
18 Superintendent of Education to the extent that the
19 district has been forced to use daily multiple sessions.
20 (d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be
21 counted as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder of
22 the school day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that
23 day is utilized for an in-service training program for
24 teachers, up to a maximum of 5 days per school year of
25 which a maximum of 4 days of such 5 days may be used for
26 parent-teacher conferences, provided a district conducts
27 an in-service training program for teachers which has
28 been approved by the State Superintendent of Education;
29 or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be used, in
30 which event each such day may be counted as a day of
31 attendance; and (2) when days in addition to those
32 provided in item (1) are scheduled by a school pursuant
33 to its school improvement plan adopted under Article 34
34 or its revised or amended school improvement plan adopted
-9- LRB9102967NTsb
1 under Article 2, provided that (i) such sessions of 3 or
2 more clock hours are scheduled to occur at regular
3 intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in which
4 such sessions occur are utilized for in-service training
5 programs or other staff development activities for
6 teachers, and (iii) a sufficient number of minutes of
7 school work under the direct supervision of teachers are
8 added to the school days between such regularly scheduled
9 sessions to accumulate not less than the number of
10 minutes by which such sessions of 3 or more clock hours
11 fall short of 5 clock hours. Any full days used for the
12 purposes of this paragraph shall not be considered for
13 computing average daily attendance. Days scheduled for
14 in-service training programs, staff development
15 activities, or parent-teacher conferences may be
16 scheduled separately for different grade levels and
17 different attendance centers of the district.
18 (e) A session of not less than one clock hour of
19 teaching of hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or
20 by telephone to the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day
21 of attendance, however these pupils must receive 4 or
22 more clock hours of instruction to be counted for a full
23 day of attendance.
24 (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be
25 counted as a day of attendance for first grade pupils,
26 and pupils in full day kindergartens, and a session of 2
27 or more hours may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by
28 pupils in kindergartens which provide only 1/2 day of
29 attendance.
30 (g) For children with disabilities who are below
31 the age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock
32 hours because of their disability or immaturity, a
33 session of not less than one clock hour may be counted as
34 1/2 day of attendance; however for such children whose
-10- LRB9102967NTsb
1 educational needs so require a session of 4 or more clock
2 hours may be counted as a full day of attendance.
3 (h) A recognized kindergarten which provides for
4 only 1/2 day of attendance by each pupil shall not have
5 more than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any one 1 day.
6 However, kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance
7 in any 5 consecutive school days. When a pupil attends
8 such a kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school
9 day, the pupil shall have the following day as a day
10 absent from school, unless the school district obtains
11 permission in writing from the State Superintendent of
12 Education. Attendance at kindergartens which provide for
13 a full day of attendance by each pupil shall be counted
14 the same as attendance by first grade pupils. Only the
15 first year of attendance in one kindergarten shall be
16 counted, except in case of children who entered the
17 kindergarten in their fifth year whose educational
18 development requires a second year of kindergarten as
19 determined under the rules and regulations of the State
20 Board of Education.
21 (G) Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
22 (1) For purposes of the calculation of Available Local
23 Resources required pursuant to subsection (D), the State
24 Board of Education shall secure from the Department of
25 Revenue the value as equalized or assessed by the Department
26 of Revenue of all taxable property of every school district
27 together with the applicable tax rate used in extending taxes
28 for the funds of the district as of September 30 of the
29 previous year.
30 This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
31 the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
32 calculation of Available Local Resources.
33 (2) The equalized assessed valuation in paragraph (1)
34 shall be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
-11- LRB9102967NTsb
1 (a) For the purposes of calculating State aid under
2 this Section, with respect to any part of a school
3 district within a redevelopment project area in respect
4 to which a municipality has adopted tax increment
5 allocation financing pursuant to the Tax Increment
6 Allocation Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through
7 11-74.4-11 of the Illinois Municipal Code or the
8 Industrial Jobs Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through
9 11-74.6-50 of the Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the
10 current equalized assessed valuation of real property
11 located in any such project area which is attributable to
12 an increase above the total initial equalized assessed
13 valuation of such property shall be used as part of the
14 equalized assessed valuation of the district, until such
15 time as all redevelopment project costs have been paid,
16 as provided in Section 11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment
17 Allocation Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of
18 the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose of the
19 equalized assessed valuation of the district, the total
20 initial equalized assessed valuation or the current
21 equalized assessed valuation, whichever is lower, shall
22 be used until such time as all redevelopment project
23 costs have been paid.
24 (b) The real property equalized assessed valuation
25 for a school district shall be adjusted by subtracting
26 from the real property value as equalized or assessed by
27 the Department of Revenue for the district an amount
28 computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
29 under Section 18-170 of the Property Tax Code by 3.00%
30 for a district maintaining grades kindergarten through 12
31 , or by 2.30% for a district maintaining grades
32 kindergarten through 8, or by 1.20% for a district
33 maintaining grades 9 through 12 and adjusted by an amount
34 computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
-12- LRB9102967NTsb
1 under subsection (a) of Section 18-165 of the Property
2 Tax Code by the same percentage rates for district type
3 as specified in this subparagraph (b) (c).
4 (H) Supplemental General State Aid.
5 (1) In addition to the general State aid a school
6 district is allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying
7 school districts shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction
8 with a district's payments of general State aid, for
9 supplemental general State aid based upon the concentration
10 level of children from low-income households within the
11 school district. Supplemental State aid grants provided for
12 school districts under this subsection shall be appropriated
13 for distribution to school districts as part of the same line
14 item in which the general State financial aid of school
15 districts is appropriated under this Section. For purposes of
16 this subsection, the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
17 shall be the low-income eligible pupil count from the most
18 recently available federal census divided by the Average
19 Daily Attendance of the school district.
20 (2) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
21 subsection shall be provided as follows:
22 (a) For any school district with a Low Income
23 Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%,
24 the grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by
25 the low income eligible pupil count.
26 (b) For any school district with a Low Income
27 Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%,
28 the grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall be $1,100
29 multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
30 (c) For any school district with a Low Income
31 Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%,
32 the grant for the 1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
33 multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
34 (d) For any school district with a Low Income
-13- LRB9102967NTsb
1 Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for the
2 1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
3 income eligible pupil count.
4 (e) For the 1999-2000 school year, the per pupil
5 amount specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d),
6 immediately above shall be increased by $100 to $1,200,
7 $1,600, and $2,000, respectively.
8 (f) For the 2000-2001 school year, the per pupil
9 amounts specified in subparagraphs (b), (c) and (d)
10 immediately above shall be increased to $1,230, $1,640,
11 and $2,050, respectively.
12 (3) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
13 more than 1,000 and less than 50,000 that qualify for
14 supplemental general State aid pursuant to this subsection
15 shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
16 October 30 of each year for the use of the funds resulting
17 from this grant of supplemental general State aid for the
18 improvement of instruction in which priority is given to
19 meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children. Such
20 plan shall be submitted in accordance with rules and
21 regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
22 (4) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
23 50,000 or more that qualify for supplemental general State
24 aid pursuant to this subsection shall be required to
25 distribute from funds available pursuant to this Section, no
26 less than $261,000,000 in accordance with the following
27 requirements:
28 (a) The required amounts shall be distributed to
29 the attendance centers within the district in proportion
30 to the number of pupils enrolled at each attendance
31 center who are eligible to receive free or reduced-price
32 lunches or breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition
33 Act of 1966 and under the National School Lunch Act
34 during the immediately preceding school year.
-14- LRB9102967NTsb
1 (b) The distribution of these portions of
2 supplemental and general State aid among attendance
3 centers according to these requirements shall not be
4 compensated for or contravened by adjustments of the
5 total of other funds appropriated to any attendance
6 centers, and the Board of Education shall utilize funding
7 from one or several sources in order to fully implement
8 this provision annually prior to the opening of school.
9 (c) Each attendance center shall be provided by the
10 school district a distribution of noncategorical funds
11 and other categorical funds to which an attendance center
12 is entitled under law in order that the general State aid
13 and supplemental general State aid provided by
14 application of this subsection supplements rather than
15 supplants the noncategorical funds and other categorical
16 funds provided by the school district to the attendance
17 centers.
18 (d) Any funds made available under this subsection
19 that by reason of the provisions of this subsection are
20 not required to be allocated and provided to attendance
21 centers may be used and appropriated by the board of the
22 district for any lawful school purpose.
23 (e) Funds received by an attendance center pursuant
24 to this subsection shall be used by the attendance center
25 at the discretion of the principal and local school
26 council for programs to improve educational opportunities
27 at qualifying schools through the following programs and
28 services: early childhood education, reduced class size
29 or improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
30 programs, remedial assistance, attendance improvement,
31 and other educationally beneficial expenditures which
32 supplement the regular and basic programs as determined
33 by the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall
34 not be expended for any political or lobbying purposes as
-15- LRB9102967NTsb
1 defined by board rule.
2 (f) Each district subject to the provisions of this
3 subdivision (H)(4) shall submit an acceptable plan to
4 meet the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
5 compliance with the requirements of this paragraph, to
6 the State Board of Education prior to July 15 of each
7 year. This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of
8 local school councils concerning the school expenditure
9 plans developed in accordance with part 4 of Section
10 34-2.3. The State Board shall approve or reject the plan
11 within 60 days after its submission. If the plan is
12 rejected, the district shall give written notice of
13 intent to modify the plan within 15 days of the
14 notification of rejection and then submit a modified plan
15 within 30 days after the date of the written notice of
16 intent to modify. Districts may amend approved plans
17 pursuant to rules promulgated by the State Board of
18 Education.
19 Upon notification by the State Board of Education
20 that the district has not submitted a plan prior to July
21 15 or a modified plan within the time period specified
22 herein, the State aid funds affected by that plan or
23 modified plan shall be withheld by the State Board of
24 Education until a plan or modified plan is submitted.
25 If the district fails to distribute State aid to
26 attendance centers in accordance with an approved plan,
27 the plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
28 addition to the funds otherwise required by this
29 subsection, to those attendance centers which were
30 underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal to
31 such underfunding.
32 For purposes of determining compliance with this
33 subsection in relation to the requirements of attendance
34 center funding, each district subject to the provisions
-16- LRB9102967NTsb
1 of this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
2 December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data for
3 the prior year in addition to any modification of its
4 current plan. If it is determined that there has been a
5 failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
6 subsection regarding contravention or supplanting, the
7 State Superintendent of Education shall, within 60 days
8 of receipt of the report, notify the district and any
9 affected local school council. The district shall within
10 45 days of receipt of that notification inform the State
11 Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
12 action to be taken, whether by amendment of the current
13 plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the
14 following year. Failure to provide the expenditure
15 report or the notification of remedial or corrective
16 action in a timely manner shall result in a withholding
17 of the affected funds.
18 The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules
19 and regulations to implement the provisions of this
20 subsection. No funds shall be released under this
21 subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted
22 a plan that has been approved by the State Board of
23 Education.
24 (I) General State Aid for Newly Configured School Districts.
25 (1) For a new school district formed by combining
26 property included totally within 2 or more previously
27 existing school districts, for its first year of existence
28 the general State aid and supplemental general State aid
29 calculated under this Section shall be computed for the new
30 district and for the previously existing districts for which
31 property is totally included within the new district. If the
32 computation on the basis of the previously existing districts
33 is greater, a supplementary payment equal to the difference
34 shall be made for the first 4 years of existence of the new
-17- LRB9102967NTsb
1 district.
2 (2) For a school district which annexes all of the
3 territory of one or more entire other school districts, for
4 the first year during which the change of boundaries
5 attributable to such annexation becomes effective for all
6 purposes as determined under Section 7-9 or 7A-8, the general
7 State aid and supplemental general State aid calculated under
8 this Section shall be computed for the annexing district as
9 constituted after the annexation and for the annexing and
10 each annexed district as constituted prior to the annexation;
11 and if the computation on the basis of the annexing and
12 annexed districts as constituted prior to the annexation is
13 greater, a supplementary payment equal to the difference
14 shall be made for the first 4 years of existence of the
15 annexing school district as constituted upon such annexation.
16 (3) For 2 or more school districts which annex all of
17 the territory of one or more entire other school districts,
18 and for 2 or more community unit districts which result upon
19 the division (pursuant to petition under Section 11A-2) of
20 one or more other unit school districts into 2 or more parts
21 and which together include all of the parts into which such
22 other unit school district or districts are so divided, for
23 the first year during which the change of boundaries
24 attributable to such annexation or division becomes effective
25 for all purposes as determined under Section 7-9 or 11A-10,
26 as the case may be, the general State aid and supplemental
27 general State aid calculated under this Section shall be
28 computed for each annexing or resulting district as
29 constituted after the annexation or division and for each
30 annexing and annexed district, or for each resulting and
31 divided district, as constituted prior to the annexation or
32 division; and if the aggregate of the general State aid and
33 supplemental general State aid as so computed for the
34 annexing or resulting districts as constituted after the
-18- LRB9102967NTsb
1 annexation or division is less than the aggregate of the
2 general State aid and supplemental general State aid as so
3 computed for the annexing and annexed districts, or for the
4 resulting and divided districts, as constituted prior to the
5 annexation or division, then a supplementary payment equal to
6 the difference shall be made and allocated between or among
7 the annexing or resulting districts, as constituted upon such
8 annexation or division, for the first 4 years of their
9 existence. The total difference payment shall be allocated
10 between or among the annexing or resulting districts in the
11 same ratio as the pupil enrollment from that portion of the
12 annexed or divided district or districts which is annexed to
13 or included in each such annexing or resulting district bears
14 to the total pupil enrollment from the entire annexed or
15 divided district or districts, as such pupil enrollment is
16 determined for the school year last ending prior to the date
17 when the change of boundaries attributable to the annexation
18 or division becomes effective for all purposes. The amount
19 of the total difference payment and the amount thereof to be
20 allocated to the annexing or resulting districts shall be
21 computed by the State Board of Education on the basis of
22 pupil enrollment and other data which shall be certified to
23 the State Board of Education, on forms which it shall provide
24 for that purpose, by the regional superintendent of schools
25 for each educational service region in which the annexing and
26 annexed districts, or resulting and divided districts are
27 located.
28 (3.5) Claims for financial assistance under this
29 subsection (I) shall not be recomputed except as expressly
30 provided under this Section.
31 (4) Any supplementary payment made under this subsection
32 (I) shall be treated as separate from all other payments made
33 pursuant to this Section.
34 (J) Supplementary Grants in Aid.
-19- LRB9102967NTsb
1 (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
2 Section, the amount of the aggregate general State aid in
3 combination with supplemental general State aid under this
4 Section for which each school district is eligible shall be
5 no less than the amount of the aggregate general State aid
6 entitlement that was received by the district under Section
7 18-8 (exclusive of amounts received under subsections 5(p)
8 and 5(p-5) of that Section) for the 1997-98 school year,
9 pursuant to the provisions of that Section as it was then in
10 effect. If a school district qualifies to receive a
11 supplementary payment made under this subsection (J), the
12 amount of the aggregate general State aid in combination with
13 supplemental general State aid under this Section which that
14 district is eligible to receive for each school year shall be
15 no less than the amount of the aggregate general State aid
16 entitlement that was received by the district under Section
17 18-8 (exclusive of amounts received under subsections 5(p)
18 and 5(p-5) of that Section) for the 1997-1998 school year,
19 pursuant to the provisions of that Section as it was then in
20 effect.
21 (2) If, as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection
22 (J), a school district is to receive aggregate general State
23 aid in combination with supplemental general State aid under
24 this Section for the 1998-99 school year and any subsequent
25 school year that in any such school year is less than the
26 amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that
27 the district received for the 1997-98 school year, the school
28 district shall also receive, from a separate appropriation
29 made for purposes of this subsection (J), a supplementary
30 payment that is equal to the amount of the difference in the
31 aggregate State aid figures as described in paragraph (1).
32 (3) (Blank).
33 (K) Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
34 In calculating the amount to be paid to the governing
-20- LRB9102967NTsb
1 board of a public university that operates a laboratory
2 school under this Section or to any alternative school that
3 is operated by a regional superintendent of schools, the
4 State Board of Education shall require by rule such reporting
5 requirements as it deems necessary.
6 As used in this Section, "laboratory school" means a
7 public school which is created and operated by a public
8 university and approved by the State Board of Education. The
9 governing board of a public university which receives funds
10 from the State Board under this subsection (K) may not
11 increase the number of students enrolled in its laboratory
12 school from a single district, if that district is already
13 sending 50 or more students, except under a mutual agreement
14 between the school board of a student's district of residence
15 and the university which operates the laboratory school. A
16 laboratory school may not have more than 1,000 students,
17 excluding students with disabilities in a special education
18 program.
19 As used in this Section, "alternative school" means a
20 public school which is created and operated by a Regional
21 Superintendent of Schools and approved by the State Board of
22 Education. Such alternative schools may offer courses of
23 instruction for which credit is given in regular school
24 programs, courses to prepare students for the high school
25 equivalency testing program or vocational and occupational
26 training. A regional superintendent of schools may contract
27 with a school district or a public community college district
28 to operate an alternative school. An alternative school
29 serving more than one educational service region may be
30 established by the regional superintendents of schools of
31 those the affected educational service regions. An
32 alternative school serving more than one educational service
33 region may be operated under such terms as the regional
34 superintendents of schools of those educational service
-21- LRB9102967NTsb
1 regions may agree.
2 Each laboratory and alternative school shall file, on
3 forms provided by the State Superintendent of Education, an
4 annual State aid claim which states the Average Daily
5 Attendance of the school's students by month. The best 3
6 months' Average Daily Attendance shall be computed for each
7 school. The general State aid entitlement shall be computed
8 by multiplying the applicable Average Daily Attendance by the
9 Foundation Level as determined under this Section.
10 (L) Payments, Additional Grants in Aid and Other
11 Requirements.
12 (1) For a school district operating under the financial
13 supervision of an Authority created under Article 34A, the
14 general State aid otherwise payable to that district under
15 this Section, but not the supplemental general State aid,
16 shall be reduced by an amount equal to the budget for the
17 operations of the Authority as certified by the Authority to
18 the State Board of Education, and an amount equal to such
19 reduction shall be paid to the Authority created for such
20 district for its operating expenses in the manner provided in
21 Section 18-11. The remainder of general State school aid for
22 any such district shall be paid in accordance with Article
23 34A when that Article provides for a disposition other than
24 that provided by this Article.
25 (2) Impaction. Impaction payments shall be made as
26 provided for in Section 18-4.2.
27 (3) Summer school. Summer school payments shall be made
28 as provided in Section 18-4.3.
29 (M) Education Funding Advisory Board.
30 The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
31 subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created.
32 The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
33 Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
-22- LRB9102967NTsb
1 The members appointed shall include representatives of
2 education, business, and the general public. One of the
3 members so appointed shall be designated by the Governor at
4 the time the appointment is made as the chairperson of the
5 Board. The initial members of the Board may be appointed any
6 time after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
7 The regular term of each member of the Board shall be for 4
8 years from the third Monday of January of the year in which
9 the term of the member's appointment is to commence, except
10 that of the 5 initial members appointed to serve on the
11 Board, the member who is appointed as the chairperson shall
12 serve for a term that commences on the date of his or her
13 appointment and expires on the third Monday of January, 2002,
14 and the remaining 4 members, by lots drawn at the first
15 meeting of the Board that is held after all 5 members are
16 appointed, shall determine 2 of their number to serve for
17 terms that commence on the date of their respective
18 appointments and expire on the third Monday of January, 2001,
19 and 2 of their number to serve for terms that commence on the
20 date of their respective appointments and expire on the third
21 Monday of January, 2000. All members appointed to serve on
22 the Board shall serve until their respective successors are
23 appointed and confirmed. Vacancies shall be filled in the
24 same manner as original appointments. If a vacancy in
25 membership occurs at a time when the Senate is not in
26 session, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment
27 until the next meeting of the Senate, when he or she shall
28 appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a
29 person to fill that membership for the unexpired term. If
30 the Senate is not in session when the initial appointments
31 are made, those appointments shall be made as in the case of
32 vacancies.
33 The Education Funding Advisory Board shall be deemed
34 established, and the initial members appointed by the
-23- LRB9102967NTsb
1 Governor to serve as members of the Board shall take office,
2 on the date that the Governor makes his or her appointment of
3 the fifth initial member of the Board, whether those initial
4 members are then serving pursuant to appointment and
5 confirmation or pursuant to temporary appointments that are
6 made by the Governor as in the case of vacancies.
7 The State Board of Education shall provide such staff
8 assistance to the Education Funding Advisory Board as is
9 reasonably required for the proper performance by the Board
10 of its responsibilities.
11 For school years after the 2000-2001 school year, the
12 Education Funding Advisory Board, in consultation with the
13 State Board of Education, shall make recommendations as
14 provided in this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for
15 the foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section
16 and for the supplemental general State aid grant level under
17 subsection (H) of this Section for districts with high
18 concentrations of children from poverty. The recommended
19 foundation level shall be determined based on a methodology
20 which incorporates the basic education expenditures of
21 low-spending schools exhibiting high academic performance.
22 The Education Funding Advisory Board shall make such
23 recommendations to the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
24 numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.
25 (N) General State Aid Adjustment Grant.
26 (1) Any school district subject to property tax
27 extension limitations as imposed under the provisions of the
28 Property Tax Extension Limitation Law shall be entitled to
29 receive, subject to the qualifications and requirements of
30 this subsection, a general State aid adjustment grant.
31 Eligibility for this grant shall be determined on an annual
32 basis and claims for grant payments shall be paid subject to
33 appropriations made specific to this subsection. For
34 purposes of this subsection the following terms shall have
-24- LRB9102967NTsb
1 the following meanings:
2 "Budget Year": The school year for which general State
3 aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
4 "Current Year": The school year immediately preceding
5 the Budget Year.
6 "Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used to
7 calculate the Budget Year allocation of general State aid.
8 "Preceding Tax Year": The property tax levy year
9 immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
10 "Extension Limitation Ratio": A numerical ratio,
11 certified by a school district's County Clerk, in which the
12 numerator is the Base Tax Year's tax extension amount
13 resulting from the Limiting Rate and the denominator is the
14 Preceding Tax Year's tax extension amount resulting from the
15 Limiting Rate.
16 "Limiting Rate": The limiting rate as defined in the
17 Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
18 "Preliminary Tax Rate": The tax rate for all purposes
19 except bond and interest that would have been used to extend
20 those taxes absent the provisions of the Property Tax
21 Extension Limitation Law.
22 (2) To qualify for a general State aid adjustment grant,
23 a school district must meet all of the following eligibility
24 criteria for each Budget Year for which a grant is claimed:
25 (a) (Blank).
26 (b) The Preliminary Tax Rate of the school district
27 for the Base Tax Year was reduced by the Clerk of the
28 County as a result of the requirements of the Property
29 Tax Extension Limitation Law.
30 (c) The Available Local Resources per pupil of the
31 school district as calculated pursuant to subsection (D)
32 using the Base Tax Year are less than the product of 1.75
33 times the Foundation Level for the Budget Year.
34 (d) The school district has filed a proper and
-25- LRB9102967NTsb
1 timely claim for a general State aid adjustment grant as
2 required under this subsection.
3 (3) A claim for grant assistance under this subsection
4 shall be filed with the State Board of Education on or before
5 April 1 of the Current Year for a grant for the Budget Year.
6 The claim shall be made on forms prescribed by the State
7 Board of Education and must be accompanied by a written
8 statement from the Clerk of the County, certifying:
9 (a) That the school district had its Preliminary
10 Tax Rate for the Base Tax Year reduced as a result of the
11 Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
12 (b) (Blank).
13 (c) The Extension Limitation Ratio as that term is
14 defined in this subsection.
15 (4) On or before August 1 of the Budget Year the State
16 Board of Education shall calculate, for all school districts
17 meeting the other requirements of this subsection, the amount
18 of the general State aid adjustment grant, if any, that the
19 school districts are eligible to receive in the Budget Year.
20 The amount of the general State aid adjustment grant shall be
21 calculated as follows:
22 (a) Determine the school district's general State
23 aid grant for the Budget Year as provided in accordance
24 with the provisions of subsection (E).
25 (b) Determine the school district's adjusted level
26 of general State aid by utilizing in the calculation of
27 Available Local Resources the equalized assessed
28 valuation that was used to calculate the general State
29 aid for the preceding fiscal year multiplied by the
30 Extension Limitation Ratio.
31 (c) Subtract the sum derived in subparagraph (a)
32 from the sum derived in subparagraph (b). If the result
33 is a positive number, that amount shall be the general
34 State aid adjustment grant that the district is eligible
-26- LRB9102967NTsb
1 to receive.
2 (5) The State Board of Education shall in the Current
3 Year, based upon claims filed in the Current Year, recommend
4 to the General Assembly an appropriation amount for the
5 general State aid adjustment grants to be made in the Budget
6 Year.
7 (6) Claims for general State aid adjustment grants shall
8 be paid in a lump sum on or before January 1 of the Budget
9 Year only from appropriations made by the General Assembly
10 expressly for claims under this subsection. No such claims
11 may be paid from amounts appropriated for any other purpose
12 provided for under this Section. In the event that the
13 appropriation for claims under this subsection is
14 insufficient to meet all Budget Year claims for a general
15 State aid adjustment grant, the appropriation available shall
16 be proportionately prorated by the State Board of Education
17 amongst all districts filing for and entitled to payments.
18 (7) The State Board of Education shall promulgate the
19 required claim forms and rules necessary to implement the
20 provisions of this subsection.
21 (O) References.
22 (1) References in other laws to the various subdivisions
23 of Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
24 replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer
25 to the corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to
26 the extent that those references remain applicable.
27 (2) References in other laws to State Chapter 1 funds
28 shall be deemed to refer to the supplemental general State
29 aid provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
30 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 7-1-98; incorporates 90-566;
31 90-653, eff. 7-29-98; 90-654, eff. 7-29-98; 90-655, eff.
32 7-30-98; 90-802, eff. 12-15-98; revised 12-24-98.)
33 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
-27- LRB9102967NTsb
1 1, 1999.