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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 2-3.77 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.77) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.77)
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| Sec. 2-3.77. Temporary relocation expenses.
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| (a) The State Board of Education may distribute loan or | 9 |
| grant
moneys
appropriated for temporary relocation expenses | 10 |
| incurred by school districts
as a result of fires, earthquakes, | 11 |
| tornados, mine subsidence, or other natural or
man-made | 12 |
| disasters which destroy school
buildings, or as a result of the | 13 |
| condemnation of a school building under
Section 3-14.22. The | 14 |
| State Board of Education shall by rule prescribe those
expenses | 15 |
| which qualify as temporary relocation expenses and the manner | 16 |
| of
determining and reporting the same, provided that such | 17 |
| expenses shall be
deemed to include amounts reasonably required | 18 |
| to be expended for the lease,
rental, and renovation of | 19 |
| educational facilities and for additional
transportation and | 20 |
| other expenses directly associated with the temporary
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| relocation and housing of the normal operations, activities, | 22 |
| and affairs of
a school district.
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| (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), no moneys |
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| appropriated to
the State
Board of Education for purposes of | 2 |
| distribution in accordance with the
provisions of this Section | 3 |
| shall be distributed to any school district
unless the school | 4 |
| board of such district, as an express condition of any
such | 5 |
| distribution, agrees to levy the tax provided for by Section | 6 |
| 17-2.2c
at the maximum rate permitted thereunder and to pay to | 7 |
| the State of
Illinois for deposit in the Temporary Relocation | 8 |
| Expenses Revolving Grant
Fund (i) all proceeds of such
tax | 9 |
| attributable to the first year and succeeding years for which | 10 |
| the tax
is levied after moneys
appropriated for purposes of | 11 |
| this Section have been distributed to the
school district, and | 12 |
| (ii) all insurance proceeds which become payable to
the | 13 |
| district under those provisions of any contract or policy of | 14 |
| insurance
which provide reimbursement for or other coverage | 15 |
| against loss with respect
to any temporary relocation expenses | 16 |
| of the school district; provided, that
the aggregate of any tax | 17 |
| and insurance proceeds paid by the school district
to the State | 18 |
| pursuant to this Section shall not exceed in amount the moneys
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| distributed to the school district pursuant to this Section.
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| (c) The State Board of Education may, from appropriations | 21 |
| made for this
purpose from the Temporary Relocation Expenses | 22 |
| Revolving Grant Fund, make
grants that do not require repayment | 23 |
| to school districts that qualify for
temporary relocation | 24 |
| assistance under this Section to the extent that the
amount of | 25 |
| temporary relocation expenses incurred by a district exceeds | 26 |
| the
amount that the district is able to repay to the State |
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| through insurance
proceeds and the tax levy authorized in | 2 |
| Section 17-2.2c.
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| (d) The Temporary Relocation Expenses Revolving Grant Fund | 4 |
| is hereby
established as a special fund within the State | 5 |
| treasury. Appropriations and
amounts that school districts | 6 |
| repay to the State under subsection (b) of this
Section shall | 7 |
| be deposited into that Fund. If the balance in that Fund | 8 |
| exceeds
$3,000,000, the excess shall be transferred into the | 9 |
| General Revenue Fund.
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| (e) The State Board
of Education shall promulgate such | 11 |
| rules and regulations, not inconsistent
with the provisions of | 12 |
| this Section, as are necessary to provide for the
distribution | 13 |
| of loan and grant moneys and for the
repayment of loan moneys
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| distributed pursuant to this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-464, eff. 8-17-97.)
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| Section 10. The School Construction Law is amended by | 17 |
| changing Section 5-30 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 230/5-30)
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| Sec. 5-30. Priority of school construction projects. The | 20 |
| State Board of
Education shall develop standards for the | 21 |
| determination of priority needs
concerning school construction | 22 |
| projects based upon approved district facilities
plans. Such | 23 |
| standards shall call for prioritization based on
the degree of | 24 |
| need and project type in the following order:
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| (1) Replacement or reconstruction of school buildings | 2 |
| destroyed or damaged
by flood, tornado, fire, earthquake, | 3 |
| mine subsidence, or other disasters, either man-made or
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| produced by nature;
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| (2) Projects designed to alleviate a shortage of | 6 |
| classrooms due to
population growth or to replace aging | 7 |
| school buildings;
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| (3) Projects resulting from interdistrict | 9 |
| reorganization
of school districts contingent on local | 10 |
| referenda;
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| (4) Replacement or reconstruction of school
facilities | 12 |
| determined to be severe and continuing health or life | 13 |
| safety
hazards;
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| (5) Alterations necessary to provide accessibility for | 15 |
| qualified individuals
with disabilities; and
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| (6) Other unique solutions to facility needs.
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| The State Board of Education may not make any material changes | 18 |
| to the standards in effect on May 18, 2004, unless the State | 19 |
| Board of Education is specifically authorized by law.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-679, eff. 6-30-04.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 22 |
| 2009.
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