Sen. Dale A. Righter
Filed: 4/20/2010
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5633
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5633 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The School Construction Law is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Sections 5-5 and 5-25 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 230/5-5)
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7 | Sec. 5-5. Definitions. As used in this Article:
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8 | "Approved school construction bonds" mean bonds that were | ||||||
9 | approved by
referendum after January 1, 1996 but prior to | ||||||
10 | January 1, 1998 as provided in
Sections 19-2 through 19-7 of | ||||||
11 | the School Code to provide funds for the
acquisition, | ||||||
12 | development, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation,
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13 | improvement, architectural planning, and installation of | ||||||
14 | capital facilities
consisting of buildings, structures, | ||||||
15 | durable-equipment, and land for
educational purposes.
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16 | "Grant index" means a figure for each school district equal |
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1 | to one minus the
ratio of the district's equalized assessed | ||||||
2 | valuation per pupil in average daily
attendance to the | ||||||
3 | equalized assessed valuation per pupil in average daily
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4 | attendance of the district located at the 90th percentile for | ||||||
5 | all districts of
the same category.
For the purpose of | ||||||
6 | calculating the grant index, school districts are
grouped
into | ||||||
7 | 2 categories, Category I and Category II. Category I consists | ||||||
8 | of
elementary and unit school districts. The equalized assessed | ||||||
9 | valuation
per pupil in average daily attendance of each school | ||||||
10 | district in Category I
shall be computed using its grades | ||||||
11 | kindergarten through 8 average daily
attendance figure. A unit | ||||||
12 | school district's Category I grant index shall be
used
for | ||||||
13 | projects or portions of projects constructed for elementary | ||||||
14 | school
pupils. Category II consists of high school and unit | ||||||
15 | school districts. The
equalized assessed valuation per pupil in | ||||||
16 | average daily attendance of
each school district in Category II | ||||||
17 | shall be computed using its grades 9
through 12 average daily | ||||||
18 | attendance figure. A unit school district's Category
II
grant | ||||||
19 | index shall be used for projects or portions of projects | ||||||
20 | constructed
for high school pupils.
The changes made by this | ||||||
21 | amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly apply
to all grants | ||||||
22 | made on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act,
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23 | provided that for grants not yet made on the effective date of | ||||||
24 | this amendatory
Act but made in fiscal year 2001 and for grants | ||||||
25 | made
in fiscal year 2002, the grant index for a school district | ||||||
26 | shall be the
greater of (i) the grant index as calculated under |
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1 | this Law on or after the
effective date of this amendatory
Act | ||||||
2 | or (ii) the grant index as calculated under this Law before the | ||||||
3 | effective
date of this
amendatory Act.
The grant index shall be | ||||||
4 | no less than 0.35 and no greater than
0.75 for each district; | ||||||
5 | provided that the grant index for districts whose
equalized | ||||||
6 | assessed valuation per pupil in average daily attendance is at | ||||||
7 | the
99th percentile and above for all districts of the same | ||||||
8 | type shall be 0.00.
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9 | The grant index shall be calculated for each of those | ||||||
10 | school districts forming a reorganized school district or | ||||||
11 | cooperative high school if one or more of the following happen | ||||||
12 | within the current or prior 2 fiscal years: | ||||||
13 | (1) a new school district is created in accordance with | ||||||
14 | Article 11E of the School Code; | ||||||
15 | (2) an existing school district annexes all of the | ||||||
16 | territory of one or more entire other school districts in | ||||||
17 | accordance with Article 7 of the School Code; or | ||||||
18 | (3) a cooperative high school is formed in accordance | ||||||
19 | with Section 10-22.22c of the School Code. | ||||||
20 | The average grant index of those school districts shall be used | ||||||
21 | as the grant index for the newly reorganized district or | ||||||
22 | cooperative high school. | ||||||
23 | "School construction project" means the acquisition, | ||||||
24 | development,
construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, | ||||||
25 | improvement, architectural
planning, and installation of | ||||||
26 | capital facilities consisting of buildings,
structures, |
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1 | durable equipment, and land for educational purposes.
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2 | "School district" means a school district or a Type 40 area | ||||||
3 | vocational center that is jointly owned if the joint agreement | ||||||
4 | includes language that specifies how the debt obligation is to | ||||||
5 | be paid, including in the event that an entity withdraws from | ||||||
6 | the joint agreement. | ||||||
7 | "School district" includes a cooperative high school, | ||||||
8 | which shall be considered a high school district for the | ||||||
9 | purpose of calculating its grant index.
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10 | "School maintenance project" means a project, other than a | ||||||
11 | school
construction project, intended to provide for the | ||||||
12 | maintenance or upkeep
of buildings or structures for | ||||||
13 | educational purposes, but does not include
ongoing operational | ||||||
14 | costs.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 96-731, eff. 8-25-09.)
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16 | (105 ILCS 230/5-25)
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17 | Sec. 5-25. Eligibility and project standards.
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18 | (a) The State Board of Education shall establish | ||||||
19 | eligibility standards for
school construction project grants | ||||||
20 | and debt service grants. These standards
shall include minimum | ||||||
21 | enrollment requirements for eligibility for school
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22 | construction project grants of 200 students for elementary | ||||||
23 | districts, 200
students for high school districts, and 400 | ||||||
24 | students for unit districts. The total enrollment of member | ||||||
25 | districts forming a cooperative high school in accordance with |
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1 | subsection (c) of Section 10-22.22 of the School Code shall | ||||||
2 | meet the minimum enrollment requirements specified in this | ||||||
3 | subsection (a). The
State Board of Education shall approve a | ||||||
4 | district's eligibility for a school
construction project grant | ||||||
5 | or a debt service grant pursuant to the established
standards.
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6 | For purposes only of determining a Type 40 area vocational | ||||||
7 | center's eligibility for an entity included in a school | ||||||
8 | construction project grant or a school maintenance project | ||||||
9 | grant, an area vocational center shall be deemed eligible if | ||||||
10 | one or more of its member school districts satisfy the grant | ||||||
11 | index criteria set forth in this Law. A Type 40 area vocational | ||||||
12 | center that makes application for school construction funds | ||||||
13 | after August 25, 2009 ( the effective date of Public Act 96-731) | ||||||
14 | this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly shall be | ||||||
15 | placed on the respective application cycle list. Type 40 area | ||||||
16 | vocational centers must be placed last on the priority listing | ||||||
17 | of eligible entities for the applicable fiscal year.
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18 | (b) The Capital Development Board shall establish
project | ||||||
19 | standards for all school construction project grants provided | ||||||
20 | pursuant
to this Article. These standards shall include space | ||||||
21 | and capacity standards as
well as the determination of | ||||||
22 | recognized project costs that shall be eligible
for State | ||||||
23 | financial assistance and enrichment costs that shall not be | ||||||
24 | eligible
for State financial assistance.
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25 | (c) The State Board of Education and the Capital | ||||||
26 | Development Board shall
not establish standards that |
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1 | disapprove or otherwise establish limitations
that restrict | ||||||
2 | the eligibility of (i) a school district with a population | ||||||
3 | exceeding
500,000 for a school construction project grant based | ||||||
4 | on the fact that any or
all of the school construction project | ||||||
5 | grant will be used to pay debt service
or to make lease | ||||||
6 | payments, as authorized by subsection (b) of Section 5-35 of
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7 | this Law, or (ii) a school district located in whole or in part | ||||||
8 | in a county that imposes a tax for school facility purposes | ||||||
9 | pursuant to Section 5-1006.7 of the Counties Code.
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10 | (d) A reorganized school district or cooperative high | ||||||
11 | school may use a school construction application that was | ||||||
12 | submitted by a school district that formed the reorganized | ||||||
13 | school district or cooperative high school if that application | ||||||
14 | has not been entitled for a project by the State Board of | ||||||
15 | Education and any one or more of the following happen within | ||||||
16 | the current or prior 2 fiscal years: | ||||||
17 | (1) a new school district is created in accordance with | ||||||
18 | Article 11E of the School Code; | ||||||
19 | (2) an existing school district annexes all of the | ||||||
20 | territory of one or more other school districts in | ||||||
21 | accordance with Article 7 of the School Code; or | ||||||
22 | (3) a cooperative high school is formed in accordance | ||||||
23 | with subsection (c) of Section 10-22.22 of the School Code.
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24 | A new elementary district formed from a school district | ||||||
25 | conversion, as defined in Section 11E-15 of the School Code, | ||||||
26 | may use only the application of the dissolved district whose |
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1 | territory is now included in the new elementary district and | ||||||
2 | must obtain the written approval of the local school board of | ||||||
3 | any other school district that includes territory from that | ||||||
4 | dissolved district. A new high school district formed from a | ||||||
5 | school district conversion, as defined in Section 11E-15 of the | ||||||
6 | School Code, may use only the application of any dissolved | ||||||
7 | district whose territory is now included in the new high school | ||||||
8 | district, but only after obtaining the written approval of the | ||||||
9 | local school board of any other school district that includes | ||||||
10 | territory from that dissolved district. A cooperative high | ||||||
11 | school using this Section must obtain the written approval of | ||||||
12 | the local school board of the member school district whose | ||||||
13 | application it is using. All other eligibility and project | ||||||
14 | standards apply to this Section. | ||||||
15 | (Source: P.A. 96-37, eff. 7-13-09; 96-731, eff. 8-25-09; | ||||||
16 | revised 9-15-09.)".
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