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	1	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1983 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Mary Edly-Allen SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/14A-15105 ILCS 5/14A-30105 ILCS 5/14A-35105 ILCS 5/18-8.15 Amends the School Code. Removes language providing that a local program for the education of gifted and talented children may be approved for funding by the State Board of Education if funds for that purpose are available and if the local program submits an application for funds that includes a comprehensive plan. Removes language providing that the State Board of Education staff person in charge of educational programs for gifted and talented children shall be responsible for developing an approval process for educational programs for gifted and talented children. With respect to the evidence-based funding provisions, provides that in the adequacy target calculation, each organizational unit shall receive $40 per kindergarten through grade 12 for advanced academic programs (rather than for gifted investments). Makes related changes. LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1983 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Mary Edly-Allen SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/14A-15105 ILCS 5/14A-30105 ILCS 5/14A-35105 ILCS 5/18-8.15 105 ILCS 5/14A-15 105 ILCS 5/14A-30 105 ILCS 5/14A-35 105 ILCS 5/18-8.15 Amends the School Code. Removes language providing that a local program for the education of gifted and talented children may be approved for funding by the State Board of Education if funds for that purpose are available and if the local program submits an application for funds that includes a comprehensive plan. Removes language providing that the State Board of Education staff person in charge of educational programs for gifted and talented children shall be responsible for developing an approval process for educational programs for gifted and talented children. With respect to the evidence-based funding provisions, provides that in the adequacy target calculation, each organizational unit shall receive $40 per kindergarten through grade 12 for advanced academic programs (rather than for gifted investments). Makes related changes. LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b A BILL FOR
	2	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1983 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Mary Edly-Allen SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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	8	+	Amends the School Code. Removes language providing that a local program for the education of gifted and talented children may be approved for funding by the State Board of Education if funds for that purpose are available and if the local program submits an application for funds that includes a comprehensive plan. Removes language providing that the State Board of Education staff person in charge of educational programs for gifted and talented children shall be responsible for developing an approval process for educational programs for gifted and talented children. With respect to the evidence-based funding provisions, provides that in the adequacy target calculation, each organizational unit shall receive $40 per kindergarten through grade 12 for advanced academic programs (rather than for gifted investments). Makes related changes.
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3	14		1 AN ACT concerning education.
4	15		2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5	16		3 represented in the General Assembly:
6	17		4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
7		-	5 14A-15, 14A-30, ~~and~~ 14A-35 as follows:
	18	+	5 14A-15, 14A-30, 14A-35, and 18-8.15 as follows:
8	19		6 (105 ILCS 5/14A-15)
9	20		7 Sec. 14A-15. Purpose. The purpose of this Article is to
10	21		8 provide encouragement, assistance, and guidance to school
11	22		9 districts in the development and improvement of educational
12	23		10 programs for gifted and talented children and children
13	24		11 eligible for accelerated placement as defined in Sections
14	25		12 14A-20 and 14A-17 of this Code. School districts shall
15	26		13 continue to have the authority and flexibility to design
16	27		14 education programs for gifted and talented children in
17	28		15 response to community needs, but these programs must comply
18	29		16 with the requirements established in Section 14A-30 of this
19	30		17 Code by no later than September 1, 2006 in order to merit
20	31		18 approval by the State Board of Education in order to qualify
21	32		19 for State funding for the education of gifted and talented
22	33		20 children, should such funding become available.
23	34		21 (Source: P.A. 100-421, eff. 7-1-18.)
24	35		22 (105 ILCS 5/14A-30)
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	45	+	Amends the School Code. Removes language providing that a local program for the education of gifted and talented children may be approved for funding by the State Board of Education if funds for that purpose are available and if the local program submits an application for funds that includes a comprehensive plan. Removes language providing that the State Board of Education staff person in charge of educational programs for gifted and talented children shall be responsible for developing an approval process for educational programs for gifted and talented children. With respect to the evidence-based funding provisions, provides that in the adequacy target calculation, each organizational unit shall receive $40 per kindergarten through grade 12 for advanced academic programs (rather than for gifted investments). Makes related changes.
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33	76		1 Sec. 14A-30. Local Funding of local gifted education
34	77		2 programs. A local program for the education of gifted and
35	78		3 talented children may include, but need not be limited to, be
36	79		4 approved for funding by the State Board of Education, pursuant
37	80		5 to a request for proposals process, if funds for that purpose
38	81		6 are available and, beginning with the beginning of the
39	82		7 2010-2011 academic year, if the local program submits an
40	83		8 application for funds that includes a comprehensive plan (i)
41	84		9 showing that the applicant is capable of meeting a portion of
42	85		10 the following requirements, (ii) showing the program elements
43	86		11 currently in place and a timeline for implementation of other
44	87		12 elements, and (iii) demonstrating to the satisfaction of the
45	88		13 State Board of Education that the applicant is capable of
46	89		14 implementing a program of gifted education consistent with
47	90		15 this Article:
48	91		16 (1) The use of assessment instruments, such as
49	92		17 nonverbal ability tests and tests in students' native
50	93		18 languages, and a selection process that is equitable to
51	94		19 and inclusive of underrepresented groups, including
52	95		20 low-income students, minority students, students with
53	96		21 disabilities, twice-exceptional students, and English
54	97		22 learners.
55	98		23 (2) (Blank). A priority emphasis on language arts and
56	99		24 mathematics.
57	100		25 (3) The use of multiple valid assessments that assess
58	101		26 both demonstrated achievement and potential for
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69	112		1 achievement, including cognitive ability tests and general
70	113		2 or subject specific achievement tests, applied universally
71	114		3 to all students, and appropriate for the content focus of
72	115		4 the gifted services that will be provided. School
73	116		5 districts and schools may add other local, valid
74	117		6 assessments, such as portfolios. Assessments and selection
75	118		7 processes must ensure multiple pathways into the program.
76	119		8 (4) The use of score ranges on assessments that are
77	120		9 appropriate for the school or district population,
78	121		10 including the use of local norms for achievement to
79	122		11 identify high potential students.
80	123		12 (5) A process of identification of gifted and talented
81	124		13 children that is of equal rigor in each area of aptitude
82	125		14 addressed by the program.
83	126		15 (6) The use of identification procedures that
84	127		16 appropriately correspond with the planned programs,
85	128		17 curricula, and services.
86	129		18 (7) A fair and equitable decision-making process.
87	130		19 (8) The availability of a fair and impartial appeal
88	131		20 process within the school, school district, or cooperative
89	132		21 of school districts operating a program for parents or
90	133		22 guardians whose children are aggrieved by a decision of
91	134		23 the school, school district, or cooperative of school
92	135		24 districts regarding eligibility for participation in a
93	136		25 program.
94	137		26 (9) Procedures for annually informing the community
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105	148		1 at-large, including parents, about the program and the
106	149		2 methods used for the identification of gifted and talented
107	150		3 children.
108	151		4 (10) Procedures for notifying parents or guardians of
109	152		5 a child of a decision affecting that child's participation
110	153		6 in a program.
111	154		7 (11) A description of how gifted and talented children
112	155		8 will be grouped and instructed in order to maximize the
113	156		9 educational benefits the children derive from
114	157		10 participation in the program, including curriculum
115	158		11 modifications and options that accelerate and add depth
116	159		12 and complexity to the curriculum content.
117	160		13 (12) An explanation of how the program emphasizes
118	161		14 higher-level skills attainment, including
119	162		15 problem-solving, critical thinking, creative thinking, and
120	163		16 research skills, as embedded within relevant content
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122	165		18 (13) A methodology for measuring academic growth for
123	166		19 gifted and talented children and a procedure for
124	167		20 communicating a child's progress to his or her parents or
125	168		21 guardian, including, but not limited to, a report card.
126	169		22 (14) The collection of data on growth in learning for
127	170		23 children in a program for gifted and talented children and
128	171		24 the reporting of the data to the State Board of Education.
129	172		25 (15) The designation of a supervisor responsible for
130	173		26 overseeing the educational program for gifted and talented
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142	185		2 (16) A showing that the certified teachers who are
143	186		3 assigned to teach gifted and talented children understand
144	187		4 the characteristics and educational needs of children and
145	188		5 are able to differentiate the curriculum and apply
146	189		6 instructional methods to meet the needs of the children.
147	190		7 (17) Plans for the continuation of professional
148	191		8 development for staff assigned to the program serving
149	192		9 gifted and talented children.
150	193		10 (Source: P.A. 99-706, eff. 7-29-16.)
151	194		11 (105 ILCS 5/14A-35)
152	195		12 Sec. 14A-35. Administrative functions of the State Board
153	196		13 of Education for gifted and talented children programs.
154	197		14 (a) The State Board of Education must designate a staff
155	198		15 person who shall be in charge of educational programs for
156	199		16 gifted and talented children. This staff person shall, at a
157	200		17 minimum, (i) be responsible for developing an approval process
158	201		18 for educational programs for gifted and talented children by
159	202		19 no later than September 1, 2006, (ii) receive and maintain the
160	203		20 written descriptions of all programs for gifted and talented
161	204		21 children in the State, (iii) collect and maintain the annual
162	205		22 growth in learning data submitted by a school, school
163	206		23 district, or cooperative of school districts, (iv) identify
164	207		24 potential funding sources for the education of gifted and
165	208		25 talented children, and (v) serve as the main contact person at
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176	219		1 the State Board of Education for program supervisors and other
177	220		2 school officials, parents, and other stakeholders regarding
178	221		3 the education of gifted and talented children.
179	222		4 (b) Subject to the availability of funds for these
180	223		5 purposes, the State Board of Education may perform a variety
181	224		6 of additional administrative functions with respect to the
182	225		7 education of gifted and talented children, including, but not
183	226		8 limited to, supervision, quality assurance, compliance
184	227		9 monitoring, and oversight of local programs, analysis of
185	228		10 performance outcome data submitted by local educational
186	229		11 agencies, the establishment of personnel standards, and a
187	230		12 program of personnel development for teachers and
188	231		13 administrative personnel in the education of gifted and
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	235	+	17 Sec. 18-8.15. Evidence-Based Funding for student success
	236	+	18 for the 2017-2018 and subsequent school years.
	237	+	19 (a) General provisions.
	238	+	20 (1) The purpose of this Section is to ensure that, by
	239	+	21 June 30, 2027 and beyond, this State has a kindergarten
	240	+	22 through grade 12 public education system with the capacity
	241	+	23 to ensure the educational development of all persons to
	242	+	24 the limits of their capacities in accordance with Section
	243	+	25 1 of Article X of the Constitution of the State of
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	254	+	1 Illinois. To accomplish that objective, this Section
	255	+	2 creates a method of funding public education that is
	256	+	3 evidence-based; is sufficient to ensure every student
	257	+	4 receives a meaningful opportunity to learn irrespective of
	258	+	5 race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, or
	259	+	6 community-income level; and is sustainable and
	260	+	7 predictable. When fully funded under this Section, every
	261	+	8 school shall have the resources, based on what the
	262	+	9 evidence indicates is needed, to:
	263	+	10 (A) provide all students with a high quality
	264	+	11 education that offers the academic, enrichment, social
	265	+	12 and emotional support, technical, and career-focused
	266	+	13 programs that will allow them to become competitive
	267	+	14 workers, responsible parents, productive citizens of
	268	+	15 this State, and active members of our national
	269	+	16 democracy;
	270	+	17 (B) ensure all students receive the education they
	271	+	18 need to graduate from high school with the skills
	272	+	19 required to pursue post-secondary education and
	273	+	20 training for a rewarding career;
	274	+	21 (C) reduce, with a goal of eliminating, the
	275	+	22 achievement gap between at-risk and non-at-risk
	276	+	23 students by raising the performance of at-risk
	277	+	24 students and not by reducing standards; and
	278	+	25 (D) ensure this State satisfies its obligation to
	279	+	26 assume the primary responsibility to fund public
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	290	+	1 education and simultaneously relieve the
	291	+	2 disproportionate burden placed on local property taxes
	292	+	3 to fund schools.
	293	+	4 (2) The Evidence-Based Funding formula under this
	294	+	5 Section shall be applied to all Organizational Units in
	295	+	6 this State. The Evidence-Based Funding formula outlined in
	296	+	7 this Act is based on the formula outlined in Senate Bill 1
	297	+	8 of the 100th General Assembly, as passed by both
	298	+	9 legislative chambers. As further defined and described in
	299	+	10 this Section, there are 4 major components of the
	300	+	11 Evidence-Based Funding model:
	301	+	12 (A) First, the model calculates a unique Adequacy
	302	+	13 Target for each Organizational Unit in this State that
	303	+	14 considers the costs to implement research-based
	304	+	15 activities, the unit's student demographics, and
	305	+	16 regional wage differences.
	306	+	17 (B) Second, the model calculates each
	307	+	18 Organizational Unit's Local Capacity, or the amount
	308	+	19 each Organizational Unit is assumed to contribute
	309	+	20 toward its Adequacy Target from local resources.
	310	+	21 (C) Third, the model calculates how much funding
	311	+	22 the State currently contributes to the Organizational
	312	+	23 Unit and adds that to the unit's Local Capacity to
	313	+	24 determine the unit's overall current adequacy of
	314	+	25 funding.
	315	+	26 (D) Finally, the model's distribution method
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	326	+	1 allocates new State funding to those Organizational
	327	+	2 Units that are least well-funded, considering both
	328	+	3 Local Capacity and State funding, in relation to their
	329	+	4 Adequacy Target.
	330	+	5 (3) An Organizational Unit receiving any funding under
	331	+	6 this Section may apply those funds to any fund so received
	332	+	7 for which that Organizational Unit is authorized to make
	333	+	8 expenditures by law.
	334	+	9 (4) As used in this Section, the following terms shall
	335	+	10 have the meanings ascribed in this paragraph (4):
	336	+	11 "Adequacy Target" is defined in paragraph (1) of
	337	+	12 subsection (b) of this Section.
	338	+	13 "Adjusted EAV" is defined in paragraph (4) of
	339	+	14 subsection (d) of this Section.
	340	+	15 "Adjusted Local Capacity Target" is defined in
	341	+	16 paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of this Section.
	342	+	17 "Adjusted Operating Tax Rate" means a tax rate for all
	343	+	18 Organizational Units, for which the State Superintendent
	344	+	19 shall calculate and subtract for the Operating Tax Rate a
	345	+	20 transportation rate based on total expenses for
	346	+	21 transportation services under this Code, as reported on
	347	+	22 the most recent Annual Financial Report in Pupil
	348	+	23 Transportation Services, function 2550 in both the
	349	+	24 Education and Transportation funds and functions 4110 and
	350	+	25 4120 in the Transportation fund, less any corresponding
	351	+	26 fiscal year State of Illinois scheduled payments excluding
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	363	+	2 or special education transportation reimbursement pursuant
	364	+	3 to Section 29-5 or subsection (b) of Section 14-13.01 of
	365	+	4 this Code divided by the Adjusted EAV. If an
	366	+	5 Organizational Unit's corresponding fiscal year State of
	367	+	6 Illinois scheduled payments excluding net adjustments for
	368	+	7 prior years for regular, vocational, or special education
	369	+	8 transportation reimbursement pursuant to Section 29-5 or
	370	+	9 subsection (b) of Section 14-13.01 of this Code exceed the
	371	+	10 total transportation expenses, as defined in this
	372	+	11 paragraph, no transportation rate shall be subtracted from
	373	+	12 the Operating Tax Rate.
	374	+	13 "Allocation Rate" is defined in paragraph (3) of
	375	+	14 subsection (g) of this Section.
	376	+	15 "Alternative School" means a public school that is
	377	+	16 created and operated by a regional superintendent of
	378	+	17 schools and approved by the State Board.
	379	+	18 "Applicable Tax Rate" is defined in paragraph (1) of
	380	+	19 subsection (d) of this Section.
	381	+	20 "Assessment" means any of those benchmark, progress
	382	+	21 monitoring, formative, diagnostic, and other assessments,
	383	+	22 in addition to the State accountability assessment, that
	384	+	23 assist teachers' needs in understanding the skills and
	385	+	24 meeting the needs of the students they serve.
	386	+	25 "Assistant principal" means a school administrator
	387	+	26 duly endorsed to be employed as an assistant principal in
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	399	+	2 "At-risk student" means a student who is at risk of
	400	+	3 not meeting the Illinois Learning Standards or not
	401	+	4 graduating from elementary or high school and who
	402	+	5 demonstrates a need for vocational support or social
	403	+	6 services beyond that provided by the regular school
	404	+	7 program. All students included in an Organizational Unit's
	405	+	8 Low-Income Count, as well as all English learner and
	406	+	9 disabled students attending the Organizational Unit, shall
	407	+	10 be considered at-risk students under this Section.
	408	+	11 "Average Student Enrollment" or "ASE" for fiscal year
	409	+	12 2018 means, for an Organizational Unit, the greater of the
	410	+	13 average number of students (grades K through 12) reported
	411	+	14 to the State Board as enrolled in the Organizational Unit
	412	+	15 on October 1 in the immediately preceding school year,
	413	+	16 plus the pre-kindergarten students who receive special
	414	+	17 education services of 2 or more hours a day as reported to
	415	+	18 the State Board on December 1 in the immediately preceding
	416	+	19 school year, or the average number of students (grades K
	417	+	20 through 12) reported to the State Board as enrolled in the
	418	+	21 Organizational Unit on October 1, plus the
	419	+	22 pre-kindergarten students who receive special education
	420	+	23 services of 2 or more hours a day as reported to the State
	421	+	24 Board on December 1, for each of the immediately preceding
	422	+	25 3 school years. For fiscal year 2019 and each subsequent
	423	+	26 fiscal year, "Average Student Enrollment" or "ASE" means,
	424	+
	425	+
	426	+
	427	+
	428	+
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	430	+
	431	+
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	434	+	1 for an Organizational Unit, the greater of the average
	435	+	2 number of students (grades K through 12) reported to the
	436	+	3 State Board as enrolled in the Organizational Unit on
	437	+	4 October 1 and March 1 in the immediately preceding school
	438	+	5 year, plus the pre-kindergarten students who receive
	439	+	6 special education services as reported to the State Board
	440	+	7 on October 1 and March 1 in the immediately preceding
	441	+	8 school year, or the average number of students (grades K
	442	+	9 through 12) reported to the State Board as enrolled in the
	443	+	10 Organizational Unit on October 1 and March 1, plus the
	444	+	11 pre-kindergarten students who receive special education
	445	+	12 services as reported to the State Board on October 1 and
	446	+	13 March 1, for each of the immediately preceding 3 school
	447	+	14 years. For the purposes of this definition, "enrolled in
	448	+	15 the Organizational Unit" means the number of students
	449	+	16 reported to the State Board who are enrolled in schools
	450	+	17 within the Organizational Unit that the student attends or
	451	+	18 would attend if not placed or transferred to another
	452	+	19 school or program to receive needed services. For the
	453	+	20 purposes of calculating "ASE", all students, grades K
	454	+	21 through 12, excluding those attending kindergarten for a
	455	+	22 half day and students attending an alternative education
	456	+	23 program operated by a regional office of education or
	457	+	24 intermediate service center, shall be counted as 1.0. All
	458	+	25 students attending kindergarten for a half day shall be
	459	+	26 counted as 0.5, unless in 2017 by June 15 or by March 1 in
	460	+
	461	+
	462	+
	463	+
	464	+
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	466	+
	467	+
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	470	+	1 subsequent years, the school district reports to the State
	471	+	2 Board of Education the intent to implement full-day
	472	+	3 kindergarten district-wide for all students, then all
	473	+	4 students attending kindergarten shall be counted as 1.0.
	474	+	5 Special education pre-kindergarten students shall be
	475	+	6 counted as 0.5 each. If the State Board does not collect or
	476	+	7 has not collected both an October 1 and March 1 enrollment
	477	+	8 count by grade or a December 1 collection of special
	478	+	9 education pre-kindergarten students as of August 31, 2017
	479	+	10 (the effective date of Public Act 100-465), it shall
	480	+	11 establish such collection for all future years. For any
	481	+	12 year in which a count by grade level was collected only
	482	+	13 once, that count shall be used as the single count
	483	+	14 available for computing a 3-year average ASE. Funding for
	484	+	15 programs operated by a regional office of education or an
	485	+	16 intermediate service center must be calculated using the
	486	+	17 Evidence-Based Funding formula under this Section for the
	487	+	18 2019-2020 school year and each subsequent school year
	488	+	19 until separate adequacy formulas are developed and adopted
	489	+	20 for each type of program. ASE for a program operated by a
	490	+	21 regional office of education or an intermediate service
	491	+	22 center must be determined by the March 1 enrollment for
	492	+	23 the program. For the 2019-2020 school year, the ASE used
	493	+	24 in the calculation must be the first-year ASE and, in that
	494	+	25 year only, the assignment of students served by a regional
	495	+	26 office of education or intermediate service center shall
	496	+
	497	+
	498	+
	499	+
	500	+
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	502	+
	503	+
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	506	+	1 not result in a reduction of the March enrollment for any
	507	+	2 school district. For the 2020-2021 school year, the ASE
	508	+	3 must be the greater of the current-year ASE or the 2-year
	509	+	4 average ASE. Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, the
	510	+	5 ASE must be the greater of the current-year ASE or the
	511	+	6 3-year average ASE. School districts shall submit the data
	512	+	7 for the ASE calculation to the State Board within 45 days
	513	+	8 of the dates required in this Section for submission of
	514	+	9 enrollment data in order for it to be included in the ASE
	515	+	10 calculation. For fiscal year 2018 only, the ASE
	516	+	11 calculation shall include only enrollment taken on October
	517	+	12 1. In recognition of the impact of COVID-19, the
	518	+	13 definition of "Average Student Enrollment" or "ASE" shall
	519	+	14 be adjusted for calculations under this Section for fiscal
	520	+	15 years 2022 through 2024. For fiscal years 2022 through
	521	+	16 2024, the enrollment used in the calculation of ASE
	522	+	17 representing the 2020-2021 school year shall be the
	523	+	18 greater of the enrollment for the 2020-2021 school year or
	524	+	19 the 2019-2020 school year.
	525	+	20 "Base Funding Guarantee" is defined in paragraph (10)
	526	+	21 of subsection (g) of this Section.
	527	+	22 "Base Funding Minimum" is defined in subsection (e) of
	528	+	23 this Section.
	529	+	24 "Base Tax Year" means the property tax levy year used
	530	+	25 to calculate the Budget Year allocation of primary State
	531	+	26 aid.
	532	+
	533	+
	534	+
	535	+
	536	+
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	538	+
	539	+
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	542	+	1 "Base Tax Year's Extension" means the product of the
	543	+	2 equalized assessed valuation utilized by the county clerk
	544	+	3 in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting rate as
	545	+	4 calculated by the county clerk and defined in PTELL.
	546	+	5 "Bilingual Education Allocation" means the amount of
	547	+	6 an Organizational Unit's final Adequacy Target
	548	+	7 attributable to bilingual education divided by the
	549	+	8 Organizational Unit's final Adequacy Target, the product
	550	+	9 of which shall be multiplied by the amount of new funding
	551	+	10 received pursuant to this Section. An Organizational
	552	+	11 Unit's final Adequacy Target attributable to bilingual
	553	+	12 education shall include all additional investments in
	554	+	13 English learner students' adequacy elements.
	555	+	14 "Budget Year" means the school year for which primary
	556	+	15 State aid is calculated and awarded under this Section.
	557	+	16 "Central office" means individual administrators and
	558	+	17 support service personnel charged with managing the
	559	+	18 instructional programs, business and operations, and
	560	+	19 security of the Organizational Unit.
	561	+	20 "Comparable Wage Index" or "CWI" means a regional cost
	562	+	21 differentiation metric that measures systemic, regional
	563	+	22 variations in the salaries of college graduates who are
	564	+	23 not educators. The CWI utilized for this Section shall,
	565	+	24 for the first 3 years of Evidence-Based Funding
	566	+	25 implementation, be the CWI initially developed by the
	567	+	26 National Center for Education Statistics, as most recently
	568	+
	569	+
	570	+
	571	+
	572	+
	573	+	SB1983 - 15 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	574	+
	575	+
	576	+	SB1983- 16 -LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b SB1983 - 16 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	577	+	SB1983 - 16 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	578	+	1 updated by Texas A & M University. In the fourth and
	579	+	2 subsequent years of Evidence-Based Funding implementation,
	580	+	3 the State Superintendent shall re-determine the CWI using
	581	+	4 a similar methodology to that identified in the Texas A & M
	582	+	5 University study, with adjustments made no less frequently
	583	+	6 than once every 5 years.
	584	+	7 "Computer technology and equipment" means computers
	585	+	8 servers, notebooks, network equipment, copiers, printers,
	586	+	9 instructional software, security software, curriculum
	587	+	10 management courseware, and other similar materials and
	588	+	11 equipment.
	589	+	12 "Computer technology and equipment investment
	590	+	13 allocation" means the final Adequacy Target amount of an
	591	+	14 Organizational Unit assigned to Tier 1 or Tier 2 in the
	592	+	15 prior school year attributable to the additional $285.50
	593	+	16 per student computer technology and equipment investment
	594	+	17 grant divided by the Organizational Unit's final Adequacy
	595	+	18 Target, the result of which shall be multiplied by the
	596	+	19 amount of new funding received pursuant to this Section.
	597	+	20 An Organizational Unit assigned to a Tier 1 or Tier 2 final
	598	+	21 Adequacy Target attributable to the received computer
	599	+	22 technology and equipment investment grant shall include
	600	+	23 all additional investments in computer technology and
	601	+	24 equipment adequacy elements.
	602	+	25 "Core subject" means mathematics; science; reading,
	603	+	26 English, writing, and language arts; history and social
	604	+
	605	+
	606	+
	607	+
	608	+
	609	+	SB1983 - 16 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	610	+
	611	+
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	614	+	1 studies; world languages; and subjects taught as Advanced
	615	+	2 Placement in high schools.
	616	+	3 "Core teacher" means a regular classroom teacher in
	617	+	4 elementary schools and teachers of a core subject in
	618	+	5 middle and high schools.
	619	+	6 "Core Intervention teacher (tutor)" means a licensed
	620	+	7 teacher providing one-on-one or small group tutoring to
	621	+	8 students struggling to meet proficiency in core subjects.
	622	+	9 "CPPRT" means corporate personal property replacement
	623	+	10 tax funds paid to an Organizational Unit during the
	624	+	11 calendar year one year before the calendar year in which a
	625	+	12 school year begins, pursuant to "An Act in relation to the
	626	+	13 abolition of ad valorem personal property tax and the
	627	+	14 replacement of revenues lost thereby, and amending and
	628	+	15 repealing certain Acts and parts of Acts in connection
	629	+	16 therewith", certified August 14, 1979, as amended (Public
	630	+	17 Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
	631	+	18 "EAV" means equalized assessed valuation as defined in
	632	+	19 paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of this Section and
	633	+	20 calculated in accordance with paragraph (3) of subsection
	634	+	21 (d) of this Section.
	635	+	22 "ECI" means the Bureau of Labor Statistics' national
	636	+	23 employment cost index for civilian workers in educational
	637	+	24 services in elementary and secondary schools on a
	638	+	25 cumulative basis for the 12-month calendar year preceding
	639	+	26 the fiscal year of the Evidence-Based Funding calculation.
	640	+
	641	+
	642	+
	643	+
	644	+
	645	+	SB1983 - 17 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	646	+
	647	+
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	649	+	SB1983 - 18 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	650	+	1 "EIS Data" means the employment information system
	651	+	2 data maintained by the State Board on educators within
	652	+	3 Organizational Units.
	653	+	4 "Employee benefits" means health, dental, and vision
	654	+	5 insurance offered to employees of an Organizational Unit,
	655	+	6 the costs associated with the statutorily required payment
	656	+	7 of the normal cost of the Organizational Unit's teacher
	657	+	8 pensions, Social Security employer contributions, and
	658	+	9 Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund employer contributions.
	659	+	10 "English learner" or "EL" means a child included in
	660	+	11 the definition of "English learners" under Section 14C-2
	661	+	12 of this Code participating in a program of transitional
	662	+	13 bilingual education or a transitional program of
	663	+	14 instruction meeting the requirements and program
	664	+	15 application procedures of Article 14C of this Code. For
	665	+	16 the purposes of collecting the number of EL students
	666	+	17 enrolled, the same collection and calculation methodology
	667	+	18 as defined above for "ASE" shall apply to English
	668	+	19 learners, with the exception that EL student enrollment
	669	+	20 shall include students in grades pre-kindergarten through
	670	+	21 12.
	671	+	22 "Essential Elements" means those elements, resources,
	672	+	23 and educational programs that have been identified through
	673	+	24 academic research as necessary to improve student success,
	674	+	25 improve academic performance, close achievement gaps, and
	675	+	26 provide for other per student costs related to the
	676	+
	677	+
	678	+
	679	+
	680	+
	681	+	SB1983 - 18 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	682	+
	683	+
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	685	+	SB1983 - 19 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	686	+	1 delivery and leadership of the Organizational Unit, as
	687	+	2 well as the maintenance and operations of the unit, and
	688	+	3 which are specified in paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of
	689	+	4 this Section.
	690	+	5 "Evidence-Based Funding" means State funding provided
	691	+	6 to an Organizational Unit pursuant to this Section.
	692	+	7 "Extended day" means academic and enrichment programs
	693	+	8 provided to students outside the regular school day before
	694	+	9 and after school or during non-instructional times during
	695	+	10 the school day.
	696	+	11 "Extension Limitation Ratio" means a numerical ratio
	697	+	12 in which the numerator is the Base Tax Year's Extension
	698	+	13 and the denominator is the Preceding Tax Year's Extension.
	699	+	14 "Final Percent of Adequacy" is defined in paragraph
	700	+	15 (4) of subsection (f) of this Section.
	701	+	16 "Final Resources" is defined in paragraph (3) of
	702	+	17 subsection (f) of this Section.
	703	+	18 "Full-time equivalent" or "FTE" means the full-time
	704	+	19 equivalency compensation for staffing the relevant
	705	+	20 position at an Organizational Unit.
	706	+	21 "Funding Gap" is defined in paragraph (1) of
	707	+	22 subsection (g).
	708	+	23 "Hybrid District" means a partial elementary unit
	709	+	24 district created pursuant to Article 11E of this Code.
	710	+	25 "Instructional assistant" means a core or special
	711	+	26 education, non-licensed employee who assists a teacher in
	712	+
	713	+
	714	+
	715	+
	716	+
	717	+	SB1983 - 19 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	718	+
	719	+
	720	+	SB1983- 20 -LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b SB1983 - 20 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	721	+	SB1983 - 20 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	722	+	1 the classroom and provides academic support to students.
	723	+	2 "Instructional facilitator" means a qualified teacher
	724	+	3 or licensed teacher leader who facilitates and coaches
	725	+	4 continuous improvement in classroom instruction; provides
	726	+	5 instructional support to teachers in the elements of
	727	+	6 research-based instruction or demonstrates the alignment
	728	+	7 of instruction with curriculum standards and assessment
	729	+	8 tools; develops or coordinates instructional programs or
	730	+	9 strategies; develops and implements training; chooses
	731	+	10 standards-based instructional materials; provides
	732	+	11 teachers with an understanding of current research; serves
	733	+	12 as a mentor, site coach, curriculum specialist, or lead
	734	+	13 teacher; or otherwise works with fellow teachers, in
	735	+	14 collaboration, to use data to improve instructional
	736	+	15 practice or develop model lessons.
	737	+	16 "Instructional materials" means relevant
	738	+	17 instructional materials for student instruction,
	739	+	18 including, but not limited to, textbooks, consumable
	740	+	19 workbooks, laboratory equipment, library books, and other
	741	+	20 similar materials.
	742	+	21 "Laboratory School" means a public school that is
	743	+	22 created and operated by a public university and approved
	744	+	23 by the State Board.
	745	+	24 "Librarian" means a teacher with an endorsement as a
	746	+	25 library information specialist or another individual whose
	747	+	26 primary responsibility is overseeing library resources
	748	+
	749	+
	750	+
	751	+
	752	+
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	754	+
	755	+
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	758	+	1 within an Organizational Unit.
	759	+	2 "Limiting rate for Hybrid Districts" means the
	760	+	3 combined elementary school and high school limiting rates.
	761	+	4 "Local Capacity" is defined in paragraph (1) of
	762	+	5 subsection (c) of this Section.
	763	+	6 "Local Capacity Percentage" is defined in subparagraph
	764	+	7 (A) of paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of this Section.
	765	+	8 "Local Capacity Ratio" is defined in subparagraph (B)
	766	+	9 of paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of this Section.
	767	+	10 "Local Capacity Target" is defined in paragraph (2) of
	768	+	11 subsection (c) of this Section.
	769	+	12 "Low-Income Count" means, for an Organizational Unit
	770	+	13 in a fiscal year, the higher of the average number of
	771	+	14 students for the prior school year or the immediately
	772	+	15 preceding 3 school years who, as of July 1 of the
	773	+	16 immediately preceding fiscal year (as determined by the
	774	+	17 Department of Human Services), are eligible for at least
	775	+	18 one of the following low-income programs: Medicaid, the
	776	+	19 Children's Health Insurance Program, Temporary Assistance
	777	+	20 for Needy Families (TANF), or the Supplemental Nutrition
	778	+	21 Assistance Program, excluding pupils who are eligible for
	779	+	22 services provided by the Department of Children and Family
	780	+	23 Services. Until such time that grade level low-income
	781	+	24 populations become available, grade level low-income
	782	+	25 populations shall be determined by applying the low-income
	783	+	26 percentage to total student enrollments by grade level.
	784	+
	785	+
	786	+
	787	+
	788	+
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	790	+
	791	+
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	794	+	1 The low-income percentage is determined by dividing the
	795	+	2 Low-Income Count by the Average Student Enrollment. The
	796	+	3 low-income percentage for a regional office of education
	797	+	4 or an intermediate service center operating one or more
	798	+	5 alternative education programs must be set to the weighted
	799	+	6 average of the low-income percentages of all of the school
	800	+	7 districts in the service region. The weighted low-income
	801	+	8 percentage is the result of multiplying the low-income
	802	+	9 percentage of each school district served by the regional
	803	+	10 office of education or intermediate service center by each
	804	+	11 school district's Average Student Enrollment, summarizing
	805	+	12 those products and dividing the total by the total Average
	806	+	13 Student Enrollment for the service region.
	807	+	14 "Maintenance and operations" means custodial services,
	808	+	15 facility and ground maintenance, facility operations,
	809	+	16 facility security, routine facility repairs, and other
	810	+	17 similar services and functions.
	811	+	18 "Minimum Funding Level" is defined in paragraph (9) of
	812	+	19 subsection (g) of this Section.
	813	+	20 "New Property Tax Relief Pool Funds" means, for any
	814	+	21 given fiscal year, all State funds appropriated under
	815	+	22 Section 2-3.170 of this Code.
	816	+	23 "New State Funds" means, for a given school year, all
	817	+	24 State funds appropriated for Evidence-Based Funding in
	818	+	25 excess of the amount needed to fund the Base Funding
	819	+	26 Minimum for all Organizational Units in that school year.
	820	+
	821	+
	822	+
	823	+
	824	+
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	826	+
	827	+
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	830	+	1 "Nurse" means an individual licensed as a certified
	831	+	2 school nurse, in accordance with the rules established for
	832	+	3 nursing services by the State Board, who is an employee of
	833	+	4 and is available to provide health care-related services
	834	+	5 for students of an Organizational Unit.
	835	+	6 "Operating Tax Rate" means the rate utilized in the
	836	+	7 previous year to extend property taxes for all purposes,
	837	+	8 except Bond and Interest, Summer School, Rent, Capital
	838	+	9 Improvement, and Vocational Education Building purposes.
	839	+	10 For Hybrid Districts, the Operating Tax Rate shall be the
	840	+	11 combined elementary and high school rates utilized in the
	841	+	12 previous year to extend property taxes for all purposes,
	842	+	13 except Bond and Interest, Summer School, Rent, Capital
	843	+	14 Improvement, and Vocational Education Building purposes.
	844	+	15 "Organizational Unit" means a Laboratory School or any
	845	+	16 public school district that is recognized as such by the
	846	+	17 State Board and that contains elementary schools typically
	847	+	18 serving kindergarten through 5th grades, middle schools
	848	+	19 typically serving 6th through 8th grades, high schools
	849	+	20 typically serving 9th through 12th grades, a program
	850	+	21 established under Section 2-3.66 or 2-3.41, or a program
	851	+	22 operated by a regional office of education or an
	852	+	23 intermediate service center under Article 13A or 13B. The
	853	+	24 General Assembly acknowledges that the actual grade levels
	854	+	25 served by a particular Organizational Unit may vary
	855	+	26 slightly from what is typical.
	856	+
	857	+
	858	+
	859	+
	860	+
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	862	+
	863	+
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	865	+	SB1983 - 24 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	866	+	1 "Organizational Unit CWI" is determined by calculating
	867	+	2 the CWI in the region and original county in which an
	868	+	3 Organizational Unit's primary administrative office is
	869	+	4 located as set forth in this paragraph, provided that if
	870	+	5 the Organizational Unit CWI as calculated in accordance
	871	+	6 with this paragraph is less than 0.9, the Organizational
	872	+	7 Unit CWI shall be increased to 0.9. Each county's current
	873	+	8 CWI value shall be adjusted based on the CWI value of that
	874	+	9 county's neighboring Illinois counties, to create a
	875	+	10 "weighted adjusted index value". This shall be calculated
	876	+	11 by summing the CWI values of all of a county's adjacent
	877	+	12 Illinois counties and dividing by the number of adjacent
	878	+	13 Illinois counties, then taking the weighted value of the
	879	+	14 original county's CWI value and the adjacent Illinois
	880	+	15 county average. To calculate this weighted value, if the
	881	+	16 number of adjacent Illinois counties is greater than 2,
	882	+	17 the original county's CWI value will be weighted at 0.25
	883	+	18 and the adjacent Illinois county average will be weighted
	884	+	19 at 0.75. If the number of adjacent Illinois counties is 2,
	885	+	20 the original county's CWI value will be weighted at 0.33
	886	+	21 and the adjacent Illinois county average will be weighted
	887	+	22 at 0.66. The greater of the county's current CWI value and
	888	+	23 its weighted adjusted index value shall be used as the
	889	+	24 Organizational Unit CWI.
	890	+	25 "Preceding Tax Year" means the property tax levy year
	891	+	26 immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
	892	+
	893	+
	894	+
	895	+
	896	+
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	898	+
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	902	+	1 "Preceding Tax Year's Extension" means the product of
	903	+	2 the equalized assessed valuation utilized by the county
	904	+	3 clerk in the Preceding Tax Year multiplied by the
	905	+	4 Operating Tax Rate.
	906	+	5 "Preliminary Percent of Adequacy" is defined in
	907	+	6 paragraph (2) of subsection (f) of this Section.
	908	+	7 "Preliminary Resources" is defined in paragraph (2) of
	909	+	8 subsection (f) of this Section.
	910	+	9 "Principal" means a school administrator duly endorsed
	911	+	10 to be employed as a principal in this State.
	912	+	11 "Professional development" means training programs for
	913	+	12 licensed staff in schools, including, but not limited to,
	914	+	13 programs that assist in implementing new curriculum
	915	+	14 programs, provide data focused or academic assessment data
	916	+	15 training to help staff identify a student's weaknesses and
	917	+	16 strengths, target interventions, improve instruction,
	918	+	17 encompass instructional strategies for English learner,
	919	+	18 gifted, or at-risk students, address inclusivity, cultural
	920	+	19 sensitivity, or implicit bias, or otherwise provide
	921	+	20 professional support for licensed staff.
	922	+	21 "Prototypical" means 450 special education
	923	+	22 pre-kindergarten and kindergarten through grade 5 students
	924	+	23 for an elementary school, 450 grade 6 through 8 students
	925	+	24 for a middle school, and 600 grade 9 through 12 students
	926	+	25 for a high school.
	927	+	26 "PTELL" means the Property Tax Extension Limitation
	928	+
	929	+
	930	+
	931	+
	932	+
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	934	+
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	938	+	1 Law.
	939	+	2 "PTELL EAV" is defined in paragraph (4) of subsection
	940	+	3 (d) of this Section.
	941	+	4 "Pupil support staff" means a nurse, psychologist,
	942	+	5 social worker, family liaison personnel, or other staff
	943	+	6 member who provides support to at-risk or struggling
	944	+	7 students.
	945	+	8 "Real Receipts" is defined in paragraph (1) of
	946	+	9 subsection (d) of this Section.
	947	+	10 "Regionalization Factor" means, for a particular
	948	+	11 Organizational Unit, the figure derived by dividing the
	949	+	12 Organizational Unit CWI by the Statewide Weighted CWI.
	950	+	13 "School counselor" means a licensed school counselor
	951	+	14 who provides guidance and counseling support for students
	952	+	15 within an Organizational Unit.
	953	+	16 "School site staff" means the primary school secretary
	954	+	17 and any additional clerical personnel assigned to a
	955	+	18 school.
	956	+	19 "Special education" means special educational
	957	+	20 facilities and services, as defined in Section 14-1.08 of
	958	+	21 this Code.
	959	+	22 "Special Education Allocation" means the amount of an
	960	+	23 Organizational Unit's final Adequacy Target attributable
	961	+	24 to special education divided by the Organizational Unit's
	962	+	25 final Adequacy Target, the product of which shall be
	963	+	26 multiplied by the amount of new funding received pursuant
	964	+
	965	+
	966	+
	967	+
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	970	+
	971	+
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	973	+	SB1983 - 27 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	974	+	1 to this Section. An Organizational Unit's final Adequacy
	975	+	2 Target attributable to special education shall include all
	976	+	3 special education investment adequacy elements.
	977	+	4 "Specialist teacher" means a teacher who provides
	978	+	5 instruction in subject areas not included in core
	979	+	6 subjects, including, but not limited to, art, music,
	980	+	7 physical education, health, driver education,
	981	+	8 career-technical education, and such other subject areas
	982	+	9 as may be mandated by State law or provided by an
	983	+	10 Organizational Unit.
	984	+	11 "Specially Funded Unit" means an Alternative School,
	985	+	12 safe school, Department of Juvenile Justice school,
	986	+	13 special education cooperative or entity recognized by the
	987	+	14 State Board as a special education cooperative,
	988	+	15 State-approved charter school, or alternative learning
	989	+	16 opportunities program that received direct funding from
	990	+	17 the State Board during the 2016-2017 school year through
	991	+	18 any of the funding sources included within the calculation
	992	+	19 of the Base Funding Minimum or Glenwood Academy.
	993	+	20 "Supplemental Grant Funding" means supplemental
	994	+	21 general State aid funding received by an Organizational
	995	+	22 Unit during the 2016-2017 school year pursuant to
	996	+	23 subsection (H) of Section 18-8.05 of this Code (now
	997	+	24 repealed).
	998	+	25 "State Adequacy Level" is the sum of the Adequacy
	999	+	26 Targets of all Organizational Units.
	1000	+
	1001	+
	1002	+
	1003	+
	1004	+
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	1006	+
	1007	+
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	1010	+	1 "State Board" means the State Board of Education.
	1011	+	2 "State Superintendent" means the State Superintendent
	1012	+	3 of Education.
	1013	+	4 "Statewide Weighted CWI" means a figure determined by
	1014	+	5 multiplying each Organizational Unit CWI times the ASE for
	1015	+	6 that Organizational Unit creating a weighted value,
	1016	+	7 summing all Organizational Units' weighted values, and
	1017	+	8 dividing by the total ASE of all Organizational Units,
	1018	+	9 thereby creating an average weighted index.
	1019	+	10 "Student activities" means non-credit producing
	1020	+	11 after-school programs, including, but not limited to,
	1021	+	12 clubs, bands, sports, and other activities authorized by
	1022	+	13 the school board of the Organizational Unit.
	1023	+	14 "Substitute teacher" means an individual teacher or
	1024	+	15 teaching assistant who is employed by an Organizational
	1025	+	16 Unit and is temporarily serving the Organizational Unit on
	1026	+	17 a per diem or per period-assignment basis to replace
	1027	+	18 another staff member.
	1028	+	19 "Summer school" means academic and enrichment programs
	1029	+	20 provided to students during the summer months outside of
	1030	+	21 the regular school year.
	1031	+	22 "Supervisory aide" means a non-licensed staff member
	1032	+	23 who helps in supervising students of an Organizational
	1033	+	24 Unit, but does so outside of the classroom, in situations
	1034	+	25 such as, but not limited to, monitoring hallways and
	1035	+	26 playgrounds, supervising lunchrooms, or supervising
	1036	+
	1037	+
	1038	+
	1039	+
	1040	+
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	1042	+
	1043	+
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	1046	+	1 students when being transported in buses serving the
	1047	+	2 Organizational Unit.
	1048	+	3 "Target Ratio" is defined in paragraph (4) of
	1049	+	4 subsection (g).
	1050	+	5 "Tier 1", "Tier 2", "Tier 3", and "Tier 4" are defined
	1051	+	6 in paragraph (3) of subsection (g).
	1052	+	7 "Tier 1 Aggregate Funding", "Tier 2 Aggregate
	1053	+	8 Funding", "Tier 3 Aggregate Funding", and "Tier 4
	1054	+	9 Aggregate Funding" are defined in paragraph (1) of
	1055	+	10 subsection (g).
	1056	+	11 (b) Adequacy Target calculation.
	1057	+	12 (1) Each Organizational Unit's Adequacy Target is the
	1058	+	13 sum of the Organizational Unit's cost of providing
	1059	+	14 Essential Elements, as calculated in accordance with this
	1060	+	15 subsection (b), with the salary amounts in the Essential
	1061	+	16 Elements multiplied by a Regionalization Factor calculated
	1062	+	17 pursuant to paragraph (3) of this subsection (b).
	1063	+	18 (2) The Essential Elements are attributable on a pro
	1064	+	19 rata basis related to defined subgroups of the ASE of each
	1065	+	20 Organizational Unit as specified in this paragraph (2),
	1066	+	21 with investments and FTE positions pro rata funded based
	1067	+	22 on ASE counts in excess of or less than the thresholds set
	1068	+	23 forth in this paragraph (2). The method for calculating
	1069	+	24 attributable pro rata costs and the defined subgroups
	1070	+	25 thereto are as follows:
	1071	+	26 (A) Core class size investments. Each
	1072	+
	1073	+
	1074	+
	1075	+
	1076	+
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	1078	+
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	1082	+	1 Organizational Unit shall receive the funding required
	1083	+	2 to support that number of FTE core teacher positions
	1084	+	3 as is needed to keep the respective class sizes of the
	1085	+	4 Organizational Unit to the following maximum numbers:
	1086	+	5 (i) For grades kindergarten through 3, the
	1087	+	6 Organizational Unit shall receive funding required
	1088	+	7 to support one FTE core teacher position for every
	1089	+	8 15 Low-Income Count students in those grades and
	1090	+	9 one FTE core teacher position for every 20
	1091	+	10 non-Low-Income Count students in those grades.
	1092	+	11 (ii) For grades 4 through 12, the
	1093	+	12 Organizational Unit shall receive funding required
	1094	+	13 to support one FTE core teacher position for every
	1095	+	14 20 Low-Income Count students in those grades and
	1096	+	15 one FTE core teacher position for every 25
	1097	+	16 non-Low-Income Count students in those grades.
	1098	+	17 The number of non-Low-Income Count students in a
	1099	+	18 grade shall be determined by subtracting the
	1100	+	19 Low-Income students in that grade from the ASE of the
	1101	+	20 Organizational Unit for that grade.
	1102	+	21 (B) Specialist teacher investments. Each
	1103	+	22 Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed
	1104	+	23 to cover that number of FTE specialist teacher
	1105	+	24 positions that correspond to the following
	1106	+	25 percentages:
	1107	+	26 (i) if the Organizational Unit operates an
	1108	+
	1109	+
	1110	+
	1111	+
	1112	+
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	1114	+
	1115	+
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	1118	+	1 elementary or middle school, then 20.00% of the
	1119	+	2 number of the Organizational Unit's core teachers,
	1120	+	3 as determined under subparagraph (A) of this
	1121	+	4 paragraph (2); and
	1122	+	5 (ii) if such Organizational Unit operates a
	1123	+	6 high school, then 33.33% of the number of the
	1124	+	7 Organizational Unit's core teachers.
	1125	+	8 (C) Instructional facilitator investments. Each
	1126	+	9 Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed
	1127	+	10 to cover one FTE instructional facilitator position
	1128	+	11 for every 200 combined ASE of pre-kindergarten
	1129	+	12 children with disabilities and all kindergarten
	1130	+	13 through grade 12 students of the Organizational Unit.
	1131	+	14 (D) Core intervention teacher (tutor) investments.
	1132	+	15 Each Organizational Unit shall receive the funding
	1133	+	16 needed to cover one FTE teacher position for each
	1134	+	17 prototypical elementary, middle, and high school.
	1135	+	18 (E) Substitute teacher investments. Each
	1136	+	19 Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed
	1137	+	20 to cover substitute teacher costs that is equal to
	1138	+	21 5.70% of the minimum pupil attendance days required
	1139	+	22 under Section 10-19 of this Code for all full-time
	1140	+	23 equivalent core, specialist, and intervention
	1141	+	24 teachers, school nurses, special education teachers
	1142	+	25 and instructional assistants, instructional
	1143	+	26 facilitators, and summer school and extended day
	1144	+
	1145	+
	1146	+
	1147	+
	1148	+
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	1150	+
	1151	+
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	1154	+	1 teacher positions, as determined under this paragraph
	1155	+	2 (2), at a salary rate of 33.33% of the average salary
	1156	+	3 for grade K through 12 teachers and 33.33% of the
	1157	+	4 average salary of each instructional assistant
	1158	+	5 position.
	1159	+	6 (F) Core school counselor investments. Each
	1160	+	7 Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed
	1161	+	8 to cover one FTE school counselor for each 450
	1162	+	9 combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with
	1163	+	10 disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 5
	1164	+	11 students, plus one FTE school counselor for each 250
	1165	+	12 grades 6 through 8 ASE middle school students, plus
	1166	+	13 one FTE school counselor for each 250 grades 9 through
	1167	+	14 12 ASE high school students.
	1168	+	15 (G) Nurse investments. Each Organizational Unit
	1169	+	16 shall receive the funding needed to cover one FTE
	1170	+	17 nurse for each 750 combined ASE of pre-kindergarten
	1171	+	18 children with disabilities and all kindergarten
	1172	+	19 through grade 12 students across all grade levels it
	1173	+	20 serves.
	1174	+	21 (H) Supervisory aide investments. Each
	1175	+	22 Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed
	1176	+	23 to cover one FTE for each 225 combined ASE of
	1177	+	24 pre-kindergarten children with disabilities and all
	1178	+	25 kindergarten through grade 5 students, plus one FTE
	1179	+	26 for each 225 ASE middle school students, plus one FTE
	1180	+
	1181	+
	1182	+
	1183	+
	1184	+
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	1186	+
	1187	+
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	1190	+	1 for each 200 ASE high school students.
	1191	+	2 (I) Librarian investments. Each Organizational
	1192	+	3 Unit shall receive the funding needed to cover one FTE
	1193	+	4 librarian for each prototypical elementary school,
	1194	+	5 middle school, and high school and one FTE aide or
	1195	+	6 media technician for every 300 combined ASE of
	1196	+	7 pre-kindergarten children with disabilities and all
	1197	+	8 kindergarten through grade 12 students.
	1198	+	9 (J) Principal investments. Each Organizational
	1199	+	10 Unit shall receive the funding needed to cover one FTE
	1200	+	11 principal position for each prototypical elementary
	1201	+	12 school, plus one FTE principal position for each
	1202	+	13 prototypical middle school, plus one FTE principal
	1203	+	14 position for each prototypical high school.
	1204	+	15 (K) Assistant principal investments. Each
	1205	+	16 Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed
	1206	+	17 to cover one FTE assistant principal position for each
	1207	+	18 prototypical elementary school, plus one FTE assistant
	1208	+	19 principal position for each prototypical middle
	1209	+	20 school, plus one FTE assistant principal position for
	1210	+	21 each prototypical high school.
	1211	+	22 (L) School site staff investments. Each
	1212	+	23 Organizational Unit shall receive the funding needed
	1213	+	24 for one FTE position for each 225 ASE of
	1214	+	25 pre-kindergarten children with disabilities and all
	1215	+	26 kindergarten through grade 5 students, plus one FTE
	1216	+
	1217	+
	1218	+
	1219	+
	1220	+
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	1222	+
	1223	+
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	1226	+	1 position for each 225 ASE middle school students, plus
	1227	+	2 one FTE position for each 200 ASE high school
	1228	+	3 students.
	1229	+	4 (M) Advanced academic program Gifted investments.
	1230	+	5 Each Organizational Unit shall receive $40 per
	1231	+	6 kindergarten through grade 12 ASE for advanced
	1232	+	7 academic programs as defined in Section 14A-17.
	1233	+	8 (N) Professional development investments. Each
	1234	+	9 Organizational Unit shall receive $125 per student of
	1235	+	10 the combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with
	1236	+	11 disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12
	1237	+	12 students for trainers and other professional
	1238	+	13 development-related expenses for supplies and
	1239	+	14 materials.
	1240	+	15 (O) Instructional material investments. Each
	1241	+	16 Organizational Unit shall receive $190 per student of
	1242	+	17 the combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with
	1243	+	18 disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12
	1244	+	19 students to cover instructional material costs.
	1245	+	20 (P) Assessment investments. Each Organizational
	1246	+	21 Unit shall receive $25 per student of the combined ASE
	1247	+	22 of pre-kindergarten children with disabilities and all
	1248	+	23 kindergarten through grade 12 students to cover
	1249	+	24 assessment costs.
	1250	+	25 (Q) Computer technology and equipment investments.
	1251	+	26 Each Organizational Unit shall receive $285.50 per
	1252	+
	1253	+
	1254	+
	1255	+
	1256	+
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	1258	+
	1259	+
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	1262	+	1 student of the combined ASE of pre-kindergarten
	1263	+	2 children with disabilities and all kindergarten
	1264	+	3 through grade 12 students to cover computer technology
	1265	+	4 and equipment costs. For the 2018-2019 school year and
	1266	+	5 subsequent school years, Organizational Units assigned
	1267	+	6 to Tier 1 and Tier 2 in the prior school year shall
	1268	+	7 receive an additional $285.50 per student of the
	1269	+	8 combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with
	1270	+	9 disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12
	1271	+	10 students to cover computer technology and equipment
	1272	+	11 costs in the Organizational Unit's Adequacy Target.
	1273	+	12 The State Board may establish additional requirements
	1274	+	13 for Organizational Unit expenditures of funds received
	1275	+	14 pursuant to this subparagraph (Q), including a
	1276	+	15 requirement that funds received pursuant to this
	1277	+	16 subparagraph (Q) may be used only for serving the
	1278	+	17 technology needs of the district. It is the intent of
	1279	+	18 Public Act 100-465 that all Tier 1 and Tier 2 districts
	1280	+	19 receive the addition to their Adequacy Target in the
	1281	+	20 following year, subject to compliance with the
	1282	+	21 requirements of the State Board.
	1283	+	22 (R) Student activities investments. Each
	1284	+	23 Organizational Unit shall receive the following
	1285	+	24 funding amounts to cover student activities: $100 per
	1286	+	25 kindergarten through grade 5 ASE student in elementary
	1287	+	26 school, plus $200 per ASE student in middle school,
	1288	+
	1289	+
	1290	+
	1291	+
	1292	+
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	1294	+
	1295	+
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	1298	+	1 plus $675 per ASE student in high school.
	1299	+	2 (S) Maintenance and operations investments. Each
	1300	+	3 Organizational Unit shall receive $1,038 per student
	1301	+	4 of the combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with
	1302	+	5 disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12
	1303	+	6 students for day-to-day maintenance and operations
	1304	+	7 expenditures, including salary, supplies, and
	1305	+	8 materials, as well as purchased services, but
	1306	+	9 excluding employee benefits. The proportion of salary
	1307	+	10 for the application of a Regionalization Factor and
	1308	+	11 the calculation of benefits is equal to $352.92.
	1309	+	12 (T) Central office investments. Each
	1310	+	13 Organizational Unit shall receive $742 per student of
	1311	+	14 the combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with
	1312	+	15 disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12
	1313	+	16 students to cover central office operations, including
	1314	+	17 administrators and classified personnel charged with
	1315	+	18 managing the instructional programs, business and
	1316	+	19 operations of the school district, and security
	1317	+	20 personnel. The proportion of salary for the
	1318	+	21 application of a Regionalization Factor and the
	1319	+	22 calculation of benefits is equal to $368.48.
	1320	+	23 (U) Employee benefit investments. Each
	1321	+	24 Organizational Unit shall receive 30% of the total of
	1322	+	25 all salary-calculated elements of the Adequacy Target,
	1323	+	26 excluding substitute teachers and student activities
	1324	+
	1325	+
	1326	+
	1327	+
	1328	+
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	1330	+
	1331	+
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	1334	+	1 investments, to cover benefit costs. For central
	1335	+	2 office and maintenance and operations investments, the
	1336	+	3 benefit calculation shall be based upon the salary
	1337	+	4 proportion of each investment. If at any time the
	1338	+	5 responsibility for funding the employer normal cost of
	1339	+	6 teacher pensions is assigned to school districts, then
	1340	+	7 that amount certified by the Teachers' Retirement
	1341	+	8 System of the State of Illinois to be paid by the
	1342	+	9 Organizational Unit for the preceding school year
	1343	+	10 shall be added to the benefit investment. For any
	1344	+	11 fiscal year in which a school district organized under
	1345	+	12 Article 34 of this Code is responsible for paying the
	1346	+	13 employer normal cost of teacher pensions, then that
	1347	+	14 amount of its employer normal cost plus the amount for
	1348	+	15 retiree health insurance as certified by the Public
	1349	+	16 School Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of
	1350	+	17 Chicago to be paid by the school district for the
	1351	+	18 preceding school year that is statutorily required to
	1352	+	19 cover employer normal costs and the amount for retiree
	1353	+	20 health insurance shall be added to the 30% specified
	1354	+	21 in this subparagraph (U). The Teachers' Retirement
	1355	+	22 System of the State of Illinois and the Public School
	1356	+	23 Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago shall
	1357	+	24 submit such information as the State Superintendent
	1358	+	25 may require for the calculations set forth in this
	1359	+	26 subparagraph (U).
	1360	+
	1361	+
	1362	+
	1363	+
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	1366	+
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	1370	+	1 (V) Additional investments in low-income students.
	1371	+	2 In addition to and not in lieu of all other funding
	1372	+	3 under this paragraph (2), each Organizational Unit
	1373	+	4 shall receive funding based on the average teacher
	1374	+	5 salary for grades K through 12 to cover the costs of:
	1375	+	6 (i) one FTE intervention teacher (tutor)
	1376	+	7 position for every 125 Low-Income Count students;
	1377	+	8 (ii) one FTE pupil support staff position for
	1378	+	9 every 125 Low-Income Count students;
	1379	+	10 (iii) one FTE extended day teacher position
	1380	+	11 for every 120 Low-Income Count students; and
	1381	+	12 (iv) one FTE summer school teacher position
	1382	+	13 for every 120 Low-Income Count students.
	1383	+	14 (W) Additional investments in English learner
	1384	+	15 students. In addition to and not in lieu of all other
	1385	+	16 funding under this paragraph (2), each Organizational
	1386	+	17 Unit shall receive funding based on the average
	1387	+	18 teacher salary for grades K through 12 to cover the
	1388	+	19 costs of:
	1389	+	20 (i) one FTE intervention teacher (tutor)
	1390	+	21 position for every 125 English learner students;
	1391	+	22 (ii) one FTE pupil support staff position for
	1392	+	23 every 125 English learner students;
	1393	+	24 (iii) one FTE extended day teacher position
	1394	+	25 for every 120 English learner students;
	1395	+	26 (iv) one FTE summer school teacher position
	1396	+
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	1406	+	1 for every 120 English learner students; and
	1407	+	2 (v) one FTE core teacher position for every
	1408	+	3 100 English learner students.
	1409	+	4 (X) Special education investments. Each
	1410	+	5 Organizational Unit shall receive funding based on the
	1411	+	6 average teacher salary for grades K through 12 to
	1412	+	7 cover special education as follows:
	1413	+	8 (i) one FTE teacher position for every 141
	1414	+	9 combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with
	1415	+	10 disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12
	1416	+	11 students;
	1417	+	12 (ii) one FTE instructional assistant for every
	1418	+	13 141 combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children with
	1419	+	14 disabilities and all kindergarten through grade 12
	1420	+	15 students; and
	1421	+	16 (iii) one FTE psychologist position for every
	1422	+	17 1,000 combined ASE of pre-kindergarten children
	1423	+	18 with disabilities and all kindergarten through
	1424	+	19 grade 12 students.
	1425	+	20 (3) For calculating the salaries included within the
	1426	+	21 Essential Elements, the State Superintendent shall
	1427	+	22 annually calculate average salaries to the nearest dollar
	1428	+	23 using the employment information system data maintained by
	1429	+	24 the State Board, limited to public schools only and
	1430	+	25 excluding special education and vocational cooperatives,
	1431	+	26 schools operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice,
	1432	+
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	1434	+
	1435	+
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	1442	+	1 and charter schools, for the following positions:
	1443	+	2 (A) Teacher for grades K through 8.
	1444	+	3 (B) Teacher for grades 9 through 12.
	1445	+	4 (C) Teacher for grades K through 12.
	1446	+	5 (D) School counselor for grades K through 8.
	1447	+	6 (E) School counselor for grades 9 through 12.
	1448	+	7 (F) School counselor for grades K through 12.
	1449	+	8 (G) Social worker.
	1450	+	9 (H) Psychologist.
	1451	+	10 (I) Librarian.
	1452	+	11 (J) Nurse.
	1453	+	12 (K) Principal.
	1454	+	13 (L) Assistant principal.
	1455	+	14 For the purposes of this paragraph (3), "teacher"
	1456	+	15 includes core teachers, specialist and elective teachers,
	1457	+	16 instructional facilitators, tutors, special education
	1458	+	17 teachers, pupil support staff teachers, English learner
	1459	+	18 teachers, extended day teachers, and summer school
	1460	+	19 teachers. Where specific grade data is not required for
	1461	+	20 the Essential Elements, the average salary for
	1462	+	21 corresponding positions shall apply. For substitute
	1463	+	22 teachers, the average teacher salary for grades K through
	1464	+	23 12 shall apply.
	1465	+	24 For calculating the salaries included within the
	1466	+	25 Essential Elements for positions not included within EIS
	1467	+	26 Data, the following salaries shall be used in the first
	1468	+
	1469	+
	1470	+
	1471	+
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	1478	+	1 year of implementation of Evidence-Based Funding:
	1479	+	2 (i) school site staff, $30,000; and
	1480	+	3 (ii) non-instructional assistant, instructional
	1481	+	4 assistant, library aide, library media tech, or
	1482	+	5 supervisory aide: $25,000.
	1483	+	6 In the second and subsequent years of implementation
	1484	+	7 of Evidence-Based Funding, the amounts in items (i) and
	1485	+	8 (ii) of this paragraph (3) shall annually increase by the
	1486	+	9 ECI.
	1487	+	10 The salary amounts for the Essential Elements
	1488	+	11 determined pursuant to subparagraphs (A) through (L), (S)
	1489	+	12 and (T), and (V) through (X) of paragraph (2) of
	1490	+	13 subsection (b) of this Section shall be multiplied by a
	1491	+	14 Regionalization Factor.
	1492	+	15 (c) Local Capacity calculation.
	1493	+	16 (1) Each Organizational Unit's Local Capacity
	1494	+	17 represents an amount of funding it is assumed to
	1495	+	18 contribute toward its Adequacy Target for purposes of the
	1496	+	19 Evidence-Based Funding formula calculation. "Local
	1497	+	20 Capacity" means either (i) the Organizational Unit's Local
	1498	+	21 Capacity Target as calculated in accordance with paragraph
	1499	+	22 (2) of this subsection (c) if its Real Receipts are equal
	1500	+	23 to or less than its Local Capacity Target or (ii) the
	1501	+	24 Organizational Unit's Adjusted Local Capacity, as
	1502	+	25 calculated in accordance with paragraph (3) of this
	1503	+	26 subsection (c) if Real Receipts are more than its Local
	1504	+
	1505	+
	1506	+
	1507	+
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	1514	+	1 Capacity Target.
	1515	+	2 (2) "Local Capacity Target" means, for an
	1516	+	3 Organizational Unit, that dollar amount that is obtained
	1517	+	4 by multiplying its Adequacy Target by its Local Capacity
	1518	+	5 Ratio.
	1519	+	6 (A) An Organizational Unit's Local Capacity
	1520	+	7 Percentage is the conversion of the Organizational
	1521	+	8 Unit's Local Capacity Ratio, as such ratio is
	1522	+	9 determined in accordance with subparagraph (B) of this
	1523	+	10 paragraph (2), into a cumulative distribution
	1524	+	11 resulting in a percentile ranking to determine each
	1525	+	12 Organizational Unit's relative position to all other
	1526	+	13 Organizational Units in this State. The calculation of
	1527	+	14 Local Capacity Percentage is described in subparagraph
	1528	+	15 (C) of this paragraph (2).
	1529	+	16 (B) An Organizational Unit's Local Capacity Ratio
	1530	+	17 in a given year is the percentage obtained by dividing
	1531	+	18 its Adjusted EAV or PTELL EAV, whichever is less, by
	1532	+	19 its Adequacy Target, with the resulting ratio further
	1533	+	20 adjusted as follows:
	1534	+	21 (i) for Organizational Units serving grades
	1535	+	22 kindergarten through 12 and Hybrid Districts, no
	1536	+	23 further adjustments shall be made;
	1537	+	24 (ii) for Organizational Units serving grades
	1538	+	25 kindergarten through 8, the ratio shall be
	1539	+	26 multiplied by 9/13;
	1540	+
	1541	+
	1542	+
	1543	+
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	1546	+
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	1550	+	1 (iii) for Organizational Units serving grades
	1551	+	2 9 through 12, the Local Capacity Ratio shall be
	1552	+	3 multiplied by 4/13; and
	1553	+	4 (iv) for an Organizational Unit with a
	1554	+	5 different grade configuration than those specified
	1555	+	6 in items (i) through (iii) of this subparagraph
	1556	+	7 (B), the State Superintendent shall determine a
	1557	+	8 comparable adjustment based on the grades served.
	1558	+	9 (C) The Local Capacity Percentage is equal to the
	1559	+	10 percentile ranking of the district. Local Capacity
	1560	+	11 Percentage converts each Organizational Unit's Local
	1561	+	12 Capacity Ratio to a cumulative distribution resulting
	1562	+	13 in a percentile ranking to determine each
	1563	+	14 Organizational Unit's relative position to all other
	1564	+	15 Organizational Units in this State. The Local Capacity
	1565	+	16 Percentage cumulative distribution resulting in a
	1566	+	17 percentile ranking for each Organizational Unit shall
	1567	+	18 be calculated using the standard normal distribution
	1568	+	19 of the score in relation to the weighted mean and
	1569	+	20 weighted standard deviation and Local Capacity Ratios
	1570	+	21 of all Organizational Units. If the value assigned to
	1571	+	22 any Organizational Unit is in excess of 90%, the value
	1572	+	23 shall be adjusted to 90%. For Laboratory Schools, the
	1573	+	24 Local Capacity Percentage shall be set at 10% in
	1574	+	25 recognition of the absence of EAV and resources from
	1575	+	26 the public university that are allocated to the
	1576	+
	1577	+
	1578	+
	1579	+
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	1586	+	1 Laboratory School. For a regional office of education
	1587	+	2 or an intermediate service center operating one or
	1588	+	3 more alternative education programs, the Local
	1589	+	4 Capacity Percentage must be set at 10% in recognition
	1590	+	5 of the absence of EAV and resources from school
	1591	+	6 districts that are allocated to the regional office of
	1592	+	7 education or intermediate service center. The weighted
	1593	+	8 mean for the Local Capacity Percentage shall be
	1594	+	9 determined by multiplying each Organizational Unit's
	1595	+	10 Local Capacity Ratio times the ASE for the unit
	1596	+	11 creating a weighted value, summing the weighted values
	1597	+	12 of all Organizational Units, and dividing by the total
	1598	+	13 ASE of all Organizational Units. The weighted standard
	1599	+	14 deviation shall be determined by taking the square
	1600	+	15 root of the weighted variance of all Organizational
	1601	+	16 Units' Local Capacity Ratio, where the variance is
	1602	+	17 calculated by squaring the difference between each
	1603	+	18 unit's Local Capacity Ratio and the weighted mean,
	1604	+	19 then multiplying the variance for each unit times the
	1605	+	20 ASE for the unit to create a weighted variance for each
	1606	+	21 unit, then summing all units' weighted variance and
	1607	+	22 dividing by the total ASE of all units.
	1608	+	23 (D) For any Organizational Unit, the
	1609	+	24 Organizational Unit's Adjusted Local Capacity Target
	1610	+	25 shall be reduced by either (i) the school board's
	1611	+	26 remaining contribution pursuant to paragraph (ii) of
	1612	+
	1613	+
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	1622	+	1 subsection (b-4) of Section 16-158 of the Illinois
	1623	+	2 Pension Code in a given year or (ii) the board of
	1624	+	3 education's remaining contribution pursuant to
	1625	+	4 paragraph (iv) of subsection (b) of Section 17-129 of
	1626	+	5 the Illinois Pension Code absent the employer normal
	1627	+	6 cost portion of the required contribution and amount
	1628	+	7 allowed pursuant to subdivision (3) of Section
	1629	+	8 17-142.1 of the Illinois Pension Code in a given year.
	1630	+	9 In the preceding sentence, item (i) shall be certified
	1631	+	10 to the State Board of Education by the Teachers'
	1632	+	11 Retirement System of the State of Illinois and item
	1633	+	12 (ii) shall be certified to the State Board of
	1634	+	13 Education by the Public School Teachers' Pension and
	1635	+	14 Retirement Fund of the City of Chicago.
	1636	+	15 (3) If an Organizational Unit's Real Receipts are more
	1637	+	16 than its Local Capacity Target, then its Local Capacity
	1638	+	17 shall equal an Adjusted Local Capacity Target as
	1639	+	18 calculated in accordance with this paragraph (3). The
	1640	+	19 Adjusted Local Capacity Target is calculated as the sum of
	1641	+	20 the Organizational Unit's Local Capacity Target and its
	1642	+	21 Real Receipts Adjustment. The Real Receipts Adjustment
	1643	+	22 equals the Organizational Unit's Real Receipts less its
	1644	+	23 Local Capacity Target, with the resulting figure
	1645	+	24 multiplied by the Local Capacity Percentage.
	1646	+	25 As used in this paragraph (3), "Real Percent of
	1647	+	26 Adequacy" means the sum of an Organizational Unit's Real
	1648	+
	1649	+
	1650	+
	1651	+
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	1658	+	1 Receipts, CPPRT, and Base Funding Minimum, with the
	1659	+	2 resulting figure divided by the Organizational Unit's
	1660	+	3 Adequacy Target.
	1661	+	4 (d) Calculation of Real Receipts, EAV, and Adjusted EAV
	1662	+	5 for purposes of the Local Capacity calculation.
	1663	+	6 (1) An Organizational Unit's Real Receipts are the
	1664	+	7 product of its Applicable Tax Rate and its Adjusted EAV.
	1665	+	8 An Organizational Unit's Applicable Tax Rate is its
	1666	+	9 Adjusted Operating Tax Rate for property within the
	1667	+	10 Organizational Unit.
	1668	+	11 (2) The State Superintendent shall calculate the
	1669	+	12 equalized assessed valuation, or EAV, of all taxable
	1670	+	13 property of each Organizational Unit as of September 30 of
	1671	+	14 the previous year in accordance with paragraph (3) of this
	1672	+	15 subsection (d). The State Superintendent shall then
	1673	+	16 determine the Adjusted EAV of each Organizational Unit in
	1674	+	17 accordance with paragraph (4) of this subsection (d),
	1675	+	18 which Adjusted EAV figure shall be used for the purposes
	1676	+	19 of calculating Local Capacity.
	1677	+	20 (3) To calculate Real Receipts and EAV, the Department
	1678	+	21 of Revenue shall supply to the State Superintendent the
	1679	+	22 value as equalized or assessed by the Department of
	1680	+	23 Revenue of all taxable property of every Organizational
	1681	+	24 Unit, together with (i) the applicable tax rate used in
	1682	+	25 extending taxes for the funds of the Organizational Unit
	1683	+	26 as of September 30 of the previous year and (ii) the
	1684	+
	1685	+
	1686	+
	1687	+
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	1690	+
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	1694	+	1 limiting rate for all Organizational Units subject to
	1695	+	2 property tax extension limitations as imposed under PTELL.
	1696	+	3 (A) The Department of Revenue shall add to the
	1697	+	4 equalized assessed value of all taxable property of
	1698	+	5 each Organizational Unit situated entirely or
	1699	+	6 partially within a county that is or was subject to the
	1700	+	7 provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property
	1701	+	8 Tax Code (i) an amount equal to the total amount by
	1702	+	9 which the homestead exemption allowed under Section
	1703	+	10 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code for real
	1704	+	11 property situated in that Organizational Unit exceeds
	1705	+	12 the total amount that would have been allowed in that
	1706	+	13 Organizational Unit if the maximum reduction under
	1707	+	14 Section 15-176 was (I) $4,500 in Cook County or $3,500
	1708	+	15 in all other counties in tax year 2003 or (II) $5,000
	1709	+	16 in all counties in tax year 2004 and thereafter and
	1710	+	17 (ii) an amount equal to the aggregate amount for the
	1711	+	18 taxable year of all additional exemptions under
	1712	+	19 Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code for owners
	1713	+	20 with a household income of $30,000 or less. The county
	1714	+	21 clerk of any county that is or was subject to the
	1715	+	22 provisions of Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property
	1716	+	23 Tax Code shall annually calculate and certify to the
	1717	+	24 Department of Revenue for each Organizational Unit all
	1718	+	25 homestead exemption amounts under Section 15-176 or
	1719	+	26 15-177 of the Property Tax Code and all amounts of
	1720	+
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	1722	+
	1723	+
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	1730	+	1 additional exemptions under Section 15-175 of the
	1731	+	2 Property Tax Code for owners with a household income
	1732	+	3 of $30,000 or less. It is the intent of this
	1733	+	4 subparagraph (A) that if the general homestead
	1734	+	5 exemption for a parcel of property is determined under
	1735	+	6 Section 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code
	1736	+	7 rather than Section 15-175, then the calculation of
	1737	+	8 EAV shall not be affected by the difference, if any,
	1738	+	9 between the amount of the general homestead exemption
	1739	+	10 allowed for that parcel of property under Section
	1740	+	11 15-176 or 15-177 of the Property Tax Code and the
	1741	+	12 amount that would have been allowed had the general
	1742	+	13 homestead exemption for that parcel of property been
	1743	+	14 determined under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax
	1744	+	15 Code. It is further the intent of this subparagraph
	1745	+	16 (A) that if additional exemptions are allowed under
	1746	+	17 Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code for owners
	1747	+	18 with a household income of less than $30,000, then the
	1748	+	19 calculation of EAV shall not be affected by the
	1749	+	20 difference, if any, because of those additional
	1750	+	21 exemptions.
	1751	+	22 (B) With respect to any part of an Organizational
	1752	+	23 Unit within a redevelopment project area in respect to
	1753	+	24 which a municipality has adopted tax increment
	1754	+	25 allocation financing pursuant to the Tax Increment
	1755	+	26 Allocation Redevelopment Act, Division 74.4 of Article
	1756	+
	1757	+
	1758	+
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	1762	+
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	1766	+	1 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code, or the Industrial
	1767	+	2 Jobs Recovery Law, Division 74.6 of Article 11 of the
	1768	+	3 Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the current EAV of
	1769	+	4 real property located in any such project area that is
	1770	+	5 attributable to an increase above the total initial
	1771	+	6 EAV of such property shall be used as part of the EAV
	1772	+	7 of the Organizational Unit, until such time as all
	1773	+	8 redevelopment project costs have been paid, as
	1774	+	9 provided in Section 11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment
	1775	+	10 Allocation Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35
	1776	+	11 of the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose
	1777	+	12 of the EAV of the Organizational Unit, the total
	1778	+	13 initial EAV or the current EAV, whichever is lower,
	1779	+	14 shall be used until such time as all redevelopment
	1780	+	15 project costs have been paid.
	1781	+	16 (B-5) The real property equalized assessed
	1782	+	17 valuation for a school district shall be adjusted by
	1783	+	18 subtracting from the real property value, as equalized
	1784	+	19 or assessed by the Department of Revenue, for the
	1785	+	20 district an amount computed by dividing the amount of
	1786	+	21 any abatement of taxes under Section 18-170 of the
	1787	+	22 Property Tax Code by 3.00% for a district maintaining
	1788	+	23 grades kindergarten through 12, by 2.30% for a
	1789	+	24 district maintaining grades kindergarten through 8, or
	1790	+	25 by 1.05% for a district maintaining grades 9 through
	1791	+	26 12 and adjusted by an amount computed by dividing the
	1792	+
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	1794	+
	1795	+
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	1798	+
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	1802	+	1 amount of any abatement of taxes under subsection (a)
	1803	+	2 of Section 18-165 of the Property Tax Code by the same
	1804	+	3 percentage rates for district type as specified in
	1805	+	4 this subparagraph (B-5).
	1806	+	5 (C) For Organizational Units that are Hybrid
	1807	+	6 Districts, the State Superintendent shall use the
	1808	+	7 lesser of the adjusted equalized assessed valuation
	1809	+	8 for property within the partial elementary unit
	1810	+	9 district for elementary purposes, as defined in
	1811	+	10 Article 11E of this Code, or the adjusted equalized
	1812	+	11 assessed valuation for property within the partial
	1813	+	12 elementary unit district for high school purposes, as
	1814	+	13 defined in Article 11E of this Code.
	1815	+	14 (D) If a school district's boundaries span
	1816	+	15 multiple counties, then the Department of Revenue
	1817	+	16 shall send to the State Board, for the purposes of
	1818	+	17 calculating Evidence-Based Funding, the limiting rate
	1819	+	18 and individual rates by purpose for the county that
	1820	+	19 contains the majority of the school district's
	1821	+	20 equalized assessed valuation.
	1822	+	21 (4) An Organizational Unit's Adjusted EAV shall be the
	1823	+	22 average of its EAV over the immediately preceding 3 years
	1824	+	23 or the lesser of its EAV in the immediately preceding year
	1825	+	24 or the average of its EAV over the immediately preceding 3
	1826	+	25 years if the EAV in the immediately preceding year has
	1827	+	26 declined by 10% or more when comparing the 2 most recent
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	1834	+
	1835	+
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	1838	+	1 years. In the event of Organizational Unit reorganization,
	1839	+	2 consolidation, or annexation, the Organizational Unit's
	1840	+	3 Adjusted EAV for the first 3 years after such change shall
	1841	+	4 be as follows: the most current EAV shall be used in the
	1842	+	5 first year, the average of a 2-year EAV or its EAV in the
	1843	+	6 immediately preceding year if the EAV declines by 10% or
	1844	+	7 more when comparing the 2 most recent years for the second
	1845	+	8 year, and the lesser of a 3-year average EAV or its EAV in
	1846	+	9 the immediately preceding year if the Adjusted EAV
	1847	+	10 declines by 10% or more when comparing the 2 most recent
	1848	+	11 years for the third year. For any school district whose
	1849	+	12 EAV in the immediately preceding year is used in
	1850	+	13 calculations, in the following year, the Adjusted EAV
	1851	+	14 shall be the average of its EAV over the immediately
	1852	+	15 preceding 2 years or the immediately preceding year if
	1853	+	16 that year represents a decline of 10% or more when
	1854	+	17 comparing the 2 most recent years.
	1855	+	18 "PTELL EAV" means a figure calculated by the State
	1856	+	19 Board for Organizational Units subject to PTELL as
	1857	+	20 described in this paragraph (4) for the purposes of
	1858	+	21 calculating an Organizational Unit's Local Capacity Ratio.
	1859	+	22 Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph (4), the
	1860	+	23 PTELL EAV of an Organizational Unit shall be equal to the
	1861	+	24 product of the equalized assessed valuation last used in
	1862	+	25 the calculation of general State aid under Section 18-8.05
	1863	+	26 of this Code (now repealed) or Evidence-Based Funding
	1864	+
	1865	+
	1866	+
	1867	+
	1868	+
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	1870	+
	1871	+
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	1873	+	SB1983 - 52 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	1874	+	1 under this Section and the Organizational Unit's Extension
	1875	+	2 Limitation Ratio. If an Organizational Unit has approved
	1876	+	3 or does approve an increase in its limiting rate, pursuant
	1877	+	4 to Section 18-190 of the Property Tax Code, affecting the
	1878	+	5 Base Tax Year, the PTELL EAV shall be equal to the product
	1879	+	6 of the equalized assessed valuation last used in the
	1880	+	7 calculation of general State aid under Section 18-8.05 of
	1881	+	8 this Code (now repealed) or Evidence-Based Funding under
	1882	+	9 this Section multiplied by an amount equal to one plus the
	1883	+	10 percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index
	1884	+	11 for All Urban Consumers for all items published by the
	1885	+	12 United States Department of Labor for the 12-month
	1886	+	13 calendar year preceding the Base Tax Year, plus the
	1887	+	14 equalized assessed valuation of new property, annexed
	1888	+	15 property, and recovered tax increment value and minus the
	1889	+	16 equalized assessed valuation of disconnected property.
	1890	+	17 As used in this paragraph (4), "new property" and
	1891	+	18 "recovered tax increment value" shall have the meanings
	1892	+	19 set forth in the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
	1893	+	20 (e) Base Funding Minimum calculation.
	1894	+	21 (1) For the 2017-2018 school year, the Base Funding
	1895	+	22 Minimum of an Organizational Unit or a Specially Funded
	1896	+	23 Unit shall be the amount of State funds distributed to the
	1897	+	24 Organizational Unit or Specially Funded Unit during the
	1898	+	25 2016-2017 school year prior to any adjustments and
	1899	+	26 specified appropriation amounts described in this
	1900	+
	1901	+
	1902	+
	1903	+
	1904	+
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	1906	+
	1907	+
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	1909	+	SB1983 - 53 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	1910	+	1 paragraph (1) from the following Sections, as calculated
	1911	+	2 by the State Superintendent: Section 18-8.05 of this Code
	1912	+	3 (now repealed); Section 5 of Article 224 of Public Act
	1913	+	4 99-524 (equity grants); Section 14-7.02b of this Code
	1914	+	5 (funding for children requiring special education
	1915	+	6 services); Section 14-13.01 of this Code (special
	1916	+	7 education facilities and staffing), except for
	1917	+	8 reimbursement of the cost of transportation pursuant to
	1918	+	9 Section 14-13.01; Section 14C-12 of this Code (English
	1919	+	10 learners); and Section 18-4.3 of this Code (summer
	1920	+	11 school), based on an appropriation level of $13,121,600.
	1921	+	12 For a school district organized under Article 34 of this
	1922	+	13 Code, the Base Funding Minimum also includes (i) the funds
	1923	+	14 allocated to the school district pursuant to Section 1D-1
	1924	+	15 of this Code attributable to funding programs authorized
	1925	+	16 by the Sections of this Code listed in the preceding
	1926	+	17 sentence and (ii) the difference between (I) the funds
	1927	+	18 allocated to the school district pursuant to Section 1D-1
	1928	+	19 of this Code attributable to the funding programs
	1929	+	20 authorized by Section 14-7.02 (non-public special
	1930	+	21 education reimbursement), subsection (b) of Section
	1931	+	22 14-13.01 (special education transportation), Section 29-5
	1932	+	23 (transportation), Section 2-3.80 (agricultural
	1933	+	24 education), Section 2-3.66 (truants' alternative
	1934	+	25 education), Section 2-3.62 (educational service centers),
	1935	+	26 and Section 14-7.03 (special education - orphanage) of
	1936	+
	1937	+
	1938	+
	1939	+
	1940	+
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	1942	+
	1943	+
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	1946	+	1 this Code and Section 15 of the Childhood Hunger Relief
	1947	+	2 Act (free breakfast program) and (II) the school
	1948	+	3 district's actual expenditures for its non-public special
	1949	+	4 education, special education transportation,
	1950	+	5 transportation programs, agricultural education, truants'
	1951	+	6 alternative education, services that would otherwise be
	1952	+	7 performed by a regional office of education, special
	1953	+	8 education orphanage expenditures, and free breakfast, as
	1954	+	9 most recently calculated and reported pursuant to
	1955	+	10 subsection (f) of Section 1D-1 of this Code. The Base
	1956	+	11 Funding Minimum for Glenwood Academy shall be $952,014.
	1957	+	12 For programs operated by a regional office of education or
	1958	+	13 an intermediate service center, the Base Funding Minimum
	1959	+	14 must be the total amount of State funds allocated to those
	1960	+	15 programs in the 2018-2019 school year and amounts provided
	1961	+	16 pursuant to Article 34 of Public Act 100-586 and Section
	1962	+	17 3-16 of this Code. All programs established after June 5,
	1963	+	18 2019 (the effective date of Public Act 101-10) and
	1964	+	19 administered by a regional office of education or an
	1965	+	20 intermediate service center must have an initial Base
	1966	+	21 Funding Minimum set to an amount equal to the first-year
	1967	+	22 ASE multiplied by the amount of per pupil funding received
	1968	+	23 in the previous school year by the lowest funded similar
	1969	+	24 existing program type. If the enrollment for a program
	1970	+	25 operated by a regional office of education or an
	1971	+	26 intermediate service center is zero, then it may not
	1972	+
	1973	+
	1974	+
	1975	+
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	1978	+
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	1982	+	1 receive Base Funding Minimum funds for that program in the
	1983	+	2 next fiscal year, and those funds must be distributed to
	1984	+	3 Organizational Units under subsection (g).
	1985	+	4 (2) For the 2018-2019 and subsequent school years, the
	1986	+	5 Base Funding Minimum of Organizational Units and Specially
	1987	+	6 Funded Units shall be the sum of (i) the amount of
	1988	+	7 Evidence-Based Funding for the prior school year, (ii) the
	1989	+	8 Base Funding Minimum for the prior school year, and (iii)
	1990	+	9 any amount received by a school district pursuant to
	1991	+	10 Section 7 of Article 97 of Public Act 100-21.
	1992	+	11 For the 2022-2023 school year, the Base Funding
	1993	+	12 Minimum of Organizational Units shall be the amounts
	1994	+	13 recalculated by the State Board of Education for Fiscal
	1995	+	14 Year 2019 through Fiscal Year 2022 that were necessary due
	1996	+	15 to average student enrollment errors for districts
	1997	+	16 organized under Article 34 of this Code, plus the Fiscal
	1998	+	17 Year 2022 property tax relief grants provided under
	1999	+	18 Section 2-3.170 of this Code, ensuring each Organizational
	2000	+	19 Unit has the correct amount of resources for Fiscal Year
	2001	+	20 2023 Evidence-Based Funding calculations and that Fiscal
	2002	+	21 Year 2023 Evidence-Based Funding Distributions are made in
	2003	+	22 accordance with this Section.
	2004	+	23 (3) Subject to approval by the General Assembly as
	2005	+	24 provided in this paragraph (3), an Organizational Unit
	2006	+	25 that meets all of the following criteria, as determined by
	2007	+	26 the State Board, shall have District Intervention Money
	2008	+
	2009	+
	2010	+
	2011	+
	2012	+
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	2014	+
	2015	+
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	2018	+	1 added to its Base Funding Minimum at the time the Base
	2019	+	2 Funding Minimum is calculated by the State Board:
	2020	+	3 (A) The Organizational Unit is operating under an
	2021	+	4 Independent Authority under Section 2-3.25f-5 of this
	2022	+	5 Code for a minimum of 4 school years or is subject to
	2023	+	6 the control of the State Board pursuant to a court
	2024	+	7 order for a minimum of 4 school years.
	2025	+	8 (B) The Organizational Unit was designated as a
	2026	+	9 Tier 1 or Tier 2 Organizational Unit in the previous
	2027	+	10 school year under paragraph (3) of subsection (g) of
	2028	+	11 this Section.
	2029	+	12 (C) The Organizational Unit demonstrates
	2030	+	13 sustainability through a 5-year financial and
	2031	+	14 strategic plan.
	2032	+	15 (D) The Organizational Unit has made sufficient
	2033	+	16 progress and achieved sufficient stability in the
	2034	+	17 areas of governance, academic growth, and finances.
	2035	+	18 As part of its determination under this paragraph (3),
	2036	+	19 the State Board may consider the Organizational Unit's
	2037	+	20 summative designation, any accreditations of the
	2038	+	21 Organizational Unit, or the Organizational Unit's
	2039	+	22 financial profile, as calculated by the State Board.
	2040	+	23 If the State Board determines that an Organizational
	2041	+	24 Unit has met the criteria set forth in this paragraph (3),
	2042	+	25 it must submit a report to the General Assembly, no later
	2043	+	26 than January 2 of the fiscal year in which the State Board
	2044	+
	2045	+
	2046	+
	2047	+
	2048	+
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	2050	+
	2051	+
	2052	+	SB1983- 57 -LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b SB1983 - 57 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
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	2054	+	1 makes it determination, on the amount of District
	2055	+	2 Intervention Money to add to the Organizational Unit's
	2056	+	3 Base Funding Minimum. The General Assembly must review the
	2057	+	4 State Board's report and may approve or disapprove, by
	2058	+	5 joint resolution, the addition of District Intervention
	2059	+	6 Money. If the General Assembly fails to act on the report
	2060	+	7 within 40 calendar days from the receipt of the report,
	2061	+	8 the addition of District Intervention Money is deemed
	2062	+	9 approved. If the General Assembly approves the amount of
	2063	+	10 District Intervention Money to be added to the
	2064	+	11 Organizational Unit's Base Funding Minimum, the District
	2065	+	12 Intervention Money must be added to the Base Funding
	2066	+	13 Minimum annually thereafter.
	2067	+	14 For the first 4 years following the initial year that
	2068	+	15 the State Board determines that an Organizational Unit has
	2069	+	16 met the criteria set forth in this paragraph (3) and has
	2070	+	17 received funding under this Section, the Organizational
	2071	+	18 Unit must annually submit to the State Board, on or before
	2072	+	19 November 30, a progress report regarding its financial and
	2073	+	20 strategic plan under subparagraph (C) of this paragraph
	2074	+	21 (3). The plan shall include the financial data from the
	2075	+	22 past 4 annual financial reports or financial audits that
	2076	+	23 must be presented to the State Board by November 15 of each
	2077	+	24 year and the approved budget financial data for the
	2078	+	25 current year. The plan shall be developed according to the
	2079	+	26 guidelines presented to the Organizational Unit by the
	2080	+
	2081	+
	2082	+
	2083	+
	2084	+
	2085	+	SB1983 - 57 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	2086	+
	2087	+
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	2089	+	SB1983 - 58 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	2090	+	1 State Board. The plan shall further include financial
	2091	+	2 projections for the next 3 fiscal years and include a
	2092	+	3 discussion and financial summary of the Organizational
	2093	+	4 Unit's facility needs. If the Organizational Unit does not
	2094	+	5 demonstrate sufficient progress toward its 5-year plan or
	2095	+	6 if it has failed to file an annual financial report, an
	2096	+	7 annual budget, a financial plan, a deficit reduction plan,
	2097	+	8 or other financial information as required by law, the
	2098	+	9 State Board may establish a Financial Oversight Panel
	2099	+	10 under Article 1H of this Code. However, if the
	2100	+	11 Organizational Unit already has a Financial Oversight
	2101	+	12 Panel, the State Board may extend the duration of the
	2102	+	13 Panel.
	2103	+	14 (f) Percent of Adequacy and Final Resources calculation.
	2104	+	15 (1) The Evidence-Based Funding formula establishes a
	2105	+	16 Percent of Adequacy for each Organizational Unit in order
	2106	+	17 to place such units into tiers for the purposes of the
	2107	+	18 funding distribution system described in subsection (g) of
	2108	+	19 this Section. Initially, an Organizational Unit's
	2109	+	20 Preliminary Resources and Preliminary Percent of Adequacy
	2110	+	21 are calculated pursuant to paragraph (2) of this
	2111	+	22 subsection (f). Then, an Organizational Unit's Final
	2112	+	23 Resources and Final Percent of Adequacy are calculated to
	2113	+	24 account for the Organizational Unit's poverty
	2114	+	25 concentration levels pursuant to paragraphs (3) and (4) of
	2115	+	26 this subsection (f).
	2116	+
	2117	+
	2118	+
	2119	+
	2120	+
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	2122	+
	2123	+
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	2125	+	SB1983 - 59 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	2126	+	1 (2) An Organizational Unit's Preliminary Resources are
	2127	+	2 equal to the sum of its Local Capacity Target, CPPRT, and
	2128	+	3 Base Funding Minimum. An Organizational Unit's Preliminary
	2129	+	4 Percent of Adequacy is the lesser of (i) its Preliminary
	2130	+	5 Resources divided by its Adequacy Target or (ii) 100%.
	2131	+	6 (3) Except for Specially Funded Units, an
	2132	+	7 Organizational Unit's Final Resources are equal to the sum
	2133	+	8 of its Local Capacity, CPPRT, and Adjusted Base Funding
	2134	+	9 Minimum. The Base Funding Minimum of each Specially Funded
	2135	+	10 Unit shall serve as its Final Resources, except that the
	2136	+	11 Base Funding Minimum for State-approved charter schools
	2137	+	12 shall not include any portion of general State aid
	2138	+	13 allocated in the prior year based on the per capita
	2139	+	14 tuition charge times the charter school enrollment.
	2140	+	15 (4) An Organizational Unit's Final Percent of Adequacy
	2141	+	16 is its Final Resources divided by its Adequacy Target. An
	2142	+	17 Organizational Unit's Adjusted Base Funding Minimum is
	2143	+	18 equal to its Base Funding Minimum less its Supplemental
	2144	+	19 Grant Funding, with the resulting figure added to the
	2145	+	20 product of its Supplemental Grant Funding and Preliminary
	2146	+	21 Percent of Adequacy.
	2147	+	22 (g) Evidence-Based Funding formula distribution system.
	2148	+	23 (1) In each school year under the Evidence-Based
	2149	+	24 Funding formula, each Organizational Unit receives funding
	2150	+	25 equal to the sum of its Base Funding Minimum and the unit's
	2151	+	26 allocation of New State Funds determined pursuant to this
	2152	+
	2153	+
	2154	+
	2155	+
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	2158	+
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	2162	+	1 subsection (g). To allocate New State Funds, the
	2163	+	2 Evidence-Based Funding formula distribution system first
	2164	+	3 places all Organizational Units into one of 4 tiers in
	2165	+	4 accordance with paragraph (3) of this subsection (g),
	2166	+	5 based on the Organizational Unit's Final Percent of
	2167	+	6 Adequacy. New State Funds are allocated to each of the 4
	2168	+	7 tiers as follows: Tier 1 Aggregate Funding equals 50% of
	2169	+	8 all New State Funds, Tier 2 Aggregate Funding equals 49%
	2170	+	9 of all New State Funds, Tier 3 Aggregate Funding equals
	2171	+	10 0.9% of all New State Funds, and Tier 4 Aggregate Funding
	2172	+	11 equals 0.1% of all New State Funds. Each Organizational
	2173	+	12 Unit within Tier 1 or Tier 2 receives an allocation of New
	2174	+	13 State Funds equal to its tier Funding Gap, as defined in
	2175	+	14 the following sentence, multiplied by the tier's
	2176	+	15 Allocation Rate determined pursuant to paragraph (4) of
	2177	+	16 this subsection (g). For Tier 1, an Organizational Unit's
	2178	+	17 Funding Gap equals the tier's Target Ratio, as specified
	2179	+	18 in paragraph (5) of this subsection (g), multiplied by the
	2180	+	19 Organizational Unit's Adequacy Target, with the resulting
	2181	+	20 amount reduced by the Organizational Unit's Final
	2182	+	21 Resources. For Tier 2, an Organizational Unit's Funding
	2183	+	22 Gap equals the tier's Target Ratio, as described in
	2184	+	23 paragraph (5) of this subsection (g), multiplied by the
	2185	+	24 Organizational Unit's Adequacy Target, with the resulting
	2186	+	25 amount reduced by the Organizational Unit's Final
	2187	+	26 Resources and its Tier 1 funding allocation. To determine
	2188	+
	2189	+
	2190	+
	2191	+
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	2194	+
	2195	+
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	2198	+	1 the Organizational Unit's Funding Gap, the resulting
	2199	+	2 amount is then multiplied by a factor equal to one minus
	2200	+	3 the Organizational Unit's Local Capacity Target
	2201	+	4 percentage. Each Organizational Unit within Tier 3 or Tier
	2202	+	5 4 receives an allocation of New State Funds equal to the
	2203	+	6 product of its Adequacy Target and the tier's Allocation
	2204	+	7 Rate, as specified in paragraph (4) of this subsection
	2205	+	8 (g).
	2206	+	9 (2) To ensure equitable distribution of dollars for
	2207	+	10 all Tier 2 Organizational Units, no Tier 2 Organizational
	2208	+	11 Unit shall receive fewer dollars per ASE than any Tier 3
	2209	+	12 Organizational Unit. Each Tier 2 and Tier 3 Organizational
	2210	+	13 Unit shall have its funding allocation divided by its ASE.
	2211	+	14 Any Tier 2 Organizational Unit with a funding allocation
	2212	+	15 per ASE below the greatest Tier 3 allocation per ASE shall
	2213	+	16 get a funding allocation equal to the greatest Tier 3
	2214	+	17 funding allocation per ASE multiplied by the
	2215	+	18 Organizational Unit's ASE. Each Tier 2 Organizational
	2216	+	19 Unit's Tier 2 funding allocation shall be multiplied by
	2217	+	20 the percentage calculated by dividing the original Tier 2
	2218	+	21 Aggregate Funding by the sum of all Tier 2 Organizational
	2219	+	22 Units' Tier 2 funding allocation after adjusting
	2220	+	23 districts' funding below Tier 3 levels.
	2221	+	24 (3) Organizational Units are placed into one of 4
	2222	+	25 tiers as follows:
	2223	+	26 (A) Tier 1 consists of all Organizational Units,
	2224	+
	2225	+
	2226	+
	2227	+
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	2234	+	1 except for Specially Funded Units, with a Percent of
	2235	+	2 Adequacy less than the Tier 1 Target Ratio. The Tier 1
	2236	+	3 Target Ratio is the ratio level that allows for Tier 1
	2237	+	4 Aggregate Funding to be distributed, with the Tier 1
	2238	+	5 Allocation Rate determined pursuant to paragraph (4)
	2239	+	6 of this subsection (g).
	2240	+	7 (B) Tier 2 consists of all Tier 1 Units and all
	2241	+	8 other Organizational Units, except for Specially
	2242	+	9 Funded Units, with a Percent of Adequacy of less than
	2243	+	10 0.90.
	2244	+	11 (C) Tier 3 consists of all Organizational Units,
	2245	+	12 except for Specially Funded Units, with a Percent of
	2246	+	13 Adequacy of at least 0.90 and less than 1.0.
	2247	+	14 (D) Tier 4 consists of all Organizational Units
	2248	+	15 with a Percent of Adequacy of at least 1.0.
	2249	+	16 (4) The Allocation Rates for Tiers 1 through 4 are
	2250	+	17 determined as follows:
	2251	+	18 (A) The Tier 1 Allocation Rate is 30%.
	2252	+	19 (B) The Tier 2 Allocation Rate is the result of the
	2253	+	20 following equation: Tier 2 Aggregate Funding, divided
	2254	+	21 by the sum of the Funding Gaps for all Tier 2
	2255	+	22 Organizational Units, unless the result of such
	2256	+	23 equation is higher than 1.0. If the result of such
	2257	+	24 equation is higher than 1.0, then the Tier 2
	2258	+	25 Allocation Rate is 1.0.
	2259	+	26 (C) The Tier 3 Allocation Rate is the result of the
	2260	+
	2261	+
	2262	+
	2263	+
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	2266	+
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	2270	+	1 following equation: Tier 3 Aggregate Funding, divided
	2271	+	2 by the sum of the Adequacy Targets of all Tier 3
	2272	+	3 Organizational Units.
	2273	+	4 (D) The Tier 4 Allocation Rate is the result of the
	2274	+	5 following equation: Tier 4 Aggregate Funding, divided
	2275	+	6 by the sum of the Adequacy Targets of all Tier 4
	2276	+	7 Organizational Units.
	2277	+	8 (5) A tier's Target Ratio is determined as follows:
	2278	+	9 (A) The Tier 1 Target Ratio is the ratio level that
	2279	+	10 allows for Tier 1 Aggregate Funding to be distributed
	2280	+	11 with the Tier 1 Allocation Rate.
	2281	+	12 (B) The Tier 2 Target Ratio is 0.90.
	2282	+	13 (C) The Tier 3 Target Ratio is 1.0.
	2283	+	14 (6) If, at any point, the Tier 1 Target Ratio is
	2284	+	15 greater than 90%, then all Tier 1 funding shall be
	2285	+	16 allocated to Tier 2 and no Tier 1 Organizational Unit's
	2286	+	17 funding may be identified.
	2287	+	18 (7) In the event that all Tier 2 Organizational Units
	2288	+	19 receive funding at the Tier 2 Target Ratio level, any
	2289	+	20 remaining New State Funds shall be allocated to Tier 3 and
	2290	+	21 Tier 4 Organizational Units.
	2291	+	22 (8) If any Specially Funded Units, excluding Glenwood
	2292	+	23 Academy, recognized by the State Board do not qualify for
	2293	+	24 direct funding following the implementation of Public Act
	2294	+	25 100-465 from any of the funding sources included within
	2295	+	26 the definition of Base Funding Minimum, the unqualified
	2296	+
	2297	+
	2298	+
	2299	+
	2300	+
	2301	+	SB1983 - 63 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	2302	+
	2303	+
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	2305	+	SB1983 - 64 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	2306	+	1 portion of the Base Funding Minimum shall be transferred
	2307	+	2 to one or more appropriate Organizational Units as
	2308	+	3 determined by the State Superintendent based on the prior
	2309	+	4 year ASE of the Organizational Units.
	2310	+	5 (8.5) If a school district withdraws from a special
	2311	+	6 education cooperative, the portion of the Base Funding
	2312	+	7 Minimum that is attributable to the school district may be
	2313	+	8 redistributed to the school district upon withdrawal. The
	2314	+	9 school district and the cooperative must include the
	2315	+	10 amount of the Base Funding Minimum that is to be
	2316	+	11 reapportioned in their withdrawal agreement and notify the
	2317	+	12 State Board of the change with a copy of the agreement upon
	2318	+	13 withdrawal.
	2319	+	14 (9) The Minimum Funding Level is intended to establish
	2320	+	15 a target for State funding that will keep pace with
	2321	+	16 inflation and continue to advance equity through the
	2322	+	17 Evidence-Based Funding formula. The target for State
	2323	+	18 funding of New Property Tax Relief Pool Funds is
	2324	+	19 $50,000,000 for State fiscal year 2019 and subsequent
	2325	+	20 State fiscal years. The Minimum Funding Level is equal to
	2326	+	21 $350,000,000. In addition to any New State Funds, no more
	2327	+	22 than $50,000,000 New Property Tax Relief Pool Funds may be
	2328	+	23 counted toward the Minimum Funding Level. If the sum of
	2329	+	24 New State Funds and applicable New Property Tax Relief
	2330	+	25 Pool Funds are less than the Minimum Funding Level, than
	2331	+	26 funding for tiers shall be reduced in the following
	2332	+
	2333	+
	2334	+
	2335	+
	2336	+
	2337	+	SB1983 - 64 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	2338	+
	2339	+
	2340	+	SB1983- 65 -LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b SB1983 - 65 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	2341	+	SB1983 - 65 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	2342	+	1 manner:
	2343	+	2 (A) First, Tier 4 funding shall be reduced by an
	2344	+	3 amount equal to the difference between the Minimum
	2345	+	4 Funding Level and New State Funds until such time as
	2346	+	5 Tier 4 funding is exhausted.
	2347	+	6 (B) Next, Tier 3 funding shall be reduced by an
	2348	+	7 amount equal to the difference between the Minimum
	2349	+	8 Funding Level and New State Funds and the reduction in
	2350	+	9 Tier 4 funding until such time as Tier 3 funding is
	2351	+	10 exhausted.
	2352	+	11 (C) Next, Tier 2 funding shall be reduced by an
	2353	+	12 amount equal to the difference between the Minimum
	2354	+	13 Funding Level and New State Funds and the reduction in
	2355	+	14 Tier 4 and Tier 3.
	2356	+	15 (D) Finally, Tier 1 funding shall be reduced by an
	2357	+	16 amount equal to the difference between the Minimum
	2358	+	17 Funding level and New State Funds and the reduction in
	2359	+	18 Tier 2, 3, and 4 funding. In addition, the Allocation
	2360	+	19 Rate for Tier 1 shall be reduced to a percentage equal
	2361	+	20 to the Tier 1 Allocation Rate set by paragraph (4) of
	2362	+	21 this subsection (g), multiplied by the result of New
	2363	+	22 State Funds divided by the Minimum Funding Level.
	2364	+	23 (9.5) For State fiscal year 2019 and subsequent State
	2365	+	24 fiscal years, if New State Funds exceed $300,000,000, then
	2366	+	25 any amount in excess of $300,000,000 shall be dedicated
	2367	+	26 for purposes of Section 2-3.170 of this Code up to a
	2368	+
	2369	+
	2370	+
	2371	+
	2372	+
	2373	+	SB1983 - 65 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	2374	+
	2375	+
	2376	+	SB1983- 66 -LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b SB1983 - 66 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
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	2378	+	1 maximum of $50,000,000.
	2379	+	2 (10) In the event of a decrease in the amount of the
	2380	+	3 appropriation for this Section in any fiscal year after
	2381	+	4 implementation of this Section, the Organizational Units
	2382	+	5 receiving Tier 1 and Tier 2 funding, as determined under
	2383	+	6 paragraph (3) of this subsection (g), shall be held
	2384	+	7 harmless by establishing a Base Funding Guarantee equal to
	2385	+	8 the per pupil kindergarten through grade 12 funding
	2386	+	9 received in accordance with this Section in the prior
	2387	+	10 fiscal year. Reductions shall be made to the Base Funding
	2388	+	11 Minimum of Organizational Units in Tier 3 and Tier 4 on a
	2389	+	12 per pupil basis equivalent to the total number of the ASE
	2390	+	13 in Tier 3-funded and Tier 4-funded Organizational Units
	2391	+	14 divided by the total reduction in State funding. The Base
	2392	+	15 Funding Minimum as reduced shall continue to be applied to
	2393	+	16 Tier 3 and Tier 4 Organizational Units and adjusted by the
	2394	+	17 relative formula when increases in appropriations for this
	2395	+	18 Section resume. In no event may State funding reductions
	2396	+	19 to Organizational Units in Tier 3 or Tier 4 exceed an
	2397	+	20 amount that would be less than the Base Funding Minimum
	2398	+	21 established in the first year of implementation of this
	2399	+	22 Section. If additional reductions are required, all school
	2400	+	23 districts shall receive a reduction by a per pupil amount
	2401	+	24 equal to the aggregate additional appropriation reduction
	2402	+	25 divided by the total ASE of all Organizational Units.
	2403	+	26 (11) The State Superintendent shall make minor
	2404	+
	2405	+
	2406	+
	2407	+
	2408	+
	2409	+	SB1983 - 66 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	2410	+
	2411	+
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	2413	+	SB1983 - 67 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	2414	+	1 adjustments to the distribution formula set forth in this
	2415	+	2 subsection (g) to account for the rounding of percentages
	2416	+	3 to the nearest tenth of a percentage and dollar amounts to
	2417	+	4 the nearest whole dollar.
	2418	+	5 (h) State Superintendent administration of funding and
	2419	+	6 district submission requirements.
	2420	+	7 (1) The State Superintendent shall, in accordance with
	2421	+	8 appropriations made by the General Assembly, meet the
	2422	+	9 funding obligations created under this Section.
	2423	+	10 (2) The State Superintendent shall calculate the
	2424	+	11 Adequacy Target for each Organizational Unit under this
	2425	+	12 Section. No Evidence-Based Funding shall be distributed
	2426	+	13 within an Organizational Unit without the approval of the
	2427	+	14 unit's school board.
	2428	+	15 (3) Annually, the State Superintendent shall calculate
	2429	+	16 and report to each Organizational Unit the unit's
	2430	+	17 aggregate financial adequacy amount, which shall be the
	2431	+	18 sum of the Adequacy Target for each Organizational Unit.
	2432	+	19 The State Superintendent shall calculate and report
	2433	+	20 separately for each Organizational Unit the unit's total
	2434	+	21 State funds allocated for its students with disabilities.
	2435	+	22 The State Superintendent shall calculate and report
	2436	+	23 separately for each Organizational Unit the amount of
	2437	+	24 funding and applicable FTE calculated for each Essential
	2438	+	25 Element of the unit's Adequacy Target.
	2439	+	26 (4) Annually, the State Superintendent shall calculate
	2440	+
	2441	+
	2442	+
	2443	+
	2444	+
	2445	+	SB1983 - 67 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	2446	+
	2447	+
	2448	+	SB1983- 68 -LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b SB1983 - 68 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	2449	+	SB1983 - 68 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	2450	+	1 and report to each Organizational Unit the amount the unit
	2451	+	2 must expend on special education and bilingual education
	2452	+	3 and computer technology and equipment for Organizational
	2453	+	4 Units assigned to Tier 1 or Tier 2 that received an
	2454	+	5 additional $285.50 per student computer technology and
	2455	+	6 equipment investment grant to their Adequacy Target
	2456	+	7 pursuant to the unit's Base Funding Minimum, Special
	2457	+	8 Education Allocation, Bilingual Education Allocation, and
	2458	+	9 computer technology and equipment investment allocation.
	2459	+	10 (5) Moneys distributed under this Section shall be
	2460	+	11 calculated on a school year basis, but paid on a fiscal
	2461	+	12 year basis, with payments beginning in August and
	2462	+	13 extending through June. Unless otherwise provided, the
	2463	+	14 moneys appropriated for each fiscal year shall be
	2464	+	15 distributed in 22 equal payments at least 2 times monthly
	2465	+	16 to each Organizational Unit. If moneys appropriated for
	2466	+	17 any fiscal year are distributed other than monthly, the
	2467	+	18 distribution shall be on the same basis for each
	2468	+	19 Organizational Unit.
	2469	+	20 (6) Any school district that fails, for any given
	2470	+	21 school year, to maintain school as required by law or to
	2471	+	22 maintain a recognized school is not eligible to receive
	2472	+	23 Evidence-Based Funding. In case of non-recognition of one
	2473	+	24 or more attendance centers in a school district otherwise
	2474	+	25 operating recognized schools, the claim of the district
	2475	+	26 shall be reduced in the proportion that the enrollment in
	2476	+
	2477	+
	2478	+
	2479	+
	2480	+
	2481	+	SB1983 - 68 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	2482	+
	2483	+
	2484	+	SB1983- 69 -LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b SB1983 - 69 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	2485	+	SB1983 - 69 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	2486	+	1 the attendance center or centers bears to the enrollment
	2487	+	2 of the school district. "Recognized school" means any
	2488	+	3 public school that meets the standards for recognition by
	2489	+	4 the State Board. A school district or attendance center
	2490	+	5 not having recognition status at the end of a school term
	2491	+	6 is entitled to receive State aid payments due upon a legal
	2492	+	7 claim that was filed while it was recognized.
	2493	+	8 (7) School district claims filed under this Section
	2494	+	9 are subject to Sections 18-9 and 18-12 of this Code,
	2495	+	10 except as otherwise provided in this Section.
	2496	+	11 (8) Each fiscal year, the State Superintendent shall
	2497	+	12 calculate for each Organizational Unit an amount of its
	2498	+	13 Base Funding Minimum and Evidence-Based Funding that shall
	2499	+	14 be deemed attributable to the provision of special
	2500	+	15 educational facilities and services, as defined in Section
	2501	+	16 14-1.08 of this Code, in a manner that ensures compliance
	2502	+	17 with maintenance of State financial support requirements
	2503	+	18 under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education
	2504	+	19 Act. An Organizational Unit must use such funds only for
	2505	+	20 the provision of special educational facilities and
	2506	+	21 services, as defined in Section 14-1.08 of this Code, and
	2507	+	22 must comply with any expenditure verification procedures
	2508	+	23 adopted by the State Board.
	2509	+	24 (9) All Organizational Units in this State must submit
	2510	+	25 annual spending plans, as part of the budget submission
	2511	+	26 process, no later than October 31 of each year to the State
	2512	+
	2513	+
	2514	+
	2515	+
	2516	+
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	2518	+
	2519	+
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	2522	+	1 Board. The spending plan shall describe how each
	2523	+	2 Organizational Unit will utilize the Base Funding Minimum
	2524	+	3 and Evidence-Based Funding it receives from this State
	2525	+	4 under this Section with specific identification of the
	2526	+	5 intended utilization of Low-Income, English learner, and
	2527	+	6 special education resources. Additionally, the annual
	2528	+	7 spending plans of each Organizational Unit shall describe
	2529	+	8 how the Organizational Unit expects to achieve student
	2530	+	9 growth and how the Organizational Unit will achieve State
	2531	+	10 education goals, as defined by the State Board, and shall
	2532	+	11 indicate which stakeholder groups the Organizational Unit
	2533	+	12 engaged with to inform its annual spending plans. The
	2534	+	13 State Superintendent may, from time to time, identify
	2535	+	14 additional requisites for Organizational Units to satisfy
	2536	+	15 when compiling the annual spending plans required under
	2537	+	16 this subsection (h). The format and scope of annual
	2538	+	17 spending plans shall be developed by the State
	2539	+	18 Superintendent and the State Board of Education. School
	2540	+	19 districts that serve students under Article 14C of this
	2541	+	20 Code shall continue to submit information as required
	2542	+	21 under Section 14C-12 of this Code. Annual spending plans
	2543	+	22 required under this subsection (h) shall be integrated
	2544	+	23 into annual school district budgets completed pursuant to
	2545	+	24 Section 17-1 or Section 34-43. Organizational Units that
	2546	+	25 do not submit a budget to the State Board shall be provided
	2547	+	26 with a separate planning template developed by the State
	2548	+
	2549	+
	2550	+
	2551	+
	2552	+
	2553	+	SB1983 - 70 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	2554	+
	2555	+
	2556	+	SB1983- 71 -LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b SB1983 - 71 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	2557	+	SB1983 - 71 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	2558	+	1 Board. The State Board shall create an Evidence-Based
	2559	+	2 Funding spending plan tool to make Evidence-Based Funding
	2560	+	3 spending plan data for each Organizational Unit available
	2561	+	4 on the State Board's website no later than December 31,
	2562	+	5 2025, with annual updates thereafter. The tool shall allow
	2563	+	6 for the selection and review of each Organizational Unit's
	2564	+	7 planned use of Evidence-Based Funding.
	2565	+	8 (10) No later than January 1, 2018, the State
	2566	+	9 Superintendent shall develop a 5-year strategic plan for
	2567	+	10 all Organizational Units to help in planning for adequacy
	2568	+	11 funding under this Section. The State Superintendent shall
	2569	+	12 submit the plan to the Governor and the General Assembly,
	2570	+	13 as provided in Section 3.1 of the General Assembly
	2571	+	14 Organization Act. The plan shall include recommendations
	2572	+	15 for:
	2573	+	16 (A) a framework for collaborative, professional,
	2574	+	17 innovative, and 21st century learning environments
	2575	+	18 using the Evidence-Based Funding model;
	2576	+	19 (B) ways to prepare and support this State's
	2577	+	20 educators for successful instructional careers;
	2578	+	21 (C) application and enhancement of the current
	2579	+	22 financial accountability measures, the approved State
	2580	+	23 plan to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds
	2581	+	24 Act, and the Illinois Balanced Accountability Measures
	2582	+	25 in relation to student growth and elements of the
	2583	+	26 Evidence-Based Funding model; and
	2584	+
	2585	+
	2586	+
	2587	+
	2588	+
	2589	+	SB1983 - 71 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	2590	+
	2591	+
	2592	+	SB1983- 72 -LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b SB1983 - 72 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	2593	+	SB1983 - 72 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	2594	+	1 (D) implementation of an effective school adequacy
	2595	+	2 funding system based on projected and recommended
	2596	+	3 funding levels from the General Assembly.
	2597	+	4 (11) On an annual basis, the State Superintendent must
	2598	+	5 recalibrate all of the following per pupil elements of the
	2599	+	6 Adequacy Target and applied to the formulas, based on the
	2600	+	7 study of average expenses and as reported in the most
	2601	+	8 recent annual financial report:
	2602	+	9 (A) Gifted under subparagraph (M) of paragraph (2)
	2603	+	10 of subsection (b).
	2604	+	11 (B) Instructional materials under subparagraph (O)
	2605	+	12 of paragraph (2) of subsection (b).
	2606	+	13 (C) Assessment under subparagraph (P) of paragraph
	2607	+	14 (2) of subsection (b).
	2608	+	15 (D) Student activities under subparagraph (R) of
	2609	+	16 paragraph (2) of subsection (b).
	2610	+	17 (E) Maintenance and operations under subparagraph
	2611	+	18 (S) of paragraph (2) of subsection (b).
	2612	+	19 (F) Central office under subparagraph (T) of
	2613	+	20 paragraph (2) of subsection (b).
	2614	+	21 (i) Professional Review Panel.
	2615	+	22 (1) A Professional Review Panel is created to study
	2616	+	23 and review topics related to the implementation and effect
	2617	+	24 of Evidence-Based Funding, as assigned by a joint
	2618	+	25 resolution or Public Act of the General Assembly or a
	2619	+	26 motion passed by the State Board of Education. The Panel
	2620	+
	2621	+
	2622	+
	2623	+
	2624	+
	2625	+	SB1983 - 72 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	2626	+
	2627	+
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	2630	+	1 must provide recommendations to and serve the Governor,
	2631	+	2 the General Assembly, and the State Board. The State
	2632	+	3 Superintendent or his or her designee must serve as a
	2633	+	4 voting member and chairperson of the Panel. The State
	2634	+	5 Superintendent must appoint a vice chairperson from the
	2635	+	6 membership of the Panel. The Panel must advance
	2636	+	7 recommendations based on a three-fifths majority vote of
	2637	+	8 Panel members present and voting. A minority opinion may
	2638	+	9 also accompany any recommendation of the Panel. The Panel
	2639	+	10 shall be appointed by the State Superintendent, except as
	2640	+	11 otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection (i)
	2641	+	12 and include the following members:
	2642	+	13 (A) Two appointees that represent district
	2643	+	14 superintendents, recommended by a statewide
	2644	+	15 organization that represents district superintendents.
	2645	+	16 (B) Two appointees that represent school boards,
	2646	+	17 recommended by a statewide organization that
	2647	+	18 represents school boards.
	2648	+	19 (C) Two appointees from districts that represent
	2649	+	20 school business officials, recommended by a statewide
	2650	+	21 organization that represents school business
	2651	+	22 officials.
	2652	+	23 (D) Two appointees that represent school
	2653	+	24 principals, recommended by a statewide organization
	2654	+	25 that represents school principals.
	2655	+	26 (E) Two appointees that represent teachers,
	2656	+
	2657	+
	2658	+
	2659	+
	2660	+
	2661	+	SB1983 - 73 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	2662	+
	2663	+
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	2666	+	1 recommended by a statewide organization that
	2667	+	2 represents teachers.
	2668	+	3 (F) Two appointees that represent teachers,
	2669	+	4 recommended by another statewide organization that
	2670	+	5 represents teachers.
	2671	+	6 (G) Two appointees that represent regional
	2672	+	7 superintendents of schools, recommended by
	2673	+	8 organizations that represent regional superintendents.
	2674	+	9 (H) Two independent experts selected solely by the
	2675	+	10 State Superintendent.
	2676	+	11 (I) Two independent experts recommended by public
	2677	+	12 universities in this State.
	2678	+	13 (J) One member recommended by a statewide
	2679	+	14 organization that represents parents.
	2680	+	15 (K) Two representatives recommended by collective
	2681	+	16 impact organizations that represent major metropolitan
	2682	+	17 areas or geographic areas in Illinois.
	2683	+	18 (L) One member from a statewide organization
	2684	+	19 focused on research-based education policy to support
	2685	+	20 a school system that prepares all students for
	2686	+	21 college, a career, and democratic citizenship.
	2687	+	22 (M) One representative from a school district
	2688	+	23 organized under Article 34 of this Code.
	2689	+	24 The State Superintendent shall ensure that the
	2690	+	25 membership of the Panel includes representatives from
	2691	+	26 school districts and communities reflecting the
	2692	+
	2693	+
	2694	+
	2695	+
	2696	+
	2697	+	SB1983 - 74 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	2698	+
	2699	+
	2700	+	SB1983- 75 -LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b SB1983 - 75 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
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	2702	+	1 geographic, socio-economic, racial, and ethnic diversity
	2703	+	2 of this State. The State Superintendent shall additionally
	2704	+	3 ensure that the membership of the Panel includes
	2705	+	4 representatives with expertise in bilingual education and
	2706	+	5 special education. Staff from the State Board shall staff
	2707	+	6 the Panel.
	2708	+	7 (2) In addition to those Panel members appointed by
	2709	+	8 the State Superintendent, 4 members of the General
	2710	+	9 Assembly shall be appointed as follows: one member of the
	2711	+	10 House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the
	2712	+	11 House of Representatives, one member of the Senate
	2713	+	12 appointed by the President of the Senate, one member of
	2714	+	13 the House of Representatives appointed by the Minority
	2715	+	14 Leader of the House of Representatives, and one member of
	2716	+	15 the Senate appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate.
	2717	+	16 There shall be one additional member appointed by the
	2718	+	17 Governor. All members appointed by legislative leaders or
	2719	+	18 the Governor shall be non-voting, ex officio members.
	2720	+	19 (3) The Panel must study topics at the direction of
	2721	+	20 the General Assembly or State Board of Education, as
	2722	+	21 provided under paragraph (1). The Panel may also study the
	2723	+	22 following topics at the direction of the chairperson:
	2724	+	23 (A) The format and scope of annual spending plans
	2725	+	24 referenced in paragraph (9) of subsection (h) of this
	2726	+	25 Section.
	2727	+	26 (B) The Comparable Wage Index under this Section.
	2728	+
	2729	+
	2730	+
	2731	+
	2732	+
	2733	+	SB1983 - 75 - LRB104 09170 LNS 19226 b
	2734	+
	2735	+
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	2738	+	1 (C) Maintenance and operations, including capital
	2739	+	2 maintenance and construction costs.
	2740	+	3 (D) "At-risk student" definition.
	2741	+	4 (E) Benefits.
	2742	+	5 (F) Technology.
	2743	+	6 (G) Local Capacity Target.
	2744	+	7 (H) Funding for Alternative Schools, Laboratory
	2745	+	8 Schools, safe schools, and alternative learning
	2746	+	9 opportunities programs.
	2747	+	10 (I) Funding for college and career acceleration
	2748	+	11 strategies.
	2749	+	12 (J) Special education investments.
	2750	+	13 (K) Early childhood investments, in collaboration
	2751	+	14 with the Illinois Early Learning Council.
	2752	+	15 (4) (Blank).
	2753	+	16 (5) Within 5 years after the implementation of this
	2754	+	17 Section, and every 5 years thereafter, the Panel shall
	2755	+	18 complete an evaluative study of the entire Evidence-Based
	2756	+	19 Funding model, including an assessment of whether or not
	2757	+	20 the formula is achieving State goals. The Panel shall
	2758	+	21 report to the State Board, the General Assembly, and the
	2759	+	22 Governor on the findings of the study.
	2760	+	23 (6) (Blank).
	2761	+	24 (7) To ensure that (i) the Adequacy Target calculation
	2762	+	25 under subsection (b) accurately reflects the needs of
	2763	+	26 students living in poverty or attending schools located in
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	2774	+	1 areas of high poverty, (ii) racial equity within the
	2775	+	2 Evidence-Based Funding formula is explicitly explored and
	2776	+	3 advanced, and (iii) the funding goals of the formula
	2777	+	4 distribution system established under this Section are
	2778	+	5 sufficient to provide adequate funding for every student
	2779	+	6 and to fully fund every school in this State, the Panel
	2780	+	7 shall review the Essential Elements under paragraph (2) of
	2781	+	8 subsection (b). The Panel shall consider all of the
	2782	+	9 following in its review:
	2783	+	10 (A) The financial ability of school districts to
	2784	+	11 provide instruction in a foreign language to every
	2785	+	12 student and whether an additional Essential Element
	2786	+	13 should be added to the formula to ensure that every
	2787	+	14 student has access to instruction in a foreign
	2788	+	15 language.
	2789	+	16 (B) The adult-to-student ratio for each Essential
	2790	+	17 Element in which a ratio is identified. The Panel
	2791	+	18 shall consider whether the ratio accurately reflects
	2792	+	19 the staffing needed to support students living in
	2793	+	20 poverty or who have traumatic backgrounds.
	2794	+	21 (C) Changes to the Essential Elements that may be
	2795	+	22 required to better promote racial equity and eliminate
	2796	+	23 structural racism within schools.
	2797	+	24 (D) The impact of investing $350,000,000 in
	2798	+	25 additional funds each year under this Section and an
	2799	+	26 estimate of when the school system will become fully
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	2810	+	1 funded under this level of appropriation.
	2811	+	2 (E) Provide an overview of alternative funding
	2812	+	3 structures that would enable the State to become fully
	2813	+	4 funded at an earlier date.
	2814	+	5 (F) The potential to increase efficiency and to
	2815	+	6 find cost savings within the school system to expedite
	2816	+	7 the journey to a fully funded system.
	2817	+	8 (G) The appropriate levels for reenrolling and
	2818	+	9 graduating high-risk high school students who have
	2819	+	10 been previously out of school. These outcomes shall
	2820	+	11 include enrollment, attendance, skill gains, credit
	2821	+	12 gains, graduation or promotion to the next grade
	2822	+	13 level, and the transition to college, training, or
	2823	+	14 employment, with an emphasis on progressively
	2824	+	15 increasing the overall attendance.
	2825	+	16 (H) The evidence-based or research-based practices
	2826	+	17 that are shown to reduce the gaps and disparities
	2827	+	18 experienced by African American students in academic
	2828	+	19 achievement and educational performance, including
	2829	+	20 practices that have been shown to reduce disparities
	2830	+	21 in disciplinary rates, drop-out rates, graduation
	2831	+	22 rates, college matriculation rates, and college
	2832	+	23 completion rates.
	2833	+	24 On or before December 31, 2021, the Panel shall report
	2834	+	25 to the State Board, the General Assembly, and the Governor
	2835	+	26 on the findings of its review. This paragraph (7) is
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