Bill Text: IL SB0232 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the College Campus Press Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-08-19 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0845 [SB0232 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB0232-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the College Campus Press Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-08-19 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0845 [SB0232 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB0232-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 2-16.02 as follows:
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6 | (110 ILCS 805/2-16.02) (from Ch. 122, par. 102-16.02)
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7 | Sec. 2-16.02. Grants. Any community college district that | ||||||
8 | maintains a
community college recognized by the State Board | ||||||
9 | shall receive, when eligible,
grants enumerated in this | ||||||
10 | Section. Funded semester credit hours or other
measures or both | ||||||
11 | as specified by the State Board shall be used to distribute
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12 | grants to community colleges. Funded semester credit hours | ||||||
13 | shall be defined,
for purposes of this Section, as the greater | ||||||
14 | of
(1) the number of semester credit hours, or equivalent, in | ||||||
15 | all funded
instructional categories of students who have been | ||||||
16 | certified as being in
attendance at midterm during the | ||||||
17 | respective terms of the base fiscal year or
(2) the average of | ||||||
18 | semester credit hours, or equivalent, in all funded
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19 | instructional categories of students who have been certified as | ||||||
20 | being in
attendance at midterm during the respective terms of | ||||||
21 | the base fiscal year and
the 2 prior fiscal years. For purposes | ||||||
22 | of this Section, "base fiscal year"
means the fiscal year 2 | ||||||
23 | years prior to the fiscal year for which the grants are
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1 | appropriated. Such students shall have been residents of | ||||||
2 | Illinois and shall
have been enrolled in courses that are part | ||||||
3 | of instructional program categories
approved by the State Board | ||||||
4 | and that are applicable toward an associate degree
or | ||||||
5 | certificate.
Courses that are eligible for reimbursement are | ||||||
6 | those courses for which
the district pays 50% or more of the | ||||||
7 | program costs from unrestricted
revenue sources, with the | ||||||
8 | exception of courses offered by contract with
the Department of | ||||||
9 | Corrections in correctional institutions. For the
purposes of | ||||||
10 | this Section, "unrestricted revenue sources" means those
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11 | revenues in which the provider of the revenue imposes no | ||||||
12 | financial
limitations upon the district as it relates to the | ||||||
13 | expenditure of the funds. Except for Fiscal Year 2012, base | ||||||
14 | operating grants shall be paid based on rates per funded
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15 | semester credit hour or equivalent calculated by the State | ||||||
16 | Board for funded
instructional categories using cost of | ||||||
17 | instruction, enrollment, inflation, and
other relevant | ||||||
18 | factors. For Fiscal Year 2012, the allocations for base | ||||||
19 | operating grants to community college districts shall be the | ||||||
20 | same as they were in Fiscal Year 2011, reduced or increased | ||||||
21 | proportionately according to the appropriation for base | ||||||
22 | operating grants for Fiscal Year 2012.
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23 | Equalization grants shall be calculated by the State Board | ||||||
24 | by determining a
local revenue factor for each district by: (A) | ||||||
25 | adding (1)
each district's Corporate Personal Property | ||||||
26 | Replacement Fund
allocations from the base
fiscal year or the |
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1 | average of the base fiscal year and prior year, whichever is
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2 | less, divided by the applicable statewide average tax rate to | ||||||
3 | (2) the
district's most recently audited
year's equalized | ||||||
4 | assessed valuation or the average of the most recently audited
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5 | year and prior year, whichever is less, (B) then dividing by | ||||||
6 | the district's
audited full-time equivalent resident students | ||||||
7 | for the base fiscal year or the
average for the base fiscal | ||||||
8 | year and the 2 prior fiscal years, whichever is
greater, and | ||||||
9 | (C) then multiplying by the applicable statewide average tax
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10 | rate. The State Board
shall calculate a statewide weighted | ||||||
11 | average threshold by applying
the same methodology to the | ||||||
12 | totals of all districts' Corporate Personal
Property Tax | ||||||
13 | Replacement Fund allocations, equalized assessed valuations, | ||||||
14 | and
audited full-time equivalent district resident students | ||||||
15 | and multiplying by the
applicable statewide average tax rate. | ||||||
16 | The difference between the statewide
weighted average | ||||||
17 | threshold and the local revenue
factor, multiplied by the | ||||||
18 | number of full-time equivalent resident students,
shall | ||||||
19 | determine the amount of equalization funding that each district | ||||||
20 | is
eligible to receive. A percentage factor, as determined by | ||||||
21 | the State Board,
may be applied to the statewide threshold as a | ||||||
22 | method for allocating
equalization funding. A minimum | ||||||
23 | equalization grant of an amount per district
as determined by | ||||||
24 | the State Board shall be established for any community college
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25 | district which qualifies for an equalization grant based upon | ||||||
26 | the preceding
criteria, but becomes ineligible for |
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1 | equalization funding, or would have
received a grant of less | ||||||
2 | than the minimum equalization grant, due to threshold
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3 | prorations applied to reduce equalization funding.
As of July | ||||||
4 | 1, 2013, a community college district eligible to receive an | ||||||
5 | equalization grant based upon the preceding criteria must | ||||||
6 | maintain a
minimum required combined in-district tuition and | ||||||
7 | universal fee rate per
semester credit hour equal to 70% of the | ||||||
8 | State-average combined rate, as
determined by the State Board, | ||||||
9 | or the total revenue received by the community college district | ||||||
10 | from combined in-district tuition and universal fees must be at | ||||||
11 | least 30% of the total revenue received by the community | ||||||
12 | college district, as determined by the State Board, for | ||||||
13 | equalization funding. As of July 1,
2004, a community college | ||||||
14 | district must maintain a minimum required
operating tax rate | ||||||
15 | equal to at least 95% of its maximum authorized tax
rate to | ||||||
16 | qualify for equalization funding. This 95% minimum tax rate
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17 | requirement shall be based upon the maximum operating tax rate | ||||||
18 | as
limited by the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
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19 | The State Board shall distribute such other grants as may | ||||||
20 | be
authorized or appropriated by the General Assembly.
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21 | Each community college district entitled to State grants | ||||||
22 | under this
Section must submit a report of its enrollment to | ||||||
23 | the State Board not later
than 30 days following the end of | ||||||
24 | each semester, quarter, or term in a
format prescribed by the | ||||||
25 | State Board. These semester credit hours, or
equivalent, shall | ||||||
26 | be certified by each district on forms provided by the
State |
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1 | Board. Each district's certified semester credit hours, or | ||||||
2 | equivalent,
are subject to audit pursuant to Section 3-22.1.
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3 | The State Board shall certify, prepare, and submit monthly | ||||||
4 | vouchers to the State Comptroller
setting
forth an amount equal | ||||||
5 | to one-twelfth of the grants approved by the State Board for | ||||||
6 | base
operating grants and equalization grants. The State Board | ||||||
7 | shall prepare and
submit to the State Comptroller vouchers for | ||||||
8 | payments of other grants as
appropriated by the General | ||||||
9 | Assembly. If the amount appropriated for grants
is different | ||||||
10 | from the amount provided for such grants under this Act, the
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11 | grants shall be proportionately reduced or increased | ||||||
12 | accordingly.
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13 | For the purposes of this Section, "resident student" means | ||||||
14 | a student in a
community college district who maintains | ||||||
15 | residency in that district or
meets other residency definitions | ||||||
16 | established by the State Board, and who
was enrolled either in | ||||||
17 | one of the approved instructional program categories
in that | ||||||
18 | district, or in another community college district to which the
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19 | resident's district is paying tuition under Section 6-2 or with | ||||||
20 | which the
resident's district has entered into a cooperative | ||||||
21 | agreement in lieu of such
tuition. Students shall be classified | ||||||
22 | as residents of the community college district without meeting | ||||||
23 | the 30-day residency requirement of the district if they are | ||||||
24 | currently residing in the district and are youth (i) who are | ||||||
25 | currently under the legal guardianship of the Illinois | ||||||
26 | Department of Children and Family Services or have recently |
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1 | been emancipated from the Department and (ii) who had | ||||||
2 | previously met the 30-day residency requirement of the district | ||||||
3 | but who had a placement change into a new community college | ||||||
4 | district. The student, a caseworker or other personnel of the | ||||||
5 | Department, or the student's attorney or guardian ad litem | ||||||
6 | appointed under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 shall provide | ||||||
7 | the district with proof of current in-district residency.
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8 | For the purposes of this Section, a "full-time equivalent" | ||||||
9 | student is
equal to 30 semester credit hours.
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10 | The Illinois Community College Board Contracts and Grants | ||||||
11 | Fund is hereby
created in the State Treasury. Items of income | ||||||
12 | to this fund shall include
any grants, awards, endowments, or | ||||||
13 | like proceeds, and where appropriate,
other funds made | ||||||
14 | available through contracts with governmental, public, and
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15 | private agencies or persons. The General Assembly shall from | ||||||
16 | time to time
make appropriations payable from such fund for the | ||||||
17 | support, improvement,
and expenses of the State Board and | ||||||
18 | Illinois community college
districts.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 97-72, eff. 7-1-11; 97-1160, eff. 2-1-13; 98-46, | ||||||
20 | eff. 6-28-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
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