Bill Text: IL HB3501 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that certain amounts shall be transferred from the General Revenue Fund to the Common School Fund. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Increases the residential real property tax credit from 5% to 10%. Increases the limitation on the education expense credit from $500 to $1,000. Increases the percentage of the earned income tax credit from 5% of the federal tax credit to 15% in 2011 and thereafter. Makes changes concerning distributions to the Local Government Distributive Fund. Amends the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that certain services are taxable under the Act. Amends the School Code. Creates the Education Financial Award System Fund, the Digital Learning Technology Grant Fund, and the STEM Education Center Grant Fund. Makes changes concerning the Early Childhood Education Block Grant; financial awards for school improvement and other awards; academic early warning and watch status; an educational improvement plan; the creation of the Digital Learning Technology Grant Program, a best practices clearinghouse, the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Center Grant Program, and a resource management service; audits; school board member leadership training; a school district's school report card; financial policies and plans; a capital improvement plan; protection from suit; financial accountability; non-referendum bonds; the foundation level of support under the State aid formula; the New Teacher Induction and Mentoring Program; school board associations; and transportation reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3501 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB3501-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB3501 Introduced 2/24/2011, by Rep. Dave Winters SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administration Code of Illinois. Provides that certain amounts shall be transferred from the General Revenue Fund to the Common School Fund. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Increases the residential real property tax credit from 5% to 10%. Increases the limitation on the education expense credit from $500 to $1,000. Increases the percentage of the earned income tax credit from 5% of the federal tax credit to 15% in 2011 and thereafter. Makes changes concerning distributions to the Local Government Distributive Fund. Amends the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that certain services are taxable under the Act. Amends the School Code. Creates the Education Financial Award System Fund, the Digital Learning Technology Grant Fund, and the STEM Education Center Grant Fund. Makes changes concerning the Early Childhood Education Block Grant; financial awards for school improvement and other awards; academic early warning and watch status; an educational improvement plan; the creation of the Digital Learning Technology Grant Program, a best practices clearinghouse, the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Center Grant Program, and a resource management service; audits; school board member leadership training; a school district's school report card; financial policies and plans; a capital improvement plan; protection from suit; financial accountability; non-referendum bonds; the foundation level of support under the State aid formula; the New Teacher Induction and Mentoring Program; school board associations; and transportation reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative
Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section 50-20 as
follows:
(15 ILCS 20/50-20) (was 15 ILCS 20/38.3)
Sec. 50-20. Responsible Education Funding Law.
(a) The Governor shall submit to the General Assembly a
proposed budget for elementary and secondary education in which
total General Revenue Fund appropriations are no less than the
total General Revenue Fund appropriations of the previous
fiscal year. In addition, the Governor shall specify the total
amount of funds to be transferred from the General Revenue Fund
to the Common School Fund during the budget year, which shall
be no less than the total amount transferred during the
previous fiscal year. The Governor may submit a proposed budget
in which the total appropriated and transferred amounts are
less than the previous fiscal year if the Governor declares in
writing to the General Assembly the reason for the lesser
amounts.
(b) The General Assembly shall appropriate amounts for
elementary and secondary education from the General Revenue

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Fund for each fiscal year so that the total General Revenue
Fund appropriation is no less than the total General Revenue
Fund appropriation for elementary and secondary education for
the previous fiscal year. In addition, the General Assembly
shall legislatively transfer from the General Revenue Fund to
the Common School Fund for the fiscal year a total amount that
is no less than the total amount transferred for the previous
fiscal year. The General Assembly may appropriate or transfer
lesser amounts if it declares by Joint Resolution the reason
for the lesser amounts.
(b-5) In fiscal year 2012, no appropriation made from
General funds to the State Board of Education, the Board of
Higher Education, the Illinois Community College Board, the
Illinois Student Assistance Commission, the Illinois
Mathematics and Science Academy, or any public university may
be decreased from its fiscal year 2011 general appropriation
level. An exception may be made only if a program's
appropriation is based on actual cost and that cost has been
determined by the Board, Academy, or university to require a
lesser appropriation; however, the aggregate appropriation to
those Boards, Academies, or universities for fiscal year 2012
shall not under any circumstances represent a decrease from the
fiscal year 2011 aggregate general fund appropriation level for
that Board, Academy, or university.
(b-10) Beginning in fiscal year 2013 and in each fiscal
year thereafter, in addition to the amounts required to be

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transferred under subsection (b), an amount equal to 33 1/3% of
(i) the amount by which the taxes imposed by subsections (a)
and (b) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax exceeds the
amount that would have been collected if the taxes imposed
under that Section had been imposed at the rates that were in
effect immediately prior to the effective date of Public Act
96-1496 and (ii) the amount collected as a result of the
additional taxes imposed under the Retailers' Occupation Tax
Act by this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. In
addition, beginning in fiscal year 2014 and in each fiscal year
thereafter, an additional amount equal to 16 2/3% of the amount
of those additional revenues shall be transferred from the
General Revenue Fund to the Higher Education Fund.
(b-15) The Higher Education Fund is created as a special
fund in the State treasury. Moneys in this Fund may be used
only for purposes related to higher education. The Higher
Education Fund is not subject to administrative charges that
would in any way transfer any funds from the Higher Education
Fund into any other fund of the State.
(c) This Section may be cited as the Responsible Education
Funding Law.
(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
Sections 5.786, 5.787, 5.788, and 5.789 as follows:

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(30 ILCS 105/5.786 new)
Sec. 5.786. The Education Financial Award System Fund.
(30 ILCS 105/5.787 new)
Sec. 5.787. The Digital Learning Technology Grant Fund.
(30 ILCS 105/5.788 new)
Sec. 5.788. The STEM Education Center Grant Fund.
(30 ILCS 105/5.789 new)
Sec. 5.789. The Higher Education Fund.
Section 15. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
changing Sections 204, 208, 212, 804, and 901 and by adding
Section 218 as follows:
(35 ILCS 5/204) (from Ch. 120, par. 2-204)
Sec. 204. Standard Exemption.
(a) Allowance of exemption. In computing net income under
this Act, there shall be allowed as an exemption the sum of the
amounts determined under subsections (b), (c) and (d),
multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the amount
of the taxpayer's base income allocable to this State for the
taxable year and the denominator of which is the taxpayer's
total base income for the taxable year.
(b) Basic amount. For the purpose of subsection (a) of this

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Section, except as provided by subsection (a) of Section 205
and in this subsection, each taxpayer shall be allowed a basic
amount of $1000, except that for corporations the basic amount
shall be zero for tax years ending on or after December 31,
2003, and for individuals the basic amount shall be:
(1) for taxable years ending on or after December 31,
1998 and prior to December 31, 1999, $1,300;
(2) for taxable years ending on or after December 31,
1999 and prior to December 31, 2000, $1,650;
(3) for taxable years ending on or after December 31,
2000 and prior to December 31, 2011, $2,000;
(4) for taxable years ending on or after December 31,
2011, $3,000.
For taxable years ending on or after December 31, 1992, a
taxpayer whose Illinois base income exceeds the basic amount
and who is claimed as a dependent on another person's tax
return under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall not be
allowed any basic amount under this subsection.
(c) Additional amount for individuals. In the case of an
individual taxpayer, there shall be allowed for the purpose of
subsection (a), in addition to the basic amount provided by
subsection (b), an additional exemption equal to the basic
amount for each exemption in excess of one allowable to such
individual taxpayer for the taxable year under Section 151 of
the Internal Revenue Code.
(d) Additional exemptions for an individual taxpayer and

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his or her spouse. In the case of an individual taxpayer and
his or her spouse, he or she shall each be allowed additional
exemptions as follows:
(1) Additional exemption for taxpayer or spouse 65
years of age or older.
(A) For taxpayer. An additional exemption of
$1,000 for the taxpayer if he or she has attained the
age of 65 before the end of the taxable year.
(B) For spouse when a joint return is not filed. An
additional exemption of $1,000 for the spouse of the
taxpayer if a joint return is not made by the taxpayer
and his spouse, and if the spouse has attained the age
of 65 before the end of such taxable year, and, for the
calendar year in which the taxable year of the taxpayer
begins, has no gross income and is not the dependent of
another taxpayer.
(2) Additional exemption for blindness of taxpayer or
spouse.
(A) For taxpayer. An additional exemption of
$1,000 for the taxpayer if he or she is blind at the
end of the taxable year.
(B) For spouse when a joint return is not filed. An
additional exemption of $1,000 for the spouse of the
taxpayer if a separate return is made by the taxpayer,
and if the spouse is blind and, for the calendar year
in which the taxable year of the taxpayer begins, has

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no gross income and is not the dependent of another
taxpayer. For purposes of this paragraph, the
determination of whether the spouse is blind shall be
made as of the end of the taxable year of the taxpayer;
except that if the spouse dies during such taxable year
such determination shall be made as of the time of such
death.
(C) Blindness defined. For purposes of this
subsection, an individual is blind only if his or her
central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the
better eye with correcting lenses, or if his or her
visual acuity is greater than 20/200 but is accompanied
by a limitation in the fields of vision such that the
widest diameter of the visual fields subtends an angle
no greater than 20 degrees.
(e) Cross reference. See Article 3 for the manner of
determining base income allocable to this State.
(f) Application of Section 250. Section 250 does not apply
to the amendments to this Section made by Public Act 90-613.
(Source: P.A. 93-29, eff. 6-20-03.)
(35 ILCS 5/208) (from Ch. 120, par. 2-208)
Sec. 208. Tax credit for residential real property taxes.
Beginning with tax years ending on or after December 31, 1991
and ending prior to December 31, 2011, every individual
taxpayer shall be entitled to a tax credit equal to 5% of real

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property taxes paid by such taxpayer during the taxable year on
the principal residence of the taxpayer. In the case of
multi-unit or multi-use structures and farm dwellings, the
taxes on the taxpayer's principal residence shall be that
portion of the total taxes which is attributable to such
principal residence.
For tax years ending on or after December 31, 2011, every
individual taxpayer shall be entitled to a tax credit equal to
10% of real property taxes paid by the taxpayer during the
taxable year on the principal residence of the taxpayer. In the
case of multi-unit or multi-use structures, the taxes on the
taxpayer's principal residence shall be that portion of the
total taxes that is attributable to the principal residence.
For tax years ending on December 31, 2011, the credit under
this Section shall not exceed $1,500. For tax years thereafter,
the $1,500 cap shall be increased by a percentage increase
equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price
Index for all Urban Consumers for the then most recently
compiled calendar year.
For each taxable year ending on or after December 31, 2011,
if the amount of the credit exceeds the income tax liability
for the applicable tax year, then the excess credit shall be
refunded to the taxpayer. The amount of a refund shall not be
included in the taxpayer's income or resources for the purposes
of determining eligibility or benefit level in any means-tested
benefit program administered by a governmental entity unless

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required by federal law.
(Source: P.A. 87-17.)
(35 ILCS 5/212)
Sec. 212. Earned income tax credit.
(a) With respect to the federal earned income tax credit
allowed for the taxable year under Section 32 of the federal
Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 32, each individual taxpayer
is entitled to a credit against the tax imposed by subsections
(a) and (b) of Section 201 in an amount equal to the following:
(1) for each taxable year beginning on or after January
1, 2000 and ending before December 31, 2011, the amount of
the credit is 5% of the federal tax credit; and
(2) for each taxable year ending on or after December
31, 2011, the amount of the credit is 15% of the federal
tax credit. 5% of the federal tax credit for each taxable
year beginning on or after January 1, 2000.
For a non-resident or part-year resident, the amount of the
credit under this Section shall be in proportion to the amount
of income attributable to this State.
(b) For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2003, in
no event shall a credit under this Section reduce the
taxpayer's liability to less than zero. For each taxable year
beginning on or after January 1, 2003, if the amount of the
credit exceeds the income tax liability for the applicable tax
year, then the excess credit shall be refunded to the taxpayer.

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The amount of a refund shall not be included in the taxpayer's
income or resources for the purposes of determining eligibility
or benefit level in any means-tested benefit program
administered by a governmental entity unless required by
federal law.
(c) This Section is exempt from the provisions of Section
250.
(Source: P.A. 95-333, eff. 8-21-07.)
(35 ILCS 5/901) (from Ch. 120, par. 9-901)
Sec. 901. Collection Authority.
(a) In general.
The Department shall collect the taxes imposed by this Act.
The Department shall collect certified past due child support
amounts under Section 2505-650 of the Department of Revenue Law
(20 ILCS 2505/2505-650). Except as provided in subsections (c),
(e), (f), and (g) of this Section, money collected pursuant to
subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act shall be
paid into the General Revenue Fund in the State treasury; money
collected pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of Section 201 of
this Act shall be paid into the Personal Property Tax
Replacement Fund, a special fund in the State Treasury; and
money collected under Section 2505-650 of the Department of
Revenue Law (20 ILCS 2505/2505-650) shall be paid into the
Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund, a special fund outside
the State Treasury, or to the State Disbursement Unit

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established under Section 10-26 of the Illinois Public Aid
Code, as directed by the Department of Healthcare and Family
Services.
(b) Local Government Distributive Fund.
Beginning August 1, 1969, and continuing through June 30,
1994, the Treasurer shall transfer each month from the General
Revenue Fund to a special fund in the State treasury, to be
known as the "Local Government Distributive Fund", an amount
equal to 1/12 of the net revenue realized from the tax imposed
by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act during
the preceding month. Beginning July 1, 1994, and continuing
through June 30, 1995, the Treasurer shall transfer each month
from the General Revenue Fund to the Local Government
Distributive Fund an amount equal to 1/11 of the net revenue
realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of
Section 201 of this Act during the preceding month. Beginning
July 1, 1995 and continuing through January 31, 2011, the
Treasurer shall transfer each month from the General Revenue
Fund to the Local Government Distributive Fund an amount equal
to the net of (i) 1/10 of the net revenue realized from the tax
imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of the
Illinois Income Tax Act during the preceding month (ii) minus,
beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004, $6,666,666,
and beginning July 1, 2004, zero. Beginning February 1, 2011,
and continuing through January 31, 2015, the Treasurer shall
transfer each month from the General Revenue Fund to the Local

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Government Distributive Fund an amount equal to the sum of (i)
6% (10% of the ratio of the 3% individual income tax rate prior
to 2011 to the 5% individual income tax rate after 2010) of the
net revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a)
and (b) of Section 201 of this Act upon individuals, trusts,
and estates during the preceding month and (ii) 6.86% (10% of
the ratio of the 4.8% corporate income tax rate prior to 2011
to the 7% corporate income tax rate after 2010) of the net
revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and
(b) of Section 201 of this Act upon corporations during the
preceding month. Beginning August 1, 2011 and through July 1,
2012, the amounts required to be transferred under this
subsection (b) shall be reduced by $20,800,000 per month, which
shall be transferred to the Common School Fund. Beginning
February 1, 2015 and continuing through January 31, 2025, the
Treasurer shall transfer each month from the General Revenue
Fund to the Local Government Distributive Fund an amount equal
to the sum of (i) 8% (10% of the ratio of the 3% individual
income tax rate prior to 2011 to the 3.75% individual income
tax rate after 2014) of the net revenue realized from the tax
imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act
upon individuals, trusts, and estates during the preceding
month and (ii) 9.14% (10% of the ratio of the 4.8% corporate
income tax rate prior to 2011 to the 5.25% corporate income tax
rate after 2014) of the net revenue realized from the tax
imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act

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upon corporations during the preceding month. Beginning
February 1, 2025, the Treasurer shall transfer each month from
the General Revenue Fund to the Local Government Distributive
Fund an amount equal to the sum of (i) 9.23% (10% of the ratio
of the 3% individual income tax rate prior to 2011 to the 3.25%
individual income tax rate after 2024) of the net revenue
realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of
Section 201 of this Act upon individuals, trusts, and estates
during the preceding month and (ii) 10% of the net revenue
realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of
Section 201 of this Act upon corporations during the preceding
month. Net revenue realized for a month shall be defined as the
revenue from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of
Section 201 of this Act which is deposited in the General
Revenue Fund, the Education Assistance Fund, the Income Tax
Surcharge Local Government Distributive Fund, the Fund for the
Advancement of Education, and the Commitment to Human Services
Fund during the month minus the amount paid out of the General
Revenue Fund in State warrants during that same month as
refunds to taxpayers for overpayment of liability under the tax
imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act.
(c) Deposits Into Income Tax Refund Fund.
(1) Beginning on January 1, 1989 and thereafter, the
Department shall deposit a percentage of the amounts
collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)(1), (2), and
(3), of Section 201 of this Act into a fund in the State

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treasury known as the Income Tax Refund Fund. The
Department shall deposit 6% of such amounts during the
period beginning January 1, 1989 and ending on June 30,
1989. Beginning with State fiscal year 1990 and for each
fiscal year thereafter, the percentage deposited into the
Income Tax Refund Fund during a fiscal year shall be the
Annual Percentage. For fiscal years 1999 through 2001, the
Annual Percentage shall be 7.1%. For fiscal year 2003, the
Annual Percentage shall be 8%. For fiscal year 2004, the
Annual Percentage shall be 11.7%. Upon the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the
Annual Percentage shall be 10% for fiscal year 2005. For
fiscal year 2006, the Annual Percentage shall be 9.75%. For
fiscal year 2007, the Annual Percentage shall be 9.75%. For
fiscal year 2008, the Annual Percentage shall be 7.75%. For
fiscal year 2009, the Annual Percentage shall be 9.75%. For
fiscal year 2010, the Annual Percentage shall be 9.75%. For
fiscal year 2011, the Annual Percentage shall be 8.75%. For
all other fiscal years, the Annual Percentage shall be
calculated as a fraction, the numerator of which shall be
the amount of refunds approved for payment by the
Department during the preceding fiscal year as a result of
overpayment of tax liability under subsections (a) and
(b)(1), (2), and (3) of Section 201 of this Act plus the
amount of such refunds remaining approved but unpaid at the
end of the preceding fiscal year, minus the amounts

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transferred into the Income Tax Refund Fund from the
Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund, and the denominator of
which shall be the amounts which will be collected pursuant
to subsections (a) and (b)(1), (2), and (3) of Section 201
of this Act during the preceding fiscal year; except that
in State fiscal year 2002, the Annual Percentage shall in
no event exceed 7.6%. The Director of Revenue shall certify
the Annual Percentage to the Comptroller on the last
business day of the fiscal year immediately preceding the
fiscal year for which it is to be effective.
(2) Beginning on January 1, 1989 and thereafter, the
Department shall deposit a percentage of the amounts
collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)(6), (7), and
(8), (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this Act into a fund in
the State treasury known as the Income Tax Refund Fund. The
Department shall deposit 18% of such amounts during the
period beginning January 1, 1989 and ending on June 30,
1989. Beginning with State fiscal year 1990 and for each
fiscal year thereafter, the percentage deposited into the
Income Tax Refund Fund during a fiscal year shall be the
Annual Percentage. For fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001,
the Annual Percentage shall be 19%. For fiscal year 2003,
the Annual Percentage shall be 27%. For fiscal year 2004,
the Annual Percentage shall be 32%. Upon the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the
Annual Percentage shall be 24% for fiscal year 2005. For

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fiscal year 2006, the Annual Percentage shall be 20%. For
fiscal year 2007, the Annual Percentage shall be 17.5%. For
fiscal year 2008, the Annual Percentage shall be 15.5%. For
fiscal year 2009, the Annual Percentage shall be 17.5%. For
fiscal year 2010, the Annual Percentage shall be 17.5%. For
fiscal year 2011, the Annual Percentage shall be 17.5%. For
all other fiscal years, the Annual Percentage shall be
calculated as a fraction, the numerator of which shall be
the amount of refunds approved for payment by the
Department during the preceding fiscal year as a result of
overpayment of tax liability under subsections (a) and
(b)(6), (7), and (8), (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this
Act plus the amount of such refunds remaining approved but
unpaid at the end of the preceding fiscal year, and the
denominator of which shall be the amounts which will be
collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)(6), (7), and
(8), (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this Act during the
preceding fiscal year; except that in State fiscal year
2002, the Annual Percentage shall in no event exceed 23%.
The Director of Revenue shall certify the Annual Percentage
to the Comptroller on the last business day of the fiscal
year immediately preceding the fiscal year for which it is
to be effective.
(3) The Comptroller shall order transferred and the
Treasurer shall transfer from the Tobacco Settlement
Recovery Fund to the Income Tax Refund Fund (i) $35,000,000

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in January, 2001, (ii) $35,000,000 in January, 2002, and
(iii) $35,000,000 in January, 2003.
(d) Expenditures from Income Tax Refund Fund.
(1) Beginning January 1, 1989, money in the Income Tax
Refund Fund shall be expended exclusively for the purpose
of paying refunds resulting from overpayment of tax
liability under Section 201 of this Act, for paying rebates
under Section 208.1 in the event that the amounts in the
Homeowners' Tax Relief Fund are insufficient for that
purpose, and for making transfers pursuant to this
subsection (d).
(2) The Director shall order payment of refunds
resulting from overpayment of tax liability under Section
201 of this Act from the Income Tax Refund Fund only to the
extent that amounts collected pursuant to Section 201 of
this Act and transfers pursuant to this subsection (d) and
item (3) of subsection (c) have been deposited and retained
in the Fund.
(3) As soon as possible after the end of each fiscal
year, the Director shall order transferred and the State
Treasurer and State Comptroller shall transfer from the
Income Tax Refund Fund to the Personal Property Tax
Replacement Fund an amount, certified by the Director to
the Comptroller, equal to the excess of the amount
collected pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of Section
201 of this Act deposited into the Income Tax Refund Fund

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during the fiscal year over the amount of refunds resulting
from overpayment of tax liability under subsections (c) and
(d) of Section 201 of this Act paid from the Income Tax
Refund Fund during the fiscal year.
(4) As soon as possible after the end of each fiscal
year, the Director shall order transferred and the State
Treasurer and State Comptroller shall transfer from the
Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund to the Income Tax
Refund Fund an amount, certified by the Director to the
Comptroller, equal to the excess of the amount of refunds
resulting from overpayment of tax liability under
subsections (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this Act paid
from the Income Tax Refund Fund during the fiscal year over
the amount collected pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of
Section 201 of this Act deposited into the Income Tax
Refund Fund during the fiscal year.
(4.5) As soon as possible after the end of fiscal year
1999 and of each fiscal year thereafter, the Director shall
order transferred and the State Treasurer and State
Comptroller shall transfer from the Income Tax Refund Fund
to the General Revenue Fund any surplus remaining in the
Income Tax Refund Fund as of the end of such fiscal year;
excluding for fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002 amounts
attributable to transfers under item (3) of subsection (c)
less refunds resulting from the earned income tax credit.
(5) This Act shall constitute an irrevocable and

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continuing appropriation from the Income Tax Refund Fund
for the purpose of paying refunds upon the order of the
Director in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
(e) Deposits into the Education Assistance Fund and the
Income Tax Surcharge Local Government Distributive Fund.
On July 1, 1991, and thereafter, of the amounts collected
pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act,
minus deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, the Department
shall deposit 7.3% into the Education Assistance Fund in the
State Treasury. Beginning July 1, 1991, and continuing through
January 31, 1993, of the amounts collected pursuant to
subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income
Tax Act, minus deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, the
Department shall deposit 3.0% into the Income Tax Surcharge
Local Government Distributive Fund in the State Treasury.
Beginning February 1, 1993 and continuing through June 30,
1993, of the amounts collected pursuant to subsections (a) and
(b) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act, minus
deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, the Department shall
deposit 4.4% into the Income Tax Surcharge Local Government
Distributive Fund in the State Treasury. Beginning July 1,
1993, and continuing through June 30, 1994, of the amounts
collected under subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this
Act, minus deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, the
Department shall deposit 1.475% into the Income Tax Surcharge
Local Government Distributive Fund in the State Treasury.

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(f) Deposits into the Fund for the Advancement of
Education. Beginning February 1, 2015, the Department shall
deposit the following portions of the revenue realized from the
tax imposed upon individuals, trusts, and estates by
subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act during the
preceding month, minus deposits into the Income Tax Refund
Fund, into the Fund for the Advancement of Education:
(1) beginning February 1, 2015, and prior to February
1, 2025, 1/30; and
(2) beginning February 1, 2025, 1/26.
If the rate of tax imposed by subsection (a) and (b) of
Section 201 is reduced pursuant to Section 201.5 of this Act,
the Department shall not make the deposits required by this
subsection (f) on or after the effective date of the reduction.
(g) Deposits into the Commitment to Human Services Fund.
Beginning February 1, 2015, the Department shall deposit the
following portions of the revenue realized from the tax imposed
upon individuals, trusts, and estates by subsections (a) and
(b) of Section 201 of this Act during the preceding month,
minus deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, into the
Commitment to Human Services Fund:
(1) beginning February 1, 2015, and prior to February
1, 2025, 1/30; and
(2) beginning February 1, 2025, 1/26.
If the rate of tax imposed by subsection (a) and (b) of
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the Department shall not make the deposits required by this
subsection (g) on or after the effective date of the reduction.
(Source: P.A. 95-707, eff. 1-11-08; 95-744, eff. 7-18-08;
96-45, eff. 7-15-09; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 96-959, eff. 7-1-10;
96-1496, eff. 1-13-11.)
Section 20. The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended by
changing Sections 1 and 2 as follows:
(35 ILCS 120/1) (from Ch. 120, par. 440)
Sec. 1. Definitions. "Sale at retail" means any transfer of
the ownership of or title to tangible personal property to a
purchaser, for the purpose of use or consumption, and not for
the purpose of resale in any form as tangible personal property
to the extent not first subjected to a use for which it was
purchased, for a valuable consideration: Provided that the
property purchased is deemed to be purchased for the purpose of
resale, despite first being used, to the extent to which it is
resold as an ingredient of an intentionally produced product or
byproduct of manufacturing. For this purpose, slag produced as
an incident to manufacturing pig iron or steel and sold is
considered to be an intentionally produced byproduct of
manufacturing. Transactions whereby the possession of the
property is transferred but the seller retains the title as
security for payment of the selling price shall be deemed to be
sales.

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"Sale at retail" shall be construed to include any transfer
of the ownership of or title to tangible personal property to a
purchaser, for use or consumption by any other person to whom
such purchaser may transfer the tangible personal property
without a valuable consideration, and to include any transfer,
whether made for or without a valuable consideration, for
resale in any form as tangible personal property unless made in
compliance with Section 2c of this Act.
Sales of tangible personal property, which property, to the
extent not first subjected to a use for which it was purchased,
as an ingredient or constituent, goes into and forms a part of
tangible personal property subsequently the subject of a "Sale
at retail", are not sales at retail as defined in this Act:
Provided that the property purchased is deemed to be purchased
for the purpose of resale, despite first being used, to the
extent to which it is resold as an ingredient of an
intentionally produced product or byproduct of manufacturing.
"Sale at retail" includes all of the following services, as
enumerated in the North American Industry Classification
System Manual (NAICS), 1997, prepared by the United States
Office of Management and Budget:
(1) Other warehousing and storage (household and
specialty goods) (49319).
(2) Travel agent services (56151).
(3) Carpet and upholstery cleaning services (56174).
(4) Dating services (8129902).

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(5) Dry cleaning and laundry, except coin-operated
(81232).
(6) Consumer goods rental (5322).
(7) Health clubs, tanning parlors, reducing salons
(81219).
(8) Linen supply (812331).
(9) Interior design services (54141).
(10) Other business services, including copy shops
(561439).
(11) Bowling Centers (71395).
(12) Coin operated video games and pinball machines
(71312).
(13) Membership fees in private clubs (71391).
(14) Admission to spectator sports (excluding horse
tracks) (7112).
(15) Admission to cultural events (711).
(16) Billiard Parlors (71399).
(17) Scenic and sightseeing transportation (487).
(18) Taxi and Limousine services (4853).
(19) Unscheduled chartered passenger air
transportation (481211).
(20) Motion picture theaters, except drive-in theaters
(512131).
(21) Pet grooming (81291).
(22) Landscaping services (including lawn care)
(56173).

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(23) Income from intrastate transportation of persons
(485).
(24) Mini-storage (53113).
(25) Household goods storage (49311).
(26) Cold storage (49312).
(27) Marina Service (docking, storage, cleaning,
repair) (71393).
(28) Marine towing service (including tugboats)
(48833).
(29) Gift and package wrapping service (5619).
(30) Laundry and dry cleaning services, coin-operated
(81231).
(31) Other services to buildings and dwellings
(56179).
(32) Water softening and conditioning (5619902).
(33) Internet Service Providers (518111).
(34) Short term auto rental (532111).
(35) Information Services (519190).
(36) Amusement park admission and rides (71311).
(37) Circuses and fairs -- admission and games (7113).
(38) Cable and other program distribution (5175).
(39) Rental of video tapes for home viewing (53223).
"Sale at retail" shall be construed to include any Illinois
florist's sales transaction in which the purchase order is
received in Illinois by a florist and the sale is for use or
consumption, but the Illinois florist has a florist in another

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state deliver the property to the purchaser or the purchaser's
donee in such other state.
Nonreusable tangible personal property that is used by
persons engaged in the business of operating a restaurant,
cafeteria, or drive-in is a sale for resale when it is
transferred to customers in the ordinary course of business as
part of the sale of food or beverages and is used to deliver,
package, or consume food or beverages, regardless of where
consumption of the food or beverages occurs. Examples of those
items include, but are not limited to nonreusable, paper and
plastic cups, plates, baskets, boxes, sleeves, buckets or other
containers, utensils, straws, placemats, napkins, doggie bags,
and wrapping or packaging materials that are transferred to
customers as part of the sale of food or beverages in the
ordinary course of business.
The purchase, employment and transfer of such tangible
personal property as newsprint and ink for the primary purpose
of conveying news (with or without other information) is not a
purchase, use or sale of tangible personal property.
A person whose activities are organized and conducted
primarily as a not-for-profit service enterprise, and who
engages in selling tangible personal property at retail
(whether to the public or merely to members and their guests)
is engaged in the business of selling tangible personal
property at retail with respect to such transactions, excepting
only a person organized and operated exclusively for

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charitable, religious or educational purposes either (1), to
the extent of sales by such person to its members, students,
patients or inmates of tangible personal property to be used
primarily for the purposes of such person, or (2), to the
extent of sales by such person of tangible personal property
which is not sold or offered for sale by persons organized for
profit. The selling of school books and school supplies by
schools at retail to students is not "primarily for the
purposes of" the school which does such selling. The provisions
of this paragraph shall not apply to nor subject to taxation
occasional dinners, socials or similar activities of a person
organized and operated exclusively for charitable, religious
or educational purposes, whether or not such activities are
open to the public.
A person who is the recipient of a grant or contract under
Title VII of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (P.L. 92-258) and
serves meals to participants in the federal Nutrition Program
for the Elderly in return for contributions established in
amount by the individual participant pursuant to a schedule of
suggested fees as provided for in the federal Act is not
engaged in the business of selling tangible personal property
at retail with respect to such transactions.
"Purchaser" means anyone who, through a sale at retail,
acquires the ownership of or title to tangible personal
property for a valuable consideration.
"Reseller of motor fuel" means any person engaged in the

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business of selling or delivering or transferring title of
motor fuel to another person other than for use or consumption.
No person shall act as a reseller of motor fuel within this
State without first being registered as a reseller pursuant to
Section 2c or a retailer pursuant to Section 2a.
"Selling price" or the "amount of sale" means the
consideration for a sale valued in money whether received in
money or otherwise, including cash, credits, property, other
than as hereinafter provided, and services, but not including
the value of or credit given for traded-in tangible personal
property where the item that is traded-in is of like kind and
character as that which is being sold, and shall be determined
without any deduction on account of the cost of the property
sold, the cost of materials used, labor or service cost or any
other expense whatsoever, but does not include charges that are
added to prices by sellers on account of the seller's tax
liability under this Act, or on account of the seller's duty to
collect, from the purchaser, the tax that is imposed by the Use
Tax Act, or, except as otherwise provided with respect to any
cigarette tax imposed by a home rule unit, on account of the
seller's tax liability under any local occupation tax
administered by the Department, or, except as otherwise
provided with respect to any cigarette tax imposed by a home
rule unit on account of the seller's duty to collect, from the
purchasers, the tax that is imposed under any local use tax
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"selling price" shall include charges that are added to prices
by sellers on account of the seller's tax liability under the
Cigarette Tax Act, on account of the sellers' duty to collect,
from the purchaser, the tax imposed under the Cigarette Use Tax
Act, and on account of the seller's duty to collect, from the
purchaser, any cigarette tax imposed by a home rule unit.
The phrase "like kind and character" shall be liberally
construed (including but not limited to any form of motor
vehicle for any form of motor vehicle, or any kind of farm or
agricultural implement for any other kind of farm or
agricultural implement), while not including a kind of item
which, if sold at retail by that retailer, would be exempt from
retailers' occupation tax and use tax as an isolated or
occasional sale.
"Gross receipts" from the sales of tangible personal
property at retail means the total selling price or the amount
of such sales, as hereinbefore defined. In the case of charge
and time sales, the amount thereof shall be included only as
and when payments are received by the seller. Receipts or other
consideration derived by a seller from the sale, transfer or
assignment of accounts receivable to a wholly owned subsidiary
will not be deemed payments prior to the time the purchaser
makes payment on such accounts.
"Department" means the Department of Revenue.
"Person" means any natural individual, firm, partnership,
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private corporation, limited liability company, or a receiver,
executor, trustee, guardian or other representative appointed
by order of any court.
The isolated or occasional sale of tangible personal
property at retail by a person who does not hold himself out as
being engaged (or who does not habitually engage) in selling
such tangible personal property at retail, or a sale through a
bulk vending machine, does not constitute engaging in a
business of selling such tangible personal property at retail
within the meaning of this Act; provided that any person who is
engaged in a business which is not subject to the tax imposed
by this Act because of involving the sale of or a contract to
sell real estate or a construction contract to improve real
estate or a construction contract to engineer, install, and
maintain an integrated system of products, but who, in the
course of conducting such business, transfers tangible
personal property to users or consumers in the finished form in
which it was purchased, and which does not become real estate
or was not engineered and installed, under any provision of a
construction contract or real estate sale or real estate sales
agreement entered into with some other person arising out of or
because of such nontaxable business, is engaged in the business
of selling tangible personal property at retail to the extent
of the value of the tangible personal property so transferred.
If, in such a transaction, a separate charge is made for the
tangible personal property so transferred, the value of such

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property, for the purpose of this Act, shall be the amount so
separately charged, but not less than the cost of such property
to the transferor; if no separate charge is made, the value of
such property, for the purposes of this Act, is the cost to the
transferor of such tangible personal property. Construction
contracts for the improvement of real estate consisting of
engineering, installation, and maintenance of voice, data,
video, security, and all telecommunication systems do not
constitute engaging in a business of selling tangible personal
property at retail within the meaning of this Act if they are
sold at one specified contract price.
A person who holds himself or herself out as being engaged
(or who habitually engages) in selling tangible personal
property at retail is a person engaged in the business of
selling tangible personal property at retail hereunder with
respect to such sales (and not primarily in a service
occupation) notwithstanding the fact that such person designs
and produces such tangible personal property on special order
for the purchaser and in such a way as to render the property
of value only to such purchaser, if such tangible personal
property so produced on special order serves substantially the
same function as stock or standard items of tangible personal
property that are sold at retail.
Persons who engage in the business of transferring tangible
personal property upon the redemption of trading stamps are
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shall be liable for and shall pay the tax imposed by this Act
on the basis of the retail value of the property transferred
upon redemption of such stamps.
"Bulk vending machine" means a vending machine, containing
unsorted confections, nuts, toys, or other items designed
primarily to be used or played with by children which, when a
coin or coins of a denomination not larger than $0.50 are
inserted, are dispensed in equal portions, at random and
without selection by the customer.
(Source: P.A. 95-723, eff. 6-23-08.)
(35 ILCS 120/2) (from Ch. 120, par. 441)
Sec. 2. Tax imposed. A tax is imposed upon persons engaged
in the business of selling at retail tangible personal
property, including computer software, and including
photographs, negatives, and positives that are the product of
photoprocessing, but not including products of photoprocessing
produced for use in motion pictures for public commercial
exhibition, or engaged in the business of providing services as
set forth in in Section 1 of this Act. Beginning January 1,
2001, prepaid telephone calling arrangements shall be
considered tangible personal property subject to the tax
imposed under this Act regardless of the form in which those
arrangements may be embodied, transmitted, or fixed by any
method now known or hereafter developed.
(Source: P.A. 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 91-870, eff. 6-22-00.)

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Section 25. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
1C-2, 2-3.25c, 2-3.25d, 3-7, 10-17a, 10-22.45, 18-8.05, 19-3,
21A-5, 21A-10, 21A-15, 21A-20, 21A-25, 21A-30, 23-3, 23-6, and
29-5 and by adding Sections 2-3.25d-5, 2-3.153, 2-3.154,
2-3.155, 2-3.156, 2-3.157, 10-16.10, 10-17b, 10-17c, 10-17d,
10-20.53, 17-2.11d, 21A-3, and 23-5.5 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/1C-2)
Sec. 1C-2. Block grants.
(a) For fiscal year 1999, and each fiscal year thereafter,
the State Board of Education shall award to school districts
block grants as described in subsection (c). The State Board of
Education may adopt rules and regulations necessary to
implement this Section. In accordance with Section 2-3.32, all
state block grants are subject to an audit. Therefore, block
grant receipts and block grant expenditures shall be recorded
to the appropriate fund code.
(b) (Blank).
(c) An Early Childhood Education Block Grant shall be
created by combining the following programs: Preschool
Education, Parental Training and Prevention Initiative. These
funds shall be distributed to school districts and other
entities on a competitive basis. Not less than 11% of this
grant shall be used to fund programs for children ages 0-3,
which percentage shall increase to at least 20% by Fiscal Year

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2015. However, if, in a given fiscal year, the amount
appropriated for the Early Childhood Education Block Grant is
insufficient to increase the percentage of the grant to fund
programs for children ages 0-3 without reducing the amount of
the grant for existing providers of preschool education
programs, then the percentage of the grant to fund programs for
children ages 0-3 may be held steady instead of increased.
(d) For fiscal year 2012, the General Assembly shall
appropriate no less than $380,261,400 to the Early Childhood
Education Block Grant for the programs specified in subsection
(c) of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 95-793, eff. 1-1-09; 96-423, eff. 8-13-09.)
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25c) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25c)
Sec. 2-3.25c. Financial and other awards Rewards and
acknowledgements.
(a) The State Board of Education shall implement a system
of rewards for school districts, and the schools themselves,
whose students and schools consistently meet adequate yearly
progress criteria for 2 or more consecutive years and a system
to acknowledge schools and districts that meet adequate yearly
progress criteria in a given year as specified in Section
2-3.25d of this Code.
(b) Financial awards shall be provided to the schools that
the State Superintendent of Education determines have
demonstrated the greatest improvement in achieving the

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education goals of improved student achievement and improved
school completion, subject to appropriation by the General
Assembly and any limitation set by the State Superintendent on
the total amount that may be awarded to a school or school
district; provided that such financial awards must not be used
to enhance the compensation of staff in school districts having
a population not exceeding 500,000.
(c) The State Superintendent of Education may present
proclamations or certificates to schools and school systems
determined to have met or exceeded the State's education goals
under Section 2-3.64 of this Code.
(d) The Education Financial Award System Fund is created as
a special fund in the State treasury. All money in the Fund
shall be used, subject to appropriation, by the State Board of
Education for the purpose of funding financial awards under
this Section. The Fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated
to the fund by the General Assembly and any gifts, grants,
donations, and other moneys received by the State Board of
Education for implementation of the awards system.
Any unexpended or unencumbered moneys remaining in the
Education Financial Award System Fund at the end of a fiscal
year shall remain in the Fund and shall not revert or be
credited or transferred to the General Revenue Fund nor be
transferred to any other fund. Any interest derived from the
deposit and investment of moneys in the Education Financial
Award System Fund shall remain in the Fund and shall not be

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credited to the General Revenue Fund. The Education Financial
Award System Fund must be appropriated and expended only for
the awards system. The awards are subject to audit requirements
established by the State Board of Education.
(e) If a school or school district meets adequate yearly
progress criteria for 2 consecutive school years, that school
or district shall be exempt from review and approval of its
improvement plan for the next 2 succeeding school years.
(Source: P.A. 93-470, eff. 8-8-03.)
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25d) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25d)
Sec. 2-3.25d. Academic early warning and watch status.
(a) Beginning with the 2005-2006 school year, unless the
federal government formally disapproves of such policy through
the submission and review process for the Illinois
Accountability Workbook, those schools that do not meet
adequate yearly progress criteria for 2 consecutive annual
calculations in the same subject or in their participation
rate, attendance rate, or graduation rate shall be placed on
academic early warning status for the next school year. Schools
on academic early warning status that do not meet adequate
yearly progress criteria for a third annual calculation in the
same subject or in their participation rate, attendance rate,
or graduation rate shall remain on academic early warning
status. Schools on academic early warning status that do not
meet adequate yearly progress criteria for a fourth annual

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calculation in the same subject or in their participation rate,
attendance rate, or graduation rate shall be placed on initial
academic watch status. Schools on academic watch status that do
not meet adequate yearly progress criteria for a fifth or
subsequent annual calculation in the same subject or in their
participation rate, attendance rate, or graduation rate shall
remain on academic watch status. Schools on academic early
warning or academic watch status that meet adequate yearly
progress criteria for 2 consecutive calculations shall be
considered as having met expectations and shall be removed from
any status designation.
The school district of a school placed on either academic
early warning status or academic watch status may appeal the
status to the State Board of Education in accordance with
Section 2-3.25m of this Code.
A school district that has one or more schools on academic
early warning or academic watch status shall prepare a revised
School Improvement Plan or amendments thereto setting forth the
district's expectations for removing each school from academic
early warning or academic watch status and for improving
student performance in the affected school or schools.
Districts operating under Article 34 of this Code may prepare
the School Improvement Plan required under Section 34-2.4 of
this Code.
The revised School Improvement Plan for a school that is
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remains on academic early warning status after a third annual
calculation must be approved by the school board (and by the
school's local school council in a district operating under
Article 34 of this Code, unless the school is on probation
pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 34-8.3 of this Code).
The revised School Improvement Plan for a school that is
initially placed on academic watch status after a fourth annual
calculation must be approved by the school board (and by the
school's local school council in a district operating under
Article 34 of this Code, unless the school is on probation
pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 34-8.3 of this Code).
The revised School Improvement Plan for a school that
remains on academic watch status after a fifth annual
calculation must be approved by the school board (and by the
school's local school council in a district operating under
Article 34 of this Code, unless the school is on probation
pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 34-8.3 of this Code). In
addition, the district must develop a school restructuring plan
for the school that must be approved by the school board (and
by the school's local school council in a district operating
under Article 34 of this Code).
A school on academic watch status that does not meet
adequate yearly progress criteria for a sixth annual
calculation shall implement its approved school restructuring
plan beginning with the next school year, subject to the State
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(b) Beginning with the 2005-2006 school year, unless the
federal government formally disapproves of such policy through
the submission and review process for the Illinois
Accountability Workbook, those school districts that do not
meet adequate yearly progress criteria for 2 consecutive annual
calculations in the same subject or in their participation
rate, attendance rate, or graduation rate shall be placed on
academic early warning status for the next school year.
Districts on academic early warning status that do not meet
adequate yearly progress criteria for a third annual
calculation in the same subject or in their participation rate,
attendance rate, or graduation rate shall remain on academic
early warning status. Districts on academic early warning
status that do not meet adequate yearly progress criteria for a
fourth annual calculation in the same subject or in their
participation rate, attendance rate, or graduation rate shall
be placed on initial academic watch status. Districts on
academic watch status that do not meet adequate yearly progress
criteria for a fifth or subsequent annual calculation in the
same subject or in their participation rate, attendance rate,
or graduation rate shall remain on academic watch status.
Districts on academic early warning or academic watch status
that meet adequate yearly progress criteria for one annual
calculation shall be considered as having met expectations and
shall be removed from any status designation.
A district placed on either academic early warning status

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or academic watch status may appeal the status to the State
Board of Education in accordance with Section 2-3.25m of this
Code.
Districts on academic early warning or academic watch
status shall prepare a District Improvement Plan or amendments
thereto setting forth the district's expectations for removing
the district from academic early warning or academic watch
status and for improving student performance in the district.
All District Improvement Plans must be approved by the
school board.
(c) All new and revised School and District Improvement
Plans shall be developed in collaboration with parents, staff
in the affected school or school district, and outside experts.
All revised School and District Improvement Plans shall be
developed, submitted, and monitored pursuant to rules adopted
by the State Board of Education. The revised Improvement Plan
shall address measurable outcomes for improving student
performance so that such performance meets adequate yearly
progress criteria as specified by the State Board of Education
and shall include a staff professional development plan
developed in cooperation with staff. All school districts
required to revise a School Improvement Plan in accordance with
this Section shall establish a peer review process for the
evaluation of School Improvement Plans.
(d) All federal requirements apply to schools and school
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federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
(e) The State Board of Education, from any moneys it may
have available for this purpose, must implement and administer
a grant program that provides 2-year grants to school districts
on the academic watch list and other school districts that have
the lowest achieving students, as determined by the State Board
of Education, to be used to improve student achievement. In
order to receive a grant under this program, a school district
must establish an accountability program. The accountability
program must involve the use of statewide testing standards and
local evaluation measures. A grant shall be automatically
renewed when achievement goals are met. The Board may adopt any
rules necessary to implement and administer this grant program.
(f) In addition to any moneys available under subsection
(e) of this Section, a school district required to maintain
School and District Improvement Plans under this Section,
including a school district organized under Article 34 of this
Code, shall annually receive from the State, subject to
appropriation, an amount equal to $150 times the number of
full-time certified teachers and administrators it employs for
developing and implementing its mandatory School and District
Improvement Plans, including its staff professional
development plan.
(Source: P.A. 96-734, eff. 8-25-09.)
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25d-5 new)

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Sec. 2-3.25d-5. Educational improvement plan.
(a) Except for school districts required to develop School
and District Improvement Plans under Section 2-3.25d of this
Code, each school district shall develop, in compliance with
rules promulgated by the State Board of Education, an
educational improvement plan that must include (i) measures for
improving school district, school building, and individual
student performance and (ii) a staff professional development
plan developed at least in cooperation with staff or, if
applicable, the exclusive bargaining representatives of the
staff. The district shall develop the educational improvement
plan in collaboration with parents, staff, and the staff's
exclusive bargaining representatives, if any.
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.153 new)
Sec. 2-3.153. The Digital Learning Technology Grant
Program.
(a) As used in this Section, unless the context otherwise
requires, "information technology education" means education
in the development, design, use, maintenance, repair, and
application of information technology systems or equipment,
including, but not limited to, computers, the Internet,
telecommunications devices and networks, and multi-media
techniques.
(b) There is created the Digital Learning Technology Grant
Program to provide money to school districts and charter

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schools to use in integrating information technology and
scientific equipment as tools to measurably improve teaching
and learning in grades 9 through 12 in this State's public
schools. The State Board of Education shall administer the
grant program through the acceptance, review, and
recommendation of applications submitted pursuant to this
Section.
(c) Grants awarded through the grant program created under
this Section shall continue for 4 fiscal years and may be
renewed as provided by rule of the State Board of Education.
Grants awarded through the program shall be paid out of any
money appropriated or credited to the Digital Learning
Technology Grant Fund. A school district or charter school
shall use any moneys obtained through the grant program to
integrate information technology education into the 9th grade
through 12th grade curriculum. In the case of a school
district, such integration shall be accomplished in one or more
public schools in the district. The school district or charter
school may contract with one or more private entities for
assistance in integrating information technology education
into the curriculum. In addition, school districts and charter
schools are encouraged to partner with businesses for
assistance in integrating information technology education
into the curriculum.
(d) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for the
administration and implementation of the grant program created

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under this Section. Subject to appropriation, the grants shall
be awarded through the program for the 2010-2011 school year
and annually thereafter.
(e) Any school district or charter school that seeks to
participate in the grant program created under this Section
shall submit an application to the State Board of Education in
the form and according to the deadlines established by rule of
the State Board of Education. The application shall include the
following information:
(1) if the applicant is a school district, the names of
the schools that will receive the benefits of the grant;
(2) the current level of information technology
education integration at the recipient schools;
(3) the school district's or charter school's plan for
integrating information technology education into the 9th
grade through 12th grade curriculum, including any
specific method or program to be used, and any entities
with whom the school district or charter school plans to
contract or cooperate in achieving the integration;
(4) the specific, measurable goals to be achieved and
the actual deliverables to be produced through the
integration of information technology education into the
curriculum, a deadline for achieving those goals, and a
proposed method of measuring whether the goals were
achieved;
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charter school has partnered to improve the availability
and integration of information technology education within
the curriculum; and
(6) any other information that may be specified by rule
of the State Board of Education.
(f) In recommending and awarding grants through the
program, the State Board of Education shall consider the
following criteria:
(1) the degree to which information technology
education is already integrated into the curriculum of the
applying school district or charter school to ensure that
those school districts and charter schools with the least
degree of integration receive the grants first;
(2) the degree to which the applicant's proposed plan
for using the grant moneys will result in integration of
information technology tools and scientific equipment in a
manner that measurably improves teaching and learning;
(3) the validity, clarity, and measurability of the
goals established by the applicant and the validity of the
proposed methods for measuring achievement of the goals;
(4) the accountability system of specific measures and
deliverables to determine a baseline and annually assess
improvements in teaching and learning;
(5) any other financial resources available to the
applicant for integrating information technology education
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(6) the degree to which the applicant is cooperating or
partnering with businesses to improve the availability and
integration of information technology education in the
curriculum; the State Board of Education shall apply this
criteria with the goal of encouraging such partnerships;
(7) the strength and capacity of the applicant to
collaborate with the science, technology, engineering and
mathematics education center network under Section 4.5 of
the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Law and to
provide open source networking with other public schools in
this State; and
(8) any other criteria established by rule of the State
Board of Education to ensure that grants are awarded to
school districts and charter schools that demonstrate the
greatest need and the most valid, effective plan for
integrating information technology education into the
curriculum.
(g) In awarding grants through the grant program, the State
Board of Education shall ensure, to the extent possible, that
the grants are awarded to school districts and charter schools
in all areas of this State.
(h) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to limit or
otherwise affect any school district's ability to enter into an
agreement with or receive funds from any private entity.
(i) Each school district and charter school that receives a
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shall, by August 1 of the school year for which the grant was
awarded, submit to the State Board of Education a report
specifying the following information:
(1) the manner in which the grant moneys were used;
(2) the progress made toward achieving the goals
specified in the grant recipient's application;
(3) any additional entities and businesses with whom
the grant recipient has contracted or partnered with the
goal of achieving greater integration of information
technology education in the 9th grade through 12th grade
curriculum;
(4) the recipient school district's and charter
school's plan for continuing the integration of
information technology education into the curriculum,
regardless of whether the grant is renewed; and
(5) any other information specified by rule of the
State Board of Education.
(j) Notwithstanding subsection (i) of this Section, a
recipient school need not submit a report for any academic year
in which no grants are made through the grant program.
(k) The Digital Learning Technology Grant Fund is created
as a special fund in the State treasury. All money in the Fund
shall be used, subject to appropriation, by the State Board of
Education for the purpose of funding grants under this Section.
(l) The State Board of Education may solicit and accept
money in the form of gifts, contributions, and grants to be

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deposited into the Digital Learning Technology Grant Fund. The
acceptance of federal grants for purposes of this Section does
not commit State funds nor place an obligation upon the General
Assembly to continue the purposes for which the federal funds
are made available.
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.154 new)
Sec. 2-3.154. Best practices clearinghouse.
(a) Beginning July 1, 2011 and subject to appropriation,
the State Board of Education shall establish an online
clearinghouse of information relating to best practices of
campuses and school districts regarding instruction, public
school finance, resource allocation, and business practices.
To the extent practicable, the State Board of Education shall
ensure that information provided through the online
clearinghouse is specific, actionable information relating to
the best practices of high-performing and highly efficient
school districts rather than general guidelines relating to
school district operation. The information must be accessible
by school districts and interested members of the public.
(b) The State Board of Education shall solicit and collect
from exemplary or recognized school districts, charter
schools, and other institutions determined by the State Board
of Education examples of best practices relating to
instruction, public school finance, resource allocation, and
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curriculum, scope and sequence, compensation and incentive
systems, bilingual education and special language programs,
compensatory education programs, and the effective use of
instructional technology, including online courses.
(c) The State Board of Education may contract for the
services of one or more third-party contractors to develop,
implement, and maintain a system of collecting and evaluating
the best practices of campuses and school districts as provided
by this Section. In addition to any other considerations
required by law, the State Board of Education must consider an
applicant's demonstrated competence and qualifications in
analyzing school district practices in awarding a contract
under this subsection (c).
(d) The State Board of Education may purchase from
available funds curriculum and other instructional tools
identified under this Section to provide for use by school
districts.
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.155 new)
Sec. 2-3.155. The Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics Education Center Grant Program.
(a) As used in this Section, unless the context otherwise
requires:
"Grant program" means the science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics education center grant program
created in this Section.

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"Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
education" or "STEM" means learning experiences that integrate
innovative curricular, instructional, and assessment
strategies and materials, laboratory and mentorship
experiences, and authentic inquiry-based and problem centered
instruction to stimulate learning in the areas of science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics.
"Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
education innovation center" means a center operated by a
school district, a charter school, the Illinois Mathematics and
Science Academy, or a joint collaborative partnership that
provides STEM teaching and learning experiences, materials,
laboratory and mentorship experiences, and educational
seminars, institutes or workshops for students and teachers.
(b) Subject to appropriation, the Illinois Mathematics and
Science Academy, in consultation and partnership with the State
Board of Education, the Board of Higher Education, the business
community, the entrepreneurial technology community, and
professionals, including teachers, in the field of science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics shall create a
strategic plan for developing a whole systems approach to
redesigning prekindergarten through grade 12 STEM education in
this State, including, but not limited to, designing and
creating integrative teaching and learning networks among
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics innovation
education centers, university and corporate research

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facilities, and established STEM laboratories, businesses, and
the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy.
(c) At a minimum, the plan shall provide direction for
program design and development, including the following:
(1) continuous generation and sharing of curricular,
instructional, assessment, and program development
materials and information about STEM teaching and learning
throughout the network;
(2) identification of curricular, instructional, and
assessment goals that reflect the research in cognition and
the development of creativity in STEM fields and the
systemic changes in STEM education, so as to be consistent
with inquiry-based and problem-centered instruction in
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Such
goals shall also reflect current frameworks, standards,
and guidelines, such as those defined by the National
Research Council (National Academy of Science), the
American Association for the Advancement of Science, the
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the National
Science Teachers Association, and professional
associations in STEM fields;
(3) identification of essential teacher competencies
and a comprehensive plan for recruiting, mentoring, and
retaining STEM teachers, especially those in
under-resourced schools and school districts; creation of
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other teachers of science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics as part of a network of promising practices in
teaching; and the establishment of recruitment, mentoring,
and retention plans for Golden Apple teachers in STEM
fields and Illinois STEM teachers who have received
national board certification and are also part of the STEM
innovation network;
(4) a statement of desired competencies for STEM
learning by students;
(5) a description of recommended courses of action to
improve educational experiences, programs, practices, and
service;
(6) the improvement of access and availability of STEM
courses, especially for rural school districts and
particularly to those groups which are traditionally
underrepresented through the Illinois Virtual High School;
the plan shall include goals for using telecommunications
facilities as recommended by a telecommunications advisory
commission;
(7) expectations and guidelines for designing and
developing a dynamic, creative, and engaged teaching
network;
(8) a description of the laboratory and incubator model
for the STEM centers;
(9) support for innovation and entrepreneurship in
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development; and
(10) cost estimates.
(d) The plan shall provide a framework that enables the
teachers, school districts, and institutions of higher
education to operate as an integrated system. The plan shall
provide innovative mechanisms and incentives to the following:
(1) educational providers, as well as professional
associations, business and university partners, and
educational receivers (students and teachers) at the
prekindergarten through grade 12 and postsecondary levels
to design and implement innovative curricula, including
experiences, mentorships, institutes, and seminars and to
develop new materials and activities for these;
(2) course providers and receivers for leveraging
distance learning technologies through the Illinois
Virtual High School and applying distance learning
instructional design techniques, taking into consideration
the work of a telecommunications advisory commission;
(3) prekindergarten through grade 12 teachers to
encourage them to take graduate STEM courses and degree
programs; such incentives may include a tuition matching
program;
(4) appropriate State agencies, federal agencies,
professional organizations, public television stations,
and businesses and industries to involve them in the
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(5) businesses, industries, and individuals for
volunteering their time and community resources.
(e) The plan shall provide a mechanism for incorporating
the cost for accomplishing these goals into the ongoing
operating budget beginning in 2012.
(f) There is created the Science and Technology Education
Center Grant Program to provide development and operating
moneys in the form of matching funds for existing or proposed
nonprofit STEM education centers. At a minimum, each STEM
center that receives a grant shall not only provide STEM
education activities to students enrolled in the school
district or charter school and materials and educational
workshops to teachers employed by the school district or
charter school, but also, as part of generative and innovative
teaching and learning network, shall share information with all
STEM centers, the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, and
partner associations or businesses.
(g) School districts, charter schools, the Illinois
Mathematics and Science Academy, and joint collaborative
partnerships may establish science and technology education
centers or may contract with regional offices of education,
intermediate service centers, public community colleges,
4-year institutions of higher education, non-profit or
for-profit education providers, youth service agencies,
community-based organizations, or other appropriate entities
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the public school system. Districts and charter schools may
individually operate alternative learning opportunities
programs or may collaborate with 2 or more districts or charter
schools or do both to create and operate science and technology
education centers.
(h) Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, the State
Board of Education shall, subject to available appropriations,
annually award one or more science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics education center grants for the development and
operation of STEM centers.
A school district, a charter school, the Illinois
Mathematics and Science Academy, or a joint collaborative
partnership may apply for a STEM center grant pursuant to
procedures and time lines specified by rule of the State Board
of Education.
(i) The State Board of Education, in selecting one or more
school districts, charter schools, or joint collaborative
partnerships or the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
for receipt of a grant, shall give priority to applicants that
are geographically located farthest from other STEM centers or
applicants that have less opportunity for science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics resource support. The State Board
shall also consider the following factors:
(1) the facility, equipment, and technology that are or
will be provided and the activities and range of programs
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(2) the strength and capacity of the school district or
charter school to work as a network cooperatively with the
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, other STEM
centers, universities and STEM laboratories, businesses,
and industries; and
(3) recommendations of the Illinois P-20 Council and
the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy.
(j) A STEM center grant shall be payable from moneys
appropriated to the STEM Education Center Grant Fund.
The State Board of Education shall specify the amount to be
awarded to each school district, charter school, or joint
collaborative partnership that is selected to receive a grant
and to the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, if
selected to receive a grant. The amount awarded to a new STEM
center for start-up costs shall not exceed $1,000,000 for the
first fiscal year and may not be renewed. The amount awarded to
an operating STEM center for operating costs shall not exceed
$500,000 for one fiscal year and shall be renewed annually for
5 consecutive years if the STEM center is meeting its
accountability goals and its role as an active partner in a
generative teaching and learning network.
(k) Each school district, charter school, or joint
collaborative partnership that receives a grant pursuant to the
grant program and the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy,
if selected to receive a grant, shall demonstrate, prior to
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has a written commitment for matching funds from other public
or private sources in the amount of a dollar-for-dollar match
with the amount of the grant. This requirement may be waived
upon application to and approval by the State Board of
Education based on a showing of continued need or financial
hardship.
(l) The State Board of Education shall promulgate such
rules as are required in this Section and such additional rules
as may be required for implementation of the grant program.
(m) Each school district or charter school that receives a
grant through the grant program shall, by the close of each
school year for which the grant was awarded, submit to the
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy and the State Board of
Education a report specifying the following information:
(1) the manner in which the grant money was used;
(2) the progress made toward achieving the goals and
producing the deliverables specified in the grant
recipient's application;
(3) any additional entities and businesses with whom
the grant recipient has contracted or partnered with the
goal of achieving greater integration of information
technology education in prekindergarten through grade 12
curriculum;
(4) the recipient school district's or charter
school's plan for continuing the integration of
information technology education into the curriculum,

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regardless of whether the grant is renewed;
(5) the documentation demonstrating effective digital
collaboration and networking, technological cooperation
and sharing, and personal networking via innovative,
entrepreneurial networks;
(6) a description of innovative instructional methods;
(7) evidence of staff training and outreach to teachers
beyond those working in the STEM education center; and
(8) any other information specified by rule of the
State Board of Education.
(n) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section, a
recipient school need not submit a report for any academic year
in which no grants are made through the grant program.
(o) The STEM Education Center Grant Fund is created as a
special fund in the State treasury. All money in the Fund shall
be used, subject to appropriation, by the State Board of
Education for the purpose of funding science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics education center grants awarded
under this Section.
(p) The State Board of Education may solicit and accept
money in the form of gifts, contributions, and grants to be
deposited in the STEM Education Center Grant Fund. The
acceptance of federal grants for purposes of this Section does
not commit State funds nor place an obligation upon the General
Assembly to continue the purposes for which the federal funds
are made available.

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(105 ILCS 5/2-3.156 new)
Sec. 2-3.156. School Improvement Partnership Pool Fund
(a) The School Improvement Partnership Pool Fund is created
as a special fund in the State treasury. All interest earned on
moneys in the Fund shall be deposited into the Fund. The School
Improvement Partnership Pool Fund shall not be subject to
sweeps, administrative charges, or charge-backs, such as, but
not limited to, those authorized under Section 8h of the State
Finance Act, nor any other fiscal or budgetary maneuver that
would in any way transfer any funds from the School Improvement
Partnership Pool Fund into any other fund of the State.
(b) Beginning in Fiscal Year 2013, moneys in the School
Improvement Partnership Pool Fund shall be used, subject to
appropriation, by the State Board of Education for a
competitive grant program to provide school districts with
demonstrated academic and financial need quality, integrated
support systems, such as training for staff, tutoring programs
for students, small school initiatives, literacy coaching,
proven programs such as reduced class size, extended learning
time, and after school and summer school programs, programs to
engage parents, and other systems as determined by the State
Board of Education.
(c) School districts eligible to apply to the State Board
of Education for a grant under subsection (b) of this Section
shall be limited to those (i) with any school that has not met

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adequate yearly progress under the federal No Child Left Behind
Act of 2001 for at least 2 consecutive years or (ii) that have
been designated through the State Board of Education's School
District Financial Profile System as on financial warning or
financial watch status. The State Board may, by rule, establish
any additional procedures with respect to this grant program.
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.157 new)
Sec. 2-3.157. Resource management service.
(a) Subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education
shall establish and maintain an Internet web-based resource
management service for all school districts on or before July
1, 2015. If no State funds are provided to school districts
specifically for implementation of this Section, school
districts are relieved from implementing all requirements
under this Section.
(b) The resource management service shall identify
resource configurations that contribute to improving internal
resources for instructional programs, provide action-oriented
analysis and solutions, and give school districts the ability
to explore different scenarios of resource allocation.
(c) Annually, by the first day of October, an Internet
web-based preliminary resource allocation report must be
generated for each school district and delivered via the
Internet to each district superintendent for use by the
management team and the exclusive bargaining agents of the

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school district's employees. This report shall identify
potential cost savings or resource reallocation opportunities
for the district in 5 core areas of school district spending.
These core areas are instruction, operation and maintenance,
transportation, food service, and central services. This
analysis shall show district spending in detailed
subcategories compared to demographically or operationally
similar peer school districts. The web-based resource
allocation reports generated under this Section constitute
preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations, memoranda, and
other records in which opinions are expressed or policies or
actions are formulated and therefore exempt from disclosure
under subdivision (f) of subsection (1) of Section 7 of the
Freedom of Information Act.
(d) Each school district shall have the ability through the
on-line resource allocation report to test various resource
allocation scenarios relative to pre-defined peers as well as
geographic peers and the most efficient peers statewide. Each
district shall have the ability to choose specific combinations
of districts for comparison.
(e) The resource management service shall contain, based on
the spending and demographic profile of the school district,
action-oriented information, such as effective best practices
in schools districts, diagnostic questions, and other
management or community considerations that may be implemented
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report.
(f) The resource management service may be initiated and
maintained through a contract between the State Board of
Education and an independent third party specializing in school
market research within this State and the United States. Any
contract with a third party must be awarded through the State
Board of Education's standard request for proposal procedure.
Up to 25% of the annual appropriation may be allocated by the
State Board of Education to hire personnel and facilitate data
collection. No less than 25% of the annual appropriation shall
be utilized by the State Board of Education to deliver training
to school district personnel in the use of the management
service. Such training shall be delivered by certificated
school business officials or State Board of Education trained
personnel and may be provided through administrator academies
and mentoring programs. The State Board of Education may
establish contracts with other organizations to provide such
training and mentoring.
In the event that a district does not employ a certificated
school business official, if State funds are provided
specifically for this purpose, at least one employee must be
trained and certified in the use of the resource management
service. In addition, a representative of the exclusive
bargaining agents of the school district's employees shall be
invited to be trained and certified.
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required to implement the resource management service and
develop annual data reporting instruments designed to collect
the information from each school district.
The State Board of Education may provide grants to school
districts to permit those school districts to develop and
implement a plan for a shared services agreement in the
following areas: operation and maintenance and central
services.
(h) Annually, the certificated school business official or
resource management service trained employee in each school
district shall review and certify that the resource allocation
report has been received and reviewed by the management team
and the exclusive bargaining agent of the district.
Subsequently, a report must be filed with the State Board of
Education identifying the considerations that will be studied
as a result of such analysis. In addition, any implementation
of strategies or reallocation of resources associated with the
resource management service must be annually reported to the
Board of Education, the exclusive bargaining agents of the
school district's employees, and, subsequently, the State
Board of Education. The State Board shall annually prepare a
cumulative report to be posted electronically containing those
initiatives studied and implemented on a statewide basis.
(105 ILCS 5/3-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-7)
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the trustees of schools of any township in Class II county
school units, or any school district which forms a part of a
Class II county school unit but which is not subject to the
jurisdiction of the trustees of schools of any township in
which such district is located, or any school district in any
Class I county school units fail to prepare and forward or
cause to be prepared and forwarded to the regional
superintendent of schools, reports required by this Act, the
regional superintendent of schools shall furnish such
information or he shall employ a person or persons to furnish
such information, as far as practicable. Such person shall have
access to the books, records and papers of the school district
to enable him or them to prepare such reports, and the school
district shall permit such person or persons to examine such
books, records and papers at such time and such place as such
person or persons may desire for the purpose aforesaid. For
such services the regional superintendent of schools shall bill
the district an amount to cover the cost of preparation of such
reports if he employs a person to prepare such reports.
Each school district shall, as of June 30 of each year,
cause an audit of its accounts to be made by a person lawfully
qualified to practice public accounting as regulated by the
Illinois Public Accounting Act. Such audit shall include (i)
development of a risk assessment of district internal controls,
(ii) an annual review and update of the risk assessment, and
(iii) an annual management letter that analyzes significant

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risk assessment findings, recommends changes for strengthening
controls and reducing identified risks, and specifies
timeframes for implementation of these recommendations, as
well as financial statements of the district applicable to the
type of records required by other sections of this Act and in
addition shall set forth the scope of audit and shall include
the professional opinion signed by the auditor, or if such an
opinion is denied by the auditor, shall set forth the reasons
for such denial. Each school district shall on or before
October 15 of each year, submit an original and one copy of the
such audit to the regional superintendent of schools in the
educational service region having jurisdiction in which case
the regional superintendent of schools shall be relieved of
responsibility in regard to the accounts of the school
district. If any school district fails to supply the regional
superintendent of schools with a copy of such audit report on
or before October 15, or within such time extended by the
regional superintendent of schools from that date, not to
exceed 60 days, then it shall be the responsibility of the
regional superintendent of schools having jurisdiction to
cause such audit to be made by employing an accountant licensed
to practice in the State of Illinois to conduct such audit and
shall bill the district for such services, or shall with the
personnel of his office make such audit to his satisfaction and
bill the district for such service. In the latter case, if the
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regional superintendent of schools having jurisdiction, then
the regional superintendent of schools shall not be relieved of
the responsibility as to the accountability of the school
district. The copy of the audit shall be forwarded by the
regional superintendent to the State Board of Education on or
before November 15 of each year and shall be filed by the State
Board of Education. Beginning on July 1, 2012, all school
districts shall utilize a competitive request for proposals
process at least once every 5 years when contracting for such
an annual audit, provided that school districts with existing
contracts of less than 5 years in length that are in effect on
July 1, 2012 shall utilize a competitive request for proposals
process when contracting for an annual audit after the
expiration date of the existing contract.
Each school district that is the administrative district
for several school districts operating under a joint agreement
as authorized by this Act shall, as of June 30 each year, cause
an audit of the accounts of the joint agreement to be made by a
person lawfully qualified to practice public accounting as
regulated by the Illinois Public Accounting Act. Such audit
shall include (i) development of a risk assessment of district
internal controls, (ii) an annual review and update of the risk
assessment, and (iii) an annual management letter that analyzes
significant risk assessment findings, recommends changes for
strengthening controls and reducing identified risks, and
specifies timeframes for implementation of these

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recommendations, as well as financial statements of the
operation of the joint agreement applicable to the type of
records required by this Act and, in addition, shall set forth
the scope of the audit and shall include the professional
opinion signed by the auditor, or if such an opinion is denied,
the auditor shall set forth the reason for such denial. Each
administrative district of a joint agreement shall on or before
October 15 each year, submit an original and one copy of such
audit to the regional superintendent of schools in the
educational service region having jurisdiction in which case
the regional superintendent of schools shall be relieved of
responsibility in regard to the accounts of the joint
agreement. The copy of the audit shall be forwarded by the
regional superintendent to the State Board of Education on or
before November 15 of each year and shall be filed by the State
Board of Education. The cost of such an audit shall be
apportioned among and paid by the several districts who are
parties to the joint agreement, in the same manner as other
costs and expenses accruing to the districts jointly. Beginning
on July 1, 2012, all school districts operating under a joint
agreement shall utilize a competitive request for proposals
process at least once every 5 years when contracting for such
an annual audit, provided that all school districts operating
under a joint agreement with existing contracts of less than 5
years in length that are in effect on July 1, 2012 shall
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contracting for an annual audit after the expiration date of
the existing contract.
The State Board of Education shall determine the adequacy
of the audits. All audits shall be kept on file in the office
of the State Board of Education.
(Source: P.A. 86-1441; 87-473.)
(105 ILCS 5/10-16.10 new)
Sec. 10-16.10. Board member leadership training.
(a) This Section shall apply to all school board members
serving pursuant to Section 10-10 of this Code who have been
elected on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 97th General Assembly or appointed to fill a vacancy of
at least one year's duration on or after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly.
(b) It is the policy of this State to encourage every
voting member of a board of education of a school district
elected or appointed for a term beginning on or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
Assembly, within a year after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly or the first year
of his or her term, to complete a minimum of 4 hours of
professional development leadership training covering topics
in education and labor law, financial oversight and
accountability, and fiduciary responsibilities of a school
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(c) The training on financial oversight, accountability,
and fiduciary responsibilities may be provided by an
association established under this Code for the purpose of
training school board members or by other qualified providers
approved by the State Board of Education, in conjunction with
an association so established.
(105 ILCS 5/10-17a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a)
Sec. 10-17a. Better schools accountability.
(1) Policy and Purpose. It shall be the policy of the State
of Illinois that each school district in this State, including
special charter districts and districts subject to the
provisions of Article 34, shall submit to parents, taxpayers of
such district, the Governor, the General Assembly, and the
State Board of Education a school report card assessing the
performance of its schools and students. The report card shall
be an index of school performance measured against statewide
and local standards and will provide information to make prior
year comparisons and to set future year targets through the
school improvement plan.
(2) Reporting Requirements. Each school district shall
prepare a report card in accordance with the guidelines set
forth in this Section which describes the performance of its
students by school attendance centers and by district and the
district's financial resources and use of financial resources.
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meeting subject to applicable notice requirements, posted on
the school district's Internet web site, if the district
maintains an Internet web site, made available to a newspaper
of general circulation serving the district, and, upon request,
sent home to a parent (unless the district does not maintain an
Internet web site, in which case the report card shall be sent
home to parents without request). If the district posts the
report card on its Internet web site, the district shall send a
written notice home to parents stating (i) that the report card
is available on the web site, (ii) the address of the web site,
(iii) that a printed copy of the report card will be sent to
parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone number that
parents may call to request a printed copy of the report card.
In addition, each school district shall submit the completed
report card to the office of the district's Regional
Superintendent which shall make copies available to any
individuals requesting them.
The report card shall be completed and disseminated prior
to October 31 in each school year. The report card shall
contain, but not be limited to, actual local school attendance
center, school district and statewide data indicating the
present performance of the school, the State norms and the
areas for planned improvement for the school and school
district.
(3) (a) The report card shall include the following
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statewide student performance: percent of students who exceed,
meet, or do not meet standards established by the State Board
of Education pursuant to Section 2-3.25a; longitudinal data
system assessment estimates for each district, subject to a
statewide longitudinal data system being established and data
being available; composite and subtest means on nationally
normed achievement tests for college bound students; student
attendance rates; chronic truancy rate; dropout rate;
graduation rate; and student mobility, turnover shown as a
percent of transfers out and a percent of transfers in.
(b) The report card shall include the following
descriptions for the school, district, and State: average class
size; amount of time per day devoted to mathematics, science,
English and social science at primary, middle and junior high
school grade levels; number of students taking the Prairie
State Achievement Examination under subsection (c) of Section
2-3.64, the number of those students who received a score of
excellent, and the average score by school of students taking
the examination; pupil-teacher ratio; pupil-administrator
ratio; operating expenditure per pupil; district expenditure
by fund; average administrator salary; and average teacher
salary. The report card shall also specify the amount of money
that the district receives from all sources, including without
limitation subcategories specifying the amount from local
property taxes, the amount from general State aid, the amount
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(c) The report card shall include applicable indicators of
parental involvement in each attendance center. The parental
involvement component of the report card shall include the
percentage of students whose parents or guardians have had one
or more personal contacts with the students' teachers during
the school year concerning the students' education, and such
other information, commentary, and suggestions as the school
district desires. For the purposes of this paragraph, "personal
contact" includes, but is not limited to, parent-teacher
conferences, parental visits to school, school visits to home,
telephone conversations, and written correspondence. The
parental involvement component shall not single out or identify
individual students, parents, or guardians by name.
(d) The report card form shall be prepared by the State
Board of Education and provided to school districts by the most
efficient, economic, and appropriate means.
(e) The report card shall include an indicator describing
whether the school district has improved, declined, or remained
stable in the aggregate percentage of students making at least
one-year's academic growth each year, subject to a statewide
longitudinal data system being established and data being
available.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
(105 ILCS 5/10-17b new)
Sec. 10-17b. Financial policies. Beginning with the second

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fiscal year after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 97th General Assembly, each school board shall adopt a
formal, written financial policy. The policy may include
information in the following areas:
(1) Debt capacity, issuance, and management.
(2) Capital asset management.
(3) Reserve or stabilization fund goals.
(4) Periodic budget to actual comparison reports.
(5) Fees and charges.
(6) The use of one-time revenue.
(7) Risk management related to internal controls.
(8) Purchasing.
(9) Vehicle acquisition and maintenance.
The school board shall make the policy publicly available.
(105 ILCS 5/10-17c new)
Sec. 10-17c. Long-term financial plan. Beginning with the
second fiscal year after the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 97th General Assembly, each school board shall
develop a long-term financial plan that extends over at least a
3-year period and that is updated and approved annually. The
plan must include multi-year forecasts of revenues,
expenditures, and debt. The school board may make the plan
available to the public by publishing it as a separate document
and submitting it with the annual budget or by posting the plan
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any. The forecasts that are the foundation of the plan must be
available to participants in the budget process before
budgetary decisions are made. The public must be provided
opportunities for providing dialog with respect to the
long-term financial planning process. Public access and review
shall take place as part of the official budget hearing process
in accordance with Section 17-1 of this Code, which requires
the posting of notice and making documents available to the
general public at least 30 days in advance of the budget
hearing.
(105 ILCS 5/10-17d new)
Sec. 10-17d. Capital improvement plan. Beginning with the
second fiscal year after the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 97th General Assembly, each school board shall
develop a 5-year capital improvement plan that is updated and
approved annually. The plan must include a summary list of the
description of the capital projects to be completed over the
next 5 years, along with projected expenditures, and revenue
sources. The school board shall make the plan available to the
public. The school board shall hold a public hearing on the
capital improvement plan, which hearing may be held at a
regularly scheduled meeting of the board. This hearing shall be
held in the same manner and subject to the same notice and
other requirements as the public hearing required prior to
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Code, which requires the posting of notice and making documents
available to the general public at least 30 days in advance of
the budget hearing.
(105 ILCS 5/10-20.53 new)
Sec. 10-20.53. School district financial accountability.
(a) A school board shall annually include a user-friendly
executive summary as part of the district's budget. The
executive summary shall include all of the following:
(1) The district's major goals and objectives.
(2) A discussion of the major financial factors and
trends affecting the budget, such as changes in revenues,
enrollment, and debt.
(3) A description of the budget process.
(4) An overview of revenues and expenditures for all
funds, including at least 3 to 5 years of prior and future
trends, based on data from the annual financial report.
(5) An explanation of significant financial and
demographic trends.
(6) An explanation of the reasons for a budget deficit
and an explanation of how the deficit is being addressed in
accordance with Section 17-1 of this Code.
(7) A budget forecast for at least 3 to 5 years in the
future.
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(9) The number of personnel by type.
(10) Changes in both the long term and short term debt
burden.
(b) Beginning with the second fiscal year after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
Assembly, a school board shall annually include in the full
budget document the following items; any or all of the
following items may be published as separate documents provided
that they are explicitly referenced in the annual budget and
attached thereto and provided that they are made publicly
available at the same time as the tentative budget document:
(1) An organizational chart.
(2) Formal financial policies pursuant to Section
10-17b of this Code.
(3) The district's long-term financial plan pursuant
to Section 10-17c of this Code or a summary of the
long-term financial plan.
(4) The district's capital improvement plan pursuant
to Section 10-17d of this Code or a summary of the capital
improvement plan.
(105 ILCS 5/10-22.45) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.45)
Sec. 10-22.45. A school board shall To establish an audit
committee, which may include and to appoint members of the
board, or other appropriate officers, or persons who do not
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and any other financial reports and documents, including
management letters prepared by or on behalf of the board.
Nothing in this Section prohibits a school district from
maintaining its own internal audit function.
(Source: P.A. 82-644.)
(105 ILCS 5/17-2.11d new)
Sec. 17-2.11d. Non-referendum bonds. Upon the
certification of an architect and subsequent approval by the
regional superintendent of schools and the State Board of
Education, a board of education governing a school district
having not more than 500,000 inhabitants may issue
non-referendum bonds for the purposes described in Section 19-3
of this Code. Such bonds may be issued in excess of any
statutory limitation as to debt prescribed in Article 19 of
this Code.
(105 ILCS 5/18-8.05)
Sec. 18-8.05. Basis for apportionment of general State
financial aid and supplemental general State aid to the common
schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school years.
(A) General Provisions.
(1) The provisions of this Section apply to the 1998-1999
and subsequent school years. The system of general State
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assure that, through a combination of State financial aid and
required local resources, the financial support provided each
pupil in Average Daily Attendance equals or exceeds a
prescribed per pupil Foundation Level. This formula approach
imputes a level of per pupil Available Local Resources and
provides for the basis to calculate a per pupil level of
general State financial aid that, when added to Available Local
Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level. The amount
of per pupil general State financial aid for school districts,
in general, varies in inverse relation to Available Local
Resources. Per pupil amounts are based upon each school
district's Average Daily Attendance as that term is defined in
this Section.
(2) In addition to general State financial aid, school
districts with specified levels or concentrations of pupils
from low income households are eligible to receive supplemental
general State financial aid grants as provided pursuant to
subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants provided for
school districts under subsection (H) shall be appropriated for
distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
in which the general State financial aid of school districts is
appropriated under this Section.
(3) To receive financial assistance under this Section,
school districts are required to file claims with the State
Board of Education, subject to the following requirements:
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school year to maintain school as required by law, or to
maintain a recognized school is not eligible to file for
such school year any claim upon the Common School Fund. In
case of nonrecognition of one or more attendance centers in
a school district otherwise operating recognized schools,
the claim of the district shall be reduced in the
proportion which the Average Daily Attendance in the
attendance center or centers bear to the Average Daily
Attendance in the school district. A "recognized school"
means any public school which meets the standards as
established for recognition by the State Board of
Education. A school district or attendance center not
having recognition status at the end of a school term is
entitled to receive State aid payments due upon a legal
claim which was filed while it was recognized.
(b) School district claims filed under this Section are
subject to Sections 18-9 and 18-12, except as otherwise
provided in this Section.
(c) If a school district operates a full year school
under Section 10-19.1, the general State aid to the school
district shall be determined by the State Board of
Education in accordance with this Section as near as may be
applicable.
(d) (Blank).
(4) Except as provided in subsections (H) and (L), the
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in this Section may apply those funds to any fund so received
for which that board is authorized to make expenditures by law.
School districts are not required to exert a minimum
Operating Tax Rate in order to qualify for assistance under
this Section.
(5) As used in this Section the following terms, when
capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
(a) "Average Daily Attendance": A count of pupil
attendance in school, averaged as provided for in
subsection (C) and utilized in deriving per pupil financial
support levels.
(b) "Available Local Resources": A computation of
local financial support, calculated on the basis of Average
Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant to
subsection (D).
(c) "Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes":
Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to "An Act in
relation to the abolition of ad valorem personal property
tax and the replacement of revenues lost thereby, and
amending and repealing certain Acts and parts of Acts in
connection therewith", certified August 14, 1979, as
amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
(d) "Foundation Level": A prescribed level of per pupil
financial support as provided for in subsection (B).
(e) "Operating Tax Rate": All school district property
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Summer School, Rent, Capital Improvement, and Vocational
Education Building purposes.
(B) Foundation Level.
(1) The Foundation Level is a figure established by the
State representing the minimum level of per pupil financial
support that should be available to provide for the basic
education of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance. As set
forth in this Section, each school district is assumed to exert
a sufficient local taxing effort such that, in combination with
the aggregate of general State financial aid provided the
district, an aggregate of State and local resources are
available to meet the basic education needs of pupils in the
district.
(2) For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation Level of
support is $4,225. For the 1999-2000 school year, the
Foundation Level of support is $4,325. For the 2000-2001 school
year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425. For the
2001-2002 school year and 2002-2003 school year, the Foundation
Level of support is $4,560. For the 2003-2004 school year, the
Foundation Level of support is $4,810. For the 2004-2005 school
year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,964. For the
2005-2006 school year, the Foundation Level of support is
$5,164. For the 2006-2007 school year, the Foundation Level of
support is $5,334. For the 2007-2008 school year, the
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year, the Foundation Level of support is $5,959.
(3) For the 2009-2010 and the 2010-2011 school year and
each school year thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is
$6,119 or such greater amount as may be established by law by
the General Assembly.
(4) It is the intention of the 97th General Assembly that
the Foundation Level of support be increased to the Education
Funding Advisory Board's recommendation for the 2006-2007
school year and be inflation adjusted to the 2013-2014 school
year, which would create a Foundation Level of $8,410, and that
this Foundation Level of support be reached as soon as
practicable using the additional revenue generated by the tax
increases provided by Public Act 96-1496.
For the 2011-2012 school year, the Foundation Level of
support is $6,190. For each school year thereafter, the
Foundation Level of support shall be no less than $6,190.
(C) Average Daily Attendance.
(1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant
to subsection (E), an Average Daily Attendance figure shall be
utilized. The Average Daily Attendance figure for formula
calculation purposes shall be the monthly average of the actual
number of pupils in attendance of each school district, as
further averaged for the best 3 months of pupil attendance for
each school district. In compiling the figures for the number
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of Education shall, for purposes of general State aid funding,
conform attendance figures to the requirements of subsection
(F).
(2) The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
subsection (E) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
school year immediately preceding the school year for which
general State aid is being calculated or the average of the
attendance data for the 3 preceding school years, whichever is
greater. The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
subsection (H) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
school year immediately preceding the school year for which
general State aid is being calculated.
(D) Available Local Resources.
(1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant
to subsection (E), a representation of Available Local
Resources per pupil, as that term is defined and determined in
this subsection, shall be utilized. Available Local Resources
per pupil shall include a calculated dollar amount representing
local school district revenues from local property taxes and
from Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes, expressed
on the basis of pupils in Average Daily Attendance. Calculation
of Available Local Resources shall exclude any tax amnesty
funds received as a result of Public Act 93-26.
(2) In determining a school district's revenue from local
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equalized assessed valuation of all taxable property of each
school district as of September 30 of the previous year. The
equalized assessed valuation utilized shall be obtained and
determined as provided in subsection (G).
(3) For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten
through 12, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be
calculated as the product of the applicable equalized assessed
valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%, and divided by
the district's Average Daily Attendance figure. For school
districts maintaining grades kindergarten through 8, local
property tax revenues per pupil shall be calculated as the
product of the applicable equalized assessed valuation for the
district multiplied by 2.30%, and divided by the district's
Average Daily Attendance figure. For school districts
maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax revenues
per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed valuation
of the district multiplied by 1.05%, and divided by the
district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
For partial elementary unit districts created pursuant to
Article 11E of this Code, local property tax revenues per pupil
shall be calculated as the product of the equalized assessed
valuation for property within the partial elementary unit
district for elementary purposes, as defined in Article 11E of
this Code, multiplied by 2.06% and divided by the district's
Average Daily Attendance figure, plus the product of the
equalized assessed valuation for property within the partial

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elementary unit district for high school purposes, as defined
in Article 11E of this Code, multiplied by 0.94% and divided by
the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
(4) The Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes paid
to each school district during the calendar year one year
before the calendar year in which a school year begins, divided
by the Average Daily Attendance figure for that district, shall
be added to the local property tax revenues per pupil as
derived by the application of the immediately preceding
paragraph (3). The sum of these per pupil figures for each
school district shall constitute Available Local Resources as
that term is utilized in subsection (E) in the calculation of
general State aid.
(E) Computation of General State Aid.
(1) For each school year, the amount of general State aid
allotted to a school district shall be computed by the State
Board of Education as provided in this subsection.
(2) For any school district for which Available Local
Resources per pupil is less than the product of 0.93 times the
Foundation Level, general State aid for that district shall be
calculated as an amount equal to the Foundation Level minus
Available Local Resources, multiplied by the Average Daily
Attendance of the school district.
(3) For any school district for which Available Local
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0.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the product of
1.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the Foundation Level
derived using a linear algorithm. Under this linear algorithm,
the calculated general State aid per pupil shall decline in
direct linear fashion from 0.07 times the Foundation Level for
a school district with Available Local Resources equal to the
product of 0.93 times the Foundation Level, to 0.05 times the
Foundation Level for a school district with Available Local
Resources equal to the product of 1.75 times the Foundation
Level. The allocation of general State aid for school districts
subject to this paragraph 3 shall be the calculated general
State aid per pupil figure multiplied by the Average Daily
Attendance of the school district.
(4) For any school district for which Available Local
Resources per pupil equals or exceeds the product of 1.75 times
the Foundation Level, the general State aid for the school
district shall be calculated as the product of $218 multiplied
by the Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
(5) The amount of general State aid allocated to a school
district for the 1999-2000 school year meeting the requirements
set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) shall be increased
by an amount equal to the general State aid that would have
been received by the district for the 1998-1999 school year by
utilizing the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed
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the general State aid allotted for the 1998-1999 school year.
This amount shall be deemed a one time increase, and shall not
affect any future general State aid allocations.
(F) Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
(1) Each school district shall, by July 1 of each year,
submit to the State Board of Education, on forms prescribed by
the State Board of Education, attendance figures for the school
year that began in the preceding calendar year. The attendance
information so transmitted shall identify the average daily
attendance figures for each month of the school year. Beginning
with the general State aid claim form for the 2002-2003 school
year, districts shall calculate Average Daily Attendance as
provided in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of this paragraph
(1).
(a) In districts that do not hold year-round classes,
days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
to the month of May.
(b) In districts in which all buildings hold year-round
classes, days of attendance in July and August shall be
added to the month of September and any days of attendance
in June shall be added to the month of May.
(c) In districts in which some buildings, but not all,
hold year-round classes, for the non-year-round buildings,
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September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
to the month of May. The average daily attendance for the
year-round buildings shall be computed as provided in
subdivision (b) of this paragraph (1). To calculate the
Average Daily Attendance for the district, the average
daily attendance for the year-round buildings shall be
multiplied by the days in session for the non-year-round
buildings for each month and added to the monthly
attendance of the non-year-round buildings.
Except as otherwise provided in this Section, days of
attendance by pupils shall be counted only for sessions of not
less than 5 clock hours of school work per day under direct
supervision of: (i) teachers, or (ii) non-teaching personnel or
volunteer personnel when engaging in non-teaching duties and
supervising in those instances specified in subsection (a) of
Section 10-22.34 and paragraph 10 of Section 34-18, with pupils
of legal school age and in kindergarten and grades 1 through
12.
Days of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited
only to the districts that pay the tuition to a recognized
school.
(2) Days of attendance by pupils of less than 5 clock hours
of school shall be subject to the following provisions in the
compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
(a) Pupils regularly enrolled in a public school for
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of 1/6 day for every class hour of instruction of 40
minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment,
unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of 80
minutes or more of instruction, in which case the pupil may
be counted on the basis of the proportion of minutes of
school work completed each day to the minimum number of
minutes that school work is required to be held that day.
(b) Days of attendance may be less than 5 clock hours
on the opening and closing of the school term, and upon the
first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by a day or days
utilized as an institute or teachers' workshop.
(c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be counted
as a day of attendance upon certification by the regional
superintendent, and approved by the State Superintendent
of Education to the extent that the district has been
forced to use daily multiple sessions.
(d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be counted
as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder of the school
day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that day is
utilized for an in-service training program for teachers,
up to a maximum of 5 days per school year, provided a
district conducts an in-service training program for
teachers in accordance with Section 10-22.39 of this Code;
or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be used, in
which event each such day may be counted as a day required
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this Code; (1.5) when, of the 5 days allowed under item
(1), a maximum of 4 days are used for parent-teacher
conferences, or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days are
used, in which case each such day may be counted as a
calendar day required under Section 10-19 of this Code,
provided that the full-day, parent-teacher conference
consists of (i) a minimum of 5 clock hours of
parent-teacher conferences, (ii) both a minimum of 2 clock
hours of parent-teacher conferences held in the evening
following a full day of student attendance, as specified in
subsection (F)(1)(c), and a minimum of 3 clock hours of
parent-teacher conferences held on the day immediately
following evening parent-teacher conferences, or (iii)
multiple parent-teacher conferences held in the evenings
following full days of student attendance, as specified in
subsection (F)(1)(c), in which the time used for the
parent-teacher conferences is equivalent to a minimum of 5
clock hours; and (2) when days in addition to those
provided in items (1) and (1.5) are scheduled by a school
pursuant to its school improvement plan adopted under
Article 34 or its revised or amended school improvement
plan adopted under Article 2, provided that (i) such
sessions of 3 or more clock hours are scheduled to occur at
regular intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in
which such sessions occur are utilized for in-service
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for teachers, and (iii) a sufficient number of minutes of
school work under the direct supervision of teachers are
added to the school days between such regularly scheduled
sessions to accumulate not less than the number of minutes
by which such sessions of 3 or more clock hours fall short
of 5 clock hours. Any full days used for the purposes of
this paragraph shall not be considered for computing
average daily attendance. Days scheduled for in-service
training programs, staff development activities, or
parent-teacher conferences may be scheduled separately for
different grade levels and different attendance centers of
the district.
(e) A session of not less than one clock hour of
teaching hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or by
telephone to the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day of
attendance, however these pupils must receive 4 or more
clock hours of instruction to be counted for a full day of
attendance.
(f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be counted
as a day of attendance for first grade pupils, and pupils
in full day kindergartens, and a session of 2 or more hours
may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by pupils in
kindergartens which provide only 1/2 day of attendance.
(g) For children with disabilities who are below the
age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock hours
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less than one clock hour may be counted as 1/2 day of
attendance; however for such children whose educational
needs so require a session of 4 or more clock hours may be
counted as a full day of attendance.
(h) A recognized kindergarten which provides for only
1/2 day of attendance by each pupil shall not have more
than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any one day. However,
kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance in any 5
consecutive school days. When a pupil attends such a
kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school day, the
pupil shall have the following day as a day absent from
school, unless the school district obtains permission in
writing from the State Superintendent of Education.
Attendance at kindergartens which provide for a full day of
attendance by each pupil shall be counted the same as
attendance by first grade pupils. Only the first year of
attendance in one kindergarten shall be counted, except in
case of children who entered the kindergarten in their
fifth year whose educational development requires a second
year of kindergarten as determined under the rules and
regulations of the State Board of Education.
(i) On the days when the Prairie State Achievement
Examination is administered under subsection (c) of
Section 2-3.64 of this Code, the day of attendance for a
pupil whose school day must be shortened to accommodate
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and shall be counted towards the 176 days of actual pupil
attendance required under Section 10-19 of this Code,
provided that a sufficient number of minutes of school work
in excess of 5 clock hours are first completed on other
school days to compensate for the loss of school work on
the examination days.
(G) Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
(1) For purposes of the calculation of Available Local
Resources required pursuant to subsection (D), the State Board
of Education shall secure from the Department of Revenue the
value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue of
all taxable property of every school district, together with
(i) the applicable tax rate used in extending taxes for the
funds of the district as of September 30 of the previous year
and (ii) the limiting rate for all school districts subject to
property tax extension limitations as imposed under the
Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
The Department of Revenue shall add to the equalized
assessed value of all taxable property of each school district
situated entirely or partially within a county that is or was
subject to the provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the
Property Tax Code (a) an amount equal to the total amount by
which the homestead exemption allowed under Section 15-176 or
15-177 of the Property Tax Code for real property situated in
that school district exceeds the total amount that would have

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been allowed in that school district if the maximum reduction
under Section 15-176 was (i) $4,500 in Cook County or $3,500 in
all other counties in tax year 2003 or (ii) $5,000 in all
counties in tax year 2004 and thereafter and (b) an amount
equal to the aggregate amount for the taxable year of all
additional exemptions under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax
Code for owners with a household income of $30,000 or less. The
county clerk of any county that is or was subject to the
provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code
shall annually calculate and certify to the Department of
Revenue for each school district all homestead exemption
amounts under Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code
and all amounts of additional exemptions under Section 15-175
of the Property Tax Code for owners with a household income of
$30,000 or less. It is the intent of this paragraph that if the
general homestead exemption for a parcel of property is
determined under Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax
Code rather than Section 15-175, then the calculation of
Available Local Resources shall not be affected by the
difference, if any, between the amount of the general homestead
exemption allowed for that parcel of property under Section
15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code and the amount that
would have been allowed had the general homestead exemption for
that parcel of property been determined under Section 15-175 of
the Property Tax Code. It is further the intent of this
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Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code for owners with a
household income of less than $30,000, then the calculation of
Available Local Resources shall not be affected by the
difference, if any, because of those additional exemptions.
This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
calculation of Available Local Resources.
(2) The equalized assessed valuation in paragraph (1) shall
be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
(a) For the purposes of calculating State aid under
this Section, with respect to any part of a school district
within a redevelopment project area in respect to which a
municipality has adopted tax increment allocation
financing pursuant to the Tax Increment Allocation
Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through 11-74.4-11
of the Illinois Municipal Code or the Industrial Jobs
Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through 11-74.6-50 of the
Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the current equalized
assessed valuation of real property located in any such
project area which is attributable to an increase above the
total initial equalized assessed valuation of such
property shall be used as part of the equalized assessed
valuation of the district, until such time as all
redevelopment project costs have been paid, as provided in
Section 11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment Allocation
Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of the

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Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose of the
equalized assessed valuation of the district, the total
initial equalized assessed valuation or the current
equalized assessed valuation, whichever is lower, shall be
used until such time as all redevelopment project costs
have been paid.
(b) The real property equalized assessed valuation for
a school district shall be adjusted by subtracting from the
real property value as equalized or assessed by the
Department of Revenue for the district an amount computed
by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes under
Section 18-170 of the Property Tax Code by 3.00% for a
district maintaining grades kindergarten through 12, by
2.30% for a district maintaining grades kindergarten
through 8, or by 1.05% for a district maintaining grades 9
through 12 and adjusted by an amount computed by dividing
the amount of any abatement of taxes under subsection (a)
of Section 18-165 of the Property Tax Code by the same
percentage rates for district type as specified in this
subparagraph (b).
(3) For the 1999-2000 school year and each school year
thereafter, if a school district meets all of the criteria of
this subsection (G)(3), the school district's Available Local
Resources shall be calculated under subsection (D) using the
district's Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation
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For purposes of this subsection (G)(3) the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
"Budget Year": The school year for which general State
aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
"Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used to
calculate the Budget Year allocation of general State aid.
"Preceding Tax Year": The property tax levy year
immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
"Base Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of the
equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County Clerk
in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting rate as
calculated by the County Clerk and defined in the Property
Tax Extension Limitation Law.
"Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of
the equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County
Clerk in the Preceding Tax Year multiplied by the Operating
Tax Rate as defined in subsection (A).
"Extension Limitation Ratio": A numerical ratio,
certified by the County Clerk, in which the numerator is
the Base Tax Year's Tax Extension and the denominator is
the Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension.
"Operating Tax Rate": The operating tax rate as defined
in subsection (A).
If a school district is subject to property tax extension
limitations as imposed under the Property Tax Extension
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the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of that
district. For the 1999-2000 school year, the Extension
Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as
calculated by the State Board of Education shall be equal to
the product of the district's 1996 Equalized Assessed Valuation
and the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. Except as
otherwise provided in this paragraph for a school district that
has approved or does approve an increase in its limiting rate,
for the 2000-2001 school year and each school year thereafter,
the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a
school district as calculated by the State Board of Education
shall be equal to the product of the Equalized Assessed
Valuation last used in the calculation of general State aid and
the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension
Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as
calculated under this subsection (G)(3) is less than the
district's equalized assessed valuation as calculated pursuant
to subsections (G)(1) and (G)(2), then for purposes of
calculating the district's general State aid for the Budget
Year pursuant to subsection (E), that Extension Limitation
Equalized Assessed Valuation shall be utilized to calculate the
district's Available Local Resources under subsection (D). For
the 2009-2010 school year and each school year thereafter, if a
school district has approved or does approve an increase in its
limiting rate, pursuant to Section 18-190 of the Property Tax
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Equalized Assessed Valuation of the school district, as
calculated by the State Board of Education, shall be equal to
the product of the Equalized Assessed Valuation last used in
the calculation of general State aid times an amount equal to
one plus the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price
Index for all Urban Consumers for all items published by the
United States Department of Labor for the 12-month calendar
year preceding the Base Tax Year, plus the Equalized Assessed
Valuation of new property, annexed property, and recovered tax
increment value and minus the Equalized Assessed Valuation of
disconnected property. New property and recovered tax
increment value shall have the meanings set forth in the
Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
Partial elementary unit districts created in accordance
with Article 11E of this Code shall not be eligible for the
adjustment in this subsection (G)(3) until the fifth year
following the effective date of the reorganization.
(3.5) For the 2010-2011 school year and each school year
thereafter, if a school district's boundaries span multiple
counties, then the Department of Revenue shall send to the
State Board of Education, for the purpose of calculating
general State aid, the limiting rate and individual rates by
purpose for the county that contains the majority of the school
district's Equalized Assessed Valuation.
(4) For the purposes of calculating general State aid for
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experienced a triennial reassessment on the equalized assessed
valuation used in calculating its general State financial aid
apportionment for the 1998-1999 school year, the State Board of
Education shall calculate the Extension Limitation Equalized
Assessed Valuation that would have been used to calculate the
district's 1998-1999 general State aid. This amount shall equal
the product of the equalized assessed valuation used to
calculate general State aid for the 1997-1998 school year and
the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension
Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of the school district
as calculated under this paragraph (4) is less than the
district's equalized assessed valuation utilized in
calculating the district's 1998-1999 general State aid
allocation, then for purposes of calculating the district's
general State aid pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection (E),
that Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation shall
be utilized to calculate the district's Available Local
Resources.
(5) For school districts having a majority of their
equalized assessed valuation in any county except Cook, DuPage,
Kane, Lake, McHenry, or Will, if the amount of general State
aid allocated to the school district for the 1999-2000 school
year under the provisions of subsection (E), (H), and (J) of
this Section is less than the amount of general State aid
allocated to the district for the 1998-1999 school year under
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for the 1999-2000 school year only shall be increased by the
difference between these amounts. The total payments made under
this paragraph (5) shall not exceed $14,000,000. Claims shall
be prorated if they exceed $14,000,000.
(H) Supplemental General State Aid.
(1) In addition to the general State aid a school district
is allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying school
districts shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction with a
district's payments of general State aid, for supplemental
general State aid based upon the concentration level of
children from low-income households within the school
district. Supplemental State aid grants provided for school
districts under this subsection shall be appropriated for
distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
in which the general State financial aid of school districts is
appropriated under this Section.
(1.5) This paragraph (1.5) applies only to those school
years preceding the 2003-2004 school year. For purposes of this
subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
shall be the low-income eligible pupil count from the most
recently available federal census divided by the Average Daily
Attendance of the school district. If, however, (i) the
percentage decrease from the 2 most recent federal censuses in
the low-income eligible pupil count of a high school district
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percentage change in the total low-income eligible pupil count
of contiguous elementary school districts, whose boundaries
are coterminous with the high school district, or (ii) a high
school district within 2 counties and serving 5 elementary
school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous with the
high school district, has a percentage decrease from the 2 most
recent federal censuses in the low-income eligible pupil count
and there is a percentage increase in the total low-income
eligible pupil count of a majority of the elementary school
districts in excess of 50% from the 2 most recent federal
censuses, then the high school district's low-income eligible
pupil count from the earlier federal census shall be the number
used as the low-income eligible pupil count for the high school
district, for purposes of this subsection (H). The changes made
to this paragraph (1) by Public Act 92-28 shall apply to
supplemental general State aid grants for school years
preceding the 2003-2004 school year that are paid in fiscal
year 1999 or thereafter and to any State aid payments made in
fiscal year 1994 through fiscal year 1998 pursuant to
subsection 1(n) of Section 18-8 of this Code (which was
repealed on July 1, 1998), and any high school district that is
affected by Public Act 92-28 is entitled to a recomputation of
its supplemental general State aid grant or State aid paid in
any of those fiscal years. This recomputation shall not be
affected by any other funding.
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school year and each school year thereafter. For purposes of
this subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
shall, for each fiscal year, be the low-income eligible pupil
count as of July 1 of the immediately preceding fiscal year (as
determined by the Department of Human Services based on the
number of pupils who are eligible for at least one of the
following low income programs: Medicaid, the Children's Health
Insurance Program, TANF, or Food Stamps, excluding pupils who
are eligible for services provided by the Department of
Children and Family Services, averaged over the 2 immediately
preceding fiscal years for fiscal year 2004 and over the 3
immediately preceding fiscal years for each fiscal year
thereafter) divided by the Average Daily Attendance of the
school district.
(2) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 1998-1999,
1999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years only:
(a) For any school district with a Low Income
Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by the
low income eligible pupil count.
(b) For any school district with a Low Income
Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall be $1,100
multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
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Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
grant for the 1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
(d) For any school district with a Low Income
Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for the
1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
income eligible pupil count.
(e) For the 1999-2000 school year, the per pupil amount
specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d) immediately
above shall be increased to $1,243, $1,600, and $2,000,
respectively.
(f) For the 2000-2001 school year, the per pupil
amounts specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d)
immediately above shall be $1,273, $1,640, and $2,050,
respectively.
(2.5) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2002-2003
school year:
(a) For any school district with a Low Income
Concentration Level of less than 10%, the grant for each
school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
eligible pupil count.
(b) For any school district with a Low Income
Concentration Level of at least 10% and less than 20%, the
grant for each school year shall be $675 multiplied by the
low income eligible pupil count.

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(c) For any school district with a Low Income
Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
grant for each school year shall be $1,330 multiplied by
the low income eligible pupil count.
(d) For any school district with a Low Income
Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
grant for each school year shall be $1,362 multiplied by
the low income eligible pupil count.
(e) For any school district with a Low Income
Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
grant for each school year shall be $1,680 multiplied by
the low income eligible pupil count.
(f) For any school district with a Low Income
Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for each
school year shall be $2,080 multiplied by the low income
eligible pupil count.
(2.10) Except as otherwise provided, supplemental general
State aid pursuant to this subsection (H) shall be provided as
follows for the 2003-2004 school year and each school year
thereafter:
(a) For any school district with a Low Income
Concentration Level of 15% or less, the grant for each
school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
eligible pupil count.
(b) For any school district with a Low Income
Concentration Level greater than 15%, the grant for each

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school year shall be $294.25 added to the product of $2,700
and the square of the Low Income Concentration Level, all
multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
For the 2003-2004 school year and each school year
thereafter through the 2008-2009 school year only, the grant
shall be no less than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year.
For the 2009-2010 school year only, the grant shall be no less
than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by
0.66. For the 2010-2011 school year only, the grant shall be no
less than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by
0.33. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph to the
contrary, if for any school year supplemental general State aid
grants are prorated as provided in paragraph (1) of this
subsection (H), then the grants under this paragraph shall be
prorated.
For the 2003-2004 school year only, the grant shall be no
greater than the grant received during the 2002-2003 school
year added to the product of 0.25 multiplied by the difference
between the grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b)
of this paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the
grant received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the
2004-2005 school year only, the grant shall be no greater than
the grant received during the 2002-2003 school year added to
the product of 0.50 multiplied by the difference between the
grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this
paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant

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received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the 2005-2006
school year only, the grant shall be no greater than the grant
received during the 2002-2003 school year added to the product
of 0.75 multiplied by the difference between the grant amount
calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this paragraph
(2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant received during
the 2002-2003 school year.
(3) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
more than 1,000 and less than 50,000 that qualify for
supplemental general State aid pursuant to this subsection
shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
October 30 of each year for the use of the funds resulting from
this grant of supplemental general State aid for the
improvement of instruction in which priority is given to
meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children. Such
plan shall be submitted in accordance with rules and
regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
(4) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
50,000 or more that qualify for supplemental general State aid
pursuant to this subsection shall be required to distribute
from funds available pursuant to this Section, no less than
$261,000,000 in accordance with the following requirements:
(a) The required amounts shall be distributed to the
attendance centers within the district in proportion to the
number of pupils enrolled at each attendance center who are
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breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966
and under the National School Lunch Act during the
immediately preceding school year.
(b) The distribution of these portions of supplemental
and general State aid among attendance centers according to
these requirements shall not be compensated for or
contravened by adjustments of the total of other funds
appropriated to any attendance centers, and the Board of
Education shall utilize funding from one or several sources
in order to fully implement this provision annually prior
to the opening of school.
(c) Each attendance center shall be provided by the
school district a distribution of noncategorical funds and
other categorical funds to which an attendance center is
entitled under law in order that the general State aid and
supplemental general State aid provided by application of
this subsection supplements rather than supplants the
noncategorical funds and other categorical funds provided
by the school district to the attendance centers.
(d) Any funds made available under this subsection that
by reason of the provisions of this subsection are not
required to be allocated and provided to attendance centers
may be used and appropriated by the board of the district
for any lawful school purpose.
(e) Funds received by an attendance center pursuant to
this subsection shall be used by the attendance center at

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the discretion of the principal and local school council
for programs to improve educational opportunities at
qualifying schools through the following programs and
services: early childhood education, reduced class size or
improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
programs, remedial assistance, attendance improvement, and
other educationally beneficial expenditures which
supplement the regular and basic programs as determined by
the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not be
expended for any political or lobbying purposes as defined
by board rule.
(f) Each district subject to the provisions of this
subdivision (H)(4) shall submit an acceptable plan to meet
the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
compliance with the requirements of this paragraph, to the
State Board of Education prior to July 15 of each year.
This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of local
school councils concerning the school expenditure plans
developed in accordance with part 4 of Section 34-2.3. The
State Board shall approve or reject the plan within 60 days
after its submission. If the plan is rejected, the district
shall give written notice of intent to modify the plan
within 15 days of the notification of rejection and then
submit a modified plan within 30 days after the date of the
written notice of intent to modify. Districts may amend
approved plans pursuant to rules promulgated by the State

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Board of Education.
Upon notification by the State Board of Education that
the district has not submitted a plan prior to July 15 or a
modified plan within the time period specified herein, the
State aid funds affected by that plan or modified plan
shall be withheld by the State Board of Education until a
plan or modified plan is submitted.
If the district fails to distribute State aid to
attendance centers in accordance with an approved plan, the
plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
addition to the funds otherwise required by this
subsection, to those attendance centers which were
underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal to
such underfunding.
For purposes of determining compliance with this
subsection in relation to the requirements of attendance
center funding, each district subject to the provisions of
this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data for
the prior year in addition to any modification of its
current plan. If it is determined that there has been a
failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
subsection regarding contravention or supplanting, the
State Superintendent of Education shall, within 60 days of
receipt of the report, notify the district and any affected
local school council. The district shall within 45 days of

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receipt of that notification inform the State
Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
action to be taken, whether by amendment of the current
plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the
following year. Failure to provide the expenditure report
or the notification of remedial or corrective action in a
timely manner shall result in a withholding of the affected
funds.
The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and
regulations to implement the provisions of this
subsection. No funds shall be released under this
subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted a
plan that has been approved by the State Board of
Education.
(I) (Blank).
(J) Supplementary Grants in Aid.
(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section,
the amount of the aggregate general State aid in combination
with supplemental general State aid under this Section for
which each school district is eligible shall be no less than
the amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that
was received by the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of
amounts received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that
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provisions of that Section as it was then in effect. If a
school district qualifies to receive a supplementary payment
made under this subsection (J), the amount of the aggregate
general State aid in combination with supplemental general
State aid under this Section which that district is eligible to
receive for each school year shall be no less than the amount
of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that was
received by the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of
amounts received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that
Section) for the 1997-1998 school year, pursuant to the
provisions of that Section as it was then in effect.
(2) If, as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection
(J), a school district is to receive aggregate general State
aid in combination with supplemental general State aid under
this Section for the 1998-99 school year and any subsequent
school year that in any such school year is less than the
amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that the
district received for the 1997-98 school year, the school
district shall also receive, from a separate appropriation made
for purposes of this subsection (J), a supplementary payment
that is equal to the amount of the difference in the aggregate
State aid figures as described in paragraph (1).
(3) (Blank).
(K) Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
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of a public university that operates a laboratory school under
this Section or to any alternative school that is operated by a
regional superintendent of schools, the State Board of
Education shall require by rule such reporting requirements as
it deems necessary.
As used in this Section, "laboratory school" means a public
school which is created and operated by a public university and
approved by the State Board of Education. The governing board
of a public university which receives funds from the State
Board under this subsection (K) may not increase the number of
students enrolled in its laboratory school from a single
district, if that district is already sending 50 or more
students, except under a mutual agreement between the school
board of a student's district of residence and the university
which operates the laboratory school. A laboratory school may
not have more than 1,000 students, excluding students with
disabilities in a special education program.
As used in this Section, "alternative school" means a
public school which is created and operated by a Regional
Superintendent of Schools and approved by the State Board of
Education. Such alternative schools may offer courses of
instruction for which credit is given in regular school
programs, courses to prepare students for the high school
equivalency testing program or vocational and occupational
training. A regional superintendent of schools may contract
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to operate an alternative school. An alternative school serving
more than one educational service region may be established by
the regional superintendents of schools of the affected
educational service regions. An alternative school serving
more than one educational service region may be operated under
such terms as the regional superintendents of schools of those
educational service regions may agree.
Each laboratory and alternative school shall file, on forms
provided by the State Superintendent of Education, an annual
State aid claim which states the Average Daily Attendance of
the school's students by month. The best 3 months' Average
Daily Attendance shall be computed for each school. The general
State aid entitlement shall be computed by multiplying the
applicable Average Daily Attendance by the Foundation Level as
determined under this Section.
(L) Payments, Additional Grants in Aid and Other Requirements.
(1) For a school district operating under the financial
supervision of an Authority created under Article 34A, the
general State aid otherwise payable to that district under this
Section, but not the supplemental general State aid, shall be
reduced by an amount equal to the budget for the operations of
the Authority as certified by the Authority to the State Board
of Education, and an amount equal to such reduction shall be
paid to the Authority created for such district for its
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remainder of general State school aid for any such district
shall be paid in accordance with Article 34A when that Article
provides for a disposition other than that provided by this
Article.
(2) (Blank).
(3) Summer school. Summer school payments shall be made as
provided in Section 18-4.3.
(M) Education Funding Advisory Board.
The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created.
The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
members appointed shall include representatives of education,
business, and the general public. One of the members so
appointed shall be designated by the Governor at the time the
appointment is made as the chairperson of the Board. The
initial members of the Board may be appointed any time after
the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997. The regular
term of each member of the Board shall be for 4 years from the
third Monday of January of the year in which the term of the
member's appointment is to commence, except that of the 5
initial members appointed to serve on the Board, the member who
is appointed as the chairperson shall serve for a term that
commences on the date of his or her appointment and expires on
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by lots drawn at the first meeting of the Board that is held
after all 5 members are appointed, shall determine 2 of their
number to serve for terms that commence on the date of their
respective appointments and expire on the third Monday of
January, 2001, and 2 of their number to serve for terms that
commence on the date of their respective appointments and
expire on the third Monday of January, 2000. All members
appointed to serve on the Board shall serve until their
respective successors are appointed and confirmed. Vacancies
shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. If
a vacancy in membership occurs at a time when the Senate is not
in session, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment
until the next meeting of the Senate, when he or she shall
appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a
person to fill that membership for the unexpired term. If the
Senate is not in session when the initial appointments are
made, those appointments shall be made as in the case of
vacancies.
The Education Funding Advisory Board shall be deemed
established, and the initial members appointed by the Governor
to serve as members of the Board shall take office, on the date
that the Governor makes his or her appointment of the fifth
initial member of the Board, whether those initial members are
then serving pursuant to appointment and confirmation or
pursuant to temporary appointments that are made by the
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The State Board of Education shall provide such staff
assistance to the Education Funding Advisory Board as is
reasonably required for the proper performance by the Board of
its responsibilities.
For school years after the 2000-2001 school year, the
Education Funding Advisory Board, in consultation with the
State Board of Education, shall make recommendations as
provided in this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for the
foundation level under subsection (B) subdivision (B)(3) of
this Section and for the supplemental general State aid grant
level under subsection (H) of this Section for districts with
high concentrations of children from poverty. The recommended
foundation level shall be determined based on a methodology
which incorporates the basic education expenditures of
low-spending schools exhibiting high academic performance. The
Education Funding Advisory Board shall make such
recommendations to the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.
(N) (Blank).
(O) References.
(1) References in other laws to the various subdivisions of
Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer to
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extent that those references remain applicable.
(2) References in other laws to State Chapter 1 funds shall
be deemed to refer to the supplemental general State aid
provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
(P) Public Act 93-838 and Public Act 93-808 make inconsistent
changes to this Section. Under Section 6 of the Statute on
Statutes there is an irreconcilable conflict between Public Act
93-808 and Public Act 93-838. Public Act 93-838, being the last
acted upon, is controlling. The text of Public Act 93-838 is
the law regardless of the text of Public Act 93-808.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-644, eff. 10-12-07;
95-707, eff. 1-11-08; 95-744, eff. 7-18-08; 95-903, eff.
8-25-08; 96-45, eff. 7-15-09; 96-152, eff. 8-7-09; 96-300, eff.
8-11-09; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 96-640, eff. 8-24-09; 96-959,
eff. 7-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1480, eff. 11-18-10;
revised 11-24-10.)
(105 ILCS 5/19-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-3)
Sec. 19-3. Boards of education. Any school district
governed by a board of education and having a population of not
more than 500,000 inhabitants, and not governed by a special
Act may borrow money for the purpose of building, equipping,
altering or repairing school buildings or purchasing or
improving school sites, or acquiring and equipping
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buildings or land used or useful for school purposes or for the
purpose of purchasing a site, with or without a building or
buildings thereon, or for the building of a house or houses on
such site, or for the building of a house or houses on the
school site of the school district, for residential purposes of
the superintendent, principal, or teachers of the school
district, and issue its negotiable coupon bonds therefor signed
by the president and secretary of the board, in denominations
of not less than $100 nor more than $5,000, payable at such
place and at such time or times, not exceeding 20 years, with
the exception of Lockport High School not exceeding 25 years,
from date of issuance, as the board of education may prescribe,
and bearing interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate
authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the
time of the making of the contract, payable annually,
semiannually or quarterly, but, with the exception of those
bonds described in Section 17-2.11d of this Code, no such bonds
shall be issued unless the proposition to issue them is
submitted to the voters of the district at a referendum held at
a regularly scheduled election after the board has certified
the proposition to the proper election authorities in
accordance with the general election law, a majority of all the
votes cast on the proposition is in favor of the proposition,
and notice of such bond referendum has been given either (i) in
accordance with the second paragraph of Section 12-1 of the
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reference to the public question as it appeared on the ballot,
or (ii) for an election held on or after November 1, 1998, in
accordance with Section 12-5 of the Election Code, or (iii) by
publication of a true and legible copy of the specimen ballot
label containing the proposition in the form in which it
appeared or will appear on the official ballot label on the day
of the election at least 5 days before the day of the election
in at least one newspaper published in and having a general
circulation in the district, irrespective of any other
requirements of Article 12 or Section 24A-18 of the Election
Code, nor shall any residential site be acquired unless such
proposition to acquire a site is submitted to the voters of the
district at a referendum held at a regularly scheduled election
after the board has certified the proposition to the proper
election authorities in accordance with the general election
law and a majority of all the votes cast on the proposition is
in favor of the proposition. Nothing in this Act or in any
other law shall be construed to require the notice of the bond
referendum to be published over the name or title of the
election authority or the listing of maturity dates of any
bonds either in the notice of bond election or ballot used in
the bond election. The provisions of this Section concerning
notice of the bond referendum apply only to (i) consolidated
primary elections held prior to January 1, 2002 and the
consolidated election held on April 17, 2007 at which not less
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favor of the bond proposition, and (ii) other elections held
before July 1, 1999; otherwise, notices required in connection
with the submission of public questions shall be as set forth
in Section 12-5 of the Election Code. Such proposition may be
initiated by resolution of the school board.
With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued
under this Section either before, on, or after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1989, it is and always has been
the intention of the General Assembly (i) that the Omnibus Bond
Acts are and always have been supplementary grants of power to
issue instruments in accordance with the Omnibus Bond Acts,
regardless of any provision of this Act that may appear to be
or to have been more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that the
provisions of this Section are not a limitation on the
supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts, and
(iii) that instruments issued under this Section within the
supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts are
not invalid because of any provision of this Act that may
appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts.
The proceeds of any bonds issued under authority of this
Section shall be deposited and accounted for separately within
the Site and Construction/Capital Improvements Fund.
(Source: P.A. 95-30, eff. 8-7-07; 96-787, eff. 8-28-09.)
(105 ILCS 5/21A-3 new)
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Program under this Article shall accomplish the following
goals:
(1) provide an effective transition into the teaching
career for first year and second-year teachers in Illinois;
(2) improve the educational performance of pupils
through improved training, information, and assistance for
new teachers;
(3) ensure professional success and retention of new
teachers;
(4) ensure that mentors provide intensive
individualized support and assistance to each
participating beginning teacher;
(5) ensure that an individual induction plan is in
place for each beginning teacher and is based on an ongoing
assessment of the development of the beginning teacher; and
(6) ensure continuous program improvement through
ongoing research, development and evaluation.
(105 ILCS 5/21A-5)
Sec. 21A-5. Definitions. In this Article:
"New teacher" or "beginning teacher" means the holder of an
Initial Teaching Certificate, as set forth in Section 21-2 of
this Code, an Alternative Teaching Certificate, or a
Transitional Bilingual Teaching Certificate, who is employed
by a public school and who has not previously participated in a
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Article, except as provided in Section 21A-25 of this Code.
"Public school" means any school operating pursuant to the
authority of this Code, including without limitation a school
district, a charter school, a cooperative or joint agreement
with a governing body or board of control, and a school
operated by a regional office of education or State agency.
(Source: P.A. 93-355, eff. 1-1-04.)
(105 ILCS 5/21A-10)
Sec. 21A-10. Development of program required. Prior to the
2013-2014 During the 2003-2004 school year, each public school
or 2 or more public schools acting jointly shall develop, in
conjunction with its exclusive representative or their
exclusive representatives, if any, a new teacher induction and
mentoring program that meets the requirements set forth in
Section 21A-20 of this Code to assist new teachers in
developing the skills and strategies necessary for
instructional excellence, provided that funding is made
available by the State Board of Education from an appropriation
made for this purpose. A public school that has an existing
induction and mentoring program that does not meet the
requirements set forth in Section 21A-20 of this Code may have
school years 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 to develop a program that
does meet those requirements and may receive funding as
described in Section 21A-25 of this Code, provided that the
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an appropriation made for this purpose. A public school with
such an existing induction and mentoring program may receive
funding for the 2005-2006 school year for each new teacher in
the second year of a 2-year program that does not meet the
requirements set forth in Section 21A-20, as long as the public
school has established the required new program by the
beginning of that school year as described in Section 21A-15
and provided that funding is made available by the State Board
of Education from an appropriation made for this purpose as
described in Section 21A-25.
(Source: P.A. 93-355, eff. 1-1-04.)
(105 ILCS 5/21A-15)
Sec. 21A-15. When program is to be established and
implemented. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Code, by the beginning of the 2013-2013 2004-2005 school year
(or by the beginning of the 2005-2006 school year for a public
school that has been given an extension of time to develop a
program under Section 21A-10 of this Code), each public school
or 2 or more public schools acting jointly shall establish and
implement, in conjunction with its exclusive representative or
their exclusive representatives, if any, the new teacher
induction and mentoring program required to be developed under
Section 21A-10 of this Code, provided that funding is made
available by the State Board of Education, from an
appropriation made for this purpose, as described in Section

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21A-25 of this Code. A public school may contract with an
institution of higher education or other independent party to
assist in implementing the program.
(Source: P.A. 93-355, eff. 1-1-04.)
(105 ILCS 5/21A-20)
Sec. 21A-20. Program requirements. Each new teacher
induction and mentoring program must be based on a plan that at
least does all of the following:
(1) Assigns a mentor teacher to each new teacher to
provide structured and intensive mentoring, as defined by
the State Board of Education, for a period of at least 2
school years.
(1.5) Ensures mentors are:
(A) carefully selected from experienced, exemplary
teachers using a clearly articulated, well-defined,
explicit criteria and open processes that may involve
key school partners;
(B) rigorously trained using best practices in the
field to ensure they are well prepared to assume their
responsibilities and are consistently supported in
their efforts to assist beginning teachers;
(C) provided with sufficient release time from
teaching to allow them to meet their responsibilities
as mentors, including regular contacts with their
beginning teachers and frequent observations of their

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teaching practice; and
(D) equipped and selected to provide
classroom-focused and content-focused support whenever
possible.
(2) Aligns with the Illinois Professional Teaching
Standards, content area standards, and applicable local
school improvement and professional development plans, if
any.
(3) (Blank). Addresses all of the following elements
and how they will be provided:
(A) Mentoring and support of the new teacher.
(B) Professional development specifically designed
to ensure the growth of the new teacher's knowledge and
skills.
(C) Formative assessment designed to ensure
feedback and reflection, which must not be used in any
evaluation of the new teacher.
(4) Describes the role of mentor teachers, the criteria
and process for their selection, and how they will be
trained, provided that each mentor teacher shall
demonstrate the best practices in teaching his or her
respective field of practice. A mentor teacher may not
directly or indirectly participate in the evaluation of a
new teacher pursuant to Article 24A of this Code or the
evaluation procedure of the public school, unless the
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its teachers negotiate and agree to it as part of an
alternative evaluation plan under Section 24A-5 or 24A-8 of
this Code.
(5) Provides ongoing professional development for both
beginning teachers and mentors.
(A) Beginning teachers shall participate in an
ongoing, formal network of novice colleagues for the
purpose of professional learning, problem-solving, and
mutual support. These regular learning opportunities
shall begin with an orientation to the induction and
mentoring program prior to the start of the school year
and continue throughout the academic year. The group
shall address issues of pedagogy, classroom management
and content knowledge, beginning teachers' assessed
needs, and local instructional needs or priorities.
(B) Mentors shall participate in an ongoing
professional learning community that supports their
practice and their use of mentoring tools, protocols,
and formative assessment in order to tailor and deepen
mentoring skills and advance induction practices,
support program implementation, provide for mentor
accountability in a supportive environment, and
provide support to each mentor's emerging leadership.
(6) Provides for ongoing assessment of beginning
teacher practice. Beginning teachers shall be subject to a
system of formative assessment in which the novice and

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mentor collaboratively collect and analyze multiple
sources of data and reflect upon classroom practice in an
ongoing process. This assessment system shall be based on
the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards (IPTS), the
IPTS Continuum of Teacher Development, or a nationally
recognized teaching framework, as well as evidence of
teacher practice, including student work. The assessment
information shall be used to determine the scope, focus,
and content of professional development activities that
are the basis of the beginning teacher's individual
learning plan. The program shall provide time to ensure
that the quality of the process (such as observations, data
collection, and reflective conversations) is not
compromised.
(7) Identifies clear roles and responsibilities for
both administrators and site mentor leaders who are to work
collectively to ensure induction practices are integrated
into existing professional development initiatives and to
secure assignments and establish working conditions for
beginning teachers that maximize their chances for
success. Administrators and site mentor leaders must have
sufficient knowledge and experience to understand the
needs of beginning teachers and the role of principals in
supporting each component of the program. Site
administrators must take time to meet and communicate
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(8) Provides for ongoing evaluation of the New Teacher
Induction and Mentoring Program pursuant to Section 21A-30
of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 93-355, eff. 1-1-04.)
(105 ILCS 5/21A-25)
Sec. 21A-25. Funding. From a separate appropriation made
for the purposes of this Article, for each new teacher
participating in a new teacher induction and mentoring program
that meets the requirements set forth in Section 21A-20 of this
Code or in an existing program that is in the process of
transition to a program that meets those requirements, the
State Board of Education shall pay the public school $6,000
$1,200 annually for each of 2 school years for the purpose of
providing one or more of the following:
(1) Mentor teacher compensation.
(2) Mentor teacher training and other resources, or new
teacher training and other resources, or both.
(3) Release time, including costs associated with
replacing a mentor teacher or new teacher in his or her
regular classroom.
(4) Site-based program administration, not to exceed
10% of the total program cost.
However, if a new teacher, after participating in the new
teacher induction and mentoring program for one school year,
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Education shall pay the teacher's new school $6,000 $1,200 for
the second school year and the teacher shall continue to be a
new teacher as defined in this Article. Each public school
shall determine, in conjunction with its exclusive
representative, if any, how the $6,000 $1,200 per school year
for each new teacher shall be used, provided that if a mentor
teacher receives additional release time to support a new
teacher, the total workload of other teachers regularly
employed by the public school shall not increase in any
substantial manner. If the appropriation is insufficient to
cover the $6,000 $1,200 per school year for each new teacher,
public schools are not required to develop or implement the
program established by this Article. In the event of an
insufficient appropriation, a public school or 2 or more
schools acting jointly may submit an application for a grant
administered by the State Board of Education and awarded on a
competitive basis to establish a new teacher induction and
mentoring program that meets the criteria set forth in Section
21A-20 of this Code. The State Board of Education may retain up
to $1,000,000 of the appropriation for new teacher induction
and mentoring programs to train mentor teachers,
administrators, and other personnel, to provide best practices
information, and to conduct an evaluation of these programs'
impact and effectiveness.
(Source: P.A. 93-355, eff. 1-1-04.)

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(105 ILCS 5/21A-30)
Sec. 21A-30. Evaluation of programs. The State Board of
Education and the State Teacher Certification Board shall
jointly contract with an independent party to conduct a
comprehensive evaluation of new teacher induction and
mentoring programs established pursuant to this Article. The
first report of this evaluation shall be presented to the
General Assembly on or before January 1, 2015 2009. Subsequent
evaluations shall be conducted and reports presented to the
General Assembly on or before January 1 of every third year
thereafter. Additionally, the State Board of Education shall
prepare an annual program report for the General Assembly on or
before December 31 each year. It shall summarize local program
design, indicate the number of teachers served, and document
rates of new teacher attrition and retention.
(Source: P.A. 93-355, eff. 1-1-04.)
(105 ILCS 5/23-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 23-3)
Sec. 23-3. Filing copy of constitution, by-laws and
amendments. Within 30 days after the adoption by any such
association of its constitution or by-laws or any amendment
thereto, it shall file a copy thereof, certified by its
president and executive director, with the Governor, the State
Superintendent of Education, Public Instruction and the
regional county superintendent of schools of each region county
in which it has any membership.

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(Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
(105 ILCS 5/23-5.5 new)
Sec. 23-5.5. Professional development and training. Any
such association shall offer professional development and
training to school board members on topics that include, but
are not limited to, basics of school finance, financial
oversight and accountability, labor law and collective
bargaining, ethics, duties and responsibilities of a school
board member, and board governance principles. Every school
board member is expected to receive at least 4 hours of
professional development and training per year.
(105 ILCS 5/23-6) (from Ch. 122, par. 23-6)
Sec. 23-6. Annual report. Each association shall make an
annual report within 60 days after the close of its fiscal year
to the Governor, the State Board of Education and the regional
superintendent of schools of each region in which it has
members, setting forth the activities of the association for
the preceding fiscal year, the institutes held, the subjects
discussed, and the attendance, and shall furnish the Governor,
the State Board of Education and such regional superintendents
with copies of all publications sent to its members. The
association shall include the board training topics offered and
the number of school board members that availed themselves of
professional development and training.

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(Source: P.A. 81-1508.)
(105 ILCS 5/29-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 29-5)
Sec. 29-5. Reimbursement by State for transportation. Any
school district, maintaining a school, transporting resident
pupils to another school district's vocational program,
offered through a joint agreement approved by the State Board
of Education, as provided in Section 10-22.22 or transporting
its resident pupils to a school which meets the standards for
recognition as established by the State Board of Education
which provides transportation meeting the standards of safety,
comfort, convenience, efficiency and operation prescribed by
the State Board of Education for resident pupils in
pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, or any of grades 1 through 12
who: (a) reside at least 1 1/2 miles as measured by the
customary route of travel, from the school attended; or (b)
reside in areas where conditions are such that walking
constitutes a hazard to the safety of the child when determined
under Section 29-3; and (c) are transported to the school
attended from pick-up points at the beginning of the school day
and back again at the close of the school day or transported to
and from their assigned attendance centers during the school
day, shall be reimbursed by the State as hereinafter provided
in this Section.
The State will pay the cost of transporting eligible pupils
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maintaining secondary grades 9 to 12 inclusive times a
qualifying rate of .05%; in elementary school districts
maintaining any of grades pre-K K to 8 times a qualifying rate
of .06%; and in unit districts maintaining any of grades pre-K
K to 12, including optional elementary unit districts and
combined high school - unit districts, times a qualifying rate
of .07%; provided that for optional elementary unit districts
and combined high school - unit districts, assessed valuation
for high school purposes, as defined in Article 11E of this
Code, must be used. To be eligible to receive reimbursement in
excess of 4/5 of the cost to transport eligible pupils, a
school district shall have a Transportation Fund tax rate of at
least .12%. If a school district does not have a .12%
Transportation Fund tax rate, the amount of its claim in excess
of 4/5 of the cost of transporting pupils shall be reduced by
the sum arrived at by subtracting the Transportation Fund tax
rate from .12% and multiplying that amount by the districts
equalized or assessed valuation, provided, that in no case
shall said reduction result in reimbursement of less than 4/5
of the cost to transport eligible pupils.
The minimum amount to be received by a district is $16
times the number of eligible pupils transported.
When calculating the reimbursement for transportation
costs, the State Board of Education may not deduct the number
of pupils enrolled in early education programs from the number
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the early education programs are transported at the same time
as other eligible pupils.
Any such district transporting resident pupils during the
school day to an area vocational school or another school
district's vocational program more than 1 1/2 miles from the
school attended, as provided in Sections 10-22.20a and
10-22.22, shall be reimbursed by the State for 4/5 of the cost
of transporting eligible pupils.
School day means that period of time which the pupil is
required to be in attendance for instructional purposes.
If a pupil is at a location within the school district
other than his residence for child care purposes at the time
for transportation to school, that location may be considered
for purposes of determining the 1 1/2 miles from the school
attended.
Claims for reimbursement that include children who attend
any school other than a public school shall show the number of
such children transported.
Claims for reimbursement under this Section shall not be
paid for the transportation of pupils for whom transportation
costs are claimed for payment under other Sections of this Act.
The allowable direct cost of transporting pupils for
regular, vocational, and special education pupil
transportation shall be limited to the sum of the cost of
physical examinations required for employment as a school bus
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bus maintenance personnel; employee benefits excluding
Illinois municipal retirement payments, social security
payments, unemployment insurance payments and workers'
compensation insurance premiums; expenditures to independent
carriers who operate school buses; payments to other school
districts for pupil transportation services; pre-approved
contractual expenditures for computerized bus scheduling; the
cost of gasoline, oil, tires, and other supplies necessary for
the operation of school buses; the cost of converting buses'
gasoline engines to more fuel efficient engines or to engines
which use alternative energy sources; the cost of travel to
meetings and workshops conducted by the regional
superintendent or the State Superintendent of Education
pursuant to the standards established by the Secretary of State
under Section 6-106 of the Illinois Vehicle Code to improve the
driving skills of school bus drivers; the cost of maintenance
of school buses including parts and materials used;
expenditures for leasing transportation vehicles, except
interest and service charges; the cost of insurance and
licenses for transportation vehicles; expenditures for the
rental of transportation equipment; plus a depreciation
allowance of 20% for 5 years for school buses and vehicles
approved for transporting pupils to and from school and a
depreciation allowance of 10% for 10 years for other
transportation equipment so used. Each school year, if a school
district has made expenditures to the Regional Transportation

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Authority or any of its service boards, a mass transit
district, or an urban transportation district under an
intergovernmental agreement with the district to provide for
the transportation of pupils and if the public transit carrier
received direct payment for services or passes from a school
district within its service area during the 2000-2001 school
year, then the allowable direct cost of transporting pupils for
regular, vocational, and special education pupil
transportation shall also include the expenditures that the
district has made to the public transit carrier. In addition to
the above allowable costs school districts shall also claim all
transportation supervisory salary costs, including Illinois
municipal retirement payments, and all transportation related
building and building maintenance costs without limitation.
Special education allowable costs shall also include
expenditures for the salaries of attendants or aides for that
portion of the time they assist special education pupils while
in transit and expenditures for parents and public carriers for
transporting special education pupils when pre-approved by the
State Superintendent of Education.
Indirect costs shall be included in the reimbursement claim
for districts which own and operate their own school buses.
Such indirect costs shall include administrative costs, or any
costs attributable to transporting pupils from their
attendance centers to another school building for
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operates its own school buses may claim reimbursement for
indirect costs which exceed 5% of the total allowable direct
costs for pupil transportation.
The State Board of Education shall prescribe uniform
regulations for determining the above standards and shall
prescribe forms of cost accounting and standards of determining
reasonable depreciation. Such depreciation shall include the
cost of equipping school buses with the safety features
required by law or by the rules, regulations and standards
promulgated by the State Board of Education, and the Department
of Transportation for the safety and construction of school
buses provided, however, any equipment cost reimbursed by the
Department of Transportation for equipping school buses with
such safety equipment shall be deducted from the allowable cost
in the computation of reimbursement under this Section in the
same percentage as the cost of the equipment is depreciated.
On or before August 15, annually, the chief school
administrator for the district shall certify to the State
Superintendent of Education the district's claim for
reimbursement for the school year ending on June 30 next
preceding. The State Superintendent of Education shall check
and approve the claims and prepare the vouchers showing the
amounts due for district reimbursement claims. Each fiscal
year, the State Superintendent of Education shall prepare and
transmit the first 3 vouchers to the Comptroller on the 30th
day of September, December and March, respectively, and the

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final voucher, no later than June 20.
If the amount appropriated for transportation
reimbursement is insufficient to fund total claims for any
fiscal year, the State Board of Education shall reduce each
school district's allowable costs and flat grant amount
proportionately to make total adjusted claims equal the total
amount appropriated.
For purposes of calculating claims for reimbursement under
this Section for any school year beginning July 1, 1998, or
thereafter, the equalized assessed valuation for a school
district used to compute reimbursement shall be computed in the
same manner as it is computed under paragraph (2) of subsection
(G) of Section 18-8.05.
All reimbursements received from the State shall be
deposited into the district's transportation fund or into the
fund from which the allowable expenditures were made.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school
district receiving a payment under this Section or under
Section 14-7.02, 14-7.02b, or 14-13.01 of this Code may
classify all or a portion of the funds that it receives in a
particular fiscal year or from general State aid pursuant to
Section 18-8.05 of this Code as funds received in connection
with any funding program for which it is entitled to receive
funds from the State in that fiscal year (including, without
limitation, any funding program referenced in this Section),
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may not classify more funds as funds received in connection
with the funding program than the district is entitled to
receive in that fiscal year for that program. Any
classification by a district must be made by a resolution of
its board of education. The resolution must identify the amount
of any payments or general State aid to be classified under
this paragraph and must specify the funding program to which
the funds are to be treated as received in connection
therewith. This resolution is controlling as to the
classification of funds referenced therein. A certified copy of
the resolution must be sent to the State Superintendent of
Education. The resolution shall still take effect even though a
copy of the resolution has not been sent to the State
Superintendent of Education in a timely manner. No
classification under this paragraph by a district shall affect
the total amount or timing of money the district is entitled to
receive under this Code. No classification under this paragraph
by a district shall in any way relieve the district from or
affect any requirements that otherwise would apply with respect
to that funding program, including any accounting of funds by
source, reporting expenditures by original source and purpose,
reporting requirements, or requirements of providing services.
Any school district with a population of not more than
500,000 must deposit all funds received under this Article into
the transportation fund and use those funds for the provision
of transportation services.

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(Source: P.A. 95-903, eff. 8-25-08; 96-1264, eff. 1-1-11.)
(105 ILCS 5/3-6 rep.)
(105 ILCS 5/3-6.1 rep.)
Section 90. The School Code is amended by repealing
Sections 3-6 and 3-6.1.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
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INDEX
Statutes amended in order of appearance
15 ILCS 20/50-20 was 15 ILCS 20/38.3
30 ILCS 105/5.786 new
30 ILCS 105/5.787 new
30 ILCS 105/5.788 new
30 ILCS 105/5.789 new
35 ILCS 5/204 from Ch. 120, par. 2-204
35 ILCS 5/208 from Ch. 120, par. 2-208
35 ILCS 5/212
35 ILCS 5/901 from Ch. 120, par. 9-901
35 ILCS 120/1 from Ch. 120, par. 440
35 ILCS 120/2 from Ch. 120, par. 441
105 ILCS 5/1C-2
105 ILCS 5/2-3.25c from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25c
105 ILCS 5/2-3.25d from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25d
105 ILCS 5/2-3.25d-5 new
105 ILCS 5/2-3.153 new
105 ILCS 5/2-3.154 new
105 ILCS 5/2-3.155 new
105 ILCS 5/2-3.156 new
105 ILCS 5/2-3.157 new
105 ILCS 5/3-7 from Ch. 122, par. 3-7
105 ILCS 5/10-16.10 new
105 ILCS 5/10-17a from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a
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