Illinois 95th Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 849 — EDUCATION-TECH

Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0030

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 08, 2007. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

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  • 2 sponsors

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Summary

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning teacher tenure.

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SB0849 Engrossed LRB095 05576 NHT 25666 b AN ACT concerning education.
SB0849 Enrolled LRB095 05576 NHT 25666 b AN ACT concerning education.
Any school district governed by a board of education and having a population of not more than 500,000 inhabitants, and not governed by a special Act may borrow money for the purpose of building, equipping, altering or repairing school buildings or purchasing or improving school sites, or acquiring and equipping playgrounds, recreation grounds, athletic fields, and other buildings or land used or useful for school purposes or for the purpose of purchasing a site, with or without a building or buildings thereon, or for the building of a house or houses on such site, or for the building of a house or houses on the school site of the school district, for residential purposes of the superintendent, principal, or teachers of the school district, and issue its negotiable coupon bonds therefor signed by the president and secretary of the board, in denominations of not less than $100 nor more than $5,000, payable at such place and at such time or times, not exceeding 20 years from SB0849 Engrossed - 2 - LRB095 05576 NHT 25666 b date of issuance, as the board of education may prescribe, and bearing interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract, payable annually, semiannually or quarterly, but no such bonds shall be issued unless the proposition to issue them is submitted to the voters of the district at a referendum held at a regularly scheduled election after the board has certified the proposition to the proper election authorities in accordance with the general election law, a majority of all the votes cast on the proposition is in favor of the proposition, and notice of such bond referendum has been given either (i) in accordance with the second paragraph of Section 12-1 of the Election Code irrespective of whether such notice included any reference to the public question as it appeared on the ballot, or (ii) for an election held on or after November 1, 1998, in accordance with Section 12-5 of the Election Code, or (iii) by publication of a true and legible copy of the specimen ballot label containing the proposition in the form in which it appeared or will appear on the official ballot label on the day of the election at least 5 days before the day of the election in at least one newspaper published in and having a general circulation in the district, irrespective of any other requirements of Article 12 or Section 24A-18 of the Election Code, nor shall any residential site be acquired unless such proposition to acquire a site is submitted to the voters of the SB0849 Engrossed - 3 - LRB095 05576 NHT 25666 b district at a referendum held at a regularly scheduled election after the board has certified the proposition to the proper election authorities in accordance with the general election law and a majority of all the votes cast on the proposition is in favor of the proposition.
Any school district governed by a board of education and having a population of not more than 500,000 inhabitants, and not governed by a special Act may borrow money for the purpose of building, equipping, altering or repairing school buildings or purchasing or improving school sites, or acquiring and equipping playgrounds, recreation grounds, athletic fields, and other buildings or land used or useful for school purposes or for the purpose of purchasing a site, with or without a building or buildings thereon, or for the building of a house or houses on such site, or for the building of a house or houses on the school site of the school district, for residential purposes of the superintendent, principal, or teachers of the school district, and issue its negotiable coupon bonds therefor signed by the president and secretary of the board, in denominations of not less than $100 nor more than $5,000, payable at such place and at such time or times, not exceeding 20 years from SB0849 Enrolled - 2 - LRB095 05576 NHT 25666 b date of issuance, as the board of education may prescribe, and bearing interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract, payable annually, semiannually or quarterly, but no such bonds shall be issued unless the proposition to issue them is submitted to the voters of the district at a referendum held at a regularly scheduled election after the board has certified the proposition to the proper election authorities in accordance with the general election law, a majority of all the votes cast on the proposition is in favor of the proposition, and notice of such bond referendum has been given either (i) in accordance with the second paragraph of Section 12-1 of the Election Code irrespective of whether such notice included any reference to the public question as it appeared on the ballot, or (ii) for an election held on or after November 1, 1998, in accordance with Section 12-5 of the Election Code, or (iii) by publication of a true and legible copy of the specimen ballot label containing the proposition in the form in which it appeared or will appear on the official ballot label on the day of the election at least 5 days before the day of the election in at least one newspaper published in and having a general circulation in the district, irrespective of any other requirements of Article 12 or Section 24A-18 of the Election Code, nor shall any residential site be acquired unless such proposition to acquire a site is submitted to the voters of the SB0849 Enrolled - 3 - LRB095 05576 NHT 25666 b district at a referendum held at a regularly scheduled election after the board has certified the proposition to the proper election authorities in accordance with the general election law and a majority of all the votes cast on the proposition is in favor of the proposition.
With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this Section either before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, it is and always has been the intention of the General Assembly (i) that the Omnibus Bond Acts are and always have been supplementary grants of power to issue instruments in accordance with the Omnibus Bond Acts, regardless of any provision of this Act that may appear to be SB0849 Engrossed - 4 - LRB095 05576 NHT 25666 b or to have been more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that the provisions of this Section are not a limitation on the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii) that instruments issued under this Section within the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts are not invalid because of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts.
With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this Section either before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, it is and always has been the intention of the General Assembly (i) that the Omnibus Bond Acts are and always have been supplementary grants of power to issue instruments in accordance with the Omnibus Bond Acts, regardless of any provision of this Act that may appear to be SB0849 Enrolled - 4 - LRB095 05576 NHT 25666 b or to have been more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that the provisions of this Section are not a limitation on the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii) that instruments issued under this Section within the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts are not invalid because of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts.
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Action History

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0030

  2. Effective Date August 7, 2007

  3. Governor Approved

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner

  6. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay C. Hoffman

  7. Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Jay C. Hoffman

  8. Passed Both Houses

  9. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 101-012-000

  10. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano

  11. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  12. Second Reading - Short Debate

  13. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  14. Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 012-005-000

  15. Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee

  16. Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) July 31, 2007

  17. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay C. Hoffman

  18. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook

  19. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Stephens

  20. Referred to Rules Committee

  21. First Reading

  22. Chief House Sponsor Rep. Wyvetter H. Younge

  23. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  24. Arrived in House

  25. Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000

  26. 3/5 Vote Required

  27. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading

  28. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Clayborne

  29. Recalled to Second Reading

  30. Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.

  31. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 010-000-000

  32. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Frank C. Watson

  33. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive

  34. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules

  35. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.

  36. Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As December 31, 2007

  37. Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2007

  38. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2007

  39. Second Reading

  40. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2007

  41. Do Pass Executive; 007-005-000

  42. Assigned to Executive

  43. Referred to Rules

  44. First Reading

  45. Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.

  46. Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

Sponsors

  • Jr. James F. Clayborne · Cosponsor
  • Arthur L. Turner · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 181 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (2)

  • James F. Clayborne, Jr.
  • Arthur L. Turner

Not signed on (181)

181 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 101 Yea · 12 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 901104
Democrat 8001
Republican 3100
Total 1011205
% of votes cast 86%10%0%4%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Jakobsson — Yea
Jefferies — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Krause — Yea
Lang — Yea
Leitch — Yea
Lindner — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
Reitz — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Lyons — Yea
Meyer — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Molaro — Yea
Myers — Yea
Schock — Yea
Scully — Yea
Soto — Yea
Tryon — Yea
Turner — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Bradley, John — Yea
Bradley, Richard — Yea
Brady — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Burke — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Harris — Yea
Coladipietro — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Durkin — Yea
Eddy — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Fortner — Yea
Fritchey — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Golar — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Graham — Yea
Granberg — Yea
Hamos — Yea
Hassert — Yea
Howard — Yea
Madigan — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Munson — Nay
Nekritz — Yea
Patterson — Yea
Phelps — Yea
Hernandez — Nay
Watson — Nay
Sommer — Nay
Verschoore — Yea
Wait — Yea
Washington — Yea
Winters — Yea
Yarbrough — Not Voting
Younge — Yea
Cole — Nay
Colvin — Yea
Coulson — Nay
Cross — Yea
Cultra — Yea
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Dugan — Nay
Flider — Nay
Holbrook — Yea
Kosel — Yea
Osmond — Yea
Osterman — Yea
Pihos — Yea
Poe — Yea
Pritchard — Yea
Ramey — Yea
Reboletti — Nay
Reis — Yea
Riley — Yea
Ryg — Yea
Sacia — Yea
Saviano — Not Voting
Schmitz — Not Voting
Acevedo — Yea
Arroyo — Yea
Bassi — Yea
Beaubien — Yea
Beiser — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Mathias — Yea
Berrios — Yea
Mautino — Yea
Biggins — Yea
Black — Yea
Boland — Not Voting
May — Yea
Bost — Yea
Brauer — Yea
Brosnahan — Yea
Mulligan — Yea
Franks — Nay
Chapa LaVia — Nay
Fred Crespo Democrat Not Voting
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
La Shawn K. Ford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Stephens Republican Yea
Chapin Rose Republican Yea
Chris Miller Republican Yea
Jil Tracy Republican Nay

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Third Reading

Passed 50 Yea · 0 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 41008
Democrat 8001
Republican 1000
Total 50009
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Halvorson — Yea
Hultgren — Yea
Watson — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Kotowski — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Cullerton — Not Voting
Peterson — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Trotter — Not Voting
Wilhelmi — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Dillard — Not Voting
Link — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Millner — Yea
Noland — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Sieben — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Brady — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Yea
Forby — Yea
Haine — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Pankau — Not Voting
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Ronen — Yea
Rutherford — Not Voting
Sandoval — Yea
Lauzen — Not Voting
Maloney — Yea
Althoff — Not Voting
Martinez — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Bond — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Frerichs — Yea
Garrett — Not Voting
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Not Voting
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Yea
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 849 do?
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning teacher tenure.
Who sponsors SB 849?
SB 849 is sponsored by James F. Clayborne, Jr. and Arthur L. Turner.
What is the current status of SB 849?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 08, 2007. Enacted.
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