Executive Committee

Filed: 5/6/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1926

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1926 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The School Construction Law is amended by
5 changing Sections 5-5, 5-25, and 5-35 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 230/5-5)
7     Sec. 5-5. Definitions. As used in this Article:
8     "Approved school construction bonds" mean bonds that were
9 approved by referendum after January 1, 1996 but prior to
10 January 1, 1998 as provided in Sections 19-2 through 19-7 of
11 the School Code to provide funds for the acquisition,
12 development, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation,
13 improvement, architectural planning, and installation of
14 capital facilities consisting of buildings, structures,
15 durable-equipment, and land for educational purposes.
16     "Grant index" means a figure for each school district equal

 

 

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1 to one minus the ratio of the district's equalized assessed
2 valuation per pupil in average daily attendance to the
3 equalized assessed valuation per pupil in average daily
4 attendance of the district located at the 90th percentile for
5 all districts of the same category. For the purpose of
6 calculating the grant index, school districts are grouped into
7 2 categories, Category I and Category II. Category I consists
8 of elementary and unit school districts. The equalized assessed
9 valuation per pupil in average daily attendance of each school
10 district in Category I shall be computed using its grades
11 kindergarten through 8 average daily attendance figure. A unit
12 school district's Category I grant index shall be used for
13 projects or portions of projects constructed for elementary
14 school pupils. Category II consists of high school and unit
15 school districts. The equalized assessed valuation per pupil in
16 average daily attendance of each school district in Category II
17 shall be computed using its grades 9 through 12 average daily
18 attendance figure. A unit school district's Category II grant
19 index shall be used for projects or portions of projects
20 constructed for high school pupils. The changes made by this
21 amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly apply to all grants
22 made on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act,
23 provided that for grants not yet made on the effective date of
24 this amendatory Act but made in fiscal year 2001 and for grants
25 made in fiscal year 2002, the grant index for a school district
26 shall be the greater of (i) the grant index as calculated under

 

 

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1 this Law on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
2 or (ii) the grant index as calculated under this Law before the
3 effective date of this amendatory Act. The grant index shall be
4 no less than 0.35 and no greater than 0.75 for each district;
5 provided that the grant index for districts whose equalized
6 assessed valuation per pupil in average daily attendance is at
7 the 99th percentile and above for all districts of the same
8 type shall be 0.00.
9     "School construction project" means the acquisition,
10 development, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation,
11 improvement, architectural planning, and installation of
12 capital facilities consisting of buildings, structures,
13 durable equipment, and land for educational purposes.
14     "School district" means a school district or a Type 40 area
15 vocational center that is jointly owned if the joint agreement
16 includes language that specifies how the debt obligation is to
17 be paid, including in the event that an entity withdraws from
18 the joint agreement.
19     "School district" includes a cooperative high school,
20 which shall be considered a high school district for the
21 purpose of calculating its grant index.
22     "School maintenance project" means a project, other than a
23 school construction project, intended to provide for the
24 maintenance or upkeep of buildings or structures for
25 educational purposes, but does not include ongoing operational
26 costs.

 

 

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1 (Source: P.A. 92-168, eff. 7-26-01; 93-1094, eff. 3-29-05.)
 
2     (105 ILCS 230/5-25)
3     Sec. 5-25. Eligibility and project standards.
4     (a) The State Board of Education shall establish
5 eligibility standards for school construction project grants
6 and debt service grants. These standards shall include minimum
7 enrollment requirements for eligibility for school
8 construction project grants of 200 students for elementary
9 districts, 200 students for high school districts, and 400
10 students for unit districts. The State Board of Education shall
11 approve a district's eligibility for a school construction
12 project grant or a debt service grant pursuant to the
13 established standards.
14     For purposes only of determining a Type 40 area vocational
15 center's eligibility for an entity included in a school
16 construction project grant or a school maintenance project
17 grant, an area vocational center shall be deemed eligible if
18 one or more of its member school districts satisfy the grant
19 index criteria set forth in this Law. A Type 40 area vocational
20 center that makes application for school construction funds
21 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th
22 General Assembly shall be placed on the respective application
23 cycle list. Type 40 area vocation centers must be placed last
24 on the priority listing of eligible entities for the applicable
25 fiscal year.

 

 

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1     (b) The Capital Development Board shall establish project
2 standards for all school construction project grants provided
3 pursuant to this Article. These standards shall include space
4 and capacity standards as well as the determination of
5 recognized project costs that shall be eligible for State
6 financial assistance and enrichment costs that shall not be
7 eligible for State financial assistance.
8     (c) The State Board of Education and the Capital
9 Development Board shall not establish standards that
10 disapprove or otherwise establish limitations that restrict
11 the eligibility of a school district with a population
12 exceeding 500,000 for a school construction project grant based
13 on the fact that any or all of the school construction project
14 grant will be used to pay debt service or to make lease
15 payments, as authorized by subsection (b) of Section 5-35 of
16 this Law.
17 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 91-38, eff. 6-15-99.)
 
18     (105 ILCS 230/5-35)
19     Sec. 5-35. School construction project grant amounts;
20 permitted use; prohibited use.
21     (a) The product of the district's grant index and the
22 recognized project cost, as determined by the Capital
23 Development Board, for an approved school construction project
24 shall equal the amount of the grant the Capital Development
25 Board shall provide to the eligible district. The grant index

 

 

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1 shall not be used in cases where the General Assembly and the
2 Governor approve appropriations designated for specifically
3 identified school district construction projects.
4     The average of the grant indexes of the member districts in
5 a joint agreement shall be used to calculate the amount of a
6 school construction project grant awarded to an eligible Type
7 40 area vocational center.
8     (b) In each fiscal year in which school construction
9 project grants are awarded, 20% of the total amount awarded
10 statewide shall be awarded to a school district with a
11 population exceeding 500,000, provided such district complies
12 with the provisions of this Article.
13     In addition to the uses otherwise authorized by this Law,
14 any school district with a population exceeding 500,000 is
15 authorized to use any or all of the school construction project
16 grants (i) to pay debt service, as defined in the Local
17 Government Debt Reform Act, on bonds, as defined in the Local
18 Government Debt Reform Act, issued to finance one or more
19 school construction projects and (ii) to the extent that any
20 such bond is a lease or other installment or financing contract
21 between the school district and a public building commission
22 that has issued bonds to finance one or more qualifying school
23 construction projects, to make lease payments under the lease.
24     (c) No portion of a school construction project grant
25 awarded by the Capital Development Board shall be used by a
26 school district for any on-going operational costs.

 

 

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1 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 91-38, eff. 6-15-99.)
 
2     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3 becoming law.".