Illinois 95th Regular Session Status: Passed House

HB 877 — SCH CONSTRUCTION-DISBURS FUNDS

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    Passed Senate
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Summary

Amends the School Construction Law. Requires the Capital Development Board to establish a written procedure for disbursement of school construction project grant funds, which shall incorporate the requirement that school construction projects of school districts that do not receive a school construction project grant award in a fiscal year due to lack of adequate appropriations shall be placed ahead of any new school construction projects that are approved for grant awards in following fiscal years. Provides that the Capital Development Board may not, under any circumstances, deviate from this procedure for disbursement. Makes a related change in a provision concerning carry-over projects.

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What changed in the latest version

41 added · 58 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendments to HB 877 include a new requirement that 20% of the total school construction grants awarded each year must go to districts with populations over 500,000, as long as they meet specific guidelines. Additionally, these larger districts are now allowed to use the grant funds to pay off debt on bonds used for financing construction projects. This change is significant because it ensures that a substantial portion of the funding is directed to larger school districts that may have greater construction needs, while also providing them with more flexibility in how they use grant money.

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*LRB09507587NHT27737b* HB0877 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois and 2008 HB0877 Introduced 2/7/2007, by Rep.
HB0877 Engrossed LRB095 07587 NHT 27737 b AN ACT concerning education.
Lisa M.
Dugan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCS 230/5-15 ILCS 230/5-37 Amends the School Construction Law.
Requires the Capital Development Board to establish a written procedure for disbursement of school construction project grant funds, which shall incorporate the requirement that school construction projects of school districts that do not receive a school construction project grant award in a fiscal year due to lack of adequate appropriations shall be placed ahead of any new school construction projects that are approved for grant awards in following fiscal years.
Provides that the Capital Development Board may not, under any circumstances, deviate from this procedure for disbursement.
Makes a related change in a provision concerning carry-over projects.
LRB095 07587 NHT 27737 b FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR HB0877 LRB095 07587 NHT 27737 b AN ACT concerning education.
The School Construction Law is amended by changing Sections 5-15 and 5-37 as follows:
The School Construction Law is amended by changing Section 5-35 as follows:
(105 ILCS 230/5-15) Sec.
(105 ILCS 230/5-35) Sec.
5-15.
5-35.
Grant entitlements.
School construction project grant amounts;
The State Board of Education is authorized to issue grant entitlements for school construction projects and debt service and shall determine the priority order for school construction project grants to be made by the Capital Development Board.
permitted use;
When issuing a grant entitlement for a school construction project, the Capital Development Board, as a part of that entitlement, shall certify to the district receiving the entitlement the dollar amount of the school construction project’s cost that the district will be required to finance with non-grant funds in order to qualify to receive a school construction project grant under this Article from the Capital Development Board.
prohibited use.
The Capital Development Board shall establish a written procedure for disbursement of school construction project grant funds, which shall incorporate the requirements of Section 5-37 of this Law.
(a) The product of the district’s grant index and the recognized project cost, as determined by the Capital Development Board, for an approved school construction project shall equal the amount of the grant the Capital Development Board shall provide to the eligible district.
The Capital Development Board may not, under any circumstances, deviate from this procedure for disbursement.
The grant index shall not be used in cases where the General Assembly and the Governor approve appropriations designated for specifically identified school district construction projects.
HB0877 - 2 - LRB095 07587 NHT 27737 b (Source:
(b) In each fiscal year in which school construction project grants are awarded, 20% of the total amount awarded statewide shall be awarded to a school district with a population exceeding 500,000, provided such district complies with the provisions of this Article.
In addition to the uses otherwise authorized by this Law, any school district with a population exceeding 500,000 is HB0877 Engrossed - 2 - LRB095 07587 NHT 27737 b authorized to use any or all of the school construction project grants (i) to pay debt service, as defined in the Local Government Debt Reform Act, on bonds, as defined in the Local Government Debt Reform Act, issued to finance one or more school construction projects and (ii) to the extent that any such bond is a lease or other installment or financing contract between the school district and a public building commission that has issued bonds to finance one or more qualifying school construction projects, to make lease payments under the lease.
(c) No portion of a school construction project grant awarded by the Capital Development Board shall be used by a school district for any on-going operational costs.
(d) A grant index must not be recalculated when a school district has received its entitlement, but the State has failed to appropriate sufficient funding under this Section.
This subsection (d) applies to those entitlements obtained in fiscal year 2002 or thereafter.
(Source:
91-55, eff.
91-38, eff.
6-30-99.) (105 ILCS 230/5-37) Sec.
6-15-99.) Section 99.
5-37.
Effective date.
Carry over projects.
This Act takes effect upon becoming law.
If a school district has been issued a grant entitlement for a school construction project, has arranged and approved all local financing, and is eligible to receive a school construction project grant award in any fiscal year, but does not receive such award in that year due to lack of adequate appropriations, such school construction projects shall be placed ahead of any new school construction projects within the same priority category as defined in Section 5-30 that are approved for grant awards in for the following fiscal years year.
(Source:
P.A.
90-653, eff.
7-29-98.)
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Action History

  1. Session Sine Die

  2. Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 22, 2008; Substantive House Bills Out of Committee

  3. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore

  4. Referred to Rules

  5. First Reading

  6. Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

  7. Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson

  8. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 30, 2007

  9. Arrive in Senate

  10. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark H. Beaubien, Jr.

  11. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost

  12. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard

  13. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar

  14. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000

  15. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe

  16. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti

  17. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Franco Coladipietro

  18. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner

  19. Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy

  20. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson

  21. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy

  22. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David Reis

  23. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer

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

  25. Second Reading - Short Debate

  26. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy

  27. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ruth Munson

  28. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos

  29. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  30. Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 021-000-000

  31. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote

  32. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elementary & Secondary Education Committee

  33. Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee

  34. Referred to Rules Committee

  35. First Reading

  36. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lisa M. Dugan

Sponsors

  • Lisa M. Dugan · Cosponsor

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Co-sponsors (1)

  • Lisa M. Dugan

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 116 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 103002
Republican 4000
Democrat 9000
Total 116002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Hassert — Yea
Myers — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Jefferies — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Cole — Yea
Krause — Yea
Lang — Yea
Leitch — Yea
Lindner — Yea
Mathias — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Lyons — Yea
Meyer — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Mulligan — Yea
Munson — Yea
Reis — Yea
Schock — Yea
Scully — Yea
Tryon — 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
Dugan — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Eddy — Yea
Flider — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Fortner — Yea
Franks — Yea
Fritchey — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Golar — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Graham — Yea
Granberg — Yea
Hamos — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Madigan — Yea
Watson — Yea
Howard — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
Patterson — Not Voting
Phelps — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Turner — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Wait — Yea
Washington — Yea
Winters — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Younge — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Coulson — Yea
Cross — Yea
Cultra — Yea
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Durkin — Not Voting
Holbrook — Yea
Kosel — Yea
Osmond — Yea
Osterman — Yea
Pihos — Yea
Poe — Yea
Pritchard — Yea
Ramey — Yea
Reboletti — Yea
Riley — Yea
Ryg — Yea
Sacia — Yea
Saviano — Yea
Schmitz — Yea
Sommer — Yea
Soto — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Arroyo — Yea
Bassi — Yea
Beaubien — Yea
Beiser — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Berrios — Yea
Mautino — Yea
Biggins — Yea
Black — Yea
Boland — Yea
May — Yea
Bost — Yea
Brauer — Yea
Brosnahan — Yea
Molaro — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Fred Crespo Democrat Yea
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 Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 877 do?
Amends the School Construction Law. Requires the Capital Development Board to establish a written procedure for disbursement of school construction project grant funds, which shall incorporate the requirement that school construction projects of school districts that do not receive a school construction project grant award in a fiscal year due to lack of adequate appropriations shall be placed ahead of any new school construction projects that are approved for grant awards in following fiscal years. Provides that the Capital Development Board may not, under any circumstances, deviate from this procedure for disbursement. Makes a related change in a provision concerning carry-over projects.
Who sponsors HB 877?
HB 877 is sponsored by Lisa M. Dugan.
What is the current status of HB 877?
This bill died with 95th Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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