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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1925 Introduced , by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act105 ILCS 5/2-3.28 from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.28105 ILCS 5/18-8.1530 ILCS 805/8.49 new Creates the Education Prioritization Act. Beginning with fiscal year 2026, requires the General Assembly to appropriate for the evidence-based funding formula under the School Code an amount that is equal to or exceeds the sum of: (i) the total amount appropriated for the evidence-based funding formula during the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year for which the appropriation is being made; and (ii) 51% of total new general funds available for spending from estimated growth in revenues and funds available because of budgeted program growth and decline in the fiscal year for which the appropriation is being made; but in no event shall the sum be less than a certain percentage required under the Act. Requires a continuing appropriation if the General Assembly fails to make sufficient appropriations to fund the evidence-based funding formula. Amends the School Code to make changes concerning a system for accounting for revenues and expenditures and evidence-based funding. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately. LRB104 09564 LNS 19627 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1925 Introduced , by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act105 ILCS 5/2-3.28 from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.28105 ILCS 5/18-8.1530 ILCS 805/8.49 new New Act 105 ILCS 5/2-3.28 from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.28 105 ILCS 5/18-8.15 30 ILCS 805/8.49 new Creates the Education Prioritization Act. Beginning with fiscal year 2026, requires the General Assembly to appropriate for the evidence-based funding formula under the School Code an amount that is equal to or exceeds the sum of: (i) the total amount appropriated for the evidence-based funding formula during the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year for which the appropriation is being made; and (ii) 51% of total new general funds available for spending from estimated growth in revenues and funds available because of budgeted program growth and decline in the fiscal year for which the appropriation is being made; but in no event shall the sum be less than a certain percentage required under the Act. Requires a continuing appropriation if the General Assembly fails to make sufficient appropriations to fund the evidence-based funding formula. Amends the School Code to make changes concerning a system for accounting for revenues and expenditures and evidence-based funding. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately. LRB104 09564 LNS 19627 b LRB104 09564 LNS 19627 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1925 Introduced , by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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8	8	Creates the Education Prioritization Act. Beginning with fiscal year 2026, requires the General Assembly to appropriate for the evidence-based funding formula under the School Code an amount that is equal to or exceeds the sum of: (i) the total amount appropriated for the evidence-based funding formula during the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year for which the appropriation is being made; and (ii) 51% of total new general funds available for spending from estimated growth in revenues and funds available because of budgeted program growth and decline in the fiscal year for which the appropriation is being made; but in no event shall the sum be less than a certain percentage required under the Act. Requires a continuing appropriation if the General Assembly fails to make sufficient appropriations to fund the evidence-based funding formula. Amends the School Code to make changes concerning a system for accounting for revenues and expenditures and evidence-based funding. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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16	16	1 AN ACT concerning education.
17	17	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
18	18	3 represented in the General Assembly:
19	19	4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
20	20	5 Education Prioritization Act.
21	21	6 Section 5. Educational appropriations. Beginning with
22	22	7 fiscal year 2026 and in each fiscal year thereafter, subject
23	23	8 to the provisions of Section 10 of this Act, the General
24	24	9 Assembly shall appropriate for the evidence-based funding
25	25	10 formula set forth in Section 18-8.15 of the School Code an
26	26	11 amount that is equal to or exceeds the sum of: (i) the total
27	27	12 amount appropriated for the evidence-based funding formula set
28	28	13 forth in Section 18-8.15 of the School Code during the fiscal
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30	30	15 appropriation is being made; and (ii) 51% of total new general
31	31	16 funds available for spending from estimated growth in revenues
32	32	17 and funds available because of budgeted program growth and
33	33	18 decline in the fiscal year for which the appropriation is
34	34	19 being made; but in no event shall the sum be less than the
35	35	20 percentage required under Section 10 of this Act. The
36	36	21 Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability shall
37	37	22 certify the amount of total new general funds available for
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42	42	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1925 Introduced , by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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48	48	Creates the Education Prioritization Act. Beginning with fiscal year 2026, requires the General Assembly to appropriate for the evidence-based funding formula under the School Code an amount that is equal to or exceeds the sum of: (i) the total amount appropriated for the evidence-based funding formula during the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year for which the appropriation is being made; and (ii) 51% of total new general funds available for spending from estimated growth in revenues and funds available because of budgeted program growth and decline in the fiscal year for which the appropriation is being made; but in no event shall the sum be less than a certain percentage required under the Act. Requires a continuing appropriation if the General Assembly fails to make sufficient appropriations to fund the evidence-based funding formula. Amends the School Code to make changes concerning a system for accounting for revenues and expenditures and evidence-based funding. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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85	85	1 Section 10. State and federal funding. State funding for
86	86	2 the evidence-based funding formula set forth in Section
87	87	3 18-8.15 of the School Code shall be appropriated pursuant to
88	88	4 Section 5 of this Act so that the sum of State and federal
89	89	5 spending represents no less than 51% of the total revenues
90	90	6 available from local, State, and federal sources for
91	91	7 elementary and secondary education programs for the current
92	92	8 fiscal year, as estimated by the State Superintendent of
93	93	9 Education.
94	94	10 Section 15. Continuing appropriation. If the General
95	95	11 Assembly fails to make appropriations to the State Board of
96	96	12 Education in fiscal year 2026 or in any fiscal year thereafter
97	97	13 sufficient to fund the evidence-based funding formula set
98	98	14 forth in Section 18-8.15 of the School Code, this Act shall
99	99	15 constitute a continuing appropriation of all amounts necessary
100	100	16 for that purpose.
101	101	17 Section 20. Governor's budget. Beginning with fiscal year
102	102	18 2027 and in each fiscal year thereafter, the Governor shall
103	103	19 include in his or her annual budget an allocation for
104	104	20 elementary and secondary education that conforms to the
105	105	21 provisions of this Act.
106	106	22 Section 85. The School Code is amended by changing
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117	117	1 Sections 2-3.28 and 18-8.15 as follows:
118	118	2 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.28) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.28)
119	119	3 Sec. 2-3.28. Rules and regulations of budget and
120	120	4 accounting systems. To prescribe rules and regulations
121	121	5 defining what shall constitute a budget and accounting system
122	122	6 required under this Act. The rules and regulations shall
123	123	7 prescribe the minimum extent of verification, the type of
124	124	8 audit, the extent of the audit report and shall require
125	125	9 compliance with statutory requirements and standards and such
126	126	10 requirements as the State Board of Education deems necessary
127	127	11 for an adequate budget and accounting system. For the
128	128	12 2025-2026 school year and thereafter, the rules and
129	129	13 regulations shall prescribe a system for accounting for
130	130	14 revenues and expenditures at the individual school level that
131	131	15 includes, without limitation, the following:
132	132	16 (1) accounting for expenditures for school
133	133	17 administration, regular instruction, special education
134	134	18 instruction, instructional programs for children of
135	135	19 limited English-speaking ability, instructional support
136	136	20 services, and pupil support services;
137	137	21 (2) salary expenditures reflecting actual staff
138	138	22 salaries at each school;
139	139	23 (3) accounting for operations, including
140	140	24 non-instructional pupil services, facilities, and business
141	141	25 services; and
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152	152	1 (4) such other requirements as the State Board of
153	153	2 Education deems necessary to provide for a uniform and
154	154	3 transparent system of accounting at the school level.
155	155	4 (Source: P.A. 81-1508.)
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157	157	6 Sec. 18-8.15. Evidence-Based Funding for student success
158	158	7 for the 2017-2018 and subsequent school years.
159	159	8 (a) General provisions.
160	160	9 (1) The purpose of this Section is to ensure that, by
161	161	10 June 30, 2027 and beyond, this State has a kindergarten
162	162	11 through grade 12 public education system with the capacity
163	163	12 to ensure the educational development of all persons to
164	164	13 the limits of their capacities in accordance with Section
165	165	14 1 of Article X of the Constitution of the State of
166	166	15 Illinois. To accomplish that objective, this Section
167	167	16 creates a method of funding public education that is
168	168	17 evidence-based; is sufficient to ensure every student
169	169	18 receives a meaningful opportunity to learn irrespective of
170	170	19 race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, or
171	171	20 community-income level; and is sustainable and
172	172	21 predictable. When fully funded under this Section, every
173	173	22 school shall have the resources, based on what the
174	174	23 evidence indicates is needed, to:
175	175	24 (A) provide all students with a high quality
176	176	25 education that offers the academic, enrichment, social
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187	187	1 and emotional support, technical, and career-focused
188	188	2 programs that will allow them to become competitive
189	189	3 workers, responsible parents, productive citizens of
190	190	4 this State, and active members of our national
191	191	5 democracy;
192	192	6 (B) ensure all students receive the education they
193	193	7 need to graduate from high school with the skills
194	194	8 required to pursue post-secondary education and
195	195	9 training for a rewarding career;
196	196	10 (C) reduce, with a goal of eliminating, the
197	197	11 achievement gap between at-risk and non-at-risk
198	198	12 students by raising the performance of at-risk
199	199	13 students and not by reducing standards; and
200	200	14 (D) ensure this State satisfies its obligation to
201	201	15 assume the primary responsibility to fund public
202	202	16 education and simultaneously relieve the
203	203	17 disproportionate burden placed on local property taxes
204	204	18 to fund schools.
205	205	19 (2) The Evidence-Based Funding formula under this
206	206	20 Section shall be applied to all Organizational Units in
207	207	21 this State. The Evidence-Based Funding formula outlined in
208	208	22 this Act is based on the formula outlined in Senate Bill 1
209	209	23 of the 100th General Assembly, as passed by both
210	210	24 legislative chambers. As further defined and described in
211	211	25 this Section, there are 4 major components of the
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223	223	1 (A) First, the model calculates a unique Adequacy
224	224	2 Target for each Organizational Unit in this State that
225	225	3 considers the costs to implement research-based
226	226	4 activities, the unit's student demographics, and
227	227	5 regional wage differences.
228	228	6 (B) Second, the model calculates each
229	229	7 Organizational Unit's Local Capacity, or the amount
230	230	8 each Organizational Unit is assumed to contribute
231	231	9 toward its Adequacy Target from local resources.
232	232	10 (C) Third, the model calculates how much funding
233	233	11 the State currently contributes to the Organizational
234	234	12 Unit and adds that to the unit's Local Capacity to
235	235	13 determine the unit's overall current adequacy of
236	236	14 funding.
237	237	15 (D) Finally, the model's distribution method
238	238	16 allocates new State funding to those Organizational
239	239	17 Units that are least well-funded, considering both
240	240	18 Local Capacity and State funding, in relation to their
241	241	19 Adequacy Target.
242	242	20 (3) An Organizational Unit receiving any funding under
243	243	21 this Section may apply those funds to any fund so received
244	244	22 for which that Organizational Unit is authorized to make
245	245	23 expenditures by law.
246	246	24 (4) As used in this Section, the following terms shall
247	247	25 have the meanings ascribed in this paragraph (4):
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259	259	1 subsection (b) of this Section.
260	260	2 "Adjusted EAV" is defined in paragraph (4) of
261	261	3 subsection (d) of this Section.
262	262	4 "Adjusted Local Capacity Target" is defined in
263	263	5 paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of this Section.
264	264	6 "Adjusted Operating Tax Rate" means a tax rate for all
265	265	7 Organizational Units, for which the State Superintendent
266	266	8 shall calculate and subtract for the Operating Tax Rate a
267	267	9 transportation rate based on total expenses for
268	268	10 transportation services under this Code, as reported on
269	269	11 the most recent Annual Financial Report in Pupil
270	270	12 Transportation Services, function 2550 in both the
271	271	13 Education and Transportation funds and functions 4110 and
272	272	14 4120 in the Transportation fund, less any corresponding
273	273	15 fiscal year State of Illinois scheduled payments excluding
274	274	16 net adjustments for prior years for regular, vocational,
275	275	17 or special education transportation reimbursement pursuant
276	276	18 to Section 29-5 or subsection (b) of Section 14-13.01 of
277	277	19 this Code divided by the Adjusted EAV. If an
278	278	20 Organizational Unit's corresponding fiscal year State of
279	279	21 Illinois scheduled payments excluding net adjustments for
280	280	22 prior years for regular, vocational, or special education
281	281	23 transportation reimbursement pursuant to Section 29-5 or
282	282	24 subsection (b) of Section 14-13.01 of this Code exceed the
283	283	25 total transportation expenses, as defined in this
284	284	26 paragraph, no transportation rate shall be subtracted from
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295	295	1 the Operating Tax Rate.
296	296	2 "Allocation Rate" is defined in paragraph (3) of
297	297	3 subsection (g) of this Section.
298	298	4 "Alternative School" means a public school that is
299	299	5 created and operated by a regional superintendent of
300	300	6 schools and approved by the State Board.
301	301	7 "Applicable Tax Rate" is defined in paragraph (1) of
302	302	8 subsection (d) of this Section.
303	303	9 "Assessment" means any of those benchmark, progress
304	304	10 monitoring, formative, diagnostic, and other assessments,
305	305	11 in addition to the State accountability assessment, that
306	306	12 assist teachers' needs in understanding the skills and
307	307	13 meeting the needs of the students they serve.
308	308	14 "Assistant principal" means a school administrator
309	309	15 duly endorsed to be employed as an assistant principal in
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311	311	17 "At-risk student" means a student who is at risk of
312	312	18 not meeting the Illinois Learning Standards or not
313	313	19 graduating from elementary or high school and who
314	314	20 demonstrates a need for vocational support or social
315	315	21 services beyond that provided by the regular school
316	316	22 program. All students included in an Organizational Unit's
317	317	23 Low-Income Count, as well as all English learner and
318	318	24 disabled students attending the Organizational Unit, shall
319	319	25 be considered at-risk students under this Section.
320	320	26 "Average Student Enrollment" or "ASE" for fiscal year
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331	331	1 2018 means, for an Organizational Unit, the greater of the
332	332	2 average number of students (grades K through 12) reported
333	333	3 to the State Board as enrolled in the Organizational Unit
334	334	4 on October 1 in the immediately preceding school year,
335	335	5 plus the pre-kindergarten students who receive special
336	336	6 education services of 2 or more hours a day as reported to
337	337	7 the State Board on December 1 in the immediately preceding
338	338	8 school year, or the average number of students (grades K
339	339	9 through 12) reported to the State Board as enrolled in the
340	340	10 Organizational Unit on October 1, plus the
341	341	11 pre-kindergarten students who receive special education
342	342	12 services of 2 or more hours a day as reported to the State
343	343	13 Board on December 1, for each of the immediately preceding
344	344	14 3 school years. For fiscal year 2019 and each subsequent
345	345	15 fiscal year, "Average Student Enrollment" or "ASE" means,
346	346	16 for an Organizational Unit, the greater of the average
347	347	17 number of students (grades K through 12) reported to the
348	348	18 State Board as enrolled in the Organizational Unit on
349	349	19 October 1 and March 1 in the immediately preceding school
350	350	20 year, plus the pre-kindergarten students who receive
351	351	21 special education services as reported to the State Board
352	352	22 on October 1 and March 1 in the immediately preceding
353	353	23 school year, or the average number of students (grades K
354	354	24 through 12) reported to the State Board as enrolled in the
355	355	25 Organizational Unit on October 1 and March 1, plus the
356	356	26 pre-kindergarten students who receive special education
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367	367	1 services as reported to the State Board on October 1 and
368	368	2 March 1, for each of the immediately preceding 3 school
369	369	3 years. For the purposes of this definition, "enrolled in
370	370	4 the Organizational Unit" means the number of students
371	371	5 reported to the State Board who are enrolled in schools
372	372	6 within the Organizational Unit that the student attends or
373	373	7 would attend if not placed or transferred to another
374	374	8 school or program to receive needed services. For the
375	375	9 purposes of calculating "ASE", all students, grades K
376	376	10 through 12, excluding those attending kindergarten for a
377	377	11 half day and students attending an alternative education
378	378	12 program operated by a regional office of education or
379	379	13 intermediate service center, shall be counted as 1.0. All
380	380	14 students attending kindergarten for a half day shall be
381	381	15 counted as 0.5, unless in 2017 by June 15 or by March 1 in
382	382	16 subsequent years, the school district reports to the State
383	383	17 Board of Education the intent to implement full-day
384	384	18 kindergarten district-wide for all students, then all
385	385	19 students attending kindergarten shall be counted as 1.0.
386	386	20 Special education pre-kindergarten students shall be
387	387	21 counted as 0.5 each. If the State Board does not collect or
388	388	22 has not collected both an October 1 and March 1 enrollment
389	389	23 count by grade or a December 1 collection of special
390	390	24 education pre-kindergarten students as of August 31, 2017
391	391	25 (the effective date of Public Act 100-465), it shall
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403	403	1 year in which a count by grade level was collected only
404	404	2 once, that count shall be used as the single count
405	405	3 available for computing a 3-year average ASE. Funding for
406	406	4 programs operated by a regional office of education or an
407	407	5 intermediate service center must be calculated using the
408	408	6 Evidence-Based Funding formula under this Section for the
409	409	7 2019-2020 school year and each subsequent school year
410	410	8 until separate adequacy formulas are developed and adopted
411	411	9 for each type of program. ASE for a program operated by a
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413	413	11 center must be determined by the March 1 enrollment for
414	414	12 the program. For the 2019-2020 school year, the ASE used
415	415	13 in the calculation must be the first-year ASE and, in that
416	416	14 year only, the assignment of students served by a regional
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418	418	16 not result in a reduction of the March enrollment for any
419	419	17 school district. For the 2020-2021 school year, the ASE
420	420	18 must be the greater of the current-year ASE or the 2-year
421	421	19 average ASE. Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, the
422	422	20 ASE must be the greater of the current-year ASE or the
423	423	21 3-year average ASE. School districts shall submit the data
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425	425	23 of the dates required in this Section for submission of
426	426	24 enrollment data in order for it to be included in the ASE
427	427	25 calculation. For fiscal year 2018 only, the ASE
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439	439	1 1. In recognition of the impact of COVID-19, the
440	440	2 definition of "Average Student Enrollment" or "ASE" shall
441	441	3 be adjusted for calculations under this Section for fiscal
442	442	4 years 2022 through 2024. For fiscal years 2022 through
443	443	5 2024, the enrollment used in the calculation of ASE
444	444	6 representing the 2020-2021 school year shall be the
445	445	7 greater of the enrollment for the 2020-2021 school year or
446	446	8 the 2019-2020 school year.
447	447	9 "Base Funding Guarantee" is defined in paragraph (10)
448	448	10 of subsection (g) of this Section.
449	449	11 "Base Funding Minimum" is defined in subsection (e) of
450	450	12 this Section.
451	451	13 "Base Tax Year" means the property tax levy year used
452	452	14 to calculate the Budget Year allocation of primary State
453	453	15 aid.
454	454	16 "Base Tax Year's Extension" means the product of the
455	455	17 equalized assessed valuation utilized by the county clerk
456	456	18 in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting rate as
457	457	19 calculated by the county clerk and defined in PTELL.
458	458	20 "Bilingual Education Allocation" means the amount of
459	459	21 an Organizational Unit's final Adequacy Target
460	460	22 attributable to bilingual education divided by the
461	461	23 Organizational Unit's final Adequacy Target, the product
462	462	24 of which shall be multiplied by the amount of new funding
463	463	25 received pursuant to this Section. An Organizational
464	464	26 Unit's final Adequacy Target attributable to bilingual
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475	475	1 education shall include all additional investments in
476	476	2 English learner students' adequacy elements.
477	477	3 "Budget Year" means the school year for which primary
478	478	4 State aid is calculated and awarded under this Section.
479	479	5 "Central office" means individual administrators and
480	480	6 support service personnel charged with managing the
481	481	7 instructional programs, business and operations, and
482	482	8 security of the Organizational Unit.
483	483	9 "Comparable Wage Index" or "CWI" means a regional cost
484	484	10 differentiation metric that measures systemic, regional
485	485	11 variations in the salaries of college graduates who are
486	486	12 not educators. The CWI utilized for this Section shall,
487	487	13 for the first 3 years of Evidence-Based Funding
488	488	14 implementation, be the CWI initially developed by the
489	489	15 National Center for Education Statistics, as most recently
490	490	16 updated by Texas A & M University. In the fourth and
491	491	17 subsequent years of Evidence-Based Funding implementation,
492	492	18 the State Superintendent shall re-determine the CWI using
493	493	19 a similar methodology to that identified in the Texas A & M
494	494	20 University study, with adjustments made no less frequently
495	495	21 than once every 5 years.
496	496	22 "Computer technology and equipment" means computers
497	497	23 servers, notebooks, network equipment, copiers, printers,
498	498	24 instructional software, security software, curriculum
499	499	25 management courseware, and other similar materials and
500	500	26 equipment.
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511	511	1 "Computer technology and equipment investment
512	512	2 allocation" means the final Adequacy Target amount of an
513	513	3 Organizational Unit assigned to Tier 1 or Tier 2 in the
514	514	4 prior school year attributable to the additional $285.50
515	515	5 per student computer technology and equipment investment
516	516	6 grant divided by the Organizational Unit's final Adequacy
517	517	7 Target, the result of which shall be multiplied by the
518	518	8 amount of new funding received pursuant to this Section.
519	519	9 An Organizational Unit assigned to a Tier 1 or Tier 2 final
520	520	10 Adequacy Target attributable to the received computer
521	521	11 technology and equipment investment grant shall include
522	522	12 all additional investments in computer technology and
523	523	13 equipment adequacy elements.
524	524	14 "Core subject" means mathematics; science; reading,
525	525	15 English, writing, and language arts; history and social
526	526	16 studies; world languages; and subjects taught as Advanced
527	527	17 Placement in high schools.
528	528	18 "Core teacher" means a regular classroom teacher in
529	529	19 elementary schools and teachers of a core subject in
530	530	20 middle and high schools.
531	531	21 "Core Intervention teacher (tutor)" means a licensed
532	532	22 teacher providing one-on-one or small group tutoring to
533	533	23 students struggling to meet proficiency in core subjects.
534	534	24 "CPPRT" means corporate personal property replacement
535	535	25 tax funds paid to an Organizational Unit during the
536	536	26 calendar year one year before the calendar year in which a
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547	547	1 school year begins, pursuant to "An Act in relation to the
548	548	2 abolition of ad valorem personal property tax and the
549	549	3 replacement of revenues lost thereby, and amending and
550	550	4 repealing certain Acts and parts of Acts in connection
551	551	5 therewith", certified August 14, 1979, as amended (Public
552	552	6 Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
553	553	7 "EAV" means equalized assessed valuation as defined in
554	554	8 paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of this Section and
555	555	9 calculated in accordance with paragraph (3) of subsection
556	556	10 (d) of this Section.
557	557	11 "ECI" means the Bureau of Labor Statistics' national
558	558	12 employment cost index for civilian workers in educational
559	559	13 services in elementary and secondary schools on a
560	560	14 cumulative basis for the 12-month calendar year preceding
561	561	15 the fiscal year of the Evidence-Based Funding calculation.
562	562	16 "EIS Data" means the employment information system
563	563	17 data maintained by the State Board on educators within
564	564	18 Organizational Units.
565	565	19 "Employee benefits" means health, dental, and vision
566	566	20 insurance offered to employees of an Organizational Unit,
567	567	21 the costs associated with the statutorily required payment
568	568	22 of the normal cost of the Organizational Unit's teacher
569	569	23 pensions, Social Security employer contributions, and
570	570	24 Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund employer contributions.
571	571	25 "English learner" or "EL" means a child included in
572	572	26 the definition of "English learners" under Section 14C-2
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583	583	1 of this Code participating in a program of transitional
584	584	2 bilingual education or a transitional program of
585	585	3 instruction meeting the requirements and program
586	586	4 application procedures of Article 14C of this Code. For
587	587	5 the purposes of collecting the number of EL students
588	588	6 enrolled, the same collection and calculation methodology
589	589	7 as defined above for "ASE" shall apply to English
590	590	8 learners, with the exception that EL student enrollment
591	591	9 shall include students in grades pre-kindergarten through
592	592	10 12.
593	593	11 "Essential Elements" means those elements, resources,
594	594	12 and educational programs that have been identified through
595	595	13 academic research as necessary to improve student success,
596	596	14 improve academic performance, close achievement gaps, and
597	597	15 provide for other per student costs related to the
598	598	16 delivery and leadership of the Organizational Unit, as
599	599	17 well as the maintenance and operations of the unit, and
600	600	18 which are specified in paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of
601	601	19 this Section.
602	602	20 "Evidence-Based Funding" means State funding provided
603	603	21 to an Organizational Unit pursuant to this Section.
604	604	22 "Extended day" means academic and enrichment programs
605	605	23 provided to students outside the regular school day before
606	606	24 and after school or during non-instructional times during
607	607	25 the school day.
608	608	26 "Extension Limitation Ratio" means a numerical ratio
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619	619	1 in which the numerator is the Base Tax Year's Extension
620	620	2 and the denominator is the Preceding Tax Year's Extension.
621	621	3 "Final Percent of Adequacy" is defined in paragraph
622	622	4 (4) of subsection (f) of this Section.
623	623	5 "Final Resources" is defined in paragraph (3) of
624	624	6 subsection (f) of this Section.
625	625	7 "Full-time equivalent" or "FTE" means the full-time
626	626	8 equivalency compensation for staffing the relevant
627	627	9 position at an Organizational Unit.
628	628	10 "Funding Gap" is defined in paragraph (1) of
629	629	11 subsection (g).
630	630	12 "Hybrid District" means a partial elementary unit
631	631	13 district created pursuant to Article 11E of this Code.
632	632	14 "Instructional assistant" means a core or special
633	633	15 education, non-licensed employee who assists a teacher in
634	634	16 the classroom and provides academic support to students.
635	635	17 "Instructional facilitator" means a qualified teacher
636	636	18 or licensed teacher leader who facilitates and coaches
637	637	19 continuous improvement in classroom instruction; provides
638	638	20 instructional support to teachers in the elements of
639	639	21 research-based instruction or demonstrates the alignment
640	640	22 of instruction with curriculum standards and assessment
641	641	23 tools; develops or coordinates instructional programs or
642	642	24 strategies; develops and implements training; chooses
643	643	25 standards-based instructional materials; provides
644	644	26 teachers with an understanding of current research; serves
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655	655	1 as a mentor, site coach, curriculum specialist, or lead
656	656	2 teacher; or otherwise works with fellow teachers, in
657	657	3 collaboration, to use data to improve instructional
658	658	4 practice or develop model lessons.
659	659	5 "Instructional materials" means relevant
660	660	6 instructional materials for student instruction,
661	661	7 including, but not limited to, textbooks, consumable
662	662	8 workbooks, laboratory equipment, library books, and other
663	663	9 similar materials.
664	664	10 "Laboratory School" means a public school that is
665	665	11 created and operated by a public university and approved
666	666	12 by the State Board.
667	667	13 "Librarian" means a teacher with an endorsement as a
668	668	14 library information specialist or another individual whose
669	669	15 primary responsibility is overseeing library resources
670	670	16 within an Organizational Unit.
671	671	17 "Limiting rate for Hybrid Districts" means the
672	672	18 combined elementary school and high school limiting rates.
673	673	19 "Local Capacity" is defined in paragraph (1) of
674	674	20 subsection (c) of this Section.
675	675	21 "Local Capacity Percentage" is defined in subparagraph
676	676	22 (A) of paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of this Section.
677	677	23 "Local Capacity Ratio" is defined in subparagraph (B)
678	678	24 of paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of this Section.
679	679	25 "Local Capacity Target" is defined in paragraph (2) of
680	680	26 subsection (c) of this Section.
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691	691	1 "Low-Income Count" means, for an Organizational Unit
692	692	2 in a fiscal year, the higher of the average number of
693	693	3 students for the prior school year or the immediately
694	694	4 preceding 3 school years who, as of July 1 of the
695	695	5 immediately preceding fiscal year (as determined by the
696	696	6 Department of Human Services), are eligible for at least
697	697	7 one of the following low-income programs: Medicaid, the
698	698	8 Children's Health Insurance Program, Temporary Assistance
699	699	9 for Needy Families (TANF), or the Supplemental Nutrition
700	700	10 Assistance Program, excluding pupils who are eligible for
701	701	11 services provided by the Department of Children and Family
702	702	12 Services. Until such time that grade level low-income
703	703	13 populations become available, grade level low-income
704	704	14 populations shall be determined by applying the low-income
705	705	15 percentage to total student enrollments by grade level.
706	706	16 The low-income percentage is determined by dividing the
707	707	17 Low-Income Count by the Average Student Enrollment. The
708	708	18 low-income percentage for a regional office of education
709	709	19 or an intermediate service center operating one or more
710	710	20 alternative education programs must be set to the weighted
711	711	21 average of the low-income percentages of all of the school
712	712	22 districts in the service region. The weighted low-income
713	713	23 percentage is the result of multiplying the low-income
714	714	24 percentage of each school district served by the regional
715	715	25 office of education or intermediate service center by each
716	716	26 school district's Average Student Enrollment, summarizing
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727	727	1 those products and dividing the total by the total Average
728	728	2 Student Enrollment for the service region.
729	729	3 "Maintenance and operations" means custodial services,
730	730	4 facility and ground maintenance, facility operations,
731	731	5 facility security, routine facility repairs, and other
732	732	6 similar services and functions.
733	733	7 "Minimum Funding Level" is defined in paragraph (9) of
734	734	8 subsection (g) of this Section.
735	735	9 "New Property Tax Relief Pool Funds" means, for any
736	736	10 given fiscal year, all State funds appropriated under
737	737	11 Section 2-3.170 of this Code.
738	738	12 "New State Funds" means, for a given school year, all
739	739	13 State funds appropriated for Evidence-Based Funding in
740	740	14 excess of the amount needed to fund the Base Funding
741	741	15 Minimum for all Organizational Units in that school year.
742	742	16 "Nurse" means an individual licensed as a certified
743	743	17 school nurse, in accordance with the rules established for
744	744	18 nursing services by the State Board, who is an employee of
745	745	19 and is available to provide health care-related services
746	746	20 for students of an Organizational Unit.
747	747	21 "Operating Tax Rate" means the rate utilized in the
748	748	22 previous year to extend property taxes for all purposes,
749	749	23 except Bond and Interest, Summer School, Rent, Capital
750	750	24 Improvement, and Vocational Education Building purposes.
751	751	25 For Hybrid Districts, the Operating Tax Rate shall be the
752	752	26 combined elementary and high school rates utilized in the
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763	763	1 previous year to extend property taxes for all purposes,
764	764	2 except Bond and Interest, Summer School, Rent, Capital
765	765	3 Improvement, and Vocational Education Building purposes.
766	766	4 "Organizational Unit" means a Laboratory School or any
767	767	5 public school district that is recognized as such by the
768	768	6 State Board and that contains elementary schools typically
769	769	7 serving kindergarten through 5th grades, middle schools
770	770	8 typically serving 6th through 8th grades, high schools
771	771	9 typically serving 9th through 12th grades, a program
772	772	10 established under Section 2-3.66 or 2-3.41, or a program
773	773	11 operated by a regional office of education or an
774	774	12 intermediate service center under Article 13A or 13B. The
775	775	13 General Assembly acknowledges that the actual grade levels
776	776	14 served by a particular Organizational Unit may vary
777	777	15 slightly from what is typical.
778	778	16 "Organizational Unit CWI" is determined by calculating
779	779	17 the CWI in the region and original county in which an
780	780	18 Organizational Unit's primary administrative office is
781	781	19 located as set forth in this paragraph, provided that if
782	782	20 the Organizational Unit CWI as calculated in accordance
783	783	21 with this paragraph is less than 0.9, the Organizational
784	784	22 Unit CWI shall be increased to 0.9. Each county's current
785	785	23 CWI value shall be adjusted based on the CWI value of that
786	786	24 county's neighboring Illinois counties, to create a
787	787	25 "weighted adjusted index value". This shall be calculated
788	788	26 by summing the CWI values of all of a county's adjacent
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799	799	1 Illinois counties and dividing by the number of adjacent
800	800	2 Illinois counties, then taking the weighted value of the
801	801	3 original county's CWI value and the adjacent Illinois
802	802	4 county average. To calculate this weighted value, if the
803	803	5 number of adjacent Illinois counties is greater than 2,
804	804	6 the original county's CWI value will be weighted at 0.25
805	805	7 and the adjacent Illinois county average will be weighted
806	806	8 at 0.75. If the number of adjacent Illinois counties is 2,
807	807	9 the original county's CWI value will be weighted at 0.33
808	808	10 and the adjacent Illinois county average will be weighted
809	809	11 at 0.66. The greater of the county's current CWI value and
810	810	12 its weighted adjusted index value shall be used as the
811	811	13 Organizational Unit CWI.
812	812	14 "Preceding Tax Year" means the property tax levy year
813	813	15 immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
814	814	16 "Preceding Tax Year's Extension" means the product of
815	815	17 the equalized assessed valuation utilized by the county
816	816	18 clerk in the Preceding Tax Year multiplied by the
817	817	19 Operating Tax Rate.
818	818	20 "Preliminary Percent of Adequacy" is defined in
819	819	21 paragraph (2) of subsection (f) of this Section.
820	820	22 "Preliminary Resources" is defined in paragraph (2) of
821	821	23 subsection (f) of this Section.
822	822	24 "Principal" means a school administrator duly endorsed
823	823	25 to be employed as a principal in this State.
824	824	26 "Professional development" means training programs for
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835	835	1 licensed staff in schools, including, but not limited to,
836	836	2 programs that assist in implementing new curriculum
837	837	3 programs, provide data focused or academic assessment data
838	838	4 training to help staff identify a student's weaknesses and
839	839	5 strengths, target interventions, improve instruction,
840	840	6 encompass instructional strategies for English learner,
841	841	7 gifted, or at-risk students, address inclusivity, cultural
842	842	8 sensitivity, or implicit bias, or otherwise provide
843	843	9 professional support for licensed staff.
844	844	10 "Prototypical" means 450 special education
845	845	11 pre-kindergarten and kindergarten through grade 5 students
846	846	12 for an elementary school, 450 grade 6 through 8 students
847	847	13 for a middle school, and 600 grade 9 through 12 students
848	848	14 for a high school.
849	849	15 "PTELL" means the Property Tax Extension Limitation
850	850	16 Law.
851	851	17 "PTELL EAV" is defined in paragraph (4) of subsection
852	852	18 (d) of this Section.
853	853	19 "Pupil support staff" means a nurse, psychologist,
854	854	20 social worker, family liaison personnel, or other staff
855	855	21 member who provides support to at-risk or struggling
856	856	22 students.
857	857	23 "Real Receipts" is defined in paragraph (1) of
858	858	24 subsection (d) of this Section.
859	859	25 "Regionalization Factor" means, for a particular
860	860	26 Organizational Unit, the figure derived by dividing the
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871	871	1 Organizational Unit CWI by the Statewide Weighted CWI.
872	872	2 "School counselor" means a licensed school counselor
873	873	3 who provides guidance and counseling support for students
874	874	4 within an Organizational Unit.
875	875	5 "School site staff" means the primary school secretary
876	876	6 and any additional clerical personnel assigned to a
877	877	7 school.
878	878	8 "Special education" means special educational
879	879	9 facilities and services, as defined in Section 14-1.08 of
880	880	10 this Code.
881	881	11 "Special Education Allocation" means the amount of an
882	882	12 Organizational Unit's final Adequacy Target attributable
883	883	13 to special education divided by the Organizational Unit's
884	884	14 final Adequacy Target, the product of which shall be
885	885	15 multiplied by the amount of new funding received pursuant
886	886	16 to this Section. An Organizational Unit's final Adequacy
887	887	17 Target attributable to special education shall include all
888	888	18 special education investment adequacy elements.
889	889	19 "Specialist teacher" means a teacher who provides
890	890	20 instruction in subject areas not included in core
891	891	21 subjects, including, but not limited to, art, music,
892	892	22 physical education, health, driver education,
893	893	23 career-technical education, and such other subject areas
894	894	24 as may be mandated by State law or provided by an
895	895	25 Organizational Unit.
896	896	26 "Specially Funded Unit" means an Alternative School,
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907	907	1 safe school, Department of Juvenile Justice school,
908	908	2 special education cooperative or entity recognized by the
909	909	3 State Board as a special education cooperative,
910	910	4 State-approved charter school, or alternative learning
911	911	5 opportunities program that received direct funding from
912	912	6 the State Board during the 2016-2017 school year through
913	913	7 any of the funding sources included within the calculation
914	914	8 of the Base Funding Minimum or Glenwood Academy.
915	915	9 "Supplemental Grant Funding" means supplemental
916	916	10 general State aid funding received by an Organizational
917	917	11 Unit during the 2016-2017 school year pursuant to
918	918	12 subsection (H) of Section 18-8.05 of this Code (now
919	919	13 repealed).
920	920	14 "State Adequacy Level" is the sum of the Adequacy
921	921	15 Targets of all Organizational Units.
922	922	16 "State Board" means the State Board of Education.
923	923	17 "State Superintendent" means the State Superintendent
924	924	18 of Education.
925	925	19 "Statewide Weighted CWI" means a figure determined by
926	926	20 multiplying each Organizational Unit CWI times the ASE for
927	927	21 that Organizational Unit creating a weighted value,
928	928	22 summing all Organizational Units' weighted values, and
929	929	23 dividing by the total ASE of all Organizational Units,
930	930	24 thereby creating an average weighted index.
931	931	25 "Student activities" means non-credit producing
932	932	26 after-school programs, including, but not limited to,
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943	943	1 clubs, bands, sports, and other activities authorized by
944	944	2 the school board of the Organizational Unit.
945	945	3 "Substitute teacher" means an individual teacher or
946	946	4 teaching assistant who is employed by an Organizational
947	947	5 Unit and is temporarily serving the Organizational Unit on
948	948	6 a per diem or per period-assignment basis to replace
949	949	7 another staff member.
950	950	8 "Summer school" means academic and enrichment programs
951	951	9 provided to students during the summer months outside of
952	952	10 the regular school year.
953	953	11 "Supervisory aide" means a non-licensed staff member
954	954	12 who helps in supervising students of an Organizational
955	955	13 Unit, but does so outside of the classroom, in situations
956	956	14 such as, but not limited to, monitoring hallways and
957	957	15 playgrounds, supervising lunchrooms, or supervising
958	958	16 students when being transported in buses serving the
959	959	17 Organizational Unit.
960	960	18 "Target Ratio" is defined in paragraph (4) of
961	961	19 subsection (g).
962	962	20 "Tier 1", "Tier 2", "Tier 3", and "Tier 4" are defined
963	963	21 in paragraph (3) of subsection (g).
964	964	22 "Tier 1 Aggregate Funding", "Tier 2 Aggregate
965	965	23 Funding", "Tier 3 Aggregate Funding", and "Tier 4
966	966	24 Aggregate Funding" are defined in paragraph (1) of
967	967	25 subsection (g).
968	968	26 (b) Adequacy Target calculation.
969	969
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979	979	1 (1) Each Organizational Unit's Adequacy Target is the
980	980	2 sum of the Organizational Unit's cost of providing
981	981	3 Essential Elements, as calculated in accordance with this
982	982	4 subsection (b), with the salary amounts in the Essential
983	983	5 Elements multiplied by a Regionalization Factor calculated
984	984	6 pursuant to paragraph (3) of this subsection (b).
985	985	7 (2) The Essential Elements are attributable on a pro
986	986	8 rata basis related to defined subgroups of the ASE of each
987	987	9 Organizational Unit as specified in this paragraph (2),
988	988	10 with investments and FTE positions pro rata funded based
989	989	11 on ASE counts in excess of or less than the thresholds set
990	990	12 forth in this paragraph (2). The method for calculating
991	991	13 attributable pro rata costs and the defined subgroups
992	992	14 thereto are as follows:
993	993	15 (A) Core class size investments. Each
994	994	16 Organizational Unit shall receive the funding required
995	995	17 to support that number of FTE core teacher positions
996	996	18 as is needed to keep the respective class sizes of the
997	997	19 Organizational Unit to the following maximum numbers:
998	998	20 (i) For grades kindergarten through 3, the
999	999	21 Organizational Unit shall receive funding required
1000	1000	22 to support one FTE core teacher position for every
1001	1001	23 15 Low-Income Count students in those grades and
1002	1002	24 one FTE core teacher position for every 20
1003	1003	25 non-Low-Income Count students in those grades.
1004	1004	26 (ii) For grades 4 through 12, the
1005	1005
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1007	1007
1008	1008
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1015	1015	1 Organizational Unit shall receive funding required
1016	1016	2 to support one FTE core teacher position for every
1017	1017	3 20 Low-Income Count students in those grades and
1018	1018	4 one FTE core teacher position for every 25
1019	1019	5 non-Low-Income Count students in those grades.
1020	1020	6 The number of non-Low-Income Count students in a
1021	1021	7 grade shall be determined by subtracting the
1022	1022	8 Low-Income students in that grade from the ASE of the
1023	1023	9 Organizational Unit for that grade.
1024	1024	10 (B) Specialist teacher investments. Each
1025	1025	11 Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed
1026	1026	12 to cover that number of FTE specialist teacher
1027	1027	13 positions that correspond to the following
1028	1028	14 percentages:
1029	1029	15 (i) if the Organizational Unit operates an
1030	1030	16 elementary or middle school, then 20.00% of the
1031	1031	17 number of the Organizational Unit's core teachers,
1032	1032	18 as determined under subparagraph (A) of this
1033	1033	19 paragraph (2); and
1034	1034	20 (ii) if such Organizational Unit operates a
1035	1035	21 high school, then 33.33% of the number of the
1036	1036	22 Organizational Unit's core teachers.
1037	1037	23 (C) Instructional facilitator investments. Each
1038	1038	24 Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed
1039	1039	25 to cover one FTE instructional facilitator position
1040	1040	26 for every 200 combined ASE of pre-kindergarten
1041	1041
1042	1042
1043	1043
1044	1044
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1047	1047
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1051	1051	1 children with disabilities and all kindergarten
1052	1052	2 through grade 12 students of the Organizational Unit.
1053	1053	3 (D) Core intervention teacher (tutor) investments.
1054	1054	4 Each Organizational Unit shall receive the funding
1055	1055	5 needed to cover one FTE teacher position for each
1056	1056	6 prototypical elementary, middle, and high school.
1057	1057	7 (E) Substitute teacher investments. Each
1058	1058	8 Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed
1059	1059	9 to cover substitute teacher costs that is equal to
1060	1060	10 5.70% of the minimum pupil attendance days required
1061	1061	11 under Section 10-19 of this Code for all full-time
1062	1062	12 equivalent core, specialist, and intervention
1063	1063	13 teachers, school nurses, special education teachers
1064	1064	14 and instructional assistants, instructional
1065	1065	15 facilitators, and summer school and extended day
1066	1066	16 teacher positions, as determined under this paragraph
1067	1067	17 (2), at a salary rate of 33.33% of the average salary
1068	1068	18 for grade K through 12 teachers and 33.33% of the
1069	1069	19 average salary of each instructional assistant
1070	1070	20 position.
1071	1071	21 (F) Core school counselor investments. Each
1072	1072	22 Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed
1073	1073	23 to cover one FTE school counselor for each 450
1074	1074	24 combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with
1075	1075	25 disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 5
1076	1076	26 students, plus one FTE school counselor for each 250
1077	1077
1078	1078
1079	1079
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1083	1083
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1087	1087	1 grades 6 through 8 ASE middle school students, plus
1088	1088	2 one FTE school counselor for each 250 grades 9 through
1089	1089	3 12 ASE high school students.
1090	1090	4 (G) Nurse investments. Each Organizational Unit
1091	1091	5 shall receive the funding needed to cover one FTE
1092	1092	6 nurse for each 750 combined ASE of pre-kindergarten
1093	1093	7 children with disabilities and all kindergarten
1094	1094	8 through grade 12 students across all grade levels it
1095	1095	9 serves.
1096	1096	10 (H) Supervisory aide investments. Each
1097	1097	11 Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed
1098	1098	12 to cover one FTE for each 225 combined ASE of
1099	1099	13 pre-kindergarten children with disabilities and all
1100	1100	14 kindergarten through grade 5 students, plus one FTE
1101	1101	15 for each 225 ASE middle school students, plus one FTE
1102	1102	16 for each 200 ASE high school students.
1103	1103	17 (I) Librarian investments. Each Organizational
1104	1104	18 Unit shall receive the funding needed to cover one FTE
1105	1105	19 librarian for each prototypical elementary school,
1106	1106	20 middle school, and high school and one FTE aide or
1107	1107	21 media technician for every 300 combined ASE of
1108	1108	22 pre-kindergarten children with disabilities and all
1109	1109	23 kindergarten through grade 12 students.
1110	1110	24 (J) Principal investments. Each Organizational
1111	1111	25 Unit shall receive the funding needed to cover one FTE
1112	1112	26 principal position for each prototypical elementary
1113	1113
1114	1114
1115	1115
1116	1116
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1119	1119
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1123	1123	1 school, plus one FTE principal position for each
1124	1124	2 prototypical middle school, plus one FTE principal
1125	1125	3 position for each prototypical high school.
1126	1126	4 (K) Assistant principal investments. Each
1127	1127	5 Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed
1128	1128	6 to cover one FTE assistant principal position for each
1129	1129	7 prototypical elementary school, plus one FTE assistant
1130	1130	8 principal position for each prototypical middle
1131	1131	9 school, plus one FTE assistant principal position for
1132	1132	10 each prototypical high school.
1133	1133	11 (L) School site staff investments. Each
1134	1134	12 Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed
1135	1135	13 for one FTE position for each 225 ASE of
1136	1136	14 pre-kindergarten children with disabilities and all
1137	1137	15 kindergarten through grade 5 students, plus one FTE
1138	1138	16 position for each 225 ASE middle school students, plus
1139	1139	17 one FTE position for each 200 ASE high school
1140	1140	18 students.
1141	1141	19 (M) Gifted investments. Each Organizational Unit
1142	1142	20 shall receive $40 per kindergarten through grade 12
1143	1143	21 ASE.
1144	1144	22 (N) Professional development investments. Each
1145	1145	23 Organizational Unit shall receive $125 per student of
1146	1146	24 the combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with
1147	1147	25 disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12
1148	1148	26 students for trainers and other professional
1149	1149
1150	1150
1151	1151
1152	1152
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1159	1159	1 development-related expenses for supplies and
1160	1160	2 materials.
1161	1161	3 (O) Instructional material investments. Each
1162	1162	4 Organizational Unit shall receive $190 per student of
1163	1163	5 the combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with
1164	1164	6 disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12
1165	1165	7 students to cover instructional material costs.
1166	1166	8 (P) Assessment investments. Each Organizational
1167	1167	9 Unit shall receive $25 per student of the combined ASE
1168	1168	10 of pre-kindergarten children with disabilities and all
1169	1169	11 kindergarten through grade 12 students to cover
1170	1170	12 assessment costs.
1171	1171	13 (Q) Computer technology and equipment investments.
1172	1172	14 Each Organizational Unit shall receive $285.50 per
1173	1173	15 student of the combined ASE of pre-kindergarten
1174	1174	16 children with disabilities and all kindergarten
1175	1175	17 through grade 12 students to cover computer technology
1176	1176	18 and equipment costs. For the 2018-2019 school year and
1177	1177	19 subsequent school years, Organizational Units assigned
1178	1178	20 to Tier 1 and Tier 2 in the prior school year shall
1179	1179	21 receive an additional $285.50 per student of the
1180	1180	22 combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with
1181	1181	23 disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12
1182	1182	24 students to cover computer technology and equipment
1183	1183	25 costs in the Organizational Unit's Adequacy Target.
1184	1184	26 The State Board may establish additional requirements
1185	1185
1186	1186
1187	1187
1188	1188
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1195	1195	1 for Organizational Unit expenditures of funds received
1196	1196	2 pursuant to this subparagraph (Q), including a
1197	1197	3 requirement that funds received pursuant to this
1198	1198	4 subparagraph (Q) may be used only for serving the
1199	1199	5 technology needs of the district. It is the intent of
1200	1200	6 Public Act 100-465 that all Tier 1 and Tier 2 districts
1201	1201	7 receive the addition to their Adequacy Target in the
1202	1202	8 following year, subject to compliance with the
1203	1203	9 requirements of the State Board.
1204	1204	10 (R) Student activities investments. Each
1205	1205	11 Organizational Unit shall receive the following
1206	1206	12 funding amounts to cover student activities: $100 per
1207	1207	13 kindergarten through grade 5 ASE student in elementary
1208	1208	14 school, plus $200 per ASE student in middle school,
1209	1209	15 plus $675 per ASE student in high school.
1210	1210	16 (S) Maintenance and operations investments. Each
1211	1211	17 Organizational Unit shall receive $1,038 per student
1212	1212	18 of the combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with
1213	1213	19 disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12
1214	1214	20 students for day-to-day maintenance and operations
1215	1215	21 expenditures, including salary, supplies, and
1216	1216	22 materials, as well as purchased services, but
1217	1217	23 excluding employee benefits. The proportion of salary
1218	1218	24 for the application of a Regionalization Factor and
1219	1219	25 the calculation of benefits is equal to $352.92.
1220	1220	26 (T) Central office investments. Each
1221	1221
1222	1222
1223	1223
1224	1224
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1227	1227
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1231	1231	1 Organizational Unit shall receive $742 per student of
1232	1232	2 the combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with
1233	1233	3 disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12
1234	1234	4 students to cover central office operations, including
1235	1235	5 administrators and classified personnel charged with
1236	1236	6 managing the instructional programs, business and
1237	1237	7 operations of the school district, and security
1238	1238	8 personnel. The proportion of salary for the
1239	1239	9 application of a Regionalization Factor and the
1240	1240	10 calculation of benefits is equal to $368.48.
1241	1241	11 (U) Employee benefit investments. Each
1242	1242	12 Organizational Unit shall receive 30% of the total of
1243	1243	13 all salary-calculated elements of the Adequacy Target,
1244	1244	14 excluding substitute teachers and student activities
1245	1245	15 investments, to cover benefit costs. For central
1246	1246	16 office and maintenance and operations investments, the
1247	1247	17 benefit calculation shall be based upon the salary
1248	1248	18 proportion of each investment. If at any time the
1249	1249	19 responsibility for funding the employer normal cost of
1250	1250	20 teacher pensions is assigned to school districts, then
1251	1251	21 that amount certified by the Teachers' Retirement
1252	1252	22 System of the State of Illinois to be paid by the
1253	1253	23 Organizational Unit for the preceding school year
1254	1254	24 shall be added to the benefit investment. For any
1255	1255	25 fiscal year in which a school district organized under
1256	1256	26 Article 34 of this Code is responsible for paying the
1257	1257
1258	1258
1259	1259
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1267	1267	1 employer normal cost of teacher pensions, then that
1268	1268	2 amount of its employer normal cost plus the amount for
1269	1269	3 retiree health insurance as certified by the Public
1270	1270	4 School Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of
1271	1271	5 Chicago to be paid by the school district for the
1272	1272	6 preceding school year that is statutorily required to
1273	1273	7 cover employer normal costs and the amount for retiree
1274	1274	8 health insurance shall be added to the 30% specified
1275	1275	9 in this subparagraph (U). The Teachers' Retirement
1276	1276	10 System of the State of Illinois and the Public School
1277	1277	11 Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago shall
1278	1278	12 submit such information as the State Superintendent
1279	1279	13 may require for the calculations set forth in this
1280	1280	14 subparagraph (U).
1281	1281	15 (V) Additional investments in low-income students.
1282	1282	16 In addition to and not in lieu of all other funding
1283	1283	17 under this paragraph (2), each Organizational Unit
1284	1284	18 shall receive funding based on the average teacher
1285	1285	19 salary for grades K through 12 to cover the costs of:
1286	1286	20 (i) one FTE intervention teacher (tutor)
1287	1287	21 position for every 125 Low-Income Count students;
1288	1288	22 (ii) one FTE pupil support staff position for
1289	1289	23 every 125 Low-Income Count students;
1290	1290	24 (iii) one FTE extended day teacher position
1291	1291	25 for every 120 Low-Income Count students; and
1292	1292	26 (iv) one FTE summer school teacher position
1293	1293
1294	1294
1295	1295
1296	1296
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1303	1303	1 for every 120 Low-Income Count students.
1304	1304	2 (W) Additional investments in English learner
1305	1305	3 students. In addition to and not in lieu of all other
1306	1306	4 funding under this paragraph (2), each Organizational
1307	1307	5 Unit shall receive funding based on the average
1308	1308	6 teacher salary for grades K through 12 to cover the
1309	1309	7 costs of:
1310	1310	8 (i) one FTE intervention teacher (tutor)
1311	1311	9 position for every 125 English learner students;
1312	1312	10 (ii) one FTE pupil support staff position for
1313	1313	11 every 125 English learner students;
1314	1314	12 (iii) one FTE extended day teacher position
1315	1315	13 for every 120 English learner students;
1316	1316	14 (iv) one FTE summer school teacher position
1317	1317	15 for every 120 English learner students; and
1318	1318	16 (v) one FTE core teacher position for every
1319	1319	17 100 English learner students.
1320	1320	18 (X) Special education investments. Each
1321	1321	19 Organizational Unit shall receive funding based on the
1322	1322	20 average teacher salary for grades K through 12 to
1323	1323	21 cover special education as follows:
1324	1324	22 (i) one FTE teacher position for every 141
1325	1325	23 combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with
1326	1326	24 disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12
1327	1327	25 students;
1328	1328	26 (ii) one FTE instructional assistant for every
1329	1329
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1339	1339	1 141 combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with
1340	1340	2 disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12
1341	1341	3 students; and
1342	1342	4 (iii) one FTE psychologist position for every
1343	1343	5 1,000 combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children
1344	1344	6 with disabilities and all kindergarten through
1345	1345	7 grade 12 students.
1346	1346	8 (3) For calculating the salaries included within the
1347	1347	9 Essential Elements, the State Superintendent shall
1348	1348	10 annually calculate average salaries to the nearest dollar
1349	1349	11 using the employment information system data maintained by
1350	1350	12 the State Board, limited to public schools only and
1351	1351	13 excluding special education and vocational cooperatives,
1352	1352	14 schools operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice,
1353	1353	15 and charter schools, for the following positions:
1354	1354	16 (A) Teacher for grades K through 8.
1355	1355	17 (B) Teacher for grades 9 through 12.
1356	1356	18 (C) Teacher for grades K through 12.
1357	1357	19 (D) School counselor for grades K through 8.
1358	1358	20 (E) School counselor for grades 9 through 12.
1359	1359	21 (F) School counselor for grades K through 12.
1360	1360	22 (G) Social worker.
1361	1361	23 (H) Psychologist.
1362	1362	24 (I) Librarian.
1363	1363	25 (J) Nurse.
1364	1364	26 (K) Principal.
1365	1365
1366	1366
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1375	1375	1 (L) Assistant principal.
1376	1376	2 For the purposes of this paragraph (3), "teacher"
1377	1377	3 includes core teachers, specialist and elective teachers,
1378	1378	4 instructional facilitators, tutors, special education
1379	1379	5 teachers, pupil support staff teachers, English learner
1380	1380	6 teachers, extended day teachers, and summer school
1381	1381	7 teachers. Where specific grade data is not required for
1382	1382	8 the Essential Elements, the average salary for
1383	1383	9 corresponding positions shall apply. For substitute
1384	1384	10 teachers, the average teacher salary for grades K through
1385	1385	11 12 shall apply.
1386	1386	12 For calculating the salaries included within the
1387	1387	13 Essential Elements for positions not included within EIS
1388	1388	14 Data, the following salaries shall be used in the first
1389	1389	15 year of implementation of Evidence-Based Funding:
1390	1390	16 (i) school site staff, $30,000; and
1391	1391	17 (ii) non-instructional assistant, instructional
1392	1392	18 assistant, library aide, library media tech, or
1393	1393	19 supervisory aide: $25,000.
1394	1394	20 In the second and subsequent years of implementation
1395	1395	21 of Evidence-Based Funding, the amounts in items (i) and
1396	1396	22 (ii) of this paragraph (3) shall annually increase by the
1397	1397	23 ECI.
1398	1398	24 The salary amounts for the Essential Elements
1399	1399	25 determined pursuant to subparagraphs (A) through (L), (S)
1400	1400	26 and (T), and (V) through (X) of paragraph (2) of
1401	1401
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1411	1411	1 subsection (b) of this Section shall be multiplied by a
1412	1412	2 Regionalization Factor.
1413	1413	3 (c) Local Capacity calculation.
1414	1414	4 (1) Each Organizational Unit's Local Capacity
1415	1415	5 represents an amount of funding it is assumed to
1416	1416	6 contribute toward its Adequacy Target for purposes of the
1417	1417	7 Evidence-Based Funding formula calculation. "Local
1418	1418	8 Capacity" means either (i) the Organizational Unit's Local
1419	1419	9 Capacity Target as calculated in accordance with paragraph
1420	1420	10 (2) of this subsection (c) if its Real Receipts are equal
1421	1421	11 to or less than its Local Capacity Target or (ii) the
1422	1422	12 Organizational Unit's Adjusted Local Capacity, as
1423	1423	13 calculated in accordance with paragraph (3) of this
1424	1424	14 subsection (c) if Real Receipts are more than its Local
1425	1425	15 Capacity Target.
1426	1426	16 (2) "Local Capacity Target" means, for an
1427	1427	17 Organizational Unit, that dollar amount that is obtained
1428	1428	18 by multiplying its Adequacy Target by its Local Capacity
1429	1429	19 Ratio.
1430	1430	20 (A) An Organizational Unit's Local Capacity
1431	1431	21 Percentage is the conversion of the Organizational
1432	1432	22 Unit's Local Capacity Ratio, as such ratio is
1433	1433	23 determined in accordance with subparagraph (B) of this
1434	1434	24 paragraph (2), into a cumulative distribution
1435	1435	25 resulting in a percentile ranking to determine each
1436	1436	26 Organizational Unit's relative position to all other
1437	1437
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1447	1447	1 Organizational Units in this State. The calculation of
1448	1448	2 Local Capacity Percentage is described in subparagraph
1449	1449	3 (C) of this paragraph (2).
1450	1450	4 (B) An Organizational Unit's Local Capacity Ratio
1451	1451	5 in a given year is the percentage obtained by dividing
1452	1452	6 its Adjusted EAV or PTELL EAV, whichever is less, by
1453	1453	7 its Adequacy Target, with the resulting ratio further
1454	1454	8 adjusted as follows:
1455	1455	9 (i) for Organizational Units serving grades
1456	1456	10 kindergarten through 12 and Hybrid Districts, no
1457	1457	11 further adjustments shall be made;
1458	1458	12 (ii) for Organizational Units serving grades
1459	1459	13 kindergarten through 8, the ratio shall be
1460	1460	14 multiplied by 9/13;
1461	1461	15 (iii) for Organizational Units serving grades
1462	1462	16 9 through 12, the Local Capacity Ratio shall be
1463	1463	17 multiplied by 4/13; and
1464	1464	18 (iv) for an Organizational Unit with a
1465	1465	19 different grade configuration than those specified
1466	1466	20 in items (i) through (iii) of this subparagraph
1467	1467	21 (B), the State Superintendent shall determine a
1468	1468	22 comparable adjustment based on the grades served.
1469	1469	23 (C) The Local Capacity Percentage is equal to the
1470	1470	24 percentile ranking of the district. Local Capacity
1471	1471	25 Percentage converts each Organizational Unit's Local
1472	1472	26 Capacity Ratio to a cumulative distribution resulting
1473	1473
1474	1474
1475	1475
1476	1476
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1479	1479
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1483	1483	1 in a percentile ranking to determine each
1484	1484	2 Organizational Unit's relative position to all other
1485	1485	3 Organizational Units in this State. The Local Capacity
1486	1486	4 Percentage cumulative distribution resulting in a
1487	1487	5 percentile ranking for each Organizational Unit shall
1488	1488	6 be calculated using the standard normal distribution
1489	1489	7 of the score in relation to the weighted mean and
1490	1490	8 weighted standard deviation and Local Capacity Ratios
1491	1491	9 of all Organizational Units. If the value assigned to
1492	1492	10 any Organizational Unit is in excess of 90%, the value
1493	1493	11 shall be adjusted to 90%. For Laboratory Schools, the
1494	1494	12 Local Capacity Percentage shall be set at 10% in
1495	1495	13 recognition of the absence of EAV and resources from
1496	1496	14 the public university that are allocated to the
1497	1497	15 Laboratory School. For a regional office of education
1498	1498	16 or an intermediate service center operating one or
1499	1499	17 more alternative education programs, the Local
1500	1500	18 Capacity Percentage must be set at 10% in recognition
1501	1501	19 of the absence of EAV and resources from school
1502	1502	20 districts that are allocated to the regional office of
1503	1503	21 education or intermediate service center. The weighted
1504	1504	22 mean for the Local Capacity Percentage shall be
1505	1505	23 determined by multiplying each Organizational Unit's
1506	1506	24 Local Capacity Ratio times the ASE for the unit
1507	1507	25 creating a weighted value, summing the weighted values
1508	1508	26 of all Organizational Units, and dividing by the total
1509	1509
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1519	1519	1 ASE of all Organizational Units. The weighted standard
1520	1520	2 deviation shall be determined by taking the square
1521	1521	3 root of the weighted variance of all Organizational
1522	1522	4 Units' Local Capacity Ratio, where the variance is
1523	1523	5 calculated by squaring the difference between each
1524	1524	6 unit's Local Capacity Ratio and the weighted mean,
1525	1525	7 then multiplying the variance for each unit times the
1526	1526	8 ASE for the unit to create a weighted variance for each
1527	1527	9 unit, then summing all units' weighted variance and
1528	1528	10 dividing by the total ASE of all units.
1529	1529	11 (D) For any Organizational Unit, the
1530	1530	12 Organizational Unit's Adjusted Local Capacity Target
1531	1531	13 shall be reduced by either (i) the school board's
1532	1532	14 remaining contribution pursuant to paragraph (ii) of
1533	1533	15 subsection (b-4) of Section 16-158 of the Illinois
1534	1534	16 Pension Code in a given year or (ii) the board of
1535	1535	17 education's remaining contribution pursuant to
1536	1536	18 paragraph (iv) of subsection (b) of Section 17-129 of
1537	1537	19 the Illinois Pension Code absent the employer normal
1538	1538	20 cost portion of the required contribution and amount
1539	1539	21 allowed pursuant to subdivision (3) of Section
1540	1540	22 17-142.1 of the Illinois Pension Code in a given year.
1541	1541	23 In the preceding sentence, item (i) shall be certified
1542	1542	24 to the State Board of Education by the Teachers'
1543	1543	25 Retirement System of the State of Illinois and item
1544	1544	26 (ii) shall be certified to the State Board of
1545	1545
1546	1546
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1555	1555	1 Education by the Public School Teachers' Pension and
1556	1556	2 Retirement Fund of the City of Chicago.
1557	1557	3 (3) If an Organizational Unit's Real Receipts are more
1558	1558	4 than its Local Capacity Target, then its Local Capacity
1559	1559	5 shall equal an Adjusted Local Capacity Target as
1560	1560	6 calculated in accordance with this paragraph (3). The
1561	1561	7 Adjusted Local Capacity Target is calculated as the sum of
1562	1562	8 the Organizational Unit's Local Capacity Target and its
1563	1563	9 Real Receipts Adjustment. The Real Receipts Adjustment
1564	1564	10 equals the Organizational Unit's Real Receipts less its
1565	1565	11 Local Capacity Target, with the resulting figure
1566	1566	12 multiplied by the Local Capacity Percentage.
1567	1567	13 As used in this paragraph (3), "Real Percent of
1568	1568	14 Adequacy" means the sum of an Organizational Unit's Real
1569	1569	15 Receipts, CPPRT, and Base Funding Minimum, with the
1570	1570	16 resulting figure divided by the Organizational Unit's
1571	1571	17 Adequacy Target.
1572	1572	18 (d) Calculation of Real Receipts, EAV, and Adjusted EAV
1573	1573	19 for purposes of the Local Capacity calculation.
1574	1574	20 (1) An Organizational Unit's Real Receipts are the
1575	1575	21 product of its Applicable Tax Rate and its Adjusted EAV.
1576	1576	22 An Organizational Unit's Applicable Tax Rate is its
1577	1577	23 Adjusted Operating Tax Rate for property within the
1578	1578	24 Organizational Unit.
1579	1579	25 (2) The State Superintendent shall calculate the
1580	1580	26 equalized assessed valuation, or EAV, of all taxable
1581	1581
1582	1582
1583	1583
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1591	1591	1 property of each Organizational Unit as of September 30 of
1592	1592	2 the previous year in accordance with paragraph (3) of this
1593	1593	3 subsection (d). The State Superintendent shall then
1594	1594	4 determine the Adjusted EAV of each Organizational Unit in
1595	1595	5 accordance with paragraph (4) of this subsection (d),
1596	1596	6 which Adjusted EAV figure shall be used for the purposes
1597	1597	7 of calculating Local Capacity.
1598	1598	8 (3) To calculate Real Receipts and EAV, the Department
1599	1599	9 of Revenue shall supply to the State Superintendent the
1600	1600	10 value as equalized or assessed by the Department of
1601	1601	11 Revenue of all taxable property of every Organizational
1602	1602	12 Unit, together with (i) the applicable tax rate used in
1603	1603	13 extending taxes for the funds of the Organizational Unit
1604	1604	14 as of September 30 of the previous year and (ii) the
1605	1605	15 limiting rate for all Organizational Units subject to
1606	1606	16 property tax extension limitations as imposed under PTELL.
1607	1607	17 (A) The Department of Revenue shall add to the
1608	1608	18 equalized assessed value of all taxable property of
1609	1609	19 each Organizational Unit situated entirely or
1610	1610	20 partially within a county that is or was subject to the
1611	1611	21 provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property
1612	1612	22 Tax Code (i) an amount equal to the total amount by
1613	1613	23 which the homestead exemption allowed under Section
1614	1614	24 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code for real
1615	1615	25 property situated in that Organizational Unit exceeds
1616	1616	26 the total amount that would have been allowed in that
1617	1617
1618	1618
1619	1619
1620	1620
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1627	1627	1 Organizational Unit if the maximum reduction under
1628	1628	2 Section 15-176 was (I) $4,500 in Cook County or $3,500
1629	1629	3 in all other counties in tax year 2003 or (II) $5,000
1630	1630	4 in all counties in tax year 2004 and thereafter and
1631	1631	5 (ii) an amount equal to the aggregate amount for the
1632	1632	6 taxable year of all additional exemptions under
1633	1633	7 Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code for owners
1634	1634	8 with a household income of $30,000 or less. The county
1635	1635	9 clerk of any county that is or was subject to the
1636	1636	10 provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property
1637	1637	11 Tax Code shall annually calculate and certify to the
1638	1638	12 Department of Revenue for each Organizational Unit all
1639	1639	13 homestead exemption amounts under Section 15-176 or
1640	1640	14 15-177 of the Property Tax Code and all amounts of
1641	1641	15 additional exemptions under Section 15-175 of the
1642	1642	16 Property Tax Code for owners with a household income
1643	1643	17 of $30,000 or less. It is the intent of this
1644	1644	18 subparagraph (A) that if the general homestead
1645	1645	19 exemption for a parcel of property is determined under
1646	1646	20 Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code
1647	1647	21 rather than Section 15-175, then the calculation of
1648	1648	22 EAV shall not be affected by the difference, if any,
1649	1649	23 between the amount of the general homestead exemption
1650	1650	24 allowed for that parcel of property under Section
1651	1651	25 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code and the
1652	1652	26 amount that would have been allowed had the general
1653	1653
1654	1654
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1656	1656
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1659	1659
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1663	1663	1 homestead exemption for that parcel of property been
1664	1664	2 determined under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax
1665	1665	3 Code. It is further the intent of this subparagraph
1666	1666	4 (A) that if additional exemptions are allowed under
1667	1667	5 Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code for owners
1668	1668	6 with a household income of less than $30,000, then the
1669	1669	7 calculation of EAV shall not be affected by the
1670	1670	8 difference, if any, because of those additional
1671	1671	9 exemptions.
1672	1672	10 (B) With respect to any part of an Organizational
1673	1673	11 Unit within a redevelopment project area in respect to
1674	1674	12 which a municipality has adopted tax increment
1675	1675	13 allocation financing pursuant to the Tax Increment
1676	1676	14 Allocation Redevelopment Act, Division 74.4 of Article
1677	1677	15 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code, or the Industrial
1678	1678	16 Jobs Recovery Law, Division 74.6 of Article 11 of the
1679	1679	17 Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the current EAV of
1680	1680	18 real property located in any such project area that is
1681	1681	19 attributable to an increase above the total initial
1682	1682	20 EAV of such property shall be used as part of the EAV
1683	1683	21 of the Organizational Unit, until such time as all
1684	1684	22 redevelopment project costs have been paid, as
1685	1685	23 provided in Section 11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment
1686	1686	24 Allocation Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35
1687	1687	25 of the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose
1688	1688	26 of the EAV of the Organizational Unit, the total
1689	1689
1690	1690
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1699	1699	1 initial EAV or the current EAV, whichever is lower,
1700	1700	2 shall be used until such time as all redevelopment
1701	1701	3 project costs have been paid.
1702	1702	4 (B-5) The real property equalized assessed
1703	1703	5 valuation for a school district shall be adjusted by
1704	1704	6 subtracting from the real property value, as equalized
1705	1705	7 or assessed by the Department of Revenue, for the
1706	1706	8 district an amount computed by dividing the amount of
1707	1707	9 any abatement of taxes under Section 18-170 of the
1708	1708	10 Property Tax Code by 3.00% for a district maintaining
1709	1709	11 grades kindergarten through 12, by 2.30% for a
1710	1710	12 district maintaining grades kindergarten through 8, or
1711	1711	13 by 1.05% for a district maintaining grades 9 through
1712	1712	14 12 and adjusted by an amount computed by dividing the
1713	1713	15 amount of any abatement of taxes under subsection (a)
1714	1714	16 of Section 18-165 of the Property Tax Code by the same
1715	1715	17 percentage rates for district type as specified in
1716	1716	18 this subparagraph (B-5).
1717	1717	19 (C) For Organizational Units that are Hybrid
1718	1718	20 Districts, the State Superintendent shall use the
1719	1719	21 lesser of the adjusted equalized assessed valuation
1720	1720	22 for property within the partial elementary unit
1721	1721	23 district for elementary purposes, as defined in
1722	1722	24 Article 11E of this Code, or the adjusted equalized
1723	1723	25 assessed valuation for property within the partial
1724	1724	26 elementary unit district for high school purposes, as
1725	1725
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1735	1735	1 defined in Article 11E of this Code.
1736	1736	2 (D) If a school district's boundaries span
1737	1737	3 multiple counties, then the Department of Revenue
1738	1738	4 shall send to the State Board, for the purposes of
1739	1739	5 calculating Evidence-Based Funding, the limiting rate
1740	1740	6 and individual rates by purpose for the county that
1741	1741	7 contains the majority of the school district's
1742	1742	8 equalized assessed valuation.
1743	1743	9 (4) An Organizational Unit's Adjusted EAV shall be the
1744	1744	10 average of its EAV over the immediately preceding 3 years
1745	1745	11 or the lesser of its EAV in the immediately preceding year
1746	1746	12 or the average of its EAV over the immediately preceding 3
1747	1747	13 years if the EAV in the immediately preceding year has
1748	1748	14 declined by 10% or more when comparing the 2 most recent
1749	1749	15 years. In the event of Organizational Unit reorganization,
1750	1750	16 consolidation, or annexation, the Organizational Unit's
1751	1751	17 Adjusted EAV for the first 3 years after such change shall
1752	1752	18 be as follows: the most current EAV shall be used in the
1753	1753	19 first year, the average of a 2-year EAV or its EAV in the
1754	1754	20 immediately preceding year if the EAV declines by 10% or
1755	1755	21 more when comparing the 2 most recent years for the second
1756	1756	22 year, and the lesser of a 3-year average EAV or its EAV in
1757	1757	23 the immediately preceding year if the Adjusted EAV
1758	1758	24 declines by 10% or more when comparing the 2 most recent
1759	1759	25 years for the third year. For any school district whose
1760	1760	26 EAV in the immediately preceding year is used in
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1771	1771	1 calculations, in the following year, the Adjusted EAV
1772	1772	2 shall be the average of its EAV over the immediately
1773	1773	3 preceding 2 years or the immediately preceding year if
1774	1774	4 that year represents a decline of 10% or more when
1775	1775	5 comparing the 2 most recent years.
1776	1776	6 "PTELL EAV" means a figure calculated by the State
1777	1777	7 Board for Organizational Units subject to PTELL as
1778	1778	8 described in this paragraph (4) for the purposes of
1779	1779	9 calculating an Organizational Unit's Local Capacity Ratio.
1780	1780	10 Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph (4), the
1781	1781	11 PTELL EAV of an Organizational Unit shall be equal to the
1782	1782	12 product of the equalized assessed valuation last used in
1783	1783	13 the calculation of general State aid under Section 18-8.05
1784	1784	14 of this Code (now repealed) or Evidence-Based Funding
1785	1785	15 under this Section and the Organizational Unit's Extension
1786	1786	16 Limitation Ratio. If an Organizational Unit has approved
1787	1787	17 or does approve an increase in its limiting rate, pursuant
1788	1788	18 to Section 18-190 of the Property Tax Code, affecting the
1789	1789	19 Base Tax Year, the PTELL EAV shall be equal to the product
1790	1790	20 of the equalized assessed valuation last used in the
1791	1791	21 calculation of general State aid under Section 18-8.05 of
1792	1792	22 this Code (now repealed) or Evidence-Based Funding under
1793	1793	23 this Section multiplied by an amount equal to one plus the
1794	1794	24 percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index
1795	1795	25 for All Urban Consumers for all items published by the
1796	1796	26 United States Department of Labor for the 12-month
1797	1797
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1799	1799
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1807	1807	1 calendar year preceding the Base Tax Year, plus the
1808	1808	2 equalized assessed valuation of new property, annexed
1809	1809	3 property, and recovered tax increment value and minus the
1810	1810	4 equalized assessed valuation of disconnected property.
1811	1811	5 As used in this paragraph (4), "new property" and
1812	1812	6 "recovered tax increment value" shall have the meanings
1813	1813	7 set forth in the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
1814	1814	8 (e) Base Funding Minimum calculation.
1815	1815	9 (1) For the 2017-2018 school year, the Base Funding
1816	1816	10 Minimum of an Organizational Unit or a Specially Funded
1817	1817	11 Unit shall be the amount of State funds distributed to the
1818	1818	12 Organizational Unit or Specially Funded Unit during the
1819	1819	13 2016-2017 school year prior to any adjustments and
1820	1820	14 specified appropriation amounts described in this
1821	1821	15 paragraph (1) from the following Sections, as calculated
1822	1822	16 by the State Superintendent: Section 18-8.05 of this Code
1823	1823	17 (now repealed); Section 5 of Article 224 of Public Act
1824	1824	18 99-524 (equity grants); Section 14-7.02b of this Code
1825	1825	19 (funding for children requiring special education
1826	1826	20 services); Section 14-13.01 of this Code (special
1827	1827	21 education facilities and staffing), except for
1828	1828	22 reimbursement of the cost of transportation pursuant to
1829	1829	23 Section 14-13.01; Section 14C-12 of this Code (English
1830	1830	24 learners); and Section 18-4.3 of this Code (summer
1831	1831	25 school), based on an appropriation level of $13,121,600.
1832	1832	26 For a school district organized under Article 34 of this
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1843	1843	1 Code, the Base Funding Minimum also includes (i) the funds
1844	1844	2 allocated to the school district pursuant to Section 1D-1
1845	1845	3 of this Code attributable to funding programs authorized
1846	1846	4 by the Sections of this Code listed in the preceding
1847	1847	5 sentence and (ii) the difference between (I) the funds
1848	1848	6 allocated to the school district pursuant to Section 1D-1
1849	1849	7 of this Code attributable to the funding programs
1850	1850	8 authorized by Section 14-7.02 (non-public special
1851	1851	9 education reimbursement), subsection (b) of Section
1852	1852	10 14-13.01 (special education transportation), Section 29-5
1853	1853	11 (transportation), Section 2-3.80 (agricultural
1854	1854	12 education), Section 2-3.66 (truants' alternative
1855	1855	13 education), Section 2-3.62 (educational service centers),
1856	1856	14 and Section 14-7.03 (special education - orphanage) of
1857	1857	15 this Code and Section 15 of the Childhood Hunger Relief
1858	1858	16 Act (free breakfast program) and (II) the school
1859	1859	17 district's actual expenditures for its non-public special
1860	1860	18 education, special education transportation,
1861	1861	19 transportation programs, agricultural education, truants'
1862	1862	20 alternative education, services that would otherwise be
1863	1863	21 performed by a regional office of education, special
1864	1864	22 education orphanage expenditures, and free breakfast, as
1865	1865	23 most recently calculated and reported pursuant to
1866	1866	24 subsection (f) of Section 1D-1 of this Code. The Base
1867	1867	25 Funding Minimum for Glenwood Academy shall be $952,014.
1868	1868	26 For programs operated by a regional office of education or
1869	1869
1870	1870
1871	1871
1872	1872
1873	1873
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1879	1879	1 an intermediate service center, the Base Funding Minimum
1880	1880	2 must be the total amount of State funds allocated to those
1881	1881	3 programs in the 2018-2019 school year and amounts provided
1882	1882	4 pursuant to Article 34 of Public Act 100-586 and Section
1883	1883	5 3-16 of this Code. All programs established after June 5,
1884	1884	6 2019 (the effective date of Public Act 101-10) and
1885	1885	7 administered by a regional office of education or an
1886	1886	8 intermediate service center must have an initial Base
1887	1887	9 Funding Minimum set to an amount equal to the first-year
1888	1888	10 ASE multiplied by the amount of per pupil funding received
1889	1889	11 in the previous school year by the lowest funded similar
1890	1890	12 existing program type. If the enrollment for a program
1891	1891	13 operated by a regional office of education or an
1892	1892	14 intermediate service center is zero, then it may not
1893	1893	15 receive Base Funding Minimum funds for that program in the
1894	1894	16 next fiscal year, and those funds must be distributed to
1895	1895	17 Organizational Units under subsection (g).
1896	1896	18 (2) For the 2018-2019 and subsequent school years, the
1897	1897	19 Base Funding Minimum of Organizational Units and Specially
1898	1898	20 Funded Units shall be the sum of (i) the amount of
1899	1899	21 Evidence-Based Funding for the prior school year, (ii) the
1900	1900	22 Base Funding Minimum for the prior school year, and (iii)
1901	1901	23 any amount received by a school district pursuant to
1902	1902	24 Section 7 of Article 97 of Public Act 100-21.
1903	1903	25 For the 2022-2023 school year, the Base Funding
1904	1904	26 Minimum of Organizational Units shall be the amounts
1905	1905
1906	1906
1907	1907
1908	1908
1909	1909
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1911	1911
1912	1912
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1914	1914	HB1925 - 53 - LRB104 09564 LNS 19627 b
1915	1915	1 recalculated by the State Board of Education for Fiscal
1916	1916	2 Year 2019 through Fiscal Year 2022 that were necessary due
1917	1917	3 to average student enrollment errors for districts
1918	1918	4 organized under Article 34 of this Code, plus the Fiscal
1919	1919	5 Year 2022 property tax relief grants provided under
1920	1920	6 Section 2-3.170 of this Code, ensuring each Organizational
1921	1921	7 Unit has the correct amount of resources for Fiscal Year
1922	1922	8 2023 Evidence-Based Funding calculations and that Fiscal
1923	1923	9 Year 2023 Evidence-Based Funding Distributions are made in
1924	1924	10 accordance with this Section.
1925	1925	11 (3) Subject to approval by the General Assembly as
1926	1926	12 provided in this paragraph (3), an Organizational Unit
1927	1927	13 that meets all of the following criteria, as determined by
1928	1928	14 the State Board, shall have District Intervention Money
1929	1929	15 added to its Base Funding Minimum at the time the Base
1930	1930	16 Funding Minimum is calculated by the State Board:
1931	1931	17 (A) The Organizational Unit is operating under an
1932	1932	18 Independent Authority under Section 2-3.25f-5 of this
1933	1933	19 Code for a minimum of 4 school years or is subject to
1934	1934	20 the control of the State Board pursuant to a court
1935	1935	21 order for a minimum of 4 school years.
1936	1936	22 (B) The Organizational Unit was designated as a
1937	1937	23 Tier 1 or Tier 2 Organizational Unit in the previous
1938	1938	24 school year under paragraph (3) of subsection (g) of
1939	1939	25 this Section.
1940	1940	26 (C) The Organizational Unit demonstrates
1941	1941
1942	1942
1943	1943
1944	1944
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1947	1947
1948	1948
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1951	1951	1 sustainability through a 5-year financial and
1952	1952	2 strategic plan.
1953	1953	3 (D) The Organizational Unit has made sufficient
1954	1954	4 progress and achieved sufficient stability in the
1955	1955	5 areas of governance, academic growth, and finances.
1956	1956	6 As part of its determination under this paragraph (3),
1957	1957	7 the State Board may consider the Organizational Unit's
1958	1958	8 summative designation, any accreditations of the
1959	1959	9 Organizational Unit, or the Organizational Unit's
1960	1960	10 financial profile, as calculated by the State Board.
1961	1961	11 If the State Board determines that an Organizational
1962	1962	12 Unit has met the criteria set forth in this paragraph (3),
1963	1963	13 it must submit a report to the General Assembly, no later
1964	1964	14 than January 2 of the fiscal year in which the State Board
1965	1965	15 makes it determination, on the amount of District
1966	1966	16 Intervention Money to add to the Organizational Unit's
1967	1967	17 Base Funding Minimum. The General Assembly must review the
1968	1968	18 State Board's report and may approve or disapprove, by
1969	1969	19 joint resolution, the addition of District Intervention
1970	1970	20 Money. If the General Assembly fails to act on the report
1971	1971	21 within 40 calendar days from the receipt of the report,
1972	1972	22 the addition of District Intervention Money is deemed
1973	1973	23 approved. If the General Assembly approves the amount of
1974	1974	24 District Intervention Money to be added to the
1975	1975	25 Organizational Unit's Base Funding Minimum, the District
1976	1976	26 Intervention Money must be added to the Base Funding
1977	1977
1978	1978
1979	1979
1980	1980
1981	1981
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1983	1983
1984	1984
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1987	1987	1 Minimum annually thereafter.
1988	1988	2 For the first 4 years following the initial year that
1989	1989	3 the State Board determines that an Organizational Unit has
1990	1990	4 met the criteria set forth in this paragraph (3) and has
1991	1991	5 received funding under this Section, the Organizational
1992	1992	6 Unit must annually submit to the State Board, on or before
1993	1993	7 November 30, a progress report regarding its financial and
1994	1994	8 strategic plan under subparagraph (C) of this paragraph
1995	1995	9 (3). The plan shall include the financial data from the
1996	1996	10 past 4 annual financial reports or financial audits that
1997	1997	11 must be presented to the State Board by November 15 of each
1998	1998	12 year and the approved budget financial data for the
1999	1999	13 current year. The plan shall be developed according to the
2000	2000	14 guidelines presented to the Organizational Unit by the
2001	2001	15 State Board. The plan shall further include financial
2002	2002	16 projections for the next 3 fiscal years and include a
2003	2003	17 discussion and financial summary of the Organizational
2004	2004	18 Unit's facility needs. If the Organizational Unit does not
2005	2005	19 demonstrate sufficient progress toward its 5-year plan or
2006	2006	20 if it has failed to file an annual financial report, an
2007	2007	21 annual budget, a financial plan, a deficit reduction plan,
2008	2008	22 or other financial information as required by law, the
2009	2009	23 State Board may establish a Financial Oversight Panel
2010	2010	24 under Article 1H of this Code. However, if the
2011	2011	25 Organizational Unit already has a Financial Oversight
2012	2012	26 Panel, the State Board may extend the duration of the
2013	2013
2014	2014
2015	2015
2016	2016
2017	2017
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2019	2019
2020	2020
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2023	2023	1 Panel.
2024	2024	2 (f) Percent of Adequacy and Final Resources calculation.
2025	2025	3 (1) The Evidence-Based Funding formula establishes a
2026	2026	4 Percent of Adequacy for each Organizational Unit in order
2027	2027	5 to place such units into tiers for the purposes of the
2028	2028	6 funding distribution system described in subsection (g) of
2029	2029	7 this Section. Initially, an Organizational Unit's
2030	2030	8 Preliminary Resources and Preliminary Percent of Adequacy
2031	2031	9 are calculated pursuant to paragraph (2) of this
2032	2032	10 subsection (f). Then, an Organizational Unit's Final
2033	2033	11 Resources and Final Percent of Adequacy are calculated to
2034	2034	12 account for the Organizational Unit's poverty
2035	2035	13 concentration levels pursuant to paragraphs (3) and (4) of
2036	2036	14 this subsection (f).
2037	2037	15 (2) An Organizational Unit's Preliminary Resources are
2038	2038	16 equal to the sum of its Local Capacity Target, CPPRT, and
2039	2039	17 Base Funding Minimum. An Organizational Unit's Preliminary
2040	2040	18 Percent of Adequacy is the lesser of (i) its Preliminary
2041	2041	19 Resources divided by its Adequacy Target or (ii) 100%.
2042	2042	20 (3) Except for Specially Funded Units, an
2043	2043	21 Organizational Unit's Final Resources are equal to the sum
2044	2044	22 of its Local Capacity, CPPRT, and Adjusted Base Funding
2045	2045	23 Minimum. The Base Funding Minimum of each Specially Funded
2046	2046	24 Unit shall serve as its Final Resources, except that the
2047	2047	25 Base Funding Minimum for State-approved charter schools
2048	2048	26 shall not include any portion of general State aid
2049	2049
2050	2050
2051	2051
2052	2052
2053	2053
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2055	2055
2056	2056
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2059	2059	1 allocated in the prior year based on the per capita
2060	2060	2 tuition charge times the charter school enrollment.
2061	2061	3 (4) An Organizational Unit's Final Percent of Adequacy
2062	2062	4 is its Final Resources divided by its Adequacy Target. An
2063	2063	5 Organizational Unit's Adjusted Base Funding Minimum is
2064	2064	6 equal to its Base Funding Minimum less its Supplemental
2065	2065	7 Grant Funding, with the resulting figure added to the
2066	2066	8 product of its Supplemental Grant Funding and Preliminary
2067	2067	9 Percent of Adequacy.
2068	2068	10 (g) Evidence-Based Funding formula distribution system.
2069	2069	11 (1) In each school year under the Evidence-Based
2070	2070	12 Funding formula, each Organizational Unit receives funding
2071	2071	13 equal to the sum of its Base Funding Minimum and the unit's
2072	2072	14 allocation of New State Funds determined pursuant to this
2073	2073	15 subsection (g). To allocate New State Funds, the
2074	2074	16 Evidence-Based Funding formula distribution system first
2075	2075	17 places all Organizational Units into one of 4 tiers in
2076	2076	18 accordance with paragraph (3) of this subsection (g),
2077	2077	19 based on the Organizational Unit's Final Percent of
2078	2078	20 Adequacy. New State Funds are allocated to each of the 4
2079	2079	21 tiers as follows: Tier 1 Aggregate Funding equals 50% of
2080	2080	22 all New State Funds, Tier 2 Aggregate Funding equals 49%
2081	2081	23 of all New State Funds, Tier 3 Aggregate Funding equals
2082	2082	24 0.9% of all New State Funds, and Tier 4 Aggregate Funding
2083	2083	25 equals 0.1% of all New State Funds. Each Organizational
2084	2084	26 Unit within Tier 1 or Tier 2 receives an allocation of New
2085	2085
2086	2086
2087	2087
2088	2088
2089	2089
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2091	2091
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2095	2095	1 State Funds equal to its tier Funding Gap, as defined in
2096	2096	2 the following sentence, multiplied by the tier's
2097	2097	3 Allocation Rate determined pursuant to paragraph (4) of
2098	2098	4 this subsection (g). For Tier 1, an Organizational Unit's
2099	2099	5 Funding Gap equals the tier's Target Ratio, as specified
2100	2100	6 in paragraph (5) of this subsection (g), multiplied by the
2101	2101	7 Organizational Unit's Adequacy Target, with the resulting
2102	2102	8 amount reduced by the Organizational Unit's Final
2103	2103	9 Resources. For Tier 2, an Organizational Unit's Funding
2104	2104	10 Gap equals the tier's Target Ratio, as described in
2105	2105	11 paragraph (5) of this subsection (g), multiplied by the
2106	2106	12 Organizational Unit's Adequacy Target, with the resulting
2107	2107	13 amount reduced by the Organizational Unit's Final
2108	2108	14 Resources and its Tier 1 funding allocation. To determine
2109	2109	15 the Organizational Unit's Funding Gap, the resulting
2110	2110	16 amount is then multiplied by a factor equal to one minus
2111	2111	17 the Organizational Unit's Local Capacity Target
2112	2112	18 percentage. Each Organizational Unit within Tier 3 or Tier
2113	2113	19 4 receives an allocation of New State Funds equal to the
2114	2114	20 product of its Adequacy Target and the tier's Allocation
2115	2115	21 Rate, as specified in paragraph (4) of this subsection
2116	2116	22 (g).
2117	2117	23 (2) To ensure equitable distribution of dollars for
2118	2118	24 all Tier 2 Organizational Units, no Tier 2 Organizational
2119	2119	25 Unit shall receive fewer dollars per ASE than any Tier 3
2120	2120	26 Organizational Unit. Each Tier 2 and Tier 3 Organizational
2121	2121
2122	2122
2123	2123
2124	2124
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2131	2131	1 Unit shall have its funding allocation divided by its ASE.
2132	2132	2 Any Tier 2 Organizational Unit with a funding allocation
2133	2133	3 per ASE below the greatest Tier 3 allocation per ASE shall
2134	2134	4 get a funding allocation equal to the greatest Tier 3
2135	2135	5 funding allocation per ASE multiplied by the
2136	2136	6 Organizational Unit's ASE. Each Tier 2 Organizational
2137	2137	7 Unit's Tier 2 funding allocation shall be multiplied by
2138	2138	8 the percentage calculated by dividing the original Tier 2
2139	2139	9 Aggregate Funding by the sum of all Tier 2 Organizational
2140	2140	10 Units' Tier 2 funding allocation after adjusting
2141	2141	11 districts' funding below Tier 3 levels.
2142	2142	12 (3) Organizational Units are placed into one of 4
2143	2143	13 tiers as follows:
2144	2144	14 (A) Tier 1 consists of all Organizational Units,
2145	2145	15 except for Specially Funded Units, with a Percent of
2146	2146	16 Adequacy less than the Tier 1 Target Ratio. The Tier 1
2147	2147	17 Target Ratio is the ratio level that allows for Tier 1
2148	2148	18 Aggregate Funding to be distributed, with the Tier 1
2149	2149	19 Allocation Rate determined pursuant to paragraph (4)
2150	2150	20 of this subsection (g).
2151	2151	21 (B) Tier 2 consists of all Tier 1 Units and all
2152	2152	22 other Organizational Units, except for Specially
2153	2153	23 Funded Units, with a Percent of Adequacy of less than
2154	2154	24 0.90.
2155	2155	25 (C) Tier 3 consists of all Organizational Units,
2156	2156	26 except for Specially Funded Units, with a Percent of
2157	2157
2158	2158
2159	2159
2160	2160
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2163	2163
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2167	2167	1 Adequacy of at least 0.90 and less than 1.0.
2168	2168	2 (D) Tier 4 consists of all Organizational Units
2169	2169	3 with a Percent of Adequacy of at least 1.0.
2170	2170	4 (4) The Allocation Rates for Tiers 1 through 4 are
2171	2171	5 determined as follows:
2172	2172	6 (A) The Tier 1 Allocation Rate is 30%.
2173	2173	7 (B) The Tier 2 Allocation Rate is the result of the
2174	2174	8 following equation: Tier 2 Aggregate Funding, divided
2175	2175	9 by the sum of the Funding Gaps for all Tier 2
2176	2176	10 Organizational Units, unless the result of such
2177	2177	11 equation is higher than 1.0. If the result of such
2178	2178	12 equation is higher than 1.0, then the Tier 2
2179	2179	13 Allocation Rate is 1.0.
2180	2180	14 (C) The Tier 3 Allocation Rate is the result of the
2181	2181	15 following equation: Tier 3 Aggregate Funding, divided
2182	2182	16 by the sum of the Adequacy Targets of all Tier 3
2183	2183	17 Organizational Units.
2184	2184	18 (D) The Tier 4 Allocation Rate is the result of the
2185	2185	19 following equation: Tier 4 Aggregate Funding, divided
2186	2186	20 by the sum of the Adequacy Targets of all Tier 4
2187	2187	21 Organizational Units.
2188	2188	22 (5) A tier's Target Ratio is determined as follows:
2189	2189	23 (A) The Tier 1 Target Ratio is the ratio level that
2190	2190	24 allows for Tier 1 Aggregate Funding to be distributed
2191	2191	25 with the Tier 1 Allocation Rate.
2192	2192	26 (B) The Tier 2 Target Ratio is 0.90.
2193	2193
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2203	2203	1 (C) The Tier 3 Target Ratio is 1.0.
2204	2204	2 (6) If, at any point, the Tier 1 Target Ratio is
2205	2205	3 greater than 90%, then all Tier 1 funding shall be
2206	2206	4 allocated to Tier 2 and no Tier 1 Organizational Unit's
2207	2207	5 funding may be identified.
2208	2208	6 (7) In the event that all Tier 2 Organizational Units
2209	2209	7 receive funding at the Tier 2 Target Ratio level, any
2210	2210	8 remaining New State Funds shall be allocated to Tier 3 and
2211	2211	9 Tier 4 Organizational Units.
2212	2212	10 (8) If any Specially Funded Units, excluding Glenwood
2213	2213	11 Academy, recognized by the State Board do not qualify for
2214	2214	12 direct funding following the implementation of Public Act
2215	2215	13 100-465 from any of the funding sources included within
2216	2216	14 the definition of Base Funding Minimum, the unqualified
2217	2217	15 portion of the Base Funding Minimum shall be transferred
2218	2218	16 to one or more appropriate Organizational Units as
2219	2219	17 determined by the State Superintendent based on the prior
2220	2220	18 year ASE of the Organizational Units.
2221	2221	19 (8.5) If a school district withdraws from a special
2222	2222	20 education cooperative, the portion of the Base Funding
2223	2223	21 Minimum that is attributable to the school district may be
2224	2224	22 redistributed to the school district upon withdrawal. The
2225	2225	23 school district and the cooperative must include the
2226	2226	24 amount of the Base Funding Minimum that is to be
2227	2227	25 reapportioned in their withdrawal agreement and notify the
2228	2228	26 State Board of the change with a copy of the agreement upon
2229	2229
2230	2230
2231	2231
2232	2232
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2235	2235
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2239	2239	1 withdrawal.
2240	2240	2 (9) The Minimum Funding Level is intended to establish
2241	2241	3 a target for State funding that will keep pace with
2242	2242	4 inflation and continue to advance equity through the
2243	2243	5 Evidence-Based Funding formula. The target for State
2244	2244	6 funding of New Property Tax Relief Pool Funds is
2245	2245	7 $50,000,000 for State fiscal year 2019 and subsequent
2246	2246	8 State fiscal years. The Minimum Funding Level is equal to
2247	2247	9 $350,000,000. In addition to any New State Funds, no more
2248	2248	10 than $50,000,000 New Property Tax Relief Pool Funds may be
2249	2249	11 counted toward the Minimum Funding Level. If the sum of
2250	2250	12 New State Funds and applicable New Property Tax Relief
2251	2251	13 Pool Funds are less than the Minimum Funding Level, than
2252	2252	14 funding for tiers shall be reduced in the following
2253	2253	15 manner:
2254	2254	16 (A) First, Tier 4 funding shall be reduced by an
2255	2255	17 amount equal to the difference between the Minimum
2256	2256	18 Funding Level and New State Funds until such time as
2257	2257	19 Tier 4 funding is exhausted.
2258	2258	20 (B) Next, Tier 3 funding shall be reduced by an
2259	2259	21 amount equal to the difference between the Minimum
2260	2260	22 Funding Level and New State Funds and the reduction in
2261	2261	23 Tier 4 funding until such time as Tier 3 funding is
2262	2262	24 exhausted.
2263	2263	25 (C) Next, Tier 2 funding shall be reduced by an
2264	2264	26 amount equal to the difference between the Minimum
2265	2265
2266	2266
2267	2267
2268	2268
2269	2269
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2271	2271
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2275	2275	1 Funding Level and New State Funds and the reduction in
2276	2276	2 Tier 4 and Tier 3.
2277	2277	3 (D) Finally, Tier 1 funding shall be reduced by an
2278	2278	4 amount equal to the difference between the Minimum
2279	2279	5 Funding level and New State Funds and the reduction in
2280	2280	6 Tier 2, 3, and 4 funding. In addition, the Allocation
2281	2281	7 Rate for Tier 1 shall be reduced to a percentage equal
2282	2282	8 to the Tier 1 Allocation Rate set by paragraph (4) of
2283	2283	9 this subsection (g), multiplied by the result of New
2284	2284	10 State Funds divided by the Minimum Funding Level.
2285	2285	11 (9.5) For State fiscal year 2019 and subsequent State
2286	2286	12 fiscal years, if New State Funds exceed $300,000,000, then
2287	2287	13 any amount in excess of $300,000,000 shall be dedicated
2288	2288	14 for purposes of Section 2-3.170 of this Code up to a
2289	2289	15 maximum of $50,000,000.
2290	2290	16 (10) In the event of a decrease in the amount of the
2291	2291	17 appropriation for this Section in any fiscal year after
2292	2292	18 implementation of this Section, the Organizational Units
2293	2293	19 receiving Tier 1 and Tier 2 funding, as determined under
2294	2294	20 paragraph (3) of this subsection (g), shall be held
2295	2295	21 harmless by establishing a Base Funding Guarantee equal to
2296	2296	22 the per pupil kindergarten through grade 12 funding
2297	2297	23 received in accordance with this Section in the prior
2298	2298	24 fiscal year. Reductions shall be made to the Base Funding
2299	2299	25 Minimum of Organizational Units in Tier 3 and Tier 4 on a
2300	2300	26 per pupil basis equivalent to the total number of the ASE
2301	2301
2302	2302
2303	2303
2304	2304
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2311	2311	1 in Tier 3-funded and Tier 4-funded Organizational Units
2312	2312	2 divided by the total reduction in State funding. The Base
2313	2313	3 Funding Minimum as reduced shall continue to be applied to
2314	2314	4 Tier 3 and Tier 4 Organizational Units and adjusted by the
2315	2315	5 relative formula when increases in appropriations for this
2316	2316	6 Section resume. In no event may State funding reductions
2317	2317	7 to Organizational Units in Tier 3 or Tier 4 exceed an
2318	2318	8 amount that would be less than the Base Funding Minimum
2319	2319	9 established in the first year of implementation of this
2320	2320	10 Section. If additional reductions are required, all school
2321	2321	11 districts shall receive a reduction by a per pupil amount
2322	2322	12 equal to the aggregate additional appropriation reduction
2323	2323	13 divided by the total ASE of all Organizational Units.
2324	2324	14 (11) The State Superintendent shall make minor
2325	2325	15 adjustments to the distribution formula set forth in this
2326	2326	16 subsection (g) to account for the rounding of percentages
2327	2327	17 to the nearest tenth of a percentage and dollar amounts to
2328	2328	18 the nearest whole dollar.
2329	2329	19 (h) State Superintendent administration of funding and
2330	2330	20 district submission requirements.
2331	2331	21 (1) The State Superintendent shall, in accordance with
2332	2332	22 appropriations made by the General Assembly or the
2333	2333	23 Education Prioritization Act, meet the funding obligations
2334	2334	24 created under this Section.
2335	2335	25 (2) The State Superintendent shall calculate the
2336	2336	26 Adequacy Target for each Organizational Unit under this
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2347	2347	1 Section. No Evidence-Based Funding shall be distributed
2348	2348	2 within an Organizational Unit without the approval of the
2349	2349	3 unit's school board.
2350	2350	4 (3) Annually, the State Superintendent shall calculate
2351	2351	5 and report to each Organizational Unit the unit's
2352	2352	6 aggregate financial adequacy amount, which shall be the
2353	2353	7 sum of the Adequacy Target for each Organizational Unit.
2354	2354	8 The State Superintendent shall calculate and report
2355	2355	9 separately for each Organizational Unit the unit's total
2356	2356	10 State funds allocated for its students with disabilities.
2357	2357	11 The State Superintendent shall calculate and report
2358	2358	12 separately for each Organizational Unit the amount of
2359	2359	13 funding and applicable FTE calculated for each Essential
2360	2360	14 Element of the unit's Adequacy Target.
2361	2361	15 (4) Annually, the State Superintendent shall calculate
2362	2362	16 and report to each Organizational Unit the amount the unit
2363	2363	17 must expend on special education and bilingual education
2364	2364	18 and computer technology and equipment for Organizational
2365	2365	19 Units assigned to Tier 1 or Tier 2 that received an
2366	2366	20 additional $285.50 per student computer technology and
2367	2367	21 equipment investment grant to their Adequacy Target
2368	2368	22 pursuant to the unit's Base Funding Minimum, Special
2369	2369	23 Education Allocation, Bilingual Education Allocation, and
2370	2370	24 computer technology and equipment investment allocation.
2371	2371	25 (5) Moneys distributed under this Section shall be
2372	2372	26 calculated on a school year basis, but paid on a fiscal
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2383	2383	1 year basis, with payments beginning in August and
2384	2384	2 extending through June. Unless otherwise provided, the
2385	2385	3 moneys appropriated for each fiscal year shall be
2386	2386	4 distributed in 22 equal payments at least 2 times monthly
2387	2387	5 to each Organizational Unit. If moneys appropriated for
2388	2388	6 any fiscal year are distributed other than monthly, the
2389	2389	7 distribution shall be on the same basis for each
2390	2390	8 Organizational Unit.
2391	2391	9 (6) Any school district that fails, for any given
2392	2392	10 school year, to maintain school as required by law or to
2393	2393	11 maintain a recognized school is not eligible to receive
2394	2394	12 Evidence-Based Funding. In case of non-recognition of one
2395	2395	13 or more attendance centers in a school district otherwise
2396	2396	14 operating recognized schools, the claim of the district
2397	2397	15 shall be reduced in the proportion that the enrollment in
2398	2398	16 the attendance center or centers bears to the enrollment
2399	2399	17 of the school district. "Recognized school" means any
2400	2400	18 public school that meets the standards for recognition by
2401	2401	19 the State Board. A school district or attendance center
2402	2402	20 not having recognition status at the end of a school term
2403	2403	21 is entitled to receive State aid payments due upon a legal
2404	2404	22 claim that was filed while it was recognized.
2405	2405	23 (7) School district claims filed under this Section
2406	2406	24 are subject to Sections 18-9 and 18-12 of this Code,
2407	2407	25 except as otherwise provided in this Section.
2408	2408	26 (8) Each fiscal year, the State Superintendent shall
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2419	2419	1 calculate for each Organizational Unit an amount of its
2420	2420	2 Base Funding Minimum and Evidence-Based Funding that shall
2421	2421	3 be deemed attributable to the provision of special
2422	2422	4 educational facilities and services, as defined in Section
2423	2423	5 14-1.08 of this Code, in a manner that ensures compliance
2424	2424	6 with maintenance of State financial support requirements
2425	2425	7 under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education
2426	2426	8 Act. An Organizational Unit must use such funds only for
2427	2427	9 the provision of special educational facilities and
2428	2428	10 services, as defined in Section 14-1.08 of this Code, and
2429	2429	11 must comply with any expenditure verification procedures
2430	2430	12 adopted by the State Board.
2431	2431	13 (9) All Organizational Units in this State must submit
2432	2432	14 annual spending plans, as part of the budget submission
2433	2433	15 process, no later than October 31 of each year to the State
2434	2434	16 Board. The spending plan shall describe how each
2435	2435	17 Organizational Unit will utilize the Base Funding Minimum
2436	2436	18 and Evidence-Based Funding it receives from this State
2437	2437	19 under this Section with specific identification of the
2438	2438	20 intended utilization of Low-Income, English learner, and
2439	2439	21 special education resources. Additionally, the annual
2440	2440	22 spending plans of each Organizational Unit shall describe
2441	2441	23 how the Organizational Unit expects to achieve student
2442	2442	24 growth and how the Organizational Unit will achieve State
2443	2443	25 education goals, as defined by the State Board, and shall
2444	2444	26 indicate which stakeholder groups the Organizational Unit
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2455	2455	1 engaged with to inform its annual spending plans. The
2456	2456	2 State Superintendent may, from time to time, identify
2457	2457	3 additional requisites for Organizational Units to satisfy
2458	2458	4 when compiling the annual spending plans required under
2459	2459	5 this subsection (h). The format and scope of annual
2460	2460	6 spending plans shall be developed by the State
2461	2461	7 Superintendent and the State Board of Education. School
2462	2462	8 districts that serve students under Article 14C of this
2463	2463	9 Code shall continue to submit information as required
2464	2464	10 under Section 14C-12 of this Code. Annual spending plans
2465	2465	11 required under this subsection (h) shall be integrated
2466	2466	12 into annual school district budgets completed pursuant to
2467	2467	13 Section 17-1 or Section 34-43. Organizational Units that
2468	2468	14 do not submit a budget to the State Board shall be provided
2469	2469	15 with a separate planning template developed by the State
2470	2470	16 Board. The State Board shall create an Evidence-Based
2471	2471	17 Funding spending plan tool to make Evidence-Based Funding
2472	2472	18 spending plan data for each Organizational Unit available
2473	2473	19 on the State Board's website no later than December 31,
2474	2474	20 2025, with annual updates thereafter. The tool shall allow
2475	2475	21 for the selection and review of each Organizational Unit's
2476	2476	22 planned use of Evidence-Based Funding.
2477	2477	23 (10) No later than January 1, 2018, the State
2478	2478	24 Superintendent shall develop a 5-year strategic plan for
2479	2479	25 all Organizational Units to help in planning for adequacy
2480	2480	26 funding under this Section. The State Superintendent shall
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2491	2491	1 submit the plan to the Governor and the General Assembly,
2492	2492	2 as provided in Section 3.1 of the General Assembly
2493	2493	3 Organization Act. The plan shall include recommendations
2494	2494	4 for:
2495	2495	5 (A) a framework for collaborative, professional,
2496	2496	6 innovative, and 21st century learning environments
2497	2497	7 using the Evidence-Based Funding model;
2498	2498	8 (B) ways to prepare and support this State's
2499	2499	9 educators for successful instructional careers;
2500	2500	10 (C) application and enhancement of the current
2501	2501	11 financial accountability measures, the approved State
2502	2502	12 plan to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds
2503	2503	13 Act, and the Illinois Balanced Accountability Measures
2504	2504	14 in relation to student growth and elements of the
2505	2505	15 Evidence-Based Funding model; and
2506	2506	16 (D) implementation of an effective school adequacy
2507	2507	17 funding system based on projected and recommended
2508	2508	18 funding levels from the General Assembly.
2509	2509	19 (11) On an annual basis, the State Superintendent must
2510	2510	20 recalibrate all of the following per pupil elements of the
2511	2511	21 Adequacy Target and applied to the formulas, based on the
2512	2512	22 study of average expenses and as reported in the most
2513	2513	23 recent annual financial report:
2514	2514	24 (A) Gifted under subparagraph (M) of paragraph (2)
2515	2515	25 of subsection (b).
2516	2516	26 (B) Instructional materials under subparagraph (O)
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2527	2527	1 of paragraph (2) of subsection (b).
2528	2528	2 (C) Assessment under subparagraph (P) of paragraph
2529	2529	3 (2) of subsection (b).
2530	2530	4 (D) Student activities under subparagraph (R) of
2531	2531	5 paragraph (2) of subsection (b).
2532	2532	6 (E) Maintenance and operations under subparagraph
2533	2533	7 (S) of paragraph (2) of subsection (b).
2534	2534	8 (F) Central office under subparagraph (T) of
2535	2535	9 paragraph (2) of subsection (b).
2536	2536	10 (i) Professional Review Panel.
2537	2537	11 (1) A Professional Review Panel is created to study
2538	2538	12 and review topics related to the implementation and effect
2539	2539	13 of Evidence-Based Funding, as assigned by a joint
2540	2540	14 resolution or Public Act of the General Assembly or a
2541	2541	15 motion passed by the State Board of Education. The Panel
2542	2542	16 must provide recommendations to and serve the Governor,
2543	2543	17 the General Assembly, and the State Board. The State
2544	2544	18 Superintendent or his or her designee must serve as a
2545	2545	19 voting member and chairperson of the Panel. The State
2546	2546	20 Superintendent must appoint a vice chairperson from the
2547	2547	21 membership of the Panel. The Panel must advance
2548	2548	22 recommendations based on a three-fifths majority vote of
2549	2549	23 Panel members present and voting. A minority opinion may
2550	2550	24 also accompany any recommendation of the Panel. The Panel
2551	2551	25 shall be appointed by the State Superintendent, except as
2552	2552	26 otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection (i)
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2563	2563	1 and include the following members:
2564	2564	2 (A) Two appointees that represent district
2565	2565	3 superintendents, recommended by a statewide
2566	2566	4 organization that represents district superintendents.
2567	2567	5 (B) Two appointees that represent school boards,
2568	2568	6 recommended by a statewide organization that
2569	2569	7 represents school boards.
2570	2570	8 (C) Two appointees from districts that represent
2571	2571	9 school business officials, recommended by a statewide
2572	2572	10 organization that represents school business
2573	2573	11 officials.
2574	2574	12 (D) Two appointees that represent school
2575	2575	13 principals, recommended by a statewide organization
2576	2576	14 that represents school principals.
2577	2577	15 (E) Two appointees that represent teachers,
2578	2578	16 recommended by a statewide organization that
2579	2579	17 represents teachers.
2580	2580	18 (F) Two appointees that represent teachers,
2581	2581	19 recommended by another statewide organization that
2582	2582	20 represents teachers.
2583	2583	21 (G) Two appointees that represent regional
2584	2584	22 superintendents of schools, recommended by
2585	2585	23 organizations that represent regional superintendents.
2586	2586	24 (H) Two independent experts selected solely by the
2587	2587	25 State Superintendent.
2588	2588	26 (I) Two independent experts recommended by public
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2599	2599	1 universities in this State.
2600	2600	2 (J) One member recommended by a statewide
2601	2601	3 organization that represents parents.
2602	2602	4 (K) Two representatives recommended by collective
2603	2603	5 impact organizations that represent major metropolitan
2604	2604	6 areas or geographic areas in Illinois.
2605	2605	7 (L) One member from a statewide organization
2606	2606	8 focused on research-based education policy to support
2607	2607	9 a school system that prepares all students for
2608	2608	10 college, a career, and democratic citizenship.
2609	2609	11 (M) One representative from a school district
2610	2610	12 organized under Article 34 of this Code.
2611	2611	13 The State Superintendent shall ensure that the
2612	2612	14 membership of the Panel includes representatives from
2613	2613	15 school districts and communities reflecting the
2614	2614	16 geographic, socio-economic, racial, and ethnic diversity
2615	2615	17 of this State. The State Superintendent shall additionally
2616	2616	18 ensure that the membership of the Panel includes
2617	2617	19 representatives with expertise in bilingual education and
2618	2618	20 special education. Staff from the State Board shall staff
2619	2619	21 the Panel.
2620	2620	22 (2) In addition to those Panel members appointed by
2621	2621	23 the State Superintendent, 4 members of the General
2622	2622	24 Assembly shall be appointed as follows: one member of the
2623	2623	25 House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the
2624	2624	26 House of Representatives, one member of the Senate
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2635	2635	1 appointed by the President of the Senate, one member of
2636	2636	2 the House of Representatives appointed by the Minority
2637	2637	3 Leader of the House of Representatives, and one member of
2638	2638	4 the Senate appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate.
2639	2639	5 There shall be one additional member appointed by the
2640	2640	6 Governor. All members appointed by legislative leaders or
2641	2641	7 the Governor shall be non-voting, ex officio members.
2642	2642	8 (3) The Panel must study topics at the direction of
2643	2643	9 the General Assembly or State Board of Education, as
2644	2644	10 provided under paragraph (1). The Panel may also study the
2645	2645	11 following topics at the direction of the chairperson:
2646	2646	12 (A) The format and scope of annual spending plans
2647	2647	13 referenced in paragraph (9) of subsection (h) of this
2648	2648	14 Section.
2649	2649	15 (B) The Comparable Wage Index under this Section.
2650	2650	16 (C) Maintenance and operations, including capital
2651	2651	17 maintenance and construction costs.
2652	2652	18 (D) "At-risk student" definition.
2653	2653	19 (E) Benefits.
2654	2654	20 (F) Technology.
2655	2655	21 (G) Local Capacity Target.
2656	2656	22 (H) Funding for Alternative Schools, Laboratory
2657	2657	23 Schools, safe schools, and alternative learning
2658	2658	24 opportunities programs.
2659	2659	25 (I) Funding for college and career acceleration
2660	2660	26 strategies.
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2671	2671	1 (J) Special education investments.
2672	2672	2 (K) Early childhood investments, in collaboration
2673	2673	3 with the Illinois Early Learning Council.
2674	2674	4 (4) (Blank).
2675	2675	5 (5) Within 5 years after the implementation of this
2676	2676	6 Section, and every 5 years thereafter, the Panel shall
2677	2677	7 complete an evaluative study of the entire Evidence-Based
2678	2678	8 Funding model, including an assessment of whether or not
2679	2679	9 the formula is achieving State goals. The Panel shall
2680	2680	10 report to the State Board, the General Assembly, and the
2681	2681	11 Governor on the findings of the study.
2682	2682	12 (6) (Blank).
2683	2683	13 (7) To ensure that (i) the Adequacy Target calculation
2684	2684	14 under subsection (b) accurately reflects the needs of
2685	2685	15 students living in poverty or attending schools located in
2686	2686	16 areas of high poverty, (ii) racial equity within the
2687	2687	17 Evidence-Based Funding formula is explicitly explored and
2688	2688	18 advanced, and (iii) the funding goals of the formula
2689	2689	19 distribution system established under this Section are
2690	2690	20 sufficient to provide adequate funding for every student
2691	2691	21 and to fully fund every school in this State, the Panel
2692	2692	22 shall review the Essential Elements under paragraph (2) of
2693	2693	23 subsection (b). The Panel shall consider all of the
2694	2694	24 following in its review:
2695	2695	25 (A) The financial ability of school districts to
2696	2696	26 provide instruction in a foreign language to every
2697	2697
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2699	2699
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2707	2707	1 student and whether an additional Essential Element
2708	2708	2 should be added to the formula to ensure that every
2709	2709	3 student has access to instruction in a foreign
2710	2710	4 language.
2711	2711	5 (B) The adult-to-student ratio for each Essential
2712	2712	6 Element in which a ratio is identified. The Panel
2713	2713	7 shall consider whether the ratio accurately reflects
2714	2714	8 the staffing needed to support students living in
2715	2715	9 poverty or who have traumatic backgrounds.
2716	2716	10 (C) Changes to the Essential Elements that may be
2717	2717	11 required to better promote racial equity and eliminate
2718	2718	12 structural racism within schools.
2719	2719	13 (D) The impact of investing $350,000,000 in
2720	2720	14 additional funds each year under this Section and an
2721	2721	15 estimate of when the school system will become fully
2722	2722	16 funded under this level of appropriation.
2723	2723	17 (E) Provide an overview of alternative funding
2724	2724	18 structures that would enable the State to become fully
2725	2725	19 funded at an earlier date.
2726	2726	20 (F) The potential to increase efficiency and to
2727	2727	21 find cost savings within the school system to expedite
2728	2728	22 the journey to a fully funded system.
2729	2729	23 (G) The appropriate levels for reenrolling and
2730	2730	24 graduating high-risk high school students who have
2731	2731	25 been previously out of school. These outcomes shall
2732	2732	26 include enrollment, attendance, skill gains, credit
2733	2733
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2735	2735
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2743	2743	1 gains, graduation or promotion to the next grade
2744	2744	2 level, and the transition to college, training, or
2745	2745	3 employment, with an emphasis on progressively
2746	2746	4 increasing the overall attendance.
2747	2747	5 (H) The evidence-based or research-based practices
2748	2748	6 that are shown to reduce the gaps and disparities
2749	2749	7 experienced by African American students in academic
2750	2750	8 achievement and educational performance, including
2751	2751	9 practices that have been shown to reduce disparities
2752	2752	10 in disciplinary rates, drop-out rates, graduation
2753	2753	11 rates, college matriculation rates, and college
2754	2754	12 completion rates.
2755	2755	13 On or before December 31, 2021, the Panel shall report
2756	2756	14 to the State Board, the General Assembly, and the Governor
2757	2757	15 on the findings of its review. This paragraph (7) is
2758	2758	16 inoperative on and after July 1, 2022.
2759	2759	17 (8) On or before April 1, 2024, the Panel must submit a
2760	2760	18 report to the General Assembly on annual adjustments to
2761	2761	19 Glenwood Academy's base-funding minimum in a similar
2762	2762	20 fashion to school districts under this Section.
2763	2763	21 (j) References. Beginning July 1, 2017, references in
2764	2764	22 other laws to general State aid funds or calculations under
2765	2765	23 Section 18-8.05 of this Code (now repealed) shall be deemed to
2766	2766	24 be references to evidence-based model formula funds or
2767	2767	25 calculations under this Section.
2768	2768	26 (Source: P.A. 102-33, eff. 6-25-21; 102-197, eff. 7-30-21;
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2779	2779	1 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-699, eff. 4-19-22; 102-782, eff.
2780	2780	2 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-894, eff. 5-20-22; 103-8,
2781	2781	3 eff. 6-7-23; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 103-175, eff. 6-30-23;
2782	2782	4 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 103-780, eff. 8-2-24; 103-802, eff.
2783	2783	5 1-1-25; revised 11-26-24.)
2784	2784	6 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
2785	2785	7 Section 8.49 as follows:
2786	2786	8 (30 ILCS 805/8.49 new)
2787	2787	9 Sec. 8.49. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and
2788	2788	10 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for
2789	2789	11 the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory
2790	2790	12 Act of the 104th General Assembly.
2791	2791
2792	2792
2793	2793
2794	2794
2795	2795
2796	2796	HB1925 - 77 - LRB104 09564 LNS 19627 b