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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1785 Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Anthony DeLuca SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 105 ILCS 5/10-22.13 | from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.13 |
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Amends the School Code. Provides that unless a school building is unsafe, unsanitary, or unfit for occupancy and notice has been served or notice is provided by a licensed entity able to determine the safety of a school building, the school board must hold at least 3 public hearings, the sole purpose of which shall be to discuss the decision to close a school building and to receive input from the community. Provides that the notice of each public hearing that sets forth the time, date, place, and name or description of the school building that the board is considering closing must be provided at least 10 days prior to the hearing by publication on the board's Internet website. Effective immediately.
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| | | FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | | STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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| | HB1785 | | LRB102 02603 CMG 12606 b |
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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,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 10-22.13 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.13) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.13)
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| 7 | | Sec. 10-22.13. Necessity, suitability, or convenience of |
| 8 | | site or building. To decide when a site or building has become |
| 9 | | unnecessary, unsuitable, or
inconvenient for a school. Unless |
| 10 | | a school building is unsafe, unsanitary, or unfit for |
| 11 | | occupancy and notice has been served under Section 3-14.22 of |
| 12 | | this Code or notice is provided by a licensed entity able to |
| 13 | | determine the safety of a school building, the school board |
| 14 | | must hold at least 3 public hearings, the sole purpose of which |
| 15 | | shall be to discuss the decision to close a school building and |
| 16 | | to receive input from the community. The notice of each public |
| 17 | | hearing that sets forth the time, date, place, and name or |
| 18 | | description of the school building that the school board is |
| 19 | | considering closing must be provided at least 10 days prior to |
| 20 | | the hearing by publication on the school board's Internet |
| 21 | | website.
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| 22 | | (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
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