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90_HB0040
105 ILCS 5/18-1.5 new
Amends the School Code. Provides that as an integral
part of the State's primary responsibility for financing an
efficient system of high quality public education, the State
shall assure funding for school districts at levels that
enable all school districts to educate their students in
school buildings and facilities that meet minimum State and
federal housing construction and environmental standards.
Provides that the duty includes ensuring health and safety
standards through the repair, renovation, alteration, and
construction of certain facilities. Requires the State
Superintendent of Education to report annually on the
conditions of school buildings and facilities and related
matters and to recommend a timetable for necessary repairs or
construction. Requires all public school buildings and
facilities to be in compliance with minimum State and federal
housing construction and environmental standards within 5
years. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by adding Section 18-1.5.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
5 18-1.5 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/18-1.5 new)
7 Sec. 18-1.5. Appropriate school buildings and
8 facilities. The General Assembly declares that as an
9 integral part of the State's primary responsibility for
10 financing an efficient system of high quality public
11 education under which persons are developed educationally to
12 the limits of their capacities, the State has the duty and
13 shall assure funding under this Article at a level that will
14 enable all school districts to provide and educate their
15 students in school buildings and facilities that meet minimum
16 State and federal housing construction and environmental
17 standards. That duty shall include ensuring the health and
18 safety of students through the repair, renovation,
19 alteration, and construction of a public elementary or
20 secondary school library, media center, or facility used for
21 academic or vocational instruction. By January 31 of each
22 year, the State Superintendent of Education shall submit to
23 the General Assembly an annual report on the current
24 conditions of school buildings and facilities and whether
25 they meet or are in violation of State or federal housing
26 construction and environmental standards. If any school
27 buildings or facilities do not meet those standards, the
28 report shall set forth recommendations and a timetable for
29 the repair, renovation, alteration, or construction required
30 to bring those buildings and facilities into compliance with
31 applicable standards. All public school buildings and
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1 facilities shall be in compliance with minimum State and
2 federal housing construction and environmental standards
3 within 5 years after the effective date of this amendatory
4 Act of 1997.
5 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6 becoming law.