reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 75 - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM › Subpart C - INCENTIVE GRANTS FOR SECONDARY AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION › Section 75.260 - Terms of the Grant

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The grantee
				shall maintain on file documentation specific to its achievement of each
				quality indicator set forth on the application for funding; the documentation
				shall be made available for programmatic review and auditing purposes. Up to 10
				percent of grantees receiving funding under this Subpart C in each fiscal year
				may be selected for an on-site review or audit.
b) In the event that the grantee closes its
				agricultural education department, all instructional materials, tools and
				equipment purchased with funds provided under this Subpart C shall be relocated
				by the grantee's Education for Employment Regional Delivery System to other
				agricultural education programs located in that system upon approval of the
				State Superintendent of Education or designee.
c) No subcontracting will be allowed without
				the prior written approval of the State Superintendent of Education.
d) Each grantee shall complete electronically
				a final performance report that summarizes the grant activities completed
				during the term of the grant and the accomplishments achieved. The report shall
				be completed no later than 90 days after the end of the grant period. Funding
				in any subsequent grant period shall not be approved until the performance
				report is received.
e) A grantee
				that employs any teacher who holds an educator license with stipulations
				endorsed for provisional career and technical educator shall ensure that the
				teacher submits documentation to the State Board of Education of the
				completion, during the validity period of the license, of the coursework
				required under 23 Ill. Adm. Code
				25.72
				(Endorsement for Provisional Career and Technical Educator).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 75 - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM › Subpart D - INCENTIVE GRANTS FOR AGRICULTURAL TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS › Section 75.300 - Purpose and Eligible Applicants

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
This Subpart D establishes the application procedure and
				  criteria for the allocation of grant funds under Section 2-3.80 of the School
				  Code to regionally accredited institutions of higher education or
				  not-for-profit entities that offer teacher preparation programs in agricultural
				  education approved pursuant to 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25 (Educator
				  Licensure).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 75 - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM › Subpart D - INCENTIVE GRANTS FOR AGRICULTURAL TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS › Section 75.310 - Program Goals and Minimum Standards

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
This Section presents the goals for teacher preparation
				  programs in agricultural education and the accompanying minimum standards of
				  each that are associated with high-quality preparation programs.
a) Goal 1:
1) Objective: A continuing program of
				recruitment is undertaken to ensure that a sufficient number of competent
				agricultural education teachers are prepared to meet the demand for new
				teachers in Illinois.
2) Minimum
				Standards:
A) A program is offered in which
				students may transfer credit earned in agricultural education coursework from
				other postsecondary institutions.
B) Each student who progresses to student
				teaching must have a 3.5 grade point average on a
				5.0 scale or a
				2.5 grade point average on a
				4.0 scale.
C) A minimum of one faculty member of the
				program is responsible for recruitment of students, including women and
				minorities, for the agricultural education teacher preparation program, as
				outlined in a written recruitment plan developed in conjunction with the
				program advisory committee.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 75 - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM › Subpart D - INCENTIVE GRANTS FOR AGRICULTURAL TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS › Section 75.320 - Quality Indicators

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Each quality indicator is intended to measure an applicant's
				  achievement of the goal to which it applies. (See Section
				  75.310.) The application for
				  funding required under Section
				  75.340
				  shall list the specific quality indicators to be considered in a given funding
				  cycle and their values, which shall range from 0 to 10. The total value of an
				  individual application shall be considered on a 100 percent basis. That is, the
				  percentage of the total represented by any quality indicator will be such that
				  the total percentages of all quality indicators equal 100 percent.
a) Goal 1: Not to exceed 15 percent of the
				total value available. Include, at a minimum:
1) provision of scholarships for agricultural
				teacher preparation programs;
2)
				communication with teachers in high schools and community colleges (e.g.,
				newsletters, website, brochures);
3) speaking engagements involving
				representatives of the agricultural teacher preparation program and high school
				students;
4) on-campus recruitment
				activities for high school students; and
5) receipt of a grant under Subpart
				A.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 75 - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM › Subpart D - INCENTIVE GRANTS FOR AGRICULTURAL TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS › Section 75.330 - Determination of Individual Grant Allocations

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Individual grant allocations shall be determined as set forth
				  in Section
				  75.240(a).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 75 - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM › Subpart D - INCENTIVE GRANTS FOR AGRICULTURAL TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS › Section 75.340 - Application Procedure

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Applications shall be submitted in accordance with the
				  procedures set forth in Section
				  75.250, except that the
				  applicant shall submit a budget summary and payment schedule and a budget
				  description that includes a detailed explanation of each expenditure.
a) Allowable expenditures must relate
				directly to the agricultural education program or support of pre-service
				agriculture education teachers. This includes, but is not limited to,
				activities that support the improvement of instruction or program improvements
				(e.g., purchased professional services, registration and travel for
				professional events, temporary or overtime salaries, instructional materials,
				and equipment and software).
b)
				Indirect costs are allowed for colleges and universities provided that under no
				circumstance shall the indirect cost rate exceed 8 percent.
c) No more than 50 percent of the applicant's
				allocation shall be expended for extended contracts (i.e., those that exceed
				nine months) or stipends, and no more than 30 percent of the allocation shall
				be expended for travel expenses (e.g., mileage, lodging) other than for student
				visits.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 75 - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM › Subpart D - INCENTIVE GRANTS FOR AGRICULTURAL TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS › Section 75.350 - Terms of the Grant

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The grantee
				shall maintain on file documentation specific to its achievement of each
				quality indicator set forth on the application for funding. The documentation
				shall be made available for programmatic review and auditing purposes. Up to 25
				percent of grantees receiving funding under this Subpart D in each fiscal year
				may be selected for an on-site review or audit.
b) In the event that the grantee discontinues
				its agricultural teacher preparation program, all instructional materials,
				tools and equipment purchased with funds provided under this Subpart D shall be
				relocated by the State Board of Education to other agricultural teacher
				preparation programs in the State.
c) No subcontracting will be allowed without
				the prior written approval of the State Superintendent of Education.
d) Activities shall be supported by funding
				under this Subpart D only to the extent that they do not duplicate or supplant
				efforts already conducted by or under the auspices of the grantee. The use of
				grant funds for administrative expenditures shall be limited to amounts
				demonstrably necessary for the implementation or coordination of additional
				activities under this Subpart D.
e)
				No later than 20 days after the end of the grant period, each grantee shall
				submit a final narrative report, in a format specified by the State
				Superintendent of Education, regarding the services and activities provided and
				their impact on the agricultural teacher preparation program.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 75 - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM › Subpart E - FACILITATING THE COORDINATION OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION › Section 75.400 - Purpose and Objectives

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) This
				Subpart E establishes the application procedure and criteria for award of one
				or more grants to eligible applicants for the following purposes, set forth in
				Section 2-3.80(d) of the School Code:
1)
development of a curriculum and strategy for the purpose of
				establishing a source of trained and qualified individuals in
				agriculture
;
2)
a
				strategy for articulating the State program in agricultural education
				throughout the public school system; and
3)
a consumer education outreach
				strategy regarding the importance of agricultural education in
				Illinois
.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 75 - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM › Subpart E - FACILITATING THE COORDINATION OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION › Section 75.410 - Eligible Applicants

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Eligible applicants under this Subpart E are community
				  colleges and universities that offer an agricultural program of study, Regional
				  Offices of Education, Intermediate Service Centers, and nonprofit
				  organizations.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 75 - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM › Subpart E - FACILITATING THE COORDINATION OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION › Section 75.420 - Application Procedure for Initial Proposals

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Programs established under this Subpart E shall be funded for
				  a three-year period. Funding in each year subsequent to the initial grant year
				  is subject to a sufficient appropriation for the program and satisfactory
				  progress of the grantee in the previous grant year. (See Section
				  75.435.)
a) When State funding is expected to be
				available under this Subpart E for a given fiscal year, the State
				Superintendent of Education shall issue a request for proposals to eligible
				entities. This request shall:
1) indicate the
				amount or expected amount of the appropriation for the program and the expected
				range for grant awards;
2) describe
				the required content and format of proposals and identify the services and
				activities that will receive priority consideration for funding, if
				applicable;
3) identify the data
				that recipients will be required to collect and report regarding the services
				and activities conducted with the funds provided and the results of those
				services and activities, as well as the timelines for reporting;
4) identify the categories of allowable
				expenditures and require the submission of a budget summary and payment
				schedule, completed on the forms provided, as well as a narrative budget
				description that provides a detailed explanation of each line item of
				expenditure;
5) include the
				information to be provided regarding any subcontractors proposed to provide
				services or conduct activities;
6)
				include certifications, assurances, and program-specific terms of the grant
				that the State Superintendent may require (also see Section
				75.440) ; and
7) indicate the deadline for submission of
				proposals, which shall provide applicants with at least 30 days in which to
				respond.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 75 - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM › Subpart E - FACILITATING THE COORDINATION OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION › Section 75.430 - Criteria for the Review of Initial Proposals; Allocation of Funds

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Proposals submitted for funding under this Subpart D shall be
				  evaluated in accordance with the following criteria.
a) Quality of the Plan (80 points)
1) The proposed professional development and
				technical assistance activities appear likely to accomplish the purposes and
				objectives set forth in Section
				75.400.
				The approaches selected are comprehensive in scope and will provide effective
				and relevant professional development and technical assistance
				activities.
2) The proposal
				demonstrates an understanding of the agriculture, food and natural resource
				industry, generally, and of agricultural education in prekindergarten through
				adult, specifically. The services and activities that are proposed will be
				accessible to teachers and others throughout the State.
3) Sufficient evidence is presented of the
				applicant's capabilities to review, modify, and develop, as needed,
				agricultural education curriculum and other instructional resources designed to
				improve and enhance the quality of agricultural education programs.
				Understanding of the relationship of agricultural education to the Illinois
				Learning Standards is evident.
4)
				Skills related to website management are clearly articulated and adequate for
				maintaining and updating, as needed, the Facilitating Coordination in
				Agricultural Education (FCAE) website (
www.ilaged.org
) and support content for the State
				Board of Education's agricultural education web page.
5) The qualifications of staff and any
				proposed subcontractors demonstrate extensive experience in delivering the
				services and activities proposed. The applicant has presented convincing
				evidence of its ability to manage large-scale programs on a statewide or
				comparable basis.
6) The evaluation
				strategies are likely to gauge the effectiveness of the services provided and
				measure the impact that the activities will have on agricultural education
				statewide, while yielding sufficient data that can be used to improve
				agricultural education through the project.
7) The applicant proposes innovative use of
				existing resources, leveraging a variety of State and local resources in
				delivering and coordinating its activities and work.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 75 - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM › Subpart E - FACILITATING THE COORDINATION OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION › Section 75.435 - Application Content and Approval for Continuation Programs

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Each grantee's
				eligibility to receive funding during the grant period in each year following
				the grantee's initial receipt of funding shall be contingent upon the
				submission of:
1) a description of activities
				undertaken to date and any other information required to be reported,
				demonstrating that the project has been implemented in conformance with the
				grant agreement;
2) an updated
				project narrative that discusses the services and activities for which the
				funding will be used and a rationale for the activities to be
				undertaken;
3) an updated budget
				summary and payment schedule for the coming fiscal year, including a narrative
				budget description;
4) information
				about any subcontractors proposed to provide services or conduct activities;
				and
5) signed certifications,
				assurances, and program-specific terms of the grant, as applicable to the
				renewal period.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 75 - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM › Subpart E - FACILITATING THE COORDINATION OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION › Section 75.440 - Terms of the Grant

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
				Subcontracting is allowed with prior written approval of the State
				Superintendent of Education.
b)
				Activities shall be supported by funding under this Subpart E only to the
				extent that they do not duplicate or supplant efforts already conducted by or
				under the auspices of the grantee. The use of grant funds for administrative
				expenditures shall be limited to amounts demonstrably necessary for the
				implementation or coordination of additional activities under this Subpart
				E.
c) The grantee shall submit a
				mid-term report and final narrative report regarding the services and
				activities provided and their impact on agricultural education in a format and
				according to timelines specified by the State Superintendent of Education or
				designee. The final report shall include either one copy of printed materials
				developed through the project or electronic access to those
				materials.
d) The grantee shall
				designate a project director, who will have responsibility for:
1) coordinating all grant activities with
				staff in the State Board of Education's Department of CTE and Innovation, which
				shall include attendance at monthly project meetings with the agency's AFNR
				Education principal consultant; and
2) the preparation, submission and
				maintenance of all written project documentation, including, but not limited
				to, budget amendments, mid-year and final reports, expenditure reports and
				other information related to personnel.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 75 - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM › Subpart F - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION TEACHER THREE CIRCLE GRANT PROGRAM (FFA and SAE) › Section 75.510 - Purpose and Objectives

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
This Subpart F establishes the application procedure and
				  criteria for the allocation of formula grant funds to eligible school districts
				  and area career centers created pursuant to Section 10-22.31a of the School
				  Code to support personal service costs of teachers' time spent outside the
				  regularly scheduled teaching duties in order to expand and improve their
				  ability to carry out activities based on the three circle model for
				  agricultural education.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 75 - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM › Subpart F - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION TEACHER THREE CIRCLE GRANT PROGRAM (FFA and SAE) › Section 75.520 - Eligible Applicants

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Eligible applicants under this Subpart F shall be Illinois
				  school districts and area vocational centers created pursuant to Section
				  10-22.31a of the School Code that employ full-time middle or secondary school
				  teachers in a State approvable agricultural education program, as defined by
				  Section 75.210, or in an approvable
				  middle school program.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 75 - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM › Subpart F - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION TEACHER THREE CIRCLE GRANT PROGRAM (FFA and SAE) › Section 75.530 - Application Procedure

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) School
				districts shall submit an intent to apply application to the State Board of
				Education. The application must include all information necessary in completing
				the formula calculations for this grant. This information shall include, at a
				minimum, the names of the teachers the school district used the grant to pay,
				current year base salaries, how the extra hours are an extension of the
				teachers' regular duties, and the anticipated number of individuals impacted.
				School districts shall also indicate the initial prorated funding level at
				which the district would elect to opt out of the grant. Applicants will have a
				minimum of 30 days from the date the applications are released to submit their
				intent to apply.
b) Once the
				preliminary allocations have been determined and a total funding request has
				been identified, the State Board will distribute funds to school districts as
				follows:
1) if the total appropriated funding
				allotment for the grant program is less than the total amount requested in the
				initial application, the allocation amounts to each school district will be
				prorated. Allocations will be based on the school district's identified opt-out
				funding level in place of the prorated preliminary allocation. School districts
				that choose to opt out forfeit their preliminary allocation. The remaining
				school districts will be recalculated to determine the final allocation to each
				school district.
2) if the total
				appropriated funding allotment for this grant program is equal to or exceeds
				the total amount requested in the initial applications, the school district's
				preliminary allocations will become the final allocation.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 75 - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM › Subpart F - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION TEACHER THREE CIRCLE GRANT PROGRAM (FFA and SAE) › Section 75.540 - Allocation of Funds

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Funding in
				each year is subject to appropriation and satisfactory progress of the school
				district in the previous grant year.
b) All eligible applicants shall receive
				funds in accordance with Section 75.530(b).
c) Each teacher identified in the intent to
				apply application must complete 400 hours of approved activity. No more than
				400 hours will be paid according to the parameters of the grant. Eight hours
				shall equal one day. Only hours when the teacher is representing the
				program/chapter or supervising students shall be counted and must relate to
				agricultural education. No hours related to activities of a personal nature are
				permitted. The hours of activity must be in approved activities based on the
				agricultural education three circle model and shall fall into one of the three
				following categories: work-based learning (SAE), career and technical student
				organization, and curricular/intra-curricular related activities.
d) Determination of School District's
				Personal Service
1) Existing agricultural
				education programs may apply for an
amount not to exceed 50% of
				the
days
for personal services cost for each agricultural
				education teacher employed
.
2)
New agricultural education
				programs may apply for an amount not to exceed:
A)
100% of the
days
for personal services cost for each agricultural education teacher in
				the program's first and second year; and
B)
80% of the
days
for personal services cost for each agricultural education teacher in
				the program's third and fourth year.
[
				105 ILCS
				5/2-3.80b(c) ]
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 75 - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM › Subpart F - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION TEACHER THREE CIRCLE GRANT PROGRAM (FFA and SAE) › Section 75.550 - System for Reporting Hours

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
An electronic mechanism will be provided for school districts
				  to report hours of approved activities fulfilling the reporting and
				  documentation requirements of the State Board. This mechanism will collect a
				  report for school districts to determine the activity, hours and impact of the
				  teacher's activities. This report will include, at a minimum, the school
				  district and teachers' names, date and time of activity, a description of how
				  the activity performed relates to the activities approved under the grant,
				  number of hours spent on each activity, and the number of individuals impacted.
				  This report must be submitted prior to approval of the subsequent fiscal year's
				  grant budget approval.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 75 - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM › Subpart F - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION TEACHER THREE CIRCLE GRANT PROGRAM (FFA and SAE) › Section 75.560 - Terms of the Grant

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The teacher
				shall be a full-time teacher (i.e., under at least a current nine month (180
				days) contract based on an eight hour day).
b) A school district may apply for a grant
				for personal services of each full-time agricultural education
				teacher.
c) Activities funded under
				this grant as personal services shall occur outside of the regularly scheduled
				teaching duties for the benefit of agricultural education.
d) Grants are available to eligible school
				districts to assist with the personal services costs of agricultural education
				teachers beyond or outside of the nine month contract but not to exceed the
				total of 12 months in any given year.
e) Each teacher identified in the intent to
				apply application is responsible for completing and documenting the 400 hours
				of approved activities beyond the regularly scheduled teaching duties for the
				benefit of agricultural education. The school district shall submit that
				documentation to the State Board of Education, along with documentation
				substantiating the total payment (its share of the cost of payments to each
				teacher as well as the allocated funds).
1)
				Grant Term Violations
A) Failure to Submit
				Required Documentation
If a school district fails to submit the required
				  documentation in order to meet the grant requirements, the district is
				  considered the offending party.
B) Failure to Meet the 400 Hour Extra Work
				Commitment
If an individual teacher within the district (if there is
				  more than one agricultural education teacher) fails to complete or document the
				  400 hours, that teacher is the offending party. If all teachers in a district
				  fail to complete or document the 400 hours, the district is the offending
				  party.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 75 - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM › Subpart G - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PRE-SERVICE TEACHER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM › Section 75.610 - Purpose and Applicability

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The goal of the Agricultural Education Pre-Service Teacher
				  Internship Program is to address the shortages experienced by middle school and
				  secondary agricultural education programs in this State by contributing to a
				  highly qualified and effective agricultural education candidate pool that is
				  sufficient in size to meet the workforce need.
a) This Subpart establishes the procedures
				and criteria for the approval of proposals submitted to the State Board of
				Education by eligible applicants for grants to establish programs to assist
				pre-service teaching students in acquiring paid experience in the agricultural
				industry. The Agricultural Education Pre-Service Teacher Internship Program
				shall:
1) offer, at a minimum, an 8-week
				experience or 300 hours of experience to prepare the pre-service teaching
				student for in-classroom experiences, including, but not limited to,
				experiences aligned to the pathways found within the Association of Career and
				Technical Education (ACTE) cluster for Agriculture, Food, and Natural
				Resources;
2) include both
				in-classroom lectures and hands-on, applied learning;
3) be articulated with coursework at each of
				the agricultural teacher preparation institutions offering teacher licensure in
				agriculture in this State; and
4)
				make a commitment to equity to pre-service teaching students across all
				agriculture teacher preparation institutions in this State.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 75 - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM › Subpart G - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PRE-SERVICE TEACHER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM › Section 75.620 - Eligible Applicants

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) An
				eligible applicant for the Agricultural Education Pre-Service Teacher
				Internship Program Grant shall be a partnership consisting of:
1) one or more educational entities serving
				elementary and secondary schools, including, but not limited to, school
				districts, private schools, or Regional Offices of Education or one or more
				community-based organizations that provide agricultural education programs or
				related services, such as technical assistance or professional development, to
				agricultural education programs and practitioners; and
2) one or more postsecondary institutions
				that offer postsecondary credit-bearing internship programs.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 75 - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM › Subpart G - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PRE-SERVICE TEACHER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM › Section 75.630 - Implementation Grants - Procedures and Content of Proposals

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Implementation grants shall be offered in years when the
				  level of available funding is such that one or more new partnerships may be
				  funded or, for partnerships already funded, a new group of individuals may be
				  supported in addition to the group of candidates already enrolled.
a) When sufficient funding is available, the
				State Superintendent of Education shall issue a Request for Proposals (RFP)
				specifying the information that an applicant must include in its implementation
				proposal, informing an applicant of any bidders' conferences, and requiring
				that proposals be submitted no later than the date specified in the RFP. The
				RFP must provide at least 45 calendar days in which to submit
				proposals.
b) Each proposal
				submitted in response to an RFP must include all of the following components:
1) Descriptive information about each entity
				involved in the partnership, including the roles and responsibilities of each
				partner.
A) The postsecondary institution must
				indicate specific information about the institution's success in facilitating
				internship programming that is credit-bearing for postsecondary students,
				particularly in areas serving each of the career pathways aligned to the ACTE
				cluster for Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources.
B) The community-based organization or
				nonpublic educational entity must include its mission statement, organizational
				structure, and goals or policies regarding internships, adult learning, or
				agricultural education programs and services, including the applicant's
				existing competencies to provide agricultural internship programs, if
				applicable, and a list of any education-related accreditations that have been
				achieved.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 75 - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM › Subpart G - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PRE-SERVICE TEACHER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM › Section 75.640 - Criteria for Review and Approval of Implementation Proposals

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Proposals for
				implementation grants must be evaluated in accordance with the following
				criteria.
1) Quality of Proposed Program
A) The proposal demonstrates that:
i) coursework and experiences required for
				internship completion will be scheduled and located so that it is accessible to
				all candidates;
ii) supportive
				services that have been identified as necessary, including assistance for
				housing and child care, will be offered to enable all candidates to complete
				the internship program;
iii) a
				cohort model will be established with whole-group orientation, individual or
				small team work-based learning, and debriefing experiences; and
iv) employer education and support will be
				provided in administering an internship and providing for interns.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 75 - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAM › Subpart G - AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PRE-SERVICE TEACHER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM › Section 75.650 - Application Content and Approval Criteria for Continuation Programs

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) A partnership
				that has received implementation funding for a given fiscal year is subject to
				the requirements of this Section with respect to continued funding for
				subsequent years.
1) The partnership must
				submit an application for continued funding for subsequent cohorts, using a
				format specified by the State Superintendent of Education.
2) Each application must contain a mid-year
				report on the current status of the program that includes, but is not limited
				to, the following:
A) documentation of the
				activities and support provided to date;
B) a description of tentative enrollment for
				the upcoming internship program;
C)
				progress on credit articulation agreements;
D) progress on gaining employer commitments
				to participate in the program;
E)
				follow-up data collected on previous cohort participants; and
F) progress on completion of needs assessment
				for subsequent years.
3)
				Each application must provide an updated narrative description of the
				objectives, activities, timelines, and evaluation procedures for the renewal
				year, relating the proposed plan of work to the results that have been achieved
				to date.
4) Each application must
				include updated budget information for the renewal year, including a detailed
				budget breakdown, that describes any needed variances from the budget proposed
				in the initial year of funding.
5)
				Each application must include any certifications or assurances the State
				Superintendent of Education may require.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 100 - REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCOUNTING, BUDGETING, FINANCIAL REPORTING, AND AUDITING › Section 100.10 - Purpose and Applicability

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
This Part establishes requirements for school districts'
				budgets and accounts as required by Section 2-3.27 of the School Code.
				Beginning with Fiscal Year 2009, the requirements of this Part shall apply to
				each Illinois school district and to each cooperative or joint agreement
				established pursuant to Section 10-22.20a, 10-22.31, 10-22.31a, or 10-22.31b of
				the School Code [105 ILCS 5/10-22.20a, 10 -22.31, 10-22.31a, or 10-22.31b], as
				well as to other recipients of State or federal funding through the State Board
				of Education, as applicable pursuant to the relevant grant agreements. For
				purposes of this Part, the term "district" includes each of these entities as
				applicable.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 100 - REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCOUNTING, BUDGETING, FINANCIAL REPORTING, AND AUDITING › Section 100.30 - General Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Each
			 school board shall use an appropriate set of journals and ledgers for the
			 recording, summarization, and control of transactions and shall use the
			 double-entry bookkeeping method and a fund accounting system.
b) Each school board shall establish and
			 maintain the number and types of funds necessitated by the nature and scope of
			 its operations.
c) Each chart of
			 accounts shall incorporate at least the following dimensions:
1) fund or fund group (see Table
			 A);
2) balance sheet accounts (see
			 Table B);
3) revenue sources (see
			 Table C);
4) expenditure purposes
			 or functions (see Table D); and
5)
			 expenditure objects (see Table F).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 100 - REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCOUNTING, BUDGETING, FINANCIAL REPORTING, AND AUDITING › Section 100.40 - Types of Funds, Basis of Accounting, and Recognition of Transactions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Each school
			 board shall establish general, special revenue, capital project, debt service,
			 permanent, enterprise, internal service, pension and employee benefit trust,
			 investment trust, agency, and private-purpose funds, as applicable to the
			 district's circumstances and the basis of accounting used.
b) Pursuant to Section 10-17 of the School
			 Code [105 ILCS
			 5/10-17 ], each school board may use either a cash
			 basis or an accrual basis of accounting.
c) When the accrual basis is used:
1) Property taxes for the budget year that
			 are levied on or before the last Tuesday in December shall be shown as a
			 receivable on the balance sheet as of January 1 and recorded as revenue if
			 received, or reasonably expected to be received, on or before August 31.
			 Property taxes that are receivable after August 31 but not yet received shall
			 be treated and reported as revenue. Property taxes levied after the last
			 Tuesday in December but prior to June 30 of the fiscal year shall be shown as a
			 receivable as of the date of the levy and recorded as revenue.
2) General State Aid payments for the months
			 of June and July of a fiscal year shall be treated as revenue received in that
			 fiscal year, provided that the payments are received prior to August 31
			 following the end of the fiscal year.
3) Pass-through grants shall be treated as
			 revenues if the recipient exercises administrative or financial control over
			 the program in question. If the recipient serves only as a cash conduit, the
			 pass-through grant shall be accounted for in an agency fund.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 100 - REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCOUNTING, BUDGETING, FINANCIAL REPORTING, AND AUDITING › Section 100.50 - Intra-Fund and Inter-Fund Transactions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Interest
1) Interest earned on taxes or bonds shall be
			 treated in accordance with the applicable provisions of Sections 10-22.14,
			 10-22.44, 17-2.2a, 17-2.3, 17-2.11, 20-5, and 27-23 of the School Code [105
			 ILCS 5/10-22.14, 10 -22.44, 17-2.2a, 17-2.3, 17-2.11, 20-5, and 27-23], the
			 Illinois Pension Code [40 ILCS 5 ], and the Local Governmental and Governmental
			 Employees Tort Immunity Act [745 ILCS 10 ].
2) Interest earned on State grants shall be
			 treated in accordance with the provisions of the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery
			 Act [30 ILCS 705 ].
3) Interest
			 earned on federal grant funds shall be treated in accordance with the relevant
			 federal regulations.
4) Unless
			 otherwise provided by statute or specified by board resolution adopted prior to
			 June 30 of a fiscal year, interest earnings shall be added to and become part
			 of principal as of June 30 of the fiscal year.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 100 - REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCOUNTING, BUDGETING, FINANCIAL REPORTING, AND AUDITING › Section 100.60 - Capital Assets and Depreciation

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) In
			 order to account for capital assets properly, each school board shall adopt a
			 capitalization threshold.
b) For
			 purposes of calculating per capita costs under Section 18-3 of the School Code
			 [105
			 ILCS 5/18-3 ], the depreciation allowance shall
			 include both depreciable capital assets and non-capitalized
			 equipment.
c) Unless otherwise
			 required by state or federal law or regulation, useful lifetimes and annual
			 depreciation rates for various classes of capital assets and non-capitalized
			 equipment shall be based on the following schedule.
Classification
Estimated Useful Lifetime
Annual Depreciation Rate
Works of Art and Historical Treasures
Permanent
None
Land
Permanent
None
Permanent Buildings
50 Years
2%
Temporary Buildings
20 Years
5%
Improvements other than Buildings
						  (Infrastructure)
20 Years
5%
Equipment (Three-Year Schedule)
3 Years
331/3%
Equipment (Five-Year Schedule)
5 Years
20%
Equipment (Ten-Year Schedule)
10 Years
10%
Construction in Progress
Not Applicable
None
Non-Capitalized Equipment
10 Years
10%
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 100 - REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCOUNTING, BUDGETING, FINANCIAL REPORTING, AND AUDITING › Section 100.70 - Revolving Funds

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The requirements of this Section shall apply to revolving funds
				and petty cash funds established by a school board pursuant to Section
				10-20.19(2) of the School Code [105 ILCS
				5/10-20.19(2) ].
a) Each resolution shall establish the school
			 board's policy as to the amounts and types of payments that shall be made from
			 the fund, state the amount at which the fund shall be established, designate a
			 custodian of the fund, and require that the fund be maintained in compliance
			 with Section 10-20.19 of the School Code and all other applicable
			 statutes.
b) In the case of a petty
			 cash fund:
1) The resolution shall also
			 authorize a check in the amount of the fund to be drawn payable to the
			 designated custodian.
2) Each
			 disbursement shall be approved by the signature of a person other than the
			 custodian.
3) Each petty cash
			 voucher shall be pre-numbered and each shall be accounted for as having been
			 used, voided, or unused. Each petty cash voucher shall also provide for the
			 signature of the person to whom cash is paid.
4) The custodian shall attach to each petty
			 cash voucher the receipt for the disbursement made and shall note the proper
			 expenditure account code or provide sufficient descriptive information to allow
			 assignment of the correct code.
5)
			 When the larger part of the cash on hand has been disbursed, the custodian
			 shall take the paid petty cash vouchers to the person authorized to prepare and
			 issue checks so that the fund can be replenished.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 100 - REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCOUNTING, BUDGETING, FINANCIAL REPORTING, AND AUDITING › Section 100.80 - Student Activity Funds

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The requirements of this Section shall apply to student
				activity funds established by a school board pursuant to Section 10-20.19(3) of
				the Code.
a) The board shall take the
			 following actions with respect to each fund:
1) approve the fund's establishment and
			 purpose;
2) set policies for
			 students' participation and for supervision by adults;
3) approve the collection of all
			 monies;
4) cause records to be kept
			 that will verify the amounts received and disbursed and the assets on
			 hand;
5) appoint a treasurer,
			 bonded in accordance with Section 8-2 of the Code, who will be the custodian of
			 the fund's assets and perform the duties listed in subsection (c) of this
			 Section;
6) determine whether the
			 treasurer will be authorized to invest any of the fund's assets;
7) designate depositories for cash and any
			 investments;
8) determine the
			 method of distribution of earnings from investments, if any;
9) determine whether, and under what
			 circumstances, loans may be transacted between funds;
10) if the relevant activity has been
			 discontinued, or if there has been no activity for one year, transfer money to
			 another activity fund, to the district's funds, or to members of the activity
			 group on a pro rata basis; and
11)
			 designate the individuals who will have authority to approve written purchase
			 orders or other authorizations that will be required in order to spend funds in
			 instances in which the provisions of Section 10-20.21 of the Code do not apply
			 and those who will have authority to conduct procurement activities when those
			 provisions do apply.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 100 - REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCOUNTING, BUDGETING, FINANCIAL REPORTING, AND AUDITING › Section 100.85 - Fiduciary Funds

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The requirements of this Section apply to fiduciary funds
				established by GASB 84.
a) Activities
			 for fiduciary funds are defined under GASB 84 as follows:
1) The assets associated with the activity
			 are controlled by the district.
2)
			 The assets associated with the activity are not derived:
A) solely from the district's own-source
			 revenues; or
B) from
			 government-mandated, non-exchange transactions or voluntary non-exchange
			 transactions, with the exception of pass-through grants for which government
			 does not have administrative involvement or direct financial
			 involvement.
3) The
			 assets associated with the activity have one or more of the following
			 characteristics:
A) The assets are either:
i) administered through a trust in which the
			 district itself is not a beneficiary; or
ii) dedicated to providing benefits to
			 recipients in accordance with the benefit terms and is legally protected from
			 the creditors of the district.
B) The assets are for the benefit of
			 individuals and the district does not have administrative involvement with the
			 assets. Also, the assets are not derived from the district's provision of goods
			 or services to those individuals.
C) The assets are:
i) for the benefit of organizations or other
			 governmental entities that are not part of the district; and
ii) not derived from the district provision
			 of goods or services to those organizations.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 100 - REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCOUNTING, BUDGETING, FINANCIAL REPORTING, AND AUDITING › Section 100.90 - Submission of Budgets and Deficit Reduction Plans

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Each school board, including the board of education of a
				district organized under Article 34 of the School Code [105 ILCS 5 /Art. 34],
				shall annually submit its adopted budget to the State Superintendent of
				Education, using a format provided by the State Superintendent, within 30 days
				after adopting the budget or by October 31, whichever occurs sooner. The budget
				shall be accompanied by a deficit reduction plan, prepared using a format
				provided by the State Superintendent, if one is required under Section 17-1 of
				the School Code [105 ILCS 5/17-1
				].
a) If amendments to a balanced
			 budget result in an unbalanced budget, the school board shall prepare and adopt
			 a deficit reduction plan and submit it along with the amended budget to the
			 State Superintendent within 30 days after adoption.
b) If the annual audit reveals that a budget
			 would have been unbalanced if it had been properly amended, the school board
			 shall submit a deficit reduction plan within 30 days after the board's
			 acceptance of the audit report.