Bill Text: IL SB0628 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB0628 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB0628-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 628
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 628 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | ||||||
5 | 10-19, 10-19.1, 18-8.05, and 34-18 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19)
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7 | Sec. 10-19. Length of school term - experimental programs. | ||||||
8 | Each school
board shall annually prepare a calendar for the | ||||||
9 | school term, specifying
the opening and closing dates and | ||||||
10 | providing a minimum term of at least 192
185
days to insure 183
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11 | 176 days of actual pupil attendance, computable under Section
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12 | 18-8.05, except that for the 1980-1981 school year only 175 | ||||||
13 | days
of actual
pupil attendance shall be required because of | ||||||
14 | the closing of schools pursuant
to Section 24-2 on January 29, | ||||||
15 | 1981 upon the appointment by the President
of that day as a day | ||||||
16 | of thanksgiving for the freedom of the Americans who
had been |
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1 | held hostage in Iran. Any days allowed by law for teachers'
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2 | institute but not used as such or used as parental institutes | ||||||
3 | as provided
in Section 10-22.18d shall increase the minimum | ||||||
4 | term by the school days not
so used. Except as provided in | ||||||
5 | Section 10-19.1, the board may not extend
the school term | ||||||
6 | beyond such closing date unless that extension of term is
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7 | necessary to provide the minimum number of computable days. In | ||||||
8 | case of
such necessary extension school employees
shall be paid | ||||||
9 | for such additional time on the basis of their regular
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10 | contracts. A school board may specify a closing date earlier | ||||||
11 | than that
set on the annual calendar when the schools of the | ||||||
12 | district have
provided the minimum number of computable days | ||||||
13 | under this Section.
Nothing in this Section prevents the board | ||||||
14 | from employing
superintendents of schools, principals and | ||||||
15 | other nonteaching personnel
for a period of 12 months, or in | ||||||
16 | the case of superintendents for a
period in accordance with | ||||||
17 | Section 10-23.8, or prevents the board from
employing other | ||||||
18 | personnel before or after the regular school term with
payment | ||||||
19 | of salary proportionate to that received for comparable work
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20 | during the school term.
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21 | A school board may make such changes in its calendar for | ||||||
22 | the school term
as may be required by any changes in the legal | ||||||
23 | school holidays prescribed
in Section 24-2. A school board may | ||||||
24 | make changes in its calendar for the
school term as may be | ||||||
25 | necessary to reflect the utilization of teachers'
institute | ||||||
26 | days as parental institute days as provided in Section |
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1 | 10-22.18d.
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2 | The calendar for the school term and any changes must be | ||||||
3 | submitted to and approved by the regional superintendent of | ||||||
4 | schools before the calendar or changes may take effect.
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5 | With the prior approval of the State Board of Education and | ||||||
6 | subject
to review by the State Board of Education every 3 | ||||||
7 | years, any school
board may, by resolution of its board and in | ||||||
8 | agreement with affected
exclusive collective bargaining | ||||||
9 | agents, establish experimental
educational programs, including | ||||||
10 | but not limited to programs for
self-directed learning or | ||||||
11 | outside of formal class periods, which programs
when so | ||||||
12 | approved shall be considered to comply with the requirements of
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13 | this Section as respects numbers of days of actual pupil | ||||||
14 | attendance and
with the other requirements of this Act as | ||||||
15 | respects courses of instruction.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 93-1036, eff. 9-14-04.)
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17 | (105 ILCS 5/10-19.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19.1)
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18 | Sec. 10-19.1. Full year school plan. Any school district | ||||||
19 | may, by resolution of its board, operate one or
more schools | ||||||
20 | within the district on a full year school plan approved by
the | ||||||
21 | State Board of Education.
Any board which operates under
this | ||||||
22 | Section shall devise a plan so that a student's required | ||||||
23 | attendance
in school during a 12-month period shall be for not | ||||||
24 | less than the
a minimum number of days
term of 180 days of | ||||||
25 | actual pupil attendance required by Section 10-19 of this Code |
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1 | for the school year during which that 12-month period | ||||||
2 | commences , plus
including not more than 4 institute days, | ||||||
3 | provided that during that
a 12 month period a student's | ||||||
4 | required attendance in school , but
shall not exceed , nor shall | ||||||
5 | any teacher be required to teach more than, the number of days | ||||||
6 | that is equal to the minimum term required to be provided by
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7 | Section 10-19 of this Code for the school year during which | ||||||
8 | that 12-month period commences
185 days . Under such plan, no | ||||||
9 | teacher shall be required
to teach more than 185 days. A | ||||||
10 | calendar of 180 days may be established
with the approval of | ||||||
11 | the State Board of Education.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 81-1508.)
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13 | (105 ILCS 5/18-8.05)
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14 | Sec. 18-8.05. Basis for apportionment of general State | ||||||
15 | financial aid and
supplemental general State aid to the common | ||||||
16 | schools for the 1998-1999 and
subsequent school years.
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17 | (A) General Provisions. | ||||||
18 | (1) The provisions of this Section apply to the 1998-1999 | ||||||
19 | and subsequent
school years. The system of general State | ||||||
20 | financial aid provided for in this
Section
is designed to | ||||||
21 | assure that, through a combination of State financial aid and
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22 | required local resources, the financial support provided each | ||||||
23 | pupil in Average
Daily Attendance equals or exceeds a
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24 | prescribed per pupil Foundation Level. This formula approach |
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1 | imputes a level
of per pupil Available Local Resources and | ||||||
2 | provides for the basis to calculate
a per pupil level of | ||||||
3 | general State financial aid that, when added to Available
Local | ||||||
4 | Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level. The
amount | ||||||
5 | of per pupil general State financial aid for school districts, | ||||||
6 | in
general, varies in inverse
relation to Available Local | ||||||
7 | Resources. Per pupil amounts are based upon
each school | ||||||
8 | district's Average Daily Attendance as that term is defined in | ||||||
9 | this
Section. | ||||||
10 | (2) In addition to general State financial aid, school | ||||||
11 | districts with
specified levels or concentrations of pupils | ||||||
12 | from low income households are
eligible to receive supplemental | ||||||
13 | general State financial aid grants as provided
pursuant to | ||||||
14 | subsection (H).
The supplemental State aid grants provided for | ||||||
15 | school districts under
subsection (H) shall be appropriated for | ||||||
16 | distribution to school districts as
part of the same line item | ||||||
17 | in which the general State financial aid of school
districts is | ||||||
18 | appropriated under this Section. | ||||||
19 | (3) To receive financial assistance under this Section, | ||||||
20 | school districts
are required to file claims with the State | ||||||
21 | Board of Education, subject to the
following requirements: | ||||||
22 | (a) Any school district which fails for any given | ||||||
23 | school year to maintain
school as required by law, or to | ||||||
24 | maintain a recognized school is not
eligible to file for | ||||||
25 | such school year any claim upon the Common School
Fund. In | ||||||
26 | case of nonrecognition of one or more attendance centers in |
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1 | a
school district otherwise operating recognized schools, | ||||||
2 | the claim of the
district shall be reduced in the | ||||||
3 | proportion which the Average Daily
Attendance in the | ||||||
4 | attendance center or centers bear to the Average Daily
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5 | Attendance in the school district. A "recognized school" | ||||||
6 | means any
public school which meets the standards as | ||||||
7 | established for recognition
by the State Board of | ||||||
8 | Education. A school district or attendance center
not | ||||||
9 | having recognition status at the end of a school term is | ||||||
10 | entitled to
receive State aid payments due upon a legal | ||||||
11 | claim which was filed while
it was recognized. | ||||||
12 | (b) School district claims filed under this Section are | ||||||
13 | subject to
Sections 18-9 and 18-12, except as otherwise | ||||||
14 | provided in this
Section. | ||||||
15 | (c) If a school district operates a full year school | ||||||
16 | under Section
10-19.1, the general State aid to the school | ||||||
17 | district shall be determined
by the State Board of | ||||||
18 | Education in accordance with this Section as near as
may be | ||||||
19 | applicable. | ||||||
20 | (d) (Blank). | ||||||
21 | (4) Except as provided in subsections (H) and (L), the | ||||||
22 | board of any district
receiving any of the grants provided for | ||||||
23 | in this Section may apply those funds
to any fund so received | ||||||
24 | for which that board is authorized to make expenditures
by law. | ||||||
25 | School districts are not required to exert a minimum | ||||||
26 | Operating Tax Rate in
order to qualify for assistance under |
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1 | this Section. | ||||||
2 | (5) As used in this Section the following terms, when | ||||||
3 | capitalized, shall
have the meaning ascribed herein: | ||||||
4 | (a) "Average Daily Attendance": A count of pupil | ||||||
5 | attendance in school,
averaged as provided for in | ||||||
6 | subsection (C) and utilized in deriving per pupil
financial | ||||||
7 | support levels. | ||||||
8 | (b) "Available Local Resources": A computation of | ||||||
9 | local financial
support, calculated on the basis of Average | ||||||
10 | Daily Attendance and derived as
provided pursuant to | ||||||
11 | subsection (D). | ||||||
12 | (c) "Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes": | ||||||
13 | Funds paid to local
school districts pursuant to "An Act in | ||||||
14 | relation to the abolition of ad valorem
personal property | ||||||
15 | tax and the replacement of revenues lost thereby, and
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16 | amending and repealing certain Acts and parts of Acts in | ||||||
17 | connection therewith",
certified August 14, 1979, as | ||||||
18 | amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1). | ||||||
19 | (d) "Foundation Level": A prescribed level of per pupil | ||||||
20 | financial support
as provided for in subsection (B). | ||||||
21 | (e) "Operating Tax Rate": All school district property | ||||||
22 | taxes extended for
all purposes, except Bond and
Interest, | ||||||
23 | Summer School, Rent, Capital Improvement, and Vocational | ||||||
24 | Education
Building purposes.
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25 | (B) Foundation Level. |
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1 | (1) The Foundation Level is a figure established by the | ||||||
2 | State representing
the minimum level of per pupil financial | ||||||
3 | support that should be available to
provide for the basic | ||||||
4 | education of each pupil in
Average Daily Attendance. As set | ||||||
5 | forth in this Section, each school district
is assumed to exert
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6 | a sufficient local taxing effort such that, in combination with | ||||||
7 | the aggregate
of general State
financial aid provided the | ||||||
8 | district, an aggregate of State and local resources
are | ||||||
9 | available to meet
the basic education needs of pupils in the | ||||||
10 | district. | ||||||
11 | (2) For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation Level of | ||||||
12 | support is
$4,225. For the 1999-2000 school year, the | ||||||
13 | Foundation Level of support is
$4,325. For the 2000-2001 school | ||||||
14 | year, the Foundation Level of support is
$4,425. For the | ||||||
15 | 2001-2002 school year and 2002-2003 school year, the
Foundation | ||||||
16 | Level of support is $4,560. For the 2003-2004 school year, the | ||||||
17 | Foundation Level of support is $4,810. For the 2004-2005 school | ||||||
18 | year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,964.
For the | ||||||
19 | 2005-2006 school year,
the Foundation Level of support is | ||||||
20 | $5,164. For the 2006-2007 school year, the Foundation Level of | ||||||
21 | support is $5,334. For the 2007-2008 school year, the | ||||||
22 | Foundation Level of support is $5,734. For the 2008-2009 school | ||||||
23 | year, the Foundation Level of support is $5,959. | ||||||
24 | (3) For the 2009-2010 school year and each school year | ||||||
25 | thereafter,
the Foundation Level of support is $6,119 or such | ||||||
26 | greater amount as
may be established by law by the General |
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1 | Assembly.
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2 | (C) Average Daily Attendance. | ||||||
3 | (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant | ||||||
4 | to subsection
(E), an Average Daily Attendance figure shall be | ||||||
5 | utilized. The Average Daily
Attendance figure for formula
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6 | calculation purposes shall be the monthly average of the actual | ||||||
7 | number of
pupils in attendance of
each school district, as | ||||||
8 | further averaged for the best 3 months of pupil
attendance for | ||||||
9 | each
school district. In compiling the figures for the number | ||||||
10 | of pupils in
attendance, school districts
and the State Board | ||||||
11 | of Education shall, for purposes of general State aid
funding, | ||||||
12 | conform
attendance figures to the requirements of subsection | ||||||
13 | (F). | ||||||
14 | (2) The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in | ||||||
15 | subsection (E) shall be
the requisite attendance data for the | ||||||
16 | school year immediately preceding
the
school year for which | ||||||
17 | general State aid is being calculated
or the average of the | ||||||
18 | attendance data for the 3 preceding school
years, whichever is | ||||||
19 | greater. The Average Daily Attendance figures
utilized in | ||||||
20 | subsection (H) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
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21 | school year immediately preceding the school year for which | ||||||
22 | general
State aid is being calculated.
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23 | (D) Available Local Resources. | ||||||
24 | (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant |
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1 | to subsection
(E), a representation of Available Local | ||||||
2 | Resources per pupil, as that term is
defined and determined in | ||||||
3 | this subsection, shall be utilized. Available Local
Resources | ||||||
4 | per pupil shall include a calculated
dollar amount representing | ||||||
5 | local school district revenues from local property
taxes and | ||||||
6 | from
Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes, expressed | ||||||
7 | on the basis of pupils
in Average
Daily Attendance. Calculation | ||||||
8 | of Available Local Resources shall exclude any tax amnesty | ||||||
9 | funds received as a result of Public Act 93-26. | ||||||
10 | (2) In determining a school district's revenue from local | ||||||
11 | property taxes,
the State Board of Education shall utilize the | ||||||
12 | equalized assessed valuation of
all taxable property of each | ||||||
13 | school
district as of September 30 of the previous year. The | ||||||
14 | equalized assessed
valuation utilized shall
be obtained and | ||||||
15 | determined as provided in subsection (G). | ||||||
16 | (3) For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten | ||||||
17 | through 12, local
property tax
revenues per pupil shall be | ||||||
18 | calculated as the product of the applicable
equalized assessed
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19 | valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%, and divided by | ||||||
20 | the district's
Average Daily
Attendance figure. For school | ||||||
21 | districts maintaining grades kindergarten
through 8, local
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22 | property tax revenues per pupil shall be calculated as the | ||||||
23 | product of the
applicable equalized
assessed valuation for the | ||||||
24 | district multiplied by 2.30%, and divided by the
district's | ||||||
25 | Average
Daily Attendance figure. For school districts | ||||||
26 | maintaining grades 9 through 12,
local property
tax revenues |
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1 | per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed valuation | ||||||
2 | of
the district
multiplied by 1.05%, and divided by the | ||||||
3 | district's Average Daily
Attendance
figure. | ||||||
4 | For partial elementary unit districts created pursuant to | ||||||
5 | Article 11E of this Code, local property tax revenues per pupil | ||||||
6 | shall be calculated as the product of the equalized assessed | ||||||
7 | valuation for property within the partial elementary unit | ||||||
8 | district for elementary purposes, as defined in Article 11E of | ||||||
9 | this Code, multiplied by 2.06% and divided by the district's | ||||||
10 | Average Daily Attendance figure, plus the product of the | ||||||
11 | equalized assessed valuation for property within the partial | ||||||
12 | elementary unit district for high school purposes, as defined | ||||||
13 | in Article 11E of this Code, multiplied by 0.94% and divided by | ||||||
14 | the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
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15 | (4) The Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes paid | ||||||
16 | to each school
district during the calendar year one year | ||||||
17 | before the calendar year in which a
school year begins, divided | ||||||
18 | by the Average Daily Attendance figure for that
district, shall | ||||||
19 | be added to the local property tax revenues per pupil as
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20 | derived by the application of the immediately preceding | ||||||
21 | paragraph (3). The sum
of these per pupil figures for each | ||||||
22 | school district shall constitute Available
Local Resources as | ||||||
23 | that term is utilized in subsection (E) in the calculation
of | ||||||
24 | general State aid.
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25 | (E) Computation of General State Aid. |
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1 | (1) For each school year, the amount of general State aid | ||||||
2 | allotted to a
school district shall be computed by the State | ||||||
3 | Board of Education as provided
in this subsection. | ||||||
4 | (2) For any school district for which Available Local | ||||||
5 | Resources per pupil
is less than the product of 0.93 times the | ||||||
6 | Foundation Level, general State aid
for that district shall be | ||||||
7 | calculated as an amount equal to the Foundation
Level minus | ||||||
8 | Available Local Resources, multiplied by the Average Daily
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9 | Attendance of the school district. | ||||||
10 | (3) For any school district for which Available Local | ||||||
11 | Resources per pupil
is equal to or greater than the product of | ||||||
12 | 0.93 times the Foundation Level and
less than the product of | ||||||
13 | 1.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid
per | ||||||
14 | pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the Foundation Level | ||||||
15 | derived using a
linear algorithm. Under this linear algorithm, | ||||||
16 | the calculated general State
aid per pupil shall decline in | ||||||
17 | direct linear fashion from 0.07 times the
Foundation Level for | ||||||
18 | a school district with Available Local Resources equal to
the | ||||||
19 | product of 0.93 times the Foundation Level, to 0.05 times the | ||||||
20 | Foundation
Level for a school district with Available Local | ||||||
21 | Resources equal to the product
of 1.75 times the Foundation | ||||||
22 | Level. The allocation of general
State aid for school districts | ||||||
23 | subject to this paragraph 3 shall be the
calculated general | ||||||
24 | State aid
per pupil figure multiplied by the Average Daily | ||||||
25 | Attendance of the school
district. | ||||||
26 | (4) For any school district for which Available Local |
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1 | Resources per pupil
equals or exceeds the product of 1.75 times | ||||||
2 | the Foundation Level, the general
State aid for the school | ||||||
3 | district shall be calculated as the product of $218
multiplied | ||||||
4 | by the Average Daily Attendance of the school
district. | ||||||
5 | (5) The amount of general State aid allocated to a school | ||||||
6 | district for
the 1999-2000 school year meeting the requirements | ||||||
7 | set forth in paragraph (4)
of subsection
(G) shall be increased | ||||||
8 | by an amount equal to the general State aid that
would have | ||||||
9 | been received by the district for the 1998-1999 school year by
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10 | utilizing the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed | ||||||
11 | Valuation as calculated
in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) less | ||||||
12 | the general State aid allotted for the
1998-1999
school year. | ||||||
13 | This amount shall be deemed a one time increase, and shall not
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14 | affect any future general State aid allocations.
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15 | (F) Compilation of Average Daily Attendance. | ||||||
16 | (1) Each school district shall, by July 1 of each year, | ||||||
17 | submit to the State
Board of Education, on forms prescribed by | ||||||
18 | the State Board of Education,
attendance figures for the school | ||||||
19 | year that began in the preceding calendar
year. The attendance | ||||||
20 | information so transmitted shall identify the average
daily | ||||||
21 | attendance figures for each month of the school year. Beginning | ||||||
22 | with
the general State aid claim form for the 2002-2003 school
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23 | year, districts shall calculate Average Daily Attendance as | ||||||
24 | provided in
subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of this paragraph | ||||||
25 | (1). |
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1 | (a) In districts that do not hold year-round classes,
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2 | days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of | ||||||
3 | September and any
days of attendance in June shall be added | ||||||
4 | to the month of May. | ||||||
5 | (b) In districts in which all buildings hold year-round | ||||||
6 | classes,
days of attendance in July and August shall be | ||||||
7 | added to the month
of September and any days of attendance | ||||||
8 | in June shall be added to
the month of May. | ||||||
9 | (c) In districts in which some buildings, but not all, | ||||||
10 | hold
year-round classes, for the non-year-round buildings, | ||||||
11 | days of
attendance in August shall be added to the month of | ||||||
12 | September
and any days of attendance in June shall be added | ||||||
13 | to the month of
May. The average daily attendance for the | ||||||
14 | year-round buildings
shall be computed as provided in | ||||||
15 | subdivision (b) of this paragraph
(1). To calculate the | ||||||
16 | Average Daily Attendance for the district, the
average | ||||||
17 | daily attendance for the year-round buildings shall be
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18 | multiplied by the days in session for the non-year-round | ||||||
19 | buildings
for each month and added to the monthly | ||||||
20 | attendance of the
non-year-round buildings. | ||||||
21 | Except as otherwise provided in this Section, days of
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22 | attendance by pupils shall be counted only for sessions of not | ||||||
23 | less than 6
5 clock hours of school work per day under direct | ||||||
24 | supervision of: (i)
teachers, or (ii) non-teaching personnel or | ||||||
25 | volunteer personnel when engaging
in non-teaching duties and | ||||||
26 | supervising in those instances specified in
subsection (a) of |
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1 | Section 10-22.34 and paragraph 10 of Section 34-18, with
pupils | ||||||
2 | of legal school age and in kindergarten and grades 1 through | ||||||
3 | 12. | ||||||
4 | Days of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited | ||||||
5 | only to the
districts that pay the tuition to a recognized | ||||||
6 | school. | ||||||
7 | (2) Days of attendance by pupils of less than 6 5 clock | ||||||
8 | hours of school
shall be subject to the following provisions in | ||||||
9 | the compilation of Average
Daily Attendance. | ||||||
10 | (a) Pupils regularly enrolled in a public school for | ||||||
11 | only a part of
the school day may be counted on the basis | ||||||
12 | of 1/6 day for every class hour
of instruction of 40 | ||||||
13 | minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment,
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14 | unless a pupil is
enrolled in a block-schedule format of 80 | ||||||
15 | minutes or more of instruction,
in which case the pupil may | ||||||
16 | be counted on the basis of the proportion of
minutes of | ||||||
17 | school work completed each day to the minimum number of
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18 | minutes that school work is required to be held that day. | ||||||
19 | (b) Days of attendance may be less than 6 5 clock hours | ||||||
20 | on the opening
and closing of the school term, and upon the | ||||||
21 | first day of pupil
attendance, if preceded by a day or days | ||||||
22 | utilized as an institute or
teachers' workshop. | ||||||
23 | (c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be counted | ||||||
24 | as a day of
attendance upon certification by the regional | ||||||
25 | superintendent, and
approved by the State Superintendent | ||||||
26 | of Education to the extent that the
district has been |
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1 | forced to use daily multiple sessions. | ||||||
2 | (d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be counted | ||||||
3 | as a day of
attendance (1) when the remainder of the school | ||||||
4 | day or at least
2 hours in the evening of that day is | ||||||
5 | utilized for an
in-service training program for teachers, | ||||||
6 | up to a maximum of 5 days per
school year, provided a | ||||||
7 | district conducts an in-service
training program for | ||||||
8 | teachers in accordance with Section 10-22.39 of this Code; | ||||||
9 | or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may
be used, in | ||||||
10 | which event each such day
may be counted as a day required | ||||||
11 | for a legal school calendar pursuant to Section 10-19 of | ||||||
12 | this Code; (1.5) when, of the 5 days allowed under item | ||||||
13 | (1), a maximum of 4 days are used for parent-teacher | ||||||
14 | conferences, or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days are | ||||||
15 | used, in which case each such day may be counted as a | ||||||
16 | calendar day required under Section 10-19 of this Code, | ||||||
17 | provided that the full-day, parent-teacher conference | ||||||
18 | consists of (i) a minimum of 6 5 clock hours of | ||||||
19 | parent-teacher conferences, (ii) both a minimum of 2 clock | ||||||
20 | hours of parent-teacher conferences held in the evening | ||||||
21 | following a full day of student attendance, as specified in | ||||||
22 | subsection (F)(1)(c), and a minimum of 3 clock hours of | ||||||
23 | parent-teacher conferences held on the day immediately | ||||||
24 | following evening parent-teacher conferences, or (iii) | ||||||
25 | multiple parent-teacher conferences held in the evenings | ||||||
26 | following full days of student attendance, as specified in |
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1 | subsection (F)(1)(c), in which the time used for the | ||||||
2 | parent-teacher conferences is equivalent to a minimum of 6 | ||||||
3 | 5 clock hours; and (2) when days in
addition to
those | ||||||
4 | provided in items (1) and (1.5) are scheduled by a school | ||||||
5 | pursuant to its school
improvement plan adopted under | ||||||
6 | Article 34 or its revised or amended school
improvement | ||||||
7 | plan adopted under Article 2, provided that (i) such | ||||||
8 | sessions of
3 or more clock hours are scheduled to occur at | ||||||
9 | regular intervals, (ii) the
remainder of the school days in | ||||||
10 | which such sessions occur are utilized
for in-service | ||||||
11 | training programs or other staff development activities | ||||||
12 | for
teachers, and (iii) a sufficient number of minutes of | ||||||
13 | school work under the
direct supervision of teachers are | ||||||
14 | added to the school days between such
regularly scheduled | ||||||
15 | sessions to accumulate not less than the number of minutes
| ||||||
16 | by which such sessions of 3 or more clock hours fall short | ||||||
17 | of 6 5 clock hours.
Any full days used for the purposes of | ||||||
18 | this paragraph shall not be considered
for
computing | ||||||
19 | average daily attendance. Days scheduled for in-service | ||||||
20 | training
programs, staff development activities, or | ||||||
21 | parent-teacher conferences may be
scheduled separately for | ||||||
22 | different
grade levels and different attendance centers of | ||||||
23 | the district. | ||||||
24 | (e) A session of not less than one clock hour of | ||||||
25 | teaching
hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or by | ||||||
26 | telephone to the classroom may
be counted as 1/2 day of |
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| |||||||
1 | attendance, however these pupils must receive 4 or
more | ||||||
2 | clock hours of instruction to be counted for a full day of | ||||||
3 | attendance. | ||||||
4 | (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be counted | ||||||
5 | as a day of
attendance for first grade pupils, and pupils | ||||||
6 | in full day kindergartens,
and a session of 2 or more hours | ||||||
7 | may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by
pupils in | ||||||
8 | kindergartens which provide only 1/2 day of attendance. | ||||||
9 | (g) For children with disabilities who are below the | ||||||
10 | age of 6 years and
who
cannot attend 2 or more clock hours | ||||||
11 | because of their disability or
immaturity, a session of not | ||||||
12 | less than one clock hour may be counted as 1/2 day
of | ||||||
13 | attendance; however for such children whose educational | ||||||
14 | needs so require
a session of 4 or more clock hours may be | ||||||
15 | counted as a full day of attendance. | ||||||
16 | (h) A recognized kindergarten which provides for only | ||||||
17 | 1/2 day of
attendance by each pupil shall not have more | ||||||
18 | than 1/2 day of attendance
counted in any one day. However, | ||||||
19 | kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days
of
attendance in any 5 | ||||||
20 | consecutive school days. When a pupil attends such a
| ||||||
21 | kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school day, the | ||||||
22 | pupil shall have
the following day as a day absent from | ||||||
23 | school, unless the school district
obtains permission in | ||||||
24 | writing from the State Superintendent of Education.
| ||||||
25 | Attendance at kindergartens which provide for a full day of | ||||||
26 | attendance by
each pupil shall be counted the same as |
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1 | attendance by first grade pupils.
Only the first year of | ||||||
2 | attendance in one kindergarten shall be counted,
except in | ||||||
3 | case of children who entered the kindergarten in their | ||||||
4 | fifth year
whose educational development requires a second | ||||||
5 | year of kindergarten as
determined under the rules and | ||||||
6 | regulations of the State Board of Education. | ||||||
7 | (i) On the days when the Prairie State Achievement | ||||||
8 | Examination is
administered under subsection (c) of | ||||||
9 | Section 2-3.64 of this Code, the day
of attendance for a | ||||||
10 | pupil whose school
day must be shortened to accommodate | ||||||
11 | required testing procedures may
be less than 6 5 clock | ||||||
12 | hours and shall be counted towards the 176 days of actual | ||||||
13 | pupil attendance required under Section 10-19 of this Code, | ||||||
14 | provided that a sufficient number of minutes
of school work | ||||||
15 | in excess of 6 5 clock hours are first completed on other | ||||||
16 | school
days to compensate for the loss of school work on | ||||||
17 | the examination days.
| ||||||
18 | (G) Equalized Assessed Valuation Data. | ||||||
19 | (1) For purposes of the calculation of Available Local | ||||||
20 | Resources required
pursuant to subsection (D), the
State Board | ||||||
21 | of Education shall secure from the Department of
Revenue the | ||||||
22 | value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue of
| ||||||
23 | all taxable property of every school district, together with | ||||||
24 | (i) the applicable
tax rate used in extending taxes for the | ||||||
25 | funds of the district as of
September 30 of the previous year
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| |||||||
1 | and (ii) the limiting rate for all school
districts subject to | ||||||
2 | property tax extension limitations as imposed under the
| ||||||
3 | Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
| ||||||
4 | The Department of Revenue shall add to the equalized | ||||||
5 | assessed value of all
taxable
property of each school district | ||||||
6 | situated entirely or partially within a county
that is or was | ||||||
7 | subject to the
provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the | ||||||
8 | Property Tax Code (a)
an amount equal to the total amount by | ||||||
9 | which the
homestead exemption allowed under Section 15-176 or | ||||||
10 | 15-177 of the Property Tax Code for
real
property situated in | ||||||
11 | that school district exceeds the total amount that would
have | ||||||
12 | been
allowed in that school district if the maximum reduction | ||||||
13 | under Section 15-176
was
(i) $4,500 in Cook County or $3,500 in | ||||||
14 | all other counties in tax year 2003 or (ii) $5,000 in all | ||||||
15 | counties in tax year 2004 and thereafter and (b) an amount | ||||||
16 | equal to the aggregate amount for the taxable year of all | ||||||
17 | additional exemptions under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax | ||||||
18 | Code for owners with a household income of $30,000 or less. The | ||||||
19 | county clerk of any county that is or was subject to the | ||||||
20 | provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code | ||||||
21 | shall
annually calculate and certify to the Department of | ||||||
22 | Revenue for each school
district all
homestead exemption | ||||||
23 | amounts under Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code | ||||||
24 | and all amounts of additional exemptions under Section 15-175 | ||||||
25 | of the Property Tax Code for owners with a household income of | ||||||
26 | $30,000 or less. It is the intent of this paragraph that if the |
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| |||||||
1 | general homestead exemption for a parcel of property is | ||||||
2 | determined under Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax | ||||||
3 | Code rather than Section 15-175, then the calculation of | ||||||
4 | Available Local Resources shall not be affected by the | ||||||
5 | difference, if any, between the amount of the general homestead | ||||||
6 | exemption allowed for that parcel of property under Section | ||||||
7 | 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code and the amount that | ||||||
8 | would have been allowed had the general homestead exemption for | ||||||
9 | that parcel of property been determined under Section 15-175 of | ||||||
10 | the Property Tax Code. It is further the intent of this | ||||||
11 | paragraph that if additional exemptions are allowed under | ||||||
12 | Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code for owners with a | ||||||
13 | household income of less than $30,000, then the calculation of | ||||||
14 | Available Local Resources shall not be affected by the | ||||||
15 | difference, if any, because of those additional exemptions. | ||||||
16 | This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by | ||||||
17 | the requirements of
this subsection, shall be utilized in the | ||||||
18 | calculation of Available Local
Resources. | ||||||
19 | (2) The equalized assessed valuation in paragraph (1) shall | ||||||
20 | be adjusted, as
applicable, in the following manner: | ||||||
21 | (a) For the purposes of calculating State aid under | ||||||
22 | this Section,
with respect to any part of a school district | ||||||
23 | within a redevelopment
project area in respect to which a | ||||||
24 | municipality has adopted tax
increment allocation | ||||||
25 | financing pursuant to the Tax Increment Allocation
| ||||||
26 | Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through 11-74.4-11 |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | of the Illinois
Municipal Code or the Industrial Jobs | ||||||
2 | Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through
11-74.6-50 of the | ||||||
3 | Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the current equalized
| ||||||
4 | assessed valuation of real property located in any such | ||||||
5 | project area which is
attributable to an increase above the | ||||||
6 | total initial equalized assessed
valuation of such | ||||||
7 | property shall be used as part of the equalized assessed
| ||||||
8 | valuation of the district, until such time as all
| ||||||
9 | redevelopment project costs have been paid, as provided in | ||||||
10 | Section 11-74.4-8
of the Tax Increment Allocation | ||||||
11 | Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of
the | ||||||
12 | Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose of
the | ||||||
13 | equalized assessed valuation of the
district, the total | ||||||
14 | initial equalized assessed valuation or the current
| ||||||
15 | equalized assessed valuation, whichever is lower, shall be | ||||||
16 | used until
such time as all redevelopment project costs | ||||||
17 | have been paid. | ||||||
18 | (b) The real property equalized assessed valuation for | ||||||
19 | a school district
shall be adjusted by subtracting from the | ||||||
20 | real property
value as equalized or assessed by the | ||||||
21 | Department of Revenue for the
district an amount computed | ||||||
22 | by dividing the amount of any abatement of
taxes under | ||||||
23 | Section 18-170 of the Property Tax Code by 3.00% for a | ||||||
24 | district
maintaining grades kindergarten through 12, by | ||||||
25 | 2.30% for a district
maintaining grades kindergarten | ||||||
26 | through 8, or by 1.05% for a
district
maintaining grades 9 |
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1 | through 12 and adjusted by an amount computed by dividing
| ||||||
2 | the amount of any abatement of taxes under subsection (a) | ||||||
3 | of Section 18-165 of
the Property Tax Code by the same | ||||||
4 | percentage rates for district type as
specified in this | ||||||
5 | subparagraph (b). | ||||||
6 | (3) For the 1999-2000 school year and each school year | ||||||
7 | thereafter, if a
school district meets all of the criteria of | ||||||
8 | this subsection (G)(3), the school
district's Available Local | ||||||
9 | Resources shall be calculated under subsection (D)
using the | ||||||
10 | district's Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation | ||||||
11 | as
calculated under this
subsection (G)(3). | ||||||
12 | For purposes of this subsection (G)(3) the following terms | ||||||
13 | shall have
the following meanings: | ||||||
14 | "Budget Year": The school year for which general State | ||||||
15 | aid is calculated
and
awarded under subsection (E). | ||||||
16 | "Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used to | ||||||
17 | calculate the Budget
Year
allocation of general State aid. | ||||||
18 | "Preceding Tax Year": The property tax levy year | ||||||
19 | immediately preceding the
Base Tax Year. | ||||||
20 | "Base Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of the | ||||||
21 | equalized assessed
valuation utilized by the County Clerk | ||||||
22 | in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the
limiting rate as | ||||||
23 | calculated by the County Clerk and defined in the Property | ||||||
24 | Tax
Extension Limitation Law. | ||||||
25 | "Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of | ||||||
26 | the equalized assessed
valuation utilized by the County |
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| |||||||
1 | Clerk in the Preceding Tax Year multiplied by
the Operating | ||||||
2 | Tax Rate as defined in subsection (A). | ||||||
3 | "Extension Limitation Ratio": A numerical ratio, | ||||||
4 | certified by the
County Clerk, in which the numerator is | ||||||
5 | the Base Tax Year's Tax
Extension and the denominator is | ||||||
6 | the Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension. | ||||||
7 | "Operating Tax Rate": The operating tax rate as defined | ||||||
8 | in subsection (A). | ||||||
9 | If a school district is subject to property tax extension | ||||||
10 | limitations as
imposed under
the Property Tax Extension | ||||||
11 | Limitation Law, the State Board of Education shall
calculate | ||||||
12 | the Extension
Limitation
Equalized Assessed Valuation of that | ||||||
13 | district. For the 1999-2000 school
year, the
Extension | ||||||
14 | Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as
| ||||||
15 | calculated by the State Board of Education shall be equal to | ||||||
16 | the product of the
district's 1996 Equalized Assessed Valuation | ||||||
17 | and the district's Extension
Limitation Ratio. Except as | ||||||
18 | otherwise provided in this paragraph for a school district that | ||||||
19 | has approved or does approve an increase in its limiting rate, | ||||||
20 | for the 2000-2001 school year and each school year
thereafter,
| ||||||
21 | the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a | ||||||
22 | school district as
calculated by the State Board of Education | ||||||
23 | shall be equal to the product of
the Equalized Assessed | ||||||
24 | Valuation last used in the calculation of general State
aid and | ||||||
25 | the
district's Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension | ||||||
26 | Limitation
Equalized
Assessed Valuation of a school district as |
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| |||||||
1 | calculated under
this subsection (G)(3) is less than the | ||||||
2 | district's equalized assessed valuation
as calculated pursuant | ||||||
3 | to subsections (G)(1) and (G)(2), then for purposes of
| ||||||
4 | calculating the district's general State aid for the Budget | ||||||
5 | Year pursuant to
subsection (E), that Extension
Limitation | ||||||
6 | Equalized Assessed Valuation shall be utilized to calculate the
| ||||||
7 | district's Available Local Resources
under subsection (D). For | ||||||
8 | the 2009-2010 school year and each school year thereafter, if a | ||||||
9 | school district has approved or does approve an increase in its | ||||||
10 | limiting rate, pursuant to Section 18-190 of the Property Tax | ||||||
11 | Code, affecting the Base Tax Year, the Extension Limitation | ||||||
12 | Equalized Assessed Valuation of the school district, as | ||||||
13 | calculated by the State Board of Education, shall be equal to | ||||||
14 | the product of the Equalized Assessed Valuation last used in | ||||||
15 | the calculation of general State aid times an amount equal to | ||||||
16 | one plus the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price | ||||||
17 | Index for all Urban Consumers for all items published by the | ||||||
18 | United States Department of Labor for the 12-month calendar | ||||||
19 | year preceding the Base Tax Year, plus the Equalized Assessed | ||||||
20 | Valuation of new property, annexed property, and recovered tax | ||||||
21 | increment value and minus the Equalized Assessed Valuation of | ||||||
22 | disconnected property. New property and recovered tax | ||||||
23 | increment value shall have the meanings set forth in the | ||||||
24 | Property Tax Extension Limitation Law. | ||||||
25 | Partial elementary unit districts created in accordance | ||||||
26 | with Article 11E of this Code shall not be eligible for the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | adjustment in this subsection (G)(3) until the fifth year | ||||||
2 | following the effective date of the reorganization.
| ||||||
3 | (3.5) For the 2010-2011 school year and each school year | ||||||
4 | thereafter, if a school district's boundaries span multiple | ||||||
5 | counties, then the Department of Revenue shall send to the | ||||||
6 | State Board of Education, for the purpose of calculating | ||||||
7 | general State aid, the limiting rate and individual rates by | ||||||
8 | purpose for the county that contains the majority of the school | ||||||
9 | district's Equalized Assessed Valuation. | ||||||
10 | (4) For the purposes of calculating general State aid for | ||||||
11 | the 1999-2000
school year only, if a school district | ||||||
12 | experienced a triennial reassessment on
the equalized assessed | ||||||
13 | valuation used in calculating its general State
financial aid | ||||||
14 | apportionment for the 1998-1999 school year, the State Board of
| ||||||
15 | Education shall calculate the Extension Limitation Equalized | ||||||
16 | Assessed Valuation
that would have been used to calculate the | ||||||
17 | district's 1998-1999 general State
aid. This amount shall equal | ||||||
18 | the product of the equalized assessed valuation
used to
| ||||||
19 | calculate general State aid for the 1997-1998 school year and | ||||||
20 | the district's
Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension | ||||||
21 | Limitation Equalized Assessed
Valuation of the school district | ||||||
22 | as calculated under this paragraph (4) is
less than the | ||||||
23 | district's equalized assessed valuation utilized in | ||||||
24 | calculating
the
district's 1998-1999 general State aid | ||||||
25 | allocation, then for purposes of
calculating the district's | ||||||
26 | general State aid pursuant to paragraph (5) of
subsection (E),
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | that Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation shall | ||||||
2 | be utilized to
calculate the district's Available Local | ||||||
3 | Resources. | ||||||
4 | (5) For school districts having a majority of their | ||||||
5 | equalized assessed
valuation in any county except Cook, DuPage, | ||||||
6 | Kane, Lake, McHenry, or Will, if
the amount of general State | ||||||
7 | aid allocated to the school district for the
1999-2000 school | ||||||
8 | year under the provisions of subsection (E), (H), and (J) of
| ||||||
9 | this Section is less than the amount of general State aid | ||||||
10 | allocated to the
district for the 1998-1999 school year under | ||||||
11 | these subsections, then the
general
State aid of the district | ||||||
12 | for the 1999-2000 school year only shall be increased
by the | ||||||
13 | difference between these amounts. The total payments made under | ||||||
14 | this
paragraph (5) shall not exceed $14,000,000. Claims shall | ||||||
15 | be prorated if they
exceed $14,000,000.
| ||||||
16 | (H) Supplemental General State Aid. | ||||||
17 | (1) In addition to the general State aid a school district | ||||||
18 | is allotted
pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying school | ||||||
19 | districts shall receive a grant,
paid in conjunction with a | ||||||
20 | district's payments of general State aid, for
supplemental | ||||||
21 | general State aid based upon the concentration level of | ||||||
22 | children
from low-income households within the school | ||||||
23 | district.
Supplemental State aid grants provided for school | ||||||
24 | districts under this
subsection shall be appropriated for | ||||||
25 | distribution to school districts as part
of the same line item |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | in which the general State financial aid of school
districts is | ||||||
2 | appropriated under this Section.
| ||||||
3 | (1.5) This paragraph (1.5) applies only to those school | ||||||
4 | years
preceding the 2003-2004 school year.
For purposes of this
| ||||||
5 | subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level" | ||||||
6 | shall be the
low-income
eligible pupil count from the most | ||||||
7 | recently available federal census divided by
the Average Daily | ||||||
8 | Attendance of the school district.
If, however, (i) the | ||||||
9 | percentage decrease from the 2 most recent federal
censuses
in | ||||||
10 | the low-income eligible pupil count of a high school district | ||||||
11 | with fewer
than 400 students exceeds by 75% or more the | ||||||
12 | percentage change in the total
low-income eligible pupil count | ||||||
13 | of contiguous elementary school districts,
whose boundaries | ||||||
14 | are coterminous with the high school district,
or (ii) a high | ||||||
15 | school district within 2 counties and serving 5 elementary
| ||||||
16 | school
districts, whose boundaries are coterminous with the | ||||||
17 | high school
district, has a percentage decrease from the 2 most | ||||||
18 | recent federal
censuses in the low-income eligible pupil count | ||||||
19 | and there is a percentage
increase in the total low-income | ||||||
20 | eligible pupil count of a majority of the
elementary school | ||||||
21 | districts in excess of 50% from the 2 most recent
federal | ||||||
22 | censuses, then
the
high school district's low-income eligible | ||||||
23 | pupil count from the earlier federal
census
shall be the number | ||||||
24 | used as the low-income eligible pupil count for the high
school | ||||||
25 | district, for purposes of this subsection (H).
The changes made | ||||||
26 | to this paragraph (1) by Public Act 92-28 shall apply to
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | supplemental general State aid
grants for school years | ||||||
2 | preceding the 2003-2004 school year that are paid
in fiscal | ||||||
3 | year 1999 or thereafter
and to
any State aid payments made in | ||||||
4 | fiscal year 1994 through fiscal year
1998 pursuant to | ||||||
5 | subsection 1(n) of Section 18-8 of this Code (which was
| ||||||
6 | repealed on July 1, 1998), and any high school district that is | ||||||
7 | affected by
Public Act 92-28 is
entitled to a
recomputation of | ||||||
8 | its supplemental general State aid grant or State aid
paid in | ||||||
9 | any of those fiscal years. This recomputation shall not be
| ||||||
10 | affected by any other funding. | ||||||
11 | (1.10) This paragraph (1.10) applies to the 2003-2004 | ||||||
12 | school year
and each school year thereafter. For purposes of | ||||||
13 | this subsection (H), the
term "Low-Income Concentration Level" | ||||||
14 | shall, for each fiscal year, be the
low-income eligible
pupil | ||||||
15 | count
as of July 1 of the immediately preceding fiscal year
(as | ||||||
16 | determined by the Department of Human Services based
on the | ||||||
17 | number of pupils
who are eligible for at least one of the | ||||||
18 | following
low income programs: Medicaid, the Children's Health | ||||||
19 | Insurance Program, TANF, or Food Stamps,
excluding pupils who | ||||||
20 | are eligible for services provided by the Department
of | ||||||
21 | Children and Family Services,
averaged over
the 2 immediately | ||||||
22 | preceding fiscal years for fiscal year 2004 and over the 3
| ||||||
23 | immediately preceding fiscal years for each fiscal year | ||||||
24 | thereafter)
divided by the Average Daily Attendance of the | ||||||
25 | school district. | ||||||
26 | (2) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | subsection (H) shall
be
provided as follows for the 1998-1999, | ||||||
2 | 1999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years
only: | ||||||
3 | (a) For any school district with a Low Income | ||||||
4 | Concentration Level of at
least 20% and less than 35%, the | ||||||
5 | grant for any school year
shall be $800
multiplied by the | ||||||
6 | low income eligible pupil count. | ||||||
7 | (b) For any school district with a Low Income | ||||||
8 | Concentration Level of at
least 35% and less than 50%, the | ||||||
9 | grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall be
$1,100 | ||||||
10 | multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count. | ||||||
11 | (c) For any school district with a Low Income | ||||||
12 | Concentration Level of at
least 50% and less than 60%, the | ||||||
13 | grant for the 1998-99 school year shall be
$1,500 | ||||||
14 | multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count. | ||||||
15 | (d) For any school district with a Low Income | ||||||
16 | Concentration Level of 60%
or more, the grant for the | ||||||
17 | 1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by
the low | ||||||
18 | income eligible pupil count. | ||||||
19 | (e) For the 1999-2000 school year, the per pupil amount | ||||||
20 | specified in
subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d) immediately | ||||||
21 | above shall be increased to $1,243,
$1,600, and $2,000, | ||||||
22 | respectively. | ||||||
23 | (f) For the 2000-2001 school year, the per pupil | ||||||
24 | amounts specified in
subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d) | ||||||
25 | immediately above shall be
$1,273, $1,640, and $2,050, | ||||||
26 | respectively. |
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1 | (2.5) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this | ||||||
2 | subsection (H)
shall be provided as follows for the 2002-2003 | ||||||
3 | school year: | ||||||
4 | (a) For any school district with a Low Income | ||||||
5 | Concentration Level of less
than 10%, the grant for each | ||||||
6 | school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low
income | ||||||
7 | eligible pupil count. | ||||||
8 | (b) For any school district with a Low Income | ||||||
9 | Concentration
Level of at least 10% and less than 20%, the | ||||||
10 | grant for each school year shall
be $675
multiplied by the | ||||||
11 | low income eligible pupil
count. | ||||||
12 | (c) For any school district with a Low Income | ||||||
13 | Concentration
Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the | ||||||
14 | grant for each school year shall
be $1,330
multiplied by | ||||||
15 | the low income eligible pupil
count. | ||||||
16 | (d) For any school district with a Low Income | ||||||
17 | Concentration
Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the | ||||||
18 | grant for each school year shall
be $1,362
multiplied by | ||||||
19 | the low income eligible pupil
count. | ||||||
20 | (e) For any school district with a Low Income | ||||||
21 | Concentration
Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the | ||||||
22 | grant for each school year shall
be $1,680
multiplied by | ||||||
23 | the low income eligible pupil
count. | ||||||
24 | (f) For any school district with a Low Income | ||||||
25 | Concentration
Level of 60% or more, the grant for each | ||||||
26 | school year shall be $2,080
multiplied by the low income |
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1 | eligible pupil count. | ||||||
2 | (2.10) Except as otherwise provided, supplemental general | ||||||
3 | State aid
pursuant to this subsection
(H) shall be provided as | ||||||
4 | follows for the 2003-2004 school year and each
school year | ||||||
5 | thereafter: | ||||||
6 | (a) For any school district with a Low Income | ||||||
7 | Concentration
Level of 15% or less, the grant for each | ||||||
8 | school year
shall be $355 multiplied by the low income | ||||||
9 | eligible pupil count. | ||||||
10 | (b) For any school district with a Low Income | ||||||
11 | Concentration
Level greater than 15%, the grant for each | ||||||
12 | school year shall be
$294.25 added to the product of $2,700 | ||||||
13 | and the square of the Low
Income Concentration Level, all | ||||||
14 | multiplied by the low income
eligible pupil count. | ||||||
15 | For the 2003-2004 school year and each school year | ||||||
16 | thereafter through the 2008-2009 school year only, the grant | ||||||
17 | shall be no less than the
grant
for
the 2002-2003 school year. | ||||||
18 | For the 2009-2010 school year only, the grant shall
be no
less | ||||||
19 | than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by | ||||||
20 | 0.66. For the 2010-2011
school year only, the grant shall be no | ||||||
21 | less than the grant for the 2002-2003
school year
multiplied by | ||||||
22 | 0.33. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph to the | ||||||
23 | contrary, if for any school year supplemental general State aid | ||||||
24 | grants are prorated as provided in paragraph (1) of this | ||||||
25 | subsection (H), then the grants under this paragraph shall be | ||||||
26 | prorated.
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1 | For the 2003-2004 school year only, the grant shall be no | ||||||
2 | greater
than the grant received during the 2002-2003 school | ||||||
3 | year added to the
product of 0.25 multiplied by the difference | ||||||
4 | between the grant amount
calculated under subsection (a) or (b) | ||||||
5 | of this paragraph (2.10), whichever
is applicable, and the | ||||||
6 | grant received during the 2002-2003 school year.
For the | ||||||
7 | 2004-2005 school year only, the grant shall be no greater than
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8 | the grant received during the 2002-2003 school year added to | ||||||
9 | the
product of 0.50 multiplied by the difference between the | ||||||
10 | grant amount
calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this | ||||||
11 | paragraph (2.10), whichever
is applicable, and the grant | ||||||
12 | received during the 2002-2003 school year.
For the 2005-2006 | ||||||
13 | school year only, the grant shall be no greater than
the grant | ||||||
14 | received during the 2002-2003 school year added to the
product | ||||||
15 | of 0.75 multiplied by the difference between the grant amount
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16 | calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this paragraph | ||||||
17 | (2.10), whichever
is applicable, and the grant received during | ||||||
18 | the 2002-2003
school year. | ||||||
19 | (3) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of | ||||||
20 | more than 1,000
and less than 50,000 that qualify for | ||||||
21 | supplemental general State aid pursuant
to this subsection | ||||||
22 | shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
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23 | October 30 of each year for the use of the funds resulting from | ||||||
24 | this grant of
supplemental general State aid for the | ||||||
25 | improvement of
instruction in which priority is given to | ||||||
26 | meeting the education needs of
disadvantaged children. Such |
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1 | plan shall be submitted in accordance with
rules and | ||||||
2 | regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education. | ||||||
3 | (4) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of | ||||||
4 | 50,000 or more
that qualify for supplemental general State aid | ||||||
5 | pursuant to this subsection
shall be required to distribute | ||||||
6 | from funds available pursuant to this Section,
no less than | ||||||
7 | $261,000,000 in accordance with the following requirements: | ||||||
8 | (a) The required amounts shall be distributed to the | ||||||
9 | attendance centers
within the district in proportion to the | ||||||
10 | number of pupils enrolled at each
attendance center who are | ||||||
11 | eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunches or
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12 | breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966 | ||||||
13 | and under the National
School Lunch Act during the | ||||||
14 | immediately preceding school year. | ||||||
15 | (b) The distribution of these portions of supplemental | ||||||
16 | and general State
aid among attendance centers according to | ||||||
17 | these requirements shall not be
compensated for or | ||||||
18 | contravened by adjustments of the total of other funds
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19 | appropriated to any attendance centers, and the Board of | ||||||
20 | Education shall
utilize funding from one or several sources | ||||||
21 | in order to fully implement this
provision annually prior | ||||||
22 | to the opening of school. | ||||||
23 | (c) Each attendance center shall be provided by the
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24 | school district a distribution of noncategorical funds and | ||||||
25 | other
categorical funds to which an attendance center is | ||||||
26 | entitled under law in
order that the general State aid and |
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1 | supplemental general State aid provided
by application of | ||||||
2 | this subsection supplements rather than supplants the
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3 | noncategorical funds and other categorical funds provided | ||||||
4 | by the school
district to the attendance centers. | ||||||
5 | (d) Any funds made available under this subsection that | ||||||
6 | by reason of the
provisions of this subsection are not
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7 | required to be allocated and provided to attendance centers | ||||||
8 | may be used and
appropriated by the board of the district | ||||||
9 | for any lawful school purpose. | ||||||
10 | (e) Funds received by an attendance center
pursuant to | ||||||
11 | this
subsection shall be used
by the attendance center at | ||||||
12 | the discretion
of the principal and local school council | ||||||
13 | for programs to improve educational
opportunities at | ||||||
14 | qualifying schools through the following programs and
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15 | services: early childhood education, reduced class size or | ||||||
16 | improved adult to
student classroom ratio, enrichment | ||||||
17 | programs, remedial assistance, attendance
improvement, and | ||||||
18 | other educationally beneficial expenditures which
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19 | supplement
the regular and basic programs as determined by | ||||||
20 | the State Board of Education.
Funds provided shall not be | ||||||
21 | expended for any political or lobbying purposes
as defined | ||||||
22 | by board rule. | ||||||
23 | (f) Each district subject to the provisions of this | ||||||
24 | subdivision (H)(4)
shall submit an
acceptable plan to meet | ||||||
25 | the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
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26 | compliance with the requirements of this paragraph, to the |
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1 | State Board of
Education prior to July 15 of each year. | ||||||
2 | This plan shall be consistent with the
decisions of local | ||||||
3 | school councils concerning the school expenditure plans
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4 | developed in accordance with part 4 of Section 34-2.3. The | ||||||
5 | State Board shall
approve or reject the plan within 60 days | ||||||
6 | after its submission. If the plan is
rejected, the district | ||||||
7 | shall give written notice of intent to modify the plan
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8 | within 15 days of the notification of rejection and then | ||||||
9 | submit a modified plan
within 30 days after the date of the | ||||||
10 | written notice of intent to modify.
Districts may amend | ||||||
11 | approved plans pursuant to rules promulgated by the State
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12 | Board of Education. | ||||||
13 | Upon notification by the State Board of Education that | ||||||
14 | the district has
not submitted a plan prior to July 15 or a | ||||||
15 | modified plan within the time
period specified herein, the
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16 | State aid funds affected by that plan or modified plan | ||||||
17 | shall be withheld by the
State Board of Education until a | ||||||
18 | plan or modified plan is submitted. | ||||||
19 | If the district fails to distribute State aid to | ||||||
20 | attendance centers in
accordance with an approved plan, the | ||||||
21 | plan for the following year shall
allocate funds, in | ||||||
22 | addition to the funds otherwise required by this
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23 | subsection, to those attendance centers which were | ||||||
24 | underfunded during the
previous year in amounts equal to | ||||||
25 | such underfunding. | ||||||
26 | For purposes of determining compliance with this |
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1 | subsection in relation
to the requirements of attendance | ||||||
2 | center funding, each district subject to the
provisions of | ||||||
3 | this
subsection shall submit as a separate document by | ||||||
4 | December 1 of each year a
report of expenditure data for | ||||||
5 | the prior year in addition to any
modification of its | ||||||
6 | current plan. If it is determined that there has been
a | ||||||
7 | failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this | ||||||
8 | subsection
regarding contravention or supplanting, the | ||||||
9 | State Superintendent of
Education shall, within 60 days of | ||||||
10 | receipt of the report, notify the
district and any affected | ||||||
11 | local school council. The district shall within
45 days of | ||||||
12 | receipt of that notification inform the State | ||||||
13 | Superintendent of
Education of the remedial or corrective | ||||||
14 | action to be taken, whether by
amendment of the current | ||||||
15 | plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan
for the | ||||||
16 | following year. Failure to provide the expenditure report | ||||||
17 | or the
notification of remedial or corrective action in a | ||||||
18 | timely manner shall
result in a withholding of the affected | ||||||
19 | funds. | ||||||
20 | The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and | ||||||
21 | regulations
to implement the provisions of this | ||||||
22 | subsection. No funds shall be released
under this | ||||||
23 | subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted a | ||||||
24 | plan
that has been approved by the State Board of | ||||||
25 | Education.
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1 | (I) (Blank).
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2 | (J) Supplementary Grants in Aid. | ||||||
3 | (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, | ||||||
4 | the amount of the
aggregate general State aid in combination | ||||||
5 | with supplemental general State aid
under this Section for | ||||||
6 | which
each school district is eligible shall be no
less than | ||||||
7 | the amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that | ||||||
8 | was
received by the district under Section
18-8 (exclusive of | ||||||
9 | amounts received
under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that | ||||||
10 | Section)
for the 1997-98 school year,
pursuant to the | ||||||
11 | provisions of that Section as it was then in effect.
If a | ||||||
12 | school district qualifies to receive a supplementary payment | ||||||
13 | made under
this subsection (J), the amount
of the aggregate | ||||||
14 | general State aid in combination with supplemental general
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15 | State aid under this Section
which that district is eligible to | ||||||
16 | receive for each school year shall be no less than the amount | ||||||
17 | of the aggregate
general State aid entitlement that was | ||||||
18 | received by the district under
Section 18-8 (exclusive of | ||||||
19 | amounts received
under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that | ||||||
20 | Section)
for the 1997-1998 school year, pursuant to the | ||||||
21 | provisions of that
Section as it was then in effect. | ||||||
22 | (2) If, as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection | ||||||
23 | (J), a school
district is to receive aggregate general State | ||||||
24 | aid in
combination with supplemental general State aid under | ||||||
25 | this Section for the 1998-99 school year and any subsequent |
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1 | school
year that in any such school year is less than the | ||||||
2 | amount of the aggregate
general
State
aid entitlement that the | ||||||
3 | district received for the 1997-98 school year, the
school | ||||||
4 | district shall also receive, from a separate appropriation made | ||||||
5 | for
purposes of this subsection (J), a supplementary payment | ||||||
6 | that is equal to the
amount of the difference in the aggregate | ||||||
7 | State aid figures as described in
paragraph (1). | ||||||
8 | (3) (Blank).
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9 | (K) Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools. | ||||||
10 | In calculating the amount to be paid to the governing board | ||||||
11 | of a public
university that operates a laboratory school under | ||||||
12 | this Section or to any
alternative school that is operated by a | ||||||
13 | regional superintendent of schools,
the State
Board of | ||||||
14 | Education shall require by rule such reporting requirements as | ||||||
15 | it
deems necessary. | ||||||
16 | As used in this Section, "laboratory school" means a public | ||||||
17 | school which is
created and operated by a public university and | ||||||
18 | approved by the State Board of
Education. The governing board | ||||||
19 | of a public university which receives funds
from the State | ||||||
20 | Board under this subsection (K) may not increase the number of
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21 | students enrolled in its laboratory
school from a single | ||||||
22 | district, if that district is already sending 50 or more
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23 | students, except under a mutual agreement between the school | ||||||
24 | board of a
student's district of residence and the university | ||||||
25 | which operates the
laboratory school. A laboratory school may |
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1 | not have more than 1,000 students,
excluding students with | ||||||
2 | disabilities in a special education program. | ||||||
3 | As used in this Section, "alternative school" means a | ||||||
4 | public school which is
created and operated by a Regional | ||||||
5 | Superintendent of Schools and approved by
the State Board of | ||||||
6 | Education. Such alternative schools may offer courses of
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7 | instruction for which credit is given in regular school | ||||||
8 | programs, courses to
prepare students for the high school | ||||||
9 | equivalency testing program or vocational
and occupational | ||||||
10 | training. A regional superintendent of schools may contract
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11 | with a school district or a public community college district | ||||||
12 | to operate an
alternative school. An alternative school serving | ||||||
13 | more than one educational
service region may be established by | ||||||
14 | the regional superintendents of schools
of the affected | ||||||
15 | educational service regions. An alternative school
serving | ||||||
16 | more than one educational service region may be operated under | ||||||
17 | such
terms as the regional superintendents of schools of those | ||||||
18 | educational service
regions may agree. | ||||||
19 | Each laboratory and alternative school shall file, on forms | ||||||
20 | provided by the
State Superintendent of Education, an annual | ||||||
21 | State aid claim which states the
Average Daily Attendance of | ||||||
22 | the school's students by month. The best 3 months'
Average | ||||||
23 | Daily Attendance shall be computed for each school.
The general | ||||||
24 | State aid entitlement shall be computed by multiplying the
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25 | applicable Average Daily Attendance by the Foundation Level as | ||||||
26 | determined under
this Section.
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1 | (L) Payments, Additional Grants in Aid and Other Requirements. | ||||||
2 | (1) For a school district operating under the financial | ||||||
3 | supervision
of an Authority created under Article 34A, the | ||||||
4 | general State aid otherwise
payable to that district under this | ||||||
5 | Section, but not the supplemental general
State aid, shall be | ||||||
6 | reduced by an amount equal to the budget for
the operations of | ||||||
7 | the Authority as certified by the Authority to the State
Board | ||||||
8 | of Education, and an amount equal to such reduction shall be | ||||||
9 | paid
to the Authority created for such district for its | ||||||
10 | operating expenses in
the manner provided in Section 18-11. The | ||||||
11 | remainder
of general State school aid for any such district | ||||||
12 | shall be paid in accordance
with Article 34A when that Article | ||||||
13 | provides for a disposition other than that
provided by this | ||||||
14 | Article. | ||||||
15 | (2) (Blank). | ||||||
16 | (3) Summer school. Summer school payments shall be made as | ||||||
17 | provided in
Section 18-4.3.
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18 | (M) Education Funding Advisory Board. | ||||||
19 | The Education Funding Advisory
Board, hereinafter in this | ||||||
20 | subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby
created. | ||||||
21 | The Board
shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the | ||||||
22 | Governor, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate. The | ||||||
23 | members appointed shall include
representatives of education, | ||||||
24 | business, and the general public. One of the
members so |
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1 | appointed shall be
designated by the Governor at the time the | ||||||
2 | appointment is made as the
chairperson of the
Board.
The | ||||||
3 | initial members of the Board may
be appointed any time after | ||||||
4 | the effective date of this amendatory Act of
1997. The regular | ||||||
5 | term of each member of the
Board shall be for 4 years from the | ||||||
6 | third Monday of January of the
year in which the term of the | ||||||
7 | member's appointment is to commence, except that
of the 5 | ||||||
8 | initial members appointed to serve on the
Board, the member who | ||||||
9 | is appointed as the chairperson shall serve for
a term that | ||||||
10 | commences on the date of his or her appointment and expires on | ||||||
11 | the
third Monday of January, 2002, and the remaining 4 members, | ||||||
12 | by lots drawn at
the first meeting of the Board that is
held
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13 | after all 5 members are appointed, shall determine 2 of their | ||||||
14 | number to serve
for terms that commence on the date of their
| ||||||
15 | respective appointments and expire on the third
Monday of | ||||||
16 | January, 2001,
and 2 of their number to serve for terms that | ||||||
17 | commence
on the date of their respective appointments and | ||||||
18 | expire on the third Monday
of January, 2000. All members | ||||||
19 | appointed to serve on the
Board shall serve until their | ||||||
20 | respective successors are
appointed and confirmed. Vacancies | ||||||
21 | shall be filled in the same manner as
original appointments. If | ||||||
22 | a vacancy in membership occurs at a time when the
Senate is not | ||||||
23 | in session, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment | ||||||
24 | until
the next meeting of the Senate, when he or she shall | ||||||
25 | appoint, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, a | ||||||
26 | person to fill that membership for the
unexpired term. If the |
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1 | Senate is not in session when the initial appointments
are | ||||||
2 | made, those appointments shall
be made as in the case of | ||||||
3 | vacancies. | ||||||
4 | The Education Funding Advisory Board shall be deemed | ||||||
5 | established,
and the initial
members appointed by the Governor | ||||||
6 | to serve as members of the
Board shall take office,
on the date | ||||||
7 | that the
Governor makes his or her appointment of the fifth | ||||||
8 | initial member of the
Board, whether those initial members are | ||||||
9 | then serving
pursuant to appointment and confirmation or | ||||||
10 | pursuant to temporary appointments
that are made by the | ||||||
11 | Governor as in the case of vacancies. | ||||||
12 | The State Board of Education shall provide such staff | ||||||
13 | assistance to the
Education Funding Advisory Board as is | ||||||
14 | reasonably required for the proper
performance by the Board of | ||||||
15 | its responsibilities. | ||||||
16 | For school years after the 2000-2001 school year, the | ||||||
17 | Education
Funding Advisory Board, in consultation with the | ||||||
18 | State Board of Education,
shall make recommendations as | ||||||
19 | provided in this subsection (M) to the General
Assembly for the | ||||||
20 | foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section and
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21 | for the
supplemental general State aid grant level under | ||||||
22 | subsection (H) of this Section
for districts with high | ||||||
23 | concentrations of children from poverty. The
recommended | ||||||
24 | foundation level shall be determined based on a methodology | ||||||
25 | which
incorporates the basic education expenditures of | ||||||
26 | low-spending schools
exhibiting high academic performance. The |
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1 | Education Funding Advisory Board
shall make such | ||||||
2 | recommendations to the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
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3 | numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.
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4 | (N) (Blank).
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5 | (O) References. | ||||||
6 | (1) References in other laws to the various subdivisions of
| ||||||
7 | Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and | ||||||
8 | replacement by this
Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer to | ||||||
9 | the corresponding provisions of
this Section 18-8.05, to the | ||||||
10 | extent that those references remain applicable. | ||||||
11 | (2) References in other laws to State Chapter 1 funds shall | ||||||
12 | be deemed to
refer to the supplemental general State aid | ||||||
13 | provided under subsection (H) of
this Section.
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14 | (P) Public Act 93-838 and Public Act 93-808 make inconsistent | ||||||
15 | changes to this Section. Under Section 6 of the Statute on | ||||||
16 | Statutes there is an irreconcilable conflict between Public Act | ||||||
17 | 93-808 and Public Act 93-838. Public Act 93-838, being the last | ||||||
18 | acted upon, is controlling. The text of Public Act 93-838 is | ||||||
19 | the law regardless of the text of Public Act 93-808. | ||||||
20 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-644, eff. 10-12-07; | ||||||
21 | 95-707, eff. 1-11-08; 95-744, eff. 7-18-08; 95-903, eff. | ||||||
22 | 8-25-08; 96-45, eff. 7-15-09; 96-152, eff. 8-7-09; 96-300, eff. | ||||||
23 | 8-11-09; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 96-640, eff. 8-24-09; 96-959, |
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1 | eff. 7-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1480, eff. 11-18-10; | ||||||
2 | revised 11-24-10.)
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3 | (105 ILCS 5/34-18) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18)
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4 | Sec. 34-18. Powers of the board. The board shall exercise | ||||||
5 | general
supervision and jurisdiction over the public education | ||||||
6 | and the public
school system of the city, and, except as | ||||||
7 | otherwise provided by this
Article, shall have power:
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8 | 1. To make suitable provision for the establishment and | ||||||
9 | maintenance
throughout the year or for such portion thereof | ||||||
10 | as it may direct, but for not
less than the minimum term | ||||||
11 | required by Section 10-19 of this Code in order to ensure | ||||||
12 | the minimum number of days of actual pupil attendance as
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13 | required by Section 10-19 9 months , of schools of all | ||||||
14 | grades and kinds, including normal
schools, high schools, | ||||||
15 | night schools, schools for defectives and
delinquents, | ||||||
16 | parental and truant schools, schools for the blind, the
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17 | deaf and the crippled, schools or classes in manual | ||||||
18 | training,
constructural and vocational teaching, domestic | ||||||
19 | arts and physical
culture, vocation and extension schools | ||||||
20 | and lecture courses, and all
other educational courses and | ||||||
21 | facilities, including establishing,
equipping, maintaining | ||||||
22 | and operating playgrounds and recreational
programs, when | ||||||
23 | such programs are conducted in, adjacent to, or connected
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24 | with any public school under the general supervision and | ||||||
25 | jurisdiction
of the board; provided that the calendar for |
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1 | the school term and any changes must be submitted to and | ||||||
2 | approved by the State Board of Education before the | ||||||
3 | calendar or changes may take effect, and provided that in | ||||||
4 | allocating funds
from year to year for the operation of all | ||||||
5 | attendance centers within the
district, the board shall | ||||||
6 | ensure that supplemental general State aid funds
are | ||||||
7 | allocated and applied in accordance with Section 18-8 or | ||||||
8 | 18-8.05. To
admit to such
schools without charge foreign | ||||||
9 | exchange students who are participants in
an organized | ||||||
10 | exchange student program which is authorized by the board.
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11 | The board shall permit all students to enroll in | ||||||
12 | apprenticeship programs
in trade schools operated by the | ||||||
13 | board, whether those programs are
union-sponsored or not. | ||||||
14 | No student shall be refused admission into or
be excluded | ||||||
15 | from any course of instruction offered in the common | ||||||
16 | schools
by reason of that student's sex. No student shall | ||||||
17 | be denied equal
access to physical education and | ||||||
18 | interscholastic athletic programs
supported from school | ||||||
19 | district funds or denied participation in
comparable | ||||||
20 | physical education and athletic programs solely by reason | ||||||
21 | of
the student's sex. Equal access to programs supported | ||||||
22 | from school
district funds and comparable programs will be | ||||||
23 | defined in rules
promulgated by the State Board of | ||||||
24 | Education in
consultation with the Illinois High School | ||||||
25 | Association.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this | ||||||
26 | Article, neither the board
of education nor any local |
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1 | school council or other school official shall
recommend | ||||||
2 | that children with disabilities be placed into regular | ||||||
3 | education
classrooms unless those children with | ||||||
4 | disabilities are provided with
supplementary services to | ||||||
5 | assist them so that they benefit from the regular
classroom | ||||||
6 | instruction and are included on the teacher's regular | ||||||
7 | education
class register;
| ||||||
8 | 2. To furnish lunches to pupils, to make a reasonable | ||||||
9 | charge
therefor, and to use school funds for the payment of | ||||||
10 | such expenses as
the board may determine are necessary in | ||||||
11 | conducting the school lunch
program;
| ||||||
12 | 3. To co-operate with the circuit court;
| ||||||
13 | 4. To make arrangements with the public or quasi-public | ||||||
14 | libraries
and museums for the use of their facilities by | ||||||
15 | teachers and pupils of
the public schools;
| ||||||
16 | 5. To employ dentists and prescribe their duties for | ||||||
17 | the purpose of
treating the pupils in the schools, but | ||||||
18 | accepting such treatment shall
be optional with parents or | ||||||
19 | guardians;
| ||||||
20 | 6. To grant the use of assembly halls and classrooms | ||||||
21 | when not
otherwise needed, including light, heat, and | ||||||
22 | attendants, for free public
lectures, concerts, and other | ||||||
23 | educational and social interests, free of
charge, under | ||||||
24 | such provisions and control as the principal of the
| ||||||
25 | affected attendance center may prescribe;
| ||||||
26 | 7. To apportion the pupils to the several schools; |
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1 | provided that no pupil
shall be excluded from or segregated | ||||||
2 | in any such school on account of his
color, race, sex, or | ||||||
3 | nationality. The board shall take into consideration
the | ||||||
4 | prevention of segregation and the elimination of | ||||||
5 | separation of children
in public schools because of color, | ||||||
6 | race, sex, or nationality. Except that
children may be | ||||||
7 | committed to or attend parental and social adjustment | ||||||
8 | schools
established and maintained either for boys or girls | ||||||
9 | only. All records
pertaining to the creation, alteration or | ||||||
10 | revision of attendance areas shall
be open to the public. | ||||||
11 | Nothing herein shall limit the board's authority to
| ||||||
12 | establish multi-area attendance centers or other student | ||||||
13 | assignment systems
for desegregation purposes or | ||||||
14 | otherwise, and to apportion the pupils to the
several | ||||||
15 | schools. Furthermore, beginning in school year 1994-95, | ||||||
16 | pursuant
to a board plan adopted by October 1, 1993, the | ||||||
17 | board shall offer, commencing
on a phased-in basis, the | ||||||
18 | opportunity for families within the school
district to | ||||||
19 | apply for enrollment of their children in any attendance | ||||||
20 | center
within the school district which does not have | ||||||
21 | selective admission
requirements approved by the board. | ||||||
22 | The appropriate geographical area in
which such open | ||||||
23 | enrollment may be exercised shall be determined by the
| ||||||
24 | board of education. Such children may be admitted to any | ||||||
25 | such attendance
center on a space available basis after all | ||||||
26 | children residing within such
attendance center's area |
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| |||||||
1 | have been accommodated. If the number of
applicants from | ||||||
2 | outside the attendance area exceed the space available,
| ||||||
3 | then successful applicants shall be selected by lottery. | ||||||
4 | The board of
education's open enrollment plan must include | ||||||
5 | provisions that allow low
income students to have access to | ||||||
6 | transportation needed to exercise school
choice. Open | ||||||
7 | enrollment shall be in compliance with the provisions of | ||||||
8 | the
Consent Decree and Desegregation Plan cited in Section | ||||||
9 | 34-1.01;
| ||||||
10 | 8. To approve programs and policies for providing | ||||||
11 | transportation
services to students. Nothing herein shall | ||||||
12 | be construed to permit or empower
the State Board of | ||||||
13 | Education to order, mandate, or require busing or other
| ||||||
14 | transportation of pupils for the purpose of achieving | ||||||
15 | racial balance in any
school;
| ||||||
16 | 9. Subject to the limitations in this Article, to | ||||||
17 | establish and
approve system-wide curriculum objectives | ||||||
18 | and standards, including graduation
standards, which | ||||||
19 | reflect the
multi-cultural diversity in the city and are | ||||||
20 | consistent with State law,
provided that for all purposes | ||||||
21 | of this Article courses or
proficiency in American Sign | ||||||
22 | Language shall be deemed to constitute courses
or | ||||||
23 | proficiency in a foreign language; and to employ principals | ||||||
24 | and teachers,
appointed as provided in this
Article, and | ||||||
25 | fix their compensation. The board shall prepare such | ||||||
26 | reports
related to minimal competency testing as may be |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | requested by the State
Board of Education, and in addition | ||||||
2 | shall monitor and approve special
education and bilingual | ||||||
3 | education programs and policies within the district to
| ||||||
4 | assure that appropriate services are provided in | ||||||
5 | accordance with applicable
State and federal laws to | ||||||
6 | children requiring services and education in those
areas;
| ||||||
7 | 10. To employ non-teaching personnel or utilize | ||||||
8 | volunteer personnel
for: (i) non-teaching duties not | ||||||
9 | requiring instructional judgment or
evaluation of pupils, | ||||||
10 | including library duties; and (ii) supervising study
| ||||||
11 | halls, long distance teaching reception areas used | ||||||
12 | incident to instructional
programs transmitted by | ||||||
13 | electronic media such as computers, video, and audio,
| ||||||
14 | detention and discipline areas, and school-sponsored | ||||||
15 | extracurricular
activities. The board may further utilize | ||||||
16 | volunteer non-certificated
personnel or employ | ||||||
17 | non-certificated personnel to
assist in the instruction of | ||||||
18 | pupils under the immediate supervision of a
teacher holding | ||||||
19 | a valid certificate, directly engaged in teaching
subject | ||||||
20 | matter or conducting activities; provided that the teacher
| ||||||
21 | shall be continuously aware of the non-certificated | ||||||
22 | persons' activities and
shall be able to control or modify | ||||||
23 | them. The general superintendent shall
determine | ||||||
24 | qualifications of such personnel and shall prescribe rules | ||||||
25 | for
determining the duties and activities to be assigned to | ||||||
26 | such personnel;
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1 | 10.5. To utilize volunteer personnel from a regional | ||||||
2 | School Crisis
Assistance Team (S.C.A.T.), created as part | ||||||
3 | of the Safe to Learn Program
established pursuant to | ||||||
4 | Section 25 of the Illinois Violence Prevention Act
of 1995, | ||||||
5 | to provide assistance to schools in times of violence or | ||||||
6 | other
traumatic incidents within a school community by | ||||||
7 | providing crisis
intervention services to lessen the | ||||||
8 | effects of emotional trauma on
individuals and the | ||||||
9 | community; the School Crisis Assistance Team
Steering | ||||||
10 | Committee shall determine the qualifications for | ||||||
11 | volunteers;
| ||||||
12 | 11. To provide television studio facilities in not to | ||||||
13 | exceed one
school building and to provide programs for | ||||||
14 | educational purposes,
provided, however, that the board | ||||||
15 | shall not construct, acquire, operate,
or maintain a | ||||||
16 | television transmitter; to grant the use of its studio
| ||||||
17 | facilities to a licensed television station located in the | ||||||
18 | school
district; and to maintain and operate not to exceed | ||||||
19 | one school radio
transmitting station and provide programs | ||||||
20 | for educational purposes;
| ||||||
21 | 12. To offer, if deemed appropriate, outdoor education | ||||||
22 | courses,
including field trips within the State of | ||||||
23 | Illinois, or adjacent states,
and to use school educational | ||||||
24 | funds for the expense of the said outdoor
educational | ||||||
25 | programs, whether within the school district or not;
| ||||||
26 | 13. During that period of the calendar year not |
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| |||||||
1 | embraced within the
regular school term, to provide and | ||||||
2 | conduct courses in subject matters
normally embraced in the | ||||||
3 | program of the schools during the regular
school term and | ||||||
4 | to give regular school credit for satisfactory
completion | ||||||
5 | by the student of such courses as may be approved for | ||||||
6 | credit
by the State Board of Education;
| ||||||
7 | 14. To insure against any loss or liability of the | ||||||
8 | board,
the former School Board Nominating Commission, | ||||||
9 | Local School Councils, the
Chicago Schools Academic | ||||||
10 | Accountability Council, or the former Subdistrict
Councils | ||||||
11 | or of any member, officer, agent or employee thereof, | ||||||
12 | resulting
from alleged violations of civil rights arising | ||||||
13 | from incidents occurring on
or after September 5, 1967 or | ||||||
14 | from the wrongful or negligent act or
omission of any such | ||||||
15 | person whether occurring within or without the school
| ||||||
16 | premises, provided the officer, agent or employee was, at | ||||||
17 | the time of the
alleged violation of civil rights or | ||||||
18 | wrongful act or omission, acting
within the scope of his | ||||||
19 | employment or under direction of the board, the
former | ||||||
20 | School
Board Nominating Commission, the Chicago Schools | ||||||
21 | Academic Accountability
Council, Local School Councils, or | ||||||
22 | the former Subdistrict Councils;
and to provide for or | ||||||
23 | participate in insurance plans for its officers and
| ||||||
24 | employees, including but not limited to retirement | ||||||
25 | annuities, medical,
surgical and hospitalization benefits | ||||||
26 | in such types and amounts as may be
determined by the |
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| |||||||
1 | board; provided, however, that the board shall contract
for | ||||||
2 | such insurance only with an insurance company authorized to | ||||||
3 | do business
in this State. Such insurance may include | ||||||
4 | provision for employees who rely
on treatment by prayer or | ||||||
5 | spiritual means alone for healing, in accordance
with the | ||||||
6 | tenets and practice of a recognized religious | ||||||
7 | denomination;
| ||||||
8 | 15. To contract with the corporate authorities of any | ||||||
9 | municipality
or the county board of any county, as the case | ||||||
10 | may be, to provide for
the regulation of traffic in parking | ||||||
11 | areas of property used for school
purposes, in such manner | ||||||
12 | as is provided by Section 11-209 of The
Illinois Vehicle | ||||||
13 | Code, approved September 29, 1969, as amended;
| ||||||
14 | 16. (a) To provide, on an equal basis, access to a high
| ||||||
15 | school campus and student directory information to the
| ||||||
16 | official recruiting representatives of the armed forces of | ||||||
17 | Illinois and
the United States for the purposes of | ||||||
18 | informing students of the educational
and career | ||||||
19 | opportunities available in the military if the board has | ||||||
20 | provided
such access to persons or groups whose purpose is | ||||||
21 | to acquaint students with
educational or occupational | ||||||
22 | opportunities available to them. The board
is not required | ||||||
23 | to give greater notice regarding the right of access to
| ||||||
24 | recruiting representatives than is given to other persons | ||||||
25 | and groups. In
this paragraph 16, "directory information" | ||||||
26 | means a high school
student's name, address, and telephone |
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| |||||||
1 | number.
| ||||||
2 | (b) If a student or his or her parent or guardian | ||||||
3 | submits a signed,
written request to the high school before | ||||||
4 | the end of the student's sophomore
year (or if the student | ||||||
5 | is a transfer student, by another time set by
the high | ||||||
6 | school) that indicates that the student or his or her | ||||||
7 | parent or
guardian does
not want the student's directory | ||||||
8 | information to be provided to official
recruiting | ||||||
9 | representatives under subsection (a) of this Section, the | ||||||
10 | high
school may not provide access to the student's | ||||||
11 | directory information to
these recruiting representatives. | ||||||
12 | The high school shall notify its
students and their parents | ||||||
13 | or guardians of the provisions of this
subsection (b).
| ||||||
14 | (c) A high school may require official recruiting | ||||||
15 | representatives of
the armed forces of Illinois and the | ||||||
16 | United States to pay a fee for copying
and mailing a | ||||||
17 | student's directory information in an amount that is not
| ||||||
18 | more than the actual costs incurred by the high school.
| ||||||
19 | (d) Information received by an official recruiting | ||||||
20 | representative
under this Section may be used only to | ||||||
21 | provide information to students
concerning educational and | ||||||
22 | career opportunities available in the military
and may not | ||||||
23 | be released to a person who is not involved in recruiting
| ||||||
24 | students for the armed forces of Illinois or the United | ||||||
25 | States;
| ||||||
26 | 17. (a) To sell or market any computer program |
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| |||||||
1 | developed by an employee
of the school district, provided | ||||||
2 | that such employee developed the computer
program as a | ||||||
3 | direct result of his or her duties with the school district
| ||||||
4 | or through the utilization of the school district resources | ||||||
5 | or facilities.
The employee who developed the computer | ||||||
6 | program shall be entitled to share
in the proceeds of such | ||||||
7 | sale or marketing of the computer program. The
distribution | ||||||
8 | of such proceeds between the employee and the school | ||||||
9 | district
shall be as agreed upon by the employee and the | ||||||
10 | school district, except
that neither the employee nor the | ||||||
11 | school district may receive more than 90%
of such proceeds. | ||||||
12 | The negotiation for an employee who is represented by an
| ||||||
13 | exclusive bargaining representative may be conducted by | ||||||
14 | such bargaining
representative at the employee's request.
| ||||||
15 | (b) For the purpose of this paragraph 17:
| ||||||
16 | (1) "Computer" means an internally programmed, | ||||||
17 | general purpose digital
device capable of | ||||||
18 | automatically accepting data, processing data and | ||||||
19 | supplying
the results of the operation.
| ||||||
20 | (2) "Computer program" means a series of coded | ||||||
21 | instructions or
statements in a form acceptable to a | ||||||
22 | computer, which causes the computer to
process data in | ||||||
23 | order to achieve a certain result.
| ||||||
24 | (3) "Proceeds" means profits derived from | ||||||
25 | marketing or sale of a product
after deducting the | ||||||
26 | expenses of developing and marketing such product;
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| |||||||
1 | 18. To delegate to the general superintendent of
| ||||||
2 | schools, by resolution, the authority to approve contracts | ||||||
3 | and expenditures
in amounts of $10,000 or less;
| ||||||
4 | 19. Upon the written request of an employee, to | ||||||
5 | withhold from
the compensation of that employee any dues, | ||||||
6 | payments or contributions
payable by such employee to any | ||||||
7 | labor organization as defined in the
Illinois Educational | ||||||
8 | Labor Relations Act. Under such arrangement, an
amount | ||||||
9 | shall be withheld from each regular payroll period which is | ||||||
10 | equal to
the pro rata share of the annual dues plus any | ||||||
11 | payments or contributions,
and the board shall transmit | ||||||
12 | such withholdings to the specified labor
organization | ||||||
13 | within 10 working days from the time of the withholding;
| ||||||
14 | 19a. Upon receipt of notice from the comptroller of a | ||||||
15 | municipality with
a population of 500,000 or more, a county | ||||||
16 | with a population of 3,000,000 or
more, the Cook County | ||||||
17 | Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the
| ||||||
18 | Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago | ||||||
19 | Transit Authority, or
a housing authority of a municipality | ||||||
20 | with a population of 500,000 or more
that a debt is due and | ||||||
21 | owing the municipality, the county, the Cook County
Forest | ||||||
22 | Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the | ||||||
23 | Metropolitan Water
Reclamation District, the Chicago | ||||||
24 | Transit Authority, or the housing authority
by an employee | ||||||
25 | of the Chicago Board of Education, to withhold, from the
| ||||||
26 | compensation of that employee, the amount of the debt that |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | is due and owing
and pay the amount withheld to the | ||||||
2 | municipality, the county, the Cook County
Forest Preserve | ||||||
3 | District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan | ||||||
4 | Water
Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, | ||||||
5 | or the housing authority;
provided, however, that the | ||||||
6 | amount
deducted from any one salary or wage payment shall | ||||||
7 | not exceed 25% of the net
amount of the payment. Before the | ||||||
8 | Board deducts any amount from any salary or
wage of an | ||||||
9 | employee under this paragraph, the municipality, the | ||||||
10 | county, the
Cook County Forest Preserve District, the | ||||||
11 | Chicago Park District, the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation | ||||||
12 | District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the
housing | ||||||
13 | authority shall certify that (i) the employee has been | ||||||
14 | afforded an
opportunity for a hearing to dispute the debt | ||||||
15 | that is due and owing the
municipality, the county, the | ||||||
16 | Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago
Park | ||||||
17 | District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the | ||||||
18 | Chicago Transit
Authority, or the housing authority and | ||||||
19 | (ii) the employee has received notice
of a wage deduction | ||||||
20 | order and has been afforded an opportunity for a hearing to
| ||||||
21 | object to the order. For purposes of this paragraph, "net | ||||||
22 | amount" means that
part of the salary or wage payment | ||||||
23 | remaining after the deduction of any amounts
required by | ||||||
24 | law to be deducted and "debt due and owing" means (i) a | ||||||
25 | specified
sum of money owed to the municipality, the | ||||||
26 | county, the Cook County Forest
Preserve District, the |
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| |||||||
1 | Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water
Reclamation | ||||||
2 | District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing | ||||||
3 | authority
for services, work, or goods, after the period | ||||||
4 | granted for payment has expired,
or (ii) a specified sum of | ||||||
5 | money owed to the municipality, the county, the Cook
County | ||||||
6 | Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the | ||||||
7 | Metropolitan
Water Reclamation District, the Chicago | ||||||
8 | Transit Authority, or the housing
authority pursuant to a | ||||||
9 | court order or order of an administrative hearing
officer | ||||||
10 | after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust, | ||||||
11 | judicial review;
| ||||||
12 | 20. The board is encouraged to employ a sufficient | ||||||
13 | number of
certified school counselors to maintain a | ||||||
14 | student/counselor ratio of 250 to
1 by July 1, 1990. Each | ||||||
15 | counselor shall spend at least 75% of his work
time in | ||||||
16 | direct contact with students and shall maintain a record of | ||||||
17 | such time;
| ||||||
18 | 21. To make available to students vocational and career
| ||||||
19 | counseling and to establish 5 special career counseling | ||||||
20 | days for students
and parents. On these days | ||||||
21 | representatives of local businesses and
industries shall | ||||||
22 | be invited to the school campus and shall inform students
| ||||||
23 | of career opportunities available to them in the various | ||||||
24 | businesses and
industries. Special consideration shall be | ||||||
25 | given to counseling minority
students as to career | ||||||
26 | opportunities available to them in various fields.
For the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | purposes of this paragraph, minority student means a person | ||||||
2 | who is:
| ||||||
3 | (a) Black (a person having origins in any of the | ||||||
4 | black racial groups
in Africa);
| ||||||
5 | (b) Hispanic (a person of Spanish or Portuguese | ||||||
6 | culture with
origins in Mexico, South or Central | ||||||
7 | America, or the Caribbean islands,
regardless of | ||||||
8 | race);
| ||||||
9 | (c) Asian American (a person having origins in any | ||||||
10 | of the original
peoples of the Far East, Southeast | ||||||
11 | Asia, the Indian Subcontinent or the
Pacific Islands); | ||||||
12 | or
| ||||||
13 | (d) American Indian or Alaskan Native (a person | ||||||
14 | having origins in any of
the original peoples of North | ||||||
15 | America).
| ||||||
16 | Counseling days shall not be in lieu of regular school | ||||||
17 | days;
| ||||||
18 | 22. To report to the State Board of Education the | ||||||
19 | annual
student dropout rate and number of students who | ||||||
20 | graduate from, transfer
from or otherwise leave bilingual | ||||||
21 | programs;
| ||||||
22 | 23. Except as otherwise provided in the Abused and | ||||||
23 | Neglected Child
Reporting Act or other applicable State or | ||||||
24 | federal law, to permit school
officials to withhold, from | ||||||
25 | any person, information on the whereabouts of
any child | ||||||
26 | removed from school premises when the child has been taken |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | into
protective custody as a victim of suspected child | ||||||
2 | abuse. School officials
shall direct such person to the | ||||||
3 | Department of Children and Family Services,
or to the local | ||||||
4 | law enforcement agency if appropriate;
| ||||||
5 | 24. To develop a policy, based on the current state of | ||||||
6 | existing school
facilities, projected enrollment and | ||||||
7 | efficient utilization of available
resources, for capital | ||||||
8 | improvement of schools and school buildings within
the | ||||||
9 | district, addressing in that policy both the relative | ||||||
10 | priority for
major repairs, renovations and additions to | ||||||
11 | school facilities, and the
advisability or necessity of | ||||||
12 | building new school facilities or closing
existing schools | ||||||
13 | to meet current or projected demographic patterns within
| ||||||
14 | the district;
| ||||||
15 | 25. To make available to the students in every high | ||||||
16 | school attendance
center the ability to take all courses | ||||||
17 | necessary to comply with the Board
of Higher Education's | ||||||
18 | college entrance criteria effective in 1993;
| ||||||
19 | 26. To encourage mid-career changes into the teaching | ||||||
20 | profession,
whereby qualified professionals become | ||||||
21 | certified teachers, by allowing
credit for professional | ||||||
22 | employment in related fields when determining point
of | ||||||
23 | entry on teacher pay scale;
| ||||||
24 | 27. To provide or contract out training programs for | ||||||
25 | administrative
personnel and principals with revised or | ||||||
26 | expanded duties pursuant to this
Act in order to assure |
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| |||||||
1 | they have the knowledge and skills to perform
their duties;
| ||||||
2 | 28. To establish a fund for the prioritized special | ||||||
3 | needs programs, and
to allocate such funds and other lump | ||||||
4 | sum amounts to each attendance center
in a manner | ||||||
5 | consistent with the provisions of part 4 of Section 34-2.3.
| ||||||
6 | Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require any | ||||||
7 | additional
appropriations of State funds for this purpose;
| ||||||
8 | 29. (Blank);
| ||||||
9 | 30. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or | ||||||
10 | any other law to
the contrary, to contract with third | ||||||
11 | parties for services otherwise performed
by employees, | ||||||
12 | including those in a bargaining unit, and to layoff those
| ||||||
13 | employees upon 14 days written notice to the affected | ||||||
14 | employees. Those
contracts may be for a period not to | ||||||
15 | exceed 5 years and may be awarded on a
system-wide basis. | ||||||
16 | The board may not operate more than 30 contract schools, | ||||||
17 | provided that the board may operate an additional 5 | ||||||
18 | contract turnaround schools pursuant to item (5.5) of | ||||||
19 | subsection (d) of Section 34-8.3 of this Code;
| ||||||
20 | 31. To promulgate rules establishing procedures | ||||||
21 | governing the layoff or
reduction in force of employees and | ||||||
22 | the recall of such employees, including,
but not limited | ||||||
23 | to, criteria for such layoffs, reductions in force or | ||||||
24 | recall
rights of such employees and the weight to be given | ||||||
25 | to any particular
criterion. Such criteria shall take into | ||||||
26 | account factors including, but not be
limited to, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | qualifications, certifications, experience, performance | ||||||
2 | ratings or
evaluations, and any other factors relating to | ||||||
3 | an employee's job performance;
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4 | 32. To develop a policy to prevent nepotism in the | ||||||
5 | hiring of personnel
or the selection of contractors;
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6 | 33. To enter into a partnership agreement, as required | ||||||
7 | by
Section 34-3.5 of this Code, and, notwithstanding any | ||||||
8 | other
provision of law to the contrary, to promulgate | ||||||
9 | policies, enter into
contracts, and take any other action | ||||||
10 | necessary to accomplish the
objectives and implement the | ||||||
11 | requirements of that agreement; and
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12 | 34. To establish a Labor Management Council to the | ||||||
13 | board
comprised of representatives of the board, the chief | ||||||
14 | executive
officer, and those labor organizations that are | ||||||
15 | the exclusive
representatives of employees of the board and | ||||||
16 | to promulgate
policies and procedures for the operation of | ||||||
17 | the Council.
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18 | The specifications of the powers herein granted are not to | ||||||
19 | be
construed as exclusive but the board shall also exercise all | ||||||
20 | other
powers that they may be requisite or proper for the | ||||||
21 | maintenance and the
development of a public school system, not | ||||||
22 | inconsistent with the other
provisions of this Article or | ||||||
23 | provisions of this Code which apply to all
school districts.
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24 | In addition to the powers herein granted and authorized to | ||||||
25 | be exercised
by the board, it shall be the duty of the board to | ||||||
26 | review or to direct
independent reviews of special education |
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1 | expenditures and services.
The board shall file a report of | ||||||
2 | such review with the General Assembly on
or before May 1, 1990.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 96-105, eff. 7-30-09.)
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4 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
5 | 2011.".
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