Bill Amendment: IL HB0341 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
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Bill Title: EDUCATION-TECH
Status: 2024-06-26 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [HB0341 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB0341-House_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: EDUCATION-TECH
Status: 2024-06-26 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [HB0341 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB0341-House_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 341
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 341 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Sections 2-3.103 and 10-17 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.103) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.103) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 2-3.103. Salary and benefit survey. For each
school | ||||||
8 | year, the State Board
of Education shall conduct, in each | ||||||
9 | school district, a school district
salary and benefits survey | ||||||
10 | covering the district's licensed and
educational support | ||||||
11 | personnel. However, the collection of information covering | ||||||
12 | educational support personnel must be limited to districts | ||||||
13 | with 1,000 or more students enrolled. | ||||||
14 | A survey form shall be developed and furnished by the | ||||||
15 | State Board of
Education to each school district on or before | ||||||
16 | October 1 of
the school year covered by the survey, and each |
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1 | school district shall submit a completed
survey to the State | ||||||
2 | Board of Education on or before February 1 of the school year | ||||||
3 | covered by the survey. | ||||||
4 | The State Board of Education shall compile, by April 30 of | ||||||
5 | the school
year covered by the survey, a statewide salary and | ||||||
6 | benefit survey report
based upon the surveys completed and | ||||||
7 | submitted for that school year by
the individual school | ||||||
8 | districts as required by this Section, and shall make
the | ||||||
9 | survey report available to all school districts and to all | ||||||
10 | "employee
organizations" as defined in Section 2 of the | ||||||
11 | Illinois Educational Labor
Relations Act. | ||||||
12 | The data required to be reported by each school district | ||||||
13 | on the salary
and benefits survey developed and furnished | ||||||
14 | under this Section for the
school year covered by the survey | ||||||
15 | shall include, but shall not be limited
to, the following: | ||||||
16 | (1) the district's estimated fall enrollment; | ||||||
17 | (2) with respect to both its licensed and educational | ||||||
18 | support personnel employees: | ||||||
19 | (A) whether the district has a salary schedule, | ||||||
20 | salary policy but no
salary schedule, or no salary | ||||||
21 | policy and no salary schedule; | ||||||
22 | (B) when each such salary schedule or policy of | ||||||
23 | the district was or will be adopted; | ||||||
24 | (C) whether there is a negotiated agreement | ||||||
25 | between the school board
and any teacher, educational | ||||||
26 | support personnel or other employee
organization and, |
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1 | if so, the affiliation of the local of such | ||||||
2 | organization,
together with the month and year of | ||||||
3 | expiration of the negotiated agreement
and whether it | ||||||
4 | contains a fair share provision; and if there is no | ||||||
5 | such
negotiated agreement but the district does have a | ||||||
6 | salary schedule or
policy, a brief explanation of the | ||||||
7 | manner in which each such salary
schedule or policy | ||||||
8 | was developed prior to its adoption by the school | ||||||
9 | board,
including a statement of whether any meetings | ||||||
10 | between the school board and
the superintendent | ||||||
11 | leading up to adoption of the salary schedule or | ||||||
12 | policy
were based upon, or were conducted without any | ||||||
13 | discussions between the
superintendent and the | ||||||
14 | affected teachers, educational support personnel or
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15 | other employees; | ||||||
16 | (D) whether the district's salary program, | ||||||
17 | policies or provisions are
based upon merit or | ||||||
18 | performance evaluation of individual teachers,
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19 | educational support personnel or other employees, and | ||||||
20 | whether they include:
severance pay provisions; early | ||||||
21 | retirement incentives; sick leave bank
provisions; | ||||||
22 | sick leave accumulation provisions and, if so, to how | ||||||
23 | many
days; personal, business or emergency leave with | ||||||
24 | pay and, if so, the number
of days; or direct | ||||||
25 | reimbursement in whole or in part for expenses, such | ||||||
26 | as
tuition and materials, incurred in acquiring |
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1 | additional college credit; | ||||||
2 | (E) whether school board paid or tax sheltered | ||||||
3 | retirement contributions
are included in any existing | ||||||
4 | salary schedule or policy of the school
district; what | ||||||
5 | percent (if any) of the salary of each different | ||||||
6 | licensed
and educational support personnel employee | ||||||
7 | classification (using the
employee salary which | ||||||
8 | reflects the highest regularly scheduled step in that
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9 | classification on the salary schedule or policy of the | ||||||
10 | district) is school
board paid to an employee | ||||||
11 | retirement system; the highest scheduled salary
and | ||||||
12 | the level of education or training required to reach | ||||||
13 | the highest
scheduled salary in each licensed and | ||||||
14 | educational support personnel
employee classification; | ||||||
15 | using annual salaries from the school board's
salary | ||||||
16 | schedule or policy for each licensed and educational | ||||||
17 | support
personnel employee classification (and | ||||||
18 | excluding from such salaries items
of individual | ||||||
19 | compensation resulting from extra-curricular duties,
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20 | employment beyond the regular school year and | ||||||
21 | longevity service pay, but
including additional | ||||||
22 | compensation such as grants and cost of living bonuses
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23 | that are received by all employees in a classification | ||||||
24 | or by all employees
in a classification who are at the | ||||||
25 | maximum experience level), the
beginning, maximum and | ||||||
26 | specified intermediate salaries reported to an
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1 | employee retirement system (including school board | ||||||
2 | paid or tax sheltered
retirement contributions, but | ||||||
3 | excluding fringe benefits) for
each educational or | ||||||
4 | training category within each licensed and educational
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5 | support personnel employee classification; and the | ||||||
6 | completed years of
experience required to reach such | ||||||
7 | maximum regularly scheduled and highest
scheduled | ||||||
8 | salaries; | ||||||
9 | (F) whether the school district provides longevity | ||||||
10 | pay beyond the last
annual regular salary increase | ||||||
11 | available under the district's salary
schedule or | ||||||
12 | policy; and if so, the maximum earnings with longevity | ||||||
13 | for each
educational or training category specified by | ||||||
14 | the State Board of Education
in its survey form (based | ||||||
15 | on salary reported to an employee's retirement
system, | ||||||
16 | including school board paid and tax sheltered | ||||||
17 | retirement
contributions, but excluding fringe | ||||||
18 | benefits, and with maximum longevity
step numbers and | ||||||
19 | completed years of experience computed as provided in
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20 | the survey form); | ||||||
21 | (G) for each dental, disability, hospitalization, | ||||||
22 | life, prescription or
vision insurance plan, cafeteria | ||||||
23 | plan or other fringe benefit plan
sponsored by the | ||||||
24 | school board: (i) a statement of whether such plan is
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25 | available to full time teachers or other licensed | ||||||
26 | personnel covered by
a district salary schedule or |
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1 | policy, whether such plan is available to
full time | ||||||
2 | educational support personnel covered by a district | ||||||
3 | salary
schedule or policy, and whether all full time | ||||||
4 | employees to whom coverage
under such plan is | ||||||
5 | available are entitled to receive the same benefits
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6 | under that plan; and (ii) the total annual cost of | ||||||
7 | coverage under that plan
for a covered full time | ||||||
8 | employee who is at the highest regularly
scheduled | ||||||
9 | step on the salary schedule or policy of the district | ||||||
10 | applicable
to such employee, the percent of that total | ||||||
11 | annual cost paid by the
school board, the total annual | ||||||
12 | cost of coverage under that plan for the
family of that | ||||||
13 | employee, and the percent of that total annual cost | ||||||
14 | for
family coverage paid by the school board. | ||||||
15 | In addition, each school district shall provide to the | ||||||
16 | State Board of Education, on or before February 1 of the school | ||||||
17 | year covered by the survey, as required by
this Section, a copy | ||||||
18 | of each salary schedule, salary policy, and negotiated
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19 | agreement which is identified or otherwise referred to in the | ||||||
20 | completed survey form. | ||||||
21 | If a school district follows the posting and reporting | ||||||
22 | requirements of subsection (d) of Section 10-17 of this Code, | ||||||
23 | then the school district may choose not to report under this | ||||||
24 | Section. | ||||||
25 | (Source: P.A. 102-894, eff. 5-20-22.)
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1 | (105 ILCS 5/10-17) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-17)
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2 | Sec. 10-17. Statement of affairs.
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3 | (a) In Class I or Class II county
school units the school | ||||||
4 | board may use either a cash basis or accrual
system of | ||||||
5 | accounting; however, any board so electing to use the accrual
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6 | system may not change to a cash basis without the permission of | ||||||
7 | the
State Board of Education.
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8 | School Boards using either a cash basis or accrual system | ||||||
9 | of
accounting shall maintain records showing the assets, | ||||||
10 | liabilities and
fund balances in such minimum forms as may be | ||||||
11 | prescribed by the
State Board of Education. Such boards shall | ||||||
12 | make available to the public a
statement of the affairs of the | ||||||
13 | district prior to December 1 annually by submitting the | ||||||
14 | statement of affairs in
such form as may be prescribed by the | ||||||
15 | State Board of Education for
posting on the State Board of | ||||||
16 | Education's Internet website, by having
copies of the | ||||||
17 | statement of affairs available in the main administrative | ||||||
18 | office of the district, and by publishing in a newspaper of | ||||||
19 | general circulation published in the school district an annual | ||||||
20 | statement of affairs summary containing at a minimum all of | ||||||
21 | the following information: | ||||||
22 | (1) A summary statement of operations for all funds of | ||||||
23 | the district, as excerpted from the statement of affairs | ||||||
24 | filed with the State Board of Education. The summary | ||||||
25 | statement must include a listing of all moneys received by | ||||||
26 | the district, indicating the total amounts, in the |
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1 | aggregate, each fund of the district received, with a | ||||||
2 | general statement concerning the source of receipts. | ||||||
3 | (2) Except as provided in subdivision (3) of this | ||||||
4 | subsection (a), a listing of all moneys paid out by the | ||||||
5 | district where the total amount paid during the fiscal | ||||||
6 | year exceeds $2,500 in the aggregate per person, giving | ||||||
7 | the name of each person to whom moneys were paid and the | ||||||
8 | total paid to each person. | ||||||
9 | (3) A listing of all personnel, by name, with an | ||||||
10 | annual fiscal year gross payment in the categories set | ||||||
11 | forth in subdivisions 1 and 2 of subsection (c) of this | ||||||
12 | Section. | ||||||
13 | In this Section, "newspaper of general circulation" means a | ||||||
14 | newspaper of general circulation published in the school | ||||||
15 | district, or, if no newspaper is published in the school | ||||||
16 | district, a newspaper published in the county where the school | ||||||
17 | district is located or, if no newspaper is published in the | ||||||
18 | county, a newspaper published in the educational service | ||||||
19 | region where the regional superintendent of schools has | ||||||
20 | supervision and control of the school district. The submission | ||||||
21 | to the State Board of Education shall include an assurance | ||||||
22 | that the statement of affairs has been made available in the | ||||||
23 | main administrative office of the school district and that the | ||||||
24 | required notice has been published in accordance with this | ||||||
25 | Section.
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26 | After December 15 annually, upon 10 days prior written |
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1 | notice to the school district, the State Board of Education | ||||||
2 | may discontinue the processing of payments to the State | ||||||
3 | Comptroller's office on behalf of any school district that is | ||||||
4 | not in compliance with the requirements imposed by this | ||||||
5 | Section. The State Board of Education shall resume the | ||||||
6 | processing of payments to the State Comptroller's Office on | ||||||
7 | behalf of the school district once the district is in | ||||||
8 | compliance with the requirements imposed by this Section.
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9 | The State Board of Education must post, on or before | ||||||
10 | January 15, all statements of affairs timely received from | ||||||
11 | school districts.
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12 | (b) When any school district is the administrative | ||||||
13 | district for several
school districts operating under a joint | ||||||
14 | agreement as authorized by this
Code, no receipts or | ||||||
15 | disbursements accruing, received or paid out
by that
school | ||||||
16 | district as such an administrative district shall be included | ||||||
17 | in
the statement of affairs of the district required by this | ||||||
18 | Section.
However, that district shall have prepared and made | ||||||
19 | available to the public, in accordance with subsection (a) of | ||||||
20 | this Section, in the same
manner and subject to the same | ||||||
21 | requirements as are provided in this
Section for the statement | ||||||
22 | of affairs of that district, a statement
showing the cash | ||||||
23 | receipts and disbursements by funds (or the revenue,
expenses | ||||||
24 | and financial position, if the accrual system of accounting is
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25 | used) of the district as such administrative district, in the | ||||||
26 | form
prescribed by the State Board of Education. The costs of
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1 | publishing the notice and summary of this separate statement
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2 | prepared by such an administrative
district shall be | ||||||
3 | apportioned among and paid by the participating
districts in | ||||||
4 | the same manner as other costs and expenses accruing to
those | ||||||
5 | districts jointly.
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6 | School districts on a cash basis shall have prepared and | ||||||
7 | made available to
the public, in accordance with subsection | ||||||
8 | (a) of this Section, a
statement showing the cash receipts and | ||||||
9 | disbursements by funds in the
form prescribed by the State | ||||||
10 | Board of Education.
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11 | School districts using the accrual system of accounting | ||||||
12 | shall have
prepared and made available to the public, in | ||||||
13 | accordance with subsection (a) of this Section, a statement of
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14 | revenue
and expenses and a statement
of financial position in | ||||||
15 | the form prescribed by the State Board of Education.
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16 | In Class II county school units such statement shall be | ||||||
17 | prepared and
made available to the public, in accordance with | ||||||
18 | subsection (a) of this Section, by the township treasurer of | ||||||
19 | the
unit within which such
districts are located, except with | ||||||
20 | respect to the school board of any
school district that no | ||||||
21 | longer is subject to the jurisdiction and authority
of a | ||||||
22 | township treasurer or trustees of schools of a township
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23 | because the district has withdrawn from the jurisdiction and | ||||||
24 | authority of the
township treasurer and trustees of schools of | ||||||
25 | the township or because
those offices have been abolished as | ||||||
26 | provided in subsection (b) or
(c) of Section 5-1, and as to |
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1 | each such school district the statement
required by this | ||||||
2 | Section shall be prepared and made available to the public, in | ||||||
3 | accordance with subsection (a) of this Section, by the school
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4 | board of such district in the same manner as required for | ||||||
5 | school boards of
school districts situated in Class I county | ||||||
6 | school units.
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7 | (c) The statement of affairs required pursuant to this | ||||||
8 | Section shall contain such information as may
be required by | ||||||
9 | the State Board of Education, including:
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10 | 1. Annual fiscal year gross payment for certificated | ||||||
11 | personnel to be
shown by name, listing each employee in | ||||||
12 | one of the following categories:
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13 | (a) Under $25,000
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14 | (b) $25,000 to $39,999
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15 | (c) $40,000 to $59,999
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16 | (d) $60,000 to $89,999
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17 | (e) $90,000 and over
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18 | 2. Annual fiscal year payment for non-certificated | ||||||
19 | personnel to be
shown by name, listing each employee in | ||||||
20 | one of the following categories:
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21 | (a) Under $25,000
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22 | (b) $25,000 to $39,999
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23 | (c) $40,000 to $59,999
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24 | (d) $60,000 and over
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25 | 3. In addition to wages and salaries all other moneys | ||||||
26 | in the
aggregate paid to recipients of $1,000 or more, |
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1 | giving the name of the
person, firm or corporation and the | ||||||
2 | total amount received by each.
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3 | 4. Approximate size of school district in square | ||||||
4 | miles.
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5 | 5. Number of school attendance centers.
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6 | 6. Numbers of employees as follows:
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7 | (a) Full-time certificated employees;
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8 | (b) Part-time certificated employees;
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9 | (c) Full-time non-certificated employees;
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10 | (d) Part-time non-certificated employees.
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11 | 7. Numbers of pupils as follows:
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12 | (a) Enrolled by grades;
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13 | (b) Total enrolled;
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14 | (c) Average daily attendance.
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15 | 8. Assessed valuation as follows:
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16 | (a) Total of the district;
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17 | (b) Per pupil in average daily attendance.
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18 | 9. Tax rate for each district fund.
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19 | 10. District financial obligation at the close of the | ||||||
20 | fiscal year as
follows:
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21 | (a) Teachers' orders outstanding;
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22 | (b) Anticipation warrants outstanding for each | ||||||
23 | fund.
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24 | 11. Total bonded debt at the close of the fiscal year.
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25 | 12. Percent of bonding power obligated currently.
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26 | 13. Value of capital assets of the district including:
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1 | (a) Land;
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2 | (b) Buildings;
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3 | (c) Equipment.
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4 | 14. Total amount of investments each fund.
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5 | 15. Change in net cash position from the previous | ||||||
6 | report period for
each district fund.
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7 | In addition to the above report, a report
of expenditures | ||||||
8 | in the aggregate paid on behalf of recipients of $500 or
more, | ||||||
9 | giving the name of the person, firm or corporation and the | ||||||
10 | total
amount received by each shall be available in the school | ||||||
11 | district office
for public inspection. This listing shall | ||||||
12 | include all wages, salaries
and expenditures over $500 | ||||||
13 | expended from any revolving fund maintained
by the district. | ||||||
14 | Any resident of the school district may receive a copy
of this | ||||||
15 | report, upon request, by paying a reasonable charge to defray
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16 | the costs of preparing such copy.
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17 | (d) Instead of completing, submitting, and making | ||||||
18 | available a statement of affairs pursuant to this Section, any | ||||||
19 | other summary, statement, or report required by this Section, | ||||||
20 | and the salary and benefit survey pursuant to Section 2-3.103 | ||||||
21 | of this Code, a school district may post on the district's | ||||||
22 | Internet website, on or before December 31 of each year, a copy | ||||||
23 | of the annual district audit, a report of compensation for all | ||||||
24 | district staff, and a list of payments to a person, firm, or | ||||||
25 | corporation in the following ranges: | ||||||
26 | (1) $5,000 through $9,999; |
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1 | (2) $10,000 through $24,999; and | ||||||
2 | (3) $25,000 or more. | ||||||
3 | (e) This Section does not apply to cities having a | ||||||
4 | population exceeding
500,000.
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5 | (Source: P.A. 94-875, eff. 7-1-06.)".
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