HB 3555 — SCH CD-4 DAY SCH WEEK

The equalized assessed valuation utilized shall be obtained and HB3555 - 6 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b determined as provided in subsection (G).

For school districts HB3555 Engrossed - 8 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed valuation of the district multiplied by 1.05%, and divided by the district’s Average Daily Attendance figure.

HB3555 - 7 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b (3) For any school district for which Available Local Resources per pupil is equal to or greater than the product of 0.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the product of 1.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the Foundation Level derived using a linear algorithm.

Under this linear algorithm, the calculated general State aid per pupil shall decline in direct linear fashion from 0.07 times the Foundation Level for a school district with Available Local Resources equal to the product of 0.93 times the Foundation Level, to 0.05 times the Foundation Level for a school district with Available Local HB3555 Engrossed - 9 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b Resources equal to the product of 1.75 times the Foundation Level.

(1) Each school district shall, by July 1 of each year, submit to the State Board of Education, on forms prescribed by the State Board of Education, attendance figures for the school HB3555 - 8 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b year that began in the preceding calendar year.

HB3555 Engrossed - 10 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b (b) In districts in which all buildings hold year-round classes, days of attendance in July and August shall be added to the month of September and any days of attendance in June shall be added to the month of May.

HB3555 - 9 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b Days of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited only to the districts that pay the tuition to a recognized school.

(a) Pupils regularly enrolled in a public school for only a part of the school day may be counted on the basis of 1/6 day for every class hour of instruction of 40 minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment, unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of 80 HB3555 Engrossed - 11 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b minutes or more of instruction, in which case the pupil may be counted on the basis of the proportion of minutes of school work completed each day to the minimum number of minutes that school work is required to be held that day.

and (2) when days in addition to those provided in item (1) HB3555 - 10 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b are scheduled by a school pursuant to its school improvement plan adopted under Article 34 or its revised or amended school improvement plan adopted under Article 2, provided that (i) such sessions of 3 or more clock hours are scheduled to occur at regular intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in which such sessions occur are utilized for in-service training programs or other staff development activities for teachers, and (iii) a sufficient number of minutes of school work under the direct supervision of teachers are added to the school days between such regularly scheduled sessions to accumulate HB3555 Engrossed - 12 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b not less than the number of minutes by which such sessions of 3 or more clock hours fall short of 5 clock hours.

however for such children whose educational needs so require a session of 4 or more clock hours may be HB3555 - 11 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b counted as a full day of attendance.

Attendance at kindergartens which provide for a full day of HB3555 Engrossed - 13 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b attendance by each pupil shall be counted the same as attendance by first grade pupils.

The Department of Revenue shall add to the equalized assessed value of all taxable property of each school district situated entirely or partially within a county that is or was subject to the alternative general homestead exemption provisions of Section 15-176 of the Property Tax Code (a) (i) an amount equal to the total amount by which the homestead HB3555 - 12 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b exemption allowed under Section 15-176 of the Property Tax Code for real property situated in that school district exceeds the total amount that would have been allowed in that school district if the maximum reduction under Section 15-176 was (i) $4,500 in Cook County or $3,500 in all other counties in tax year 2003 or (ii) $5,000 in all counties in tax year 2004 and thereafter and (b) (ii) an amount equal to the aggregate amount for the taxable year of all additional exemptions under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code for owners with a household income of $30,000 or less.

The county clerk of any county that is or was subject to the alternative general homestead HB3555 Engrossed - 14 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b exemption provisions of Section 15-176 of the Property Tax Code shall annually calculate and certify to the Department of Revenue for each school district all homestead exemption amounts under Section 15-176 of the Property Tax Code and all amounts of additional exemptions under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code for owners with a household income of $30,000 or less.

HB3555 - 13 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b (2) The equalized assessed valuation in paragraph (1) shall be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:

(a) For the purposes of calculating State aid under this Section, with respect to any part of a school district within a redevelopment project area in respect to which a municipality has adopted tax increment allocation financing pursuant to the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through 11-74.4-11 of the Illinois Municipal Code or the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through 11-74.6-50 of the Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the current equalized HB3555 Engrossed - 15 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b assessed valuation of real property located in any such project area which is attributable to an increase above the total initial equalized assessed valuation of such property shall be used as part of the equalized assessed valuation of the district, until such time as all redevelopment project costs have been paid, as provided in Section 11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law.

(b) The real property equalized assessed valuation for a school district shall be adjusted by subtracting from the real property value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue for the district an amount computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes under Section 18-170 of the Property Tax Code by 3.00% for a district maintaining grades kindergarten through 12, by 2.30% for a district maintaining grades kindergarten through 8, or by 1.05% for a district maintaining grades 9 through 12 and adjusted by an amount computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes under subsection (a) HB3555 - 14 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b of Section 18-165 of the Property Tax Code by the same percentage rates for district type as specified in this subparagraph (b).

HB3555 Engrossed - 16 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b "Budget Year":

If a school district is subject to property tax extension limitations as imposed under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, the State Board of Education shall calculate the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of that HB3555 - 15 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b district.

If the Extension Limitation HB3555 Engrossed - 17 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as calculated under this subsection (G)(3) is less than the district’s equalized assessed valuation as calculated pursuant to subsections (G)(1) and (G)(2), then for purposes of calculating the district’s general State aid for the Budget Year pursuant to subsection (E), that Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation shall be utilized to calculate the district’s Available Local Resources under subsection (D).

If the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of the school district as calculated under this paragraph (4) is less than the district’s equalized assessed valuation utilized in calculating the district’s 1998-1999 general State aid allocation, then for purposes of calculating the district’s general State aid pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection (E), HB3555 - 16 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b that Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation shall be utilized to calculate the district’s Available Local Resources.

(5) For school districts having a majority of their equalized assessed valuation in any county except Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, or Will, if the amount of general State aid allocated to the school district for the 1999-2000 school year under the provisions of subsection (E), (H), and (J) of this Section is less than the amount of general State aid allocated to the district for the 1998-1999 school year under these subsections, then the general State aid of the district HB3555 Engrossed - 18 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b for the 1999-2000 school year only shall be increased by the difference between these amounts.

If the appropriation in any fiscal year for general State aid and supplemental general State aid is insufficient to pay the amounts required under the general State aid and supplemental general State aid calculations, then the State Board of Education shall ensure that each school district receives the full amount due for general State aid and the remainder of the appropriation shall be used for supplemental general State aid, which the State Board of Education shall calculate and pay to eligible HB3555 - 17 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b districts on a prorated basis.

If, however, (i) the percentage decrease from the 2 most recent federal censuses in the low-income eligible pupil count of a high school district with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or more the percentage change in the total low-income eligible pupil count HB3555 Engrossed - 19 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b of contiguous elementary school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous with the high school district, or (ii) a high school district within 2 counties and serving 5 elementary school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous with the high school district, has a percentage decrease from the 2 most recent federal censuses in the low-income eligible pupil count and there is a percentage increase in the total low-income eligible pupil count of a majority of the elementary school districts in excess of 50% from the 2 most recent federal censuses, then the high school district’s low-income eligible pupil count from the earlier federal census shall be the number used as the low-income eligible pupil count for the high school district, for purposes of this subsection (H).

(1.10) This paragraph (1.10) applies to the 2003-2004 HB3555 - 18 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b school year and each school year thereafter.

Medicaid, KidCare, TANF, or Food Stamps, excluding pupils who are eligible for services provided by the Department of Children and Family Services, averaged over the 2 immediately preceding fiscal years for fiscal year 2004 and over the 3 immediately preceding fiscal years for each HB3555 Engrossed - 20 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b fiscal year thereafter) divided by the Average Daily Attendance of the school district.

HB3555 - 19 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b (f) For the 2000-2001 school year, the per pupil amounts specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d) immediately above shall be $1,273, $1,640, and $2,050, respectively.

HB3555 Engrossed - 21 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b (b) For any school district with a Low Income Concentration Level of at least 10% and less than 20%, the grant for each school year shall be $675 multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.

(a) For any school district with a Low Income HB3555 - 20 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b Concentration Level of 15% or less, the grant for each school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.

For the 2005-2006 school year only, the grant shall be no less HB3555 Engrossed - 22 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by 0.66.

(3) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of more than 1,000 and less than 50,000 that qualify for supplemental general State aid pursuant to this subsection HB3555 - 21 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to October 30 of each year for the use of the funds resulting from this grant of supplemental general State aid for the improvement of instruction in which priority is given to meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children.

(4) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of 50,000 or more that qualify for supplemental general State aid pursuant to this subsection shall be required to distribute from funds available pursuant to this Section, no less than HB3555 Engrossed - 23 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b $261,000,000 in accordance with the following requirements:

(d) Any funds made available under this subsection that HB3555 - 22 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b by reason of the provisions of this subsection are not required to be allocated and provided to attendance centers may be used and appropriated by the board of the district for any lawful school purpose.

early childhood education, reduced class size or improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment HB3555 Engrossed - 24 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b programs, remedial assistance, attendance improvement, and other educationally beneficial expenditures which supplement the regular and basic programs as determined by the State Board of Education.

Upon notification by the State Board of Education that the district has not submitted a plan prior to July 15 or a modified plan within the time period specified herein, the HB3555 - 23 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b State aid funds affected by that plan or modified plan shall be withheld by the State Board of Education until a plan or modified plan is submitted.

For purposes of determining compliance with this HB3555 Engrossed - 25 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b subsection in relation to the requirements of attendance center funding, each district subject to the provisions of this subsection shall submit as a separate document by December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data for the prior year in addition to any modification of its current plan.

HB3555 - 24 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b (I) General State Aid for Newly Configured School Districts.

If the computation on the basis of the previously existing districts is greater, a supplementary payment equal to the difference shall be made for HB3555 Engrossed - 26 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b the first 4 years of existence of the new district.

(3) For 2 or more school districts which annex all of the territory of one or more entire other school districts, and for 2 or more community unit districts which result upon the division (pursuant to petition under Section 11A-2) of one or more other unit school districts into 2 or more parts and which together include all of the parts into which such other unit school district or districts are so divided, for the first year during which the change of boundaries attributable to such annexation or division becomes effective for all purposes as determined under Section 7-9 or 11A-10, as the case may be, the HB3555 - 25 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b general State aid and supplemental general State aid calculated under this Section shall be computed for each annexing or resulting district as constituted after the annexation or division and for each annexing and annexed district, or for each resulting and divided district, as constituted prior to the annexation or division;

and if the aggregate of the general State aid and supplemental general State aid as so computed for the annexing or resulting districts as constituted after the annexation or division is less than the aggregate of the general State aid and supplemental general State aid as so computed for the annexing and annexed districts, or for the HB3555 Engrossed - 27 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b resulting and divided districts, as constituted prior to the annexation or division, then a supplementary payment equal to the difference shall be made and allocated between or among the annexing or resulting districts, as constituted upon such annexation or division, for the first 4 years of their existence.

(3.5) Claims for financial assistance under this subsection (I) shall not be recomputed except as expressly HB3555 - 26 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b provided under this Section.

(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, the amount of the aggregate general State aid in combination with supplemental general State aid under this Section for which each school district is eligible shall be no less than the amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that HB3555 Engrossed - 28 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b was received by the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of amounts received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that Section) for the 1997-98 school year, pursuant to the provisions of that Section as it was then in effect.

HB3555 - 27 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b (3) (Blank).

As used in this Section, "laboratory school" means a public school which is created and operated by a public university and HB3555 Engrossed - 29 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b approved by the State Board of Education.

An alternative school serving more than one educational service region may be operated under such terms as the regional superintendents of schools of those HB3555 - 28 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b educational service regions may agree.

HB3555 Engrossed - 30 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b (1) For a school district operating under the financial supervision of an Authority created under Article 34A, the general State aid otherwise payable to that district under this Section, but not the supplemental general State aid, shall be reduced by an amount equal to the budget for the operations of the Authority as certified by the Authority to the State Board of Education, and an amount equal to such reduction shall be paid to the Authority created for such district for its operating expenses in the manner provided in Section 18-11.

One of the members so appointed shall be designated by the Governor at the time the HB3555 - 29 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b appointment is made as the chairperson of the Board.

The regular term of each member of the Board shall be for 4 years from the third Monday of January of the year in which the term of the member’s appointment is to commence, except that of the 5 initial members appointed to serve on the Board, the member who is appointed as the chairperson shall serve for a term that commences on the date of his or her appointment and expires on the third Monday of January, 2002, and the remaining 4 members, by lots drawn at the first meeting of the Board that is held HB3555 Engrossed - 31 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b after all 5 members are appointed, shall determine 2 of their number to serve for terms that commence on the date of their respective appointments and expire on the third Monday of January, 2001, and 2 of their number to serve for terms that commence on the date of their respective appointments and expire on the third Monday of January, 2000.

HB3555 - 30 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b The State Board of Education shall provide such staff assistance to the Education Funding Advisory Board as is reasonably required for the proper performance by the Board of its responsibilities.

For school years after the 2000-2001 school year, the Education Funding Advisory Board, in consultation with the State Board of Education, shall make recommendations as provided in this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for the foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section and for the supplemental general State aid grant level under subsection (H) of this Section for districts with high HB3555 Engrossed - 32 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b concentrations of children from poverty.

If House Bill 4266 becomes law, then Under Section 6 of the Statute on Statutes there is an irreconcilable conflict between HB3555 - 31 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b Public Act 93-808 and Public Act 93-838 House Bill 4266 and this amendatory Act.

revised 10-21-04.) HB3555 Engrossed - 33 - LRB094 08390 NHT 38590 b (105 ILCS 5/34-21.4a new) Sec.