99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB0736
 
Introduced 2/3/2015, by Sen. Karen McConnaughay
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
 
105 ILCS 230/5-30

     Amends the School Construction Law. Provides that school districts shall receive a priority ranking from the State Board of Education within 90 days of the end of the current year's application cycle. Requires the State Board of Education to priority rank, by grant year, all school districts that have been waiting for longer than 90 days for school construction project grant funds.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The School Construction Law is amended  by 
5changing Section 5-30 as follows:
 


6    (105 ILCS 230/5-30)


7    Sec. 5-30. Priority of school construction projects. The 
8State Board of
Education shall develop standards for the 
9determination of priority needs
concerning school construction 
10projects based upon approved district facilities
plans.  Such 
11standards shall call for prioritization based on
the degree of 
12need and project type in the following order:

13        (1) Replacement or reconstruction of school buildings 
14    destroyed or damaged
by flood, tornado, fire, earthquake, 
15    mine subsidence, or other disasters, either man-made or

16    produced by nature;

17        (2) Projects designed to alleviate a shortage of 
18    classrooms due to
population growth or to replace or 
19    rehabilitate aging school buildings;

20        (3) Projects resulting from interdistrict 
21    reorganization
of school districts contingent on local 
22    referenda;

23        (4) Replacement, rehabilitation, or reconstruction of 
 
 
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1    school
facilities determined to be severe and continuing 
2    health or life safety
hazards;

3        (5) Alterations necessary to provide accessibility for 
4    qualified individuals
with disabilities; and

5        (6) Other unique solutions to facility needs.

6Except for those changes absolutely necessary to comply with 
7the changes made to subsection (c) of Section 5-25 of this Law 
8by Public Act 96-37, the State Board of Education may not make 
9any material changes to the standards in effect on May 18, 
102004, unless the State Board of Education is specifically 
11authorized by law.
12    School districts shall receive a priority ranking from the 
13State Board of Education within 90 days of the end of the 
14current year's application cycle. The State Board of Education 
15shall priority rank, by grant year, all school districts that 
16have been waiting for longer than 90 days for school 
17construction project grant funds. 

18(Source: P.A. 96-37, eff. 7-13-09; 96-102, eff. 7-29-09; 
1996-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 97-880, eff. 8-2-12.)