TITLE 23: EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
SUBTITLE A: EDUCATION
CHAPTER I: STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
SUBCHAPTER c: FINANCE
PART 151 SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM
SECTION 151.140 TERMS OF THE GRANT


 

Section 151.140  Terms of the Grant

 

a)         Grants shall be subject to the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act [30 ILCS 705].  Any grant funds not expended or legally obligated within two years after disbursement by the State shall be returned to the State Board of Education within 45 days.

 

b)         Grant funds may only be used for the project described in the approved application and shall be accounted for in compliance with applicable accounting rules set forth at 23 Ill. Adm. Code 100 (Requirements for Accounting, Budgeting, Financial Reporting, and Auditing). The applicant must provide local matching funds in an amount equal to the grant.  If actual project expenditures are less than expected so that the amount of the grant is greater than 50 percent of the total project expenditures, the applicant shall refund the amount of the grant that is in excess of 50 percent of actual project expenditures.  The applicant shall file a final expenditure report with the State Board of Education that describes the use of the grant funds.

 

c)         The applicant shall comply with the School Construction Law, this Subpart and all other applicable laws and regulations in completing a project.

 

(Source:  Amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 7919, effective June 1, 2009)