95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB0877


 
Introduced 2/7/2007, by Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		
















105 ILCS 230/5-15




105 ILCS 230/5-37









    Amends the School Construction Law. Requires the Capital Development Board to establish a written procedure for disbursement of school construction project grant funds, which shall incorporate the requirement that school construction projects of school districts that do not receive a school construction project grant award in a fiscal year due to lack of adequate appropriations shall be placed ahead of any new school construction projects that are approved for grant awards in following fiscal years.  Provides that the Capital Development Board may not, under any circumstances, deviate from this procedure for disbursement.  Makes a related change in a provision concerning carry-over projects.
















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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 Construction Law is amended  by 
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changing Sections 5-15 and 5-37 as follows:
 



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    (105 ILCS 230/5-15)



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    Sec. 5-15. Grant entitlements. The State Board of Education 
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is authorized
to issue grant entitlements for school 
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construction projects and debt service
and shall determine the 
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priority order for school construction project grants
to be 
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made by the Capital Development Board.
When issuing a grant 
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entitlement for a school construction project, the
Capital 
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Development Board, as a part of that entitlement, shall certify 
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to the
district receiving the entitlement the dollar amount of 
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the school construction
project's cost that the district will 
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be required to finance with non-grant
funds in order to qualify 
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to receive a school construction project grant under
this 
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Article from the Capital Development Board. The Capital 
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Development Board shall establish a written procedure for 
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disbursement of school construction project grant funds, which 
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shall incorporate the requirements of Section 5-37 of this Law.  
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The Capital Development Board may not, under any circumstances, 
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deviate from this procedure for disbursement.


 


 






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(Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 91-55, eff. 6-30-99.)

 



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    (105 ILCS 230/5-37)



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    Sec. 5-37. Carry over projects. If a school district has 
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been issued a
grant entitlement for a school construction 
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project, has arranged and approved
all local financing, and is 
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eligible to receive a school construction project
grant award 
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in any fiscal year, but does not receive such award in that 
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year
due to lack of adequate appropriations, such school 
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construction projects shall
be placed ahead of any new school 
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construction projects within the same
priority category as 
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defined in Section 5-30 that are approved for grant awards in

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for the following fiscal years
year.

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(Source: P.A. 90-653, eff. 7-29-98.)