AN ACT concerning appropriations.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5. The following amounts, or so much of those amounts as may be necessary, are appropriated for General State Aid to the Illinois State Board of Education for the purposes as approximated below:

Payable from the Education Assistance Fund..... 401,223,700

Payable from the Common School Fund.......... 3,611,012,300

Payable from the General Revenue Fund.......... 173,952,200

Payable from the Fund for the Advancement

of Education:................................. 446,000,000

Section 10. The amount of $85,000,000 is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education to provide a supplemental grant to entities that receive General State Aid to limit the loss per student due to the difference between the General State Aid claim as calculated pursuant to Section 18-8.05 and the amount appropriated for purposes of Section 18-8.05 divided by the Average Daily Attendance as defined in subsection (C)(2) of Section 18-8.05. This supplemental grant shall be paid first to the entity with the greatest loss per student, and then to the next entity with the greatest loss per student until losses per student are reduced to their smallest possible amount given this appropriation.

Section 15. The following amounts or so much thereof as may be necessary, which shall be used by the Illinois State Board of Education exclusively for the foregoing purposes and not, under any circumstances, for personal services expenditures or other operational or administrative costs, are appropriated to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015:

Payable from the General Revenue Fund:

For Blind/Dyslexic Persons....................... 846,000

For Disabled Student Personnel

Reimbursement............................... 442,400,000

For Disabled Student Transportation

Reimbursement............................... 450,500,000

For Disabled Student Tuition,

Private Tuition............................. 233,000,000

For District Consolidation Costs/

Supplemental Payments to School Districts,

18-8.2, 18-18.3, 18-8.5, 18-8.05(l) of

the School Code............................... 3,309,300

For Extraordinary Funding for Children Requiring

Special Education, 14-7.02b

of the School Code.......................... 303,829,700

For Reimbursement for the Free Breakfast/

Lunch Program................................. 9,000,000

For Summer School Payments, 18-4.3

of the School Code........................... 11,700,000

For Transportation-Regular/Vocational

Common School Transportation

Reimbursement, 29-5 of the School Code...... 205,808,900

For Visually Impaired/Educational

Materials Coordinating Unit, 14-11.01

of the School Code............................ 1,421,100

For Regular Education Reimbursement

Per 18-3 of the School Code.................. 11,500,000

For Special Education Reimbursement

Per 14-7.03 of the School Code............... 95,000,000

For Career and Technical Education............ 38,062,100

For Truant Alternative and Optional

Education Program............................ 11,500,000

For Arts and Foreign Language.................... 500,000

For Tax-Equivalent Grants, 18-4.4................ 222,600

For After School Matters....................... 2,443,800

For all costs associated with Alternative

Education/Regional Safe Schools............... 6,300,000

For costs associated with Teach for America...... 977,500

For grants to Local Education Agencies

to conduct Agriculture Education Programs..... 1,800,000

For National Board Certified Teachers.......... 1,000,000

Total $1,821,048,700

Section 20. The following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015:

Payable from the General Revenue Fund:

For Early Childhood Education................ 314,238,100

For Advanced Placement Classes................... 500,000

Total $314,738,100

Section 25. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015:

Payable from the General Revenue Fund:

For Bilingual Education....................... 61,681,200

Section 30. The sum of $11,200,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for the ordinary and contingent expenses of District Intervention Funding.

Section 35. The sum of $1,466,300, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Southwest Organizing Project Parent Mentoring Program.

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Section 5. The following amounts or so much thereof as may be necessary, which shall be used by the Illinois State Board of Education exclusively for the foregoing purposes and not, under any circumstances, for personal services expenditures or other operational or administrative costs, are appropriated to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015:

Payable from the School District Emergency

Financial Assistance Fund:

For Emergency Financial Assistance, 1B-8

of the School Code........................... 1,166,800

Payable from the Drivers Education Fund:

For Drivers Education......................... 18,500,000

Payable from the Charter Schools Revolving Loan Fund:

For Charter Schools Loans......................... 20,000

Payable from the School Technology Revolving Loan Fund:

For School Technology Loans, 2-3.117a

of the School Code........................... 2,000,000

Section 10. The following amounts or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015:

Payable from the SBE Federal Department

of Agriculture Fund:

For Child Nutrition.......................... 725,000,000

Payable from the SBE Federal Department

of Education Fund:

For Title I.................................. 940,000,000

For Title II, Teacher/Principal Training..... 160,000,000

For Title III, English Language

Acquisition.................................. 45,500,000

For Title IV, 21st Century/Community

Service Programs............................. 75,000,000

For Title VI, Rural and Low Income

Students...................................... 2,000,000

For Title X, Homeless Education................ 5,000,000

For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

Deaf/Blind...................................... 500,000

For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

IDEA........................................ 700,000,000

For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

Improvement Program........................... 4,500,000

For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

Pre-School................................... 25,000,000

For Grants for Vocational

Education – Basic............................ 55,000,000

For Advanced Placement Fee..................... 3,000,000

For Math/Science Partnerships................. 18,000,000

For Longitudinal Data System................... 5,200,000

For Special Federal Congressional Projects..... 5,000,000

For Charter Schools............................ 9,000,000

For Preschool Expansion....................... 33,000,000

For Race to the Top........................... 12,800,000

Total $2,823,500,000

Section 15. In addition to any other amounts appropriated for such purposes, the following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated from the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund, pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015:

For Title I................................... 30,000,000

Total $30,000,000

Section 20. The amount of $600,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the School Infrastructure Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for its ordinary and contingent expenses.

Section 25. The amount of $1,400,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Temporary Relocation Expenses Revolving Grant Fund for use by the State Board of Education as provided in Section 2-3.77 of the School Code.

Section 30. The amount of $2,208,900, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the ISBE Teacher Certificate Institute Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Teacher Certificates.

Section 35. The amount of $2,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Teacher Mentoring Programs.

Section 40. The amount of $8,484,800, or so much of that amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the State Board of Education Special Purpose Trust Fund to the State Board of Education for expenditures by the Board in accordance with grants, gifts or donations that the Board has received or may receive from any source, public or private, in support of projects that are within the lawful powers of the Board.

Section 45. The amount of $200,000, or so much of that amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the After-School Rescue Fund to the State Board of Education for its ordinary and contingent expenses.

Section 50. The amount of $2,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for all costs associated with related activities for the Early Learning Challenge for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015.

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Section 5. The sum of $3,741,702,194, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Common School Fund to the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois for the State's contribution, as provided by law.

Section 10. The sum of $1,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Education Assistance Fund to the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois for additional costs due to the establishment of minimum retirement allowances pursuant to Sections 16-136.2 and 16-136.3 of the Illinois Pension Code, as amended.

Section 15. The sum of $120,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Common School Fund to the Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System for the employer contributions required by the State as an employer of teachers described under subsection (e) of Section 16-158 of the Illinois Pension Code.

Section 20. The amount of $12,105,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Public School Teachers’ Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago for the state’s contribution for retirement contributions under Section 17-127 of the Illinois Pension Code for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015.

Section 25. The amount of $108,258,261, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Education Assistance Fund to the Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois for deposit into the Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund as the state’s contribution for teachers’ health insurance.

Section 30. The sum of $200,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Common School Fund to the Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System for the employer contributions required by the State as an employer of teachers described under subsection (f) of Section 16-158 of the Illinois Pension Code.

Total, this Article $3,863,385,455

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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2015.