Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1599 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1599 Introduced , by Rep. William "Will" Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/13A-8 Amends the Safe Schools Law of the School Code. In provisions concerning funding, provides that in any fiscal year in which the State funding allocation is at or above $22,730,000, each alternative school program shall receive $100,000 for that fiscal year (instead of receiving funding in the amount of $30,000), plus an amount based on the ratio of an educational service region's or the Chicago public school system's average student enrollment (instead of best 3 months' average daily attendance in grades pre-kindergarten through 12) to the statewide totals of these amounts. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately. LRB104 08270 LNS 18320 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1599 Introduced , by Rep. William "Will" Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/13A-8 105 ILCS 5/13A-8 Amends the Safe Schools Law of the School Code. In provisions concerning funding, provides that in any fiscal year in which the State funding allocation is at or above $22,730,000, each alternative school program shall receive $100,000 for that fiscal year (instead of receiving funding in the amount of $30,000), plus an amount based on the ratio of an educational service region's or the Chicago public school system's average student enrollment (instead of best 3 months' average daily attendance in grades pre-kindergarten through 12) to the statewide totals of these amounts. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately. LRB104 08270 LNS 18320 b LRB104 08270 LNS 18320 b A BILL FOR
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5	5	Amends the Safe Schools Law of the School Code. In provisions concerning funding, provides that in any fiscal year in which the State funding allocation is at or above $22,730,000, each alternative school program shall receive $100,000 for that fiscal year (instead of receiving funding in the amount of $30,000), plus an amount based on the ratio of an educational service region's or the Chicago public school system's average student enrollment (instead of best 3 months' average daily attendance in grades pre-kindergarten through 12) to the statewide totals of these amounts. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning education.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
15	15	5 13A-8 as follows:
16	16	6 (105 ILCS 5/13A-8)
17	17	7 Sec. 13A-8. Funding.
18	18	8 (a) The State of Illinois shall provide funding for the
19	19	9 alternative school programs within each educational service
20	20	10 region and within the Chicago public school system by line
21	21	11 item appropriation made to the State Board of Education for
22	22	12 that purpose. This money, when appropriated, shall be provided
23	23	13 to the regional superintendent and to the Chicago Board of
24	24	14 Education, who shall establish a budget, including salaries,
25	25	15 for their alternative school programs. Each program shall
26	26	16 receive funding in the amount of $30,000, except that in any
27	27	17 fiscal year in which the funding allocation is at or above
28	28	18 $22,730,000, each program shall receive $100,000 for that
29	29	19 fiscal year, plus an amount based on the ratio of the region's
30	30	20 or Chicago's average student enrollment best 3 months' average
31	31	21 daily attendance in grades pre-kindergarten through 12 to the
32	32	22 statewide totals of these amounts. For purposes of this
33	33	23 calculation, average student enrollment the best 3 months'
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37	37	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1599 Introduced , by Rep. William "Will" Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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40	40	Amends the Safe Schools Law of the School Code. In provisions concerning funding, provides that in any fiscal year in which the State funding allocation is at or above $22,730,000, each alternative school program shall receive $100,000 for that fiscal year (instead of receiving funding in the amount of $30,000), plus an amount based on the ratio of an educational service region's or the Chicago public school system's average student enrollment (instead of best 3 months' average daily attendance in grades pre-kindergarten through 12) to the statewide totals of these amounts. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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68	68	1 average daily attendance for each region or Chicago shall be
69	69	2 calculated by adding to the average student enrollment best 3
70	70	3 months' average daily attendance the number of low-income
71	71	4 students identified in the most recently available federal
72	72	5 census multiplied by one-half times the percentage of the
73	73	6 region's or Chicago's low-income students to the State's total
74	74	7 low-income students. The State Board of Education shall retain
75	75	8 up to 1.1% of the appropriation to be used to provide technical
76	76	9 assistance, professional development, and evaluations for the
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78	78	11 (a-5) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
79	79	12 Section, for the 1998-1999 fiscal year, the total amount
80	80	13 distributed under subsection (a) for an alternative school
81	81	14 program shall be not less than the total amount that was
82	82	15 distributed under that subsection for that alternative school
83	83	16 program for the 1997-1998 fiscal year. If an alternative
84	84	17 school program is to receive a total distribution under
85	85	18 subsection (a) for the 1998-1999 fiscal year that is less than
86	86	19 the total distribution that the program received under that
87	87	20 subsection for the 1997-1998 fiscal year, that alternative
88	88	21 school program shall also receive, from a separate
89	89	22 appropriation made for purposes of this subsection (a-5), a
90	90	23 supplementary payment equal to the amount by which its total
91	91	24 distribution under subsection (a) for the 1997-1998 fiscal
92	92	25 year exceeds the amount of the total distribution that the
93	93	26 alternative school program receives under that subsection for
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104	104	1 the 1998-1999 fiscal year. If the amount appropriated for
105	105	2 supplementary payments to alternative school programs under
106	106	3 this subsection (a-5) is insufficient for that purpose, those
107	107	4 supplementary payments shall be prorated among the alternative
108	108	5 school programs entitled to receive those supplementary
109	109	6 payments according to the aggregate amount of the
110	110	7 appropriation made for purposes of this subsection (a-5).
111	111	8 (b) An alternative school program shall be entitled to
112	112	9 receive general State aid as calculated in subsection (K) of
113	113	10 Section 18-8.05 or evidence-based funding as calculated in
114	114	11 subsection (g) of Section 18-8.15 upon filing a claim as
115	115	12 provided therein. Any time that a student who is enrolled in an
116	116	13 alternative school program spends in work-based learning,
117	117	14 community service, or a similar alternative educational
118	118	15 setting shall be included in determining the student's minimum
119	119	16 number of clock hours of daily school work that constitute a
120	120	17 day of attendance for purposes of calculating general State
121	121	18 aid or evidence-based funding.
122	122	19 (c) An alternative school program may receive additional
123	123	20 funding from its school districts in such amount as may be
124	124	21 agreed upon by the parties and necessary to support the
125	125	22 program. In addition, an alternative school program is
126	126	23 authorized to accept and expend gifts, legacies, and grants,
127	127	24 including but not limited to federal grants, from any source
128	128	25 for purposes directly related to the conduct and operation of
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