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91_SB0018
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by adding Section
2 2-3.12a.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
6 2-3.12a as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.12a new)
8 Sec. 2-3.12a. Health/Life Safety Code Advisory
9 Committee.
10 (a) The Health/Life Safety Code Advisory Committee is
11 created. The Committee shall be composed of 11 members. The
12 President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate,
13 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Minority
14 Leader of the House of Representatives shall appoint one
15 member each, the Governor shall appoint 4 members, and the
16 State Superintendent of Education shall appoint 3 members.
17 At least one member appointed by the Governor shall have
18 resided within a large unit school district for at least 5
19 years preceding the appointment. For the purposes of this
20 Section, a "large unit school district" means a grades K
21 through 12 district with a student enrollment of 3,500 or
22 more. All appointments to the Committee shall be made within
23 15 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
24 1999. Members of the Committee shall serve without
25 compensation but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and
26 necessary expenses from funds appropriated for that purpose.
27 The Committee shall hold an organizational meeting within 10
28 days after the last member has been appointed. The Committee
29 shall select one member as chairperson at this organizational
30 meeting. A majority of the members shall constitute a
31 quorum.
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1 (b) The Committee shall review the establishment and
2 enforcement of life safety rules and requirements and the
3 categorization of life safety items as "urgent" or "required"
4 in safety survey reports, as set forth in Section 2-3.12 of
5 this Code and pursuant to the rules and procedures
6 promulgated by the State Board of Education in the
7 Health/Life Safety Code for Public Schools. In particular,
8 the Committee shall (i) review the process by which items are
9 designated as "urgent" or "required" life safety items and
10 inquire into the classification of life safety items as
11 "urgent" or "required", (ii) review the rules and procedures,
12 including the procedures for appeal and review of safety
13 survey reports and recommendations issued by the State
14 Superintendent of Education pursuant to the safety survey
15 reports, established for compelling, obtaining, and
16 implementing remedial construction and retrofitting of
17 school-related property and buildings mandated under the
18 school building code, known as the Health/Life Safety Code
19 for Public Schools, (iii) inquire into and identify budgetary
20 and other problems, difficulties, and matters of controversy
21 that are associated with the conducting of school safety
22 surveys, and (iv) inquire into the enforcement of the
23 Health/Life Safety Code for Public Schools. The Committee
24 shall report its findings and recommendations to the General
25 Assembly, the Governor, and the State Superintendent of
26 Education by September 1, 1999. The report shall contain
27 recommendations to remedy problems, difficulties, and matters
28 of controversy identified in the report, including those
29 related to the definition and classification of life safety
30 items as "urgent" or "required".
31 (c) This Section is repealed on December 31, 1999.
32 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
33 becoming law.