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92_HB5380
LRB9213088NTcs
1 AN ACT regarding schools.
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) of this Section. The supplemental
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1 State aid grants provided for school districts under
2 subsection (H) shall be appropriated for distribution to
3 school districts as part of the same line item in which the
4 general State financial aid of school districts is
5 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).
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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
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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 $4,560 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 or the average of the
34 attendance data for the 3 preceding school years, whichever
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1 is greater. The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
2 subsection (H) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
3 school year immediately preceding the school year for which
4 general State aid is being calculated.
5 (D) Available Local Resources.
6 (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid
7 pursuant to subsection (E), a representation of Available
8 Local Resources per pupil, as that term is defined and
9 determined in this subsection, shall be utilized. Available
10 Local Resources per pupil shall include a calculated dollar
11 amount representing local school district revenues from local
12 property taxes and from Corporate Personal Property
13 Replacement Taxes, expressed on the basis of pupils in
14 Average Daily Attendance.
15 (2) In determining a school district's revenue from
16 local property taxes, the State Board of Education shall
17 utilize the equalized assessed valuation of all taxable
18 property of each school district as of September 30 of the
19 previous year. The equalized assessed valuation utilized
20 shall be obtained and determined as provided in subsection
21 (G).
22 (3) For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten
23 through 12, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be
24 calculated as the product of the applicable equalized
25 assessed valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%, and
26 divided by the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
27 For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten through
28 8, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be calculated
29 as the product of the applicable equalized assessed valuation
30 for the district multiplied by 2.30%, and divided by the
31 district's Average Daily Attendance figure. For school
32 districts maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax
33 revenues per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed
34 valuation of the district multiplied by 1.05%, and divided by
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1 the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
2 (4) The Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes
3 paid to each school district during the calendar year 2 years
4 before the calendar year in which a school year begins,
5 divided by the Average Daily Attendance figure for that
6 district, shall be added to the local property tax revenues
7 per pupil as derived by the application of the immediately
8 preceding paragraph (3). The sum of these per pupil figures
9 for each school district shall constitute Available Local
10 Resources as that term is utilized in subsection (E) in the
11 calculation of general State aid.
12 (E) Computation of General State Aid.
13 (1) For each school year, the amount of general State
14 aid allotted to a school district shall be computed by the
15 State Board of Education as provided in this subsection.
16 (2) For any school district for which Available Local
17 Resources per pupil is less than the product of 0.93 times
18 the Foundation Level, general State aid for that district
19 shall be calculated as an amount equal to the Foundation
20 Level minus Available Local Resources, multiplied by the
21 Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
22 (3) For any school district for which Available Local
23 Resources per pupil is equal to or greater than the product
24 of 0.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the product
25 of 1.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
26 pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the Foundation Level
27 derived using a linear algorithm. Under this linear
28 algorithm, the calculated general State aid per pupil shall
29 decline in direct linear fashion from 0.07 times the
30 Foundation Level for a school district with Available Local
31 Resources equal to the product of 0.93 times the Foundation
32 Level, to 0.05 times the Foundation Level for a school
33 district with Available Local Resources equal to the product
34 of 1.75 times the Foundation Level. The allocation of
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1 general State aid for school districts subject to this
2 paragraph 3 shall be the calculated general State aid per
3 pupil figure multiplied by the Average Daily Attendance of
4 the school district.
5 (4) For any school district for which Available Local
6 Resources per pupil equals or exceeds the product of 1.75
7 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid for the
8 school district shall be calculated as the product of $218
9 multiplied by the Average Daily Attendance of the school
10 district.
11 (5) The amount of general State aid allocated to a
12 school district for the 1999-2000 school year meeting the
13 requirements set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection (G)
14 shall be increased by an amount equal to the general State
15 aid that would have been received by the district for the
16 1998-1999 school year by utilizing the Extension Limitation
17 Equalized Assessed Valuation as calculated in paragraph (4)
18 of subsection (G) less the general State aid allotted for the
19 1998-1999 school year. This amount shall be deemed a one
20 time increase, and shall not affect any future general State
21 aid allocations.
22 (F) Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
23 (1) Each school district shall, by July 1 of each year,
24 submit to the State Board of Education, on forms prescribed
25 by the State Board of Education, attendance figures for the
26 school year that began in the preceding calendar year. The
27 attendance information so transmitted shall identify the
28 average daily attendance figures for each month of the school
29 year, except that any days of attendance in August shall be
30 added to the month of September and any days of attendance in
31 June shall be added to the month of May.
32 Except as otherwise provided in this Section, days of
33 attendance by pupils shall be counted only for sessions of
34 not less than 5 clock hours of school work per day under
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1 direct supervision of: (i) teachers, or (ii) non-teaching
2 personnel or volunteer personnel when engaging in
3 non-teaching duties and supervising in those instances
4 specified in subsection (a) of Section 10-22.34 and paragraph
5 10 of Section 34-18, with pupils of legal school age and in
6 kindergarten and grades 1 through 12.
7 Days of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited
8 only to the districts that pay the tuition to a recognized
9 school.
10 (2) Days of attendance by pupils of less than 5 clock
11 hours of school shall be subject to the following provisions
12 in the compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
13 (a) Pupils regularly enrolled in a public school
14 for only a part of the school day may be counted on the
15 basis of 1/6 day for every class hour of instruction of
16 40 minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment,
17 unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of
18 80 minutes or more of instruction, in which case the
19 pupil may be counted on the basis of the proportion of
20 minutes of school work completed each day to the minimum
21 number of minutes that school work is required to be held
22 that day.
23 (b) Days of attendance may be less than 5 clock
24 hours on the opening and closing of the school term, and
25 upon the first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by a
26 day or days utilized as an institute or teachers'
27 workshop.
28 (c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be
29 counted as a day of attendance upon certification by the
30 regional superintendent, and approved by the State
31 Superintendent of Education to the extent that the
32 district has been forced to use daily multiple sessions.
33 (d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be
34 counted as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder of
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1 the school day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that
2 day is utilized for an in-service training program for
3 teachers, up to a maximum of 5 days per school year of
4 which a maximum of 4 days of such 5 days may be used for
5 parent-teacher conferences, provided a district conducts
6 an in-service training program for teachers which has
7 been approved by the State Superintendent of Education;
8 or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be used, in
9 which event each such day may be counted as a day of
10 attendance; and (2) when days in addition to those
11 provided in item (1) are scheduled by a school pursuant
12 to its school improvement plan adopted under Article 34
13 or its revised or amended school improvement plan adopted
14 under Article 2, provided that (i) such sessions of 3 or
15 more clock hours are scheduled to occur at regular
16 intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in which
17 such sessions occur are utilized for in-service training
18 programs or other staff development activities for
19 teachers, and (iii) a sufficient number of minutes of
20 school work under the direct supervision of teachers are
21 added to the school days between such regularly scheduled
22 sessions to accumulate not less than the number of
23 minutes by which such sessions of 3 or more clock hours
24 fall short of 5 clock hours. Any full days used for the
25 purposes of this paragraph shall not be considered for
26 computing average daily attendance. Days scheduled for
27 in-service training programs, staff development
28 activities, or parent-teacher conferences may be
29 scheduled separately for different grade levels and
30 different attendance centers of the district.
31 (e) A session of not less than one clock hour of
32 teaching hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or by
33 telephone to the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day of
34 attendance, however these pupils must receive 4 or more
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1 clock hours of instruction to be counted for a full day
2 of attendance.
3 (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be
4 counted as a day of attendance for first grade pupils,
5 and pupils in full day kindergartens, and a session of 2
6 or more hours may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by
7 pupils in kindergartens which provide only 1/2 day of
8 attendance.
9 (g) For children with disabilities who are below
10 the age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock
11 hours because of their disability or immaturity, a
12 session of not less than one clock hour may be counted as
13 1/2 day of attendance; however for such children whose
14 educational needs so require a session of 4 or more clock
15 hours may be counted as a full day of attendance.
16 (h) A recognized kindergarten which provides for
17 only 1/2 day of attendance by each pupil shall not have
18 more than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any one day.
19 However, kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance
20 in any 5 consecutive school days. When a pupil attends
21 such a kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school
22 day, the pupil shall have the following day as a day
23 absent from school, unless the school district obtains
24 permission in writing from the State Superintendent of
25 Education. Attendance at kindergartens which provide for
26 a full day of attendance by each pupil shall be counted
27 the same as attendance by first grade pupils. Only the
28 first year of attendance in one kindergarten shall be
29 counted, except in case of children who entered the
30 kindergarten in their fifth year whose educational
31 development requires a second year of kindergarten as
32 determined under the rules and regulations of the State
33 Board of Education.
34 (G) Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
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1 (1) For purposes of the calculation of Available Local
2 Resources required pursuant to subsection (D), the State
3 Board of Education shall secure from the Department of
4 Revenue the value as equalized or assessed by the Department
5 of Revenue of all taxable property of every school district,
6 together with (i) the applicable tax rate used in extending
7 taxes for the funds of the district as of September 30 of the
8 previous year and (ii) the limiting rate for all school
9 districts subject to property tax extension limitations as
10 imposed under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
11 This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
12 the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
13 calculation of Available Local Resources.
14 (2) The equalized assessed valuation in paragraph (1)
15 shall be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
16 (a) For the purposes of calculating State aid under
17 this Section, with respect to any part of a school
18 district within a redevelopment project area in respect
19 to which a municipality has adopted tax increment
20 allocation financing pursuant to the Tax Increment
21 Allocation Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through
22 11-74.4-11 of the Illinois Municipal Code or the
23 Industrial Jobs Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through
24 11-74.6-50 of the Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the
25 current equalized assessed valuation of real property
26 located in any such project area which is attributable to
27 an increase above the total initial equalized assessed
28 valuation of such property shall be used as part of the
29 equalized assessed valuation of the district, until such
30 time as all redevelopment project costs have been paid,
31 as provided in Section 11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment
32 Allocation Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of
33 the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose of the
34 equalized assessed valuation of the district, the total
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1 initial equalized assessed valuation or the current
2 equalized assessed valuation, whichever is lower, shall
3 be used until such time as all redevelopment project
4 costs have been paid.
5 (b) The real property equalized assessed valuation
6 for a school district shall be adjusted by subtracting
7 from the real property value as equalized or assessed by
8 the Department of Revenue for the district an amount
9 computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
10 under Section 18-170 of the Property Tax Code by 3.00%
11 for a district maintaining grades kindergarten through
12 12, by 2.30% for a district maintaining grades
13 kindergarten through 8, or by 1.05% for a district
14 maintaining grades 9 through 12 and adjusted by an amount
15 computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
16 under subsection (a) of Section 18-165 of the Property
17 Tax Code by the same percentage rates for district type
18 as specified in this subparagraph (b).
19 (3) For the 1999-2000 school year and each school year
20 thereafter, if a school district meets all of the criteria of
21 this subsection (G)(3), the school district's Available Local
22 Resources shall be calculated under subsection (D) using the
23 district's Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation
24 as calculated under this subsection (G)(3).
25 For purposes of this subsection (G)(3) the following
26 terms shall have the following meanings:
27 "Budget Year": The school year for which general
28 State aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
29 "Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used to
30 calculate the Budget Year allocation of general State
31 aid.
32 "Preceding Tax Year": The property tax levy year
33 immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
34 "Base Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of the
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1 equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County Clerk
2 in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting rate as
3 calculated by the County Clerk and defined in the
4 Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
5 "Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of
6 the equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County
7 Clerk in the Preceding Tax Year multiplied by the
8 Operating Tax Rate as defined in subsection (A).
9 "Extension Limitation Ratio": A numerical ratio,
10 certified by the County Clerk, in which the numerator is
11 the Base Tax Year's Tax Extension and the denominator is
12 the Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension.
13 "Operating Tax Rate": The operating tax rate as
14 defined in subsection (A).
15 If a school district is subject to property tax extension
16 limitations as imposed under the Property Tax Extension
17 Limitation Law, the State Board of Education shall calculate
18 the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of that
19 district. For the 1999-2000 school year, the Extension
20 Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district
21 as calculated by the State Board of Education shall be equal
22 to the product of the district's 1996 Equalized Assessed
23 Valuation and the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. For
24 the 2000-2001 school year and each school year thereafter,
25 the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a
26 school district as calculated by the State Board of Education
27 shall be equal to the product of the Equalized Assessed
28 Valuation last used in the calculation of general State aid
29 and the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. If the
30 Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school
31 district as calculated under this subsection (G)(3) is less
32 than the district's equalized assessed valuation as
33 calculated pursuant to subsections (G)(1) and (G)(2), then
34 for purposes of calculating the district's general State aid
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1 for the Budget Year pursuant to subsection (E), that
2 Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation shall be
3 utilized to calculate the district's Available Local
4 Resources under subsection (D).
5 (4) For the purposes of calculating general State aid
6 for the 1999-2000 school year only, if a school district
7 experienced a triennial reassessment on the equalized
8 assessed valuation used in calculating its general State
9 financial aid apportionment for the 1998-1999 school year,
10 the State Board of Education shall calculate the Extension
11 Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation that would have been
12 used to calculate the district's 1998-1999 general State aid.
13 This amount shall equal the product of the equalized assessed
14 valuation used to calculate general State aid for the
15 1997-1998 school year and the district's Extension Limitation
16 Ratio. If the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed
17 Valuation of the school district as calculated under this
18 paragraph (4) is less than the district's equalized assessed
19 valuation utilized in calculating the district's 1998-1999
20 general State aid allocation, then for purposes of
21 calculating the district's general State aid pursuant to
22 paragraph (5) of subsection (E), that Extension Limitation
23 Equalized Assessed Valuation shall be utilized to calculate
24 the district's Available Local Resources.
25 (5) For school districts having a majority of their
26 equalized assessed valuation in any county except Cook,
27 DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, or Will, if the amount of
28 general State aid allocated to the school district for the
29 1999-2000 school year under the provisions of subsection (E),
30 (H), and (J) of this Section is less than the amount of
31 general State aid allocated to the district for the 1998-1999
32 school year under these subsections, then the general State
33 aid of the district for the 1999-2000 school year only shall
34 be increased by the difference between these amounts. The
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1 total payments made under this paragraph (5) shall not exceed
2 $14,000,000. Claims shall be prorated if they exceed
3 $14,000,000.
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. If, however, (i) the
20 percentage decrease from the 2 most recent federal censuses
21 in the low-income eligible pupil count of a high school
22 district with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or more
23 the percentage change in the total low-income eligible pupil
24 count of contiguous elementary school districts, whose
25 boundaries are coterminous with the high school district, or
26 (ii) a high school district within 2 counties and serving 5
27 elementary school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous
28 with the high school district, has a percentage decrease from
29 the 2 most recent federal censuses in the low-income eligible
30 pupil count and there is a percentage increase in the total
31 low-income eligible pupil count of a majority of the
32 elementary school districts in excess of 50% from the 2 most
33 recent federal censuses, then the high school district's
34 low-income eligible pupil count from the earlier federal
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1 census shall be the number used as the low-income eligible
2 pupil count for the high school district, for purposes of
3 this subsection (H). The changes made to this paragraph (1)
4 by Public Act 92-28 this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
5 Assembly shall apply to supplemental general State aid grants
6 paid in fiscal year 1999 and in each fiscal year thereafter
7 and to any State aid payments made in fiscal year 1994
8 through fiscal year 1998 pursuant to subsection 1(n) of
9 Section 18-8 of this Code (which was repealed on July 1,
10 1998), and any high school district that is affected by
11 Public Act 92-28 this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
12 Assembly is entitled to a recomputation of its supplemental
13 general State aid grant or State aid paid in any of those
14 fiscal years. This recomputation shall not be affected by
15 any other funding.
16 (2) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
17 subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the
18 1998-1999, 1999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years only:
19 (a) For any school district with a Low Income
20 Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%,
21 the grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by
22 the low income eligible pupil count.
23 (b) For any school district with a Low Income
24 Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%,
25 the grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall be $1,100
26 multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
27 (c) For any school district with a Low Income
28 Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%,
29 the grant for the 1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
30 multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
31 (d) For any school district with a Low Income
32 Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for the
33 1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
34 income eligible pupil count.
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1 (e) For the 1999-2000 school year, the per pupil
2 amount specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d)
3 immediately above shall be increased to $1,243, $1,600,
4 and $2,000, respectively.
5 (f) For the 2000-2001 school year, the per pupil
6 amounts specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d)
7 immediately above shall be $1,273, $1,640, and $2,050,
8 respectively.
9 (2.5) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
10 subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2001-2002
11 school year and each school year thereafter:
12 (a) For any school district with a Low Income
13 Concentration Level of less than 10%, the grant for each
14 school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
15 eligible pupil count.
16 (b) For any school district with a Low Income
17 Concentration Level of at least 10% and less than 20%,
18 the grant for each school year shall be $675 multiplied
19 by the low income eligible pupil count.
20 (c) For any school district with a Low Income
21 Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%,
22 the grant for each school year shall be $1,190 multiplied
23 by the low income eligible pupil count.
24 (d) For any school district with a Low Income
25 Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%,
26 the grant for each school year shall be $1,333 multiplied
27 by the low income eligible pupil count.
28 (e) For any school district with a Low Income
29 Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%,
30 the grant for each school year shall be $1,680 multiplied
31 by the low income eligible pupil count.
32 (f) For any school district with a Low Income
33 Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for each
34 school year shall be $2,080 multiplied by the low income
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1 eligible pupil count.
2 (3) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
3 more than 1,000 and less than 50,000 that qualify for
4 supplemental general State aid pursuant to this subsection
5 shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
6 October 30 of each year for the use of the funds resulting
7 from this grant of supplemental general State aid for the
8 improvement of instruction in which priority is given to
9 meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children. Such
10 plan shall be submitted in accordance with rules and
11 regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
12 (4) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
13 50,000 or more that qualify for supplemental general State
14 aid pursuant to this subsection shall be required to
15 distribute from funds available pursuant to this Section, no
16 less than $261,000,000 in accordance with the following
17 requirements:
18 (a) The required amounts shall be distributed to
19 the attendance centers within the district in proportion
20 to the number of pupils enrolled at each attendance
21 center who are eligible to receive free or reduced-price
22 lunches or breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition
23 Act of 1966 and under the National School Lunch Act
24 during the immediately preceding school year.
25 (b) The distribution of these portions of
26 supplemental and general State aid among attendance
27 centers according to these requirements shall not be
28 compensated for or contravened by adjustments of the
29 total of other funds appropriated to any attendance
30 centers, and the Board of Education shall utilize funding
31 from one or several sources in order to fully implement
32 this provision annually prior to the opening of school.
33 (c) Each attendance center shall be provided by the
34 school district a distribution of noncategorical funds
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1 and other categorical funds to which an attendance center
2 is entitled under law in order that the general State aid
3 and supplemental general State aid provided by
4 application of this subsection supplements rather than
5 supplants the noncategorical funds and other categorical
6 funds provided by the school district to the attendance
7 centers.
8 (d) Any funds made available under this subsection
9 that by reason of the provisions of this subsection are
10 not required to be allocated and provided to attendance
11 centers may be used and appropriated by the board of the
12 district for any lawful school purpose.
13 (e) Funds received by an attendance center pursuant
14 to this subsection shall be used by the attendance center
15 at the discretion of the principal and local school
16 council for programs to improve educational opportunities
17 at qualifying schools through the following programs and
18 services: early childhood education, reduced class size
19 or improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
20 programs, remedial assistance, attendance improvement,
21 and other educationally beneficial expenditures which
22 supplement the regular and basic programs as determined
23 by the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not
24 be expended for any political or lobbying purposes as
25 defined by board rule.
26 (f) Each district subject to the provisions of this
27 subdivision (H)(4) shall submit an acceptable plan to
28 meet the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
29 compliance with the requirements of this paragraph, to
30 the State Board of Education prior to July 15 of each
31 year. This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of
32 local school councils concerning the school expenditure
33 plans developed in accordance with part 4 of Section
34 34-2.3. The State Board shall approve or reject the plan
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1 within 60 days after its submission. If the plan is
2 rejected, the district shall give written notice of
3 intent to modify the plan within 15 days of the
4 notification of rejection and then submit a modified plan
5 within 30 days after the date of the written notice of
6 intent to modify. Districts may amend approved plans
7 pursuant to rules promulgated by the State Board of
8 Education.
9 Upon notification by the State Board of Education
10 that the district has not submitted a plan prior to July
11 15 or a modified plan within the time period specified
12 herein, the State aid funds affected by that plan or
13 modified plan shall be withheld by the State Board of
14 Education until a plan or modified plan is submitted.
15 If the district fails to distribute State aid to
16 attendance centers in accordance with an approved plan,
17 the plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
18 addition to the funds otherwise required by this
19 subsection, to those attendance centers which were
20 underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal to
21 such underfunding.
22 For purposes of determining compliance with this
23 subsection in relation to the requirements of attendance
24 center funding, each district subject to the provisions
25 of this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
26 December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data for
27 the prior year in addition to any modification of its
28 current plan. If it is determined that there has been a
29 failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
30 subsection regarding contravention or supplanting, the
31 State Superintendent of Education shall, within 60 days
32 of receipt of the report, notify the district and any
33 affected local school council. The district shall within
34 45 days of receipt of that notification inform the State
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1 Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
2 action to be taken, whether by amendment of the current
3 plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the
4 following year. Failure to provide the expenditure
5 report or the notification of remedial or corrective
6 action in a timely manner shall result in a withholding
7 of the affected funds.
8 The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules
9 and regulations to implement the provisions of this
10 subsection. No funds shall be released under this
11 subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted
12 a plan that has been approved by the State Board of
13 Education.
14 (I) General State Aid for Newly Configured School Districts.
15 (1) For a new school district formed by combining
16 property included totally within 2 or more previously
17 existing school districts, for its first year of existence
18 the general State aid and supplemental general State aid
19 calculated under this Section shall be computed for the new
20 district and for the previously existing districts for which
21 property is totally included within the new district. If the
22 computation on the basis of the previously existing districts
23 is greater, a supplementary payment equal to the difference
24 shall be made for the first 4 years of existence of the new
25 district.
26 (2) For a school district which annexes all of the
27 territory of one or more entire other school districts, for
28 the first year during which the change of boundaries
29 attributable to such annexation becomes effective for all
30 purposes as determined under Section 7-9 or 7A-8, the general
31 State aid and supplemental general State aid calculated under
32 this Section shall be computed for the annexing district as
33 constituted after the annexation and for the annexing and
34 each annexed district as constituted prior to the annexation;
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1 and if the computation on the basis of the annexing and
2 annexed districts as constituted prior to the annexation is
3 greater, a supplementary payment equal to the difference
4 shall be made for the first 4 years of existence of the
5 annexing school district as constituted upon such annexation.
6 (3) For 2 or more school districts which annex all of
7 the territory of one or more entire other school districts,
8 and for 2 or more community unit districts which result upon
9 the division (pursuant to petition under Section 11A-2) of
10 one or more other unit school districts into 2 or more parts
11 and which together include all of the parts into which such
12 other unit school district or districts are so divided, for
13 the first year during which the change of boundaries
14 attributable to such annexation or division becomes effective
15 for all purposes as determined under Section 7-9 or 11A-10,
16 as the case may be, the general State aid and supplemental
17 general State aid calculated under this Section shall be
18 computed for each annexing or resulting district as
19 constituted after the annexation or division and for each
20 annexing and annexed district, or for each resulting and
21 divided district, as constituted prior to the annexation or
22 division; and if the aggregate of the general State aid and
23 supplemental general State aid as so computed for the
24 annexing or resulting districts as constituted after the
25 annexation or division is less than the aggregate of the
26 general State aid and supplemental general State aid as so
27 computed for the annexing and annexed districts, or for the
28 resulting and divided districts, as constituted prior to the
29 annexation or division, then a supplementary payment equal to
30 the difference shall be made and allocated between or among
31 the annexing or resulting districts, as constituted upon such
32 annexation or division, for the first 4 years of their
33 existence. The total difference payment shall be allocated
34 between or among the annexing or resulting districts in the
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1 same ratio as the pupil enrollment from that portion of the
2 annexed or divided district or districts which is annexed to
3 or included in each such annexing or resulting district bears
4 to the total pupil enrollment from the entire annexed or
5 divided district or districts, as such pupil enrollment is
6 determined for the school year last ending prior to the date
7 when the change of boundaries attributable to the annexation
8 or division becomes effective for all purposes. The amount
9 of the total difference payment and the amount thereof to be
10 allocated to the annexing or resulting districts shall be
11 computed by the State Board of Education on the basis of
12 pupil enrollment and other data which shall be certified to
13 the State Board of Education, on forms which it shall provide
14 for that purpose, by the regional superintendent of schools
15 for each educational service region in which the annexing and
16 annexed districts, or resulting and divided districts are
17 located.
18 (3.5) Claims for financial assistance under this
19 subsection (I) shall not be recomputed except as expressly
20 provided under this Section.
21 (4) Any supplementary payment made under this subsection
22 (I) shall be treated as separate from all other payments made
23 pursuant to this Section.
24 (J) Supplementary Grants in Aid.
25 (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
26 Section, the amount of the aggregate general State aid in
27 combination with supplemental general State aid under this
28 Section for which each school district is eligible shall be
29 no less than the amount of the aggregate general State aid
30 entitlement that was received by the district under Section
31 18-8 (exclusive of amounts received under subsections 5(p)
32 and 5(p-5) of that Section) for the 1997-98 school year,
33 pursuant to the provisions of that Section as it was then in
34 effect. If a school district qualifies to receive a
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1 supplementary payment made under this subsection (J), the
2 amount of the aggregate general State aid in combination with
3 supplemental general State aid under this Section which that
4 district is eligible to receive for each school year 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 1997-1998 school year,
9 pursuant to the provisions of that Section as it was then in
10 effect.
11 (2) If, as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection
12 (J), a school district is to receive aggregate general State
13 aid in combination with supplemental general State aid under
14 this Section for the 1998-99 school year and any subsequent
15 school year that in any such school year is less than the
16 amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that
17 the district received for the 1997-98 school year, the school
18 district shall also receive, from a separate appropriation
19 made for purposes of this subsection (J), a supplementary
20 payment that is equal to the amount of the difference in the
21 aggregate State aid figures as described in paragraph (1).
22 (3) (Blank).
23 (K) Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
24 In calculating the amount to be paid to the governing
25 board of a public university that operates a laboratory
26 school under this Section or to any alternative school that
27 is operated by a regional superintendent of schools, the
28 State Board of Education shall require by rule such reporting
29 requirements as it deems necessary.
30 As used in this Section, "laboratory school" means a
31 public school which is created and operated by a public
32 university and approved by the State Board of Education. The
33 governing board of a public university which receives funds
34 from the State Board under this subsection (K) may not
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1 increase the number of students enrolled in its laboratory
2 school from a single district, if that district is already
3 sending 50 or more students, except under a mutual agreement
4 between the school board of a student's district of residence
5 and the university which operates the laboratory school. A
6 laboratory school may not have more than 1,000 students,
7 excluding students with disabilities in a special education
8 program.
9 As used in this Section, "alternative school" means a
10 public school which is created and operated by a Regional
11 Superintendent of Schools and approved by the State Board of
12 Education. Such alternative schools may offer courses of
13 instruction for which credit is given in regular school
14 programs, courses to prepare students for the high school
15 equivalency testing program or vocational and occupational
16 training. A regional superintendent of schools may contract
17 with a school district or a public community college district
18 to operate an alternative school. An alternative school
19 serving more than one educational service region may be
20 established by the regional superintendents of schools of the
21 affected educational service regions. An alternative school
22 serving more than one educational service region may be
23 operated under such terms as the regional superintendents of
24 schools of those educational service regions may agree.
25 Each laboratory and alternative school shall file, on
26 forms provided by the State Superintendent of Education, an
27 annual State aid claim which states the Average Daily
28 Attendance of the school's students by month. The best 3
29 months' Average Daily Attendance shall be computed for each
30 school. The general State aid entitlement shall be computed
31 by multiplying the applicable Average Daily Attendance by the
32 Foundation Level as determined under this Section.
33 (L) Payments, Additional Grants in Aid and Other
34 Requirements.
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1 (1) For a school district operating under the financial
2 supervision of an Authority created under Article 34A, the
3 general State aid otherwise payable to that district under
4 this Section, but not the supplemental general State aid,
5 shall be reduced by an amount equal to the budget for the
6 operations of the Authority as certified by the Authority to
7 the State Board of Education, and an amount equal to such
8 reduction shall be paid to the Authority created for such
9 district for its operating expenses in the manner provided in
10 Section 18-11. The remainder of general State school aid for
11 any such district shall be paid in accordance with Article
12 34A when that Article provides for a disposition other than
13 that provided by this Article.
14 (2) (Blank).
15 (3) Summer school. Summer school payments shall be made
16 as provided in Section 18-4.3.
17 (M) Education Funding Advisory Board.
18 The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
19 subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created.
20 The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
21 Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
22 The members appointed shall include representatives of
23 education, business, and the general public. One of the
24 members so appointed shall be designated by the Governor at
25 the time the appointment is made as the chairperson of the
26 Board. The initial members of the Board may be appointed any
27 time after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
28 The regular term of each member of the Board shall be for 4
29 years from the third Monday of January of the year in which
30 the term of the member's appointment is to commence, except
31 that of the 5 initial members appointed to serve on the
32 Board, the member who is appointed as the chairperson shall
33 serve for a term that commences on the date of his or her
34 appointment and expires on the third Monday of January, 2002,
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1 and the remaining 4 members, by lots drawn at the first
2 meeting of the Board that is held after all 5 members are
3 appointed, shall determine 2 of their number to serve for
4 terms that commence on the date of their respective
5 appointments and expire on the third Monday of January, 2001,
6 and 2 of their number to serve for terms that commence on the
7 date of their respective appointments and expire on the third
8 Monday of January, 2000. All members appointed to serve on
9 the Board shall serve until their respective successors are
10 appointed and confirmed. Vacancies shall be filled in the
11 same manner as original appointments. If a vacancy in
12 membership occurs at a time when the Senate is not in
13 session, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment
14 until the next meeting of the Senate, when he or she shall
15 appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a
16 person to fill that membership for the unexpired term. If
17 the Senate is not in session when the initial appointments
18 are made, those appointments shall be made as in the case of
19 vacancies.
20 The Education Funding Advisory Board shall be deemed
21 established, and the initial members appointed by the
22 Governor to serve as members of the Board shall take office,
23 on the date that the Governor makes his or her appointment of
24 the fifth initial member of the Board, whether those initial
25 members are then serving pursuant to appointment and
26 confirmation or pursuant to temporary appointments that are
27 made by the Governor as in the case of vacancies.
28 The State Board of Education shall provide such staff
29 assistance to the Education Funding Advisory Board as is
30 reasonably required for the proper performance by the Board
31 of its responsibilities.
32 For school years after the 2000-2001 school year, the
33 Education Funding Advisory Board, in consultation with the
34 State Board of Education, shall make recommendations as
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1 provided in this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for
2 the foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section
3 and for the supplemental general State aid grant level under
4 subsection (H) of this Section for districts with high
5 concentrations of children from poverty. The recommended
6 foundation level shall be determined based on a methodology
7 which incorporates the basic education expenditures of
8 low-spending schools exhibiting high academic performance.
9 The Education Funding Advisory Board shall make such
10 recommendations to the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
11 numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.
12 (N) (Blank).
13 (O) References.
14 (1) References in other laws to the various subdivisions
15 of Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
16 replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer
17 to the corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to
18 the extent that those references remain applicable.
19 (2) References in other laws to State Chapter 1 funds
20 shall be deemed to refer to the supplemental general State
21 aid provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
22 (Source: P.A. 91-24, eff. 7-1-99; 91-93, eff. 7-9-99; 91-96,
23 eff. 7-9-99; 91-111, eff. 7-14-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99;
24 91-533, eff. 8-13-99; 92-7, eff. 6-29-01; 92-16, eff.
25 6-28-01; 92-28, eff. 7-1-01; 92-29, eff. 7-1-01; 92-269, eff.
26 8-7-01; revised 8-7-01.)