HB3597 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3597

Introduced , by Rep. Jehan A. Gordon-Booth

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

110 ILCS 305/12.10 new

Amends the University of Illinois Act. Requires the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct a study with regard to public elementary and secondary school buildings that have been closed within 5 years before the effective date of the amendatory Act. Requires the study to determine how many of the school buildings have remained schools, how many have been successfully redeveloped, and how many are vacant. Provides that the University shall report its findings and recommendations for facilitating successful redevelopment of these school buildings to the General Assembly.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by adding Section 12.10 as follows:

(110 ILCS 305/12.10 new)

Sec. 12.10. Study on closed elementary and secondary school buildings. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign shall conduct a study with regard to public elementary and secondary school buildings that have been closed within 5 years before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly. The study shall determine how many of the school buildings have remained schools, how many have been successfully redeveloped, and how many are vacant. The University shall report its findings and recommendations for facilitating successful redevelopment of these school buildings to the General Assembly by filing copies of its report as provided in Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act.