Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB4918 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4918 Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/12-11.5 from Ch. 122, par. 12-11.5105 ILCS 5/29-3 from Ch. 122, par. 29-3105 ILCS 5/29-5 from Ch. 122, par. 29-5 Amends the Transportation Article of the School Code. With respect to the provision of free transportation for pupils, allows a school district to pay the public transit fees of pupils instead (rather than providing an exception for pupils for whom the school board certifies to the State Board of Education that adequate transportation for the public is available). In provisions allowing for free transportation if conditions are such that walking constitutes a serious hazard, removes the provision specifying that such transportation shall not be provided if adequate transportation for the public is available. Makes related changes. Effective July 1, 2025. LRB103 37641 RJT 67768 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4918 Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/12-11.5 from Ch. 122, par. 12-11.5105 ILCS 5/29-3 from Ch. 122, par. 29-3105 ILCS 5/29-5 from Ch. 122, par. 29-5 105 ILCS 5/12-11.5 from Ch. 122, par. 12-11.5 105 ILCS 5/29-3 from Ch. 122, par. 29-3 105 ILCS 5/29-5 from Ch. 122, par. 29-5 Amends the Transportation Article of the School Code. With respect to the provision of free transportation for pupils, allows a school district to pay the public transit fees of pupils instead (rather than providing an exception for pupils for whom the school board certifies to the State Board of Education that adequate transportation for the public is available). In provisions allowing for free transportation if conditions are such that walking constitutes a serious hazard, removes the provision specifying that such transportation shall not be provided if adequate transportation for the public is available. Makes related changes. Effective July 1, 2025. LRB103 37641 RJT 67768 b LRB103 37641 RJT 67768 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4918 Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	105 ILCS 5/12-11.5 from Ch. 122, par. 12-11.5105 ILCS 5/29-3 from Ch. 122, par. 29-3105 ILCS 5/29-5 from Ch. 122, par. 29-5 105 ILCS 5/12-11.5 from Ch. 122, par. 12-11.5 105 ILCS 5/29-3 from Ch. 122, par. 29-3 105 ILCS 5/29-5 from Ch. 122, par. 29-5
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5	5	105 ILCS 5/29-3 from Ch. 122, par. 29-3
6	6	105 ILCS 5/29-5 from Ch. 122, par. 29-5
7	7	Amends the Transportation Article of the School Code. With respect to the provision of free transportation for pupils, allows a school district to pay the public transit fees of pupils instead (rather than providing an exception for pupils for whom the school board certifies to the State Board of Education that adequate transportation for the public is available). In provisions allowing for free transportation if conditions are such that walking constitutes a serious hazard, removes the provision specifying that such transportation shall not be provided if adequate transportation for the public is available. Makes related changes. Effective July 1, 2025.
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15	15	1 AN ACT concerning education.
16	16	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
17	17	3 represented in the General Assembly:
18	18	4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
19	19	5 12-11.5, 29-3, and 29-5 as follows:
20	20	6 (105 ILCS 5/12-11.5) (from Ch. 122, par. 12-11.5)
21	21	7 Sec. 12-11.5. Transportation of pupils. If in the
22	22	8 discretion of the board of education sufficient moneys of the
23	23	9 district are available after payment of the other expenses of
24	24	10 the district, including tuition, may provide free
25	25	11 transportation for or pay the public transit fees of the
26	26	12 pupils of the their district not living within one and
27	27	13 one-half miles of a high school which they may lawfully attend
28	28	14 to the most convenient high school which such pupils may
29	29	15 lawfully attend under the provisions of this Code Act, or
30	30	16 reimburse pupils living in a portion of such district which
31	31	17 cannot be reached by bus or train for the reasonable cost of
32	32	18 their transportation, or for the amount necessarily expended
33	33	19 by them for transportation in attending a high school approved
34	34	20 by such board.
35	35	21 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
36	36	22 (105 ILCS 5/29-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 29-3)
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41	41	105 ILCS 5/12-11.5 from Ch. 122, par. 12-11.5105 ILCS 5/29-3 from Ch. 122, par. 29-3105 ILCS 5/29-5 from Ch. 122, par. 29-5 105 ILCS 5/12-11.5 from Ch. 122, par. 12-11.5 105 ILCS 5/29-3 from Ch. 122, par. 29-3 105 ILCS 5/29-5 from Ch. 122, par. 29-5
42	42	105 ILCS 5/12-11.5 from Ch. 122, par. 12-11.5
43	43	105 ILCS 5/29-3 from Ch. 122, par. 29-3
44	44	105 ILCS 5/29-5 from Ch. 122, par. 29-5
45	45	Amends the Transportation Article of the School Code. With respect to the provision of free transportation for pupils, allows a school district to pay the public transit fees of pupils instead (rather than providing an exception for pupils for whom the school board certifies to the State Board of Education that adequate transportation for the public is available). In provisions allowing for free transportation if conditions are such that walking constitutes a serious hazard, removes the provision specifying that such transportation shall not be provided if adequate transportation for the public is available. Makes related changes. Effective July 1, 2025.
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81	81	1 Sec. 29-3. Transportation in school districts. School
82	82	2 boards of community consolidated districts, community unit
83	83	3 districts, consolidated districts, consolidated high school
84	84	4 districts, optional elementary unit districts, combined high
85	85	5 school - unit districts, combined school districts if the
86	86	6 combined district includes any district which was previously
87	87	7 required to provide transportation, and any newly created
88	88	8 elementary or high school districts resulting from a high
89	89	9 school - unit conversion, a unit to dual conversion, or a
90	90	10 multi-unit conversion if the newly created district includes
91	91	11 any area that was previously required to provide
92	92	12 transportation shall provide free transportation for or pay
93	93	13 the public transit fees of pupils residing at a distance of one
94	94	14 and one-half miles or more from any school to which they are
95	95	15 assigned for attendance maintained within the district, except
96	96	16 for those pupils for whom the school board shall certify to the
97	97	17 State Board of Education that adequate transportation for the
98	98	18 public is available.
99	99	19 For the purpose of this Act 1 1/2 miles distance shall be
100	100	20 from the exit of the property where the pupil resides to the
101	101	21 point where pupils are normally unloaded at the school
102	102	22 attended; such distance shall be measured by determining the
103	103	23 shortest distance on normally traveled roads or streets.
104	104	24 Such school board may comply with the provisions of this
105	105	25 Section by providing free transportation for pupils to and
106	106	26 from an assigned school and a pick-up point located not more
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117	117	1 than one and one-half miles from the home of each pupil
118	118	2 assigned to such point.
119	119	3 For the purposes of this Act "adequate transportation for
120	120	4 the public" shall be assumed to exist for such pupils as can
121	121	5 reach school by walking, one way, along normally traveled
122	122	6 roads or streets less than 1 1/2 miles irrespective of the
123	123	7 distance the pupil is transported by public transportation.
124	124	8 In addition to the other requirements of this Section,
125	125	9 each school board may provide free transportation for any
126	126	10 pupil residing within 1 1/2 miles from the school attended
127	127	11 where conditions are such that walking, either to or from the
128	128	12 school to which a pupil is assigned for attendance or to or
129	129	13 from a pick-up point or bus stop, constitutes a serious hazard
130	130	14 to the safety of the pupil due to either (i) vehicular traffic
131	131	15 or rail crossings or (ii) a course or pattern of criminal
132	132	16 activity, as defined in Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang
133	133	17 Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act. Such transportation shall
134	134	18 not be provided if adequate transportation for the public is
135	135	19 available.
136	136	20 The determination as to what constitutes a serious safety
137	137	21 hazard shall be made by the school board, in accordance with
138	138	22 guidelines promulgated by the Illinois Department of
139	139	23 Transportation regarding vehicular traffic or rail crossings
140	140	24 or in accordance with guidelines regarding a course or pattern
141	141	25 of criminal activity, as determined by the local law
142	142	26 enforcement agency, in consultation with the State
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153	153	1 Superintendent of Education. A school board, on written
154	154	2 petition of the parent or guardian of a pupil for whom adequate
155	155	3 transportation for the public is alleged not to exist because
156	156	4 the pupil is required to walk along normally traveled roads or
157	157	5 streets where walking is alleged to constitute a serious
158	158	6 safety hazard due to either (i) vehicular traffic or rail
159	159	7 crossings or (ii) a course or pattern of criminal activity, or
160	160	8 who is required to walk between the pupil's home and assigned
161	161	9 school or between the pupil's home or assigned school and a
162	162	10 pick-up point or bus stop along roads or streets where walking
163	163	11 is alleged to constitute a serious safety hazard due to either
164	164	12 (i) vehicular traffic or rail crossings or (ii) a course or
165	165	13 pattern of criminal activity, shall conduct a study and make
166	166	14 findings, which the Department of Transportation, with respect
167	167	15 to vehicular traffic or rail crossings, or the State Board of
168	168	16 Education, in consultation with the local law enforcement
169	169	17 agency, with respect to a course or pattern of criminal
170	170	18 activity, shall review and approve or disapprove as provided
171	171	19 in this Section, to determine whether a serious safety hazard
172	172	20 exists as alleged in the petition. The Department of
173	173	21 Transportation shall review the findings of the school board
174	174	22 concerning vehicular traffic or rail crossings and shall
175	175	23 approve or disapprove the school board's determination that a
176	176	24 serious safety hazard exists within 30 days after the school
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178	178	26 Transportation. The State Board of Education, in consultation
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189	189	1 with the local law enforcement agency, shall review the
190	190	2 findings of the school board concerning a course or pattern of
191	191	3 criminal activity and shall approve or disapprove the school
192	192	4 board's determination that a serious safety hazard exists
193	193	5 within 30 days after the school board submits its findings to
194	194	6 the State Board. The school board shall annually review the
195	195	7 conditions and determine whether or not the hazardous
196	196	8 conditions remain unchanged. The State Superintendent of
197	197	9 Education may request that the Illinois Department of
198	198	10 Transportation or the local law enforcement agency verify that
199	199	11 the conditions have not changed. No action shall lie against
200	200	12 the school board, the State Superintendent of Education, the
201	201	13 Illinois Department of Transportation, the State Board of
202	202	14 Education, or a local law enforcement agency for decisions
203	203	15 made in accordance with this Section. The provisions of the
204	204	16 Administrative Review Law and all amendments and modifications
205	205	17 thereof and the rules adopted pursuant thereto shall apply to
206	206	18 and govern all proceedings instituted for the judicial review
207	207	19 of final administrative decisions of the Department of
208	208	20 Transportation, the State Board of Education, or a local law
209	209	21 enforcement agency under this Section. At all points, except
210	210	22 when otherwise mentioned in this Section, the local
211	211	23 enforcement agency is authorized to determine what constitutes
212	212	24 a course or pattern of criminal activity.
213	213	25 The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of
214	214	26 the 100th General Assembly do not apply to a school district
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225	225	1 organized under Article 34 of this Code.
226	226	2 (Source: P.A. 100-1142, eff. 11-28-18.)
227	227	3 (105 ILCS 5/29-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 29-5)
228	228	4 Sec. 29-5. Reimbursement by State for transportation. Any
229	229	5 school district, maintaining a school, transporting resident
230	230	6 pupils to another school district's vocational program,
231	231	7 offered through a joint agreement approved by the State Board
232	232	8 of Education, as provided in Section 10-22.22 or transporting
233	233	9 its resident pupils to a school which meets the standards for
234	234	10 recognition as established by the State Board of Education
235	235	11 which provides transportation meeting the standards of safety,
236	236	12 comfort, convenience, efficiency and operation prescribed by
237	237	13 the State Board of Education for resident pupils in
238	238	14 kindergarten or any of grades 1 through 12 who: (a) reside at
239	239	15 least 1 1/2 miles as measured by the customary route of travel,
240	240	16 from the school attended; or (b) reside in areas where
241	241	17 conditions are such that walking constitutes a hazard to the
242	242	18 safety of the child when determined under Section 29-3; and
243	243	19 (c) are transported to the school attended from pick-up points
244	244	20 at the beginning of the school day and back again at the close
245	245	21 of the school day or transported to and from their assigned
246	246	22 attendance centers during the school day, shall be reimbursed
247	247	23 by the State as hereinafter provided in this Section.
248	248	24 The State will pay the prorated allowable cost of
249	249	25 transporting eligible pupils less the real equalized assessed
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260	260	1 valuation as computed under paragraph (3) of subsection (d) of
261	261	2 Section 18-8.15 in a dual school district maintaining
262	262	3 secondary grades 9 to 12 inclusive times a qualifying rate of
263	263	4 .05%; in elementary school districts maintaining grades K to 8
264	264	5 times a qualifying rate of .06%; and in unit districts
265	265	6 maintaining grades K to 12, including partial elementary unit
266	266	7 districts formed pursuant to Article 11E, times a qualifying
267	267	8 rate of .07%. To be eligible to receive reimbursement in
268	268	9 excess of 4/5 of the cost to transport eligible pupils, a
269	269	10 school district or partial elementary unit district formed
270	270	11 pursuant to Article 11E shall have a Transportation Fund tax
271	271	12 rate of at least .12%. The Transportation Fund tax rate for a
272	272	13 partial elementary unit district formed pursuant Article 11E
273	273	14 shall be the combined elementary and high school rates
274	274	15 pursuant to paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of Section
275	275	16 18-8.15. If a school district or partial elementary unit
276	276	17 district formed pursuant to Article 11E does not have a .12%
277	277	18 Transportation Fund tax rate, the amount of its claim in
278	278	19 excess of 4/5 of the cost of transporting pupils shall be
279	279	20 reduced by the sum arrived at by subtracting the
280	280	21 Transportation Fund tax rate from .12% and multiplying that
281	281	22 amount by the district's real equalized assessed valuation as
282	282	23 computed under paragraph (3) of subsection (d) of Section
283	283	24 18-8.15, provided that in no case shall said reduction result
284	284	25 in reimbursement of less than 4/5 of the cost to transport
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296	296	1 The minimum amount to be received by a district is $16
297	297	2 times the number of eligible pupils transported.
298	298	3 When calculating the reimbursement for transportation
299	299	4 costs, the State Board of Education may not deduct the number
300	300	5 of pupils enrolled in early education programs from the number
301	301	6 of pupils eligible for reimbursement if the pupils enrolled in
302	302	7 the early education programs are transported at the same time
303	303	8 as other eligible pupils.
304	304	9 Any such district transporting resident pupils during the
305	305	10 school day to an area vocational school or another school
306	306	11 district's vocational program more than 1 1/2 miles from the
307	307	12 school attended, as provided in Sections 10-22.20a and
308	308	13 10-22.22, shall be reimbursed by the State for 4/5 of the cost
309	309	14 of transporting eligible pupils.
310	310	15 School day means that period of time during which the
311	311	16 pupil is required to be in attendance for instructional
312	312	17 purposes.
313	313	18 If a pupil is at a location within the school district
314	314	19 other than his residence for child care purposes at the time
315	315	20 for transportation to school, that location may be considered
316	316	21 for purposes of determining the 1 1/2 miles from the school
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318	318	23 Claims for reimbursement that include children who attend
319	319	24 any school other than a public school shall show the number of
320	320	25 such children transported.
321	321	26 Claims for reimbursement under this Section shall not be
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332	332	1 paid for the transportation of pupils for whom transportation
333	333	2 costs are claimed for payment under other Sections of this
334	334	3 Act.
335	335	4 The allowable direct cost of transporting pupils for
336	336	5 regular, vocational, and special education pupil
337	337	6 transportation shall be limited to the sum of the cost of
338	338	7 physical examinations required for employment as a school bus
339	339	8 driver; the salaries of full-time or part-time drivers and
340	340	9 school bus maintenance personnel; employee benefits excluding
341	341	10 Illinois municipal retirement payments, social security
342	342	11 payments, unemployment insurance payments and workers'
343	343	12 compensation insurance premiums; expenditures to independent
344	344	13 carriers who operate school buses; payments to other school
345	345	14 districts for pupil transportation services; pre-approved
346	346	15 contractual expenditures for computerized bus scheduling;
347	347	16 expenditures for housing assistance and homeless prevention
348	348	17 under Sections 1-17 and 1-18 of the Education for Homeless
349	349	18 Children Act that are not in excess of the school district's
350	350	19 actual costs for providing transportation services and are not
351	351	20 otherwise claimed in another State or federal grant that
352	352	21 permits those costs to a parent, a legal guardian, any other
353	353	22 person who enrolled a pupil, or a homeless assistance agency
354	354	23 that is part of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance
355	355	24 Act's continuum of care for the area in which the district is
356	356	25 located; the cost of gasoline, oil, tires, and other supplies
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368	368	1 converting buses' gasoline engines to more fuel efficient
369	369	2 engines or to engines which use alternative energy sources;
370	370	3 the cost of travel to meetings and workshops conducted by the
371	371	4 regional superintendent or the State Superintendent of
372	372	5 Education pursuant to the standards established by the
373	373	6 Secretary of State under Section 6-106 of the Illinois Vehicle
374	374	7 Code to improve the driving skills of school bus drivers; the
375	375	8 cost of maintenance of school buses including parts and
376	376	9 materials used; expenditures for leasing transportation
377	377	10 vehicles, except interest and service charges; the cost of
378	378	11 insurance and licenses for transportation vehicles;
379	379	12 expenditures for the rental of transportation equipment; plus
380	380	13 a depreciation allowance of 20% for 5 years for school buses
381	381	14 and vehicles approved for transporting pupils to and from
382	382	15 school and a depreciation allowance of 10% for 10 years for
383	383	16 other transportation equipment so used. Each school year, if a
384	384	17 school district has made expenditures to the Regional
385	385	18 Transportation Authority or any of its service boards, a mass
386	386	19 transit district, or an urban transportation district under an
387	387	20 intergovernmental agreement with the district to provide for
388	388	21 the transportation of pupils and if the public transit carrier
389	389	22 received direct payment for services or passes from a school
390	390	23 district within its service area during the 2000-2001 school
391	391	24 year, then the allowable direct cost of transporting pupils
392	392	25 for regular, vocational, and special education pupil
393	393	26 transportation shall also include the expenditures that the
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404	404	1 district has made to the public transit carrier. Each school
405	405	2 year, if a school district has made expenditures to pay the
406	406	3 public transit fees of pupils under Section 29-3, then the
407	407	4 allowable direct cost of transporting pupils shall also
408	408	5 include the expenditures that the district has made to pay
409	409	6 those public transit fees. In addition to the above allowable
410	410	7 costs, school districts shall also claim all transportation
411	411	8 supervisory salary costs, including Illinois municipal
412	412	9 retirement payments, and all transportation related building
413	413	10 and building maintenance costs without limitation.
414	414	11 Special education allowable costs shall also include
415	415	12 expenditures for the salaries of attendants or aides for that
416	416	13 portion of the time they assist special education pupils while
417	417	14 in transit and expenditures for parents and public carriers
418	418	15 for transporting special education pupils when pre-approved by
419	419	16 the State Superintendent of Education.
420	420	17 Indirect costs shall be included in the reimbursement
421	421	18 claim for districts which own and operate their own school
422	422	19 buses. Such indirect costs shall include administrative costs,
423	423	20 or any costs attributable to transporting pupils from their
424	424	21 attendance centers to another school building for
425	425	22 instructional purposes. No school district which owns and
426	426	23 operates its own school buses may claim reimbursement for
427	427	24 indirect costs which exceed 5% of the total allowable direct
428	428	25 costs for pupil transportation.
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440	440	1 regulations for determining the above standards and shall
441	441	2 prescribe forms of cost accounting and standards of
442	442	3 determining reasonable depreciation. Such depreciation shall
443	443	4 include the cost of equipping school buses with the safety
444	444	5 features required by law or by the rules, regulations and
445	445	6 standards promulgated by the State Board of Education, and the
446	446	7 Department of Transportation for the safety and construction
447	447	8 of school buses provided, however, any equipment cost
448	448	9 reimbursed by the Department of Transportation for equipping
449	449	10 school buses with such safety equipment shall be deducted from
450	450	11 the allowable cost in the computation of reimbursement under
451	451	12 this Section in the same percentage as the cost of the
452	452	13 equipment is depreciated.
453	453	14 On or before August 15, annually, the chief school
454	454	15 administrator for the district shall certify to the State
455	455	16 Superintendent of Education the district's claim for
456	456	17 reimbursement for the school year ending on June 30 next
457	457	18 preceding. The State Superintendent of Education shall check
458	458	19 and approve the claims and prepare the vouchers showing the
459	459	20 amounts due for district reimbursement claims. Each fiscal
460	460	21 year, the State Superintendent of Education shall prepare and
461	461	22 transmit the first 3 vouchers to the Comptroller on the 30th
462	462	23 day of September, December and March, respectively, and the
463	463	24 final voucher, no later than June 20.
464	464	25 If the amount appropriated for transportation
465	465	26 reimbursement is insufficient to fund total claims for any
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476	476	1 fiscal year, the State Board of Education shall reduce each
477	477	2 school district's allowable costs and flat grant amount
478	478	3 proportionately to make total adjusted claims equal the total
479	479	4 amount appropriated.
480	480	5 For purposes of calculating claims for reimbursement under
481	481	6 this Section for any school year beginning July 1, 2016, the
482	482	7 equalized assessed valuation for a school district or partial
483	483	8 elementary unit district formed pursuant to Article 11E used
484	484	9 to compute reimbursement shall be the real equalized assessed
485	485	10 valuation as computed under paragraph (3) of subsection (d) of
486	486	11 Section 18-8.15.
487	487	12 All reimbursements received from the State shall be
488	488	13 deposited into the district's transportation fund or into the
489	489	14 fund from which the allowable expenditures were made.
490	490	15 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school
491	491	16 district receiving a payment under this Section or under
492	492	17 Section 14-7.02, 14-7.02b, or 14-13.01 of this Code may
493	493	18 classify all or a portion of the funds that it receives in a
494	494	19 particular fiscal year or from State aid pursuant to Section
495	495	20 18-8.15 of this Code as funds received in connection with any
496	496	21 funding program for which it is entitled to receive funds from
497	497	22 the State in that fiscal year (including, without limitation,
498	498	23 any funding program referenced in this Section), regardless of
499	499	24 the source or timing of the receipt. The district may not
500	500	25 classify more funds as funds received in connection with the
501	501	26 funding program than the district is entitled to receive in
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512	512	1 that fiscal year for that program. Any classification by a
513	513	2 district must be made by a resolution of its board of
514	514	3 education. The resolution must identify the amount of any
515	515	4 payments or general State aid to be classified under this
516	516	5 paragraph and must specify the funding program to which the
517	517	6 funds are to be treated as received in connection therewith.
518	518	7 This resolution is controlling as to the classification of
519	519	8 funds referenced therein. A certified copy of the resolution
520	520	9 must be sent to the State Superintendent of Education. The
521	521	10 resolution shall still take effect even though a copy of the
522	522	11 resolution has not been sent to the State Superintendent of
523	523	12 Education in a timely manner. No classification under this
524	524	13 paragraph by a district shall affect the total amount or
525	525	14 timing of money the district is entitled to receive under this
526	526	15 Code. No classification under this paragraph by a district
527	527	16 shall in any way relieve the district from or affect any
528	528	17 requirements that otherwise would apply with respect to that
529	529	18 funding program, including any accounting of funds by source,
530	530	19 reporting expenditures by original source and purpose,
531	531	20 reporting requirements, or requirements of providing services.
532	532	21 Any school district with a population of not more than
533	533	22 500,000 must deposit all funds received under this Article
534	534	23 into the transportation fund and use those funds for the
535	535	24 provision of transportation services.
536	536	25 (Source: P.A. 102-539, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
537	537	26 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
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