Bill Text: IL SB2582 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the School Construction Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning supervision of school construction projects.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2582 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB2582-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Construction Law is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 5-40 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 230/5-40)
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7 | Sec. 5-40. Supervision of school construction projects; | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | green projects. The
The Capital
Development Board shall | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | exercise general supervision over school construction
projects | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | financed pursuant to this Article. School districts, however, | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | must be allowed to choose the architect and engineer for their | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | school construction projects, and no project may be disapproved | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | by the State Board of Education or the Capital Development | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | Board solely due to a school district's selection of an | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | architect or engineer.
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16 | With respect to those school construction projects for | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | which a school district first applies for a grant on or after | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | July 1, 2007, the school construction project must receive | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | certification from the United States Green Building Council's | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | Rating System or the Green Building Initiative's Green Globes | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | Green Building Rating System or must meet green building | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | standards of the Capital Development Board and its Green |
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1 | Building Advisory Committee. With respect to those school | ||||||
2 | construction projects for which a school district applies for a | ||||||
3 | grant on or after July 1, 2009, the school construction project | ||||||
4 | must receive silver certification from the United States Green | ||||||
5 | Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental | ||||||
6 | Design Green Building Rating System unless all of the following | ||||||
7 | are met: | ||||||
8 | (1) the application submitted can be categorized as a | ||||||
9 | capital need prioritized under item (1) of Section 5-30 of | ||||||
10 | this Law; | ||||||
11 | (2) the renovation or replacement school construction | ||||||
12 | project is less than 40% replacement cost, or the project | ||||||
13 | has been granted a waiver by the Capital Development Board | ||||||
14 | in consultation with the State Board of Education in | ||||||
15 | accordance with rules promulgated pursuant to this Law; | ||||||
16 | (3) the school construction project is located in a | ||||||
17 | county that borders the Mississippi River with a population | ||||||
18 | of more than 33,000 and less than 34,000, according to the | ||||||
19 | 2010 decennial census; | ||||||
20 | (4) the school district for which the school | ||||||
21 | construction grant will be issued has no more than 1,100 | ||||||
22 | students, with the relevant school facility housing no more | ||||||
23 | than 700 students; | ||||||
24 | (5) the facilities for which the school construction | ||||||
25 | grant will be used have been condemned as of July 23, 2012; | ||||||
26 | and |
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1 | (6) the application for the school construction grant | ||||||
2 | has been approved prior to the effective date of this | ||||||
3 | amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
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4 | (Source: P.A. 98-623, eff. 1-7-14.)
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