House Sponsors: NOVAK-WOOLARD-PHELPS-COWLISHAW-DAVIS,MONIQUE AND MITCHELL. Senate Sponsors: MAITLAND-WEAVER,S-BERMAN-CRONIN Short description: SCH CD-EMERGENCY RELOCATION Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the School Code. Authorizes the State Board of Education to make grants to school districts to pay emergency relocation expenses incurred as a result of the condemnation of a school building. Provides that the grants shall be made from appropriations made for that purpose pursuant to eligibility standards and criteria for expenses that qualify as emergency relocation expenses that the State Board of Education shall by rule prescribe. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE (State Board of Ed.) This bill has no fiscal impact. STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE (SBE) No change from SBE fiscal note. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 5/2-3.77a new Adds reference to: 30 ILCS 105/5.449 new 105 ILCS 5/2-3.77 from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.77 105 ILCS 5/3-14.21 from Ch. 122, par. 3-14.21 105 ILCS 5/17-2.2c from Ch. 122, par. 17-2.2c Changes the title and replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the State Finance Act, creating the Temporary Relocation Expenses Revolving Grant Fund in the State Treasury. Authorizes the State Board of Education to distribute loan and grant moneys appropriated from that Fund to school districts for temporary relocation expenses incurred due to natural or man-made disasters which destroy school buildings or due to condemnation by a regional superintendent of a school building that is unsafe, unsanitary, or unfit for occupancy. Provides that a school district must levy a temporary relocation expense tax and pay over the proceeds to the State for deposit into the Temporary Relocation Expenses Revolving Grant Fund (instead of the General Revenue Fund) in order to repay amounts distributed to the district from the newly created fund for its temporary relocation expenses. Limits the duration of the levy to a maximum of 7 years. Authorizes the State Board of Education to make grants from the newly created Fund if the district's temporary relocation expenses exceed the amount that the district is able to repay to the State through insurance and relocation expense tax proceeds. Requires a district to hold a public hearing on, and adopt a plan to correct, building violations identified in a life-safety report or ordered by the regional superintendent. Requires the regional superintendent to recommend that the State Board of Education withhold from a district's general State aid an amount sufficient to correct identified building violations that the district has failed to correct by the time the next annual inspection report is prepared. Effective immediately. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0464 Last action date: 97-08-17 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 1 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status