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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1098
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 1098  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN  ACT  to  amend  the School Code by changing Sections
 5    14-15.01 and 22-23."; and
 6    by replacing everything after the enacting  clause  with  the
 7    following:
 8        "Section  5.   The  School  Code  is  amended by changing
 9    Sections 14-15.01 and 22-23 as follows:
10        (105 ILCS 5/14-15.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-15.01)
11        Sec.  14-15.01.  Community   and   Residential   Services
12    Authority.
13        (a) (1)  The Community and Residential Services Authority
14    for  Behavior  Disturbed  and  Severe  Emotionally  Disturbed
15    Individuals  is  hereby  created  and  shall  consist  of the
16    following members:
17        A representative of the State Board of Education;
18        Three  representatives  of  the   Department   of   Human
19    Services;
20        A representative of the Department of Children and Family
21    Services;
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 1        A representative of the Department of Public Health;
 2        A representative of the Department of Corrections;
 3        A representative of the Department of Public Aid;
 4        A  representative  of  the Attorney  General's Disability
 5    Rights Advocacy Division;
 6        The Chairperson and Minority Spokesperson  of  the  House
 7    and  Senate  Committees on Elementary and Secondary Education
 8    or their designees; and
 9        Six persons appointed by  the  Governor.   Five  of  such
10    appointees  shall be experienced or knowledgeable relative to
11    provision of services for individuals with a who are behavior
12    disorder  disturbed  or  a   severe   emotional   disturbance
13    emotionally    disturbed    students    and   shall   include
14    representatives of  both  the  private  and  public  sectors,
15    except  that no more than 2 of those 5 appointees may be from
16    the public sector and  at  least  2  must  be  or  have  been
17    directly   involved   in   provision   of  services  to  such
18    individuals.  The remaining member appointed by the  Governor
19    shall  be or shall have been a parent of an individual with a
20    behavior disorder disturbed or a severe emotional disturbance
21    emotionally disturbed child or adolescent, and that appointee
22    may be from either the private or the public sector.
23        (2)  Members appointed by the Governor shall be appointed
24    for terms of 4 years and shall continue to serve until  their
25    respective  successors are appointed; provided that the terms
26    of the original appointees shall expire on  August  1,  1990,
27    and  the  term  of the additional member appointed under this
28    amendatory Act of 1992 shall commence  upon  the  appointment
29    and  expire  August  1, 1994.  Any vacancy in the office of a
30    member  appointed  by  the  Governor  shall  be   filled   by
31    appointment of the Governor for the remainder of the term.
32        A  vacancy  in  the  office  of a member appointed by the
33    Governor exists when one or  more  of  the  following  events
34    occur:
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 1             (i)  An appointee dies;
 2             (ii)  An  appointee files a written resignation with
 3        the Governor;
 4             (iii)  An appointee ceases to be a legal resident of
 5        the State of Illinois; or
 6             (iv)  An appointee fails to  attend  a  majority  of
 7        regularly scheduled Authority meetings in a fiscal year.
 8        Members  who are representatives of an agency shall serve
 9    at the will of the agency head.  Membership on the  Authority
10    shall  cease  immediately upon cessation of their affiliation
11    with the agency.  If such a vacancy occurs,  the  appropriate
12    agency  head  shall  appoint  another person to represent the
13    agency.
14        If a legislative member of the  Authority  ceases  to  be
15    Chairperson   or  Minority  Spokesperson  of  the  designated
16    Committees, they  shall  automatically  be  replaced  on  the
17    Authority   by   the  person  who  assumes  the  position  of
18    Chairperson or Minority Spokesperson.
19        (b)  The Community  and  Residential  Services  Authority
20    shall have the following powers and duties:
21             (1)  To  conduct  surveys to determine the extent of
22        need, the degree to which documented  need  is  currently
23        being  met  and  feasible  alternatives for matching need
24        with resources.
25             (2)  To develop policy  statements  for  interagency
26        cooperation  to  cover  all  aspects of service delivery,
27        including laws, regulations  and  procedures,  and  clear
28        guidelines for determining responsibility at all times.
29             (3)  To  recommend  policy  statements  and  provide
30        information  regarding effective programs for delivery of
31        services to all  individuals  with  a  who  are  behavior
32        disorder or a disturbed and severe emotional disturbance 
33        emotionally  disturbed  of  all ages in public or private
34        situations.
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 1             (4)  To review the criteria for service eligibility,
 2        provision   and   availability   established    by    the
 3        governmental  agencies represented on this Authority, and
 4        to recommend changes,  additions  or  deletions  to  such
 5        criteria.
 6             (5)  To  develop  and  submit  to  the Governor, the
 7        General  Assembly,  the   Directors   of   the   agencies
 8        represented  on  the  Authority,  and  the State Board of
 9        Education a master plan for individuals with  a  who  are
10        behavior  disorder  or  a  disturbed and severe emotional
11        disturbance  emotionally  disturbed,  including  detailed
12        plans of service for day schools and residential  schools
13        ranging  from the least to the most restrictive placement
14        options; and to assist local communities,  upon  request,
15        in  developing or strengthening collaborative interagency
16        networks.
17             (6)  To develop a process for making  determinations
18        in situations where there is a dispute relative to a plan
19        of service for placements of individuals or funding for a
20        plan of service services for individual placements.
21             (7)  To  provide  technical  assistance  to parents,
22        service  consumers,  and  providers,  and  member  agency
23        personnel regarding statutory responsibilities  of  human
24        service  and  educational  agencies,  and to provide such
25        assistance as deemed necessary  to  appropriately  access
26        needed services.
27        (c) (1)  The  members  of  the Authority shall receive no
28    compensation for their services  but  shall  be  entitled  to
29    reimbursement   of   reasonable   expenses   incurred   while
30    performing their duties.
31        (2)  The  Authority  may  appoint special study groups to
32    operate under the direction  of  the  Authority  and  persons
33    appointed  to such groups shall receive only reimbursement of
34    reasonable expenses incurred  in  the  performance  of  their
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 1    duties.
 2        (3)  The  Authority  shall  elect  from  its membership a
 3    chairperson, vice-chairperson and secretary.
 4        (4)  The Authority may employ and fix the compensation of
 5    such employees and technical assistants as it deems necessary
 6    to carry out its powers and duties  under  this  Act.   Staff
 7    assistance  for  the Authority shall be provided by the State
 8    Board of Education.
 9        (5)  Funds for the ordinary and  contingent  expenses  of
10    the  Authority  shall  be  appropriated to the State Board of
11    Education in a separate line item.
12        (6)  Funds for the establishment and maintenance  of  the
13    Authority   Resource   Pool  shall  be  appropriated  to  the
14    Department of Human  Services,  Division  of  Family  Support
15    Services in a separate line item.
16        (d) (1)  The  Authority  shall  have  power to promulgate
17    rules and regulations to carry  out  its  powers  and  duties
18    under this Act.
19        (2)  The  Authority  may  accept monetary gifts or grants
20    from the federal government or any agency thereof,  from  any
21    charitable foundation or professional association or from any
22    other  reputable  source  for  implementation  of any program
23    necessary or desirable to the carrying  out  of  the  general
24    purposes of the Authority.  Such gifts and grants may be held
25    in trust by the Authority and expended in the exercise of its
26    powers and performance of its duties as prescribed by law.
27        (3)  The  Authority  shall submit an annual report of its
28    activities and expenditures  to  the  Governor,  the  General
29    Assembly,  the  directors  of  agencies  represented  on  the
30    Authority, and the State Superintendent of Education.
31    (Source: P.A.   88-386;  89-21,  eff.  7-1-95;  89-507,  eff.
32    7-1-97.)
33        (105 ILCS 5/22-23) (from Ch. 122, par. 22-23)
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 1        Sec. 22-23. Sprinkler systems.
 2        (a)  The provisions of this Section apply to  the  school
 3    board,  board  of education, board of school directors, board
 4    of school inspectors or other governing body of  each  school
 5    district  in  this State, including special charter districts
 6    and districts organized under Article 34.
 7        (b)  As  used  in  this   Section,   the   term   "school
 8    construction"  means  (1)  the  construction  of a new school
 9    building, or addition to an  existing  building,  within  any
10    period  of  30  months,  having 7,200 or more square feet the
11    construction of an addition to a school building, and (2) any
12    alteration, as defined in 71  Illinois  Administrative  Code,
13    Section  400.210,  within any period of 30 months, that costs
14    more than 50%  of  the  reproduction  cost  of  the  existing
15    building  remodeling,  renovation  or  reconstruction project
16    affecting one or  more  areas  of  a  school  building  which
17    cumulatively  are  equal to 50% or more of the square footage
18    of the school building.
19        (c)  New areas or uses of buildings not  required  to  be
20    sprinklered  under  this  Section shall be protected with the
21    installation of an automatic fire detection system.
22        (d) (c)  Notwithstanding any  other  provisions  of  this
23    Act,  no school construction shall be commenced in any school
24    district on or after the effective date  of  this  amendatory
25    Act of 1991 unless sprinkler systems are required by, and are
26    installed    in    accordance   with   approved   plans   and
27    specifications in the school building,  addition  or  project
28    areas  which  constitute  school  construction  as defined in
29    subsection (b).  Plans and specifications shall  comply  with
30    rules  and  regulations  established  by  the  State Board of
31    Education, and such rules and regulations shall be consistent
32    so far as practicable with  nationally  recognized  standards
33    such  as  those  established  by the National Fire Protection
34    Association.
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 1        (d)  Prior  to  the  award  of  any  contract   for,   or
 2    commencement  of any school construction, the school board or
 3    other governing body of  the  school  district  shall  submit
 4    plans   and  specifications  for  installation  of  sprinkler
 5    systems as  required  by  this  Section  to  the  appropriate
 6    regional  superintendent  of  schools,  who shall forward the
 7    plans and specifications to the State Board of Education  for
 8    review and approval.
 9    (Source: P.A. 87-652.)".

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