Bill Text: IL SB2923 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning local financing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2923 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB2923-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 SB2923 Introduced 2/4/2014, by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/27A-11
Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning local financing.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
27A-11 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/27A-11)
Sec. 27A-11. Local financing.
(a) For purposes of the the School Code, pupils enrolled in
a charter school shall be included in the pupil enrollment of
the school district within which the pupil resides. Each
charter school (i) shall determine the school district in which
each pupil who is enrolled in the charter school resides, (ii)
shall report the aggregate number of pupils resident of a
school district who are enrolled in the charter school to the
school district in which those pupils reside, and (iii) shall
maintain accurate records of daily attendance that shall be
deemed sufficient to file claims under Section 18-8
notwithstanding any other requirements of that Section
regarding hours of instruction and teacher certification.
(b) Except for a charter school established by referendum
under Section 27A-6.5, as part of a charter school contract,
the charter school and the local school board shall agree on
funding and any services to be provided by the school district

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to the charter school. Agreed funding that a charter school is
to receive from the local school board for a school year shall
be paid in equal quarterly installments with the payment of the
installment for the first quarter being made not later than
July 1, unless the charter establishes a different payment
schedule.
All services centrally or otherwise provided by the school
district including, but not limited to, rent, food services,
custodial services, maintenance, curriculum, media services,
libraries, transportation, and warehousing shall be subject to
negotiation between a charter school and the local school board
and paid for out of the revenues negotiated pursuant to this
subsection (b); provided that the local school board shall not
attempt, by negotiation or otherwise, to obligate a charter
school to provide pupil transportation for pupils for whom a
district is not required to provide transportation under the
criteria set forth in subsection (a)(13) of Section 27A-7.
In no event shall the funding be less than 75% or more than
125% of the school district's per capita student tuition
multiplied by the number of students residing in the district
who are enrolled in the charter school.
It is the intent of the General Assembly that funding and
service agreements under this subsection (b) shall be neither a
financial incentive nor a financial disincentive to the
establishment of a charter school.
The charter school may set and collect reasonable fees.

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Fees collected from students enrolled at a charter school shall
be retained by the charter school.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this Section, the
proportionate share of State and federal resources generated by
students with disabilities or staff serving them shall be
directed to charter schools enrolling those students by their
school districts or administrative units. The proportionate
share of moneys generated under other federal or State
categorical aid programs shall be directed to charter schools
serving students eligible for that aid.
(d) The governing body of a charter school is authorized to
accept gifts, donations, or grants of any kind made to the
charter school and to expend or use gifts, donations, or grants
in accordance with the conditions prescribed by the donor;
however, a gift, donation, or grant may not be accepted by the
governing body if it is subject to any condition contrary to
applicable law or contrary to the terms of the contract between
the charter school and the local school board. Charter schools
shall be encouraged to solicit and utilize community volunteer
speakers and other instructional resources when providing
instruction on the Holocaust and other historical events.
(e) (Blank).
(f) The State Board shall provide technical assistance to
persons and groups preparing or revising charter applications.
(g) At the non-renewal or revocation of its charter, each
charter school shall refund to the local board of education all

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unspent funds.
(h) A charter school is authorized to incur temporary,
short term debt to pay operating expenses in anticipation of
receipt of funds from the local school board.
(Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 90-757, eff. 8-14-98;
91-407, eff. 8-3-99.)