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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The School Construction Law is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 5-300 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (105 ILCS 230/5-300) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 5-300. Early childhood construction grants. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) The Capital Development Board is authorized to make | ||||||
| 9 | grants to public school districts and not-for-profit entities | ||||||
| 10 | for early childhood construction projects. These grants shall | ||||||
| 11 | be paid out of moneys appropriated for that purpose from the | ||||||
| 12 | School Construction Fund. No grants may be awarded to entities | ||||||
| 13 | providing services within private residences. A public school | ||||||
| 14 | district or other eligible entity must provide local matching | ||||||
| 15 | funds in an amount equal to 10% the amount of the grant under | ||||||
| 16 | this Section. A public school district or other eligible entity | ||||||
| 17 | has no entitlement to a grant under this Section. | ||||||
| 18 | (b) The Capital Development Board shall adopt rules to | ||||||
| 19 | implement this Section. These rules need not be the same as the | ||||||
| 20 | rules for school construction project grants or school | ||||||
| 21 | maintenance project grants.
The rules may specify: | ||||||
| 22 | (1) the manner of applying for grants; | ||||||
| 23 | (2) project eligibility requirements; | ||||||
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| 1 | (3) restrictions on the use of grant moneys; | ||||||
| 2 | (4) the manner in which school districts and other | ||||||
| 3 | eligible entities must account for the use of grant moneys; | ||||||
| 4 | and | ||||||
| 5 | (5) requirements that new or improved facilities be | ||||||
| 6 | used for early childhood and other related programs for a | ||||||
| 7 | period of at least 10 years; and | ||||||
| 8 | (6) (5) any other provision that the Capital | ||||||
| 9 | Development Board determines to be necessary or useful for | ||||||
| 10 | the administration of this Section. | ||||||
| 11 | (c) The Capital Development Board, in consultation with the | ||||||
| 12 | State Board of Education, shall establish standards for the | ||||||
| 13 | determination of priority needs concerning early childhood | ||||||
| 14 | projects based on projects located in communities in the State | ||||||
| 15 | with the greatest underserved population of young children, | ||||||
| 16 | utilizing Census data and other reliable local early childhood | ||||||
| 17 | service data. | ||||||
| 18 | (d) In each school year in which early childhood | ||||||
| 19 | construction project grants are awarded, 20% of the total | ||||||
| 20 | amount awarded shall be awarded to a school district with a | ||||||
| 21 | population of more than 500,000, provided that the school | ||||||
| 22 | district complies with the requirements of this Section and the | ||||||
| 23 | rules adopted under this Section.
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| 24 | (Source: P.A. 96-37, eff. 7-13-09.)
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| 25 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
| 26 | 2010.
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