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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2250 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/12-11.5 from Ch. 122, par. 12-11.5105 ILCS 5/29-3 from Ch. 122, par. 29-3105 ILCS 5/29-5 from Ch. 122, par. 29-5 Amends the School Code. Provides that the transportation of pupils, and reimbursement thereof, in school districts is in relation to pupils attending prekindergarten through grade 12. LRB104 09499 LNS 19560 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2250 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/12-11.5 from Ch. 122, par. 12-11.5105 ILCS 5/29-3 from Ch. 122, par. 29-3105 ILCS 5/29-5 from Ch. 122, par. 29-5 105 ILCS 5/12-11.5 from Ch. 122, par. 12-11.5 105 ILCS 5/29-3 from Ch. 122, par. 29-3 105 ILCS 5/29-5 from Ch. 122, par. 29-5 Amends the School Code. Provides that the transportation of pupils, and reimbursement thereof, in school districts is in relation to pupils attending prekindergarten through grade 12. LRB104 09499 LNS 19560 b LRB104 09499 LNS 19560 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2250 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	105 ILCS 5/12-11.5 from Ch. 122, par. 12-11.5105 ILCS 5/29-3 from Ch. 122, par. 29-3105 ILCS 5/29-5 from Ch. 122, par. 29-5 105 ILCS 5/12-11.5 from Ch. 122, par. 12-11.5 105 ILCS 5/29-3 from Ch. 122, par. 29-3 105 ILCS 5/29-5 from Ch. 122, par. 29-5
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6	6	105 ILCS 5/29-5 from Ch. 122, par. 29-5
7	7	Amends the School Code. Provides that the transportation of pupils, and reimbursement thereof, in school districts is in relation to pupils attending prekindergarten through grade 12.
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13	13	1 AN ACT concerning education.
14	14	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
15	15	3 represented in the General Assembly:
16	16	4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
17	17	5 12-11.5, 29-3, and 29-5 as follows:
18	18	6 (105 ILCS 5/12-11.5) (from Ch. 122, par. 12-11.5)
19	19	7 Sec. 12-11.5. Transportation of pupils.
20	20	8 If in the discretion of the board of education sufficient
21	21	9 moneys of the district are available after payment of the
22	22	10 other expenses of the district, including tuition, may provide
23	23	11 free transportation for the pupils attending prekindergarten
24	24	12 through grade 12 of their district not living within one and
25	25	13 one-half miles of a high school which they may lawfully attend
26	26	14 to the most convenient high school which such pupils may
27	27	15 lawfully attend under the provisions of this Act, or reimburse
28	28	16 pupils attending prekindergarten through grade 12 who are
29	29	17 living in a portion of such district which cannot be reached by
30	30	18 bus or train for the reasonable cost of their transportation,
31	31	19 or for the amount necessarily expended by them for
32	32	20 transportation in attending a high school approved by such
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34	34	22 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
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38	38	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2250 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
39	39	105 ILCS 5/12-11.5 from Ch. 122, par. 12-11.5105 ILCS 5/29-3 from Ch. 122, par. 29-3105 ILCS 5/29-5 from Ch. 122, par. 29-5 105 ILCS 5/12-11.5 from Ch. 122, par. 12-11.5 105 ILCS 5/29-3 from Ch. 122, par. 29-3 105 ILCS 5/29-5 from Ch. 122, par. 29-5
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41	41	105 ILCS 5/29-3 from Ch. 122, par. 29-3
42	42	105 ILCS 5/29-5 from Ch. 122, par. 29-5
43	43	Amends the School Code. Provides that the transportation of pupils, and reimbursement thereof, in school districts is in relation to pupils attending prekindergarten through grade 12.
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73	73	1 (105 ILCS 5/29-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 29-3)
74	74	2 Sec. 29-3. Transportation in school districts. School
75	75	3 boards of community consolidated districts, community unit
76	76	4 districts, consolidated districts, consolidated high school
77	77	5 districts, optional elementary unit districts, combined high
78	78	6 school - unit districts, combined school districts if the
79	79	7 combined district includes any district which was previously
80	80	8 required to provide transportation, and any newly created
81	81	9 elementary or high school districts resulting from a high
82	82	10 school - unit conversion, a unit to dual conversion, or a
83	83	11 multi-unit conversion if the newly created district includes
84	84	12 any area that was previously required to provide
85	85	13 transportation shall provide free transportation for pupils
86	86	14 attending prekindergarten through grade 12 who reside residing
87	87	15 at a distance of one and one-half miles or more from any school
88	88	16 to which they are assigned for attendance maintained within
89	89	17 the district, except for those pupils for whom the school
90	90	18 board shall certify to the State Board of Education that
91	91	19 adequate transportation for the public is available.
92	92	20 For the purpose of this Act 1 1/2 miles distance shall be
93	93	21 from the exit of the property where the pupil resides to the
94	94	22 point where pupils are normally unloaded at the school
95	95	23 attended; such distance shall be measured by determining the
96	96	24 shortest distance on normally traveled roads or streets.
97	97	25 Such school board may comply with the provisions of this
98	98	26 Section by providing free transportation for pupils attending
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109	109	1 prekindergarten through grade 12 to and from an assigned
110	110	2 school and a pick-up point located not more than one and
111	111	3 one-half miles from the home of each pupil assigned to such
112	112	4 point.
113	113	5 For the purposes of this Act "adequate transportation for
114	114	6 the public" shall be assumed to exist for such pupils as can
115	115	7 reach school by walking, one way, along normally traveled
116	116	8 roads or streets less than 1 1/2 miles irrespective of the
117	117	9 distance the pupil is transported by public transportation.
118	118	10 In addition to the other requirements of this Section,
119	119	11 each school board may provide free transportation for any
120	120	12 pupil attending prekindergarten through grade 12 who reside
121	121	13 residing within 1 1/2 miles from the school attended where
122	122	14 conditions are such that walking, either to or from the school
123	123	15 to which a pupil is assigned for attendance or to or from a
124	124	16 pick-up point or bus stop, constitutes a serious hazard to the
125	125	17 safety of the pupil due to either (i) vehicular traffic or rail
126	126	18 crossings or (ii) a course or pattern of criminal activity, as
127	127	19 defined in Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism
128	128	20 Omnibus Prevention Act. Such transportation shall not be
129	129	21 provided if adequate transportation for the public is
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131	131	23 The determination as to what constitutes a serious safety
132	132	24 hazard shall be made by the school board, in accordance with
133	133	25 guidelines promulgated by the Illinois Department of
134	134	26 Transportation regarding vehicular traffic or rail crossings
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145	145	1 or in accordance with guidelines regarding a course or pattern
146	146	2 of criminal activity, as determined by the local law
147	147	3 enforcement agency, in consultation with the State
148	148	4 Superintendent of Education. A school board, on written
149	149	5 petition of the parent or guardian of a pupil for whom adequate
150	150	6 transportation for the public is alleged not to exist because
151	151	7 the pupil is required to walk along normally traveled roads or
152	152	8 streets where walking is alleged to constitute a serious
153	153	9 safety hazard due to either (i) vehicular traffic or rail
154	154	10 crossings or (ii) a course or pattern of criminal activity, or
155	155	11 who is required to walk between the pupil's home and assigned
156	156	12 school or between the pupil's home or assigned school and a
157	157	13 pick-up point or bus stop along roads or streets where walking
158	158	14 is alleged to constitute a serious safety hazard due to either
159	159	15 (i) vehicular traffic or rail crossings or (ii) a course or
160	160	16 pattern of criminal activity, shall conduct a study and make
161	161	17 findings, which the Department of Transportation, with respect
162	162	18 to vehicular traffic or rail crossings, or the State Board of
163	163	19 Education, in consultation with the local law enforcement
164	164	20 agency, with respect to a course or pattern of criminal
165	165	21 activity, shall review and approve or disapprove as provided
166	166	22 in this Section, to determine whether a serious safety hazard
167	167	23 exists as alleged in the petition. The Department of
168	168	24 Transportation shall review the findings of the school board
169	169	25 concerning vehicular traffic or rail crossings and shall
170	170	26 approve or disapprove the school board's determination that a
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181	181	1 serious safety hazard exists within 30 days after the school
182	182	2 board submits its findings to the Department of
183	183	3 Transportation. The State Board of Education, in consultation
184	184	4 with the local law enforcement agency, shall review the
185	185	5 findings of the school board concerning a course or pattern of
186	186	6 criminal activity and shall approve or disapprove the school
187	187	7 board's determination that a serious safety hazard exists
188	188	8 within 30 days after the school board submits its findings to
189	189	9 the State Board. The school board shall annually review the
190	190	10 conditions and determine whether or not the hazardous
191	191	11 conditions remain unchanged. The State Superintendent of
192	192	12 Education may request that the Illinois Department of
193	193	13 Transportation or the local law enforcement agency verify that
194	194	14 the conditions have not changed. No action shall lie against
195	195	15 the school board, the State Superintendent of Education, the
196	196	16 Illinois Department of Transportation, the State Board of
197	197	17 Education, or a local law enforcement agency for decisions
198	198	18 made in accordance with this Section. The provisions of the
199	199	19 Administrative Review Law and all amendments and modifications
200	200	20 thereof and the rules adopted pursuant thereto shall apply to
201	201	21 and govern all proceedings instituted for the judicial review
202	202	22 of final administrative decisions of the Department of
203	203	23 Transportation, the State Board of Education, or a local law
204	204	24 enforcement agency under this Section. At all points, except
205	205	25 when otherwise mentioned in this Section, the local
206	206	26 enforcement agency is authorized to determine what constitutes
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217	217	1 a course or pattern of criminal activity.
218	218	2 The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of
219	219	3 the 100th General Assembly do not apply to a school district
220	220	4 organized under Article 34 of this Code.
221	221	5 (Source: P.A. 100-1142, eff. 11-28-18.)
222	222	6 (105 ILCS 5/29-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 29-5)
223	223	7 Sec. 29-5. Reimbursement by State for transportation. Any
224	224	8 school district or State-authorized charter school,
225	225	9 maintaining a school, transporting resident pupils to another
226	226	10 school district's vocational program, offered through a joint
227	227	11 agreement approved by the State Board of Education, as
228	228	12 provided in Section 10-22.22 or transporting its resident
229	229	13 pupils to a school which meets the standards for recognition
230	230	14 as established by the State Board of Education which provides
231	231	15 transportation meeting the standards of safety, comfort,
232	232	16 convenience, efficiency and operation prescribed by the State
233	233	17 Board of Education for resident pupils attending
234	234	18 prekindergarten through grade 12 in kindergarten or any of
235	235	19 grades 1 through 12 who: (a) reside at least 1 1/2 miles as
236	236	20 measured by the customary route of travel, from the school
237	237	21 attended; or (b) reside in areas where conditions are such
238	238	22 that walking constitutes a hazard to the safety of the child
239	239	23 when determined under Section 29-3; and (c) are transported to
240	240	24 the school attended from pick-up points at the beginning of
241	241	25 the school day and back again at the close of the school day or
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252	252	1 transported to and from their assigned attendance centers
253	253	2 during the school day shall be reimbursed by the State as
254	254	3 hereinafter provided in this Section.
255	255	4 The State will pay the prorated allowable cost of
256	256	5 transporting eligible pupils less the real equalized assessed
257	257	6 valuation as computed under paragraph (3) of subsection (d) of
258	258	7 Section 18-8.15 in a dual school district maintaining
259	259	8 secondary grades 9 to 12 inclusive times a qualifying rate of
260	260	9 .05%; in elementary school districts maintaining
261	261	10 prekindergarten to grade grades K to 8 times a qualifying rate
262	262	11 of .06%; and in unit districts maintaining prekindergarten
263	263	12 grades K to grade 12, including partial elementary unit
264	264	13 districts formed pursuant to Article 11E, times a qualifying
265	265	14 rate of .07%. For a State-authorized charter school, the State
266	266	15 shall pay the prorated allowable cost of transporting eligible
267	267	16 pupils less a real equalized assessed valuation calculated
268	268	17 pursuant to this Section times a qualifying rate. For purposes
269	269	18 of calculating the real equalized assessed valuation for a
270	270	19 State-authorized charter school whose resident district is not
271	271	20 a school district organized under Article 34 of this Code, the
272	272	21 State Board of Education shall calculate the average of the
273	273	22 number of students attending prekindergarten to grade in
274	274	23 grades kindergarten through 12 reported as enrolled in the
275	275	24 charter school in the State Board's Student Information System
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288	288	1 of students attending prekindergarten in grades kindergarten
289	289	2 through grade 12 reported as enrolled in the charter school's
290	290	3 resident district on October 1 and March 1 of the immediately
291	291	4 preceding school year. That proportion shall be multiplied by
292	292	5 the real equalized assessed valuation as computed under
293	293	6 paragraph (3) of subsection (d) of Section 18-8.15 for each
294	294	7 State-authorized charter school's applicable resident
295	295	8 district. A State-authorized charter school whose resident
296	296	9 district is organized under Article 34 of this Code shall have
297	297	10 a real equalized assessed valuation equal to the real
298	298	11 equalized assessed valuation of its resident district as
299	299	12 computed under paragraph (3) of subsection (d) of Section
300	300	13 18-8.15. A State-authorized charter school's qualifying rate
301	301	14 shall be the same as the rate that applies to the charter
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303	303	16 To be eligible to receive reimbursement in excess of 4/5
304	304	17 of the cost to transport eligible pupils, a school district or
305	305	18 partial elementary unit district formed pursuant to Article
306	306	19 11E shall have a Transportation Fund tax rate of at least .12%.
307	307	20 The Transportation Fund tax rate for a partial elementary unit
308	308	21 district formed pursuant Article 11E shall be the combined
309	309	22 elementary and high school rates pursuant to paragraph (4) of
310	310	23 subsection (a) of Section 18-8.15.
311	311	24 If a school district or partial elementary unit district
312	312	25 formed pursuant to Article 11E does not have a .12%
313	313	26 Transportation Fund tax rate, the amount of its claim in
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324	324	1 excess of 4/5 of the cost of transporting pupils shall be
325	325	2 reduced by the sum arrived at by subtracting the
326	326	3 Transportation Fund tax rate from .12% and multiplying that
327	327	4 amount by the district's real equalized assessed valuation as
328	328	5 computed under paragraph (3) of subsection (d) of Section
329	329	6 18-8.15, provided that in no case shall said reduction result
330	330	7 in reimbursement of less than 4/5 of the cost to transport
331	331	8 eligible pupils. No such adjustment may be applied to a claim
332	332	9 filed by a State-authorized charter school.
333	333	10 Subject to the calculation of equalized assessed
334	334	11 valuation, an adjustment for an insufficient tax rate, and the
335	335	12 use of a qualifying rate as provided in this Section, a
336	336	13 State-authorized charter school may make a claim for
337	337	14 reimbursement by the State that is calculated in the same
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339	339	16 The minimum amount to be received by a district is $16
340	340	17 times the number of eligible pupils transported.
341	341	18 When calculating the reimbursement for transportation
342	342	19 costs, the State Board of Education may not deduct the number
343	343	20 of pupils enrolled in early education programs from the number
344	344	21 of pupils eligible for reimbursement if the pupils enrolled in
345	345	22 the early education programs are transported at the same time
346	346	23 as other eligible pupils.
347	347	24 Any such district transporting resident pupils during the
348	348	25 school day to an area vocational school or another school
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360	360	1 school attended, as provided in Sections 10-22.20a and
361	361	2 10-22.22, shall be reimbursed by the State for 4/5 of the cost
362	362	3 of transporting eligible pupils.
363	363	4 School day means that period of time during which the
364	364	5 pupil is required to be in attendance for instructional
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366	366	7 If a pupil is at a location within the school district
367	367	8 other than his residence for child care purposes at the time
368	368	9 for transportation to school, that location may be considered
369	369	10 for purposes of determining the 1 1/2 miles from the school
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371	371	12 Claims for reimbursement that include children who attend
372	372	13 any school other than a public school shall show the number of
373	373	14 such children transported.
374	374	15 Claims for reimbursement under this Section shall not be
375	375	16 paid for the transportation of pupils for whom transportation
376	376	17 costs are claimed for payment under other Sections of this
377	377	18 Act.
378	378	19 The allowable direct cost of transporting pupils for
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380	380	21 transportation shall be limited to the sum of the cost of
381	381	22 physical examinations required for employment as a school bus
382	382	23 driver; the salaries of full-time or part-time drivers and
383	383	24 school bus maintenance personnel; employee benefits excluding
384	384	25 Illinois municipal retirement payments, social security
385	385	26 payments, unemployment insurance payments and workers'
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396	396	1 compensation insurance premiums; expenditures to independent
397	397	2 carriers who operate school buses; payments to other school
398	398	3 districts for pupil transportation services; pre-approved
399	399	4 contractual expenditures for computerized bus scheduling;
400	400	5 expenditures for housing assistance and homeless prevention
401	401	6 under Sections 1-17 and 1-18 of the Education for Homeless
402	402	7 Children Act that are not in excess of the school district's
403	403	8 actual costs for providing transportation services and are not
404	404	9 otherwise claimed in another State or federal grant that
405	405	10 permits those costs to a parent, a legal guardian, any other
406	406	11 person who enrolled a pupil, or a homeless assistance agency
407	407	12 that is part of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance
408	408	13 Act's continuum of care for the area in which the district is
409	409	14 located; the cost of gasoline, oil, tires, and other supplies
410	410	15 necessary for the operation of school buses; the cost of
411	411	16 converting buses' gasoline engines to more fuel efficient
412	412	17 engines or to engines which use alternative energy sources;
413	413	18 the cost of travel to meetings and workshops conducted by the
414	414	19 regional superintendent or the State Superintendent of
415	415	20 Education pursuant to the standards established by the
416	416	21 Secretary of State under Section 6-106 of the Illinois Vehicle
417	417	22 Code to improve the driving skills of school bus drivers; the
418	418	23 cost of maintenance of school buses including parts and
419	419	24 materials used; expenditures for leasing transportation
420	420	25 vehicles, except interest and service charges; the cost of
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432	432	1 expenditures for the rental of transportation equipment; plus
433	433	2 a depreciation allowance of 20% for 5 years for school buses
434	434	3 and vehicles approved for transporting pupils to and from
435	435	4 school and a depreciation allowance of 10% for 10 years for
436	436	5 other transportation equipment so used. Each school year, if a
437	437	6 school district has made expenditures to the Regional
438	438	7 Transportation Authority or any of its service boards, a mass
439	439	8 transit district, or an urban transportation district under an
440	440	9 intergovernmental agreement with the district to provide for
441	441	10 the transportation of pupils and if the public transit carrier
442	442	11 received direct payment for services or passes from a school
443	443	12 district within its service area during the 2000-2001 school
444	444	13 year, then the allowable direct cost of transporting pupils
445	445	14 for regular, vocational, and special education pupil
446	446	15 transportation shall also include the expenditures that the
447	447	16 district has made to the public transit carrier. In addition
448	448	17 to the above allowable costs, school districts shall also
449	449	18 claim all transportation supervisory salary costs, including
450	450	19 Illinois municipal retirement payments, and all transportation
451	451	20 related building and building maintenance costs without
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453	453	22 Special education allowable costs shall also include
454	454	23 expenditures for the salaries of attendants or aides for that
455	455	24 portion of the time they assist special education pupils while
456	456	25 in transit and expenditures for parents and public carriers
457	457	26 for transporting special education pupils when pre-approved by
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468	468	1 the State Superintendent of Education.
469	469	2 Indirect costs shall be included in the reimbursement
470	470	3 claim for districts which own and operate their own school
471	471	4 buses. Such indirect costs shall include administrative costs,
472	472	5 or any costs attributable to transporting pupils from their
473	473	6 attendance centers to another school building for
474	474	7 instructional purposes. No school district which owns and
475	475	8 operates its own school buses may claim reimbursement for
476	476	9 indirect costs which exceed 5% of the total allowable direct
477	477	10 costs for pupil transportation.
478	478	11 The State Board of Education shall prescribe uniform
479	479	12 regulations for determining the above standards and shall
480	480	13 prescribe forms of cost accounting and standards of
481	481	14 determining reasonable depreciation. Such depreciation shall
482	482	15 include the cost of equipping school buses with the safety
483	483	16 features required by law or by the rules, regulations and
484	484	17 standards promulgated by the State Board of Education, and the
485	485	18 Department of Transportation for the safety and construction
486	486	19 of school buses provided, however, any equipment cost
487	487	20 reimbursed by the Department of Transportation for equipping
488	488	21 school buses with such safety equipment shall be deducted from
489	489	22 the allowable cost in the computation of reimbursement under
490	490	23 this Section in the same percentage as the cost of the
491	491	24 equipment is depreciated.
492	492	25 On or before August 15, annually, the chief school
493	493	26 administrator for the district shall certify to the State
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504	504	1 Superintendent of Education the district's claim for
505	505	2 reimbursement for the school year ending on June 30 next
506	506	3 preceding. The State Superintendent of Education shall check
507	507	4 and approve the claims and prepare the vouchers showing the
508	508	5 amounts due for district reimbursement claims. Each fiscal
509	509	6 year, the State Superintendent of Education shall prepare and
510	510	7 transmit the first 3 vouchers to the Comptroller on the 30th
511	511	8 day of September, December and March, respectively, and the
512	512	9 final voucher, no later than June 20.
513	513	10 If the amount appropriated for transportation
514	514	11 reimbursement is insufficient to fund total claims for any
515	515	12 fiscal year, the State Board of Education shall reduce each
516	516	13 school district's allowable costs and flat grant amount
517	517	14 proportionately to make total adjusted claims equal the total
518	518	15 amount appropriated.
519	519	16 For purposes of calculating claims for reimbursement under
520	520	17 this Section for any school year beginning July 1, 2016, the
521	521	18 equalized assessed valuation for a school district or partial
522	522	19 elementary unit district formed pursuant to Article 11E used
523	523	20 to compute reimbursement shall be the real equalized assessed
524	524	21 valuation as computed under paragraph (3) of subsection (d) of
525	525	22 Section 18-8.15.
526	526	23 All reimbursements received from the State shall be
527	527	24 deposited into the district's transportation fund or into the
528	528	25 fund from which the allowable expenditures were made.
529	529	26 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school
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540	540	1 district receiving a payment under this Section or under
541	541	2 Section 14-7.02, 14-7.02b, or 14-13.01 of this Code may
542	542	3 classify all or a portion of the funds that it receives in a
543	543	4 particular fiscal year or from State aid pursuant to Section
544	544	5 18-8.15 of this Code as funds received in connection with any
545	545	6 funding program for which it is entitled to receive funds from
546	546	7 the State in that fiscal year (including, without limitation,
547	547	8 any funding program referenced in this Section), regardless of
548	548	9 the source or timing of the receipt. The district may not
549	549	10 classify more funds as funds received in connection with the
550	550	11 funding program than the district is entitled to receive in
551	551	12 that fiscal year for that program. Any classification by a
552	552	13 district must be made by a resolution of its board of
553	553	14 education. The resolution must identify the amount of any
554	554	15 payments or general State aid to be classified under this
555	555	16 paragraph and must specify the funding program to which the
556	556	17 funds are to be treated as received in connection therewith.
557	557	18 This resolution is controlling as to the classification of
558	558	19 funds referenced therein. A certified copy of the resolution
559	559	20 must be sent to the State Superintendent of Education. The
560	560	21 resolution shall still take effect even though a copy of the
561	561	22 resolution has not been sent to the State Superintendent of
562	562	23 Education in a timely manner. No classification under this
563	563	24 paragraph by a district shall affect the total amount or
564	564	25 timing of money the district is entitled to receive under this
565	565	26 Code. No classification under this paragraph by a district
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