Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the creation of the Property Tax Appeal Board.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a provision concerning the levy of taxes for fire prevention, safety, energy conservation, disabled accessibility, school security, and specified repair purposes.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning State goals and assessment.
Amends the State Aid Continuing Appropriation Law. Provides that the Law constitutes an irrevocable and continuing appropriation from the Common School Fund of all amounts necessary if the General Assembly fails to make Common School Fund appropriations to the State Board of Education sufficient to fund the disbursement for programs that are described in the School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act and provisions of the School Code concerning children attending private schools, public out-of-state schools, public school residential facilities, or private special education facilities; children requiring extraordinary special education services and facilities; special education classes for children from orphanages, foster family homes, children's homes, or in State housing units; reimbursement for furnishing special educational facilities in a recognized school to children with disabilities; tuition of children from orphanages and children's homes; summer school grants; and reimbursement for transportation. Effective July 1, 2003.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that services provided by a licensed marriage and family therapist shall be covered on the same basis as services provided by licensed clinical social workers. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Revenue Sharing Act. Provides that, beginning on January 1, 2004, each month the Department of Revenue shall certify an amount equal to 1/11 (now, 1/10) of the net revenue realized from income taxes collected during the preceding month and shall certify an amount equal to the difference between 1/10 of the net revenue and 1/11 of the net revenue realized from income taxes collected during the preceding month. Provides that the Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund an amount equal to the difference between 1/10 of the net revenue realized and 1/11 of the net revenue realized to a special fund in the State treasury, to be known as the School District Distributive Fund. Provides for the monthly distribution of money from the School District Distributive Fund to school districts in proportion to the average daily attendance of students in the school district as compared to the aggregate average daily attendance in school districts in the State. Amends the State Finance Act to create the new Fund. Effective January 1, 2004.
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that the objection by the parent or guardian of a child entering a child care facility sets forth the specific religious belief which conflicts with the immunization or immunizations. Provides that the religious exemption may be personal and need not be directed by the tenants of an established religious organization. Deletes language that provides that any standard involving immunizations shall include appropriate exemptions for children whose parents object thereto on the grounds that they are conflicting.
Makes a supplemental appropriation of $22,200,000 from the Common School Fund to the State Board of Education for Grants-In-Aid for general apportionment (General State Aid) as provided by the Section of the School Code concerning the State aid formula. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning regional superintendents of schools.
Creates the Community Scholarship Foundation Program Act and amends the State Finance Act. Establishes the Community Scholarship Foundation Program, to be administered by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, to encourage local communities to develop scholarship programs that assist their residents in obtaining a higher education. Requires the Commission to award a foundation $2,000 upon demonstration to the Commission that the foundation has raised $2,000 for scholarships or the creation of an endowment for scholarships. Creates the Community Scholarship Foundation Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Repeals the Act on June 30, 2006.
