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91_HB0420eng HB0420 Engrossed LRB9101645NTsb 1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section 2 10-22.31.1. 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 changing 6 Section 10-22.31.1 as follows: 7 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.31.1) 8 Sec. 10-22.31.1. Withdrawal from certain joint agreement 9 programs. 10 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10-22.31, 11 a community unit school district that is the only school 12 district in its county that is a member of its special 13 education joint agreement program and that had a 1994-95 14 average daily attendance of at least 550, but not more than 15 650, and a 1994 equalized assessed valuation of at least 16 $40,000,000, but not more than $43,000,000, may withdraw from 17 its special education joint agreement program consisting of 18 at least 19 school districts located in at least 9 different 19 counties upon approval by the school board of the community 20 unit district and notification to and the filing of an intent 21 to withdraw statement with the governing board of the joint 22 agreement program. Such notification and statement shall 23 specify the effective date of the withdrawal, which in no 24 case shall be less than 60 days after the date of the filing 25 of the petition. Upon receipt of the notification and 26 statement, the governing board of the joint agreement program 27 shall distribute a copy to each member district of the joint 28 agreement and shall initiate any appropriate allocation of 29 assets and liabilities among the remaining member districts 30 to take effect upon the date of the withdrawal. The 31 withdrawal shall take effect upon the date specified in the HB0420 Engrossed -2- LRB9101645NTsb 1 notification and statement. 2 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10-22.31, 3 beginning January 1, 1998, a community unit school district 4 that is located in 3 or more counties and that is a member of 5 a special education joint agreement program that has a 6 governing board composed of one member of the school board of 7 each cooperating school district may withdraw from its 8 special education joint agreement program upon petition to 9 and approval by the regional board of school trustees of the 10 educational service region whose regional superintendent of 11 schools has supervision and control of that community unit 12 school district in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 3-14.2. On the effective date of this amendatory Act of 14 1999, any matters concerning withdrawal from a special 15 education joint agreement program pending before any other 16 affected regional boards of school trustees, township 17 trustees of schools, or school boards are terminated. All 18 other requirements for approval of a school district 19 withdrawal from a special education joint agreement program 20 under this subsection (b) must be satisfied, including the 21 hearing process provided in Section 7-6. 22 (Source: P.A. 90-103, eff. 7-11-97.) 23 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 24 becoming law.