96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB6050

 

Introduced 2/10/2010, by Rep. Rich Brauer

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 230/5-30

    Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall develop standards for the determination of priority needs concerning school construction projects based upon approved district facilities plans, which shall include projects designed to alleviate a shortage of classrooms due to population growth or to repair or replace, or both, aging school buildings. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning education.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The School Construction Law is amended by
5 changing Section 5-30 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 230/5-30)
7     Sec. 5-30. Priority of school construction projects. The
8 State Board of Education shall develop standards for the
9 determination of priority needs concerning school construction
10 projects based upon approved district facilities plans. Such
11 standards shall call for prioritization based on the degree of
12 need 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 repair or
19     replace, or both, aging school buildings;
20         (3) Projects resulting from interdistrict
21     reorganization of school districts contingent on local
22     referenda;
23         (4) Replacement or reconstruction of school facilities

 

 

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1     determined to be severe and continuing health or life
2     safety hazards;
3         (5) Alterations necessary to provide accessibility for
4     qualified individuals with disabilities; and
5         (6) Other unique solutions to facility needs.
6 Except for those changes absolutely necessary to comply with
7 the changes made to subsection (c) of Section 5-25 of this Law
8 by Public Act 96-37 this amendatory Act of the 96th General
9 Assembly, the State Board of Education may not make any
10 material changes to the standards in effect on May 18, 2004,
11 unless the State Board of Education is specifically authorized
12 by law.
13 (Source: P.A. 96-37, eff. 7-13-09; 96-102, eff. 7-29-09;
14 revised 8-20-09.)
 
15     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16 becoming law.