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91_HB4268
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Construction Law by changing
2 Section 5-25.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The School Construction Law is amended by
6 changing Section 5-25 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 230/5-25)
8 Sec. 5-25. Eligibility and project standards.
9 (a) The State Board of Education shall establish
10 eligibility standards for school construction project grants
11 and debt service grants. These standards shall include
12 minimum enrollment requirements for eligibility for school
13 construction project grants of 200 students for elementary
14 districts, 200 students for high school districts, and 400
15 students for unit districts. The State Board of Education
16 shall approve a district's eligibility for a school
17 construction project grant or a debt service grant pursuant
18 to the established standards.
19 (b) The Capital Development Board shall establish
20 project standards for all school construction project grants
21 provided pursuant to this Article. These standards shall
22 include space and capacity standards as well as the
23 determination of recognized project costs that shall be
24 eligible for State financial assistance and enrichment costs
25 that shall not be eligible for State financial assistance.
26 (c) The State Board of Education and the Capital
27 Development Board shall not establish standards that
28 disapprove or otherwise establish limitations that restrict
29 the eligibility of a school district with a population
30 exceeding 500,000 for a school construction project grant
31 based on the fact that any or all of the school construction
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1 project grant will be used to pay debt service or to make
2 lease payments, as authorized by subsection (b) of Section
3 5-35 of this Law.
4 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 91-38, eff. 6-15-99.)
5 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6 becoming law.