Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Increases the maximum permitted amount of out-of-state service for which credit may be established, from 10 to 15 years, and from 2/5 to 3/5 of the person's total service. Effective immediately.
Amends the Property Tax Code and School Code. Provides a notice form that must be used by school districts (other than Chicago) proposing a tax increase (now, all taxing districts use the same form). Excludes from the definition of "aggregate extension" a special purpose extension made for mandate shortfall relief under the School Code. Changes the definition of "debt service extension base" for school districts (other than Chicago). Requires a school district's annual financial statement to include a report showing the receipts and disbursements for special educational and transportation purposes. Provides that any shortfall in those funds permits the school board to levy (i) a mandate shortfall relief tax for special education mandates and (ii) a mandate shortfall relief tax for transportation mandates. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that the court shall not appoint as guardian of the person of the minor any person who is currently a registered sex offender.
Amends the School Code. Provides that the portion of the State Board of Education's annual report on school conditions concerning expenditures shall be given at both the district and school level in relation to student performance data by school. Also provides that the report shall contain information in relation to the means of promoting educational quality, effectiveness, and efficiency. In provisions concerning the State Board's rules, advice, and publications, all concerning budgets and accounting practices, and its rules concerning budget and accounting systems, adds provisions concerning performance management. Also provides that the rules concerning the decimal classification of accounts shall be to provide both district and school level financial data. Makes other changes. Effective July 1, 2004.
Amends the General Obligation Bond Act. Increases by $152,000,000 the amount of General Obligation Bonds authorized to be sold for grants to school districts for school improvement projects authorized by the School Construction Law. Effective immediately.
Amends the Alternate Fuels Act. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2005 and through June 30, 2010, the Secretary of State must notify each owner of a licensed motor vehicle that many motor vehicles are capable of using E85 blended fuel. Sets forth requirements for this notice. Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2005 and through June 30, 2010, the Department of Transportation must include the locations of all refueling stations that provide E85 blended fuel on maps published by the Department. Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Revenue to assist the Department of Transportation in developing and maintaining a list and map of all refueling stations that provide E85 blended fuel. Effective immediately.
Amends the General Obligation Bond Act. Increases by $152,000,000 the amount of General Obligation Bonds authorized to be sold for grants to school districts for school improvement projects authorized by the School Construction Law. Effective immediately.
Creates the College and University Electronic Textbook Act. Upon request, requires a publisher of a textbook that is adopted for instructional use at a college or university to furnish the college or university with an electronic version of the textbook if the textbook is for a literary subject or, for a textbook for a nonliterary subject, if the technology is available to convert the textbook directly to a format compatible with braille translation software. Provides that a publisher may not charge a price for this electronic version that exceeds the price it charges for the print or electronic media version of the textbook. Effective immediately.
Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Increases the maximum permitted amount of out-of-state service for which credit may be established, from 10 to 15 years, and from 2/5 to 3/5 of the person's total service. Effective immediately.
