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STROGER-CURRIE-FANTIN-BOST-KOSEL, CROTTY, JONES,JOHN AND GRANBERG.

(CRONIN-BERMAN)

   35 ILCS 200/18-185                                                          
   105 ILCS 5/34A-501.2 new                                                    
   105 ILCS 5/34A-502        from Ch. 122, par. 34A-502                        

        Amends the School Code and the Property Tax Code. Authorizes  the      
   Chicago School Finance Authority to incur indebtedness by the issuance      
   of  bonds  for  constructing  new  and  rehabilitating existing school      
   buildings in an aggregate additional principal amount  outstanding  at      
   any  time  not  exceeding $1.2 billion.  Defines the Authority's "debt      
   service extension  base"  (as  used  in  the  Property  Tax  Extension      
   Limitation  Law  relative  to a source from which limited bonds may be      
   made payable) to mean an amount equal to the portion of the 1994 taxes      
   that were levied by the Authority to pay debt service on bonds  issued      
   by  the  Authority and that had not yet been abated as a result of the      
   refunding of those bonds,  without  regard  to  subsequent  additional      
   abatements by the Authority of that tax levy. Effective immediately.        
          STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE                                           
          HB1640 fails to create a State mandate.                              
          FISCAL NOTE (State Bd. of Ed.)                                       
          There is no impact on ISBE.                                          
          STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE (SBE)                                     
          No change from SBE fiscal note.                                      
          STATE DEBT IMPACT NOTE                                               
          HB 1640 would not impact State debt.                                 
          FISCAL NOTE (Dept. of Revenue)                                       
          HB 1640 has no direct fiscal impact on this Dept.                    
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1                                                 
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          35 ILCS 200/18-185                                                   
          105 ILCS 5/34A-501.2 new                                             
        Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Restores a Section       
   of the engrossed bill relating to the terms of bonds issued by the          
   Chicago School Finance Authority, but makes only a technical change in      
   that Section as restored.                                                   
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          105 ILCS 5/34A-502                                                   
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          30 ILCS 330/12                  from Ch. 127, par. 662               
          105 ILCS 5/1C-2                                                      
          105 ILCS 5/1D-1                                                      
          105 ILCS 5/17-1.5                                                    
          105 ILCS 5/18-8.05                                                   
          105 ILCS 5/21-2                 from Ch. 122, par. 21-2              
          105 ILCS 5/21-2a                from Ch. 122, par. 21-2a             
          105 ILCS 5/21-4                 from Ch. 122, par. 21-4              
          105 ILCS 5/21-14                from Ch. 122, par. 21-14             
          105 ILCS 5/24-11                from Ch. 122, par. 24-11             
          105 ILCS 5/24A-5                from Ch. 122, par. 24A-5             
        Deletes everything.  Amends the General Obligation Bond  Act  and      
   the  School  Code. Removes a provision that requires proceeds from the      
   sale of certain bonds to be deposited into the  School  Infrastructure      
   Fund.   Provides  that all state block grants are subject to an audit.      
   Makes changes in relation to the limitation of  administrative  costs.      
   Makes  changes  in  relation to the basis for apportionment of general      
   State financial aid and  supplemental  general  State  aid,  including      
   changes  to  general provisions and changes concerning available local      
   resources, equalized assessed valuation data, general  State  aid  for      
   newly  configured  school  districts,  supplementary  grants  in  aid,      
   alternative  schools,  and  the  general  State  aid adjustment grant.      
   Provides that an initial teaching certificate is valid for 4 years  of      
   teaching  (instead  of  just  4  years).   Requires the State Board of      
   Education to ensure that  the  curriculum  for  all  approved  teacher      
   preparation  programs  include,  and  that  all  prospective  teachers      
   pursuing   Early   Childhood,   Elementary,   or  Secondary  Education      
   certificates receive, instruction on the exceptional child.   Provides      
   that  nothing  in  provisions concerning special certificates shall be      
   construed to adversely affect  the  rights  of  any  person  presently      
   certificated  or  any  person whose certification is currently pending      
   under the provisions concerning  special  certificates,  and  requires      
   that   these  persons  be  issued  Standard  Elementary  and  Standard      
   Secondary Certificates.  Makes  changes  in  relation  to  contractual      
   continued  service.   Makes  changes  in  relation  to  the content of      
   evaluation plans for certified employees. Effective July 1, 1998.           
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 3.                                                
        Provides  that  Initial  Teaching   Certificates   and   Standard      
   Certificates  shall  be  issued  for categories corresponding to Early      
   Childhood, Elementary, Secondary, and Special K-12, with certification      
   designations  (instead  of  for  categories  corresponding  to   Early      
   Childhood  Education,  Elementary  Education, and Secondary Education,      
   with  special  certification  designations).   Removes   a   provision      
   requiring  special certification designations to be issued for special      
   certificates.  Removes provisions  that  provide  that  nothing  in  a      
   Section   concerning   special  certificates  shall  be  construed  to      
   adversely affect the rights of any person  presently  certificated  or      
   any  person whose certification is currently pending under the Section      
   concerning special certificates and that require that these persons be      
   issued  Standard  Elementary  and  Standard  Secondary   Certificates.      
   Provides  instead  that  those persons holding special certificates on      
   January 1, 1999  shall  be  eligible  for  the  issuance  of  Standard      
   Elementary   and  Standard  Secondary  Certificates  with  appropriate      
   special  certification   designations   or   Standard   Special   K-12      
   Certificates  with  appropriate  special  certification  designations.      
   Provides  that  those  persons  eligible to receive K-12 certification      
   after January 1, 1999 shall be issued Initial Elementary  and  Initial      
   Secondary   Certificates   with   appropriate   special  certification      
   designations or Initial Special  K-12  Certificates  with  appropriate      
   special certification designations.                                         
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 4. (Tabled May 22, 1998)                          
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          105 ILCS 5/1A-8                                                      
          105 ILCS 5/1B-8                                                      
        Authorizes the State Board of Education to also certify as a dis-      
   trict in financial difficulty if the district previously was so certi-      
   fied and requests to be recertified because of continuing financial         
   problems. Authorizes emergency financial assistance grants to be made       
   to a district in an amount not exceeding $250 times pupil enrollment        
   in the district during the prior school year. Provides that a district      
   may receive both an emergency financial assistance grant and an emer-       
   gency financial assistance loan. Changes the simple interest rate pay-      
   able on such loans from 4% to 50% of the most recent one-year U.S.          
   Treasury Bill rate as determined by the State Superintendent of Educa-      
   tion at the time the loan's approved.                                       
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 5.                                                
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          105 ILCS 230/5-37 new                                                
        Eliminates a proposal to change to 1.00% from 1.20% the imputed        
   tax rate used to calculate the Available Local Resources and                
   abatement-related EAV adjustments of high school districts under the        
   State aid formula applicable beginning with the 1998-99 school year.        
   Also adds provisions amending the School Construction Law to estab-         
   lish succeeding year carry-over grant priority, by category, for the        
   school construction project grant entitlements of school districts          
   that do not receive a grant award in the entitlement year due to lack       
   of adequate appropriations. Changes the bill's July 1, 1998 effective       
   date to an immediate effective date, except provides that all changes       
   to the State aid formula Section of the School Code take effect July        
   1, 1998.                                                                    
   97-03-06  H  FIRST READING                                                  
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   97-03-19  H  STATE DEBT IMPACT NOTE REQUESTED         COWLISHAW             
   97-03-19  H                     FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED COWLISHAW             
   97-03-19  H  STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED     COWLISHAW             
   97-03-19  H                   COMMITTEE               ELEM SCND ED          
   97-03-20  H  DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE                     021-000-000   HELM    
   97-03-20  H  PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE                       
   97-04-07  H  STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED                               
   97-04-07  H  CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE                        
   97-04-10  H                         FISCAL NOTE FILED                       
   97-04-10  H  STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED                               
   97-04-10  H  STATE DEBT IMPACT NOTE FILED                                   
   97-04-10  H  SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE                                    
   97-04-10  H  PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE                        
   97-04-14  H                         FISCAL NOTE FILED                       
   97-04-14  H  THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED        094-023-000           
   97-04-14  H  ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR                 CURRIE                
   97-04-14  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    FANTIN                
   97-04-15  S  ARRIVE IN SENATE                                               
   97-04-15  S  CHIEF SPONSOR                            CRONIN                
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   97-04-15  S  FIRST READING                                                  
   97-04-15  S  REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE       RULES                 
   97-04-15  S  ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR              BERMAN                
   98-01-15  S       ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE               EDUCATION             
   98-01-29  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 01-EDUCATION     S    
   98-01-29  S                                   ADOPTED                       
   98-01-29  S       DO PASS AS AMENDED                  009-000-000   SESE    
   98-01-29  S  PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING  98-02-18              
   98-04-28  S  SECOND READING                                                 
   98-04-28  S  PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING  98-04-29              
   98-05-13  S  FILED WITH SECRETARY                                           
   98-05-13  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 02-WATSON             
   98-05-13  S                     AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL                  
   98-05-13  S  FILED WITH SECRETARY                                           
   98-05-13  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 03-BURZYNSKI          
   98-05-13  S                                           -LUECHTEFELD-MAHAR    
   98-05-13  S                     AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL                  
   98-05-13  S  FILED WITH SECRETARY                                           
   98-05-13  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 04-PHILIP             
   98-05-13  S                                           -CRONIN               
   98-05-13  S                     AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL                  
   98-05-13  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 02-WATSON             
   98-05-13  S                           RULES REFERS TO SESE                  
   98-05-13  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 03-BURZYNSKI          
   98-05-13  S                                           -LUECHTEFELD-MAHAR    
   98-05-13  S                           RULES REFERS TO SESE                  
   98-05-13  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 04-PHILIP             
   98-05-13  S                                           -CRONIN               
   98-05-13  S                           RULES REFERS TO SESE                  
   98-05-14  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 02-WATSON             
   98-05-14  S                                BE ADOPTED SESE/007-000-000      
   98-05-14  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 03-BURZYNSKI          
   98-05-14  S                                           -LUECHTEFELD-MAHAR    
   98-05-14  S                                BE ADOPTED SESE/007-000-000      
   98-05-14  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 04-PHILIP             
   98-05-14  S                                           -CRONIN               
   98-05-14  S                                BE ADOPTED SESE/007-000-000      
   98-05-14  S  RECALLED TO SECOND READING                                     
   98-05-14  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 02-WATSON             
   98-05-14  S                                   ADOPTED                       
   98-05-14  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 03-BURZYNSKI          
   98-05-14  S                                           -LUECHTEFELD-MAHAR    
   98-05-14  S                                   ADOPTED                       
   98-05-14  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 04-PHILIP             
   98-05-14  S                                           -CRONIN               
   98-05-14  S                                   ADOPTED                       
   98-05-14  S  PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING  98-05-15              
   98-05-15  S  3RD READING AND PASSAGE DEADLINE EXTEND  JANUARY 1, 1999       
   98-05-18  S  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    WATSON                
   98-05-20  S  FILED WITH SECRETARY                                           
   98-05-20  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 05-WATSON             
   98-05-20  S                     AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL                  
   98-05-20  S  SPONSOR REMOVED                          WATSON-SA 05          
   98-05-20  S  CHIEF SPONSOR                            CRONIN-SA 05          
   98-05-21  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 05-CRONIN             
   98-05-21  S                           RULES REFERS TO SESE                  
   98-05-21  S  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    DONAHUE               
   98-05-22  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 05-CRONIN             
   98-05-22  S                                BE ADOPTED SESE/010-000-000      
   98-05-22  S  RECALLED TO SECOND READING                                     
   98-05-22  S  MOTION TO TABLE AMENDMENT - PREVAILED    04                    
   98-05-22  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 04-PHILIP             
   98-05-22  S                                           -CRONIN               
   98-05-22  S                                    TABLED                       
   98-05-22  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 05-CRONIN             
   98-05-22  S                                   ADOPTED 031-024-001           
   98-05-22  S  PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING                        
   98-05-22  S  THIRD READING - PASSED                   057-000-000           
   98-05-22  H  ARRIVE IN HOUSE                                                
   98-05-22  H  PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE  01,02,03,05           
   98-05-22  H  MOTION FILED CONCUR                      #1/1,2,3/STROGER      
   98-05-22  H                        MOTION REFERRED TO HRUL                  
   98-05-22  H             BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION 01,02,03/HRUL         
   98-05-22  H  MOTION FILED NON-CONCUR                  #2/05/STROGER         
   98-05-22  H  MOTION FILED CONCUR                      #3/05/STROGER         
   98-05-22  H                        MOTION REFERRED TO HRUL                  
   98-05-22  H             BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION 05/HRUL               
   98-05-22  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    BOST                  
   98-05-22  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    KOSEL                 
   98-05-22  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    CROTTY                
   98-05-22  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    JONES,JOHN            
   98-05-22  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    GRANBERG              
   98-05-22  H  HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.)      01,02,03              
   98-05-22  H  HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.)      05/117-000-000        
   98-05-22  H  PASSED BOTH HOUSES                                             
   98-06-19  H  SENT TO THE GOVERNOR                                           
   98-07-29  H  GOVERNOR APPROVED                                              
   98-07-29  H                            EFFECTIVE DATE 98-07-29              
   98-07-29  H  PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0653               

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