Public Act 90-0098 of the 90th General Assembly
Public Act 90-0098
SB245 Enrolled LRB9002030THpk
AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section
18-12.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
Section 18-12 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/18-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 18-12)
Sec. 18-12. Dates for filing State aid claims.) The
school board of each school district shall require teachers,
principals, or superintendents to furnish from records kept
by them such data as it needs in preparing and certifying
under oath or affirmation to the regional superintendent its
school district report of claims provided in Sections 18-8
through 18-10 on blanks to be provided by the State
Superintendent of Education. The district claim shall be
based on the latest available equalized assessed valuation
and tax rates, as provided in Section 18-8 and shall use the
average daily attendance as determined by the method outlined
in Section 18-8 and shall be certified and filed with the
regional superintendent by July 1. Failure to so file by
July 1 constitutes a forfeiture of the right to receive
payment by the State until such claim is filed and vouchered
for payment. The regional superintendent of schools shall
certify the county report of claims by July 15; and the State
Superintendent of Education shall voucher for payment those
claims to the State Comptroller as provided in Section 18-11.
If any school district fails to provide the minimum
school term specified in Section 10-19, the State aid claim
for that year shall be reduced by the State Superintendent of
Education in an amount equivalent to .56818% for each day
less than the number of days required by this Act. However,
if the State Superintendent of Education determines that such
failure to provide the minimum school term was occasioned by
an act or acts of God, or was occasioned by conditions beyond
the control of the school district which posed a hazardous
threat to the health and safety of pupils, the State aid
claim need not be reduced.
If, during any school day, (i) a school district has
provided at least one clock hour of instruction but must
close the schools due to adverse weather conditions prior to
providing the minimum hours of instruction required for a
full day of attendance, or (ii) the school district must
delay the start of the school day due to adverse weather
conditions and this delay prevents the district from
providing the minimum hours of instruction required for a
full day of attendance, the partial day of attendance may be
counted as a full day of attendance. The partial day of
attendance Such closing and the reasons therefor therefore
shall be certified in writing within a month of the closing
or delayed start by the local school district superintendent
to the Regional Superintendent of Schools for forwarding to
the State Superintendent of Education for approval.
No exception to the requirement of providing a minimum
school term may be approved by the State Superintendent of
Education pursuant to this Section unless a school district
has first used all emergency days provided for in its regular
calendar.
If the State Superintendent of Education declares that an
energy shortage exists during any part of the school year for
the State or a designated portion of the State, a district
may operate the school attendance centers within the district
4 days of the week during the time of the shortage by
extending each existing school day by one clock hour of
school work, and the State aid claim shall not be reduced,
nor shall the employees of that district suffer any reduction
in salary or benefits as a result thereof. A district may
operate all attendance centers on this revised schedule, or
may apply the schedule to selected attendance centers, taking
into consideration such factors as pupil transportation
schedules and patterns and sources of energy for individual
attendance centers.
No State aid claim may be filed for any district unless
the clerk or secretary of the school board executes and files
with the State Superintendent of Education, on forms
prescribed by the Superintendent, a sworn statement that the
district has complied with the requirements of Section
10-22.5 in regard to the nonsegregation of pupils on account
of color, creed, race, sex or nationality.
No State aid claim may be filed for any district unless
the clerk or secretary of the school board executes and files
with the State Superintendent of Education, on forms
prescribed by the Superintendent, a sworn statement that to
the best of his or her knowledge or belief the employing or
assigning personnel have complied with Section 24-4 in all
respects.
(Source: P.A. 88-9.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.