Chapter 105, SCHOOLS

(105 ILCS 5/17-1.5) Sec. 17-1.5. Limitation of administrative costs. (a) It is the purpose of this Section to establish limitations on the growth of administrative expenditures in order to maximize the proportion of school district resources available for the instructional progra…

(105 ILCS 5/17-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-10) Sec. 17-10. Certificate of last ascertained equalized value-Tax books-Notice to school treasurers. The county clerk shall furnish the school board of any school district, upon request, a certificate showing the last ascertained full, …

(105 ILCS 5/17-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-11) Sec. 17-11. Certificate of tax levy. (a) The school board of each district, other than a school district subject to the authority of a Financial Oversight Panel pursuant to Article 1H of this Code, shall ascertain, as near as practica…

(105 ILCS 5/17-11.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-11.1) Sec. 17-11.1. Amended Tax Certificate. When a school board has authority to levy taxes at the maximum permissive tax rate allowed by law or the maximum tax rate allowed by voter approved referendum and, after the certificate of ta…

(105 ILCS 5/17-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-12) Sec. 17-12. Districts in two or more counties. When a district lies partly in two or more counties the school board shall ascertain, as near as practicable, the amount to be raised by special tax for educational and operations and mai…

(105 ILCS 5/17-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-14) Sec. 17-14. Payments by collector to treasurer-Statement of uncollected taxes. Within 30 days after the delinquent date for the payment of any tax or installment thereof and after the delivery of the tax books containing the computati…

(105 ILCS 5/17-15) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-15) Sec. 17-15. Failure of collector to pay. If any collector fails to pay the taxes or any part thereof, the school treasurer or other authorized person may proceed against him and his sureties in a civil action upon his official bond in…

(105 ILCS 5/17-16) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-16) Sec. 17-16. Tax anticipation warrants. When there is no money in the treasury of any school district having a population of 500,000 or less inhabitants, whether governed by either or both the general school laws or any special charter…

(105 ILCS 5/17-17) Sec. 17-17. School board establishment of lines of credit. (a) In lieu of issuing tax anticipation warrants in accordance with Section 17-16 of this Code, the school board of a school district having a population of 500,000 or less inhabitants may issue notes, …

(105 ILCS 5/17-18) Sec. 17-18. Establishment of lines of credit by other educational entities. (a) In lieu of borrowing in accordance with the provisions of Section 18-20 of this Code, an entity, such as a special education cooperative or other such joint agreement or an intergov…

(105 ILCS 5/17-19) Sec. 17-19. Establishment of lines of credit by regional superintendents. (a) In lieu of borrowing in accordance with the provisions of Section 18-20 of this Code, a regional superintendent of schools, in his or her official capacity as regional superintendent …

(105 ILCS 5/17-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-2) Sec. 17-2. Tax levies; purposes; rates. Except as otherwise provided in Articles 12 and 13 of this Act, and except as provided in Section 17-2.2e of this Act, the following maximum rates shall apply to all taxes levied after August 10, …

(105 ILCS 5/17-2.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-2.1) Sec. 17-2.1. Tax for summer school purposes. The school board in any district having a population of less than 500,000 inhabitants may, by proper resolution, cause a proposition to authorize an annual tax, as prescribed in Section 1…

(105 ILCS 5/17-2.11) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-2.11) Sec. 17-2.11. School board power to levy a tax or to borrow money and issue bonds for fire prevention, safety, energy conservation, accessibility, school security, and specified repair purposes. (a) Whenever, as a result of any la…

(105 ILCS 5/17-2.11c) Sec. 17-2.11c. Validation; St. Joseph Ogden Community High School District 305. If, prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, St. Joseph Ogden Community High School District 305 has levied and the county clerk has exten…

(105 ILCS 5/17-2.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-2.2) Sec. 17-2.2. Back door referendum. Whenever any school district first levies a tax at a rate within the limit prescribed by paragraph (3) of Section 17-2 but in excess of the maximum permissible on July 9, 1957, or within the limit …

(105 ILCS 5/17-2.2a) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-2.2a) Sec. 17-2.2a. Tax for special education programs. (a) The school board of any district having a population of less than 500,000 inhabitants may, by proper resolution, levy an annual tax upon the value as equalized or assessed by t…

(105 ILCS 5/17-2.2c) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-2.2c) Sec. 17-2.2c. Tax for leasing educational facilities or computer technology or both, and for temporary relocation expense purposes. The school board of any district, by proper resolution, may levy an annual tax, in addition to any…

(105 ILCS 5/17-2.2d) Sec. 17-2.2d. Special taxing and bonding for temporary relocation expense and emergency replacement purposes. (a) In addition to any other taxes and notwithstanding any limitation imposed by the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law or any other limitations s…

(105 ILCS 5/17-2.2e) Sec. 17-2.2e. Maximum tax rates. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning in levy year 2016, a school district that contains a federal military installation and is eligible to receive impact aid under Section 8003(b) of the federal Elementary and…

(105 ILCS 5/17-2.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-2.3) Sec. 17-2.3. Capital improvement purposes; referendum. The school board of any district desiring to levy and accumulate for not more than 6 years the capital improvements purposes tax provided for in paragraph (4) of Section 17-2 of…

(105 ILCS 5/17-2.4) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-2.4) Sec. 17-2.4. Tax for area vocational education building programs. The school board of any district having a population of less than 500,000 inhabitants may, by proper resolution, levy an annual tax of not more than .05% upon the val…

(105 ILCS 5/17-2.5) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-2.5) Sec. 17-2.5. Tax for tort immunity. The school board of any district may by proper resolution levy an annual tax upon the value of the taxable property within its territory as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue at a …

(105 ILCS 5/17-2A) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-2A) Sec. 17-2A. Interfund transfers. (a) The school board of any district having a population of less than 500,000 inhabitants may, by proper resolution following a public hearing set by the school board or the president of the school boa…

(105 ILCS 5/17-2B) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-2B) Sec. 17-2B. Transfer from operations and maintenance fund to educational fund. In counties having a population in excess of 600,000 and less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, the school board of an elementary school district maintaining onl…

(105 ILCS 5/17-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-3) Sec. 17-3. Additional levies-Submission to voters. (a) The school board in any district having a population of less than 500,000 inhabitants may, by proper resolution, cause a proposition to increase, for a limited period of not less th…

(105 ILCS 5/17-3.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-3.2) Sec. 17-3.2. Additional or supplemental budget. (a) Whenever the voters of a school district have voted in favor of an increase in the annual tax rate for educational or operations and maintenance purposes or both at an election hel…

(105 ILCS 5/17-3.4) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-3.4) Sec. 17-3.4. Form of ballot and notice. Except as otherwise provided under subsection (d) of Section 17-6.1, whenever any proposition to authorize or to levy an annual tax, or to increase the annual rate of tax levied by any school …

(105 ILCS 5/17-3.5) Sec. 17-3.5. Maximum-authorized district educational purposes tax rate. If, at any election held prior to March 19, 2004, the voters of a school district having a population of less than 500,000 inhabitants approved the proposition to increase the educational …

(105 ILCS 5/17-3.6) Sec. 17-3.6. Educational purposes tax rate for school districts subject to Property Tax Extension Limitation Law. Notwithstanding the provisions, requirements, or limitations of this Code or any other law, any tax levied for educational purposes by a school di…

(105 ILCS 5/17-3A) Sec. 17-3A. Apportionment; tax objections; court decisions; adjustments of levies and refunds to tax objectors. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, if a court, in any tax objection based on the apportionment of an overlapping taxing district under…

(105 ILCS 5/17-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-4) Sec. 17-4. Increase tax rate for transportation. The school board of any district having a population of less than 500,000 inhabitants may, by proper resolution, cause a proposition to increase the annual tax rate for transportation pur…

(105 ILCS 5/17-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-5) Sec. 17-5. Increase tax rates for operations and maintenance purposes-Maximum. (a) The school board in any district having a population of less than 500,000 inhabitants may, by proper resolution, cause a proposition to increase the annu…

(105 ILCS 5/17-5.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-5.1) Sec. 17-5.1. Referendum for accumulation of operations and maintenance funds. No tax for operations and maintenance purposes and the purchase of school grounds as provided in Section 11-9 and no tax for operations and maintenance pu…

(105 ILCS 5/17-6.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-6.1) Sec. 17-6.1. Educational purposes and operations, building and maintenance purposes concurrent equal increase and decrease in maximum authorized tax rate. (a) The school board of any school district having a population of less than …

(105 ILCS 5/17-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-7) Sec. 17-7. Payments from tax levied. Any sum expended or obligations incurred for the improvement, maintenance, repair or benefit of school buildings and property, including the cost of interior decorating and the installation, improvem…

(105 ILCS 5/17-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-8) Sec. 17-8. Transportation costs paid from transportation fund. Any transportation operating costs incurred for transporting pupils to and from school and school sponsored activities and the costs of acquiring equipment shall be paid fro…

(105 ILCS 5/17-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-9) Sec. 17-9. Extension of taxes by county clerk-Separate tax for payment of bonds. When the county clerk determines the amount of taxes to be extended upon all the taxable property in any school district having a population of less than 5…

(105 ILCS 5/17-9.02) Sec. 17-9.02. Supplemental tax levy for Ford Heights School District 169. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article and in addition to the methods provided by other Sections of this Article for increasing the rate of tax levied for any school p…

(105 ILCS 5/18-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 18-1) Sec. 18-1. Moneys constituting fund. The common school fund of the state shall consist of any sums accredited thereto in pursuance of law, of the interest on the school fund proper, which fund is 3% upon the proceeds of the sales of pub…

(105 ILCS 5/18-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 18-11) Sec. 18-11. Payment of claims. (a) With respect to payments for each fiscal year before fiscal year 2009, except payments for the period of June 1982 through July 1983 and payments for fiscal year 1994, as soon as may be after the 10t…

(105 ILCS 5/18-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 18-12) Sec. 18-12. Dates for filing State aid claims. The school board of each school district, a regional office of education, a laboratory school, or a State-authorized charter school shall require teachers, principals, or superintendents …

(105 ILCS 5/18-12.5) Sec. 18-12.5. State aid claims during health emergencies. After consultation with a local health department, if a school district closes one or more recognized school buildings, but not all buildings, during a public health emergency, as determined by the Sta…

(105 ILCS 5/18-13) (from Ch. 122, par. 18-13) Sec. 18-13. Notice to school officers of amount in treasurer's hands. On or before September 30 of each year the county collectors, county superintendents of schools, township collectors, and all other persons paying money into the ha…

(105 ILCS 5/18-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 18-14) Sec. 18-14. Apportionment of county fund. The regional superintendent of schools shall apportion and distribute under rules prescribed by the State Board of Education, the principal of the county fund to the townships and parts of tow…

(105 ILCS 5/18-15) (from Ch. 122, par. 18-15) Sec. 18-15. Township loanable fund-Distribution of income. All bonds, notes, mortgages, moneys and effects which have accrued or may accrue from the sale of Section 16 of the common school lands of any township, or from the sale of an…

(105 ILCS 5/18-18) (from Ch. 122, par. 18-18) Sec. 18-18. The board of education of any school district may borrow money by contracting or entering into loan agreements and may evidence such borrowings by the issuance of State aid anticipation certificates. Such certificates may …

(105 ILCS 5/18-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 18-19) Sec. 18-19. The State Board of Education may make distributions of monies from the Education Assistance Fund, pursuant to appropriation, in addition to such sums as may have been otherwise appropriated for the same purpose, for any of…

(105 ILCS 5/18-20) (from Ch. 122, par. 18-20) Sec. 18-20. Borrowing authority. When an educational program is operated by a regional superintendent or an entity such as an educational service center, special education cooperative, joint agreement, or intergovernmental agreement, …

(105 ILCS 5/18-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 18-3) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-410) Sec. 18-3. Tuition of children from orphanages and children's homes. When the children from any home for orphans, dependent, abandoned or maladjusted children maintained by any organiza…