S105 - 2021 Appropriations Act. (SL 2021-180)

Overview: OVERVIEW AND ANALYSIS: Section 7.23 of S.L. 2021-180 directs the State Board of Education (SBE), when making funding adjustments for the 2021-2022 fiscal year, to not reduce allocations to applicable public school units due to a discrepancy between their actual and anticipated average daily membership. Once the SBE makes the funding adjustments, it cannot reduce allotments for local school administrative units due to a discrepancy between actual and anticipated average daily membership. By January 15, 2022, the Department of Public Instruction must calculate and report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee and various other entities the amounts that each funding allotment would have been reduced in the absence of hold harmless clauses in this section and Section 3.1 of S.L. 2020-97 for each applicable public school unit under the formula adopted by the SBE in accordance with Section 7.15(b) of S.L. 2007-323. The report must be based on data from the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 fiscal years and must disaggregate the information on the basis of applicable public school unit, fiscal year, and allotment.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This section became effective July 1, 2021.