SB2795sam004 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. George P. Shadid

Filed: 2/28/2006

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2795

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2795, AS AMENDED, with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment No. 1, as follows:

on page 46, immediately below line 19, by inserting the following:

""School needs" means the needs of the proposed school district and any districts in the area adjacent thereto in relation to, without limitation, providing a full range of high quality educational and extracurricular programs, maintaining a full complement of professional staff to deliver optimal educational services, meeting the program and staff needs of all students, including students with disabilities and students in career and technical education courses, maximizing community involvement in school governance, operating on an economically efficient basis, and maintaining a sufficient local tax base."; and

on page 50, by replacing lines 4 through 6 with the following:

"(2) After an election in which an elementary district votes to join an optional elementary unit district in accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection (d), but prior to the dissolution of the elementary district, the elementary district must first"; and

on page 68, line 13, after "Code)", by inserting "and the elementary district, prior to dissolution, shall issue funding bonds pursuant to Sections 19-8 and 19-9 of the School Code to liquidate any operational deficit or debt incurred or accumulated since the date of the election in which the proposition to form the optional elementary unit district passed"; and

on page 72, line 17, after "Revenue", by inserting "and shall (here identify the elementary district by name and number), prior to dissolution, issue funding bonds pursuant to Sections 19-8 and 19-9 of the School Code to liquidate any operational deficit or debt incurred or accumulated since the date of the election in which the proposition to form (here identify the optional elementary unit district by name and number) passed".