Public Act 0710 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Public Act 098-0710
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| HB3777 Enrolled | LRB098 14125 NHT 48706 b |
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
14-4.01 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/14-4.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-4.01)
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Sec. 14-4.01. Special educational facilities for
children |
with disabilities. |
(a) School boards of any school districts that maintain a |
recognized
school, whether operating under the general law or |
under a special
charter, subject to any limitations hereinafter |
specified, shall
establish and maintain such special |
educational facilities as may be
needed for children with |
disabilities as defined in
Section 14-1.02 of this Article who |
are residents of
their school district, and such children, |
residents of other school
districts as may be authorized by |
this Article.
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All such school boards shall place or by regulation may |
authorize the
director of special education to place, pursuant |
to procedures required
by this Act and rules and regulations |
promulgated by the State Board of
Education, eligible children |
into special education programs designed to
benefit children |
with disabilities defined in Sections
14-1.02 through 14-1.07
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of this Act.
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(b) All school districts, administrative districts or |
governing boards
responsible
for providing special education |
services shall
submit to the appropriate regional |
superintendent comprehensive plans or
modifications
thereto |
for the provision of special education services in accordance |
with
rules promulgated by the State Board of Education. Copies |
of comprehensive
plans or modifications thereto shall be |
forwarded by the regional
superintendent
to the State Board of |
Education. Regional superintendents who provide special
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education services shall submit comprehensive plans or |
modifications thereto
directly to the State Board of Education. |
Comprehensive plans or modifications
thereto shall be made |
available by regional superintendents for public inspection
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during regular business hours.
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The State Board of Education shall provide for the |
submission of comprehensive
plans not more frequently than once |
every 3 years but may require the submission
of such |
modifications as it deems necessary to achieve the purposes of |
this
Act and applicable federal law.
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(c) Special education cooperatives established by school |
districts are eligible for school maintenance project grants |
under Section 5-100 of the School Construction Law. |
(Source: P.A. 89-397, eff. 8-20-95.)
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Section 10. The School Construction Law is amended by |
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changing Section 5-100 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 230/5-100)
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Sec. 5-100. School maintenance project grants.
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(a) The State Board of Education is authorized to make |
grants to school
districts and special education cooperatives |
established by school districts, without regard to enrollment, |
for school maintenance projects.
These grants shall be paid out |
of moneys appropriated for that purpose
from the School |
Infrastructure Fund. No grant under this Section for
one fiscal |
year shall exceed $50,000, but a school district or special |
education cooperative may receive grants
for more than one |
project during one fiscal year. A school district or special |
education cooperative must
provide local
matching funds in an |
amount equal to the amount of the grant under this
Section. A |
school district or special education cooperative has no |
entitlement to a grant under this Section.
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(b) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to |
implement this
Section. These rules need not be the same as the |
rules for school construction
project grants or debt service |
grants.
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The rules may specify: (1) the manner of applying for |
grants;
(2) project eligibility requirements; (3) restrictions |
on the use of grant
moneys; (4) the manner in which school |
districts and special education cooperatives must account for |
the use of
grant moneys; and (5) any other provision that the |
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State Board determines
to be necessary or useful for the |
administration of this Section.
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The rules shall specify the methods and standards to be |
used by the State
Board to prioritize applications. School |
maintenance projects shall be
prioritized in the following |
order:
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(i) emergency projects;
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(ii) health/life safety projects;
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(iii) State Program priority projects;
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(iv) permanent improvement projects; and
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(v) other projects.
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(c) In each school year in which school maintenance project |
grants are
awarded, 20% of the total amount awarded shall be |
awarded to a school district
with a population of more than |
500,000, provided that the school district
complies with the |
requirements of this Section and the rules adopted under
this |
Section.
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(Source: P.A. 91-38, eff. 6-15-99.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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