Full Text of SB2371 102nd General Assembly
SB2371 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 SB2371 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. John Connor SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 30 ILCS 105/6z-45 | | 30 ILCS 350/16.5 | | 105 ILCS 230/5-5 | | 105 ILCS 230/5-10 | | 105 ILCS 230/5-15 | | 105 ILCS 230/5-20 | | 105 ILCS 230/5-25 | | 105 ILCS 230/5-30 | | 105 ILCS 230/5-35 | | 105 ILCS 230/5-50 | | 105 ILCS 230/5-37 rep. | | 105 ILCS 230/5-38 rep. | | 105 ILCS 230/5-45 rep. | | 105 ILCS 230/5-57 rep. | |
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Amends the School Construction Law. Makes changes concerning application for a grant, a conditional grant award, the required local match and grant award amount, eligibility, the priority of school construction projects, and referendum requirements. Repeals provisions concerning carry over projects, Fiscal Year 2002 escalation, debt service grants, and a school capital needs assessment. Amends the State Finance Act and the Local Government Debt Reform Act to make related changes. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 6z-45 as follows:
| 6 | | (30 ILCS 105/6z-45)
| 7 | | Sec. 6z-45. The School Infrastructure Fund.
| 8 | | (a) The School Infrastructure Fund is created as a special | 9 | | fund
in the State Treasury.
| 10 | | In addition to any other deposits authorized by law, | 11 | | beginning January
1, 2000, on the first day of each month, or | 12 | | as soon thereafter as may be
practical, the State Treasurer | 13 | | and State Comptroller shall transfer the sum of
$5,000,000 | 14 | | from the General Revenue Fund to the School Infrastructure | 15 | | Fund, except that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, | 16 | | and in addition to any other transfers that may be provided for | 17 | | by law, before June 30, 2012, the Comptroller and the | 18 | | Treasurer shall transfer $45,000,000 from the General Revenue | 19 | | Fund into the School Infrastructure Fund, and, for fiscal year | 20 | | 2013 only, the Treasurer and the Comptroller shall transfer | 21 | | $1,250,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the School | 22 | | Infrastructure Fund on the first day of each month;
provided, | 23 | | however, that no such transfers shall be made from July 1, 2001
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| 1 | | through June 30, 2003.
| 2 | | (a-5) Money in the School Infrastructure Fund may be used | 3 | | to pay the expenses of the State Board of Education, the | 4 | | Governor's Office of Management and Budget, and the Capital | 5 | | Development Board in administering programs under the School | 6 | | Construction Law, the total expenses not to exceed $1,315,000 | 7 | | in any fiscal year. | 8 | | (b) Subject to the transfer provisions set forth below, | 9 | | money in the
School Infrastructure Fund shall, if and when the | 10 | | State of Illinois incurs
any bonded indebtedness for the | 11 | | construction of school improvements under subsection (e) of | 12 | | Section 5 of the General Obligation Bond Act, be set aside and | 13 | | used for the purpose of
paying and discharging annually the | 14 | | principal and interest on that bonded
indebtedness then due | 15 | | and payable, and for no other purpose.
| 16 | | In addition to other transfers to the General Obligation | 17 | | Bond Retirement and
Interest Fund made pursuant to Section 15 | 18 | | of the General Obligation Bond Act,
upon each delivery of | 19 | | bonds issued for construction of school improvements
under the | 20 | | School Construction Law, the State Comptroller shall
compute | 21 | | and certify to the State Treasurer the total amount of | 22 | | principal of,
interest on, and premium, if any, on such bonds | 23 | | during the then current and
each succeeding fiscal year.
With | 24 | | respect to the interest payable on variable rate bonds, such
| 25 | | certifications shall be calculated at the maximum rate of | 26 | | interest that
may be payable during the fiscal year, after |
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| 1 | | taking into account any credits
permitted in the related | 2 | | indenture or other instrument against the amount of
such | 3 | | interest required to be appropriated for that period.
| 4 | | On or before the last day of each month, the State | 5 | | Treasurer and State
Comptroller shall transfer from the School | 6 | | Infrastructure Fund to the General
Obligation Bond Retirement | 7 | | and Interest Fund an amount sufficient to pay the
aggregate of | 8 | | the principal of, interest on, and premium, if any, on the | 9 | | bonds
payable on their next payment date, divided by the | 10 | | number of monthly transfers
occurring between the last | 11 | | previous payment date (or the delivery date if no
payment date | 12 | | has yet occurred) and the next succeeding payment date.
| 13 | | Interest payable on variable rate bonds shall be calculated at | 14 | | the maximum
rate of interest that may be payable for the | 15 | | relevant period, after taking into
account any credits | 16 | | permitted in the related indenture or other instrument
against | 17 | | the amount of such interest required to be appropriated for | 18 | | that
period.
Interest for which moneys have already been | 19 | | deposited into the capitalized
interest account within the | 20 | | General Obligation Bond Retirement and Interest
Fund shall not | 21 | | be included in the calculation of the amounts to be | 22 | | transferred
under this subsection.
| 23 | | (b-5) The money deposited into the School Infrastructure | 24 | | Fund from transfers pursuant to subsections (c-30) and (c-35) | 25 | | of Section 13 of the Illinois Gambling Act shall be applied, | 26 | | without further direction, as provided in subsection (b-3) of |
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| 1 | | Section 5-35 of the School Construction Law. | 2 | | (b-7) In fiscal year 2021 only, of the surplus, if any, in | 3 | | the School Infrastructure Fund after payments made pursuant to | 4 | | subsections (a-5), (b), and (b-5) of this Section, $20,000,000 | 5 | | shall be transferred to the General Revenue Fund. | 6 | | (c) The surplus, if any, in the School Infrastructure Fund | 7 | | after payments made pursuant to subsections (a-5), (b), (b-5), | 8 | | and (b-7) of this Section shall, subject to appropriation, be | 9 | | used as follows:
| 10 | | First - to make 3 payments to the School Technology | 11 | | Revolving Loan Fund as
follows:
| 12 | | Transfer of $30,000,000 in fiscal year 1999;
| 13 | | Transfer of $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2000; and
| 14 | | Transfer of $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2001.
| 15 | | Second - to pay any amounts due for grants for school | 16 | | construction projects
and debt service under the School | 17 | | Construction Law.
| 18 | | Third - to pay any amounts due for grants for school | 19 | | maintenance projects
under the School Construction Law.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 100-23, eff. 7-6-17; 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; | 21 | | 101-636, eff. 6-10-20.)
| 22 | | Section 10. The Local Government Debt Reform Act is | 23 | | amended by changing Section 16.5 as follows:
| 24 | | (30 ILCS 350/16.5)
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| 1 | | Sec. 16.5. Proposition for bonds. For all elections held | 2 | | after July 1,
2000, the form of a proposition to authorize the | 3 | | issuance of bonds pursuant to
either a referendum or backdoor | 4 | | referendum may be as set forth in this Section
as an | 5 | | alternative to the form of proposition as otherwise set forth | 6 | | by
applicable law. The proposition authorized by this Section | 7 | | shall be in
substantially the following form:
| 8 | | Shall (name of governmental unit) (state purpose for | 9 | | the bond issue) and
issue its bonds to the amount of $ | 10 | | (state amount) for the purpose of paying the
costs | 11 | | thereof?
| 12 | | If a school district receives a conditional grant award | 13 | | from the Capital Development Board expects to receive a school | 14 | | construction grant from
the State of Illinois pursuant to | 15 | | Section 5-15 of the School Construction Law for the a school
| 16 | | construction project to be financed in part with proceeds of | 17 | | the bonds a bond authorized
by referendum, then the form of | 18 | | proposition may at the option of the school
district | 19 | | additionally contain substantially the following language:
| 20 | | (Name of school district) expects to receive a school | 21 | | construction grant
from the State of Illinois in the | 22 | | amount
of
$ (state amount) pursuant to the
School | 23 | | Construction Law to cover a portion of the total project | 24 | | costs for the school construction project to be financed | 25 | | in
part with the proceeds of the bonds, based on the | 26 | | conditional grant award received from the Capital |
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| 1 | | Development Board pursuant to the School Construction Law | 2 | | (i) a grant entitlement from the
State Board of Education | 3 | | and (ii) current recognized project costs determined
by | 4 | | the Capital Development Board .
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 91-868, eff. 6-22-00; 92-879, eff. 1-13-03.)
| 6 | | Section 15. The School Construction Law is amended by | 7 | | changing Sections 5-5, 5-10, 5-15, 5-20, 5-25, 5-30, 5-35, and | 8 | | 5-50 as follows:
| 9 | | (105 ILCS 230/5-5)
| 10 | | Sec. 5-5. Definitions. As used in this Article:
| 11 | | "Conditional grant award" means the formal notification by | 12 | | the Capital Development Board to a school district of its | 13 | | conditional intent to award a grant to a school district to pay | 14 | | a portion of the recognized project cost for a school | 15 | | construction project. The grant award is conditioned upon | 16 | | receiving proof from the school district that it has funds | 17 | | available to cover the cost of the required local match. | 18 | | "Grant award amount" means an amount equal to the | 19 | | recognized project cost determined by the Capital Development | 20 | | Board for a school construction project multiplied by the | 21 | | grant award percentage and then adjusted as may be required | 22 | | pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 5-15. | 23 | | "Grant award percentage" means a percentage equal to one | 24 | | minus the required local match percentage. |
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| 1 | | "Approved school construction bonds" mean bonds that were | 2 | | approved by
referendum after January 1, 1996 but prior to | 3 | | January 1, 1998 as provided in
Sections 19-2 through 19-7 of | 4 | | the School Code to provide funds for the
acquisition, | 5 | | development, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation,
| 6 | | improvement, architectural planning, and installation of | 7 | | capital facilities
consisting of buildings, structures, | 8 | | durable-equipment, and land for
educational purposes.
| 9 | | "Grant index" means , with respect only to school | 10 | | construction projects described in grant applications filed by | 11 | | school districts in 2004, a figure for each school district | 12 | | equal to one minus the
ratio of the district's equalized | 13 | | assessed valuation per pupil in average daily
attendance to | 14 | | the equalized assessed valuation per pupil in average daily
| 15 | | attendance of the district located at the 90th percentile for | 16 | | all districts of
the same category. This definition applies | 17 | | only to school construction projects for which a grant | 18 | | application was filed for the 2004 application cycle by a | 19 | | school district included on the State Board of Education's | 20 | | 2004 School Construction Project Application Cycle listing and | 21 | | only for the purpose of determining the amount of any | 22 | | adjustment pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 5-15 to a | 23 | | grant award amount for a project funded during the first | 24 | | application cycle opened after June 30, 2020.
For the purpose | 25 | | of calculating the grant index, school districts are
grouped
| 26 | | into 2 categories, Category I and Category II. Category I |
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| 1 | | consists of
elementary and unit school districts. The | 2 | | equalized assessed valuation
per pupil in average daily | 3 | | attendance of each school district in Category I
shall be | 4 | | computed using its grades kindergarten through 8 average daily
| 5 | | attendance figure. A unit school district's Category I grant | 6 | | index shall be
used
for projects or portions of projects | 7 | | constructed for elementary school
pupils. Category II consists | 8 | | of high school and unit school districts. The
equalized | 9 | | assessed valuation per pupil in average daily attendance of
| 10 | | each school district in Category II shall be computed using | 11 | | its grades 9
through 12 average daily attendance figure. A | 12 | | unit school district's Category
II
grant index shall be used | 13 | | for projects or portions of projects constructed
for high | 14 | | school pupils.
The changes made by this amendatory Act of the | 15 | | 92nd General Assembly apply
to all grants made on or after the | 16 | | effective date of this amendatory Act,
provided that for | 17 | | grants not yet made on the effective date of this amendatory
| 18 | | Act but made in fiscal year 2001 and for grants made
in fiscal | 19 | | year 2002, the grant index for a school district shall be the
| 20 | | greater of (i) the grant index as calculated under this Law on | 21 | | or after the
effective date of this amendatory
Act or (ii) the | 22 | | grant index as calculated under this Law before the effective
| 23 | | date of this
amendatory Act.
The grant index shall be no less | 24 | | than 0.35 and no greater than
0.75 for each district; provided | 25 | | that the grant index for districts whose
equalized assessed | 26 | | valuation per pupil in average daily attendance is at the
99th |
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| 1 | | percentile and above for all districts of the same type shall | 2 | | be 0.00.
| 3 | | The grant index shall be calculated for each of those | 4 | | school districts forming a reorganized school district or | 5 | | cooperative high school if one or more of the following happen | 6 | | within the current or prior 2 fiscal years: | 7 | | (1) a new school district is created in accordance | 8 | | with Article 11E of the School Code; | 9 | | (2) an existing school district annexes all of the | 10 | | territory of one or more entire other school districts in | 11 | | accordance with Article 7 of the School Code; or | 12 | | (3) a cooperative high school is formed in accordance | 13 | | with Section 10-22.22c of the School Code. | 14 | | The average grant index of those school districts shall be | 15 | | used as the grant index for the newly reorganized district or | 16 | | cooperative high school. | 17 | | "Recognized project cost" means the total project cost for | 18 | | a school construction project determined by the Capital | 19 | | Development Board to be taken into account in calculating the | 20 | | grant award amount and the required local match for a school | 21 | | construction project. | 22 | | "Required local match" means an amount equal to the | 23 | | product of the recognized project cost determined by the | 24 | | Capital Development Board multiplied by a school district's | 25 | | required local match percentage, and then adjusted as may be | 26 | | required pursuant to Section 5-15. |
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| 1 | | "Required local match percentage" means a percentage equal | 2 | | to a school district's Local Capacity Percentage, as defined | 3 | | in Section 18-8.15 of the School Code, and as calculated by the | 4 | | State Superintendent of Education in the fiscal year in which | 5 | | the school district applies for a grant to be awarded pursuant | 6 | | to this Article, provided that the required local match | 7 | | percentage shall be no less than 10% and no greater than 90% | 8 | | for any district. With respect to a Type 40 area vocational | 9 | | center cooperative, a special education cooperative, or a | 10 | | cooperative high school, the required local match percentage | 11 | | is calculated by first multiplying each cooperative member | 12 | | district's average student enrollment utilized to calculate | 13 | | its latest Evidence-Based Funding, as defined in Section | 14 | | 18-8.15 of the School Code, by the respective district's | 15 | | latest Local Capacity Percentage, as defined in Section | 16 | | 18-8.15 of the School Code, to obtain a weighted average | 17 | | student enrollment. Then, the required local match percentage | 18 | | is calculated by taking the sum of all the member districts' | 19 | | weighted average student enrollment and dividing that sum by | 20 | | the sum of all the member districts' average student | 21 | | enrollment utilized to calculate the latest Evidence-Based | 22 | | Funding. | 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.
| 2 | | "School district" means a school district or a Type 40 | 3 | | area vocational center or special education cooperative that | 4 | | is jointly owned , if the joint agreement includes language | 5 | | that specifies how the debt obligation is to be paid, | 6 | | including in the event that an entity withdraws from the joint | 7 | | agreement. | 8 | | "School district" includes a cooperative high school, if | 9 | | the cooperative agreement includes language that specifies how | 10 | | the debt obligation is to be paid, including if an entity | 11 | | withdraws from the cooperative agreement or the cooperative | 12 | | agreement is terminated which shall be considered a high | 13 | | school district for the purpose of calculating its grant | 14 | | index .
| 15 | | "School maintenance project" means a project, other than a | 16 | | school
construction project, intended to provide for the | 17 | | maintenance or upkeep
of buildings or structures for | 18 | | educational purposes, but does not include
ongoing operational | 19 | | costs.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 96-731, eff. 8-25-09; 96-1381, eff. 1-1-11.)
| 21 | | (105 ILCS 230/5-10)
| 22 | | Sec. 5-10. Grant awards. The Capital Development Board is | 23 | | authorized to
make grants to school districts for school | 24 | | construction projects with funds
appropriated by the General
| 25 | | Assembly from the School Infrastructure Fund and the School |
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| 1 | | Construction Fund pursuant to the provisions of this
Article. | 2 | | The State Board of Education is authorized to make grants to | 3 | | school
districts for debt service with funds appropriated by | 4 | | the General Assembly from
the School Infrastructure Fund | 5 | | pursuant to the provisions of
this Article.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
| 7 | | (105 ILCS 230/5-15)
| 8 | | Sec. 5-15. Grant award amounts and required local match | 9 | | entitlements . | 10 | | (a) After June 30, 2021, any time there is an | 11 | | appropriation of funds by the General Assembly from the School | 12 | | Infrastructure Fund or School Construction Fund and a release | 13 | | of the appropriated funds to the Capital Development Board for | 14 | | expenditure on grant awards pursuant to the provisions of this | 15 | | Article, the The State Board of Education is authorized
to | 16 | | open an application cycle to receive grant applications from | 17 | | school districts issue grant entitlements for school | 18 | | construction projects . No grant application filed before the | 19 | | start of the first application cycle after June 30, 2021 may be | 20 | | considered. After the close of each application cycle, the | 21 | | State Board of Education and debt service
and shall determine | 22 | | the approval of applications, the required local match | 23 | | percentage for each approved application, and the priority | 24 | | order for school construction project grants
to be made by the | 25 | | Capital Development Board and shall then notify all applicants |
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| 1 | | regarding their eligibility for a grant. Such notification | 2 | | shall include an estimate of the required local match. The | 3 | | State Board of Education shall publish a list of applicants | 4 | | eligible for grants and forward it to the Capital Development | 5 | | Board .
When issuing a grant entitlement for a school | 6 | | construction project, the
Capital Development Board, as a part | 7 | | of that entitlement, shall certify to the
district receiving | 8 | | the entitlement the dollar amount of the school construction
| 9 | | project's cost that the district will be required to finance | 10 | | with non-grant
funds in order to qualify to receive a school | 11 | | construction project grant under
this Article from the Capital | 12 | | Development Board .
| 13 | | (b) The Capital Development Board, to the extent that | 14 | | appropriated funds have been released and proceeding through | 15 | | the list of eligible applicants in the order of priority | 16 | | determined by the State Board of Education, shall issue | 17 | | conditional grant awards to eligible school districts. An | 18 | | applicant that does not receive a conditional grant award | 19 | | notification must submit a new application during another | 20 | | application cycle in order to receive future consideration for | 21 | | a grant award. | 22 | | (c) The conditional grant award certifies to a school | 23 | | district the recognized project costs for its school | 24 | | construction project determined by the Capital Development | 25 | | Board, the applicable required local match percentage and | 26 | | grant award percentage, the required local match and grant |
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| 1 | | award amount calculated by multiplying the required local | 2 | | match percentage and the grant award percentage by the | 3 | | recognized project cost, and the required local match and | 4 | | grant award amount as those amounts may be adjusted as | 5 | | required in subsection (d). | 6 | | (d) The required local match and grant award amount are | 7 | | calculated by multiplying the required local match percentage | 8 | | and the grant award percentage by the recognized project cost, | 9 | | provided that, only during the first application cycle after | 10 | | June 30, 2021, these amounts may be adjusted if the applicant | 11 | | had previously expended funds on a school construction project | 12 | | on the 2004 School Construction Grant List. In that case, the | 13 | | required local match shall be reduced (but not below zero) and | 14 | | the grant award amount shall be increased (to an amount no | 15 | | greater that the recognized project cost) by an amount | 16 | | determined by the Capital Development Board to be equal to the | 17 | | amount of the grant the applicant would have received pursuant | 18 | | to Section 5-35 had it been awarded a grant in 2004 based on | 19 | | the 2004 School Construction Grant List. | 20 | | (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 91-55, eff. 6-30-99.)
| 21 | | (105 ILCS 230/5-20)
| 22 | | Sec. 5-20. Grant application; district facilities plan. | 23 | | School districts
shall apply to the State Board of Education | 24 | | for school construction project
grants and debt service | 25 | | grants . Districts filing grant applications shall
submit to |
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| 1 | | the State Board a district facilities plan that shall include,
| 2 | | but not be limited to, an assessment of present and future | 3 | | district facility
needs as required by present and anticipated | 4 | | educational programming, the
availability of local financial | 5 | | resources
including current revenues, fund balances, and | 6 | | unused bonding capacity, a
fiscal plan for meeting present and | 7 | | anticipated debt service obligations, and a
maintenance plan | 8 | | and schedule that contain necessary assurances that new,
| 9 | | renovated, and existing facilities are being or will be | 10 | | properly maintained.
If a district that applies for a school | 11 | | construction project grant has no
unused bonding capacity or | 12 | | if its unused bonding capacity may be less than the
portion of | 13 | | the cost of the proposed school construction project that the
| 14 | | district would be required to finance with non-grant funds, | 15 | | the amount certified by the Capital Development Board under | 16 | | Section 5-15 application and
facilities plan submitted by the | 17 | | district shall set forth the estimated amount
of the project's | 18 | | cost that the district proposes to finance by the issuance of
| 19 | | bonds under subsection (n) of Section 19-1 of the School Code.
| 20 | | The State Board of Education shall review and approve district | 21 | | facilities plans
prior to prioritizing the applications | 22 | | issuing grant entitlements. Each district that receives a | 23 | | grant
entitlement shall annually update its district | 24 | | facilities plan and submit the
revised plan to the
State Board | 25 | | for approval .
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 91-55, eff. 6-30-99.)
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| 1 | | (105 ILCS 230/5-25)
| 2 | | Sec. 5-25. Eligibility and project standards.
| 3 | | (a) The State Board of Education shall establish | 4 | | eligibility standards for
school construction project grants | 5 | | and debt service grants . These standards
shall include minimum | 6 | | enrollment requirements for eligibility for school
| 7 | | construction project grants of 200 students for elementary | 8 | | districts, 200
students for high school districts, and 400 | 9 | | students for unit districts. The total enrollment of member | 10 | | districts forming a cooperative high school in accordance with | 11 | | subsection (c) of Section 10-22.22 of the School Code shall | 12 | | meet the minimum enrollment requirements specified in this | 13 | | subsection (a). The
State Board of Education shall approve a | 14 | | district's eligibility for a school
construction project grant | 15 | | or a debt service grant pursuant to the established
standards.
| 16 | | For purposes only of determining a Type 40 area vocational | 17 | | center's eligibility for an entity included in a school | 18 | | construction project grant or a school maintenance project | 19 | | grant, an area vocational center shall be deemed eligible if | 20 | | one or more of its member school districts satisfy the grant | 21 | | index criteria set forth in this Law. A Type 40 area vocational | 22 | | center that makes application for school construction funds | 23 | | after August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act | 24 | | 96-731) shall be placed on the respective application cycle | 25 | | list. Type 40 area vocational centers must be placed last on |
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| 1 | | the priority listing of eligible entities for the applicable | 2 | | fiscal year.
| 3 | | (b) The Capital Development Board shall establish
project | 4 | | standards for all school construction project grants provided | 5 | | pursuant
to this Article. These standards shall include space | 6 | | and capacity standards as
well as the determination of | 7 | | recognized project costs that shall be eligible
for State | 8 | | financial assistance and enrichment costs that shall not be | 9 | | eligible
for State financial assistance.
| 10 | | (c) The State Board of Education and the Capital | 11 | | Development Board shall
not establish standards that | 12 | | disapprove or otherwise establish limitations
that restrict | 13 | | the eligibility of (i) a school district with a population | 14 | | exceeding
500,000 for a school construction project grant | 15 | | based on the fact that any or
all of the school construction | 16 | | project grant will be used to pay debt service
or to make lease | 17 | | payments, as authorized by subsection (b) of Section 5-35 of
| 18 | | this Law, (ii) a school district located in whole or in part in | 19 | | a county that imposes a tax for school facility or resources | 20 | | purposes pursuant to Section 5-1006.7 of the Counties Code, or | 21 | | (iii) a school district that (1) was organized prior to 1860 | 22 | | and (2) is located in part in a city originally incorporated | 23 | | prior to 1840, based on the fact that all or a part of the | 24 | | school construction project is owned by a public building | 25 | | commission and leased to the school district or the fact that | 26 | | any or all of the school construction project grant will be |
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| 1 | | used to pay debt service or to make lease payments.
| 2 | | (d) (Blank). A reorganized school district or cooperative | 3 | | high school may use a school construction application that was | 4 | | submitted by a school district that formed the reorganized | 5 | | school district or cooperative high school if that application | 6 | | has not been entitled for a project by the State Board of | 7 | | Education and any one or more of the following happen within | 8 | | the current or prior 4 fiscal years: | 9 | | (1) a new school district is created in accordance | 10 | | with Article 11E of the School Code; | 11 | | (2) an existing school district annexes all of the | 12 | | territory of one or more other school districts in | 13 | | accordance with Article 7 of the School Code; or | 14 | | (3) a cooperative high school is formed in accordance | 15 | | with subsection (c) of Section 10-22.22 of the School | 16 | | Code.
| 17 | | A new elementary district formed from a school district | 18 | | conversion, as defined in Section 11E-15 of the School Code, | 19 | | may use only the application of the dissolved district whose | 20 | | territory is now included in the new elementary district and | 21 | | must obtain the written approval of the local school board of | 22 | | any other school district that includes territory from that | 23 | | dissolved district. A new high school district formed from a | 24 | | school district conversion, as defined in Section 11E-15 of | 25 | | the School Code, may use only the application of any dissolved | 26 | | district whose territory is now included in the new high |
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| 1 | | school district, but only after obtaining the written approval | 2 | | of the local school board of any other school district that | 3 | | includes territory from that dissolved district. A cooperative | 4 | | high school using this Section must obtain the written | 5 | | approval of the local school board of the member school | 6 | | district whose application it is using. All other eligibility | 7 | | and project standards apply to this Section. | 8 | | (Source: P.A. 101-455, eff. 8-23-19.)
| 9 | | (105 ILCS 230/5-30)
| 10 | | Sec. 5-30. Priority of school construction projects. The | 11 | | State Board of
Education shall develop standards for the | 12 | | determination of priority needs
concerning school construction | 13 | | projects based upon approved district facilities
plans. Such | 14 | | standards shall call for prioritization based on
the degree of | 15 | | need and project type in the following order:
| 16 | | (1) Replacement or reconstruction of school buildings | 17 | | destroyed or damaged
by flood, tornado, fire, earthquake, | 18 | | mine subsidence, or other disasters, either man-made or
| 19 | | produced by nature;
| 20 | | (2) Projects designed to alleviate a shortage of | 21 | | classrooms due to
population growth or to replace or | 22 | | rehabilitate aging school buildings;
| 23 | | (3) Projects resulting from interdistrict | 24 | | reorganization
of school districts contingent on local | 25 | | referenda;
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| 1 | | (4) Replacement, rehabilitation, or reconstruction of | 2 | | school
facilities determined to be severe and continuing | 3 | | health or life safety
hazards;
| 4 | | (5) Alterations necessary to provide accessibility for | 5 | | qualified individuals
with disabilities; and
| 6 | | (6) Other unique solutions to facility needs.
| 7 | | Except for those changes absolutely necessary to comply with | 8 | | the changes made to subsection (c) of Section 5-25 of this Law | 9 | | by Public Act 96-37, the State Board of Education may not make | 10 | | any material changes to the standards in effect on May 18, | 11 | | 2004, unless the State Board of Education is specifically | 12 | | authorized by law.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 96-37, eff. 7-13-09; 96-102, eff. 7-29-09; | 14 | | 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 97-880, eff. 8-2-12.)
| 15 | | (105 ILCS 230/5-35)
| 16 | | Sec. 5-35. School construction project grant award | 17 | | amounts; permitted
use; prohibited use. | 18 | | (a) The grant award percentage is equal to one minus the | 19 | | required local match percentage. The grant award amount is | 20 | | equal to the grant award percentage multiplied by The product | 21 | | of the district's grant index and the
recognized project cost , | 22 | | as determined by the Capital Development Board , for an
| 23 | | approved school construction project , which amount may be | 24 | | adjusted as required in Section 5-15. The grant award amount | 25 | | shall equal the amount of the grant the
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| 1 | | Board shall provide to the eligible district. The grant
index | 2 | | shall not be used in cases where the General Assembly and the | 3 | | Governor
approve appropriations designated for specifically | 4 | | identified school district
construction projects.
| 5 | | The average of the grant indexes of the member districts | 6 | | in a joint agreement shall be used to calculate the amount of a | 7 | | school construction project grant awarded to an eligible Type | 8 | | 40 area vocational center.
| 9 | | (b) In each fiscal year in which school construction | 10 | | project grants are
awarded, 20% of the total amount awarded | 11 | | statewide shall be awarded to a school
district with a | 12 | | population exceeding 500,000, provided such district complies
| 13 | | with the provisions of this Article.
| 14 | | In addition to the uses otherwise authorized by this Law, | 15 | | any school
district with a population exceeding 500,000 is | 16 | | authorized to use any or all
of the school construction | 17 | | project grants (i) to pay debt service, as defined
in the Local | 18 | | Government Debt Reform Act, on bonds, as defined in the Local
| 19 | | Government Debt Reform Act, issued to finance one or more | 20 | | school construction
projects and (ii) to the extent that any | 21 | | such bond is a lease or other
installment or financing | 22 | | contract between the school district and a public
building | 23 | | commission that has issued bonds to finance one or more | 24 | | qualifying
school construction projects, to make lease | 25 | | payments under the lease.
| 26 | | (b-3)
The Capital Development Board shall make payment in |
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| 1 | | an amount equal to 20% of each amount deposited into the School | 2 | | Infrastructure Fund pursuant to subsection (b-5) of Section | 3 | | 6z-45 of the State Finance Act to the Board of Education of the | 4 | | City of Chicago within 10 days after such deposit. The Board of | 5 | | Education of the City of Chicago shall use such moneys | 6 | | received (i) for application to the costs of a school | 7 | | construction project, (ii) to pay debt service on bonds, as | 8 | | those terms are defined in the Local Government Debt Reform | 9 | | Act, that are issued to finance one or more school | 10 | | construction projects, and (iii) to the extent that any such | 11 | | bond is a lease or other installment or financing contract | 12 | | between the school district and a public building commission | 13 | | that has issued bonds to finance one or more qualifying school | 14 | | construction projects, to make lease payments under the lease. | 15 | | The Board of Education of the City of Chicago shall submit | 16 | | quarterly to the Capital Development Board documentation | 17 | | sufficient to establish that this money is being used as | 18 | | authorized by this Section. The Capital Development Board may | 19 | | withhold payments if the documentation is not provided. The | 20 | | remaining 80% of each such deposit shall be applied in | 21 | | accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this | 22 | | Section; however, no portion of this remaining 80% shall be | 23 | | awarded to a school district with a population of more than | 24 | | 500,000. | 25 | | (b-5) In addition to the uses otherwise authorized by this | 26 | | Law, any school district that (1) was organized prior to 1860 |
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| 1 | | and (2) is located in part in a city originally incorporated | 2 | | prior to 1840 is authorized to use any or all of the school | 3 | | construction project grants (i) to pay debt service on bonds, | 4 | | as those terms are defined in the Local Government Debt Reform | 5 | | Act, that are issued to finance one or more school | 6 | | construction projects and (ii) to the extent that any such | 7 | | bond is a lease or other installment or financing contract | 8 | | between the school district and a public building commission | 9 | | that has issued bonds to finance one or more qualifying school | 10 | | construction projects, to make lease payments under the lease. | 11 | | (c) No portion of a school construction project grant | 12 | | awarded by the
Capital Development Board shall be used by a | 13 | | school district for any
on-going operational costs.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 98-18, eff. 6-7-13.)
| 15 | | (105 ILCS 230/5-50) | 16 | | Sec. 5-50. Referendum requirements. A school district may | 17 | | submit a school construction project or the financing of a | 18 | | school construction project to referendum at any time. | 19 | | However, the proposition may include a reference to the school | 20 | | district's expectation of receiving a school construction | 21 | | grant from the State of Illinois only if the school district | 22 | | has received a conditional grant award for the project from | 23 | | the Capital Development Board. After the State Board of | 24 | | Education
has approved all or part of a district's application | 25 | | and issued a grant
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| 1 | | project grant, the district shall submit
the project or the | 2 | | financing of the project to a referendum when such
referendum | 3 | | is required by law, except for a project financed by bonds | 4 | | issued pursuant to subsection (p-70) of Section 19-1 of the | 5 | | School Code. | 6 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1438, eff. 8-20-10; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
| 7 | | (105 ILCS 230/5-37 rep.)
| 8 | | (105 ILCS 230/5-38 rep.)
| 9 | | (105 ILCS 230/5-45 rep.)
| 10 | | (105 ILCS 230/5-57 rep.) | 11 | | Section 20. The School Construction Law is amended by | 12 | | repealing Sections 5-37, 5-38, 5-45, and 5-57.
| 13 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 14 | | becoming law.
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