Full Text of SB1561 099th General Assembly
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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 5-5 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 | 17 | | to one minus the
ratio of the district's equalized assessed | 18 | | valuation per pupil in average daily
attendance to the | 19 | | equalized assessed valuation per pupil in average daily
| 20 | | attendance of the district located at the 90th percentile for | 21 | | all districts of
the same category.
For the purpose of | 22 | | calculating the grant index, school districts are
grouped
into | 23 | | 2 categories, Category I and Category II. Category I consists |
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elementary and unit school districts. The equalized assessed | 2 | | valuation
per pupil in average daily attendance of each school | 3 | | district in Category I
shall be computed using its grades | 4 | | kindergarten through 8 average daily
attendance figure. A unit | 5 | | school district's Category I grant index shall be
used
for | 6 | | projects or portions of projects constructed for elementary | 7 | | school
pupils. Category II consists of high school and unit | 8 | | school districts. The
equalized assessed valuation per pupil in | 9 | | average daily attendance of
each school district in Category II | 10 | | shall be computed using its grades 9
through 12 average daily | 11 | | attendance figure. A unit school district's Category
II
grant | 12 | | index shall be used for projects or portions of projects | 13 | | constructed
for high school pupils.
The changes made by this | 14 | | amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly apply
to all grants | 15 | | made on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act,
| 16 | | provided that for grants not yet made on the effective date of | 17 | | this amendatory
Act but made in fiscal year 2001 and for grants | 18 | | made
in fiscal year 2002, the grant index for a school district | 19 | | shall be the
greater of (i) the grant index as calculated under | 20 | | this Law on or after the
effective date of this amendatory
Act | 21 | | or (ii) the grant index as calculated under this Law before the | 22 | | effective
date of this
amendatory Act.
The grant index shall be | 23 | | no less than 0.35 and no greater than
0.75 for each district; | 24 | | provided that the grant index for districts whose
equalized | 25 | | assessed valuation per pupil in average daily attendance is at | 26 | | the
99th percentile and above for all districts of the same |
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| 1 | | type shall be 0.00. For school districts that have consolidated | 2 | | or approved a cooperative high school within a prior fiscal | 3 | | year, the grant index shall be calculated for each of those | 4 | | school districts that form the new school district or | 5 | | cooperative high school. Whichever grant index is the highest | 6 | | shall be used as the grant index for the newly consolidated | 7 | | school district or approved cooperative high school.
| 8 | | The grant index shall be calculated for each of those | 9 | | school districts forming a reorganized school district or | 10 | | cooperative high school if one or more of the following happen | 11 | | within the current or prior 2 fiscal years: | 12 | | (1) a new school district is created in accordance with | 13 | | Article 11E of the School Code; | 14 | | (2) an existing school district annexes all of the | 15 | | territory of one or more entire other school districts in | 16 | | accordance with Article 7 of the School Code; or | 17 | | (3) a cooperative high school is formed in accordance | 18 | | with Section 10-22.22c of the School Code. | 19 | | The average grant index of those school districts shall be used | 20 | | as the grant index for the newly reorganized district or | 21 | | cooperative high school. | 22 | | "School construction project" means the acquisition, | 23 | | development,
construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, | 24 | | improvement, architectural
planning, and installation of | 25 | | capital facilities consisting of buildings,
structures, | 26 | | durable equipment, and land for educational purposes.
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| 1 | | "School district" means a school district or a Type 40 area | 2 | | vocational center that is jointly owned if the joint agreement | 3 | | includes language that specifies how the debt obligation is to | 4 | | be paid, including in the event that an entity withdraws from | 5 | | the joint agreement. | 6 | | "School district" includes a cooperative high school, | 7 | | which shall be considered a high school district for the | 8 | | purpose of calculating its grant index.
| 9 | | "School maintenance project" means a project, other than a | 10 | | school
construction project, intended to provide for the | 11 | | maintenance or upkeep
of buildings or structures for | 12 | | educational purposes, but does not include
ongoing operational | 13 | | costs.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 96-731, eff. 8-25-09; 96-1381, eff. 1-1-11.)
| 15 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 16 | | becoming law. |
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