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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB0383
Introduced 2/15/2005, by Sen. Terry Link SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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105 ILCS 5/2-3.137 new |
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105 ILCS 5/3-14.20 |
from Ch. 122, par. 3-14.20 |
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Amends the School
Code. Requires the State Board of Education to adopt rules for the
documentation of school plan reviews and inspections of school facilities and
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convene a task force for the purpose of reviewing these documents and
making recommendations regarding training and accreditation of
individuals performing reviews or inspections. In a Section requiring school
building plans and specifications to be approved by the regional
superintendent of schools, removes the provision allowing the local fire
department or fire protection district to request a review of the plans and
specifications.
Provides for review of the plans and specifications by a municipality, fire
protection district, or county.
Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
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| 2-3.137 and
changing Section 3-14.20 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.137 new)
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| Sec. 2-3.137. Inspection and review of school facilities; |
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| task force.
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| (a) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for the
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| documentation of school plan reviews and inspections of school |
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| facilities,
including
the responsible individual's signature. |
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| Such documents shall be kept on file
by the
regional
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| superintendent of schools.
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| (b) The State Board of Education shall convene a task force |
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| for the
purpose of reviewing the documents required under rules |
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| adopted under
subsection (a) of this
Section and making |
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| recommendations regarding training and
accreditation
of |
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| individuals performing reviews or inspections required under |
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| Section
2-3.12,
3-14.20, 3-14.21, or 3-14.22 of this Code, |
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| including regional
superintendents of schools and others |
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| performing reviews or inspections
under the authority of a |
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| regional superintendent (such as consultants,
municipalities, |
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| and fire protection districts).
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| The task force shall consist of
all of the following |
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| members:
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| (1) The Executive Director of the Capital Development |
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| Board
or his or her designee and a staff representative of |
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| the Division of Building Codes and Regulations.
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| (2) The State Superintendent of Education or his or her
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| designee.
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| (3) A person appointed
by the State Board of Education.
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| (4) A person appointed by an organization representing |
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| school
administrators.
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| (5) A person appointed by
an organization representing |
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| suburban school administrators and school board
members.
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| (6) A person appointed by an organization representing |
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| architects.
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| (7) A person appointed by an organization representing |
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| regional
superintendents of schools.
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| (8) A person appointed by an organization representing |
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| fire inspectors.
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| (9) A person appointed by an organization representing |
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| Code
administrators.
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| (10) A person appointed by an organization |
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| representing plumbing
inspectors.
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| (11) A person appointed by an organization that |
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| represents both parents
and teachers.
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| (12) A person appointed by an organization |
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| representing municipal
governments in the State.
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| The task force shall issue a report of its findings to the |
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| Governor and the
General Assembly no later than June 30, 2005.
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| (105 ILCS 5/3-14.20)
(from Ch. 122, par. 3-14.20)
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| Sec. 3-14.20. Building plans and specifications. To |
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| inspect the building
plans and specifications, including but |
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| not limited to plans and specifications
for the heating, |
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| ventilating, lighting, seating, water supply, toilets and
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| safety against fire of public school rooms and buildings |
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| submitted to him by
school boards, and to approve all those |
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| which comply substantially with the
building code authorized in |
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| Section 2-3.12.
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| If a municipality or,
in the
case of an unincorporated |
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| area, a county or, if applicable, a fire
protection district |
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| wishes to be notified of plans and specifications received
by a |
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| regional office of education for any future
construction or |
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| alteration of a public school facility located within that
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| entity's
jurisdiction, then the entity must register this wish |
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| with the regional
superintendent of schools. Within 10 days |
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| after the regional superintendent of
schools receives the
plans |
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| and specifications from a school board and prior to the bidding |
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| process,
he or she shall notify, in writing, the registered |
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| municipality and, if
applicable, the
registered fire |
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| protection district where the school that is being
constructed |
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| or altered lies that plans
and
specifications have been |
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| received. In the case of an unincorporated area, the
registered |
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| county
shall be notified. If the municipality, fire protection |
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| district, or county
requests a review of
the plans and |
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| specifications, then the school board shall submit a copy of |
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| the
plans and
specifications. The municipality and, if |
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| applicable, the fire protection
district or the county
may |
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| comment in writing on the plans and specifications based on the |
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| building
code
authorized in Section 2-3.12, referencing the |
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| specific code where a discrepancy
has been
identified, and |
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| respond back to the regional superintendent of schools within
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| 15 days
after a copy of the plans and specifications have been |
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| received or, if needed
for plan review, such additional time
as |
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| agreed to by the regional superintendent of
schools. This |
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| review must be at no cost to the school district.
The local |
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| fire department or
fire protection district where the
school is |
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| being constructed or altered may request a review of the plans
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| and specifications. The regional superintendent of schools |
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| shall submit
a copy of the plans and specifications within 10 |
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| business days after the
request. The fire department or fire |
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| protection district may comment
on the plans and specifications |
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| based on the building code
authorized in Section 2-3.12 of the |
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| Code and, if any
corrective action must be taken, shall respond |
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| to the
regional superintendent of schools within 15 days after
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| receipt of the plans and specifications. The Office of the
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| State Fire Marshal may review the plans and specifications at
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| the request of the fire department or fire protection
district. |
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| The review must be conducted at no cost to the
school district.
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| If
such plans and
specifications
are not approved or denied |
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| approval by the regional superintendent of schools
within 3 |
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| months after the date on which they are submitted to him or |