Bill Text: IL SB2582 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Construction Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning supervision of school construction projects.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2582 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB2582-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB2582 Introduced 1/29/2020, by Sen. William E. Brady SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 230/5-40
Amends the School Construction Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning supervision of school construction projects.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Construction Law is amended by
changing Section 5-40 as follows:
(105 ILCS 230/5-40)
Sec. 5-40. Supervision of school construction projects;
green projects. The The Capital Development Board shall
exercise general supervision over school construction projects
financed pursuant to this Article. School districts, however,
must be allowed to choose the architect and engineer for their
school construction projects, and no project may be disapproved
by the State Board of Education or the Capital Development
Board solely due to a school district's selection of an
architect or engineer.
With respect to those school construction projects for
which a school district first applies for a grant on or after
July 1, 2007, the school construction project must receive
certification from the United States Green Building Council's
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building
Rating System or the Green Building Initiative's Green Globes
Green Building Rating System or must meet green building
standards of the Capital Development Board and its Green

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Building Advisory Committee. With respect to those school
construction projects for which a school district applies for a
grant on or after July 1, 2009, the school construction project
must receive silver certification from the United States Green
Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design Green Building Rating System unless all of the following
are met:
(1) the application submitted can be categorized as a
capital need prioritized under item (1) of Section 5-30 of
this Law;
(2) the renovation or replacement school construction
project is less than 40% replacement cost, or the project
has been granted a waiver by the Capital Development Board
in consultation with the State Board of Education in
accordance with rules promulgated pursuant to this Law;
(3) the school construction project is located in a
county that borders the Mississippi River with a population
of more than 33,000 and less than 34,000, according to the
2010 decennial census;
(4) the school district for which the school
construction grant will be issued has no more than 1,100
students, with the relevant school facility housing no more
than 700 students;
(5) the facilities for which the school construction
grant will be used have been condemned as of July 23, 2012;
and

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(6) the application for the school construction grant
has been approved prior to the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 98-623, eff. 1-7-14.)