105 ILCS 5/13A-8
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 13A - Alternative Public Schools

Sec. 13A-8. Funding.(a) The State of Illinois shall provide funding for  the  alternative school programs within each educational service region and within  the Chicago public school system by line item appropriation made to the State  Board of Education for that purpose.  This money, when appropriated, shall be  provided to the regional superintendent and to the Chicago Board of Education,  who shall establish a budget, including salaries, for their  alternative school programs.  Each program shall receive funding in the amount of $30,000 plus an amount  based on the ratio of the region's or Chicago's best 3 months' average daily  attendance in grades pre-kindergarten through 12 to the statewide totals of  these amounts.  For purposes of this calculation, the best 3 months' average  daily attendance for each region or Chicago shall be calculated by adding to  the best 3 months' average  daily  attendance the number of low-income students identified in the most  recently available federal census multiplied by one-half times the percentage  of the  region's or Chicago's low-income students  to the State's total low-income students.  The State Board of Education shall retain  up to 1.1% of the appropriation to be used to provide technical assistance,  professional development, and evaluations for the programs.(a-5) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, for the  1998-1999  fiscal year, the total amount distributed  under subsection (a) for an alternative school program shall be not less than  the total amount that was distributed under that subsection for that  alternative school program for the 1997-1998 fiscal year.  If an alternative  school program is to receive a total distribution under subsection (a) for the  1998-1999 fiscal year that is less than the total  distribution that the program received under that subsection for the 1997-1998  fiscal year, that alternative school program shall also receive, from a  separate appropriation made for purposes of this subsection (a-5), a  supplementary  payment equal to the amount by which its total distribution under  subsection (a) for the 1997-1998 fiscal year exceeds the amount of the total  distribution that the alternative school program receives under that  subsection for the 1998-1999 fiscal year.  If the amount appropriated  for supplementary payments to alternative school programs under this subsection  (a-5)  is insufficient for that purpose, those supplementary payments shall be  prorated among the alternative school programs entitled to receive those  supplementary payments according to the aggregate amount of the appropriation  made for purposes of this subsection (a-5).(b) An alternative school program shall be entitled to receive general  State aid as calculated in subsection (K) of  Section 18-8.05 or evidence-based funding as calculated in  subsection (g) of Section 18-8.15 upon filing a claim as  provided therein.  Any time that a student who is enrolled in an alternative  school program spends in work-based learning, community service, or a similar  alternative educational setting shall be included in determining the student's  minimum number of clock hours of daily school work that constitute a day of  attendance for purposes of calculating general State aid or evidence-based funding.(c) An alternative school program may receive additional funding from its  school districts in such amount as may be agreed upon by the parties and  necessary  to support the program.  In addition, an alternative school program is  authorized to accept and expend gifts, legacies, and grants, including but not  limited to federal grants, from any source for purposes directly related to the  conduct and operation of the program.  (Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)