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92_SB1986
LRB9215879ACcd
1 AN ACT concerning 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). The supplemental State aid grants
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1 provided for school districts under subsection (H) shall be
2 appropriated for distribution to school districts as part of
3 the same line item in which the general State financial aid
4 of school districts is appropriated under this Section.
5 (3) To receive financial assistance under this Section,
6 school districts are required to file claims with the State
7 Board of Education, subject to the following requirements:
8 (a) Any school district which fails for any given
9 school year to maintain school as required by law, or to
10 maintain a recognized school is not eligible to file for
11 such school year any claim upon the Common School Fund.
12 In case of nonrecognition of one or more attendance
13 centers in a school district otherwise operating
14 recognized schools, the claim of the district shall be
15 reduced in the proportion which the Average Daily
16 Attendance in the attendance center or centers bear to
17 the Average Daily Attendance in the school district. A
18 "recognized school" means any public school which meets
19 the standards as established for recognition by the State
20 Board of Education. A school district or attendance
21 center not having recognition status at the end of a
22 school term is entitled to receive State aid payments due
23 upon a legal claim which was filed while it was
24 recognized.
25 (b) School district claims filed under this Section
26 are subject to Sections 18-9, 18-10, and 18-12, except as
27 otherwise provided in this Section.
28 (c) If a school district operates a full year
29 school under Section 10-19.1, the general State aid to
30 the school district shall be determined by the State
31 Board of Education in accordance with this Section as
32 near as may be applicable.
33 (d) (Blank).
34 (4) Except as provided in subsections (H) and (L), the
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1 board of any district receiving any of the grants provided
2 for in this Section may apply those funds to any fund so
3 received for which that board is authorized to make
4 expenditures by law.
5 School districts are not required to exert a minimum
6 Operating Tax Rate in order to qualify for assistance under
7 this Section.
8 (5) As used in this Section the following terms, when
9 capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
10 (a) "Average Daily Attendance": A count of pupil
11 attendance in school, averaged as provided for in
12 subsection (C) and utilized in deriving per pupil
13 financial support levels.
14 (b) "Available Local Resources": A computation of
15 local financial support, calculated on the basis of
16 Average Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant
17 to subsection (D).
18 (c) "Corporate Personal Property Replacement
19 Taxes": Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to
20 "An Act in relation to the abolition of ad valorem
21 personal property tax and the replacement of revenues
22 lost thereby, and amending and repealing certain Acts and
23 parts of Acts in connection therewith", certified August
24 14, 1979, as amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
25 (d) "Foundation Level": A prescribed level of per
26 pupil financial support as provided for in subsection
27 (B).
28 (e) "Operating Tax Rate": All school district
29 property taxes extended for all purposes, except Bond and
30 Interest, Summer School, Rent, Capital Improvement, and
31 Vocational Education Building purposes.
32 (B) Foundation Level.
33 (1) The Foundation Level is a figure established by the
34 State representing the minimum level of per pupil financial
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1 support that should be available to provide for the basic
2 education of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance. As set
3 forth in this Section, each school district is assumed to
4 exert a sufficient local taxing effort such that, in
5 combination with the aggregate of general State financial aid
6 provided the district, an aggregate of State and local
7 resources are available to meet the basic education needs of
8 pupils in the district.
9 (2) For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation Level
10 of support is $4,225. For the 1999-2000 school year, the
11 Foundation Level of support is $4,325. For the 2000-2001
12 school year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425.
13 (3) For the 2001-2002 school year and each school year
14 thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $4,560 or such
15 greater amount as may be established by law by the General
16 Assembly.
17 (C) Average Daily Attendance.
18 (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid
19 pursuant to subsection (E), an Average Daily Attendance
20 figure shall be utilized. The Average Daily Attendance
21 figure for formula calculation purposes shall be the monthly
22 average of the actual number of pupils in attendance of each
23 school district, as further averaged for the best 3 months of
24 pupil attendance for each school district. In compiling the
25 figures for the number of pupils in attendance, school
26 districts and the State Board of Education shall, for
27 purposes of general State aid funding, conform attendance
28 figures to the requirements of subsection (F).
29 (2) The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
30 subsection (E) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
31 school year immediately preceding the school year for which
32 general State aid is being calculated or the average of the
33 attendance data for the 3 preceding school years, whichever
34 is greater. The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
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1 subsection (H) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
2 school year immediately preceding the school year for which
3 general State aid is being calculated.
4 (D) Available Local Resources.
5 (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid
6 pursuant to subsection (E), a representation of Available
7 Local Resources per pupil, as that term is defined and
8 determined in this subsection, shall be utilized. Available
9 Local Resources per pupil shall include a calculated dollar
10 amount representing local school district revenues from local
11 property taxes and from Corporate Personal Property
12 Replacement Taxes, expressed on the basis of pupils in
13 Average Daily Attendance.
14 (2) In determining a school district's revenue from
15 local property taxes, the State Board of Education shall
16 utilize the equalized assessed valuation of all taxable
17 property of each school district as of September 30 of the
18 previous year. The equalized assessed valuation utilized
19 shall be obtained and determined as provided in subsection
20 (G).
21 (3) For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten
22 through 12, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be
23 calculated as the product of the applicable equalized
24 assessed valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%, and
25 divided by the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
26 For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten through
27 8, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be calculated
28 as the product of the applicable equalized assessed valuation
29 for the district multiplied by 2.30%, and divided by the
30 district's Average Daily Attendance figure. For school
31 districts maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax
32 revenues per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed
33 valuation of the district multiplied by 1.05%, and divided by
34 the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
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1 (4) The Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes
2 paid to each school district during the calendar year 2 years
3 before the calendar year in which a school year begins,
4 divided by the Average Daily Attendance figure for that
5 district, shall be added to the local property tax revenues
6 per pupil as derived by the application of the immediately
7 preceding paragraph (3). The sum of these per pupil figures
8 for each school district shall constitute Available Local
9 Resources as that term is utilized in subsection (E) in the
10 calculation of general State aid.
11 (E) Computation of General State Aid.
12 (1) For each school year, the amount of general State
13 aid allotted to a school district shall be computed by the
14 State Board of Education as provided in this subsection.
15 (2) For any school district for which Available Local
16 Resources per pupil is less than the product of 0.93 times
17 the Foundation Level, general State aid for that district
18 shall be calculated as an amount equal to the Foundation
19 Level minus Available Local Resources, multiplied by the
20 Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
21 (3) For any school district for which Available Local
22 Resources per pupil is equal to or greater than the product
23 of 0.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the product
24 of 1.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
25 pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the Foundation Level
26 derived using a linear algorithm. Under this linear
27 algorithm, the calculated general State aid per pupil shall
28 decline in direct linear fashion from 0.07 times the
29 Foundation Level for a school district with Available Local
30 Resources equal to the product of 0.93 times the Foundation
31 Level, to 0.05 times the Foundation Level for a school
32 district with Available Local Resources equal to the product
33 of 1.75 times the Foundation Level. The allocation of
34 general State aid for school districts subject to this
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1 paragraph 3 shall be the calculated general State aid per
2 pupil figure multiplied by the Average Daily Attendance of
3 the school district.
4 (4) For any school district for which Available Local
5 Resources per pupil equals or exceeds the product of 1.75
6 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid for the
7 school district shall be calculated as the product of $218
8 multiplied by the Average Daily Attendance of the school
9 district.
10 (5) The amount of general State aid allocated to a
11 school district for the 1999-2000 school year meeting the
12 requirements set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection (G)
13 shall be increased by an amount equal to the general State
14 aid that would have been received by the district for the
15 1998-1999 school year by utilizing the Extension Limitation
16 Equalized Assessed Valuation as calculated in paragraph (4)
17 of subsection (G) less the general State aid allotted for the
18 1998-1999 school year. This amount shall be deemed a one
19 time increase, and shall not affect any future general State
20 aid allocations.
21 (F) Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
22 (1) Each school district shall, by July 1 of each year,
23 submit to the State Board of Education, on forms prescribed
24 by the State Board of Education, attendance figures for the
25 school year that began in the preceding calendar year. The
26 attendance information so transmitted shall identify the
27 average daily attendance figures for each month of the school
28 year, except that any days of attendance in August shall be
29 added to the month of September and any days of attendance in
30 June shall be added to the month of May.
31 Except as otherwise provided in this Section, days of
32 attendance by pupils shall be counted only for sessions of
33 not less than 5 clock hours of school work per day under
34 direct supervision of: (i) teachers, or (ii) non-teaching
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1 personnel or volunteer personnel when engaging in
2 non-teaching duties and supervising in those instances
3 specified in subsection (a) of Section 10-22.34 and paragraph
4 10 of Section 34-18, with pupils of legal school age and in
5 kindergarten and grades 1 through 12.
6 Days of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited
7 only to the districts that pay the tuition to a recognized
8 school.
9 (2) Days of attendance by pupils of less than 5 clock
10 hours of school shall be subject to the following provisions
11 in the compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
12 (a) Pupils regularly enrolled in a public school
13 for only a part of the school day may be counted on the
14 basis of 1/6 day for every class hour of instruction of
15 40 minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment,
16 unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of
17 80 minutes or more of instruction, in which case the
18 pupil may be counted on the basis of the proportion of
19 minutes of school work completed each day to the minimum
20 number of minutes that school work is required to be held
21 that day.
22 (b) Days of attendance may be less than 5 clock
23 hours on the opening and closing of the school term, and
24 upon the first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by a
25 day or days utilized as an institute or teachers'
26 workshop.
27 (c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be
28 counted as a day of attendance upon certification by the
29 regional superintendent, and approved by the State
30 Superintendent of Education to the extent that the
31 district has been forced to use daily multiple sessions.
32 (d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be
33 counted as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder of
34 the school day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that
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1 day is utilized for an in-service training program for
2 teachers, up to a maximum of 5 days per school year of
3 which a maximum of 4 days of such 5 days may be used for
4 parent-teacher conferences, provided a district conducts
5 an in-service training program for teachers which has
6 been approved by the State Superintendent of Education;
7 or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be used, in
8 which event each such day may be counted as a day of
9 attendance; and (2) when days in addition to those
10 provided in item (1) are scheduled by a school pursuant
11 to its school improvement plan adopted under Article 34
12 or its revised or amended school improvement plan adopted
13 under Article 2, provided that (i) such sessions of 3 or
14 more clock hours are scheduled to occur at regular
15 intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in which
16 such sessions occur are utilized for in-service training
17 programs or other staff development activities for
18 teachers, and (iii) a sufficient number of minutes of
19 school work under the direct supervision of teachers are
20 added to the school days between such regularly scheduled
21 sessions to accumulate not less than the number of
22 minutes by which such sessions of 3 or more clock hours
23 fall short of 5 clock hours. Any full days used for the
24 purposes of this paragraph shall not be considered for
25 computing average daily attendance. Days scheduled for
26 in-service training programs, staff development
27 activities, or parent-teacher conferences may be
28 scheduled separately for different grade levels and
29 different attendance centers of the district.
30 (e) A session of not less than one clock hour of
31 teaching hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or by
32 telephone to the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day of
33 attendance, however these pupils must receive 4 or more
34 clock hours of instruction to be counted for a full day
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1 of attendance.
2 (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be
3 counted as a day of attendance for first grade pupils,
4 and pupils in full day kindergartens, and a session of 2
5 or more hours may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by
6 pupils in kindergartens which provide only 1/2 day of
7 attendance.
8 (g) For children with disabilities who are below
9 the age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock
10 hours because of their disability or immaturity, a
11 session of not less than one clock hour may be counted as
12 1/2 day of attendance; however for such children whose
13 educational needs so require a session of 4 or more clock
14 hours may be counted as a full day of attendance.
15 (h) A recognized kindergarten which provides for
16 only 1/2 day of attendance by each pupil shall not have
17 more than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any one day.
18 However, kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance
19 in any 5 consecutive school days. When a pupil attends
20 such a kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school
21 day, the pupil shall have the following day as a day
22 absent from school, unless the school district obtains
23 permission in writing from the State Superintendent of
24 Education. Attendance at kindergartens which provide for
25 a full day of attendance by each pupil shall be counted
26 the same as attendance by first grade pupils. Only the
27 first year of attendance in one kindergarten shall be
28 counted, except in case of children who entered the
29 kindergarten in their fifth year whose educational
30 development requires a second year of kindergarten as
31 determined under the rules and regulations of the State
32 Board of Education.
33 (G) Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
34 (1) For purposes of the calculation of Available Local
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1 Resources required pursuant to subsection (D), the State
2 Board of Education shall secure from the Department of
3 Revenue the value as equalized or assessed by the Department
4 of Revenue of all taxable property of every school district,
5 together with (i) the applicable tax rate used in extending
6 taxes for the funds of the district as of September 30 of the
7 previous year and (ii) the limiting rate for all school
8 districts subject to property tax extension limitations as
9 imposed under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
10 This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
11 the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
12 calculation of Available Local Resources.
13 (2) The equalized assessed valuation in paragraph (1)
14 shall be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
15 (a) For the purposes of calculating State aid under
16 this Section, with respect to any part of a school
17 district within a redevelopment project area in respect
18 to which a municipality has adopted tax increment
19 allocation financing pursuant to the Tax Increment
20 Allocation Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through
21 11-74.4-11 of the Illinois Municipal Code or the
22 Industrial Jobs Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through
23 11-74.6-50 of the Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the
24 current equalized assessed valuation of real property
25 located in any such project area which is attributable to
26 an increase above the total initial equalized assessed
27 valuation of such property shall be used as part of the
28 equalized assessed valuation of the district, until such
29 time as all redevelopment project costs have been paid,
30 as provided in Section 11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment
31 Allocation Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of
32 the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose of the
33 equalized assessed valuation of the district, the total
34 initial equalized assessed valuation or the current
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1 equalized assessed valuation, whichever is lower, shall
2 be used until such time as all redevelopment project
3 costs have been paid.
4 (b) The real property equalized assessed valuation
5 for a school district shall be adjusted by subtracting
6 from the real property value as equalized or assessed by
7 the Department of Revenue for the district an amount
8 computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
9 under Section 18-170 of the Property Tax Code by 3.00%
10 for a district maintaining grades kindergarten through
11 12, by 2.30% for a district maintaining grades
12 kindergarten through 8, or by 1.05% for a district
13 maintaining grades 9 through 12 and adjusted by an amount
14 computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
15 under subsection (a) of Section 18-165 of the Property
16 Tax Code by the same percentage rates for district type
17 as specified in this subparagraph (b).
18 (3) For the 1999-2000 school year and each school year
19 thereafter, if a school district meets all of the criteria of
20 this subsection (G)(3), the school district's Available Local
21 Resources shall be calculated under subsection (D) using the
22 district's Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation
23 as calculated under this subsection (G)(3).
24 For purposes of this subsection (G)(3) the following
25 terms shall have the following meanings:
26 "Budget Year": The school year for which general
27 State aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
28 "Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used to
29 calculate the Budget Year allocation of general State
30 aid.
31 "Preceding Tax Year": The property tax levy year
32 immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
33 "Base Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of the
34 equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County Clerk
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1 in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting rate as
2 calculated by the County Clerk and defined in the
3 Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
4 "Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of
5 the equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County
6 Clerk in the Preceding Tax Year multiplied by the
7 Operating Tax Rate as defined in subsection (A).
8 "Extension Limitation Ratio": A numerical ratio,
9 certified by the County Clerk, in which the numerator is
10 the Base Tax Year's Tax Extension and the denominator is
11 the Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension.
12 "Operating Tax Rate": The operating tax rate as
13 defined in subsection (A).
14 If a school district is subject to property tax extension
15 limitations as imposed under the Property Tax Extension
16 Limitation Law, the State Board of Education shall calculate
17 the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of that
18 district. For the 1999-2000 school year, the Extension
19 Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district
20 as calculated by the State Board of Education shall be equal
21 to the product of the district's 1996 Equalized Assessed
22 Valuation and the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. For
23 the 2000-2001 school year and each school year thereafter,
24 the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a
25 school district as calculated by the State Board of Education
26 shall be equal to the product of the Equalized Assessed
27 Valuation last used in the calculation of general State aid
28 and the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. If the
29 Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school
30 district as calculated under this subsection (G)(3) is less
31 than the district's equalized assessed valuation as
32 calculated pursuant to subsections (G)(1) and (G)(2), then
33 for purposes of calculating the district's general State aid
34 for the Budget Year pursuant to subsection (E), that
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1 Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation shall be
2 utilized to calculate the district's Available Local
3 Resources under subsection (D).
4 (4) For the purposes of calculating general State aid
5 for the 1999-2000 school year only, if a school district
6 experienced a triennial reassessment on the equalized
7 assessed valuation used in calculating its general State
8 financial aid apportionment for the 1998-1999 school year,
9 the State Board of Education shall calculate the Extension
10 Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation that would have been
11 used to calculate the district's 1998-1999 general State aid.
12 This amount shall equal the product of the equalized assessed
13 valuation used to calculate general State aid for the
14 1997-1998 school year and the district's Extension Limitation
15 Ratio. If the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed
16 Valuation of the school district as calculated under this
17 paragraph (4) is less than the district's equalized assessed
18 valuation utilized in calculating the district's 1998-1999
19 general State aid allocation, then for purposes of
20 calculating the district's general State aid pursuant to
21 paragraph (5) of subsection (E), that Extension Limitation
22 Equalized Assessed Valuation shall be utilized to calculate
23 the district's Available Local Resources.
24 (5) For school districts having a majority of their
25 equalized assessed valuation in any county except Cook,
26 DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, or Will, if the amount of
27 general State aid allocated to the school district for the
28 1999-2000 school year under the provisions of subsection (E),
29 (H), and (J) of this Section is less than the amount of
30 general State aid allocated to the district for the 1998-1999
31 school year under these subsections, then the general State
32 aid of the district for the 1999-2000 school year only shall
33 be increased by the difference between these amounts. The
34 total payments made under this paragraph (5) shall not exceed
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1 $14,000,000. Claims shall be prorated if they exceed
2 $14,000,000.
3 (H) Supplemental General State Aid.
4 (1) In addition to the general State aid a school
5 district is allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying
6 school districts shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction
7 with a district's payments of general State aid, for
8 supplemental general State aid based upon the concentration
9 level of children from low-income households within the
10 school district. Supplemental State aid grants provided for
11 school districts under this subsection shall be appropriated
12 for distribution to school districts as part of the same line
13 item in which the general State financial aid of school
14 districts is appropriated under this Section. For purposes of
15 this subsection, the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
16 shall be the low-income eligible pupil count from the most
17 recently available federal census divided by the Average
18 Daily Attendance of the school district. If, however, (i) the
19 percentage decrease from the 2 most recent federal censuses
20 in the low-income eligible pupil count of a high school
21 district with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or more
22 the percentage change in the total low-income eligible pupil
23 count of contiguous elementary school districts, whose
24 boundaries are coterminous with the high school district, or
25 (ii) a high school district within 2 counties and serving 5
26 elementary school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous
27 with the high school district, has a percentage decrease from
28 the 2 most recent federal censuses in the low-income eligible
29 pupil count and there is a percentage increase in the total
30 low-income eligible pupil count of a majority of the
31 elementary school districts in excess of 50% from the 2 most
32 recent federal censuses, then the high school district's
33 low-income eligible pupil count from the earlier federal
34 census shall be the number used as the low-income eligible
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1 pupil count for the high school district, for purposes of
2 this subsection (H). The changes made to this paragraph (1)
3 by Public Act 92-28 this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
4 Assembly shall apply to supplemental general State aid grants
5 paid in fiscal year 1999 and in each fiscal year thereafter
6 and to any State aid payments made in fiscal year 1994
7 through fiscal year 1998 pursuant to subsection 1(n) of
8 Section 18-8 of this Code (which was repealed on July 1,
9 1998), and any high school district that is affected by
10 Public Act 92-28 this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
11 Assembly is entitled to a recomputation of its supplemental
12 general State aid grant or State aid paid in any of those
13 fiscal years. This recomputation shall not be affected by
14 any other funding.
15 (2) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
16 subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the
17 1998-1999, 1999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years only:
18 (a) For any school district with a Low Income
19 Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%,
20 the grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by
21 the low income eligible pupil count.
22 (b) For any school district with a Low Income
23 Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%,
24 the grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall be $1,100
25 multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
26 (c) For any school district with a Low Income
27 Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%,
28 the grant for the 1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
29 multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
30 (d) For any school district with a Low Income
31 Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for the
32 1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
33 income eligible pupil count.
34 (e) For the 1999-2000 school year, the per pupil
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1 amount specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d)
2 immediately above shall be increased to $1,243, $1,600,
3 and $2,000, respectively.
4 (f) For the 2000-2001 school year, the per pupil
5 amounts specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d)
6 immediately above shall be $1,273, $1,640, and $2,050,
7 respectively.
8 (2.5) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
9 subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2001-2002
10 school year and each school year thereafter:
11 (a) For any school district with a Low Income
12 Concentration Level of less than 10%, the grant for each
13 school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
14 eligible pupil count.
15 (b) For any school district with a Low Income
16 Concentration Level of at least 10% and less than 20%,
17 the grant for each school year shall be $675 multiplied
18 by the low income eligible pupil count.
19 (c) For any school district with a Low Income
20 Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%,
21 the grant for each school year shall be $1,190 multiplied
22 by the low income eligible pupil count.
23 (d) For any school district with a Low Income
24 Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%,
25 the grant for each school year shall be $1,333 multiplied
26 by the low income eligible pupil count.
27 (e) For any school district with a Low Income
28 Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%,
29 the grant for each school year shall be $1,680 multiplied
30 by the low income eligible pupil count.
31 (f) For any school district with a Low Income
32 Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for each
33 school year shall be $2,080 multiplied by the low income
34 eligible pupil count.
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1 (3) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
2 more than 1,000 and less than 50,000 that qualify for
3 supplemental general State aid pursuant to this subsection
4 shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
5 October 30 of each year for the use of the funds resulting
6 from this grant of supplemental general State aid for the
7 improvement of instruction in which priority is given to
8 meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children. Such
9 plan shall be submitted in accordance with rules and
10 regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
11 (4) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
12 50,000 or more that qualify for supplemental general State
13 aid pursuant to this subsection shall be required to
14 distribute from funds available pursuant to this Section, no
15 less than $261,000,000 in accordance with the following
16 requirements:
17 (a) The required amounts shall be distributed to
18 the attendance centers within the district in proportion
19 to the number of pupils enrolled at each attendance
20 center who are eligible to receive free or reduced-price
21 lunches or breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition
22 Act of 1966 and under the National School Lunch Act
23 during the immediately preceding school year.
24 (b) The distribution of these portions of
25 supplemental and general State aid among attendance
26 centers according to these requirements shall not be
27 compensated for or contravened by adjustments of the
28 total of other funds appropriated to any attendance
29 centers, and the Board of Education shall utilize funding
30 from one or several sources in order to fully implement
31 this provision annually prior to the opening of school.
32 (c) Each attendance center shall be provided by the
33 school district a distribution of noncategorical funds
34 and other categorical funds to which an attendance center
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1 is entitled under law in order that the general State aid
2 and supplemental general State aid provided by
3 application of this subsection supplements rather than
4 supplants the noncategorical funds and other categorical
5 funds provided by the school district to the attendance
6 centers.
7 (d) Any funds made available under this subsection
8 that by reason of the provisions of this subsection are
9 not required to be allocated and provided to attendance
10 centers may be used and appropriated by the board of the
11 district for any lawful school purpose.
12 (e) Funds received by an attendance center pursuant
13 to this subsection shall be used by the attendance center
14 at the discretion of the principal and local school
15 council for programs to improve educational opportunities
16 at qualifying schools through the following programs and
17 services: early childhood education, reduced class size
18 or improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
19 programs, remedial assistance, attendance improvement,
20 and other educationally beneficial expenditures which
21 supplement the regular and basic programs as determined
22 by the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not
23 be expended for any political or lobbying purposes as
24 defined by board rule.
25 (f) Each district subject to the provisions of this
26 subdivision (H)(4) shall submit an acceptable plan to
27 meet the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
28 compliance with the requirements of this paragraph, to
29 the State Board of Education prior to July 15 of each
30 year. This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of
31 local school councils concerning the school expenditure
32 plans developed in accordance with part 4 of Section
33 34-2.3. The State Board shall approve or reject the plan
34 within 60 days after its submission. If the plan is
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1 rejected, the district shall give written notice of
2 intent to modify the plan within 15 days of the
3 notification of rejection and then submit a modified plan
4 within 30 days after the date of the written notice of
5 intent to modify. Districts may amend approved plans
6 pursuant to rules promulgated by the State Board of
7 Education.
8 Upon notification by the State Board of Education
9 that the district has not submitted a plan prior to July
10 15 or a modified plan within the time period specified
11 herein, the State aid funds affected by that plan or
12 modified plan shall be withheld by the State Board of
13 Education until a plan or modified plan is submitted.
14 If the district fails to distribute State aid to
15 attendance centers in accordance with an approved plan,
16 the plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
17 addition to the funds otherwise required by this
18 subsection, to those attendance centers which were
19 underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal to
20 such underfunding.
21 For purposes of determining compliance with this
22 subsection in relation to the requirements of attendance
23 center funding, each district subject to the provisions
24 of this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
25 December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data for
26 the prior year in addition to any modification of its
27 current plan. If it is determined that there has been a
28 failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
29 subsection regarding contravention or supplanting, the
30 State Superintendent of Education shall, within 60 days
31 of receipt of the report, notify the district and any
32 affected local school council. The district shall within
33 45 days of receipt of that notification inform the State
34 Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
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1 action to be taken, whether by amendment of the current
2 plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the
3 following year. Failure to provide the expenditure
4 report or the notification of remedial or corrective
5 action in a timely manner shall result in a withholding
6 of the affected funds.
7 The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules
8 and regulations to implement the provisions of this
9 subsection. No funds shall be released under this
10 subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted
11 a plan that has been approved by the State Board of
12 Education.
13 (I) General State Aid for Newly Configured School Districts.
14 (1) For a new school district formed by combining
15 property included totally within 2 or more previously
16 existing school districts, for its first year of existence
17 the general State aid and supplemental general State aid
18 calculated under this Section shall be computed for the new
19 district and for the previously existing districts for which
20 property is totally included within the new district. If the
21 computation on the basis of the previously existing districts
22 is greater, a supplementary payment equal to the difference
23 shall be made for the first 4 years of existence of the new
24 district.
25 (2) For a school district which annexes all of the
26 territory of one or more entire other school districts, for
27 the first year during which the change of boundaries
28 attributable to such annexation becomes effective for all
29 purposes as determined under Section 7-9 or 7A-8, the general
30 State aid and supplemental general State aid calculated under
31 this Section shall be computed for the annexing district as
32 constituted after the annexation and for the annexing and
33 each annexed district as constituted prior to the annexation;
34 and if the computation on the basis of the annexing and
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1 annexed districts as constituted prior to the annexation is
2 greater, a supplementary payment equal to the difference
3 shall be made for the first 4 years of existence of the
4 annexing school district as constituted upon such annexation.
5 (3) For 2 or more school districts which annex all of
6 the territory of one or more entire other school districts,
7 and for 2 or more community unit districts which result upon
8 the division (pursuant to petition under Section 11A-2) of
9 one or more other unit school districts into 2 or more parts
10 and which together include all of the parts into which such
11 other unit school district or districts are so divided, for
12 the first year during which the change of boundaries
13 attributable to such annexation or division becomes effective
14 for all purposes as determined under Section 7-9 or 11A-10,
15 as the case may be, the general State aid and supplemental
16 general State aid calculated under this Section shall be
17 computed for each annexing or resulting district as
18 constituted after the annexation or division and for each
19 annexing and annexed district, or for each resulting and
20 divided district, as constituted prior to the annexation or
21 division; and if the aggregate of the general State aid and
22 supplemental general State aid as so computed for the
23 annexing or resulting districts as constituted after the
24 annexation or division is less than the aggregate of the
25 general State aid and supplemental general State aid as so
26 computed for the annexing and annexed districts, or for the
27 resulting and divided districts, as constituted prior to the
28 annexation or division, then a supplementary payment equal to
29 the difference shall be made and allocated between or among
30 the annexing or resulting districts, as constituted upon such
31 annexation or division, for the first 4 years of their
32 existence. The total difference payment shall be allocated
33 between or among the annexing or resulting districts in the
34 same ratio as the pupil enrollment from that portion of the
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1 annexed or divided district or districts which is annexed to
2 or included in each such annexing or resulting district bears
3 to the total pupil enrollment from the entire annexed or
4 divided district or districts, as such pupil enrollment is
5 determined for the school year last ending prior to the date
6 when the change of boundaries attributable to the annexation
7 or division becomes effective for all purposes. The amount
8 of the total difference payment and the amount thereof to be
9 allocated to the annexing or resulting districts shall be
10 computed by the State Board of Education on the basis of
11 pupil enrollment and other data which shall be certified to
12 the State Board of Education, on forms which it shall provide
13 for that purpose, by the regional superintendent of schools
14 for each educational service region in which the annexing and
15 annexed districts, or resulting and divided districts are
16 located.
17 (3.5) Claims for financial assistance under this
18 subsection (I) shall not be recomputed except as expressly
19 provided under this Section.
20 (4) Any supplementary payment made under this subsection
21 (I) shall be treated as separate from all other payments made
22 pursuant to this Section.
23 (J) Supplementary Supplementary Grants in Aid.
24 (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
25 Section, the amount of the aggregate general State aid in
26 combination with supplemental general State aid under this
27 Section for which each school district is eligible shall be
28 no less than the amount of the aggregate general State aid
29 entitlement that was received by the district under Section
30 18-8 (exclusive of amounts received under subsections 5(p)
31 and 5(p-5) of that Section) for the 1997-98 school year,
32 pursuant to the provisions of that Section as it was then in
33 effect. If a school district qualifies to receive a
34 supplementary payment made under this subsection (J), the
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1 amount of the aggregate general State aid in combination with
2 supplemental general State aid under this Section which that
3 district is eligible to receive for each school year shall be
4 no less than the amount of the aggregate general State aid
5 entitlement that was received by the district under Section
6 18-8 (exclusive of amounts received under subsections 5(p)
7 and 5(p-5) of that Section) for the 1997-1998 school year,
8 pursuant to the provisions of that Section as it was then in
9 effect.
10 (2) If, as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection
11 (J), a school district is to receive aggregate general State
12 aid in combination with supplemental general State aid under
13 this Section for the 1998-99 school year and any subsequent
14 school year that in any such school year is less than the
15 amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that
16 the district received for the 1997-98 school year, the school
17 district shall also receive, from a separate appropriation
18 made for purposes of this subsection (J), a supplementary
19 payment that is equal to the amount of the difference in the
20 aggregate State aid figures as described in paragraph (1).
21 (3) (Blank).
22 (K) Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
23 In calculating the amount to be paid to the governing
24 board of a public university that operates a laboratory
25 school under this Section or to any alternative school that
26 is operated by a regional superintendent of schools, the
27 State Board of Education shall require by rule such reporting
28 requirements as it deems necessary.
29 As used in this Section, "laboratory school" means a
30 public school which is created and operated by a public
31 university and approved by the State Board of Education. The
32 governing board of a public university which receives funds
33 from the State Board under this subsection (K) may not
34 increase the number of students enrolled in its laboratory
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1 school from a single district, if that district is already
2 sending 50 or more students, except under a mutual agreement
3 between the school board of a student's district of residence
4 and the university which operates the laboratory school. A
5 laboratory school may not have more than 1,000 students,
6 excluding students with disabilities in a special education
7 program.
8 As used in this Section, "alternative school" means a
9 public school which is created and operated by a Regional
10 Superintendent of Schools and approved by the State Board of
11 Education. Such alternative schools may offer courses of
12 instruction for which credit is given in regular school
13 programs, courses to prepare students for the high school
14 equivalency testing program or vocational and occupational
15 training. A regional superintendent of schools may contract
16 with a school district or a public community college district
17 to operate an alternative school. An alternative school
18 serving more than one educational service region may be
19 established by the regional superintendents of schools of the
20 affected educational service regions. An alternative school
21 serving more than one educational service region may be
22 operated under such terms as the regional superintendents of
23 schools of those educational service regions may agree.
24 Each laboratory and alternative school shall file, on
25 forms provided by the State Superintendent of Education, an
26 annual State aid claim which states the Average Daily
27 Attendance of the school's students by month. The best 3
28 months' Average Daily Attendance shall be computed for each
29 school. The general State aid entitlement shall be computed
30 by multiplying the applicable Average Daily Attendance by the
31 Foundation Level as determined under this Section.
32 (L) Payments, Additional Grants in Aid and Other
33 Requirements.
34 (1) For a school district operating under the financial
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1 supervision of an Authority created under Article 34A, the
2 general State aid otherwise payable to that district under
3 this Section, but not the supplemental general State aid,
4 shall be reduced by an amount equal to the budget for the
5 operations of the Authority as certified by the Authority to
6 the State Board of Education, and an amount equal to such
7 reduction shall be paid to the Authority created for such
8 district for its operating expenses in the manner provided in
9 Section 18-11. The remainder of general State school aid for
10 any such district shall be paid in accordance with Article
11 34A when that Article provides for a disposition other than
12 that provided by this Article.
13 (2) (Blank).
14 (3) Summer school. Summer school payments shall be made
15 as provided in Section 18-4.3.
16 (M) Education Funding Advisory Board.
17 The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
18 subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created.
19 The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
20 Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
21 The members appointed shall include representatives of
22 education, business, and the general public. One of the
23 members so appointed shall be designated by the Governor at
24 the time the appointment is made as the chairperson of the
25 Board. The initial members of the Board may be appointed any
26 time after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
27 The regular term of each member of the Board shall be for 4
28 years from the third Monday of January of the year in which
29 the term of the member's appointment is to commence, except
30 that of the 5 initial members appointed to serve on the
31 Board, the member who is appointed as the chairperson shall
32 serve for a term that commences on the date of his or her
33 appointment and expires on the third Monday of January, 2002,
34 and the remaining 4 members, by lots drawn at the first
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1 meeting of the Board that is held after all 5 members are
2 appointed, shall determine 2 of their number to serve for
3 terms that commence on the date of their respective
4 appointments and expire on the third Monday of January, 2001,
5 and 2 of their number to serve for terms that commence on the
6 date of their respective appointments and expire on the third
7 Monday of January, 2000. All members appointed to serve on
8 the Board shall serve until their respective successors are
9 appointed and confirmed. Vacancies shall be filled in the
10 same manner as original appointments. If a vacancy in
11 membership occurs at a time when the Senate is not in
12 session, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment
13 until the next meeting of the Senate, when he or she shall
14 appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a
15 person to fill that membership for the unexpired term. If
16 the Senate is not in session when the initial appointments
17 are made, those appointments shall be made as in the case of
18 vacancies.
19 The Education Funding Advisory Board shall be deemed
20 established, and the initial members appointed by the
21 Governor to serve as members of the Board shall take office,
22 on the date that the Governor makes his or her appointment of
23 the fifth initial member of the Board, whether those initial
24 members are then serving pursuant to appointment and
25 confirmation or pursuant to temporary appointments that are
26 made by the Governor as in the case of vacancies.
27 The State Board of Education shall provide such staff
28 assistance to the Education Funding Advisory Board as is
29 reasonably required for the proper performance by the Board
30 of its responsibilities.
31 For school years after the 2000-2001 school year, the
32 Education Funding Advisory Board, in consultation with the
33 State Board of Education, shall make recommendations as
34 provided in this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for
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1 the foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section
2 and for the supplemental general State aid grant level under
3 subsection (H) of this Section for districts with high
4 concentrations of children from poverty. The recommended
5 foundation level shall be determined based on a methodology
6 which incorporates the basic education expenditures of
7 low-spending schools exhibiting high academic performance.
8 The Education Funding Advisory Board shall make such
9 recommendations to the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
10 numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.
11 (N) (Blank).
12 (O) References.
13 (1) References in other laws to the various subdivisions
14 of Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
15 replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer
16 to the corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to
17 the extent that those references remain applicable.
18 (2) References in other laws to State Chapter 1 funds
19 shall be deemed to refer to the supplemental general State
20 aid provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
21 (Source: P.A. 91-24, eff. 7-1-99; 91-93, eff. 7-9-99; 91-96,
22 eff. 7-9-99; 91-111, eff. 7-14-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99;
23 91-533, eff. 8-13-99; 92-7, eff. 6-29-01; 92-16, eff.
24 6-28-01; 92-28, eff. 7-1-01; 92-29, eff. 7-1-01; 92-269, eff.
25 8-7-01; revised 8-7-01.)