Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that the board of trustees of a community college district may enter into a contract for goods or services procured from a competitively bid group purchase contract without adhering to the competitively bid contract requirements under the Act.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the sunset of exemptions, credits, and deductions.
Creates the Grow Your Own STEM and Vocational Education Teachers Act. Requires a public university to waive any tuition, fees, and on-campus housing costs of a student who agrees to pursue a minimum of a bachelor's degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics for a teaching occupation that includes, but is not limited to, mathematics, natural sciences, or career and vocational education in the areas of technology teacher, industrial arts teacher, trade teacher, health care teacher, or information technology teacher and maintains a 3.0 cumulative grade point average. Provides that the student shall agree to fully reimburse the public university if the student fails to teach at least 3 years at an Illinois high school or at least 5 years at an Illinois public institution of higher education. Provides for funding. Requires the Board of Higher Education to adopt rules it determines are necessary for the administration of the Act. Effective July 1, 2020.
Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Removes language imposing specified publication requirements for ordinances making appropriations. Effective immediately.
Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Repeals a section creating the Support Your Neighbor Commission. Makes conforming changes to the Department of Natural Resources Act, the State Parks Act, and the Historic Preservation Agency Act.
Amends the Use Tax Act. Provides that retailers that have more than $100,000 in gross sales to Illinois purchasers in the previous year and do not collect the tax under the Act must do the following: (1) provide a notice to each Illinois purchaser that the tax under the Act is due on purchases that are not tax exempt and that the State requires the Illinois purchaser to file a return under the Act; (2) provide a notice to each Illinois purchaser who purchases more than $500 worth of goods in a year containing specific information about purchases that may result in Illinois use tax liability; and (3) file an annual report with the Department of Revenue showing the total amount paid for purchases by those Illinois purchasers during the preceding calendar year. Requires retailers to include transactional notices at checkout. Sets forth penalties for failure to submit those notices and reports. Provides that the term "Illinois purchaser" means a purchaser (i) with a billing address in this State or (ii) who makes a purchase for delivery to an address in this State. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Construction Law. Makes changes concerning the definition of "grant index", priority order and calculation of the grant index, grant applications and district facilities plans, eligibility and project standards, the priority of school construction projects, school construction project grant amounts and use, and school maintenance project grants. Removes references relating to grant entitlements. Repeals provisions concerning carry over projects, Fiscal Year 2002 escalation, debt service grants, and changes in the administration of powers. Makes related changes in the State Finance Act and the School Code.
Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Evidence-Based Funding for Student Success Act. Amends the Economic Development Area Tax Increment Allocation Act, State Finance Act, Property Tax Code, Illinois Pension Code, Innovation Development and Economy Act, County Economic Development Project Area Property Tax Allocation Act, County Economic Development Project Area Tax Increment Allocation Act of 1991, Illinois Municipal Code, Economic Development Project Area Tax Increment Allocation Act of 1995, School Code, and Educational Opportunity for Military Children Act. Provides that the State aid formula provisions of the School Code apply through the 2016-2017 school year. Provides for an evidence-based funding formula beginning with the 2017-2018 school year. Sets forth provisions concerning an adequacy target calculation, a local capacity calculation, a base funding minimum calculation, a percent of adequacy and final resources calculation, an evidence-based funding formula distribution system, State Superintendent of Education administration of funding and school district submission requirements, and a Professional Review Panel. Makes other changes in the School Code, including changes to contracts with commercial driver training schools; changes to provisions concerning unfunded mandates, including referenda procedures and repealing an existing provision; removing a daily physical education requirement and instead requiring physical education 3 times a week, with exceptions; and changes to charter school funding. Effective immediately.
Amends the Motor Fuel Tax Law. Provides that, beginning on July 1, 2017, the rate of tax imposed in the Act shall be 29 cents per gallon (currently, 19 cents per gallon), plus an additional 2 1/2 cents per gallon for diesel fuel. Provides that, of the additional 10 cents per gallon, 6 cents per gallon shall be deposited into the Road Fund and 4 cents per gallon shall be distributed to municipalities, counties, and road districts.
Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that after July 1, 2018, a municipality may not adopt or amend a redevelopment plan or extend the life of a redevelopment project area unless each school district and community college district with territory inside the proposed redevelopment project area agrees to be subject to the redevelopment plan by a resolution adopted by a majority of each board. Provides that if a municipality adopts or amends a redevelopment plan or extends the life of a redevelopment project area in without each school district or community college district adopting a resolution agreeing to the change, the portion of ad valorem taxes arising from the levies upon taxable real property in the redevelopment project area attributable to each school district or community college district that did not adopt the resolution may not be taken or used for any purpose under the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act. Effective immediately.
