Bill Text: IL HB0012 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the School Construction Law. Allows school energy efficiency grants to be made to special education cooperatives. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 10-4)

Status: (Passed) 2011-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0205 [HB0012 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB0012-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 097-0205
HB0012 Enrolled LRB097 02931 NHT 42955 b
AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Construction Law is amended by
changing Section 5-200 as follows:
(105 ILCS 230/5-200)
Sec. 5-200. School energy efficiency grants.
(a) The State Board of Education is authorized to make
grants to school districts and special education cooperatives,
without regard to enrollment, for school energy efficiency
projects. These grants shall be paid out of moneys appropriated
for that purpose from the School Infrastructure Fund. No grant
under this Section for one fiscal year shall exceed $250,000,
but a school district or special education cooperative may
receive grants for more than one project during one fiscal
year. A school district or special education cooperative must
provide local matching funds in an amount equal to the amount
of the grant under this Section. A school district or special
education cooperative has no entitlement to a grant under this
Section.
(b) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to
implement this Section. These rules need not be the same as the
rules for school construction project grants or school

maintenance project grants. The rules may specify:
(1) the manner of applying for grants;
(2) project eligibility requirements;
(3) restrictions on the use of grant moneys;
(4) the manner in which school districts and special
education cooperatives must account for the use of grant
moneys; and
(5) any other provision that the State Board determines
to be necessary or useful for the administration of this
Section.
(c) In each school year in which school energy efficiency
project grants are awarded, 20% of the total amount awarded
shall be awarded to a school district in a city with a
population of more than 500,000, provided that the school
district complies with the requirements of this Section and the
rules adopted under this Section.
(Source: P.A. 96-37, eff. 7-13-09; 96-1423, eff. 8-3-10.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.