Sen. William Delgado
Filed: 3/23/2012
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 639
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 639 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 Section 5-30 as follows:
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| 6 | (105 ILCS 230/5-30)
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| 7 | Sec. 5-30. Priority of school construction projects. The | ||||||
| 8 | State Board of
Education shall develop standards for the | ||||||
| 9 | determination of priority needs
concerning school construction | ||||||
| 10 | projects based upon approved district facilities
plans. Such | ||||||
| 11 | standards shall call for prioritization based on
the degree of | ||||||
| 12 | need and project type in the following order:
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| 13 | (1) Replacement or reconstruction of school buildings | ||||||
| 14 | destroyed or damaged
by flood, tornado, fire, earthquake, | ||||||
| 15 | mine subsidence, or other disasters, either man-made or
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| 16 | produced by nature;
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| 1 | (2) Projects designed to alleviate a shortage of | ||||||
| 2 | classrooms due to
population growth or to replace or | ||||||
| 3 | rehabilitate aging school buildings;
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| 4 | (3) Projects resulting from interdistrict | ||||||
| 5 | reorganization
of school districts contingent on local | ||||||
| 6 | referenda;
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| 7 | (4) Replacement, rehabilitation, or reconstruction of | ||||||
| 8 | school
facilities determined to be severe and continuing | ||||||
| 9 | health or life safety
hazards;
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| 10 | (5) Alterations necessary to provide accessibility for | ||||||
| 11 | qualified individuals
with disabilities; and
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| 12 | (6) Other unique solutions to facility needs.
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| 13 | Except for those changes absolutely necessary to comply with | ||||||
| 14 | the changes made to subsection (c) of Section 5-25 of this Law | ||||||
| 15 | by Public Act 96-37, the State Board of Education may not make | ||||||
| 16 | any material changes to the standards in effect on May 18, | ||||||
| 17 | 2004, unless the State Board of Education is specifically | ||||||
| 18 | authorized by law.
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| 19 | (Source: P.A. 96-37, eff. 7-13-09; 96-102, eff. 7-29-09; | ||||||
| 20 | 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
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| 21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 1, | ||||||
| 22 | 2012.".
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