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List of Forms by Chapter

Chapter 1 — Creation, Dissolution, and Boundary Changes

Chapter 2 — School Board Practices, Procedures, and Elections

Chapter 3 — Community Colleges

Chapter 4 — School Finance

I. [4.1] Funding Sources

II. Budget

[4.2] Annual Budget

[4.3] Deficit Reduction Plan

[4.4] Relationship of Budget to Tax Levy

[4.5] Preparation of the Budget

[4.6] Amendment of the Budget

[4.7] Supplemental Budget

[4.8] Limitation on Administrative Costs

III. [4.9] Classification of Funds

IV. Tax Levy

[4.10] Levy, Extension, and Receipt of Taxes

[4.11] Mechanics of the Tax Levy

[4.12] Adoption of the Tax Levy

[4.13] Property Tax Extension Limitation Law

V. [4.14] Property Tax Incentives

[4.15] Tax Abatements

[4.16] Tax Increment Allocation Financing

[4.17] Cook County Classifications

VI. [4.18] Property Taxpayer Objection Complaints

[4.19] The Refund System

[4.20] Rate Objections

Assessment Actions

[4.21] County Board of Review

[4.22] Property Tax Appeal Board

[4.23] Specific Objections

[4.24] Tax Exemptions

VII. Working Cash Fund

[4.25] Purpose of the Fund

[4.26] Source of Funding

[4.27] Transfer to General Funds

[4.28] Abolishment and Abatement of the Working Cash Fund

VIII. [4.29] Fund Transfers and Cash Management

[4.30] Operating Fund Transfers

[4.31] Inter-Fund Loans

[4.32] Mandatory Transfers of Pledged Moneys

[4.33] Working Cash Fund Abolishment and Abatement

[4.34] Interest Transfers

[4.35] Other Means of Cash Management

IX. Borrowing

[4.36] Lease of Personal Property

[4.37] Line of Credit

[4.38] Tax Anticipation Warrants

[4.39] Bonds

X. Custody and Investing of School District Funds

[4.40] Treasurer

[4.41] Investment Policies

XI. Financial Reporting

[4.42] Budget

[4.43] Audit and Annual Financial Reports

[4.44] Administrative Cost Increases

[4.45] Tax Levy

[4.46] Pension System Reports

[4.47] Contracts, Administrator Salaries, Collective-Bargaining Agreements

XII. Appendix — Sample Forms

[4.48] Resolution Directing Preparation of the Tentative Budget

[4.49] Resolution Approving Tentative Budget and Directing Publication of Its Availability

[4.50] Notice of Public Hearing

[4.51] Resolution To Adopt Budget

[4.52] Resolution Authorizing and Directing Tax Levy

[4.53] Certification of Compliance with Truth in Taxation Law

Chapter 5 — Issue and Sale of School Bonds and Tax Anticipation Warrants and Notes

Chapter 6 — Contracts and Intergovernmental Cooperation

Chapter 7 — School Property and Environmental Issues

Chapter 8 — Construction

Chapter 9 — Education Technology

Chapter 10 — Tort Liability of School Districts

Chapter 11 — Civil Rights Litigation

Chapter 12 — School Elections

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