105 ILCS 5/1D-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 1D - Block Grants For Districts With Over 500,000 Inhabitants

(105 ILCS 5/1D-1)(Text of Section from P.A. 100-55)Sec. 1D-1. Block grant funding.(a) For fiscal year 1996 and each fiscal year thereafter, the State Board  of Education shall award to a school district having a population exceeding  500,000 inhabitants a general education block grant and an educational services  block grant, determined as provided in this Section, in lieu of distributing to  the district separate State funding for the programs described in subsections  (b) and (c).  The provisions of this Section, however, do not apply to any  federal funds that the district is entitled to receive.  In accordance with  Section 2-3.32, all block grants are subject to an audit.  Therefore, block  grant receipts and block grant expenditures shall be recorded to the  appropriate fund code for the designated block grant.(b) The general education block grant shall include the following  programs: REI Initiative, Summer Bridges, Preschool Education, K-6  Comprehensive Arts, School Improvement Support, Urban Education, Scientific  Literacy, Substance Abuse Prevention, Second Language Planning, Staff  Development, Outcomes and Assessment, K-6 Reading Improvement, 7-12 Continued  Reading Improvement, Truants'  Optional Education, Hispanic Programs, Agriculture Education,  Parental Training, Prevention Initiative, Report Cards, and Criminal  Background Investigations.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all  amounts paid under the general education block grant from State appropriations  to a school district in a city having a population exceeding 500,000  inhabitants shall be appropriated and expended by the board of that district  for any of the programs included in the block grant or any of the board's  lawful purposes. Beginning in Fiscal Year 2018, at least 25% of any additional Preschool Education, Parental Training, and Prevention Initiative program funding over and above the previous fiscal year's allocation shall be used to fund programs for children ages 0-3. Beginning in Fiscal Year 2018, funding for Preschool Education, Parental Training, and Prevention Initiative programs above the allocation for these programs in Fiscal Year 2017 must be used solely as a supplement for these programs and may not supplant funds received from other sources.(c) The educational services block grant shall include the following  programs: Regular and Vocational Transportation, State Lunch and  Free Breakfast Program, Special Education (Personnel,   Transportation, Orphanage, Private Tuition), funding  for children requiring special education services, Summer School,  Educational Service Centers, and Administrator's Academy.  This subsection (c)  does not relieve the district of its obligation to provide the services  required under a program that is included within the educational services block  grant.  It is the intention of the General Assembly in enacting the provisions  of this subsection (c) to relieve the district of the administrative burdens  that impede efficiency and accompany single-program funding.  The General  Assembly encourages the board to pursue mandate waivers pursuant to Section  2-3.25g.The funding program included in the educational services block grant  for funding for children requiring special education services in each fiscal  year shall be treated in that fiscal year as a payment to the school district  in respect of services provided or costs incurred in the prior fiscal year,  calculated in each case as provided in this Section.  Nothing in this Section  shall change the nature of payments for any program that, apart from this  Section, would be or, prior to adoption or amendment of this Section, was on  the basis of a payment in a fiscal year in respect of services provided or  costs incurred in the prior fiscal year, calculated in each case as provided  in this Section.(d) For fiscal year 1996 and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount  of the district's block grants shall be determined as follows:  (i) with respect to each program that is included within each block grant, the  district shall receive an amount equal to the same percentage of the current  fiscal year appropriation made for that program as the percentage of the  appropriation received by the district from the 1995 fiscal year appropriation  made for that program, and  (ii) the total amount that is due the district under the block grant shall be  the aggregate of the amounts that the district is entitled to receive for the  fiscal year with respect to each program that is included within the block  grant that the State Board of Education shall award the district under this  Section for that fiscal year.  In the case of the Summer Bridges program,  the amount of the district's block grant shall be equal to 44% of the amount  of the current fiscal year appropriation made for that program.(e) The district is not required to file any application or other claim in  order to receive the block grants to which it is entitled under this Section.  The State Board of Education shall make payments to the district of amounts due  under the district's block grants on a schedule determined by the State Board  of Education.(f) A school district to which this Section applies shall report to the  State Board of Education on its use of the block grants in such form and detail  as the State Board of Education may specify. In addition, the report must include the following description for the district, which must also be reported to the General Assembly: block grant allocation and expenditures by program; population and service levels by program; and administrative expenditures by program. The State Board of Education shall ensure that the reporting requirements for the district are the same as for all other school districts in this State.(g) This paragraph provides for the treatment of block grants under Article  1C for purposes of calculating the amount of block grants for a district under  this Section.  Those block grants under Article 1C are, for this  purpose, treated as included in the amount of appropriation for the various  programs set forth in paragraph (b) above.  The appropriation in each current  fiscal year for each block grant under Article 1C shall be treated for these  purposes as appropriations for the individual program included in that block  grant.  The proportion of each block grant so allocated to each such program  included in it shall be the proportion which the appropriation for that program  was of all appropriations for such purposes now in that block grant, in fiscal  1995.Payments to the school district under this Section with respect to each  program for which payments to school districts generally, as of the date of  this  amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, are on a reimbursement basis  shall continue to be made to the district on a reimbursement basis, pursuant  to the provisions of this Code governing those programs.(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school district  receiving a block grant under this Section may classify all or a portion of  the funds that it receives in a particular fiscal year from any block grant  authorized under this Code or from general State aid pursuant to Section  18-8.05 of this Code (other than supplemental general State aid) as  funds received in connection with any funding program for which it is  entitled to receive funds from the State in that fiscal year (including,  without limitation, any funding program referred to in subsection (c) of  this Section), regardless of the source or timing of the receipt.  The  district may not classify more funds as funds received in connection  with the funding program than the district is entitled to receive in that  fiscal year for that program.  Any classification by a district must be made by  a resolution  of its board of education.  The resolution must identify the amount of any  block grant or general State aid to be classified under this subsection (h)  and must specify the funding program to which the funds are to be  treated as received in connection therewith.  This resolution is  controlling as to the classification of funds referenced therein.  A certified  copy of the resolution must be sent to the State Superintendent of  Education.  The resolution shall still take effect even though a copy of the resolution  has not been sent to the State  Superintendent of Education in a timely manner.   No classification under this subsection (h) by a district shall  affect the total amount or timing of money the district is entitled to receive  under this Code.   No classification under this subsection (h) by a district  shall in any way relieve the district from or affect any  requirements that otherwise would apply with respect to the  block grant as provided in this Section, including any  accounting of funds by source, reporting expenditures by  original source and purpose,  reporting requirements, or requirements of provision of  services.  (Source: P.A. 100-55, eff. 8-11-17.)(Text of Section from P.A. 100-465)Sec. 1D-1. Block grant funding.(a) For fiscal year 1996 through fiscal year 2017, the State Board  of Education shall award to a school district having a population exceeding  500,000 inhabitants a general education block grant and an educational services  block grant, determined as provided in this Section, in lieu of distributing to  the district separate State funding for the programs described in subsections  (b) and (c).  The provisions of this Section, however, do not apply to any  federal funds that the district is entitled to receive.  In accordance with  Section 2-3.32, all block grants are subject to an audit.  Therefore, block  grant receipts and block grant expenditures shall be recorded to the  appropriate fund code for the designated block grant.(b) The general education block grant shall include the following  programs: REI Initiative, Summer Bridges, Preschool At Risk, K-6  Comprehensive Arts, School Improvement Support, Urban Education, Scientific  Literacy, Substance Abuse Prevention, Second Language Planning, Staff  Development, Outcomes and Assessment, K-6 Reading Improvement, 7-12 Continued  Reading Improvement, Truants'  Optional Education, Hispanic Programs, Agriculture Education,  Parental Education, Prevention Initiative, Report Cards, and Criminal  Background Investigations.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all  amounts paid under the general education block grant from State appropriations  to a school district in a city having a population exceeding 500,000  inhabitants shall be appropriated and expended by the board of that district  for any of the programs included in the block grant or any of the board's  lawful purposes.(c) The educational services block grant shall include the following  programs: Regular and Vocational Transportation, State Lunch and  Free Breakfast Program, Special Education (Personnel,   Transportation, Orphanage, Private Tuition), funding  for children requiring special education services, Summer School,  Educational Service Centers, and Administrator's Academy.  This subsection (c)  does not relieve the district of its obligation to provide the services  required under a program that is included within the educational services block  grant.  It is the intention of the General Assembly in enacting the provisions  of this subsection (c) to relieve the district of the administrative burdens  that impede efficiency and accompany single-program funding.  The General  Assembly encourages the board to pursue mandate waivers pursuant to Section  2-3.25g.The funding program included in the educational services block grant  for funding for children requiring special education services in each fiscal  year shall be treated in that fiscal year as a payment to the school district  in respect of services provided or costs incurred in the prior fiscal year,  calculated in each case as provided in this Section.  Nothing in this Section  shall change the nature of payments for any program that, apart from this  Section, would be or, prior to adoption or amendment of this Section, was on  the basis of a payment in a fiscal year in respect of services provided or  costs incurred in the prior fiscal year, calculated in each case as provided  in this Section.(d) For fiscal year 1996 through fiscal year 2017, the amount  of the district's block grants shall be determined as follows:  (i) with respect to each program that is included within each block grant, the  district shall receive an amount equal to the same percentage of the current  fiscal year appropriation made for that program as the percentage of the  appropriation received by the district from the 1995 fiscal year appropriation  made for that program, and  (ii) the total amount that is due the district under the block grant shall be  the aggregate of the amounts that the district is entitled to receive for the  fiscal year with respect to each program that is included within the block  grant that the State Board of Education shall award the district under this  Section for that fiscal year.  In the case of the Summer Bridges program,  the amount of the district's block grant shall be equal to 44% of the amount  of the current fiscal year appropriation made for that program.(e) The district is not required to file any application or other claim in  order to receive the block grants to which it is entitled under this Section.  The State Board of Education shall make payments to the district of amounts due  under the district's block grants on a schedule determined by the State Board  of Education.(f) A school district to which this Section applies shall report to the  State Board of Education on its use of the block grants in such form and detail  as the State Board of Education may specify. In addition, the report must include the following description for the district, which must also be reported to the General Assembly: block grant allocation and expenditures by program; population and service levels by program; and administrative expenditures by program. The State Board of Education shall ensure that the reporting requirements for the district are the same as for all other school districts in this State.(g) Through fiscal year 2017, this paragraph provides for the treatment of block grants under Article  1C for purposes of calculating the amount of block grants for a district under  this Section.  Those block grants under Article 1C are, for this  purpose, treated as included in the amount of appropriation for the various  programs set forth in paragraph (b) above.  The appropriation in each current  fiscal year for each block grant under Article 1C shall be treated for these  purposes as appropriations for the individual program included in that block  grant.  The proportion of each block grant so allocated to each such program  included in it shall be the proportion which the appropriation for that program  was of all appropriations for such purposes now in that block grant, in fiscal  1995.Payments to the school district under this Section with respect to each  program for which payments to school districts generally, as of the date of  this  amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, are on a reimbursement basis  shall continue to be made to the district on a reimbursement basis, pursuant  to the provisions of this Code governing those programs.(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school district  receiving a block grant under this Section may classify all or a portion of  the funds that it receives in a particular fiscal year from any block grant  authorized under this Code or from general State aid pursuant to Section  18-8.05 of this Code (other than supplemental general State aid) as  funds received in connection with any funding program for which it is  entitled to receive funds from the State in that fiscal year (including,  without limitation, any funding program referred to in subsection (c) of  this Section), regardless of the source or timing of the receipt.  The  district may not classify more funds as funds received in connection  with the funding program than the district is entitled to receive in that  fiscal year for that program.  Any classification by a district must be made by  a resolution  of its board of education.  The resolution must identify the amount of any  block grant or general State aid to be classified under this subsection (h)  and must specify the funding program to which the funds are to be  treated as received in connection therewith.  This resolution is  controlling as to the classification of funds referenced therein.  A certified  copy of the resolution must be sent to the State Superintendent of  Education.  The resolution shall still take effect even though a copy of the resolution  has not been sent to the State  Superintendent of Education in a timely manner.   No classification under this subsection (h) by a district shall  affect the total amount or timing of money the district is entitled to receive  under this Code.   No classification under this subsection (h) by a district  shall in any way relieve the district from or affect any  requirements that otherwise would apply with respect to the  block grant as provided in this Section, including any  accounting of funds by source, reporting expenditures by  original source and purpose,  reporting requirements, or requirements of provision of  services.  (Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)