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assessed valuation per pupil in average daily attendance to |
the equalized assessed valuation per pupil in average daily |
attendance of the district located at the 90th percentile for |
all districts of the same category. This definition applies |
only to completed or partially completed, as determined by the |
Capital Development Board, school construction projects for |
which a grant application was filed for the 2004, 2005, or 2006 |
application cycle by a school district included on the State |
Board of Education's 2004, 2005, or 2006 School Construction |
Project Application Cycle listing and only for the purpose of |
determining the amount of any adjustment pursuant to |
subsection (d) of Section 5-15 to a grant award amount for a |
project funded during the first application cycle opened after |
June 30, 2022. For the purpose of calculating the grant index, |
school districts are grouped into 2 categories, Category I and |
Category II. Category I consists of elementary and unit school |
districts. The equalized assessed valuation per pupil in |
average daily attendance of each school district in Category I |
shall be computed using its grades kindergarten through 8 |
average daily attendance figure. A unit school district's |
Category I grant index shall be used for projects or portions |
of projects constructed for elementary school pupils. Category |
II consists of high school and unit school districts. The |
equalized assessed valuation per pupil in average daily |
attendance of each school district in Category II shall be |
computed using its grades 9 through 12 average daily |
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attendance figure. A unit school district's Category II grant |
index shall be used for projects or portions of projects |
constructed for high school pupils. The changes made by this |
amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly apply to all |
grants made on or after the effective date of this amendatory |
Act, provided that for grants not yet made on the effective |
date of this amendatory Act but made in fiscal year 2001 and |
for grants made in fiscal year 2002, the grant index for a |
school district shall be the greater of (i) the grant index as |
calculated under this Law on or after the effective date of |
this amendatory Act or (ii) the grant index as calculated |
under this Law before the effective date of this amendatory |
Act. The grant index shall be no less than 0.35 and no greater |
than 0.75 for each district; provided that the grant index for |
districts whose equalized assessed valuation per pupil in |
average daily attendance is at the 99th percentile and above |
for all districts of the same type shall be 0.00. |
The grant index shall be calculated for each of those |
school districts forming a reorganized school district or |
cooperative high school if one or more of the following happen |
within the current or prior 2 fiscal years: |
(1) a new school district is created in accordance |
with Article 11E of the School Code; |
(2) an existing school district annexes all of the |
territory of one or more entire other school districts in |
accordance with Article 7 of the School Code; or |
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(3) a cooperative high school is formed in accordance |
with Section 10-22.22c of the School Code. |
The average grant index of those school districts shall be |
used as the grant index for the newly reorganized district or |
cooperative high school. |
"Recognized project cost" means the total project cost for |
a school construction project determined by the Capital |
Development Board to be taken into account in calculating the |
grant award amount and the required local match for a school |
construction project. |
"Required local match" means an amount equal to the |
product of the recognized project cost determined by the |
Capital Development Board multiplied by a school district's |
required local match percentage, and then adjusted as may be |
required pursuant to Section 5-15. |
"Required local match percentage" means a percentage equal |
to a school district's Local Capacity Percentage, as defined |
in Section 18-8.15 of the School Code, and as calculated by the |
State Superintendent of Education in the fiscal year in which |
the school district applies for a grant to be awarded pursuant |
to this Article, provided that the required local match |
percentage shall be no less than 10% and no greater than 90% |
for any district. With respect to a Type 40 area vocational |
center cooperative, a special education cooperative, or a |
cooperative high school, the required local match percentage |
is calculated by first multiplying each cooperative member |
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district's average student enrollment utilized to calculate |
its latest Evidence-Based Funding, as defined in Section |
18-8.15 of the School Code, by the respective district's |
latest Local Capacity Percentage, as defined in Section |
18-8.15 of the School Code, to obtain a weighted average |
student enrollment. Then, the required local match percentage |
is calculated by taking the sum of all the member districts' |
weighted average student enrollment and dividing that sum by |
the sum of all the member districts' average student |
enrollment utilized to calculate the latest Evidence-Based |
Funding. |
"School construction project" means the acquisition, |
development, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, |
improvement, architectural planning, and installation of |
capital facilities consisting of buildings, structures, |
durable equipment, and land for educational purposes. |
"School district" means a school district or a Type 40 |
area vocational center or special education cooperative that |
is jointly owned, if the joint agreement includes language |
that specifies how the debt obligation is to be paid, |
including in the event that an entity withdraws from the joint |
agreement. |
"School district" includes a cooperative high school, if |
the cooperative agreement includes language that specifies how |
the debt obligation is to be paid, including if an entity |
withdraws from the cooperative agreement or the cooperative |
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agreement is terminated. |
"School maintenance project" means a project, other than a |
school construction project, intended to provide for the |
maintenance or upkeep of buildings or structures for |
educational purposes, but does not include ongoing operational |
costs. |
(Source: P.A. 102-723, eff. 5-6-22.)
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(105 ILCS 230/5-15) |
Sec. 5-15. Grant award amounts and required local match. |
(a) After June 30, 2022, any time there is an |
appropriation of funds by the General Assembly from the School |
Infrastructure Fund or School Construction Fund and a release |
of the appropriated funds to the Capital Development Board for |
expenditure on grant awards pursuant to the provisions of this |
Article, the State Board of Education is authorized to open an |
application cycle to receive grant applications from school |
districts for school construction projects. No grant |
application filed before the start of the first application |
cycle after June 30, 2022 may be considered. After the close of |
each application cycle, the State Board of Education shall |
determine the approval of applications, the required local |
match percentage for each approved application, and the |
priority order for school construction project grants to be |
made by the Capital Development Board and shall then notify |
all applicants regarding their eligibility for a grant. Such |
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notification shall include an estimate of the required local |
match. The State Board of Education shall publish a list of |
applicants eligible for grants and forward it to the Capital |
Development Board. |
(b) The Capital Development Board, to the extent that |
appropriated funds have been released and proceeding through |
the list of eligible applicants in the order of priority |
determined by the State Board of Education, shall issue |
conditional grant awards to eligible school districts. An |
applicant that does not receive a conditional grant award |
notification must submit a new application during another |
application cycle in order to receive future consideration for |
a grant award. |
(c) The conditional grant award certifies to a school |
district the recognized project costs for its school |
construction project determined by the Capital Development |
Board, the applicable required local match percentage and |
grant award percentage, the required local match and grant |
award amount calculated by multiplying the required local |
match percentage and the grant award percentage by the |
recognized project cost, and the required local match and |
grant award amount as those amounts may be adjusted as |
required in subsection (d). |
(d) The required local match and grant award amount are |
calculated by multiplying the required local match percentage |
and the grant award percentage by the recognized project cost, |
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provided that, for the first application in which an applicant |
is funded only during the first application cycle after June |
30, 2022, these amounts may be adjusted if the applicant had |
previously expended funds on a school construction project on |
the 2004, 2005, or 2006 School Construction Grant List. In |
that case, the required local match shall be reduced (but not |
below zero) and the grant award amount shall be increased (to |
an amount no greater than the recognized project cost) by an |
amount determined by the Capital Development Board to be equal |
to the amount of the grant the applicant would have received |
pursuant to Section 5-35 had it been awarded a grant in 2004, |
2005, or 2006 based on the 2004, 2005, or 2006 School |
Construction Grant List and the year in which the school |
district applied for the grant. To receive an adjustment under |
this subsection (d), a school district on the 2004, 2005, or |
2006 School Construction Grant List must initially apply and |
be approved during the first 3 application cycles after June |
30, 2024. |
(e) A school district shall have 2 years from the date the |
school district was issued a conditional grant award from the |
Capital Development Board to obtain the school district's |
required local match and receive a final grant award from the |
Capital Development Board. If the required local match is not |
obtained within the 2-year time frame, the school district |
shall be required to reapply in another application cycle, |
after the 2-year time frame, to be considered for a grant |