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91_HB4268

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the School Construction Law  by  changing
 2    Section 5-25.

 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 5-25 as follows:

 7        (105 ILCS 230/5-25)
 8        Sec. 5-25.  Eligibility and project standards.
 9        (a)  The   State   Board  of  Education  shall  establish
10    eligibility standards for school construction project  grants
11    and  debt  service  grants.   These  standards  shall include
12    minimum enrollment requirements for  eligibility  for  school
13    construction  project  grants  of 200 students for elementary
14    districts, 200 students for high school  districts,  and  400
15    students  for  unit  districts.  The State Board of Education
16    shall  approve  a  district's  eligibility   for   a   school
17    construction  project  grant or a debt service grant pursuant
18    to the established standards.
19        (b)  The  Capital  Development  Board   shall   establish
20    project  standards for all school construction project grants
21    provided pursuant to this  Article.   These  standards  shall
22    include   space   and  capacity  standards  as  well  as  the
23    determination of  recognized  project  costs  that  shall  be
24    eligible  for State financial assistance and enrichment costs
25    that shall not be eligible for State financial assistance.
26        (c)  The  State  Board  of  Education  and  the   Capital
27    Development   Board   shall   not  establish  standards  that
28    disapprove or otherwise establish limitations  that  restrict
29    the  eligibility  of  a  school  district  with  a population
30    exceeding 500,000 for a  school  construction  project  grant
31    based  on the fact that any or all of the school construction
 
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 1    project grant will be used to pay debt  service  or  to  make
 2    lease  payments,  as  authorized by subsection (b) of Section
 3    5-35 of this Law.
 4    (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 91-38, eff. 6-15-99.)

 5        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 6    becoming law.

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