The Illinois Education Funding Advisory Board was created by Public Act 90-548 in December of 1997 with the primary charge of making recommendations to the General Assembly for the foundation level and for the supplemental general State aid grant level for districts with high concentrations of children from poverty. This report is the result of study and consultation with the Illinois State Board of Education and contains the funding recommendations.
This periodical is designed to provide fiscal information of general interest and in compliance with state statutes. This issue of Fiscal Focus reviews some of the major accomplishments of this office over the past four years as they relate to state government functions such as electronic commerce, prompt payments, and debt certification; cemetery care activities such as pre-need licensing, crematory regulation, and cemetery cleanup months; and local government services such as financial reporting and education and training for local government officials. Articles include Electronic Commerce Update, State Tax Revenue Continues Drop, Local Government Improvements, Cemetery Care Accomplishments, Debt Certification Law Now in Effect, Hynes Secures Prompt Payment Reforms, Fiscal Problems Continue, and 2002 Tables for July, August and September.