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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 Section 5-40 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 230/5-40)
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| Sec. 5-40. Supervision of school construction projects; |
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| green projects. The Capital
Development Board shall exercise |
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| general supervision over school construction
projects financed |
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| pursuant to this Article. School districts, however, must be |
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| allowed to choose the architect and engineer for their school |
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| construction projects, and no project may be disapproved by the |
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| State Board of Education or the Capital Development Board |
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| solely due to a school district's selection of an architect or |
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| engineer.
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| With respect to those school construction projects for |
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| which a school district first applies for a grant on or after |
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| July 1, 2007, the school construction project must receive |
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| certification from the United States Green Building Council's |
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| Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building |
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| Rating System or the Green Building Initiative's Green Globes |
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| Green Building Rating System or must meet green building |
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| standards of the Capital Development Board and its Green |