SB 1 — EVIDENCE-BASED SCHOOL FUNDING

(1) amounts paid into the Fund by contributors thereto and from employer contributions and State appropriations in accordance with this Article;

(2) amounts contributed to the Fund by an Employer;

(3) amounts contributed to the Fund pursuant to any law now in force or hereafter to be enacted;

(4) contributions from any other source;

and (5) the earnings on investments.

(b) The General Assembly finds that for many years the State has contributed to the Fund an annual amount that is between 20% and 30% of the amount of the annual State contribution to the Article 16 retirement system, and the General Assembly declares that it is its goal and intention to continue this level of contribution to the Fund in the future.

(c) Beginning in State fiscal year 1999, the State shall include in its annual contribution to the Fund an additional amount equal to 0.544% of the Fund's total teacher payroll;

except that this additional contribution need not be made in a fiscal year if the Board has certified in the previous fiscal year that the Fund is at least 90% funded, based on actuarial determinations.

These additional State contributions are intended to offset a portion of the cost to the Fund of the increases in retirement benefits resulting from this amendatory Act of 1998.

(d) In addition to any other contribution required under this Article, including the contribution required under SB0001 Engrossed - 34 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b subsection (c), the State shall contribute to the Fund the following amounts:

(1) For State fiscal year 2017, the State shall contribute $215,200,000.

(2) For State fiscal year 2018, the State shall contribute $221,300,000.

(3) Beginning in State fiscal year 2019, the State shall contribute for each fiscal year an amount to be determined by the Fund, equal to the employer normal cost for that fiscal year, plus the amount allowed pursuant to paragraph (3) of Section 17-142.1, to defray health insurance costs.

(e) The Board shall determine the amount of State contributions required for each fiscal year on the basis of the actuarial tables and other assumptions adopted by the Board and the recommendations of the actuary.

On or before November 1 of each year, beginning November 1, 2017, the Board shall submit to the State Actuary, the Governor, and the General Assembly a proposed certification of the amount of the required State contribution to the Fund for the next fiscal year, along with all of the actuarial assumptions, calculations, and data upon which that proposed certification is based.

On or before January 1 of each year, beginning January 1, 2018, the State Actuary shall issue a preliminary report concerning the proposed certification and identifying, if necessary, recommended changes in actuarial assumptions that SB0001 Engrossed - 35 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b the Board must consider before finalizing its certification of the required State contributions.

(f) On or before January 15, 2018 and each January 15 thereafter, the Board shall certify to the Governor and the General Assembly the amount of the required State contribution for the next fiscal year.

The certification shall include a copy of the actuarial recommendations upon which it is based and shall specifically identify the Fund's projected employer normal cost for that fiscal year.

The Board's certification must note any deviations from the State Actuary's recommended changes, the reason or reasons for not following the State Actuary's recommended changes, and the fiscal impact of not following the State Actuary's recommended changes on the required State contribution.

For the purposes of this Article, including issuing vouchers, and for the purposes of subsection (h) of Section 1.1 of the State Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation Act, the State contribution specified for State fiscal years 2017 and 2018 shall be deemed to have been certified, by operation of law and without official action by the Board or the State Actuary, in the amount provided in subsection (d) of this Section.

(g) Beginning in State fiscal year 2017, on the 15th day of each month, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, the Board shall submit vouchers for payment of State contributions to the Fund, in a total monthly amount of one-twelfth of the SB0001 Engrossed - 36 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b required annual State contribution under subsection (d).

These vouchers shall be paid by the State Comptroller and Treasurer by warrants drawn on the funds appropriated to the Fund for that fiscal year.

If in any month the amount remaining unexpended from all other State appropriations to the Fund for the applicable fiscal year is less than the amount lawfully vouchered under this subsection, the difference shall be paid from the Common School Fund under the continuing appropriation authority provided in Section 1.1 of the State Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation Act.

(Source:

P.A.

90-548, eff.

12-4-97;

90-566, eff.

1-2-98;

90-582, eff.

5-27-98;

90-655, eff.

7-30-98.) Section 18.

The State Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation Act is amended by changing Section 1.1 as follows:

(40 ILCS 15/1.1) Sec.

1.1.

Appropriations to certain retirement systems.

(a) There is hereby appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the General Assembly Retirement System, on a continuing monthly basis, the amount, if any, by which the total available amount of all other appropriations to that retirement system for the payment of State contributions is less than the total amount of the vouchers for required State contributions lawfully submitted by the retirement system for that month SB0001 Engrossed - 37 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b under Section 2-134 of the Illinois Pension Code.

(b) There is hereby appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the State Universities Retirement System, on a continuing monthly basis, the amount, if any, by which the total available amount of all other appropriations to that retirement system for the payment of State contributions, including any deficiency in the required contributions of the optional retirement program established under Section 15-158.2 of the Illinois Pension Code, is less than the total amount of the vouchers for required State contributions lawfully submitted by the retirement system for that month under Section 15-165 of the Illinois Pension Code.

(c) There is hereby appropriated from the Common School Fund to the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois, on a continuing monthly basis, the amount, if any, by which the total available amount of all other appropriations to that retirement system for the payment of State contributions is less than the total amount of the vouchers for required State contributions lawfully submitted by the retirement system for that month under Section 16-158 of the Illinois Pension Code.

(d) There is hereby appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Judges Retirement System of Illinois, on a continuing monthly basis, the amount, if any, by which the total available amount of all other appropriations to that retirement system for the payment of State contributions is SB0001 Engrossed - 38 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b less than the total amount of the vouchers for required State contributions lawfully submitted by the retirement system for that month under Section 18-140 of the Illinois Pension Code.

(e) The continuing appropriations provided by subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this Section shall first be available in State fiscal year 1996.

The continuing appropriations provided by subsection (h) of this Section shall first be available as provided in that subsection (h).

(f) For State fiscal year 2010 only, the continuing appropriations provided by this Section are equal to the amount certified by each System on or before December 31, 2008, less (i) the gross proceeds of the bonds sold in fiscal year 2010 under the authorization contained in subsection (a) of Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond Act and (ii) any amounts received from the State Pensions Fund.

(g) For State fiscal year 2011 only, the continuing appropriations provided by this Section are equal to the amount certified by each System on or before April 1, 2011, less (i) the gross proceeds of the bonds sold in fiscal year 2011 under the authorization contained in subsection (a) of Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond Act and (ii) any amounts received from the State Pensions Fund.

(h) There is hereby appropriated from the Common School Fund to the Public School Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago, on a continuing monthly basis, the amount, if any, by which the total available amount of all other State SB0001 Engrossed - 39 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b appropriations to that Retirement Fund for the payment of State contributions under subsection (d) of Section 17-127 of the Illinois Pension Code is less than the total amount of the vouchers for required State contributions lawfully submitted by the Retirement Fund for that month under that Section 17-127.

(Source:

P.A.

96-43, eff.

7-15-09;

96-1497, eff.

1-14-11;

96-1511, eff.

1-27-11.) Section 20.

The Innovation Development and Economy Act is amended by changing Section 33 as follows:

All deposits into the Trust Fund shall be held in the Trust Fund by the State Treasurer as ex officio custodian separate and apart from all public moneys or SB0001 Engrossed - 40 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b funds of this State and shall be administered by the Department exclusively for the purposes set forth in this Section.

(b) Upon approval of a STAR bond district, the political subdivision shall immediately transmit to the county clerk of the county in which the district is located a certified copy of the ordinance creating the district, a legal description of the district, a map of the district, identification of the year SB0001 Enrolled - 34 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b that the county clerk shall use for determining the total initial equalized assessed value of the district consistent with subsection (c), and a list of the parcel or tax identification number of each parcel of property included in the district.

(c) Upon approval of a STAR bond district, the county clerk immediately thereafter shall determine (i) the most recently ascertained equalized assessed value of each lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property within the STAR bond district, from which shall be deducted the homestead exemptions under Article 15 of the Property Tax Code, which value shall be the initial equalized assessed value of each such piece of property, and (ii) the total equalized assessed value of all taxable real property within the district by adding together the most recently ascertained equalized assessed value of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property within the SB0001 Engrossed - 41 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b district, from which shall be deducted the homestead exemptions under Article 15 of the Property Tax Code, and shall certify that amount as the total initial equalized assessed value of the taxable real property within the STAR bond district.

(d) In reference to any STAR bond district created within any political subdivision, and in respect to which the county clerk has certified the total initial equalized assessed value of the property in the area, the political subdivision may thereafter request the clerk in writing to adjust the initial equalized value of all taxable real property within the STAR SB0001 Enrolled - 35 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b bond district by deducting therefrom the exemptions under Article 15 of the Property Tax Code applicable to each lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property within the STAR bond district.

(e) The county clerk or other person authorized by law SB0001 Engrossed - 42 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b shall compute the tax rates for each taxing district with all or a portion of its equalized assessed value located in the STAR bond district.

(f) Beginning with the assessment year in which the first destination user in the first STAR bond project in a STAR bond district makes its first retail sales and for each assessment SB0001 Enrolled - 36 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b year thereafter until final maturity of the last STAR bonds issued in the district, the county clerk or other person authorized by law shall determine the increase in equalized assessed value of all real property within the STAR bond district by subtracting the initial equalized assessed value of all property in the district certified under subsection (c) from the current equalized assessed value of all property in the district.

(g) Beginning with the year in which taxes are collected based on the assessment year in which the first destination user in the first STAR bond project in a STAR bond district makes its first retail sales and for each year thereafter until final maturity of the last STAR bonds issued in the district, SB0001 Engrossed - 43 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b the county collector shall, within 30 days after receipt of property taxes, transmit to the Department to be deposited into the STAR Bonds School Improvement and Operations Trust Fund 15% of property taxes attributable to the increase in equalized assessed value within the STAR bond district from each taxing district as certified in subsection (f).

(h) The Department shall pay to the regional superintendent of schools whose educational service region includes Franklin and Williamson Counties, for each year for which money is remitted to the Department and paid into the STAR Bonds School SB0001 Enrolled - 37 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Improvement and Operations Trust Fund, the money in the Fund as provided in this Section.

SB0001 Engrossed - 44 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (i) In any year that an assessment appeal is filed, the extension of taxes on any assessment so appealed shall not be delayed.

The SB0001 Enrolled - 38 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b county collector shall hold that amount in a separate fund until the appeal process is final.

6-24-10.) SB0001 Engrossed - 45 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Section 25.

If a county has adopted property tax allocation financing by ordinance for an economic development project area, the Department has approved and certified the economic development SB0001 Enrolled - 39 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b project area, and the county clerk has thereafter certified the "total initial equalized value" of the taxable real property within such economic development project area in the manner provided in subsection (b) of Section 6 of this Act, each year after the date of the certification by the county clerk of the "initial equalized assessed value" until economic development project costs and all county obligations financing economic development project costs have been paid, the ad valorem taxes, if any, arising from the levies upon the taxable real property in the economic development project area by taxing districts and tax rates determined in the manner provided in subsection (b) of Section 6 of this Act shall be divided as follows:

(1) That portion of the taxes levied upon each taxable lot, block, tract or parcel of real property which is attributable to the lower of the current equalized assessed value or the initial equalized assessed value of each such SB0001 Engrossed - 46 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property existing at the time property tax allocation financing was adopted shall be allocated and when collected shall be paid by the county collector to the respective affected taxing districts in the manner required by the law in the absence of the adoption of property tax allocation financing.

(2) That portion, if any, of those taxes which is attributable to the increase in the current equalized assessed valuation of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property in the economic development project SB0001 Enrolled - 40 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b are, over and above the initial equalized assessed value of each property existing at the time property tax allocation financing was adopted shall be allocated to and when collected shall be paid to the county treasurer, who shall deposit those taxes into a special fund called the special tax allocation fund of the county for the purpose of paying economic development project costs and obligations incurred in the payment thereof.

No part of the current equalized assessed valuation of each property in the economic development project area attributable to any increase above the total initial equalized assessed value of such properties shall SB0001 Engrossed - 47 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b be used in calculating the general State school aid formula, provided for in Section 18-8 of the School Code, or the evidence-based funding formula, provided for in Section 18-8.15 of the School Code, until such time as all economic development projects costs have been paid as provided for in this Section.

Whenever a county issues bonds for the purpose of financing economic development project costs, the county may provide by ordinance for the appointment of a trustee, which may be any trust company within the State, and for the establishment of SB0001 Enrolled - 41 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b the funds or accounts to be maintained by such trustee as the county shall deem necessary to provide for the security and payment of the bonds.

When the economic development project costs, including without limitation all county obligations financing economic SB0001 Engrossed - 48 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b development project costs incurred under this Act, have been paid, all surplus funds then remaining in the special tax allocation funds shall be distributed by being paid by the county treasurer to the county collector, who shall immediately thereafter pay those funds to the taxing districts having taxable property in the economic development project area in the same manner and proportion as the most recent distribution by the county collector to those taxing districts of real property taxes from real property in the economic development project area.

SB0001 Enrolled - 42 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Upon the payment of all economic development project costs, retirement of obligations and the distribution of any excess monies pursuant to this Section and not later than 23 years from the date of adoption of the ordinance adopting property tax allocation financing, the county shall adopt an ordinance dissolving the special tax allocation fund for the economic development project area and terminating the designation of the economic development project area as an economic development project area;

however, in relation to one or more contiguous parcels not exceeding a total area of 120 acres within which an electric generating facility is intended to be constructed, and with respect to which the owner of that proposed electric generating facility has entered into a redevelopment agreement with Grundy County on or before July 25, 2017, the ordinance of the county required in this paragraph shall not dissolve the special tax allocation fund for the existing economic SB0001 Engrossed - 49 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b development project area and shall only terminate the designation of the economic development project area as to those portions of the economic development project area excluding the area covered by the redevelopment agreement between the owner of the proposed electric generating facility and Grundy County;

the county shall adopt an ordinance dissolving the special tax allocation fund for the economic development project area and terminating the designation of the economic development project area as an economic development project area with regard to the electric generating facility SB0001 Enrolled - 43 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b property not later than 35 years from the date of adoption of the ordinance adopting property tax allocation financing.

The County Economic Development Project Area Tax Increment Allocation Act of 1991 is amended by changing SB0001 Engrossed - 50 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Section 50 as follows:

(a) If a county clerk has certified the "total initial equalized assessed value" of the taxable real property within an economic development project area in the manner provided in Section 45, each year after the date of the certification by the county clerk of the "total initial equalized assessed value", until economic development project costs and all county SB0001 Enrolled - 44 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b obligations financing economic development project costs have been paid, the ad valorem taxes, if any, arising from the levies upon the taxable real property in the economic development project area by taxing districts and tax rates determined in the manner provided in subsection (b) of Section 45 shall be divided as follows:

SB0001 Engrossed - 51 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (2) That portion, if any, of the taxes that is attributable to the increase in the current equalized assessed valuation of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property in the economic development project area, over and above the initial equalized assessed value of each property existing at the time tax increment financing was adopted, shall be allocated to (and when collected shall be paid to) the county treasurer, who shall deposit the taxes into a special fund (called the special tax allocation fund of the county) for the purpose of SB0001 Enrolled - 45 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b paying economic development project costs and obligations incurred in the payment of those costs.

(c) When the economic development projects costs, SB0001 Engrossed - 52 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b including without limitation all county obligations financing economic development project costs incurred under this Act, have been paid, all surplus monies then remaining in the special tax allocation fund shall be distributed by being paid by the county treasurer to the county collector, who shall immediately pay the monies to the taxing districts having taxable property in the economic development project area in the same manner and proportion as the most recent distribution by the county collector to those taxing districts of real property taxes from real property in the economic development SB0001 Enrolled - 46 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b project area.

(e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed as relieving property in the economic development project areas from being assessed as provided in the Property Tax Code or as relieving owners of that property from paying a uniform rate of taxes as required by Section 4 of Article IX of the Illinois SB0001 Engrossed - 53 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Constitution.

The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this Division 74.4 shall have the SB0001 Enrolled - 47 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b following respective meanings, unless in any case a different meaning clearly appears from the context.

(1) If improved, industrial, commercial, and residential buildings or improvements are detrimental to the public safety, health, or welfare because of a combination of 5 or more of the following factors, each of which is (i) present, with that presence documented, to a SB0001 Engrossed - 54 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b meaningful extent so that a municipality may reasonably find that the factor is clearly present within the intent of the Act and (ii) reasonably distributed throughout the improved part of the redevelopment project area:

An advanced state of disrepair or neglect of necessary repairs to the primary structural components of buildings or improvements in such a combination that a documented building condition analysis determines that major repair is required or the defects are so serious and so extensive SB0001 Enrolled - 48 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b that the buildings must be removed.

(D) Presence of structures below minimum code SB0001 Engrossed - 55 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b standards.

The presence of buildings SB0001 Enrolled - 49 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b that are unoccupied or under-utilized and that represent an adverse influence on the area because of the frequency, extent, or duration of the vacancies.

Inadequate sanitary facilities refers to the absence or inadequacy of garbage storage and enclosure, bathroom facilities, hot water and kitchens, and structural inadequacies preventing ingress and egress to and from all rooms and SB0001 Engrossed - 56 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b units within a building.

SB0001 Enrolled - 50 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (I) Excessive land coverage and overcrowding of structures and community facilities.

insufficient provision for light and air within or around buildings, increased threat of spread of fire due to the close proximity of buildings, lack SB0001 Engrossed - 57 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b of adequate or proper access to a public right-of-way, lack of reasonably required off-street parking, or inadequate provision for loading and service.

The proposed redevelopment project area has incurred Illinois SB0001 Enrolled - 51 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Environmental Protection Agency or United States Environmental Protection Agency remediation costs for, or a study conducted by an independent consultant recognized as having expertise in environmental remediation has determined a need for, the clean-up of hazardous waste, hazardous substances, or underground storage tanks required by State or federal law, provided that the remediation costs constitute a material impediment to the development or redevelopment of the redevelopment project area.

This means that the development occurred prior to the adoption by the municipality of a comprehensive or other community plan or that the plan was not followed SB0001 Engrossed - 58 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b at the time of the area's development.

(M) The total equalized assessed value of the proposed redevelopment project area has declined for 3 of the last 5 calendar years prior to the year in which SB0001 Enrolled - 52 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b the redevelopment project area is designated or is increasing at an annual rate that is less than the balance of the municipality for 3 of the last 5 calendar years for which information is available or is increasing at an annual rate that is less than the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the United States Department of Labor or successor agency for 3 of the last 5 calendar years prior to the year in which the redevelopment project area is designated.

(2) If vacant, the sound growth of the redevelopment project area is impaired by a combination of 2 or more of the following factors, each of which is (i) present, with that presence documented, to a meaningful extent so that a municipality may reasonably find that the factor is clearly present within the intent of the Act and (ii) reasonably SB0001 Engrossed - 59 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b distributed throughout the vacant part of the redevelopment project area to which it pertains:

(A) Obsolete platting of vacant land that results in parcels of limited or narrow size or configurations of parcels of irregular size or shape that would be difficult to develop on a planned basis and in a manner compatible with contemporary standards and requirements, or platting that failed to create rights-of-ways for streets or alleys or that created inadequate right-of-way widths for streets, alleys, or SB0001 Enrolled - 53 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b other public rights-of-way or that omitted easements for public utilities.

(E) The area has incurred Illinois Environmental Protection Agency or United States Environmental Protection Agency remediation costs for, or a study conducted by an independent consultant recognized as having expertise in environmental remediation has SB0001 Engrossed - 60 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b determined a need for, the clean-up of hazardous waste, hazardous substances, or underground storage tanks required by State or federal law, provided that the remediation costs constitute a material impediment to the development or redevelopment of the redevelopment project area.

(F) The total equalized assessed value of the proposed redevelopment project area has declined for 3 of the last 5 calendar years prior to the year in which the redevelopment project area is designated or is SB0001 Enrolled - 54 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b increasing at an annual rate that is less than the balance of the municipality for 3 of the last 5 calendar years for which information is available or is increasing at an annual rate that is less than the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the United States Department of Labor or successor agency for 3 of the last 5 calendar years prior to the year in which the redevelopment project area is designated.

(3) If vacant, the sound growth of the redevelopment project area is impaired by one of the following factors that (i) is present, with that presence documented, to a meaningful extent so that a municipality may reasonably find that the factor is clearly present within the intent of the Act and (ii) is reasonably distributed throughout the vacant part of the redevelopment project area to which SB0001 Engrossed - 61 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b it pertains:

(C) The area, prior to its designation, is subject to (i) chronic flooding that adversely impacts on real property in the area as certified by a registered professional engineer or appropriate regulatory agency or (ii) surface water that discharges from all or a SB0001 Enrolled - 55 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b part of the area and contributes to flooding within the same watershed, but only if the redevelopment project provides for facilities or improvements to contribute to the alleviation of all or part of the flooding.

(E) Prior to November 1, 1999, the area is not less than 50 nor more than 100 acres and 75% of which is vacant (notwithstanding that the area has been used for commercial agricultural purposes within 5 years prior to the designation of the redevelopment project area), and the area meets at least one of the factors itemized in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the area has been designated as a town or village center by ordinance or SB0001 Engrossed - 62 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b comprehensive plan adopted prior to January 1, 1982, and the area has not been developed for that designated purpose.

(b) For any redevelopment project area that has been designated pursuant to this Section by an ordinance adopted prior to November 1, 1999 (the effective date of Public Act SB0001 Enrolled - 56 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b 91-478), "conservation area" shall have the meaning set forth in this Section prior to that date.

An advanced state of disrepair or neglect of necessary repairs to the primary structural components of buildings or improvements in such a combination that a documented building condition analysis determines that major repair is required or the defects are so serious and so extensive that the buildings must be SB0001 Engrossed - 63 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b removed.

With respect to surface improvements, that the condition of roadways, alleys, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, off-street parking, and SB0001 Enrolled - 57 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b surface storage areas evidence deterioration, including, but not limited to, surface cracking, crumbling, potholes, depressions, loose paving material, and weeds protruding through paved surfaces.

The presence of buildings that are unoccupied or under-utilized and that represent an adverse influence on the area because of the frequency, SB0001 Engrossed - 64 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b extent, or duration of the vacancies.

Inadequate sanitary facilities refers to the SB0001 Enrolled - 58 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b absence or inadequacy of garbage storage and enclosure, bathroom facilities, hot water and kitchens, and structural inadequacies preventing ingress and egress to and from all rooms and units within a building.

Examples of problem conditions SB0001 Engrossed - 65 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b warranting the designation of an area as one exhibiting excessive land coverage are:

insufficient provision for light and air within or around buildings, increased threat of spread of SB0001 Enrolled - 59 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b fire due to the close proximity of buildings, lack of adequate or proper access to a public right-of-way, lack of reasonably required off-street parking, or inadequate provision for loading and service.

This factor must be documented by SB0001 Engrossed - 66 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b evidence of adverse or incompatible land-use relationships, inadequate street layout, improper subdivision, parcels of inadequate shape and size to meet contemporary development standards, or other evidence demonstrating an absence of effective community planning.

(12) The area has incurred Illinois Environmental Protection Agency or United States Environmental Protection Agency remediation costs for, or a study conducted by an independent consultant recognized as having expertise in environmental remediation has SB0001 Enrolled - 60 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b determined a need for, the clean-up of hazardous waste, hazardous substances, or underground storage tanks required by State or federal law, provided that the remediation costs constitute a material impediment to the development or redevelopment of the redevelopment project area.

SB0001 Engrossed - 67 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (c) "Industrial park" means an area in a blighted or conservation area suitable for use by any manufacturing, industrial, research or transportation enterprise, of facilities to include but not be limited to factories, mills, processing plants, assembly plants, packing plants, fabricating plants, industrial distribution centers, warehouses, repair overhaul or service facilities, freight terminals, research facilities, test facilities or railroad facilities.

(d) "Industrial park conservation area" means an area SB0001 Enrolled - 61 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b within the boundaries of a redevelopment project area located within the territorial limits of a municipality that is a labor surplus municipality or within 1 1/2 miles of the territorial limits of a municipality that is a labor surplus municipality if the area is annexed to the municipality;

(e) "Labor surplus municipality" means a municipality in which, at any time during the 6 months before the municipality by ordinance designates an industrial park conservation area, the unemployment rate was over 6% and was also 100% or more of the national average unemployment rate for that same time as published in the United States Department of Labor Bureau of SB0001 Engrossed - 68 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Labor Statistics publication entitled "The Employment Situation" or its successor publication.

(f) "Municipality" shall mean a city, village, incorporated town, or a township that is located in the unincorporated portion of a county with 3 million or more SB0001 Enrolled - 62 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b inhabitants, if the county adopted an ordinance that approved the township's redevelopment plan.

SB0001 Engrossed - 69 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (h) "Municipal Sales Tax Increment" means an amount equal to the increase in the aggregate amount of taxes paid to a municipality from the Local Government Tax Fund arising from sales by retailers and servicemen within the redevelopment project area or State Sales Tax Boundary, as the case may be, for as long as the redevelopment project area or State Sales Tax Boundary, as the case may be, exist over and above the aggregate amount of taxes as certified by the Illinois Department of Revenue and paid under the Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and the Municipal Service Occupation Tax Act SB0001 Enrolled - 63 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b by retailers and servicemen, on transactions at places of business located in the redevelopment project area or State Sales Tax Boundary, as the case may be, during the base year which shall be the calendar year immediately prior to the year in which the municipality adopted tax increment allocation financing.

For purposes of determining the Municipal Sales Tax Increment, the Department of Revenue shall for each period subtract from the amount paid to the municipality from the Local Government Tax Fund arising SB0001 Engrossed - 70 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b from sales by retailers and servicemen on transactions located in the redevelopment project area or the State Sales Tax Boundary, as the case may be, the certified Initial Sales Tax Amounts, the Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts or the Revised Initial Sales Tax Amounts for the Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and the Municipal Service Occupation Tax Act.

For the State Fiscal Year 1990, this calculation shall be made by utilizing the period from January SB0001 Enrolled - 64 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b 1, 1988, until September 30, 1988, to determine the tax amounts received from retailers and servicemen pursuant to the Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax and the Municipal Service Occupation Tax Act, which shall have deducted therefrom nine-twelfths of the certified Initial Sales Tax Amounts, the Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts or the Revised Initial Sales Tax Amounts as appropriate.

For every State Fiscal Year thereafter, the applicable period shall be the 12 months SB0001 Engrossed - 71 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b beginning July 1 and ending June 30 to determine the tax amounts received which shall have deducted therefrom the certified Initial Sales Tax Amounts, the Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts or the Revised Initial Sales Tax Amounts, as the case may be.

(b) 60% of the amount in excess of $100,000 but not exceeding $500,000 of State Sales Tax Increment annually generated within SB0001 Enrolled - 65 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b a State Sales Tax Boundary;

and notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, for those fiscal years the Department of Revenue shall distribute to those municipalities 100% of their Net State Sales Tax Increment before any distribution to any other municipality and regardless of SB0001 Engrossed - 72 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b whether or not those other municipalities will receive 100% of their Net State Sales Tax Increment.

50% in the SB0001 Enrolled - 66 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b State Fiscal Year 2003;

If, however, a municipality that issued bonds in connection with a redevelopment project in a redevelopment project area within the State Sales Tax Boundary prior to July 29, 1991 retires the bonds prior to June 30, 2007 or a municipality that entered SB0001 Engrossed - 73 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b into contracts in connection with a redevelopment project in a redevelopment project area before June 1, 1988 completes the contracts prior to June 30, 2007, then so long as the redevelopment project is not completed or is not terminated, the Net State Sales Tax Increment shall be calculated, beginning on the date on which the bonds are retired or the contracts are completed, as follows:

20% in the State SB0001 Enrolled - 67 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Fiscal Year 2006;

SB0001 Engrossed - 74 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (k) "Net State Utility Tax Increment" means the sum of the following:

For the State Fiscal Year 1999, and every year thereafter until the year 2007, for any municipality that has not entered into a contract or has SB0001 Enrolled - 68 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b not issued bonds prior to June 1, 1988 to finance redevelopment project costs within a redevelopment project area, the Net State Utility Tax Increment shall be calculated as follows:

Municipalities that issue bonds in connection with the redevelopment project during the period from June 1, 1988 until 3 years after the effective date of this Amendatory Act of 1988 shall receive the Net State Utility Tax Increment, subject to appropriation, for 15 State Fiscal Years after the issuance of SB0001 Engrossed - 75 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b such bonds.

(l) "Obligations" mean bonds, loans, debentures, notes, special certificates or other evidence of indebtedness issued SB0001 Enrolled - 69 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b by the municipality to carry out a redevelopment project or to refund outstanding obligations.

(n) "Redevelopment plan" means the comprehensive program of the municipality for development or redevelopment intended SB0001 Engrossed - 76 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b by the payment of redevelopment project costs to reduce or eliminate those conditions the existence of which qualified the redevelopment project area as a "blighted area" or "conservation area" or combination thereof or "industrial park conservation area," and thereby to enhance the tax bases of the taxing districts which extend into the redevelopment project area, provided that, with respect to redevelopment project areas described in subsections (p-1) and (p-2), "redevelopment plan" means the comprehensive program of the affected municipality for the development of qualifying transit SB0001 Enrolled - 70 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b facilities.

(B) evidence indicating that the redevelopment project area on the whole has not been subject to growth and SB0001 Engrossed - 77 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b development through investment by private enterprise, provided that such evidence shall not be required for any redevelopment project area located within a transit facility improvement area established pursuant to Section 11-74.4-3.3;

SB0001 Enrolled - 71 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (D) the sources of funds to pay costs;

(I) if it concerns an industrial park conservation area, the plan shall also include a general description of any proposed developer, user and tenant of any property, a description of the type, structure and general character of the facilities to be developed, a description of the type, class and number of new employees to be employed in the SB0001 Engrossed - 78 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b operation of the facilities to be developed;

The provisions of items (B) and (C) of this subsection (n) shall not apply to a municipality that before March 14, 1994 (the effective date of Public Act 88-537) had fixed, either by its corporate authorities or by a commission designated under subsection (k) of Section 11-74.4-4, a time and place for a public hearing as required by subsection (a) of Section SB0001 Enrolled - 72 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b 11-74.4-5.

(2) The municipality finds that the redevelopment plan and project conform to the comprehensive plan for the development of the municipality as a whole, or, for municipalities with a population of 100,000 or more, regardless of when the redevelopment plan and project was SB0001 Engrossed - 79 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b adopted, the redevelopment plan and project either:

Those dates may not be later than the dates SB0001 Enrolled - 73 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b set forth under Section 11-74.4-3.5.

SB0001 Engrossed - 80 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (4) If any incremental revenues are being utilized under Section 8(a)(1) or 8(a)(2) of this Act in redevelopment project areas approved by ordinance after January 1, 1986, the municipality finds:

(a) the redevelopment plan will not result in SB0001 Enrolled - 74 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b displacement of residents from 10 or more inhabited residential units, and the municipality certifies in the plan that such displacement will not result from the plan;

If, however, the redevelopment plan would result in the displacement of residents from 10 or more inhabited residential units, or if the redevelopment project area contains 75 or more inhabited residential units and no certification is made, then the municipality shall prepare, as part of the separate feasibility report required by subsection (a) of SB0001 Engrossed - 81 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Section 11-74.4-5, a housing impact study.

Part I of the housing impact study shall include (i) data as to whether the residential units are single family or multi-family units, (ii) the number and type of rooms within the units, if that information is available, (iii) whether the units are inhabited or uninhabited, as determined not less than 45 days before the date that the ordinance or resolution required by subsection (a) of Section 11-74.4-5 is passed, and (iv) data as to the racial and ethnic composition of the residents in the inhabited SB0001 Enrolled - 75 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b residential units.

If inhabited residential units are to be removed, then the housing impact study shall identify (i) the number and location of those units that will or may be removed, (ii) the municipality's plans for relocation assistance for those residents in the proposed redevelopment project area whose residences are to be removed, (iii) the availability of replacement housing for those residents whose residences are to be removed, and shall identify the type, location, and cost of the housing, and (iv) the type and extent of SB0001 Engrossed - 82 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b relocation assistance to be provided.

(7) On and after November 1, 1999, no redevelopment plan shall be adopted, nor an existing plan amended, nor shall residential housing that is occupied by households of low-income and very low-income persons in currently existing redevelopment project areas be removed after November 1, 1999 unless the redevelopment plan provides, SB0001 Enrolled - 76 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b with respect to inhabited housing units that are to be removed for households of low-income and very low-income persons, affordable housing and relocation assistance not less than that which would be provided under the federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 and the regulations under that Act, including the eligibility criteria.

(8) On and after November 1, 1999, if, after the SB0001 Engrossed - 83 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b adoption of the redevelopment plan for the redevelopment project area, any municipality desires to amend its redevelopment plan to remove more inhabited residential units than specified in its original redevelopment plan, that change shall be made in accordance with the procedures in subsection (c) of Section 11-74.4-5.

(9) For redevelopment project areas designated prior to November 1, 1999, the redevelopment plan may be amended without further joint review board meeting or hearing, provided that the municipality shall give notice of any SB0001 Enrolled - 77 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b such changes by mail to each affected taxing district and registrant on the interested party registry, to authorize the municipality to expend tax increment revenues for redevelopment project costs defined by paragraphs (5) and (7.5), subparagraphs (E) and (F) of paragraph (11), and paragraph (11.5) of subsection (q) of Section 11-74.4-3, so long as the changes do not increase the total estimated redevelopment project costs set out in the redevelopment plan by more than 5% after adjustment for inflation from the date the plan was adopted.

On and after November 1, 1999 (the effective date of Public Act 91-478), no redevelopment plan may be approved or amended that includes the development of vacant land (i) with a golf course and related clubhouse and other SB0001 Engrossed - 84 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b facilities or (ii) designated by federal, State, county, or municipal government as public land for outdoor recreational activities or for nature preserves and used for that purpose within 5 years prior to the adoption of the redevelopment plan.

(p) "Redevelopment project area" means an area designated by the municipality, which is not less in the aggregate than 1 1/2 acres and in respect to which the municipality has made a finding that there exist conditions which cause the area to be SB0001 Enrolled - 78 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b classified as an industrial park conservation area or a blighted area or a conservation area, or a combination of both blighted areas and conservation areas.

(p-2) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the contrary, on and after the effective date of this amendatory SB0001 Engrossed - 85 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Act of the 99th General Assembly, a redevelopment project area may include areas within a transit facility improvement area that has been established pursuant to Section 11-74.4-3.3 without a finding that the area is classified as an industrial park conservation area, a blighted area, a conservation area, or any combination thereof.

(q) "Redevelopment project costs", except for redevelopment project areas created pursuant to subsection subsections (p-1) or (p-2), means and includes the sum total of all reasonable or necessary costs incurred or estimated to be SB0001 Enrolled - 79 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b incurred, and any such costs incidental to a redevelopment plan and a redevelopment project.

In addition, "redevelopment project costs" shall not include SB0001 Engrossed - 86 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b lobbying expenses.

After consultation with the municipality, each tax increment consultant or advisor to a municipality that plans to designate or has designated a redevelopment project area shall inform the municipality in writing of any contracts that the consultant or advisor has entered into with entities or individuals that have received, or are receiving, payments financed by tax increment revenues produced by the redevelopment project area with respect to which the consultant or advisor has performed, or will be performing, service for the SB0001 Enrolled - 80 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b municipality.

(2) Property assembly costs, including but not limited to acquisition of land and other property, real or SB0001 Engrossed - 87 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b personal, or rights or interests therein, demolition of buildings, site preparation, site improvements that serve as an engineered barrier addressing ground level or below ground environmental contamination, including, but not limited to parking lots and other concrete or asphalt barriers, and the clearing and grading of land;

and the cost of replacing an existing public building if pursuant to the SB0001 Enrolled - 81 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b implementation of a redevelopment project the existing public building is to be demolished to use the site for private investment or devoted to a different use requiring private investment;

(4) Costs of the construction of public works or improvements, including any direct or indirect costs relating to Green Globes or LEED certified construction elements or construction elements with an equivalent certification, except that on and after November 1, 1999, redevelopment project costs shall not include the cost of constructing a new municipal public building principally used to provide offices, storage space, or conference facilities or vehicle storage, maintenance, or repair for SB0001 Engrossed - 88 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b administrative, public safety, or public works personnel and that is not intended to replace an existing public building as provided under paragraph (3) of subsection (q) of Section 11-74.4-3 unless either (i) the construction of the new municipal building implements a redevelopment project that was included in a redevelopment plan that was adopted by the municipality prior to November 1, 1999, (ii) the municipality makes a reasonable determination in the redevelopment plan, supported by information that provides the basis for that determination, that the new municipal SB0001 Enrolled - 82 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b building is required to meet an increase in the need for public safety purposes anticipated to result from the implementation of the redevelopment plan, or (iii) the new municipal public building is for the storage, maintenance, or repair of transit vehicles and is located in a transit facility improvement area that has been established pursuant to Section 11-74.4-3.3;

(6) Financing costs, including but not limited to all necessary and incidental expenses related to the issuance of obligations and which may include payment of interest on any obligations issued hereunder including interest accruing during the estimated period of construction of any SB0001 Engrossed - 89 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b redevelopment project for which such obligations are issued and for not exceeding 36 months thereafter and including reasonable reserves related thereto;

(7.5) For redevelopment project areas designated (or SB0001 Enrolled - 83 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b redevelopment project areas amended to add or increase the number of tax-increment-financing assisted housing units) on or after November 1, 1999, an elementary, secondary, or unit school district's increased costs attributable to assisted housing units located within the redevelopment project area for which the developer or redeveloper receives financial assistance through an agreement with the municipality or because the municipality incurs the cost of necessary infrastructure improvements within the boundaries of the assisted housing sites necessary for the completion of that housing as authorized by this Act, and which costs shall be paid by the municipality from the Special Tax Allocation Fund when the tax increment revenue is received as a result of the assisted housing units and shall be calculated annually as follows:

(A) for foundation districts, excluding any school SB0001 Engrossed - 90 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b district in a municipality with a population in excess of 1,000,000, by multiplying the district's increase in attendance resulting from the net increase in new students enrolled in that school district who reside in housing units within the redevelopment project area that have received financial assistance through an agreement with the municipality or because the municipality incurs the cost of necessary infrastructure improvements within the boundaries of the housing sites necessary for the completion of that SB0001 Enrolled - 84 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b housing as authorized by this Act since the designation of the redevelopment project area by the most recently available per capita tuition cost as defined in Section 10-20.12a of the School Code less any increase in general State aid as defined in Section 18-8.05 of the School Code or evidence-based funding as defined in Section 18-8.15 of the School Code attributable to these added new students subject to the following annual limitations:

(ii) for elementary school districts with a SB0001 Engrossed - 91 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b district average 1995-96 Per Capita Tuition Charge of less than $5,900, no more than 17% of the total amount of property tax increment revenue produced by those housing units that have received tax increment finance assistance under this Act;

and (iii) for secondary school districts with a district average 1995-96 Per Capita Tuition Charge of less than $5,900, no more than 8% of the total amount of property tax increment revenue produced by those housing units that have received tax SB0001 Enrolled - 85 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b increment finance assistance under this Act.

(B) For alternate method districts, flat grant districts, and foundation districts with a district average 1995-96 Per Capita Tuition Charge equal to or more than $5,900, excluding any school district with a population in excess of 1,000,000, by multiplying the district's increase in attendance resulting from the net increase in new students enrolled in that school district who reside in housing units within the redevelopment project area that have received financial assistance through an agreement with the municipality or because the municipality incurs the cost of necessary infrastructure improvements within the boundaries of the housing sites necessary for the completion of that housing as authorized by this Act since the designation of the redevelopment project SB0001 Engrossed - 92 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b area by the most recently available per capita tuition cost as defined in Section 10-20.12a of the School Code less any increase in general state aid as defined in Section 18-8.05 of the School Code or evidence-based funding as defined in Section 18-8.15 of the School Code attributable to these added new students subject to the following annual limitations:

(i) for unit school districts, no more than 40% of the total amount of property tax increment revenue produced by those housing units that have SB0001 Enrolled - 86 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b received tax increment finance assistance under this Act;

SB0001 Engrossed - 93 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (i) no increased costs shall be reimbursed unless the school district certifies that each of the schools affected by the assisted housing project is at or over its student capacity;

and (iii) the amount reimbursed may not affect SB0001 Enrolled - 87 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b amounts otherwise obligated by the terms of any bonds, notes, or other funding instruments, or the terms of any redevelopment agreement.

By acceptance of this reimbursement the school district SB0001 Engrossed - 94 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b waives the right to directly or indirectly set aside, modify, or contest in any manner the establishment of the redevelopment project area or projects;

(7.7) For redevelopment project areas designated (or redevelopment project areas amended to add or increase the number of tax-increment-financing assisted housing units) on or after January 1, 2005 (the effective date of Public Act 93-961), a public library district's increased costs attributable to assisted housing units located within the redevelopment project area for which the developer or SB0001 Enrolled - 88 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b redeveloper receives financial assistance through an agreement with the municipality or because the municipality incurs the cost of necessary infrastructure improvements within the boundaries of the assisted housing sites necessary for the completion of that housing as authorized by this Act shall be paid to the library district by the municipality from the Special Tax Allocation Fund when the tax increment revenue is received as a result of the assisted housing units.

SB0001 Engrossed - 95 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b The amount paid to a library district under this paragraph (7.7) shall be calculated by multiplying (i) the net increase in the number of persons eligible to obtain a library card in that district who reside in housing units within the redevelopment project area that have received financial assistance through an agreement with the municipality or because the municipality incurs the cost of necessary infrastructure improvements within the boundaries of the housing sites necessary for the completion of that housing as authorized by this Act since SB0001 Enrolled - 89 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b the designation of the redevelopment project area by (ii) the per-patron cost of providing library services so long as it does not exceed $120.

A library district is not eligible for any payment under this paragraph (7.7) unless the library district has experienced an increase in the number of patrons from the municipality that created the tax-increment-financing SB0001 Engrossed - 96 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b district since the designation of the redevelopment project area.

If the library district fails to provide the information during this period in any year, it shall forfeit any claim to reimbursement for that SB0001 Enrolled - 90 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b year.

(10) Costs of job training, retraining, advanced vocational education or career education, including but not limited to courses in occupational, semi-technical or SB0001 Engrossed - 97 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b technical fields leading directly to employment, incurred by one or more taxing districts, provided that such costs (i) are related to the establishment and maintenance of additional job training, advanced vocational education or career education programs for persons employed or to be employed by employers located in a redevelopment project area;

and (ii) when incurred by a taxing district or taxing districts other than the municipality, are set forth in a written agreement by or among the municipality and the taxing district or taxing districts, which agreement SB0001 Enrolled - 91 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b describes the program to be undertaken, including but not limited to the number of employees to be trained, a description of the training and services to be provided, the number and type of positions available or to be available, itemized costs of the program and sources of funds to pay for the same, and the term of the agreement.

(A) such costs are to be paid directly from the special tax allocation fund established pursuant to SB0001 Engrossed - 98 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b this Act;

SB0001 Enrolled - 92 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (D) the total of such interest payments paid pursuant to this Act may not exceed 30% of the total (i) cost paid or incurred by the redeveloper for the redevelopment project plus (ii) redevelopment project costs excluding any property assembly costs and any relocation costs incurred by a municipality pursuant to this Act;

(F) instead Instead of the eligible costs provided SB0001 Engrossed - 99 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b by subparagraphs (B) and (D) of paragraph (11), as modified by this subparagraph, and notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act to the contrary, the municipality may pay from tax increment revenues up to 50% of the cost of construction of new housing units to be occupied by low-income households and very low-income households as defined in Section 3 of the Illinois Affordable Housing Act.

The cost of construction of those units may be derived from the proceeds of bonds issued by the municipality under this SB0001 Enrolled - 93 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Act or other constitutional or statutory authority or from other sources of municipal revenue that may be reimbursed from tax increment revenues or the proceeds of bonds issued to finance the construction of that housing.

If the low and very low-income units are part of a residential redevelopment project that includes units not affordable to low and very low-income households, only the low and very low-income units shall be eligible for benefits under SB0001 Engrossed - 100 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b this subparagraph (F) of paragraph (11).

The responsibility for annually documenting the initial occupancy of the units by low-income households and very low-income households, SB0001 Enrolled - 94 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b as defined in Section 3 of the Illinois Affordable Housing Act, shall be that of the then current owner of the property.

the guidelines, however, shall be in effect for as long as tax increment revenue is being used to pay for costs associated with the units or for the retirement of bonds issued to finance the units or for the life of the redevelopment project area, whichever SB0001 Engrossed - 101 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b is later;.

For SB0001 Enrolled - 95 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b the purposes of this paragraph, "low-income families" means families whose annual income does not exceed 80% of the municipal, county, or regional median income, adjusted for family size, as the annual income and municipal, county, or regional median income are determined from time to time by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

(13) After November 1, 1999 (the effective date of Public Act 91-478), none of the redevelopment project costs enumerated in this subsection shall be eligible redevelopment project costs if those costs would provide direct financial support to a retail entity initiating operations in the redevelopment project area while terminating operations at another Illinois SB0001 Engrossed - 102 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b location within 10 miles of the redevelopment project area but outside the boundaries of the redevelopment project area municipality.

For purposes of this paragraph, termination means a closing of a retail operation that is directly related to the opening of the same operation or like retail entity owned or operated by more than 50% of the original ownership in a redevelopment project area, but it does not mean closing an operation for reasons beyond the control of the retail entity, as documented by the retail entity, subject to a reasonable finding by the municipality that the current location contained SB0001 Enrolled - 96 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b inadequate space, had become economically obsolete, or was no longer a viable location for the retailer or serviceman.

SB0001 Engrossed - 103 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b If a special service area has been established pursuant to the Special Service Area Tax Act or Special Service Area Tax Law, then any tax increment revenues derived from the tax imposed pursuant to the Special Service Area Tax Act or Special Service Area Tax Law may be used within the redevelopment project area for the purposes permitted by that Act or Law as well as the purposes permitted by this Act.

(q-1) For redevelopment project areas created pursuant to subsection (p-1), redevelopment project costs are limited to those costs in paragraph (q) that are related to the existing SB0001 Enrolled - 97 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b or proposed Regional Transportation Authority Suburban Transit Access Route (STAR Line) station.

(s) "State Sales Tax Increment" means an amount equal to SB0001 Engrossed - 104 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b the increase in the aggregate amount of taxes paid by retailers and servicemen, other than retailers and servicemen subject to the Public Utilities Act, on transactions at places of business located within a State Sales Tax Boundary pursuant to the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, and the Service Occupation Tax Act, except such portion of such increase that is paid into the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund, the Local Government Distributive Fund, the Local Government Tax Fund and the County and Mass Transit District Fund, for as long as State participation exists, over SB0001 Enrolled - 98 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b and above the Initial Sales Tax Amounts, Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts or the Revised Initial Sales Tax Amounts for such taxes as certified by the Department of Revenue and paid under those Acts by retailers and servicemen on transactions at places of business located within the State Sales Tax Boundary during the base year which shall be the calendar year immediately prior to the year in which the municipality adopted tax increment allocation financing, less 3.0% of such amounts generated under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, Use Tax Act and Service Use Tax Act and the Service Occupation Tax Act, which sum shall be appropriated to the Department of Revenue to cover its costs of administering and enforcing this Section.

For purposes of computing the aggregate amount of such taxes for base years occurring prior to 1985, the Department of Revenue shall compute the Initial Sales Tax Amount for such taxes and deduct therefrom an amount equal to 4% of the SB0001 Engrossed - 105 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b aggregate amount of taxes per year for each year the base year is prior to 1985, but not to exceed a total deduction of 12%.

For purposes of determining the State Sales Tax Increment the Department of Revenue shall for each period subtract from the tax amounts received from retailers and servicemen on transactions located in the State Sales Tax Boundary, the certified Initial Sales Tax Amounts, Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts or Revised Initial Sales Tax Amounts for the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Use Tax Act, SB0001 Enrolled - 99 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b the Service Use Tax Act and the Service Occupation Tax Act.

For the State Fiscal Year 1991, this calculation shall be made by utilizing the period from October 1, 1988, until June 30, 1989, to determine the tax amounts received from retailers and servicemen, which shall have deducted therefrom nine-twelfths of the certified Initial State Sales Tax Amounts, Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts or the Revised Initial Sales Tax Amounts as SB0001 Engrossed - 106 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b appropriate.

(t) "Taxing districts" means counties, townships, cities SB0001 Enrolled - 100 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b and incorporated towns and villages, school, road, park, sanitary, mosquito abatement, forest preserve, public health, fire protection, river conservancy, tuberculosis sanitarium and any other municipal corporations or districts with the power to levy taxes.

(v) As used in subsection (a) of Section 11-74.4-3 of this Act, "vacant land" means any parcel or combination of parcels of real property without industrial, commercial, and residential buildings which has not been used for commercial agricultural purposes within 5 years prior to the designation of the redevelopment project area, unless the parcel is included in an industrial park conservation area or the parcel SB0001 Engrossed - 107 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b has been subdivided;

For purposes of this Section and only for land subject to the SB0001 Enrolled - 101 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b subdivision requirements of the Plat Act, land is subdivided when the original plat of the proposed Redevelopment Project Area or relevant portion thereof has been properly certified, acknowledged, approved, and recorded or filed in accordance with the Plat Act and a preliminary plat, if any, for any subsequent phases of the proposed Redevelopment Project Area or relevant portion thereof has been properly approved and filed in accordance with the applicable ordinance of the municipality.

The ratio of the Annual Total Increment of each municipality to the Annual Total Increment for all municipalities, as most recently calculated by the Department, shall determine the proportional shares of the Illinois Tax Increment Fund to be distributed to SB0001 Engrossed - 108 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b each municipality.

revised 10-31-16.) SB0001 Enrolled - 102 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-8) (from Ch.

A municipality, at the time a redevelopment project area is designated, may adopt tax increment allocation financing by passing an ordinance providing that the ad valorem taxes, if any, arising from the levies upon taxable real property in such redevelopment project area by taxing districts and tax rates determined in the manner SB0001 Engrossed - 109 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b provided in paragraph (c) of Section 11-74.4-9 each year after the effective date of the ordinance until redevelopment project costs and all municipal obligations financing redevelopment project costs incurred under this Division have been paid shall be divided as follows, provided, however, that with respect to any redevelopment project area located within a transit facility improvement area established pursuant to Section 11-74.4-3.3 in a municipality with a population of 1,000,000 or more, ad valorem taxes, if any, arising from the levies upon taxable real property in such redevelopment project area shall SB0001 Enrolled - 103 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b be allocated as specifically provided in this Section:

(b) Except from a tax levied by a township to retire bonds issued to satisfy court-ordered damages, that portion, if any, of such taxes which is attributable to the increase in the current equalized assessed valuation of each taxable lot, block, tract or parcel of real property SB0001 Engrossed - 110 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b in the redevelopment project area over and above the initial equalized assessed value of each property in the project area shall be allocated to and when collected shall be paid to the municipal treasurer who shall deposit said taxes into a special fund called the special tax allocation fund of the municipality for the purpose of paying redevelopment project costs and obligations incurred in the payment thereof.

In any county with a population of 3,000,000 or more that has adopted a procedure for collecting taxes that provides for one or more of the SB0001 Enrolled - 104 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b installments of the taxes to be billed and collected on an estimated basis, the municipal treasurer shall be paid for deposit in the special tax allocation fund of the municipality, from the taxes collected from estimated bills issued for property in the redevelopment project area, the difference between the amount actually collected from each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property within the redevelopment project area and an amount determined by multiplying the rate at which taxes were last extended against the taxable lot, block, track, or parcel of real property in the manner provided in subsection (c) of Section 11-74.4-9 by the initial equalized assessed value of the property divided by the number of installments in which real estate taxes are billed and collected within the county;

provided that the payments on or before December 31, 1999 to a municipal SB0001 Engrossed - 111 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b treasurer shall be made only if each of the following conditions are met:

SB0001 Enrolled - 105 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (3) The municipal clerk has certified to the county clerk that the municipality has issued its obligations to which there has been pledged the incremental property taxes of the redevelopment project area or taxes levied and collected on any or all property in the municipality or the full faith and credit of the municipality to pay or secure payment for all or a portion of the redevelopment project costs.

(4) The municipality has not requested that the total initial equalized assessed value of real property be adjusted as provided in subsection (b) of Section SB0001 Engrossed - 112 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b 11-74.4-9.

The county shall send the municipal treasurer a notice of SB0001 Enrolled - 106 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b liability for the overpayment on or before the mailing date of the next real estate tax bill within the county.

The annual 10% deposit required by this paragraph shall be limited to the actual amount of municipally produced incremental tax revenues available to the municipality from taxpayers located in the SB0001 Engrossed - 113 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b redevelopment project area in that year if:

If no SB0001 Enrolled - 107 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b such payment is made, any redevelopment project area of the municipality shall be dissolved.

If a municipality has adopted tax increment allocation financing by ordinance and the County Clerk thereafter certifies the "total initial equalized assessed value as adjusted" of the taxable real property within such redevelopment project area in the manner provided in paragraph (b) of Section 11-74.4-9, each year after the date of the certification of the total initial equalized assessed value as adjusted until redevelopment project costs and all municipal obligations financing redevelopment project costs have been paid the ad valorem taxes, if any, arising from the levies upon the taxable real property in such redevelopment project area by taxing districts and tax rates determined in the manner provided in paragraph (c) of Section 11-74.4-9 shall be divided as SB0001 Engrossed - 114 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b follows, provided, however, that with respect to any redevelopment project area located within a transit facility improvement area established pursuant to Section 11-74.4-3.3 in a municipality with a population of 1,000,000 or more, ad valorem taxes, if any, arising from the levies upon the taxable real property in such redevelopment project area shall be allocated as specifically provided in this Section:

(1) That portion of the taxes levied upon each taxable lot, block, tract or parcel of real property which is SB0001 Enrolled - 108 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b attributable to the lower of the current equalized assessed value or "current equalized assessed value as adjusted" or the initial equalized assessed value of each such taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property existing at the time tax increment financing was adopted, minus the total current homestead exemptions under Article 15 of the Property Tax Code in the redevelopment project area shall be allocated to and when collected shall be paid by the county collector to the respective affected taxing districts in the manner required by law in the absence of the adoption of tax increment allocation financing.

(2) That portion, if any, of such taxes which is attributable to the increase in the current equalized assessed valuation of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property in the redevelopment project SB0001 Engrossed - 115 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b area, over and above the initial equalized assessed value of each property existing at the time tax increment financing was adopted, minus the total current homestead exemptions pertaining to each piece of property provided by Article 15 of the Property Tax Code in the redevelopment project area, shall be allocated to and when collected shall be paid to the municipal Treasurer, who shall deposit said taxes into a special fund called the special tax allocation fund of the municipality for the purpose of paying SB0001 Enrolled - 109 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b redevelopment project costs and obligations incurred in the payment thereof.

Whenever a municipality issues bonds for the purpose of SB0001 Engrossed - 116 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b financing redevelopment project costs, such municipality may provide by ordinance for the appointment of a trustee, which may be any trust company within the State, and for the establishment of such funds or accounts to be maintained by such trustee as the municipality shall deem necessary to provide for the security and payment of the bonds.

Any amounts paid to such SB0001 Enrolled - 110 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b trustee as assignee shall be deposited in the funds or accounts established pursuant to such trust agreement, and shall be held by such trustee in trust for the benefit of the holders of the bonds, and such holders shall have a lien on and a security interest in such funds or accounts so long as the bonds remain outstanding and unpaid.

first SB0001 Engrossed - 117 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b to the Department of Revenue and the municipality in direct proportion to the tax incremental revenue received from the State and the municipality, but not to exceed the total incremental revenue received from the State or the municipality less any annual surplus distribution of incremental revenue previously made;

with any remaining funds to be paid to the County Collector who shall immediately thereafter pay said funds to the taxing districts in the redevelopment project area in the same manner and proportion as the most recent distribution by SB0001 Enrolled - 111 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b the county collector to the affected districts of real property taxes from real property in the redevelopment project area.

SB0001 Engrossed - 118 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Municipalities shall notify affected taxing districts prior to November 1 if the redevelopment project area is to be terminated by December 31 of that same year.

Thereafter the rates of the taxing districts shall be extended and taxes levied, collected and SB0001 Enrolled - 112 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b distributed in the manner applicable in the absence of the adoption of tax increment allocation financing.

(1) That portion of the taxes levied upon each taxable lot, block, tract or parcel of real property SB0001 Engrossed - 119 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b which is attributable to the lower of (i) the current equalized assessed value or "current equalized assessed value as adjusted" or (ii) the initial equalized assessed value of each such taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property existing at the time tax increment financing was adopted, minus the total current homestead exemptions under Article 15 of the Property Tax Code in the redevelopment project area shall be allocated to and when collected shall be paid by the county collector to the respective affected SB0001 Enrolled - 113 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b taxing districts in the manner required by law in the absence of the adoption of tax increment allocation financing.

(A) First, that portion which would be payable SB0001 Engrossed - 120 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b to a school district whose boundaries are coterminous with such municipality in the absence of the adoption of tax increment allocation financing, shall be paid to such school district in the manner required by law in the absence of the adoption of tax increment allocation financing;

then (B) 80% of the remaining portion shall be paid to the municipal Treasurer, who shall deposit said taxes into a special fund called the special tax SB0001 Enrolled - 114 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b allocation fund of the municipality for the purpose of paying redevelopment project costs and obligations incurred in the payment thereof;

SB0001 Engrossed - 121 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (Source:

(a) A municipality, at the time a redevelopment project area is designated, may adopt tax increment allocation financing by passing an ordinance providing that the ad valorem taxes, if any, arising from the levies upon taxable real property within the redevelopment project area by taxing SB0001 Enrolled - 115 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b districts and tax rates determined in the manner provided in subsection (b) of Section 11-74.6-40 each year after the effective date of the ordinance until redevelopment project costs and all municipal obligations financing redevelopment project costs incurred under this Act have been paid shall be divided as follows:

(1) That portion of the taxes levied upon each taxable lot, block, tract or parcel of real property that is attributable to the lower of the current equalized assessed value or the initial equalized assessed value or the updated initial equalized assessed value of each taxable lot, block, tract or parcel of real property in the redevelopment project area shall be allocated to and when collected shall be paid by the county collector to the respective affected taxing districts in the manner required by law without regard to the adoption of tax SB0001 Engrossed - 122 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b increment allocation financing.

(2) That portion, if any, of those taxes that is attributable to the increase in the current equalized assessed value of each taxable lot, block, tract or parcel of real property in the redevelopment project area, over and above the initial equalized assessed value or the updated initial equalized assessed value of each property in the project area, shall be allocated to and when collected shall be paid by the county collector to the municipal treasurer who shall deposit that portion of those SB0001 Enrolled - 116 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b taxes into a special fund called the special tax allocation fund of the municipality for the purpose of paying redevelopment project costs and obligations incurred in the payment of those costs and obligations.

In any county with a population of 3,000,000 or more that has adopted a procedure for collecting taxes that provides for one or more of the installments of the taxes to be billed and collected on an estimated basis, the municipal treasurer shall be paid for deposit in the special tax allocation fund of the municipality, from the taxes collected from estimated bills issued for property in the redevelopment project area, the difference between the amount actually collected from each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property within the redevelopment project area and an amount determined by multiplying the rate at which taxes were last extended against the taxable lot, block, track, SB0001 Engrossed - 123 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b or parcel of real property in the manner provided in subsection (b) of Section 11-74.6-40 by the initial equalized assessed value or the updated initial equalized assessed value of the property divided by the number of installments in which real estate taxes are billed and collected within the county, provided that the payments on or before December 31, 1999 to a municipal treasurer shall be made only if each of the following conditions are met:

(A) The total equalized assessed value of the redevelopment project area as last determined was not SB0001 Enrolled - 117 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b less than 175% of the total initial equalized assessed value.

The certification shall be filed annually no later than September 1 for the estimated taxes to be distributed SB0001 Engrossed - 124 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b in the following year.

The county shall send the municipal treasurer a notice of liability for the overpayment on or before the SB0001 Enrolled - 118 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b mailing date of the next real estate tax bill within the county.

(c) If a municipality has adopted tax increment allocation financing for a redevelopment project area by ordinance and the county clerk thereafter certifies the total initial equalized assessed value or the total updated initial equalized assessed value of the taxable real property within such redevelopment project area in the manner provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of Section 11-74.6-40, each year after the date of the certification of the total initial equalized assessed value or the total updated initial equalized assessed value until SB0001 Engrossed - 125 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b redevelopment project costs and all municipal obligations financing redevelopment project costs have been paid, the ad valorem taxes, if any, arising from the levies upon the taxable real property in the redevelopment project area by taxing districts and tax rates determined in the manner provided in paragraph (b) of Section 11-74.6-40 shall be divided as follows:

(1) That portion of the taxes levied upon each taxable lot, block, tract or parcel of real property that is attributable to the lower of the current equalized assessed SB0001 Enrolled - 119 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b value or the initial equalized assessed value, or the updated initial equalized assessed value of each parcel if the updated initial equalized assessed value of that parcel has been certified in accordance with Section 11-74.6-40, whichever has been most recently certified, of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property existing at the time tax increment allocation financing was adopted in the redevelopment project area, shall be allocated to and when collected shall be paid by the county collector to the respective affected taxing districts in the manner required by law without regard to the adoption of tax increment allocation financing.

(2) That portion, if any, of those taxes that is attributable to the increase in the current equalized assessed value of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property in the redevelopment project area, over SB0001 Engrossed - 126 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b and above the initial equalized assessed value of each property existing at the time tax increment allocation financing was adopted in the redevelopment project area, or the updated initial equalized assessed value of each parcel if the updated initial equalized assessed value of that parcel has been certified in accordance with Section 11-74.6-40, shall be allocated to and when collected shall be paid to the municipal treasurer, who shall deposit those taxes into a special fund called the special tax allocation fund of the municipality for the purpose of paying SB0001 Enrolled - 120 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b redevelopment project costs and obligations incurred in the payment thereof.

Whenever a municipality issues bonds for the purpose of financing redevelopment project costs, that municipality may SB0001 Engrossed - 127 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b provide by ordinance for the appointment of a trustee, which may be any trust company within the State, and for the establishment of any funds or accounts to be maintained by that trustee, as the municipality deems necessary to provide for the security and payment of the bonds.

Any amounts paid to the trustee as assignee shall be deposited into the funds or accounts established under the trust agreement, and SB0001 Enrolled - 121 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b shall be held by the trustee in trust for the benefit of the holders of the bonds.

first to the municipality in direct proportion to the tax incremental revenue received from the municipality, but not to exceed the total incremental revenue received from the municipality, SB0001 Engrossed - 128 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b minus any annual surplus distribution of incremental revenue previously made.

Upon the payment of all redevelopment project costs, retirement of obligations and the distribution of any excess SB0001 Enrolled - 122 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b moneys under this Section, the municipality shall adopt an ordinance dissolving the special tax allocation fund for the redevelopment project area and terminating the designation of the redevelopment project area as a redevelopment project area.

11-1-99.) SB0001 Engrossed - 129 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Section 40.

(a) If a county clerk has certified the "total initial equalized assessed value" of the taxable real property within an economic development project area in the manner provided in SB0001 Enrolled - 123 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Section 45, each year after the date of the certification by the county clerk of the "total initial equalized assessed value", until economic development project costs and all municipal obligations financing economic development project costs have been paid, the ad valorem taxes, if any, arising from the levies upon the taxable real property in the economic development project area by taxing districts and tax rates determined in the manner provided in subsection (b) of Section 45 shall be divided as follows:

(1) That portion of the taxes levied upon each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property that is attributable to the lower of the current equalized assessed value or the initial equalized assessed value of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property existing at the time tax increment financing was adopted shall be allocated to (and when collected shall be paid by SB0001 Engrossed - 130 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b the county collector to) the respective affected taxing districts in the manner required by law in the absence of the adoption of tax increment allocation financing.

(2) That portion, if any, of the taxes that is attributable to the increase in the current equalized assessed valuation of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property in the economic development project area, over and above the initial equalized assessed value of each property existing at the time tax increment financing was adopted, shall be allocated to (and when SB0001 Enrolled - 124 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b collected shall be paid to) the municipal treasurer, who shall deposit the taxes into a special fund (called the special tax allocation fund of the municipality) for the purpose of paying economic development project costs and obligations incurred in the payment of those costs.

No part of the current equalized assessed valuation of each property in the economic development project area attributable to any increase above the total initial equalized assessed value of those properties shall be used in calculating the general State school aid formula under Section 18-8 of the School Code or the evidence-based funding formula under Section 18-8.15 of the SB0001 Engrossed - 131 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b School Code, until all economic development projects costs have been paid as provided for in this Section.

(c) When the economic development projects costs, including without limitation all municipal obligations financing economic development project costs incurred under this Act, have been paid, all surplus monies then remaining in the special tax allocation fund shall be distributed by being paid by the municipal treasurer to the county collector, who shall immediately pay the monies to the taxing districts having taxable property in the economic development project area in SB0001 Enrolled - 125 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b the same manner and proportion as the most recent distribution by the county collector to those taxing districts of real property taxes from real property in the economic development project area.

SB0001 Engrossed - 132 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed as relieving property in the economic development project areas from being assessed as provided in the Property Tax Code or as relieving owners or lessees of that property from paying a uniform rate of taxes as required by Section 4 of Article IX of the Illinois Constitution.

The School Code is amended by changing Sections 1A-8, 1B-5, 1B-6, 1B-7, 1B-8, 1C-1, 1C-2, 1D-1, 1E-20, 1F-20, SB0001 Enrolled - 126 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b 1F-62, 1H-20, 1H-70, 2-3.33, 2-3.51.5, 2-3.62, 2-3.66, 2-3.66b, 2-3.80, 2-3.84, 2-3.109a, 3-14.21, 7-14A, 10-17a, 10-19, 10-22.5a, 10-22.20, 10-29, 11E-135, 13A-8, 13B-20.20, 13B-45, 13B-50, 13B-50.10, 13B-50.15, 14-7.02, 14-7.02b, 14-7.03, 14-13.01, 14C-1, 14C-12, 17-1, 17-1.2, 17-1.5, 17-2.11, 17-2A, 18-4.3, 18-8.05, 18-8.10, 18-9, 18-12, 26-16, 27-8.1, 27A-9, 27A-11, 29-5, 34-2.3, 34-18, 34-18.30, and 34-43.1 and by adding Sections 17-3.62-3.170, 17-3.6, and 18-8.15 as follows:

SB0001 Engrossed - 133 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (a) The State Superintendent of Education may require a school district, including any district subject to Article 34A of this Code, to share financial information relevant to a proper investigation of the district's financial condition and the delivery of appropriate State financial, technical, and consulting services to the district if the district (i) has been designated, through the State Board of Education's School District Financial Profile System, as on financial warning or financial watch status, (ii) has failed to file an annual financial report, annual budget, deficit reduction plan, or SB0001 Enrolled - 127 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b other financial information as required by law, (iii) has been identified, through the district's annual audit or other financial and management information, as in serious financial difficulty in the current or next school year, or (iv) is determined to be likely to fail to fully meet any regularly scheduled, payroll-period obligations when due or any debt service payments when due or both.

(b) The State Board of Education, after proper investigation of a district's financial condition, may certify that a district, including any district subject to Article 34A, is in financial difficulty when any of the following conditions SB0001 Engrossed - 134 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b occur:

(2) The district has issued tax anticipation warrants or tax anticipation notes in anticipation of a second year's taxes when warrants or notes in anticipation of current year taxes are still outstanding, as authorized by Sections 17-16, 34-23, 34-59 and 34-63 of this Code, or has issued short-term debt against 2 future revenue sources, SB0001 Enrolled - 128 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b such as, but not limited to, tax anticipation warrants and general State aid or evidence-based funding Aid certificates or tax anticipation warrants and revenue anticipation notes.

SB0001 Engrossed - 135 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b No school district shall be certified by the State Board of Education to be in financial difficulty solely by reason of any of the above circumstances arising as a result of (i) the failure of the county to make any distribution of property tax money due the district at the time such distribution is due or (ii) the failure of this State to make timely payments of general State aid, evidence-based funding, or any of the mandated categoricals;

If SB0001 Enrolled - 129 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b the State Board of Education certifies that a district in a city with 500,000 inhabitants or more is in financial difficulty, the State Board shall so notify the Governor and the Mayor of the city in which the district is located.

A district certified to be in financial difficulty, other SB0001 Engrossed - 136 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b than a district subject to Article 34A, shall report to the State Board of Education at such times and in such manner as the State Board may direct, concerning the district's compliance with each financial plan.

The district SB0001 Enrolled - 130 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b shall produce such budgetary data, financial statements, reports and other information and comply with such directives.

No bonds, notes, teachers orders, tax anticipation warrants or other evidences of indebtedness shall be issued or sold by a school district or be legally binding upon or enforceable against a local board of education of a district certified to be in financial difficulty unless and until the financial plan required under this Section has been approved by SB0001 Engrossed - 137 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b the State Board of Education.

Any financial profile compiled and distributed by the State Board of Education in Fiscal Year 2009 or any fiscal year thereafter shall incorporate such adjustments as may be needed in the profile scores to reflect the financial effects of the inability or refusal of the State of Illinois to make timely disbursements of any general State aid, evidence-based funding, or mandated categorical aid payments due school districts or to fully reimburse school districts for mandated categorical programs pursuant to reimbursement formulas SB0001 Enrolled - 131 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b provided in this School Code.

Members of the Panel shall be selected primarily on the basis of their experience and education in financial SB0001 Engrossed - 138 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b management, with consideration given to persons knowledgeable in education finance.

The amount reimbursed Panel members for their expenses shall be charged to the school district as part of any emergency SB0001 Enrolled - 132 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b financial assistance and incorporated as a part of the terms and conditions for repayment of such assistance or shall be deducted from the district's general State aid or evidence-based funding as provided in Section 1B-8.

The Panel shall report not later than September 1 annually to the SB0001 Engrossed - 139 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b State Board and the State Superintendent with respect to its activities and the condition of the school district for the previous fiscal year.

If after 3 years the school district has repaid all of its obligations resulting from emergency State financial assistance provided under this Article and has improved its financial situation, the board of SB0001 Enrolled - 133 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b education may, not more frequently than once in any 12 month period, petition the State Board to dissolve the Financial Oversight Panel, terminate the oversight responsibility, and remove the district's certification under Section 1A-8 as a district in financial difficulty.

The purpose of the Financial Oversight Panel shall be to exercise financial control over the board of education, and, when approved by the State Board and the State Superintendent of Education, to furnish financial assistance so that the board can provide public education SB0001 Engrossed - 140 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b within the board's jurisdiction while permitting the board to meet its obligations to its creditors and the holders of its notes and bonds.

SB0001 Enrolled - 134 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (c) to appoint a Financial Administrator to serve as the chief executive officer of the Panel.

(d) to approve the local board of education appointments to the positions of treasurer in a Class I county school unit and in each school district which forms a part of a Class II county school unit but which no longer is subject to the jurisdiction and authority of a township treasurer or trustees of schools of a township because the district has withdrawn from the jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer and the trustees of schools of the township or because those offices SB0001 Engrossed - 141 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b have been abolished as provided in subsection (b) or (c) of Section 5-1, and chief school business official, if such official is not the superintendent of the district.

and notwithstanding any other provision of The School Code, as now or hereafter amended, no bonds, notes, teachers orders, tax SB0001 Enrolled - 135 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b anticipation warrants or other evidences of indebtedness shall be issued or sold by the school district or be legally binding upon or enforceable against the local board of education unless and until the approval of the Panel has been received;

(j) to authorize emergency State financial assistance, including requirements regarding the terms and conditions of repayment of such assistance, and to require the board of SB0001 Engrossed - 142 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b education to levy a separate local property tax, subject to the limitations of Section 1B-8, sufficient to repay such assistance consistent with the terms and conditions of repayment and the district's approved financial plan and budget;

(l) to recommend dissolution or reorganization of the school district to the General Assembly if in the Panel's SB0001 Enrolled - 136 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b judgment the circumstances so require;

(q) to contract for and to accept any gifts, grants or loans of funds or property or financial or other aid in any SB0001 Engrossed - 143 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b form from the federal government, State government, unit of local government, school district or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or from any other private or public source, and to comply with the terms and conditions thereof;

(s) to do any and all things necessary or convenient to SB0001 Enrolled - 137 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b carry out its purposes and exercise the powers given to the Panel by this Article;

SB0001 Engrossed - 144 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (b) to direct the local board to reorganize its financial accounts, budgetary systems, and internal accounting and financial controls, in whatever manner the Panel deems appropriate to achieve greater financial responsibility and to reduce financial inefficiency, and to provide technical assistance to aid the district in accomplishing the reorganization;

(c) to make recommendations to the Financial Oversight Panel concerning the school district's financial plan and budget, and all other matters within the scope of the Panel's SB0001 Enrolled - 138 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b authority;

9-9-94.) SB0001 Engrossed - 145 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (105 ILCS 5/1B-8) (from Ch.

The appropriation SB0001 Enrolled - 139 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b may be allocated and expended by the State Board for contractual services to provide technical assistance or consultation to school districts to assess their financial condition and to Financial Oversight Panels that petition for emergency financial assistance grants.

If the State Board and State Superintendent of Education have not approved emergency financial assistance in SB0001 Engrossed - 146 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b conjunction with the appointment of a Financial Oversight Panel, the Panel's approved costs shall be paid from deductions from the district's general State aid or evidence-based funding.

No expenditures from the Fund shall be authorized by the State Superintendent until he or she has approved the request of the Panel, either as submitted or in such lesser SB0001 Enrolled - 140 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b amount determined by the State Superintendent.

Payment of the emergency State financial assistance loan is subject to the applicable provisions of the Illinois SB0001 Engrossed - 147 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Finance Authority Act.

Any emergency financial assistance grant proposed by the Financial Oversight Panel and approved by the State Superintendent may be paid in its entirety during the initial year of the Panel's existence or spread in equal or declining amounts over a period of years not to exceed the period of the SB0001 Enrolled - 141 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Panel's existence.

The schedule shall provide for repayments SB0001 Engrossed - 148 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b commencing July 1 of each year or upon each fiscal year's receipt of moneys from a tax levy for emergency financial assistance.

When moneys are repaid as provided SB0001 Enrolled - 142 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b herein they shall not be made available to the local board for further use as emergency financial assistance under this Article at any time thereafter.

The amount of the levy shall be equal to the amount necessary to meet the annual SB0001 Engrossed - 149 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b repayment obligations of the district as established by the Panel, or 20% of the amount levied for educational purposes for the prior year, whichever is less.

8-16-11.) (105 ILCS 5/1C-1) SB0001 Enrolled - 143 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Sec.

The State Board of SB0001 Engrossed - 150 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Education may adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement this Section.

These funds shall be distributed to school districts and other SB0001 Enrolled - 144 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b entities on a competitive basis, except that the State Board of Education shall award to a school district having a population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants 37% of the funds in each fiscal year.

Once the percentage of Early Childhood Education Block Grant funding allocated to programs for children ages 0-3 reaches 20% of the overall Early Childhood Education Block Grant allocation for a full fiscal year, thereafter in subsequent fiscal years the percentage of Early Childhood Education Block Grant funding allocated to programs for children ages 0-3 each fiscal year shall remain at least 20% of the overall Early Childhood SB0001 Engrossed - 151 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Education Block Grant allocation.

7-21-16.) SB0001 Enrolled - 145 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (105 ILCS 5/1D-1) Sec.

(b) The general education block grant shall include the SB0001 Engrossed - 152 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b following programs:

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts paid under the general education block grant from SB0001 Enrolled - 146 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b State appropriations to a school district in a city having a population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants shall be appropriated and expended by the board of that district for any of the programs included in the block grant or any of the board's lawful purposes.

It is the intention of the General Assembly in enacting the provisions of this subsection (c) to SB0001 Engrossed - 153 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b relieve the district of the administrative burdens that impede efficiency and accompany single-program funding.

Nothing in SB0001 Enrolled - 147 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b this Section shall change the nature of payments for any program that, apart from this Section, would be or, prior to adoption or amendment of this Section, was on the basis of a payment in a fiscal year in respect of services provided or costs incurred in the prior fiscal year, calculated in each case as provided in this Section.

(i) with respect to each program that is included within each block grant, the district shall receive an amount equal to the same percentage of the current fiscal year appropriation made for that program as the percentage of the appropriation received by the district from the 1995 fiscal year appropriation made for that program, and (ii) the total amount that is due the district under the block grant shall be the aggregate of the amounts that the district SB0001 Engrossed - 154 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b is entitled to receive for the fiscal year with respect to each program that is included within the block grant that the State Board of Education shall award the district under this Section for that fiscal year.

The State Board of Education shall SB0001 Enrolled - 148 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b make payments to the district of amounts due under the district's block grants on a schedule determined by the State Board of Education.

(g) Through fiscal year 2017, this This paragraph provides for the treatment of block grants under Article 1C for purposes SB0001 Engrossed - 155 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b of calculating the amount of block grants for a district under this Section.

The proportion of each block grant so allocated to each such program included in it shall be the proportion which the appropriation for that program was of all appropriations SB0001 Enrolled - 149 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b for such purposes now in that block grant, in fiscal 1995.

(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school district receiving a block grant under this Section may classify all or a portion of the funds that it receives in a particular fiscal year from any block grant authorized under this Code or from general State aid pursuant to Section 18-8.05 of this Code (other than supplemental general State aid) as funds received in connection with any funding program for which it is entitled to receive funds from the State in that fiscal year (including, without limitation, any funding program SB0001 Engrossed - 156 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b referred to in subsection (c) of this Section), regardless of the source or timing of the receipt.

The resolution must identify the amount of any block grant or general State aid to be classified under this subsection (h) and must specify the funding program to which the funds are to be treated as received in connection SB0001 Enrolled - 150 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b therewith.

SB0001 Engrossed - 157 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b 97-813, eff.

(a) When a petition for a School Finance Authority is allowed by the State Board under Section 1E-15 of this Code, the State Superintendent shall within 10 days thereafter appoint 5 members to serve on a School Finance Authority for SB0001 Enrolled - 151 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b the district.

A SB0001 Engrossed - 158 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b member of the Authority may not be a member of the district's school board or an employee of the district nor may a member have a direct financial interest in the district.

Unless paid from bonds issued under Section 1E-65 of this Code, the amount reimbursed members for their expenses shall be charged to the school district as part of any emergency financial assistance and incorporated as a part of SB0001 Enrolled - 152 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b the terms and conditions for repayment of the assistance or shall be deducted from the district's general State aid or evidence-based funding as provided in Section 1B-8 of this Code.

6-13-02.) SB0001 Engrossed - 159 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (105 ILCS 5/1F-20) (This Section scheduled to be repealed in accordance with 105 ILCS 5/1F-165) Sec.

Of the initial members, 2 shall be appointed to serve a term of 2 years and 3 SB0001 Enrolled - 153 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b shall be appointed to serve a term of 3 years.

A member of the Authority may not be a member of the district's school board or an employee of the district nor may a member SB0001 Engrossed - 160 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b have a direct financial interest in the district.

Unless paid from bonds issued under Section 1F-65 of this Code, the amount reimbursed members for their expenses shall be charged to the school district as part of any emergency financial assistance and incorporated as a part of the terms and conditions for repayment of the assistance or shall be SB0001 Enrolled - 154 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b deducted from the district's general State aid or evidence-based funding as provided in Section 1B-8 of this Code.

7-1-06.) SB0001 Engrossed - 161 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (105 ILCS 5/1F-62) (This Section scheduled to be repealed in accordance with 105 ILCS 5/1F-165) Sec.

(a) Moneys in the School District Emergency Financial Assistance Fund established under Section 1B-8 of this Code may be allocated and expended by the State Board as grants to provide technical and consulting services to school districts to assess their financial condition and by the Illinois Finance SB0001 Enrolled - 155 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Authority for emergency financial assistance loans to a School Finance Authority that petitions for emergency financial assistance.

The School Finance Authority may prepare and file with the State Superintendent a proposal for emergency financial SB0001 Engrossed - 162 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b assistance for the school district and for its operations budget.

(b) The amount of an emergency financial assistance loan that may be allocated to a School Finance Authority under this Article, including moneys necessary for the operations of the School Finance Authority, and borrowing from sources other than the State shall not exceed, in the aggregate, $4,000 times the SB0001 Enrolled - 156 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b number of pupils enrolled in the district during the school year ending June 30 prior to the date of approval by the State Board of the petition for emergency financial assistance, as certified to the school board and the School Finance Authority by the State Superintendent.

SB0001 Engrossed - 163 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (d) Any State emergency financial assistance proposed by the School Finance Authority and approved by the State Superintendent may be paid in its entirety during the initial year of the School Finance Authority's existence or spread in equal or declining amounts over a period of years not to exceed the period of the School Finance Authority's existence.

All loan payments made from the School District Emergency SB0001 Enrolled - 157 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Financial Assistance Fund to a School Finance Authority shall be required to be repaid not later than the date the School Finance Authority ceases to exist, with simple interest over the term of the loan at a rate equal to 50% of the one-year Constant Maturity Treasury (CMT) yield as last published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System before the date on which the School Finance Authority's loan is approved by the State Board.

Repayment shall be incorporated into the annual budget of the district and may be made from any fund or funds of the district in which there are SB0001 Engrossed - 164 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b moneys available.

In establishing the terms and conditions for the repayment obligation of the School Finance Authority, the School Finance SB0001 Enrolled - 158 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Authority shall annually determine whether a separate local property tax levy is required to meet that obligation.

(a) Upon establishment of a Financial Oversight Panel under Section 1H-15 of this Code, the State Superintendent shall within 15 working days thereafter appoint 5 members to serve on SB0001 Engrossed - 165 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b a Financial Oversight Panel for the district.

(b) Members of the Panel shall be selected primarily on the basis of their experience and education in financial management, with consideration given to persons knowledgeable SB0001 Enrolled - 159 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b in education finance.

(d) With the exception of the chairperson, who shall be designated as provided in subsection (a) of this Section, the SB0001 Engrossed - 166 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Panel may elect such officers as it deems appropriate.

8-16-11.) SB0001 Enrolled - 160 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (105 ILCS 5/1H-70) Sec.

(2) issue tax anticipation notes under the provisions of the Tax Anticipation Note Act against taxes levied by either the school board or the Panel pursuant to Section SB0001 Engrossed - 167 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b 1H-25 of this Code;

Tax anticipation warrants, tax anticipation notes, revenue anticipation certificates or notes, general State aid or SB0001 Enrolled - 161 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b evidence-based funding anticipation certificates, and lines of credit are considered borrowing from sources other than the State and are subject to Section 1H-65 of this Code.

However, no such adjustment SB0001 Engrossed - 168 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b shall be made regarding equalized assessed valuation unless the district's equalized assessed valuation is changed by greater than $250,000 or 2%.

However, the recomputation of a claim for evidence-based funding for a school district shall not require the recomputation of claims for all districts, and the State Board of Education shall only make recomputations of SB0001 Enrolled - 162 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b evidence-based funding for those districts where an adjustment is required.

In recomputing a general State aid or evidence-based funding claim that was originally calculated using an extension limitation equalized assessed valuation SB0001 Engrossed - 169 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b under paragraph (3) of subsection (G) of Section 18-8.05 of this Code or Section 18-8.15 of this Code, a qualifying reduction in equalized assessed valuation shall be deducted from the extension limitation equalized assessed valuation that was used in calculating the original claim.

From the total amount of general State aid or evidence-based funding to be provided to districts, adjustments as a result of recomputation under this Section together with adjustments under Section 2-3.84 must not exceed $25 million, in the aggregate for all districts under both SB0001 Enrolled - 163 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Sections combined, of the general State aid or evidence-based funding appropriation in any fiscal year;

SB0001 Engrossed - 170 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (1) For school districts, the program shall provide funding for school safety, textbooks and software, electronic textbooks and the technological equipment necessary to gain access to and use electronic textbooks, teacher training and curriculum development, school improvements, school report cards under Section 10-17a, and criminal history records checks under Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5.

For State-recognized, non-public schools, the program shall provide funding for secular textbooks and software, criminal history records checks, and health and safety mandates to the extent that the SB0001 Enrolled - 164 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b funds are expended for purely secular purposes.

A State-recognized, non-public school must submit the application and average daily SB0001 Engrossed - 171 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b attendance figure prior to receiving funds under this Section.

(3) Grants under the School Safety and Educational Improvement Block Grant Program shall be awarded provided there is an appropriation for the program, and funding levels for SB0001 Enrolled - 165 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b each district shall be prorated according to the amount of the appropriation.

8-15-14.) (105 ILCS 5/2-3.62)5/2-3.66) (from Ch.

2-3.62) Sec.

2-3.62.

Educational service centers.

(a) A regional network of educational service centers shall be established by the State Board of Education to coordinate and combine existing services in a manner which is practical and efficient and to provide new services to schools as provided in this Section.

Services to be made available by such centers shall include the planning, implementation and evaluation of:

SB0001 Engrossed - 172 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (1) (blank);

(2) computer technology education;

(3) mathematics, science and reading resources for teachers including continuing education, inservice training and staff development.

The centers may provide training, technical assistance, coordination and planning in other program areas such as school improvement, school accountability, financial planning, consultation, and services, career guidance, early childhood education, alcohol/drug education and prevention, family life - sex education, electronic transmission of data from school districts to the State, alternative education and regional special education, and telecommunications systems that provide distance learning.

Such telecommunications systems may be obtained through the Department of Central Management Services pursuant to Section 405-270 of the Department of Central Management Services Law (20 ILCS 405/405-270).

The programs and services of educational service centers may be offered to private school teachers and private school students within each service center area provided public schools have already been afforded adequate access to such programs and services.

Upon the abolition of the office, removal from office, disqualification for office, resignation from office, or expiration of the current term of office of the regional superintendent of schools, whichever is earlier, the chief administrative officer of the centers serving that portion of a SB0001 Engrossed - 173 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Class II county school unit outside of a city of 500,000 or more inhabitants shall have and exercise, in and with respect to each educational service region having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants and in and with respect to each school district located in any such educational service region, all of the rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities theretofore vested by law in and exercised and performed by the regional superintendent of schools for that area under the provisions of this Code or any other laws of this State.

The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement this Section.

The rules shall include detailed standards which delineate the scope and specific content of programs to be provided by each Educational Service Center, as well as the specific planning, implementation and evaluation services to be provided by each Center relative to its programs.

The Board shall also provide the standards by which it will evaluate the programs provided by each Center.

(b) Centers serving Class 1 county school units shall be governed by an 11-member board, 3 members of which shall be public school teachers nominated by the local bargaining representatives to the appropriate regional superintendent for appointment and no more than 3 members of which shall be from each of the following categories, including but not limited to superintendents, regional superintendents, school board members and a representative of an institution of higher SB0001 Engrossed - 174 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b education.

The members of the board shall be appointed by the regional superintendents whose school districts are served by the educational service center.

The composition of the board will reflect the revisions of this amendatory Act of 1989 as the terms of office of current members expire.

(c) The centers shall be of sufficient size and number to assure delivery of services to all local school districts in the State.

(d) From monies appropriated for this program the State Board of Education shall provide grants paid from the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund to qualifying Educational Service Centers applying for such grants in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education to implement this Section.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section, the State Board of Education shall award to a school district having a population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants 14.9% of the funds appropriated by the General Assembly for any fiscal year for purposes of payment of claims under this Section.

(e) The governing authority of each of the 18 regional educational service centers shall appoint a family life - sex education advisory board consisting of 2 parents, 2 teachers, 2 school administrators, 2 school board members, 2 health care professionals, one library system representative, and the director of the regional educational service center who shall SB0001 Engrossed - 175 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b serve as chairperson of the advisory board so appointed.

Members of the family life - sex education advisory boards shall serve without compensation.

Each of the advisory boards appointed pursuant to this subsection shall develop a plan for regional teacher-parent family life - sex education training sessions and shall file a written report of such plan with the governing board of their regional educational service center.

The directors of each of the regional educational service centers shall thereupon meet, review each of the reports submitted by the advisory boards and combine those reports into a single written report which they shall file with the Citizens Council on School Problems prior to the end of the regular school term of the 1987-1988 school year.

(f) The 14 educational service centers serving Class I county school units shall be disbanded on the first Monday of August, 1995, and their statutory responsibilities and programs shall be assumed by the regional offices of education, subject to rules and regulations developed by the State Board of Education.

The regional superintendents of schools elected by the voters residing in all Class I counties shall serve as the chief administrators for these programs and services.

(Source:

P.A.

98-24, eff.

6-19-13;

98-647, eff.

6-13-14;

99-30, eff.

7-10-15.) (105 ILCS 5/2-3.66) (from Ch.

122, par.

Truants' alternative and optional education SB0001 Engrossed - 176 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b programs.

SB0001 Enrolled - 166 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Truants' Alternative and Optional Education programs funded pursuant to this Section shall be planned by a student, the student's parents or legal guardians, unless the student is 18 years or older, and school officials and shall culminate in an individualized optional education plan.

Such plan shall focus on academic or vocational skills, or both, and may include, but not be limited to, evening school, summer school, community college courses, adult education, preparation courses for high school equivalency testing, vocational training, work SB0001 Engrossed - 177 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b experience, programs to enhance self concept and parenting courses.

NotwithstandingSB0001 anythingEnrolled to- the167 contrary- containedLRB100 in06371 thisNHT Section,16410 theb State(Source: Board of Education shall award to a school district having a population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants 26.8% of the funds appropriated by the General Assembly for any fiscal year for purposes of payment of claims under this Section.

(Source:

1-1-15.) (105 ILCS 5/2-3.66b) SB0001 Engrossed - 178 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Sec.

The IHOPE Program shall provide incentive grant funds for regional offices of education and a school district organized under Article 34 of this Code to develop partnerships with school districts, public community colleges, and community groups to build comprehensive plans to re-enroll high school SB0001 Enrolled - 168 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b dropouts in their regions or districts.

Programs funded through the IHOPE Program shall allow high school dropouts, up to and including age 21 notwithstanding SB0001 Engrossed - 179 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Section 26-2 of this Code, to re-enroll in an educational program in conformance with rules adopted by the State Board of Education.

Each Plan shall involve school districts, public community colleges, and key community programs that work with high school dropouts located in an SB0001 Enrolled - 169 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b educational service region or the City of Chicago before the Plan is sent to the State Board for approval.

No funds may be distributed to a regional office of education or a school SB0001 Engrossed - 180 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b district organized under Article 34 of this Code until the State Board has approved the Plan.

(e) In order to distribute funding based upon the need to ensure delivery of programs that will have the greatest impact, IHOPE Program funding must be distributed based upon the proportion of dropouts in the educational service region or school district, in the case of a school district organized under Article 34 of this Code, to the total number of dropouts SB0001 Enrolled - 170 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b in this State.

A regional office of education or a school district SB0001 Engrossed - 181 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b organized under Article 34 of this Code may claim State aid under Section 18-8.05 or 18-8.15 of this Code for students enrolled in a program funded by the IHOPE Program, provided that the State Board of Education has approved the IHOPE Plan and that these students are receiving services that are meeting the requirements of Section 27-22 of this Code for receipt of a high school diploma and are otherwise eligible to be claimed for general State aid under Section 18-8.05 of this Code or evidence-based funding under Section 18-8.15 of this Code, including provisions related to the minimum number of days of pupil attendance pursuant to Section 10-19 of this Code and the minimum number of daily hours of school work and any exceptions thereto as defined by the State Board of Education in rules.

(3) Online programs and courses in which students take courses and complete on-site, supervised tests that measure the student's mastery of a specific course needed SB0001 Enrolled - 171 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b for graduation.

Students may take courses online and earn credit or students may prepare to take supervised tests for specific courses for credit leading to receipt of a high SB0001 Engrossed - 182 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b school diploma.

(5) High standards for student learning, integrating SB0001 Enrolled - 172 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b work experience, and education, including during the school year and after school, and summer school programs that link internships, work, and learning.

SB0001 Engrossed - 183 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (6) Comprehensive programs providing extensive support services.

7-30-09.) SB0001 Enrolled - 173 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (105 ILCS 5/2-3.80)5/2-3.84) (from Ch.

2-3.80) Sec.

2-3.80.

(a) The General Assembly recognizes that SB0001 Engrossed - 184 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b agriculture is the most basic and singularly important industry in the State, that agriculture is of central importance to the welfare and economic stability of the State, and that the maintenance of this vital industry requires a continued source of trained and qualified individuals for employment in agriculture and agribusiness.

The General Assembly hereby declares that it is in the best interests of the people of the State of Illinois that a comprehensive education program in agriculture be created and maintained by the State's public school system in order to ensure an adequate supply of trained and skilled individuals and to ensure appropriate representation of racial and ethnic groups in all phases of the industry.

It is the intent of the General Assembly that a State program for agricultural education shall be a part of the curriculum of the public school system K through adult, and made readily available to all school districts which may, at their option, include programs in education in agriculture as a part of the curriculum of that district.

(b) The State Board of Education shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.

The rules and regulations shall not create any new State mandates on school districts as a condition of receiving federal, State, and local funds by those entities.

It is in the intent of the General Assembly that, although this Section does not create any new mandates, school districts are strongly advised to follow the guidelines set forth in this SB0001 Engrossed - 185 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Section.

(c) The State Superintendent of Education shall assume responsibility for the administration of the State program adopted under this Section throughout the public school system as well as the articulation of the State program to the requirements and mandates of federally assisted education.

There is currently within the State Board of Education an agricultural education unit to assist school districts in the establishment and maintenance of educational programs pursuant to the provisions of this Section.

The staffing of the unit shall at all times be comprised of an appropriate number of full-time employees who shall serve as program consultants in agricultural education and shall be available to provide assistance to school districts.

At least one consultant shall be responsible for the coordination of the State program, as Head Consultant.

At least one consultant shall be responsible for the coordination of the activities of student and agricultural organizations and associations.

(d) A committee of 13 agriculturalists representative of the various and diverse areas of the agricultural industry in Illinois shall be established to at least develop a curriculum and overview the implementation of the Build Illinois through Quality Agricultural Education plans of the Illinois Leadership Council for Agricultural Education and to advise the State Board of Education on vocational agricultural education.

The Committee shall be composed of the following:

(6) SB0001 Engrossed - 186 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b agriculturalists representing the Illinois Leadership Council for Agricultural Education;

(2) Secondary Agriculture Teachers;

(1) "Ag In The Classroom" Teacher;

(1) Community College Agriculture Teacher;

(1) Adult Agriculture Education Teacher;

(1) University Agriculture Teacher Educator;

and (1) FFA Representative.

All members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

The terms of all members so appointed shall be for 3 years, except that of the members initially appointed, 5 shall be appointed to serve for terms of 1 year, 4 shall be appointed to serve for terms of 2 years and 4 shall be appointed to serve for terms of 3 years.

All members of the Committee shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified.

Vacancies in terms shall be filled by appointment of the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate for the extent of the unexpired term.

The State Board of Education shall implement a Build Illinois through Quality Agricultural Education plan following receipt of these recommendations which shall be made available on or before March 31, 1987.

Recommendations shall include, but not be limited to, the development of a curriculum and a strategy for the purpose of establishing a source of trained and qualified individuals in agriculture, a strategy for articulating the State program in agricultural education throughout the public school system, and a consumer education outreach strategy regarding the importance of agriculture in Illinois.

The committee of SB0001 Engrossed - 187 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b agriculturalists shall serve without compensation.

(e) A school district that offers a secondary agricultural education program that is approved for State and federal funding must ensure that, at a minimum, all of the following are available to its secondary agricultural education students:

(1) An instructional sequence of courses approved by the State Board of Education.

(2) A State and nationally affiliated FFA (Future Farmers of America) chapter that is integral to instruction and is not treated solely as an extracurricular activity.

(3) A mechanism for ensuring the involvement of all secondary agricultural education students in formal, supervised, agricultural-experience activities and programs.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section, the State Board of Education shall award to a school district having a population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants 1.1% of the funds appropriated by the General Assembly for any fiscal year for purposes of payment of claims under this Section.

(f) Nothing in this Section may prevent those secondary agricultural education programs that are in operation before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and that do not have an active State and nationally affiliated FFA chapter from continuing to operate or from SB0001 Engrossed - 188 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b continuing to receive funding from the State Board of Education.

(Source:

P.A.

94-855, eff.

1-1-07.) (105 ILCS 5/2-3.84) (from Ch.

122, par.

SB0001 Engrossed - 189 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (Source:

7-30-04.) (105 ILCS 5/2-3.109a) SB0001 Enrolled - 174 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Sec.

1-2-98.) (105 ILCS 5/3-14.21)5/2-3.170 (fromnew) Ch.Sec.

2-3.170.

Property tax relief pool grants.

(a) As used in this Section, "Property tax multiplier" equals one minus the square of the school district's Local Capacity Percentage, as defined in Section 18-8.15 of this Code.

"State Board" means the State Board of Education.

"Unit equivalent tax rate" means the Adjusted Operating Tax Rate, as defined in Section 18-8.15 of this Code, multiplied by a factor of 1 for unit school district, 13/9 for elementary school districts, and 13/4 for high school districts.

(b) Subject to appropriation, the State Board shall provide grants to eligible school districts that provide tax relief to the school district's residents, up to a limit of 1% of the school district's equalized assessed value, as provided in this Section.

(c) By August 1 of each year, the State Board shall publish an estimated unit equivalent tax rate above which school SB0001 Enrolled - 175 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b districts are eligible for relief under this Section.

This estimated tax rate shall be based on the most recent available data provided by school districts pursuant to Section 18-8.15 of this Code.

The State Board shall estimate this property tax rate based on the amount appropriated to the grant program and the assumption that a set of school districts, based on criteria established by the State Board, will apply for grants under this Section.

The criteria shall be based on reasonable assumptions about when school districts will apply for the grant.

(d) School districts seeking grants under this Section shall apply to the State Board by October 1 of each year.

All applications to the State Board for grants shall include the amount of the grant requested.

(e) By December 1 of each year, based on the most recent available data provided by school districts pursuant to Section 18-8.15 of this Code, the State Board shall calculate the unit equivalent tax rate, based on the applications received by the State Board, above which the appropriations are sufficient to provide relief and publish a list of the school districts eligible for relief.

(f) The State Board shall publish a final list of grant recipients and provide payment of the grants by January 15 of each year.

(g) If payment from the State Board is received by the school district on time, the school district shall reduce its SB0001 Enrolled - 176 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b property tax levy in an amount equal to the grant received under this Section.

(h) The total grant to a school district under this Section shall be calculated based on the total amount of reduction in the school district's aggregate extension, up to a limit of 1% of a district's equalized assessed value for a unit school district, 0.69% for an elementary school district, and 0.31% for a high school district, multiplied by the property tax multiplier or the amount that the unit equivalent tax rate is greater than the rate determined by the State Board, whichever is less.

(i) If the State Board does not expend all appropriations allocated pursuant to this Section, then any remaining funds shall be allocated pursuant to Section 18-8.15 of this Code.

(j) The State Board shall prioritize payments under Section 18-8.15 of this Code over payments under this Section, if necessary.

(k) Any grants received by a school district shall be included in future calculations of that school district's Base Funding Minimum under Section 18-8.15 of this Code.

(l) In the tax year following receipt of a Property Tax Pool Relief Grant, the aggregate levy of any school district receiving a grant under this Section, for purposes of the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, shall include the tax relief the school district provided in the previous taxable year under this Section.

SB0001 Enrolled - 177 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (105 ILCS 5/3-14.21) (from Ch.

(b) If the regional superintendent determines that a school board has failed in a timely manner to correct urgent items identified in a previous life-safety report completed under SB0001 Engrossed - 190 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Section 2-3.12 or as otherwise previously ordered by the regional superintendent, the regional superintendent shall order the school board to adopt and submit to the regional superintendent a plan for the immediate correction of the building violations.

If the regional superintendent determines in the next annual inspection that SB0001 Enrolled - 178 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b the plan has not been completed and that the violations have not been corrected, the regional superintendent shall submit a report to the State Board of Education with a recommendation that the State Board withhold from payments of general State aid or evidence-based funding due to the district an amount necessary to correct the outstanding violations.

(c) The Office of the State Fire Marshal or a qualified fire official, as defined in Section 2-3.12 of this Code, to SB0001 Engrossed - 191 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b whom the State Fire Marshal has delegated his or her authority shall conduct an annual fire safety inspection of each school building in this State.

The regional superintendent SB0001 Enrolled - 179 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b shall address those violations that are not corrected in a timely manner pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section.

There shall be no accounting made after a mere change in boundaries when no new SB0001 Engrossed - 192 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b district is created, except that those districts whose enrollment increases by 90% or more as a result of annexing territory detached from another district pursuant to this Article are eligible for supplementary State aid payments in accordance with Section 11E-135 of this Code.

Eligible annexing districts shall apply to the State Board of Education for supplementary State aid payments by submitting enrollment figures for the year immediately preceding and the year immediately following the effective date of the boundary change for both the district gaining territory and the district losing SB0001 Enrolled - 180 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b territory.

The changes to this Section made by SB0001 Engrossed - 193 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly are intended to be retroactive and applicable to any annexation taking effect on or after July 1, 2004.

(1) By October 31, 2013 and October 31 of each subsequent school year, the State Board of Education, through the State SB0001 Enrolled - 181 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b Superintendent of Education, shall prepare a State report card, school district report cards, and school report cards, and shall by the most economic means provide to each school district in this State, including special charter districts and districts subject to the provisions of Article 34, the report cards for the school district and each of its schools.

the percentage of SB0001 Engrossed - 194 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b students who have individualized education plans or 504 plans that provide for special education services;

(B) curriculum information, including, where applicable, Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate or equivalent courses, dual enrollment SB0001 Enrolled - 182 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b courses, foreign language classes, school personnel resources (including Career Technical Education teachers), before and after school programs, extracurricular activities, subjects in which elective classes are offered, health and wellness initiatives (including the average number of days of Physical Education per week per student), approved programs of study, awards received, community partnerships, and special programs such as programming for the gifted and talented, students with disabilities, and work-study students;

(C) student outcomes, including, where applicable, the percentage of students deemed proficient on assessments of State standards, the percentage of students in the eighth grade who pass Algebra, the percentage of students enrolled in post-secondary institutions (including colleges, universities, community colleges, trade/vocational SB0001 Engrossed - 195 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b schools, and training programs leading to career certification within 2 semesters of high school graduation), the percentage of students graduating from high school who are college and career ready, and the percentage of graduates enrolled in community colleges, colleges, and universities who are in one or more courses that the community college, college, or university identifies as a developmental course;

(D) student progress, including, where applicable, the percentage of students in the ninth grade who have earned 5 SB0001 Enrolled - 183 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b credits or more without failing more than one core class, a measure of students entering kindergarten ready to learn, a measure of growth, and the percentage of students who enter high school on track for college and career readiness;

(E) the school environment, including, where applicable, the percentage of students with less than 10 absences in a school year, the percentage of teachers with less than 10 absences in a school year for reasons other than professional development, leaves taken pursuant to the federal Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, long-term disability, or parental leaves, the 3-year average of the percentage of teachers returning to the school from the previous year, the number of different principals at the school in the last 6 years, 2 or more indicators from any school climate survey selected or approved by the State and administered pursuant to Section 2-3.153 of this Code, with SB0001 Engrossed - 196 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b the same or similar indicators included on school report cards for all surveys selected or approved by the State pursuant to Section 2-3.153 of this Code, and the combined percentage of teachers rated as proficient or excellent in their most recent evaluation;

(G) a school district's Final Percent of Adequacy, as defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (f) of Section SB0001 Enrolled - 184 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b 18-8.15 of this Code;

SB0001 Engrossed - 197 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (3) At the discretion of the State Superintendent, the school district report card shall include a subset of the information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of subsection (2) of this Section, as well as information relating to the operating expense per pupil and other finances of the school district, and the State report card shall include a subset of the information identified in paragraphs (A) through (E) of subsection (2) of this Section.

(4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section, in consultation with key education stakeholders, the SB0001 Enrolled - 185 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b State Superintendent shall at any time have the discretion to amend or update any and all metrics on the school, district, or State report card.

If the district SB0001 Engrossed - 198 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b posts the report card on its Internet web site, the district shall send a written notice home to parents stating (i) that the report card is available on the web site, (ii) the address of the web site, (iii) that a printed copy of the report card will be sent to parents upon request, and (iv) the telephone number that parents may call to request a printed copy of the report card.

(6) Nothing contained in this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly repeals, supersedes, invalidates, or nullifies final decisions in lawsuits pending on the effective SB0001 Enrolled - 186 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly in Illinois courts involving the interpretation of Public Act 97-8.

Each school board shall annually prepare a calendar for the school term, specifying the opening and closing dates and providing a minimum term of at least 185 days to insure 176 days of actual pupil attendance, computable under Section 18-8.05 or 18-8.15, except that for the 1980-1981 school year only 175 days of actual pupil attendance shall be required because of the closing of schools pursuant to Section 24-2 on January 29, 1981 upon the appointment by the President of that SB0001 Engrossed - 199 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b day as a day of thanksgiving for the freedom of the Americans who had been held hostage in Iran.

In case of such necessary extension school employees shall be paid for such additional time on the basis of their regular SB0001 Enrolled - 187 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b contracts.

A school board may make changes in its calendar for the school term as may be necessary to reflect the utilization of teachers' institute SB0001 Engrossed - 200 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b days as parental institute days as provided in Section 10-22.18d.

With the prior approval of the State Board of Education and subject to review by the State Board of Education every 3 years, any school board may, by resolution of its board and in agreement with affected exclusive collective bargaining agents, establish experimental educational programs, including SB0001 Enrolled - 188 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b but not limited to programs for e-learning days as authorized under Section 10-20.56 of this Code, self-directed learning, or outside of formal class periods, which programs when so approved shall be considered to comply with the requirements of this Section as respects numbers of days of actual pupil attendance and with the other requirements of this Act as respects courses of instruction.

(a) To enter into written agreements with cultural exchange organizations, or with nationally recognized eleemosynary institutions that promote excellence in the arts, mathematics, SB0001 Engrossed - 201 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b or science.

To enter into written agreements with adjacent school districts to provide for tuition free attendance by a student of the adjacent district when requested for the student's SB0001 Enrolled - 189 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b health and safety by the student or parent and both districts determine that the student's health or safety will be served by such attendance.

Any United States military personnel attempting to enroll a dependent under this subsection (a-5) shall provide proof that the dependent will be living within the district within 60 days after the time of initial SB0001 Engrossed - 202 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b enrollment.

(b) Nonresident pupils and foreign exchange students attending school on a tuition free basis under such agreements and nonresident dependents of United States military personnel attending school on a tuition free basis may be counted for the SB0001 Enrolled - 190 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b purposes of determining the apportionment of State aid provided under Section 18-8.05 or 18-8.15 of this Code.

(a) To establish special classes for the instruction (1) of persons of age 21 years or over and (2) of persons less than age 21 and not otherwise in attendance in public school, for the purpose of providing adults in the community and youths SB0001 Engrossed - 203 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b whose schooling has been interrupted with such additional basic education, vocational skill training, and other instruction as may be necessary to increase their qualifications for employment or other means of self-support and their ability to meet their responsibilities as citizens, including courses of instruction regularly accepted for graduation from elementary or high schools and for Americanization and high school equivalency testing review classes.

The board shall pay the necessary expenses of such classes out of school funds of the district, including costs of student SB0001 Enrolled - 191 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b transportation and such facilities or provision for child-care as may be necessary in the judgment of the board to permit maximum utilization of the courses by students with children, and other special needs of the students directly related to such instruction.

SB0001 Engrossed - 204 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (b) The Illinois Community College Board shall establish the standards for the courses of instruction reimbursed under this Section.

In the approval of programs and the determination of SB0001 Enrolled - 192 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b the cost of instruction, the Illinois Community College Board shall provide for the maximum utilization of federal funds for such programs.

and SB0001 Engrossed - 205 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (4) the development of standards for determining grants based upon performance as set forth in subsection (d) below and a plan for the phased-in implementation of those standards.

SB0001 Enrolled - 193 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (c) Upon the annual approval of the Illinois Community College Board, reimbursement shall be first provided for transportation, child care services, and other special needs of the students directly related to instruction and then from the funds remaining an amount equal to the product of the total credit hours or units of instruction approved by the Illinois Community College Board, multiplied by the following:

SB0001 Engrossed - 206 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (2) The maximum reimbursement per credit hour or per unit of instruction in subparagraph (1) above shall be weighted for students enrolled in classes defined as vocational skills and approved by the Illinois Community College Board by 1.25;

SB0001 Enrolled - 194 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b (4) (Blank);

School districts and community college districts may SB0001 Engrossed - 207 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b assess students up to $3.00 per credit hour, for classes other than Adult Basic Education level programs, if needed to meet program costs.

Each school board and community college shall keep an accurate and detailed account of the students assigned to and receiving instruction under this Section who are subject to SB0001 Enrolled - 195 - LRB100 06371 NHT 16410 b State reimbursement and shall submit reports of services provided commencing with fiscal year 1997 as required by the Illinois Community College Board.