105 ILCS 5/18-12
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 18 - Common School Fund

 (from Ch. 122, par. 18-12)Sec. 18-12. Dates for filing State aid claims. The school board of  each school district, a regional office of education, a laboratory school, or a State-authorized charter school shall require teachers, principals, or  superintendents to furnish from records kept by them such data as it  needs in preparing and certifying to the State Superintendent of Education   its report of claims provided in Section   18-8.05 or 18-8.15 of this Code.  The claim  shall be based on the latest available equalized assessed valuation and tax  rates, as provided in Section 18-8.05 or 18-8.15, shall use the average  daily  attendance as determined by the method outlined in Section 18-8.05 or 18-8.15,  and shall be  certified and filed with the State Superintendent of Education by June 21  for districts and State-authorized charter schools with an  official  school calendar end date before June 15 or within 2 weeks following the  official school calendar end date for districts, regional offices of education, laboratory schools, or State-authorized charter schools with a school year end date  of June 15 or later.  Failure to  so file by these deadlines constitutes a forfeiture of the right  to  receive payment by  the State until such claim is filed.  The   State Superintendent of Education shall voucher  for payment those claims to the State Comptroller as provided in Section 18-11.Except as otherwise provided in this Section, if any school district  fails to provide the minimum school term specified  in Section 10-19, the State aid claim for that year shall be reduced by the  State Superintendent of Education in an amount equivalent to 1/176 or .56818% for  each day less than the number of days required by this Code.If  the State Superintendent of Education determines that the failure  to  provide the minimum school term was occasioned by an act or acts of God, or  was occasioned by conditions beyond the control of the school district  which posed a hazardous threat to the health and safety of pupils, the  State aid claim need not be reduced.If a school district is precluded from providing the minimum hours of instruction required for a full day of attendance due to (A) an adverse weather condition, (B) a condition beyond the control of the school district that poses a hazardous threat to the health and safety of students, or (C) beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, the utilization of the school district's facilities for not more than 2 school days per school year by local or county authorities for the purpose of holding a memorial or funeral services in remembrance of a community member, then the partial day of attendance may be counted if (i) the school district has provided at least one hour of instruction prior to the closure of the school district, (ii) a school building has provided at least one hour of instruction prior to the closure of the  school building, or (iii) the normal start time of the school district is delayed.If, prior to providing any instruction, a school district must close one or more but not all  school buildings after consultation with a local emergency response agency or due to a condition beyond the control of the school district, then the school district may claim attendance for up to 2 school days based on the average attendance of the 3 school days immediately preceding the closure of the affected  school building or, if approved by the State Board of Education, utilize the provisions of an e-learning program for the affected school building as prescribed in Section 10-20.56 of this Code.  The partial or no day of attendance described in this Section and the reasons therefore shall be certified within a month of the closing or delayed start by the school district superintendent to the regional superintendent of schools for forwarding to the State Superintendent of Education for approval.Other than the utilization of any e-learning days as prescribed in Section 10-20.56 of this Code, no exception to the requirement of providing a minimum school term may  be approved by the State Superintendent of Education pursuant to this Section  unless a school district has first used all emergency days provided for  in its regular calendar.If the State Superintendent of Education declares that an energy  shortage exists during any part of the school year for the State or a  designated portion of the State, a district may operate the school  attendance centers within the district 4 days of the week during the  time of the shortage by extending each existing school day by one clock  hour of school work, and the State aid claim shall not be reduced, nor  shall the employees of that district suffer any reduction in salary or  benefits as a result thereof. A district may operate all attendance  centers on this revised schedule, or may apply the schedule to selected  attendance centers, taking into consideration such factors as pupil  transportation schedules and patterns and sources of energy for  individual attendance centers.Electronically submitted State aid claims shall be submitted by  duly authorized district individuals over a secure network  that is password protected. The electronic submission of a State aid  claim must be accompanied with an affirmation that all of the provisions  of Section 18-8.05 or 18-8.15 and Sections 10-22.5 and 24-4 of this Code are  met in all respects.  (Source: P.A. 99-194, eff. 7-30-15; 99-657, eff. 7-28-16; 100-28, eff. 8-4-17; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)