Bill Text: IL SB1373 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. If and only if Senate Bill 1 of the 99th General Assembly becomes law, amends the School Code to provide that the amount of State aid under the new State aid formula for which each school district is eligible shall be no less than the amount of the State aid entitlement that was received by the district under the previous State aid formula for the 2014-2015 school year. Provides that if a school district qualifies to receive a supplementary payment, the amount of State aid under the new State aid formula that the district is eligible to receive for each school year shall be no less than the amount of the State aid entitlement that was received by the district under the previous State aid formula for the 2014-2015 school year. Provides that if a school district is to receive State aid under the new State aid formula for the 2015-2016 school year and any subsequent school year that in any such school year is less than the amount of the State aid entitlement that the district received for the 2014-2015 school year, the school district shall also receive, from a separate appropriation, a supplementary payment that is equal to the amount of the difference in the State aid figures. Effective immediately or on the date Senate Bill 1 of the 99th General Assembly takes effect, whichever is later.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB1373 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB1373-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB1373 Introduced 2/18/2015, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/18-8.20 new
Amends the School Code. If and only if Senate Bill 1 of the 99th General Assembly becomes law, amends the School Code to provide that the amount of State aid under the new State aid formula for which each school district is eligible shall be no less than the amount of the State aid entitlement that was received by the district under the previous State aid formula for the 2014-2015 school year. Provides that if a school district qualifies to receive a supplementary payment, the amount of State aid under the new State aid formula that the district is eligible to receive for each school year shall be no less than the amount of the State aid entitlement that was received by the district under the previous State aid formula for the 2014-2015 school year. Provides that if a school district is to receive State aid under the new State aid formula for the 2015-2016 school year and any subsequent school year that in any such school year is less than the amount of the State aid entitlement that the district received for the 2014-2015 school year, the school district shall also receive, from a separate appropriation, a supplementary payment that is equal to the amount of the difference in the State aid figures. Effective immediately or on the date Senate Bill 1 of the 99th General Assembly takes effect, whichever is later.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. If and only if Senate Bill 1 of the 99th General
Assembly becomes law, the School Code is amended by adding
Section 18-8.20 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/18-8.20 new)
Sec. 18-8.20. Supplementary grants in aid.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision in Section 18-8.15
of this Code, the amount of State aid under Section 18-8.15 for
which each school district is eligible shall be no less than
the amount of the State aid entitlement that was received by
the district under Section 18-8-8.05 of this Code for the
2014-2015 school year, pursuant to the provisions of Section
18-8.05 as it was then in effect. If a school district
qualifies to receive a supplementary payment made under this
Section, the amount of State aid under Section 18-8.15 of this
Code that the district is eligible to receive for each school
year shall be no less than the amount of the State aid
entitlement that was received by the district under Section
18-8-8.05 of this Code for the 2014-2015 school year, pursuant
to the provisions of Section 18-8.05 as it was then in effect.
(b) If, as provided in subsection (a) of this Section, a

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school district is to receive State aid under Section 18-8.15
of this Code for the 2015-2016 school year and any subsequent
school year that in any such school year is less than the
amount of the State aid entitlement that the district received
for the 2014-2015 school year, the school district shall also
receive, from a separate appropriation made for the purposes of
this Section, a supplementary payment that is equal to the
amount of the difference in the State aid figures as described
in subsection (a) of this Section.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law or on the date Senate Bill 1 of the 99th General
Assembly takes effect, whichever is later.