Public Act 096-0102
 		





HB2530 Enrolled
LRB096 09711 NHT 19874 b






    AN ACT concerning education.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
2-3.77 as follows:
 



    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.77)  (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.77)



    Sec. 2-3.77. Temporary relocation expenses. 

    (a) The State Board of Education may distribute loan or 
grant
moneys
appropriated for temporary relocation expenses 
incurred by school districts
as a result of fires, earthquakes, 
tornados, mine subsidence, or other natural or
man-made 
disasters which destroy school
buildings, or as a result of the 
condemnation of a school building under
Section 3-14.22.  The 
State Board of Education shall by rule prescribe those
expenses 
which qualify as temporary relocation expenses and the manner 
of
determining and reporting the same, provided that such 
expenses shall be
deemed to include amounts reasonably required 
to be expended for the lease,
rental, and renovation of 
educational facilities and for additional
transportation and 
other expenses directly associated with the temporary

relocation and housing of the normal operations, activities, 
and affairs of
a school district.

    (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), no moneys 
appropriated to
the State
Board of Education for purposes of 
distribution in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 
shall be distributed to any school district
unless the school 
board of such district, as an express condition of any
such 
distribution, agrees to levy the tax provided for by Section 
17-2.2c
at the maximum rate permitted thereunder and to pay to 
the State of
Illinois for deposit in the Temporary Relocation 
Expenses Revolving Grant
Fund (i) all proceeds of such
tax 
attributable to the first year and succeeding years for which 
the tax
is levied after moneys
appropriated for purposes of 
this Section have been distributed to the
school district, and 
(ii) all insurance proceeds which become payable to
the 
district under those provisions of any contract or policy of 
insurance
which provide reimbursement for or other coverage 
against loss with respect
to any temporary relocation expenses 
of the school district; provided, that
the aggregate of any tax 
and insurance proceeds paid by the school district
to the State 
pursuant to this Section shall not exceed in amount the moneys

distributed to the school district pursuant to this Section.

    (c) The State Board of Education may, from appropriations 
made for this
purpose from the Temporary Relocation Expenses 
Revolving Grant Fund, make
grants that do not require repayment 
to school districts that qualify for
temporary relocation 
assistance under this Section to the extent that the
amount of 
temporary relocation expenses incurred by a district exceeds 
the
amount that the district is able to repay to the State 
through insurance
proceeds and the tax levy authorized in 
Section 17-2.2c.

    (d) The Temporary Relocation Expenses Revolving Grant Fund 
is hereby
established as a special fund within the State 
treasury.  Appropriations and
amounts that school districts 
repay to the State under subsection (b) of this
Section shall 
be deposited into that Fund.  If the balance in that Fund 
exceeds
$3,000,000, the excess shall be transferred into the 
General Revenue Fund.

    (e) The State Board
of Education shall promulgate such 
rules and regulations, not inconsistent
with the provisions of 
this Section, as are necessary to provide for the
distribution 
of loan and grant moneys and for the
repayment of loan moneys

distributed pursuant to this Section.

(Source: P.A. 90-464, eff. 8-17-97.)

 
    Section 10. The School Construction Law is amended  by 
changing Section 5-30 as follows:
 



    (105 ILCS 230/5-30)



    Sec. 5-30. Priority of school construction projects. The 
State Board of
Education shall develop standards for the 
determination of priority needs
concerning school construction 
projects based upon approved district facilities
plans.  Such 
standards shall call for prioritization based on
the degree of 
need and project type in the following order:

        (1) Replacement or reconstruction of school buildings 
    destroyed or damaged
by flood, tornado, fire, earthquake, 
    mine subsidence, or other disasters, either man-made or

    produced by nature;

        (2) Projects designed to alleviate a shortage of 
    classrooms due to
population growth or to replace aging 
    school buildings;

        (3) Projects resulting from interdistrict 
    reorganization
of school districts contingent on local 
    referenda;

        (4) Replacement or reconstruction of school
facilities 
    determined to be severe and continuing health or life 
    safety
hazards;

        (5) Alterations necessary to provide accessibility for 
    qualified individuals
with disabilities; and

        (6) Other unique solutions to facility needs.

The State Board of Education may not make any material changes 
to the standards in effect on May 18, 2004, unless the State 
Board of Education is specifically authorized by law.

(Source: P.A. 93-679, eff. 6-30-04.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
2009.