Sen. Miguel del Valle

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning boards of education.

Amends the School Code. Allows certain boards of education to choose to have board members elected by cumulative voting, in which case each elector may cast a specified number of votes, equal to the number of members to be elected at that election, for one candidate or distribute them equally among no more than the number of candidates that equals the number of members to be elected, and the candidates highest in votes shall be declared elected.

Amends the Public Community College Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the members of the Illinois Community College Board.

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the State Finance Act. Subject to appropriation, requires the Department of Public Health to develop a comprehensive statewide asthma management plan to (i) reduce the rate of hospitalizations due to asthma and (ii) facilitate the effective management of asthma in persons with asthma. Requires the Department to implement programs to meet the objectives of the statewide asthma management plan. Provides for the use of moneys from the Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund to implement the statewide asthma management plan.

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the "Medicaid" Article.

Amends the Illinois Health Finance Reform Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall require any pharmaceutical company that provides prescription drugs in Illinois to disclose to the Department all prescription drug advertising and promotion costs. Provides that the Department must conduct a cost/benefit analysis.

Amends the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Public Community College Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Illinois Community College Board.

Amends the Public Community College Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Illinois Community College Board.

Amends the State aid formula provisions of the School Code by increasing the foundation level of support, changing the amount of and how a supplemental general State aid grant is calculated, and providing that the supplementary grants in aid provisions are no longer applicable. Amends the State Aid Continuing Appropriation Law to make the Law applicable to fiscal year 2004 and each fiscal year thereafter and to provide for an irrevocable and continuing appropriation sufficient to fund general State aid and supplemental general State aid. Amends the School Code, the School Construction Law, and the Election Code to make changes concerning the reorganization of school districts, including the conduct of feasibility studies, the removal of a referendum requirement, the establishment of community unit school districts, and the provision of supplementary State aid, State funds for construction, and implementation grants. Amends the State Finance Act, the Illinois Income Tax Act, and the Property Tax Code. Beginning on July 1, 2003, increases income taxes and provides that two-thirds of the increased revenue shall be deposited into the School District Property Tax Relief Fund to fund property tax abatements and that one-third of the increased revenue shall be deposited into the Common School Fund. Provides a mechanism for property tax abatements and provides for a deduction (up to $1,200) for income tax purposes, for 5 years, equal to 15% of rent paid annually for a taxpayer's principal residence. Amends the School Code concerning certain categorical funding, including the establishment of several block grant programs and changes to the way State transportation reimbursement is calculated. Amends the School Code and the IMRF and Social Security Enabling Act Articles of the Illinois Pension Code to make changes concerning school districts other than the Chicago school district with respect to the purposes for which a district may levy taxes and the maximum rates of those taxes, a newly formed district's authority to levy taxes for certain purposes, interfund transfers, and working cash funds. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective July 1, 2003.