Bill Text: IL HB2411 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the application of the Article and definitions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2411 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB2411-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2411
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2411 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The School Construction Law is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 5-35 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 230/5-35)
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7 | Sec. 5-35. School construction project grant amounts; | ||||||
8 | permitted
use; prohibited use. | ||||||
9 | (a) The product of the district's grant index and the
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10 | recognized project cost, as determined by the Capital | ||||||
11 | Development Board, for an
approved school construction project | ||||||
12 | shall equal the amount of the grant the
Capital Development | ||||||
13 | Board shall provide to the eligible district. However, with | ||||||
14 | respect to a school district that (i) has an approved school | ||||||
15 | construction project for which a grant entitlement was issued | ||||||
16 | for Fiscal Year 2003 or any fiscal year thereafter, but a grant |
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1 | is not be awarded until after Fiscal Year 2011, and (ii) passes | ||||||
2 | a referendum at any time from the date of this amendatory Act | ||||||
3 | of the 97th General Assembly through July 1, 2014 to reorganize | ||||||
4 | or form a cooperative high school under Section 10-22.22c of | ||||||
5 | this Code with one or more surrounding school districts, 0.25 | ||||||
6 | must be added to the grant index used to determine the | ||||||
7 | district's grant amount; provided that the maximum amount of | ||||||
8 | the grant must be the recognized project cost. In order to | ||||||
9 | benefit from this increased grant index, however, the | ||||||
10 | reorganization must result from either an elementary or high | ||||||
11 | school district reorganizing, in accordance with Article 11E of | ||||||
12 | this Code, into a unit school district or a unit school | ||||||
13 | district reorganizing, in accordance with Article 11E of this | ||||||
14 | Code, with one or more other unit school districts; and the | ||||||
15 | newly reorganized district must have an enrollment of no less | ||||||
16 | than 500 students. The grant
index shall not be used in cases | ||||||
17 | where the General Assembly and the Governor
approve | ||||||
18 | appropriations designated for specifically identified school | ||||||
19 | district
construction projects.
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20 | The average of the grant indexes of the member districts in | ||||||
21 | a joint agreement shall be used to calculate the amount of a | ||||||
22 | school construction project grant awarded to an eligible Type | ||||||
23 | 40 area vocational center.
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24 | (b) In each fiscal year in which school construction | ||||||
25 | project grants are
awarded, 20% of the total amount awarded | ||||||
26 | statewide shall be awarded to a school
district with a |
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1 | population exceeding 500,000, provided such district complies
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2 | with the provisions of this Article.
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3 | In addition to the uses otherwise authorized by this Law, | ||||||
4 | any school
district with a population exceeding 500,000 is | ||||||
5 | authorized to use any or all
of the school construction project | ||||||
6 | grants (i) to pay debt service, as defined
in the Local | ||||||
7 | Government Debt Reform Act, on bonds, as defined in the Local
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8 | Government Debt Reform Act, issued to finance one or more | ||||||
9 | school construction
projects and (ii) to the extent that any | ||||||
10 | such bond is a lease or other
installment or financing contract | ||||||
11 | between the school district and a public
building commission | ||||||
12 | that has issued bonds to finance one or more qualifying
school | ||||||
13 | construction projects, to make lease payments under the lease.
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14 | (b-5) In addition to the uses otherwise authorized by this | ||||||
15 | Law, any school district that (1) was organized prior to 1860 | ||||||
16 | and (2) is located in part in a city originally incorporated | ||||||
17 | prior to 1840 is authorized to use any or all of the school | ||||||
18 | construction project grants (i) to pay debt service on bonds, | ||||||
19 | as those terms are defined in the Local Government Debt Reform | ||||||
20 | Act, that are issued to finance one or more school construction | ||||||
21 | projects and (ii) to the extent that any such bond is a lease | ||||||
22 | or other installment or financing contract between the school | ||||||
23 | district and a public building commission that has issued bonds | ||||||
24 | to finance one or more qualifying school construction projects, | ||||||
25 | to make lease payments under the lease. | ||||||
26 | (c) No portion of a school construction project grant |
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1 | awarded by the
Capital Development Board shall be used by a | ||||||
2 | school district for any
on-going operational costs.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 96-731, eff. 8-25-09; 96-1467, eff. 8-20-10.)
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4 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
5 | 2011.".
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