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105 ILCS 5/1C-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 1C - Block Grants

Sec. 1C-1. Purpose. The purpose of this Article is to permit greater  flexibility and efficiency in the distribution and use of certain State funds  available to  local education agencies for the improvement of the quality of educational  services pursuant to locally established priorities.Through fiscal year 2017, this Article does not apply to school districts having a population in excess  of 500,000 inhabitants.  (Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)
105 ILCS 5/1C-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 1C - Block Grants

Sec. 1C-2. Block grants.(a) For fiscal year 1999, and each fiscal year thereafter, the State Board  of Education shall award to school districts block grants as described in subsection   (c). The State Board of Education may adopt  rules and regulations necessary to implement this Section. In accordance with  Section 2-3.32, all state block grants are subject to an audit.  Therefore,  block grant receipts and block grant expenditures shall be recorded to the  appropriate fund code.(b) (Blank).(c) An Early Childhood Education Block Grant shall be created by combining  the following programs: Preschool Education, Parental Training and Prevention  Initiative.  These funds shall be distributed to school districts and other  entities on a competitive basis, except that the State Board of Education shall award to a school district having a population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants 37% of the funds in each fiscal year.  Not less than 14% of the Early Childhood Education Block Grant allocation of funds  shall be used to  fund programs for children ages 0-3.  Beginning in Fiscal Year 2016, at least 25% of any additional Early Childhood Education Block Grant funding over and above the previous fiscal year's allocation shall be used to fund programs for children ages 0-3. Once the percentage of Early Childhood Education Block Grant funding allocated to programs for children ages 0-3 reaches 20% of the overall Early Childhood Education Block Grant allocation for a full fiscal year, thereafter in subsequent fiscal years the percentage of Early Childhood Education Block Grant funding allocated to programs for children ages 0-3 each fiscal year shall remain at least 20% of the overall Early Childhood Education Block Grant allocation. However, if, in a given fiscal year, the amount appropriated for the Early Childhood Education Block Grant is insufficient to increase the percentage of the grant to fund programs for children ages 0-3 without reducing the amount of the grant for existing providers of preschool education programs, then the percentage of the grant to fund programs for children ages 0-3 may be held steady instead of increased.  (Source: P.A. 99-589, eff. 7-21-16; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)
105 ILCS 5/1C-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 1C - Block Grants

Sec. 1C-3.     Application.     Block grants shall be available, pursuant  to appropriation, upon  applications made  pursuant to school improvement plans.  Block grants shall be made utilizing a  per pupil basis to determine  entitlement.    (Source: P.A. 88-555, eff. 7-27-94; 89-397, eff. 8-20-95.)
105 ILCS 5/1C-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 1C - Block Grants

Sec. 1C-4. Reports. A school district that receives an Early Childhood Education Block Grant shall report to the State Board of Education on its use of the block  grant 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 a district organized under Article 34 of this Code are the same as for all other school districts in this State. (Source: P.A. 99-30, eff. 7-10-15.)
105 ILCS 5/1C-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 1C - Block Grants

(105 ILCS 5/1C-5)Sec. 1C-5.     Rules.     The State Board of Education shall adopt such rules and  regulations as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this Article.    (Source: P.A. 88-555, eff. 7-27-94.)
105 ILCS 5/Art. 1D heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 1D - Block Grants For Districts With Over 500,000 Inhabitants

 ARTICLE 1D.      BLOCK GRANTS FOR DISTRICTS WITH OVER 500,000 INHABITANTS
105 ILCS 5/Art. 1E heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 1E - Downstate School Finance Authority

 ARTICLE 1E.      DOWNSTATE SCHOOL FINANCE AUTHORITY (This Article scheduled to be repealed in accordance with 105 ILCS 5/1E-165)
105 ILCS 5/1E-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 1E - Downstate School Finance Authority

(This Section scheduled to be repealed in accordance with 105 ILCS 5/1E-165)Sec. 1E-1.     Short title.     This Article may be  cited as the Downstate School Finance Authority Law.    (Source: P.A. 92-547, eff. 6-13-02.)
105 ILCS 5/1E-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 1E - Downstate School Finance Authority

(This Section scheduled to be repealed in accordance with 105 ILCS 5/1E-165)Sec. 1E-5.     Findings; purpose; intent.(a) The General Assembly finds all of the following:(1) A fundamental goal of the people of this State,     as expressed in Section 1 of Article X of the Illinois Constitution, is the educational development of all persons to the limits of their capacities. When a board of education faces financial difficulties, continued operation of the public school system is threatened.(2) A sound financial structure is essential to the     continued operation of any school system. It is vital to commercial, educational, and cultural interests that public schools remain in operation. To achieve that goal, public school systems must have effective access to the private market to borrow short and long term funds.(3) To promote the financial integrity of districts,     as defined in this Article, it is necessary to provide for the creation of school finance authorities with the powers necessary to promote sound financial management and to ensure the continued operation of the public schools.(b) It is the purpose of this Article to provide a secure financial  basis for the continued operation of public schools. The  intention of the General Assembly, in creating this Article, is to  establish procedures, provide powers, and impose restrictions to ensure  the financial and educational integrity of the public schools, while  leaving principal responsibility for the educational policies of  public schools to the boards of education within the State, consistent  with the requirements for satisfying the public policy and purpose  set forth in this Article.    (Source: P.A. 92-547, eff. 6-13-02.)
105 ILCS 5/1E-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 1E - Downstate School Finance Authority

(This Section scheduled to be repealed in accordance with 105 ILCS 5/1E-165)Sec. 1E-10.     Definitions.     As used in this Article:"Authority" means a School Finance Authority created under  this Article."Bonds" means bonds authorized to be issued by the Authority under Section  1E-65 of this Code."Budget" means the annual budget of the district required under  Section 17-1 of this Code, as in effect from time to time."Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Authority."District" means any school district having a population of not more than  500,000 that prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the  92nd General Assembly has had a Financial Oversight Panel established  for the district under Section 1B-4 of this Code following the district's  petitioning of the State Board of Education for the creation of the  Financial Oversight Panel and for which the Financial Oversight Panel  has been in existence for at least one year."Financial plan" means the financial plan of the district to be  developed pursuant to this Article, as in effect from time to time."Fiscal year" means the fiscal year of the district."State Board" means the State Board of Education."State Superintendent" means the State Superintendent of Education."Obligations" means bonds and notes of the Authority.    (Source: P.A. 92-547, eff. 6-13-02.)
105 ILCS 5/1E-15
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 1E - Downstate School Finance Authority

(This Section scheduled to be repealed in accordance with 105 ILCS 5/1E-165)Sec. 1E-15.     Establishment of Authority; duties of district.(a) A Financial Oversight Panel created under Article 1B of this Code for a  district may  petition  the State Board for the establishment of a School Finance Authority  for the district. The petition shall cite the  reasons why the creation of a School Finance Authority for the  district is necessary. The State Board may grant the petition upon  determining that the approval of the petition is in the best  educational and financial interests of the district.(b) Upon approval of the petition by the State Board all of the following  shall occur:(1) There is established a body both corporate and     politic to be known as the "(Name of School District) School Finance Authority", which in this name shall exercise all authority vested in an Authority by this Article.(2) The Financial Oversight Panel is abolished, and     all of its rights, property, assets, contracts, and liabilities shall pass to and be vested in the Authority.(3) The duties and obligations of the district under     Article 1B of this Code shall be transferred and become duties and obligations owed by the district to the School Finance Authority.(c) In the event of a conflict between the provisions of this Article  and the provisions of Article 1B of this Code, the provisions of this Article  control.    (Source: P.A. 92-547, eff. 6-13-02.)
105 ILCS 5/1E-20
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 1E - Downstate School Finance Authority

(This Section scheduled to be repealed in accordance with 105 ILCS 5/1E-165)Sec. 1E-20. Members of Authority; meetings.(a) When a petition for a School Finance Authority is allowed by the State  Board under Section 1E-15 of this Code, the State Superintendent shall within  10 days thereafter appoint 5 members to serve on a School Finance Authority for  the district. Of the initial members, 2 shall be appointed to serve a  term of 2 years and 3 shall be appointed to serve a term of 3 years.  Thereafter, each member shall serve for a term of 3 years and until his or her  successor has been appointed. The State Superintendent shall designate one of  the members of the Authority to serve as its Chairperson. In the event  of vacancy or resignation, the State Superintendent shall, within 10  days after receiving notice, appoint a successor to serve out that  member's term. The State Superintendent may remove a member for  incompetence, malfeasance, neglect of duty, or other just cause.Members of the Authority shall be selected primarily on the basis  of their experience and education in financial management,  with consideration given to persons knowledgeable in education finance.  Two members of the Authority shall be residents of the school district that the  Authority serves. A member of the Authority may not be a member of the  district's school board or an  employee of the district   nor may  a  member have a direct financial interest in the district.Authority members shall serve without compensation, but may  be reimbursed by the State Board for travel and other necessary  expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.  Unless paid from bonds issued under Section 1E-65 of this Code, the amount  reimbursed members for their expenses shall be charged  to the school district as part of any emergency financial  assistance and incorporated as a part of the terms and conditions  for repayment of the assistance or shall be deducted from the  district's general State aid or evidence-based funding as provided in Section 1B-8 of this Code.The Authority may elect such officers as it deems appropriate.(b) The first meeting of the Authority shall be held at the call of the  Chairperson.   The  Authority shall prescribe the times and places for its meetings and the manner  in which regular and special meetings may be called and shall comply with the  Open Meetings Act.Three members of the Authority shall constitute a quorum.  When a vote is taken upon any measure before the Authority, a quorum  being present, a majority of the votes of the members voting on the  measure shall determine the outcome.  (Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)
105 ILCS 5/1E-30
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 1E - Downstate School Finance Authority

(This Section scheduled to be repealed in accordance with 105 ILCS 5/1E-165)Sec. 1E-30.     Chief executive officer.     The Authority may appoint a  chief executive officer who, under the direction of the Authority, shall  supervise the Authority's staff, including the chief educational officer and  the chief fiscal officer, and shall have ultimate responsibility for  implementing the policies, procedures, directives, and decisions of the  Authority.    (Source: P.A. 92-547, eff. 6-13-02.)
105 ILCS 5/1E-35
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 1E - Downstate School Finance Authority

(This Section scheduled to be repealed in accordance with 105 ILCS 5/1E-165)Sec. 1E-35. Chief educational officer. Upon expiration of the  contract of the school district's superintendent who is serving at the time the  Authority is established, the Authority shall, following consultation with the  district, employ a chief educational officer for the district.   The chief educational officer shall report to the Authority or the chief  executive officer appointed by the Authority.The chief educational officer shall have authority to determine the agenda and order of business at school board meetings, as needed in order to carry forward and implement the objectives and priorities of the Authority in the administration and management of the district.The chief educational officer shall have all of the powers and duties of a  school district superintendent under this Code and such other duties  as may be assigned by the Authority, in accordance with this Code. The district  shall not thereafter employ a  superintendent during the period that a chief educational officer is serving in  the district. The chief educational officer shall hold a certificate with a  superintendent endorsement issued under Article 21 of this Code.       (Source: P.A. 94-234, eff. 7-14-05.)
105 ILCS 5/1E-40
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 1E - Downstate School Finance Authority

(This Section scheduled to be repealed in accordance with 105 ILCS 5/1E-165)Sec. 1E-40.     Chief fiscal officer.     The Authority may appoint a chief  fiscal officer who, under the direction of the Authority, shall have all of  the powers and duties of the district's chief school business official and  any other duties regarding budgeting, accounting, and other financial  matters that are assigned by the Authority, in accordance with this Code.  The district may not employ a chief school business official during the  period that the chief fiscal officer is serving in the district. The chief  fiscal officer may but is not required to hold a certificate with a chief  school business official endorsement issued under Article 21 of this  Code.    (Source: P.A. 92-547, eff. 6-13-02.)
105 ILCS 5/1E-45
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 1E - Downstate School Finance Authority

(This Section scheduled to be repealed in accordance with 105 ILCS 5/1E-165)Sec. 1E-45.     Collective bargaining agreements.     The Authority shall  have the power to negotiate collective bargaining agreements with the  district's employees in lieu of and on behalf of the district. Upon  concluding bargaining, the district shall execute the agreements  negotiated by the Authority, and the district shall be bound by and shall  administer the agreements in all respects as if the agreements had been  negotiated by the district itself.    (Source: P.A. 92-547, eff. 6-13-02.)
105 ILCS 5/1E-50
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 1E - Downstate School Finance Authority

(This Section scheduled to be repealed in accordance with 105 ILCS 5/1E-165)Sec. 1E-50.     Deposits and investments.(a) The Authority shall have the power to establish checking and whatever  other banking accounts it may deem appropriate for conducting its affairs.(b) Subject to the provisions of any contract with or for the  benefit of the holders of its obligations, the Authority may invest any  funds not required for immediate use or disbursement, as provided in  the Public Funds Investment Act.    (Source: P.A. 92-547, eff. 6-13-02.)
105 ILCS 5/1E-55
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 1E - Downstate School Finance Authority

(This Section scheduled to be repealed in accordance with 105 ILCS 5/1E-165)Sec. 1E-55.     Cash accounts and bank accounts.(a) The Authority shall require the district or any officer of the district,  including the district's treasurer, to establish and maintain separate cash  accounts and separate bank accounts in accordance with such rules, standards,  and procedures as the Authority may prescribe.(b) The Authority shall have the power to assume exclusive  administration of the cash accounts and bank accounts of the district, to  establish and maintain whatever new cash accounts and bank accounts it  may deem appropriate, and to withdraw funds from these accounts for the  lawful expenditures of the district.    (Source: P.A. 92-547, eff. 6-13-02.)
105 ILCS 5/1E-60
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 1E - Downstate School Finance Authority

(This Section scheduled to be repealed in accordance with 105 ILCS 5/1E-165)Sec. 1E-60.     Financial, management, and budgetary structure.     Upon  direction of the Authority, the district shall reorganize the financial  accounts, management, and budgetary systems of the district in whatever  manner the Authority deems appropriate to achieve greater financial  responsibility and to reduce financial inefficiency.    (Source: P.A. 92-547, eff. 6-13-02.)
105 ILCS 5/1E-65
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 1E - Downstate School Finance Authority

(This Section scheduled to be repealed in accordance with 105 ILCS 5/1E-165)Sec. 1E-65.     Power to issue bonds.(a) The Authority may incur indebtedness by the issuance of  negotiable full faith and credit general obligation bonds of the Authority in  an outstanding amount not to  exceed at any time, including existing indebtedness, 13.8% of the district's  most recent equalized assessed valuation, excluding Bonds  of the Authority that have been refunded, for (i) the purpose of providing the  district with moneys for  ordinary and necessary expenditures  and other operational needs of the district; (ii) payment or refunding of  outstanding debt obligations or tax anticipation warrants of the district, the  proceeds of which  were used to provide financing for the district;  (iii)  payment of fees for arrangements as provided in subsection (b) of Section  1E-70 of this Code; (iv) payment of interest on Bonds; (v) establishment of  reserves  to secure Bonds; (vi) the payment of costs of issuance of Bonds; (vii) payment  of principal of or interest or redemption premium on any Bonds or notes  of the Authority; and (viii) all other expenditures of the Authority incidental  to and necessary or convenient for carrying out its corporate purposes  and powers.(b) The Authority may from time to time (i) issue Bonds to refund  any outstanding Bonds or notes of the Authority, whether the Bonds or  notes to be refunded have or have not matured or become redeemable, and  (ii) issue Bonds partly to refund Bonds or notes then outstanding and  partly for any other purpose set forth in this Section.(c) Bonds issued in accordance with subsection (a) of this Section  are not subject to any other statutory limitation as to debt, including without  limitation that established by the Local Government Debt Limitation Act, and  may  be issued without referendum.    (Source: P.A. 92-547, eff. 6-13-02.)
105 ILCS 5/1E-75
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 1E - Downstate School Finance Authority

(This Section scheduled to be repealed in accordance with 105 ILCS 5/1E-165)Sec. 1E-75.     Tax levy.(a) Before or at the time of issuing any Bonds, the Authority shall  provide by resolution for the levy and collection of a direct annual tax  upon all the taxable property located within the district without  limit as to rate or amount sufficient to pay and discharge the principal  thereof at maturity or on sinking fund installment dates and to pay the  interest thereon as it falls due. The taxes as levied shall also  include additional amounts to the extent that the collections in  the prior years were insufficient to pay and discharge the principal  thereof at maturity, sinking fund installments, if any, and  interest thereon as it fell due, and the amount so collected shall be  placed in the debt service reserve fund. The tax shall be in addition  to and exclusive of the maximum of all taxes that the Authority or  the district is authorized by law to levy for  any and all school purposes.  The resolution shall be in force  upon its adoption.(b) The levy shall be for the sole benefit of the holders of the  Bonds, and the holders of the Bonds shall have a security interest in  and lien upon all rights, claims, and interests of the Authority arising  pursuant to the levy and all present and future proceeds of the levy  until the principal of and sinking fund installments and interest on the  Bonds are paid in full. All proceeds from the levy shall be deposited  by each county collector directly in the debt service fund established  pursuant to Section 1E-80 of this Code, shall be applied solely for the payment  of principal of and sinking fund installments and interest on the Bonds, and  shall not be used for any other purpose.(c) Upon the filing in the office of the county clerk of each  county where the school district is located of a duly certified copy of the  resolution, it shall be the duty of each county clerk to extend the  tax provided for in the resolution, including an amount determined by the  Authority to cover loss and cost of collection and also deferred  collections and abatements in the amount of the taxes as  extended on the collectors' books. The tax shall be separate and apart  from all other taxes of the Authority or the district and shall be  separately identified by the collectors.    (Source: P.A. 92-547, eff. 6-13-02.)