Supplemental General State Aid
Code References
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105 ILCS 5/18-8.05. Basis for apportionment of general
State financial aid and supplemental general State aid to
the common schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school
years
(H) Supplemental General State Aid.
(1) In addition to the general State aid a school district
is allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying school
districts shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction with
a district's payments of general State aid, for supplemental
general State aid based upon the concentration level of children
from low-income households within the school district. Supplemental
State aid grants provided for school districts under this
subsection shall be appropriated for distribution to school
districts as part of the same line item in which the general
State financial aid of school districts is appropriated under
this Section. For purposes of this subsection, the term "Low-Income
Concentration Level" shall be the low-income eligible
pupil count from the most recently available federal census
divided by the Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
If, however, the percentage decrease from the 2 most recent
federal censuses in the low-income eligible pupil count of
a high school district with fewer than 400 students exceeds
by 75% or more the percentage change in the total low-income
eligible pupil count of contiguous elementary school districts,
whose boundaries are coterminous with the high school district,
the high school district's low-income eligible pupil count
from the earlier federal census shall be the number used as
the low-income eligible pupil count for the high school district,
for purposes of this subsection (H).
(2) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this subsection
shall be provided as follows:
(a) For any school district with a Low Income Concentration
Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the grant for any
school year shall be $800 multiplied by the low income eligible
pupil count.
(b) For any school district with a Low Income Concentration
Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the grant for the
1998-1999 school year shall be $1,100 multiplied by the low
income eligible pupil count.
(c) For any school district with a Low Income Concentration
Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the grant for the
1998-99 school year shall be $1,500 multiplied by the low
income eligible pupil count.
(d) For any school district with a Low Income Concentration
Level of 60% or more, the grant for the 1998-99 school year
shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low income eligible pupil
count.
(e) For the 1999-2000 school year, the per pupil amount specified
in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d) immediately above shall
be increased to $1,243, $1,600, and $2,000, respectively.
(f) For the 2000-2001 school year, the per pupil amounts specified
in subparagraphs (b), (c) and (d) immediately above shall
be $1,273, $1,640, and $2,050, respectively.
(3) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of more
than 1,000 and less than 50,000 that qualify for supplemental
general State aid pursuant to this subsection shall submit
a plan to the State Board of Education prior to October 30
of each year for the use of the funds resulting from this
grant of supplemental general State aid for the improvement
of instruction in which priority is given to meeting the education
needs of disadvantaged children. Such plan shall be submitted
in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the
State Board of Education.
(4) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of 50,000
or more that qualify for supplemental general State aid pursuant
to this subsection shall be required to distribute from funds
available pursuant to this Section, no less than $261,000,000
in accordance with the following requirements:
(a) The required amounts shall be distributed to the attendance
centers within the district in proportion to the number of
pupils enrolled at each attendance center who are eligible
to receive free or reduced-price lunches or breakfasts under
the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966 [42 U.S.C. §
1771 et seq.] and under the National School Lunch Act [42
U.S.C. § 1751] during the immediately preceding school
year.
(b) The distribution of these portions of supplemental and
general State aid among attendance centers according to these
requirements shall not be compensated for or contravened by
adjustments of the total of other funds appropriated to any
attendance centers, and the Board of Education shall utilize
funding from one or several sources in order to fully implement
this provision annually prior to the opening of school.
(c) Each attendance center shall be provided by the school
district a distribution of noncategorical funds and other
categorical funds to which an attendance center is entitled
under law in order that the general State aid and supplemental
general State aid provided by application of this subsection
supplements rather than supplants the noncategorical funds
and other categorical funds provided by the school district
to the attendance centers.
(d) Any funds made available under this subsection that by
reason of the provisions of this subsection are not required
to be allocated and provided to attendance centers may be
used and appropriated by the board of the district for any
lawful school purpose.
(e) Funds received by an attendance center pursuant to this
subsection shall be used by the attendance center at the discretion
of the principal and local school council for programs to
improve educational opportunities at qualifying schools through
the following programs and services: early childhood education,
reduced class size or improved adult to student classroom
ratio, enrichment programs, remedial assistance, attendance
improvement, and other educationally beneficial expenditures
which supplement the regular and basic programs as determined
by the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not
be expended for any political or lobbying purposes as defined
by board rule.
(f) Each district subject to the provisions of this subdivision
(H)(4) shall submit an acceptable plan to meet the educational
needs of disadvantaged children, in compliance with the requirements
of this paragraph, to the State Board of Education prior to
July 15 of each year. This plan shall be consistent with the
decisions of local school councils concerning the school expenditure
plans developed in accordance with part 4 of Section 34-2.3
[105 ILCS 5/34-2.3]. The State Board shall approve or reject
the plan within 60 days after its submission. If the plan
is rejected, the district shall give written notice of intent
to modify the plan within 15 days of the notification of rejection
and then submit a modified plan within 30 days after the date
of the written notice of intent to modify. Districts may amend
approved plans pursuant to rules promulgated by the State
Board of Education.
Upon notification by the State Board of Education that the
district has not submitted a plan prior to July 15 or a modified
plan within the time period specified herein, the State aid
funds affected by that plan or modified plan shall be withheld
by the State Board of Education until a plan or modified plan
is submitted.
If the district fails to distribute State aid to attendance
centers in accordance with an approved plan, the plan for
the following year shall allocate funds, in addition to the
funds otherwise required by this subsection, to those attendance
centers which were underfunded during the previous year in
amounts equal to such underfunding.
For purposes of determining compliance with this subsection
in relation to the requirements of attendance center funding,
each district subject to the provisions of this subsection
shall submit as a separate document by December 1 of each
year a report of expenditure data for the prior year in addition
to any modification of its current plan. If it is determined
that there has been a failure to comply with the expenditure
provisions of this subsection regarding contravention or supplanting,
the State Superintendent of Education shall, within 60 days
of receipt of the report, notify the district and any affected
local school council. The district shall within 45 days of
receipt of that notification inform the State Superintendent
of Education of the remedial or corrective action to be taken,
whether by amendment of the current plan, if feasible, or
by adjustment in the plan for the following year. Failure
to provide the expenditure report or the notification of remedial
or corrective action in a timely manner shall result in a
withholding of the affected funds.
The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and regulations
to implement the provisions of this subsection. No funds shall
be released under this subdivision (H)(4) to any district
that has not submitted a plan that has been approved by the
State Board of Education.
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