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91_HB0420

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend  the  School  Code  by  changing  Section
 2    10-22.31.1.

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

 5        Section 5.   The  School  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 6    Section 10-22.31.1 as follows:

 7        (105 ILCS 5/10-22.31.1)
 8        Sec. 10-22.31.1.  Withdrawal from certain joint agreement
 9    programs.
10        (a)  Notwithstanding  the provisions of Section 10-22.31,
11    a community unit school district  that  is  the  only  school
12    district  in  its  county  that  is  a  member of its special
13    education joint agreement program  and  that  had  a  1994-95
14    average  daily  attendance of at least 550, but not more than
15    650, and a 1994 equalized  assessed  valuation  of  at  least
16    $40,000,000, but not more than $43,000,000, may withdraw from
17    its  special  education joint agreement program consisting of
18    at least 19 school districts located in at least 9  different
19    counties  upon  approval by the school board of the community
20    unit district and notification to and the filing of an intent
21    to withdraw statement with the governing board of  the  joint
22    agreement  program.    Such  notification and statement shall
23    specify the effective date of the  withdrawal,  which  in  no
24    case  shall be less than 60 days after the date of the filing
25    of the  petition.   Upon  receipt  of  the  notification  and
26    statement, the governing board of the joint agreement program
27    shall  distribute a copy to each member district of the joint
28    agreement and shall initiate any  appropriate  allocation  of
29    assets  and  liabilities among the remaining member districts
30    to  take  effect  upon  the  date  of  the  withdrawal.   The
31    withdrawal shall take effect upon the date specified  in  the
 
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 1    notification and statement.
 2        (b)  Notwithstanding  the provisions of Section 10-22.31,
 3    beginning January 1, 1998, a community unit  school  district
 4    that is located in 3 or more counties and that is a member of
 5    a  special  education  joint  agreement  program  that  has a
 6    governing board composed of one member of the school board of
 7    each  cooperating  school  district  may  withdraw  from  its
 8    special education joint agreement program  upon  petition  to
 9    and  approval by the regional board of school trustees of the
10    educational service region whose regional  superintendent  of
11    schools  has  supervision  and control of that community unit
12    school district in accordance with the provisions of  Section
13    3-14.2.   On  the  effective  date  of this amendatory Act of
14    1999,  any  matters  concerning  withdrawal  from  a  special
15    education joint agreement program pending  before  any  other
16    affected   regional   boards  of  school  trustees,  township
17    trustees of schools, or school boards are  terminated.    All
18    other   requirements   for  approval  of  a  school  district
19    withdrawal from a special education joint  agreement  program
20    under  this  subsection  (b) must be satisfied, including the
21    hearing process provided in Section 7-6.
22    (Source: P.A. 90-103, eff. 7-11-97.)

23        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
24    becoming law.

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