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Public Act 099-0531 | ||||
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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 | ||||
34-210 as follows: | ||||
(105 ILCS 5/34-210) | ||||
Sec. 34-210. The Educational Facility Master Plan. | ||||
(a) In accordance with the schedule set forth in this | ||||
Article, the chief executive officer or his or her designee | ||||
shall prepare a 10-year educational facility master plan every | ||||
5 years, with updates 2 1/2 years after the approval of the | ||||
initial 10-year plan, with the first such educational facility | ||||
master plan to be approved on or before October 1, 2013. | ||||
(b) The educational facility master plan shall provide | ||||
community area level plans and individual school master plans | ||||
with options for addressing the facility and space needs for | ||||
each facility operated by the district over a 10-year period. | ||||
(c) The data, information, and analysis that shall inform | ||||
the educational facility master plan shall be published on the | ||||
district's Internet website and shall include the following: | ||||
(1) a description of the district's guiding | ||||
educational goals and standards; | ||||
(2) a brief description of the types of instructional |
programs and services delivered in each school; | ||
(3) a description of the process, procedure, and | ||
timeline for community participation in the development of | ||
the plan; | ||
(4) the enrollment capacity of each school and its rate | ||
of utilization; | ||
(5) a report on the assessment of individual building | ||
and site conditions; | ||
(6) a data table with historical and projected | ||
enrollment data by school by grade; | ||
(7) community analysis, including a study of current | ||
and projected demographics, land usage, transportation | ||
plans, residential housing and commercial development, | ||
private schools, plans for water and sewage service | ||
expansion or redevelopment, and institutions of higher | ||
education; | ||
(8) an analysis of the facility needs and requirements | ||
of the district; and | ||
(9) identification of potential sources of funding for | ||
the implementation of the Educational Facility Master | ||
Plan. | ||
(d) On or before May 1, 2013, the chief executive officer | ||
or his or her designee shall prepare and distribute for comment | ||
a preliminary draft of the Educational Facility Master Plan. | ||
The draft plan shall be distributed to the City of Chicago, the | ||
County of Cook, the Chicago Park District, the Chicago Housing |
Authority, the Chicago Transit Authority, attendance centers | ||
operated by the district, and charter schools operating within | ||
the district. Each attendance center shall make the draft plan | ||
available to the local school council or alternative advisory | ||
body and to the parents, guardians, and staff of the school. | ||
The draft plan also shall be distributed to each State Senator | ||
and State Representative with a district in the City of | ||
Chicago, to the Mayor of the City of Chicago, and to each | ||
alderman of the City. | ||
(e) The chief executive or his or her designee shall | ||
publish a procedure for conducting public hearings and | ||
submitting public comments on the draft plan. | ||
(f) After consideration of public input on the draft plan, | ||
the chief executive officer or his or her designee shall | ||
prepare and publish a report describing the process used to | ||
incorporate public input in the development of the final plan | ||
to be recommended to the Board. | ||
(g) The chief executive officer shall present the final | ||
plan and report to the Board for final consideration and | ||
approval. | ||
(h) The final approved Educational Facility Master Plan | ||
shall be published on the district's website. | ||
(i) No later than July January 1, 2016, and every 5 years | ||
thereafter, the chief executive officer or his or her designee | ||
shall prepare and submit for public comment a draft revised | ||
Educational Facility Master Plan following the procedures |
required for development of the original plan. | ||
(j) This proposed revised plan shall reflect the progress | ||
achieved during the first 2 1/2 years of the Educational | ||
Facility Master Plan.
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(Source: P.A. 97-473, eff. 1-1-12; 97-474, eff. 8-22-11; | ||
97-1133, eff. 11-30-12.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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