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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 Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 17-2 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/17-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-2)
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7 | Sec. 17-2. Tax levies; purposes; rates. Except as otherwise | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | provided in
Articles 12 and 13 of this Act, the following | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | maximum rates shall apply to all
taxes levied after August 10, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | 1965, in districts having a population of less
than 500,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | inhabitants, including those districts organized under Article | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | 11
of the School Code. The school board of any district having | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | a population of
less than 500,000 inhabitants may levy a tax | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | annually, at not to exceed the
maximum rates and for the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | specified purposes, upon all the taxable property of
the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | district at the value, as equalized or assessed by the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Department of
Revenue as follows:
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18 | (1) districts maintaining only grades 1 through 8, .92% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | for educational
purposes and .25% for operations and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | maintenance purposes;
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21 | (2) districts maintaining only grades 9 through 12, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | .92% for
educational purposes and .25% for operations and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | maintenance purposes;
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1 | (3) districts maintaining grades 1 through 12, 1.63% | ||||||
2 | for the 1985-86
school year, 1.68% for the 1986-87 school | ||||||
3 | year, 1.75% for the 1987-88
school year and 1.84% for the | ||||||
4 | 1988-89 school year and thereafter for
educational | ||||||
5 | purposes and .405% for the 1989-90 school year, .435% for | ||||||
6 | the
1990-91 school year, .465% for the 1991-92 school year, | ||||||
7 | and .50% for the
1992-93 school year and thereafter for | ||||||
8 | operations and maintenance purposes;
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9 | (4) all districts, 0.75% for capital improvement | ||||||
10 | purposes (which is in
addition to the levy for operations | ||||||
11 | and maintenance purposes), which tax is to
be
levied, | ||||||
12 | accumulated for not more than 6 years, and spent for | ||||||
13 | capital
improvement purposes (including but not limited to | ||||||
14 | the construction of a new
school building or buildings or | ||||||
15 | the purchase of school grounds on which any new
school | ||||||
16 | building is to be constructed or located, or both) only in | ||||||
17 | accordance
with Section 17-2.3 of this Act;
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18 | (5) districts maintaining only grades 1 through 8, .12% | ||||||
19 | for
transportation purposes, provided that districts | ||||||
20 | maintaining only grades
kindergarten through 8 which have | ||||||
21 | an enrollment of at least 2600 students
may levy, subject | ||||||
22 | to Section 17-2.2, at not to exceed a maximum rate of
.20% | ||||||
23 | for transportation purposes for any school year in which | ||||||
24 | the number of
students requiring transportation in the | ||||||
25 | district exceeds by at least 2%
the number of students | ||||||
26 | requiring transportation in the district during the
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1 | preceding school year, as verified in the district's claim | ||||||
2 | for pupil
transportation and reimbursement and as | ||||||
3 | certified by the State Board of
Education to the county | ||||||
4 | clerk of the county in which such district is
located not | ||||||
5 | later than November 15 following the submission of such | ||||||
6 | claim;
districts maintaining only grades 9 through 12, .12% | ||||||
7 | for transportation
purposes; and districts maintaining | ||||||
8 | grades 1 through 12, .14% for the
1985-86 school year, .16% | ||||||
9 | for the 1986-87 school year, .18% for the 1987-88
school | ||||||
10 | year and .20% for the 1988-89 school year and thereafter, | ||||||
11 | for
transportation purposes;
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12 | (6) districts providing summer classes, .15% for | ||||||
13 | educational
purposes, subject to Section 17-2.1 of this | ||||||
14 | Act.
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15 | Whenever any special charter school district operating | ||||||
16 | grades 1
through 12 , has organized or shall organize under the | ||||||
17 | general school
law, the district so organized may continue to | ||||||
18 | levy taxes at not to
exceed the rate at which taxes were last | ||||||
19 | actually extended by the
special charter district, except that | ||||||
20 | if such rate at which taxes were
last actually extended by such | ||||||
21 | special charter district was less than
the maximum rate for | ||||||
22 | districts maintaining grades 1 through 12
authorized under this | ||||||
23 | Section, such special charter district
nevertheless may levy | ||||||
24 | taxes at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate for
districts | ||||||
25 | maintaining grades 1 through 12 authorized under this Section,
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26 | and except that if any such district maintains only grades 1 |
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1 | through 8,
the board may levy, for educational purposes, at a | ||||||
2 | rate not to exceed
the maximum rate for elementary districts | ||||||
3 | authorized under this Section.
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4 | Maximum rates before or after established in excess of | ||||||
5 | those
prescribed shall not be affected by the amendatory Act of | ||||||
6 | 1965.
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7 | Maximum rates established under this Section are subject to | ||||||
8 | subsection (b-10) of Section 5-35 of the School Construction | ||||||
9 | Law. | ||||||
10 | (Source: P.A. 87-984; 87-1023; 88-45.)
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11 | Section 10. The School Construction Law is amended by | ||||||
12 | changing Section 5-35 as follows:
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13 | (105 ILCS 230/5-35)
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14 | Sec. 5-35. School construction project grant amounts; | ||||||
15 | permitted
use; prohibited use. | ||||||
16 | (a) The product of the district's grant index and the
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17 | recognized project cost, as determined by the Capital | ||||||
18 | Development Board, for an
approved school construction project | ||||||
19 | shall equal the amount of the grant the
Capital Development | ||||||
20 | Board shall provide to the eligible district. The grant
index | ||||||
21 | shall not be used in cases where the General Assembly and the | ||||||
22 | Governor
approve appropriations designated for specifically | ||||||
23 | identified school district
construction projects.
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24 | The average of the grant indexes of the member districts in |
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1 | a joint agreement shall be used to calculate the amount of a | ||||||
2 | school construction project grant awarded to an eligible Type | ||||||
3 | 40 area vocational center.
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4 | (b) In each fiscal year in which school construction | ||||||
5 | project grants are
awarded, 20% of the total amount awarded | ||||||
6 | statewide shall be awarded to a school
district with a | ||||||
7 | population exceeding 500,000, provided such district complies
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8 | with the provisions of this Article.
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9 | In addition to the uses otherwise authorized by this Law, | ||||||
10 | any school
district with a population exceeding 500,000 is | ||||||
11 | authorized to use any or all
of the school construction project | ||||||
12 | grants (i) to pay debt service, as defined
in the Local | ||||||
13 | Government Debt Reform Act, on bonds, as defined in the Local
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14 | Government Debt Reform Act, issued to finance one or more | ||||||
15 | school construction
projects and (ii) to the extent that any | ||||||
16 | such bond is a lease or other
installment or financing contract | ||||||
17 | between the school district and a public
building commission | ||||||
18 | that has issued bonds to finance one or more qualifying
school | ||||||
19 | construction projects, to make lease payments under the lease.
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20 | (b-3)
The Capital Development Board shall make payment in | ||||||
21 | an amount equal to 20% of each amount deposited into the School | ||||||
22 | Infrastructure Fund pursuant to subsection (b-5) of Section | ||||||
23 | 6z-45 of the State Finance Act to the Board of Education of the | ||||||
24 | City of Chicago within 10 days after such deposit. The Board of | ||||||
25 | Education of the City of Chicago shall use such moneys received | ||||||
26 | (i) for application to the costs of a school construction |
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1 | project, (ii) to pay debt service on bonds, as those terms are | ||||||
2 | defined in the Local Government Debt Reform Act, that are | ||||||
3 | issued to finance one or more school construction projects, and | ||||||
4 | (iii) to the extent that any such bond is a lease or other | ||||||
5 | installment or financing contract between the school district | ||||||
6 | and a public building commission that has issued bonds to | ||||||
7 | finance one or more qualifying school construction projects, to | ||||||
8 | make lease payments under the lease. The Board of Education of | ||||||
9 | the City of Chicago shall submit quarterly to the Capital | ||||||
10 | Development Board documentation sufficient to establish that | ||||||
11 | this money is being used as authorized by this Section. The | ||||||
12 | Capital Development Board may withhold payments if the | ||||||
13 | documentation is not provided. The remaining 80% of each such | ||||||
14 | deposit shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of | ||||||
15 | subsection (a) of this Section; however, no portion of this | ||||||
16 | remaining 80% shall be awarded to a school district with a | ||||||
17 | population of more than 500,000. | ||||||
18 | (b-5) In addition to the uses otherwise authorized by this | ||||||
19 | Law, any school district that (1) was organized prior to 1860 | ||||||
20 | and (2) is located in part in a city originally incorporated | ||||||
21 | prior to 1840 is authorized to use any or all of the school | ||||||
22 | construction project grants (i) to pay debt service on bonds, | ||||||
23 | as those terms are defined in the Local Government Debt Reform | ||||||
24 | Act, that are issued to finance one or more school construction | ||||||
25 | projects and (ii) to the extent that any such bond is a lease | ||||||
26 | or other installment or financing contract between the school |
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1 | district and a public building commission that has issued bonds | ||||||
2 | to finance one or more qualifying school construction projects, | ||||||
3 | to make lease payments under the lease. | ||||||
4 | (b-10) Notwithstanding other uses that may be authorized by | ||||||
5 | this Law, if a school district, other than a school district | ||||||
6 | with a population exceeding 500,000, in any fiscal year | ||||||
7 | receives school construction project grant funds for a school | ||||||
8 | construction project for which the district has a levy and the | ||||||
9 | district has any outstanding debt on that construction project, | ||||||
10 | then the district shall use the grant funds to first pay off | ||||||
11 | that outstanding debt and shall reduce the levy by an amount | ||||||
12 | equal to the amount of the grant funds used to pay off the | ||||||
13 | outstanding debt. | ||||||
14 | (c) No portion of a school construction project grant | ||||||
15 | awarded by the
Capital Development Board shall be used by a | ||||||
16 | school district for any
on-going operational costs.
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17 | (Source: P.A. 98-18, eff. 6-7-13.)
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18 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
19 | becoming law.
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