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91_HB0643
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Construction Law by changing
2 Section 5-35.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The School Construction Law is amended by
6 changing Section 5-35 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 230/5-35)
8 Sec. 5-35. School construction project grant amounts;
9 prohibited use.
10 (a) The product of the district's grant index and the
11 recognized project cost, as determined by the Capital
12 Development Board, for an approved school construction
13 project shall equal the amount of the grant the Capital
14 Development Board shall provide to the eligible district.
15 The grant index shall not be used in cases where the General
16 Assembly and the Governor approve appropriations designated
17 for specifically identified school district construction
18 projects.
19 (b) Of the In each fiscal year in which school
20 construction project grants that are awarded in fiscal year
21 1999, 20% of the total amount awarded statewide shall be
22 awarded to a school district with a population exceeding
23 500,000, provided such district complies with the provisions
24 of this Article. In each fiscal year after fiscal year 1999
25 in which school construction project grants are awarded, the
26 total amount awarded statewide shall be allocated among 4
27 regions, in proportion to the aggregate average daily
28 attendance of all school districts in each such region as
29 that average daily attendance is determined and used by the
30 State Board of Education to compute the general State aid of
31 school districts under Section 18-8.05 of the School Code for
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1 the fiscal year in which the school construction project
2 grants are awarded. The 4 regions among which the total
3 amount of school construction project grants awarded in a
4 fiscal year subsequent to fiscal year 1999 is to be so
5 allocated are: (1) the territory falling within the
6 corporate boundaries of the City of Chicago; (2) the
7 territory falling within the corporate boundaries of Cook
8 County, exclusive of the territory falling within the
9 corporate boundaries of the City of Chicago; (3) the
10 territory falling within the corporate boundaries of the
11 counties of DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will;
12 and (4) the territory falling within the corporate boundaries
13 of all counties of the State, exclusive of the territory
14 falling with the corporate boundaries of the counties of
15 Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will. The
16 aggregate amount of school construction project grants
17 allocated to a region in a fiscal year subsequent to fiscal
18 year 1999 shall be awarded to school districts within that
19 region that meet applicable eligibility and project standards
20 and otherwise comply with the provisions of this Article, in
21 accordance with the priority order determined by the State
22 Board of Education under this Article for school construction
23 projects that are based upon the approved district facilities
24 plans of those school districts.
25 (c) No portion of a school construction project grant
26 awarded by the Capital Development Board shall be used by a
27 school district for any on-going operational costs.
28 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
29 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
30 becoming law.