HB 0326 Summary

• Appropriates funds to the Illinois State Board of Education for fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, totaling approximately $2.7 billion from various state and federal funds.

• Provides $1.88 billion in federal education funding including Title I ($750 million), IDEA special education ($650 million), Child Nutrition ($725 million), and teacher training programs ($157 million).

• Allocates $772 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds for Title I, IDEA, homeless education, and data systems.

• Appropriates $50.5 million for operational and administrative support including fiscal services, school support services, special education services, and teaching and learning programs.

• Establishes funding for drivers education ($24.2 million), charter school and school technology loans, student assessments ($23.8 million), and teacher certificate processing ($3.7 million).