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	1	+	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB0341 Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/1-2 from Ch. 122, par. 1-2 Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. LRB103 03868 RJT 48874 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB0341 Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/1-2 from Ch. 122, par. 1-2 105 ILCS 5/1-2 from Ch. 122, par. 1-2 Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. LRB103 03868 RJT 48874 b LRB103 03868 RJT 48874 b A BILL FOR
	2	+	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB0341 Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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	5	+	Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction.
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3	11		1 AN ACT concerning education.
4	12		2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5	13		3 represented in the General Assembly:
6		-	4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
7		-	5 10-17 and 10-20.44 as follows:
8		-	6 (105 ILCS 5/10-17) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-17)
9		-	7 Sec. 10-17. Reporting Statement of affairs.
10		-	8 (a) In Class I or Class II county school units the school
11		-	9 board may use either a cash basis or accrual system of
12		-	10 accounting; however, any board so electing to use the accrual
13		-	11 system may not change to a cash basis without the permission of
14		-	12 the State Board of Education.
15		-	13 School Boards using either a cash basis or accrual system
16		-	14 of accounting shall maintain records showing the assets,
17		-	15 liabilities and fund balances in such minimum forms as may be
18		-	16 prescribed by the State Board of Education. Such boards shall
19		-	17 make available to the public a statement of the affairs of the
20		-	18 district prior to December 1 annually by submitting the
21		-	19 statement of affairs in such form as may be prescribed by the
22		-	20 State Board of Education for posting on the State Board of
23		-	21 Education's Internet website, by having copies of the
24		-	22 statement of affairs available in the main administrative
25		-	23 office of the district, and by publishing in a newspaper of
	14	+	4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
	15	+	5 1-2 as follows:
	16	+	6 (105 ILCS 5/1-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 1-2)
	17	+	7 Sec. 1-2. Construction. The The provisions of this Act, so
	18	+	8 far as they are the same as those of any prior statute, shall
	19	+	9 be construed as a continuation of such prior provisions, and
	20	+	10 not as a new enactment.
	21	+	11 If in any other statute reference is made to an Act of the
	22	+	12 General Assembly, or a section of such an Act, which is
	23	+	13 continued in this School Code, such reference shall be held to
	24	+	14 refer to the Act or section thereof so continued in this Code.
	25	+	15 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
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34		-	1 general circulation published in the school district an annual
35		-	2 statement of affairs summary containing at a minimum all of
36		-	3 the following information:
37		-	4 (1) A summary statement of operations for all funds of
38		-	5 the district, as excerpted from the statement of affairs
39		-	6 filed with the State Board of Education. The summary
40		-	7 statement must include a listing of all moneys received by
41		-	8 the district, indicating the total amounts, in the
42		-	9 aggregate, each fund of the district received, with a
43		-	10 general statement concerning the source of receipts.
44		-	11 (2) Except as provided in subdivision (3) of this
45		-	12 subsection (a), a listing of all moneys paid out by the
46		-	13 district where the total amount paid during the fiscal
47		-	14 year exceeds $2,500 in the aggregate per person, giving
48		-	15 the name of each person to whom moneys were paid and the
49		-	16 total paid to each person.
50		-	17 (3) A listing of all personnel, by name, with an
51		-	18 annual fiscal year gross payment in the categories set
52		-	19 forth in subdivisions 1 and 2 of subsection (c) of this
53		-	20 Section.
54		-	21 In this Section, "newspaper of general circulation" means a
55		-	22 newspaper of general circulation published in the school
56		-	23 district, or, if no newspaper is published in the school
57		-	24 district, a newspaper published in the county where the school
58		-	25 district is located or, if no newspaper is published in the
59		-	26 county, a newspaper published in the educational service
	29	+	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB0341 Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
	30	+	105 ILCS 5/1-2 from Ch. 122, par. 1-2 105 ILCS 5/1-2 from Ch. 122, par. 1-2
	31	+	105 ILCS 5/1-2 from Ch. 122, par. 1-2
	32	+	Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction.
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70		-	1 region where the regional superintendent of schools has
71		-	2 supervision and control of the school district. The submission
72		-	3 to the State Board of Education shall include an assurance
73		-	4 that the statement of affairs has been made available in the
74		-	5 main administrative office of the school district and that the
75		-	6 required notice has been published in accordance with this
76		-	7 Section.
77		-	8 After December 15 annually, upon 10 days prior written
78		-	9 notice to the school district, the State Board of Education
79		-	10 may discontinue the processing of payments to the State
80		-	11 Comptroller's office on behalf of any school district that is
81		-	12 not in compliance with the requirements imposed by this
82		-	13 Section. The State Board of Education shall resume the
83		-	14 processing of payments to the State Comptroller's Office on
84		-	15 behalf of the school district once the district is in
85		-	16 compliance with the requirements imposed by this Section.
86		-	17 The State Board of Education must post, on or before
87		-	18 January 15, all statements of affairs timely received from
88		-	19 school districts.
89		-	20 (b) (Blank). When any school district is the
90		-	21 administrative district for several school districts operating
91		-	22 under a joint agreement as authorized by this Code, no
92		-	23 receipts or disbursements accruing, received or paid out by
93		-	24 that school district as such an administrative district shall
94		-	25 be included in the statement of affairs of the district
95		-	26 required by this Section. However, that district shall have
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106		-	1 prepared and made available to the public, in accordance with
107		-	2 subsection (a) of this Section, in the same manner and subject
108		-	3 to the same requirements as are provided in this Section for
109		-	4 the statement of affairs of that district, a statement showing
110		-	5 the cash receipts and disbursements by funds (or the revenue,
111		-	6 expenses and financial position, if the accrual system of
112		-	7 accounting is used) of the district as such administrative
113		-	8 district, in the form prescribed by the State Board of
114		-	9 Education. The costs of publishing the notice and summary of
115		-	10 this separate statement prepared by such an administrative
116		-	11 district shall be apportioned among and paid by the
117		-	12 participating districts in the same manner as other costs and
118		-	13 expenses accruing to those districts jointly.
119		-	14 School districts on a cash basis shall have prepared and
120		-	15 made available to the public, in accordance with subsection
121		-	16 (a) of this Section, a statement showing the cash receipts and
122		-	17 disbursements by funds in the form prescribed by the State
123		-	18 Board of Education.
124		-	19 School districts using the accrual system of accounting
125		-	20 shall have prepared and made available to the public, in
126		-	21 accordance with subsection (a) of this Section, a statement of
127		-	22 revenue and expenses and a statement of financial position in
128		-	23 the form prescribed by the State Board of Education.
129		-	24 In Class II county school units such statement shall be
130		-	25 prepared and made available to the public, in accordance with
131		-	26 subsection (a) of this Section, by the township treasurer of
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142		-	1 the unit within which such districts are located, except with
143		-	2 respect to the school board of any school district that no
144		-	3 longer is subject to the jurisdiction and authority of a
145		-	4 township treasurer or trustees of schools of a township
146		-	5 because the district has withdrawn from the jurisdiction and
147		-	6 authority of the township treasurer and trustees of schools of
148		-	7 the township or because those offices have been abolished as
149		-	8 provided in subsection (b) or (c) of Section 5-1, and as to
150		-	9 each such school district the statement required by this
151		-	10 Section shall be prepared and made available to the public, in
152		-	11 accordance with subsection (a) of this Section, by the school
153		-	12 board of such district in the same manner as required for
154		-	13 school boards of school districts situated in Class I county
155		-	14 school units.
156		-	15 (c) (Blank). The statement of affairs required pursuant to
157		-	16 this Section shall contain such information as may be required
158		-	17 by the State Board of Education, including:
159		-	18 1. Annual fiscal year gross payment for certificated
160		-	19 personnel to be shown by name, listing each employee in
161		-	20 one of the following categories:
162		-	21 (a) Under $25,000
163		-	22 (b) $25,000 to $39,999
164		-	23 (c) $40,000 to $59,999
165		-	24 (d) $60,000 to $89,999
166		-	25 (e) $90,000 and over
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178		-	1 personnel to be shown by name, listing each employee in
179		-	2 one of the following categories:
180		-	3 (a) Under $25,000
181		-	4 (b) $25,000 to $39,999
182		-	5 (c) $40,000 to $59,999
183		-	6 (d) $60,000 and over
184		-	7 3. In addition to wages and salaries all other moneys
185		-	8 in the aggregate paid to recipients of $1,000 or more,
186		-	9 giving the name of the person, firm or corporation and the
187		-	10 total amount received by each.
188		-	11 4. Approximate size of school district in square
189		-	12 miles.
190		-	13 5. Number of school attendance centers.
191		-	14 6. Numbers of employees as follows:
192		-	15 (a) Full-time certificated employees;
193		-	16 (b) Part-time certificated employees;
194		-	17 (c) Full-time non-certificated employees;
195		-	18 (d) Part-time non-certificated employees.
196		-	19 7. Numbers of pupils as follows:
197		-	20 (a) Enrolled by grades;
198		-	21 (b) Total enrolled;
199		-	22 (c) Average daily attendance.
200		-	23 8. Assessed valuation as follows:
201		-	24 (a) Total of the district;
202		-	25 (b) Per pupil in average daily attendance.
203		-	26 9. Tax rate for each district fund.
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214		-	1 10. District financial obligation at the close of the
215		-	2 fiscal year as follows:
216		-	3 (a) Teachers' orders outstanding;
217		-	4 (b) Anticipation warrants outstanding for each
218		-	5 fund.
219		-	6 11. Total bonded debt at the close of the fiscal year.
220		-	7 12. Percent of bonding power obligated currently.
221		-	8 13. Value of capital assets of the district including:
222		-	9 (a) Land;
223		-	10 (b) Buildings;
224		-	11 (c) Equipment.
225		-	12 14. Total amount of investments each fund.
226		-	13 15. Change in net cash position from the previous
227		-	14 report period for each district fund.
228		-	15 In addition to the above report, a report of expenditures
229		-	16 in the aggregate paid on behalf of recipients of $500 or more,
230		-	17 giving the name of the person, firm or corporation and the
231		-	18 total amount received by each shall be available in the school
232		-	19 district office for public inspection. This listing shall
233		-	20 include all wages, salaries and expenditures over $500
234		-	21 expended from any revolving fund maintained by the district.
235		-	22 Any resident of the school district may receive a copy of this
236		-	23 report, upon request, by paying a reasonable charge to defray
237		-	24 the costs of preparing such copy.
238		-	25 (d) A school district shall post on the district's
239		-	26 Internet website, on or before December 31 of each year, a copy
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250		-	1 of the district's annual financial report, a report of all
251		-	2 compensation paid to non-certified district staff during the
252		-	3 year, and a report of all payments made to vendors during the
253		-	4 year.
254		-	5 (e) This Section does not apply to cities having a
255		-	6 population exceeding 500,000.
256		-	7 (Source: P.A. 94-875, eff. 7-1-06.)
257		-	8 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.44)
258		-	9 Sec. 10-20.44. Report on contracts.
259		-	10 (a) This Section applies to all school districts,
260		-	11 including a school district organized under Article 34 of this
261		-	12 Code.
262		-	13 (b) A school board must list on the district's Internet
263		-	14 website, if any, all contracts over $25,000 and any contract
264		-	15 that the school board enters into with an exclusive bargaining
265		-	16 representative.
266		-	17 (c) Each year, in conjunction with the submission of the
267		-	18 Statement of Affairs to the State Board of Education prior to
268		-	19 December 1, provided for in Section 10-17, each school
269		-	20 district shall submit to the State Board of Education an
270		-	21 annual report on all contracts over $25,000 awarded by the
271		-	22 school district during the previous fiscal year. The report
272		-	23 shall include at least the following:
273		-	24 (1) the total number of all contracts awarded by the
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285		-	1 (2) the total value of all contracts awarded;
286		-	2 (3) the number of contracts awarded to minority-owned
287		-	3 businesses, women-owned businesses, and businesses owned
288		-	4 by persons with disabilities, as defined in the Business
289		-	5 Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with
290		-	6 Disabilities Act, and locally owned businesses; and
291		-	7 (4) the total value of contracts awarded to
292		-	8 minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, and
293		-	9 businesses owned by persons with disabilities, as defined
294		-	10 in the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and
295		-	11 Persons with Disabilities Act, and locally owned
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297		-	13 The report shall be made available to the public,
298		-	14 including publication on the school district's Internet
299		-	15 website, if any.
300		-	16 (Source: P.A. 100-391, eff. 8-25-17.)
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