Senate Sponsors: WATSON-PETKA. House Sponsors: STEPHENS-HOLBROOK-BOLAND Short description: SCH CD-BONDS-UNIT SCH DISTRICT Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to provide, or arrange to have provided, educators liability coverage in specified amounts for each certificated employee of any school district or other public elementary or secondary educational entity in Illinois. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE, ENGROSSED (State Bd. of Ed.) Existing liability coverage is $160 million a year. Additional coverages are estimated at $2.6 to $3.9 million per year. Additional staff would require $175,000. STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE, ENGROSSED (State Bd. of Ed.) No change from previous note. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. (House recedes January 27, 1998) Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 5/2-3.130 new Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.12b Changes the title, deletes everything after the enacting clause, and amends provisions of the School Code relating to determining the residency and legal custody of a pupil for tuition payment purposes. Effective immediately. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 1. Recommends that the House recede from H-am 1. Recommends that the bill be amended as follows: Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 5/19-1 from Ch. 122, par. 19-1 Changes the title and replaces everything after the enacting clause. Adds language changing a provision of the School Code under which school districts that meet prescribed statutory criteria are authorized to issue bonds before January 1, 1999. Changes the applicable statutory criteria that a district must meet to issue the bonds. Eliminates a population requirement currently applicable to the county in which the school district is located. Provides that the bonds must be issued to purchase a site and equip a new high school in a unit school district whose existing high school was originally constructed at least 35 years before the sale of the bonds. Changes the maximum equalized assessed valuation and average daily attendance criteria applicable to a district that desires to issue the bonds, requires the district's board of education to by resolution determine that a new high school is needed because of projected enrollment increases, and increases the percentage of those voting in an election who must approve a proposition for issuance of the bonds. Effective immediately. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0570 Last action date: 98-01-28 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status