Chapter 105 — SCHOOLS

(105 ILCS 5/15-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-9) Sec. 15-9. Notice to trustees-Subdivision of land-Plat, roads, streets and alleys. When the petition and affidavits are delivered to the county superintendent, and the requisite number of votes are in favor of a sale, he shall notify th…

(105 ILCS 5/15A-1) Sec. 15A-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the School Design-Build Authorization Law. (Source: P.A. 103-491, eff. 1-1-24.)

(105 ILCS 5/15A-10) Sec. 15A-10. Definitions. As used in this Article: "Delivery system" means the design and construction approach used to develop and construct a project. "Design-build" means a delivery system that provides responsibility within a single contract for the furnis…

(105 ILCS 5/15A-15) Sec. 15A-15. Solicitation of proposals. (a) A school district may enter into design-build contracts. In addition to the requirements set forth by the school board, if the school district elects to use the design-build delivery method, it must issue a notice of…

(105 ILCS 5/15A-20) Sec. 15A-20. Development of scope and performance criteria. (a) The school district must develop, with the assistance of a licensed design professional or public art designer, a request for proposal, which must include scope and performance criteria. The scope…

(105 ILCS 5/15A-25) Sec. 15A-25. Procedures for selection. (a) The school district must use a 2-phase procedure for the selection of the successful design-build entity. Phase I of the procedure must evaluate and shortlist the design-build entities based on qualifications, and Pha…

(105 ILCS 5/15A-30) Sec. 15A-30. Small projects. In any case in which the total overall cost of the project is estimated to be $12,000,000 or less, the school district may combine the 2-phase procedure for selection described in Section 15A-25 into one combined step if all the re…

(105 ILCS 5/15A-35) Sec. 15A-35. Submission of proposals. Proposals must be properly identified and sealed. Proposals may not be reviewed until after the deadline for submission has passed as set forth in the request for proposal. Proposals must include a bid bond in the form and…

(105 ILCS 5/15A-40) Sec. 15A-40. Award; performance. The school district may award the contract to the highest overall ranked design-build entity. Notice of award must be made in writing. Unsuccessful design-build entities must also be notified in writing. The school district may…

(105 ILCS 5/15A-45) Sec. 15A-45. Evaluation and report. At the end of every 6-month period following the contract award, and again prior to final contract payout and closure, a selected design-build entity must detail, in a written report submitted to the school district, its eff…

(105 ILCS 5/15A-5) Sec. 15A-5. Purpose. The purpose of this Article is to authorize school districts to use design-build processes to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of delivering public projects. (Source: P.A. 103-491, eff. 1-1-24.)

(105 ILCS 5/15A-50) Sec. 15A-50. Exception. Nothing in this Article prevents a school district from using a qualification-based selection process for design professionals or construction managers for design-build projects. (Source: P.A. 103-491, eff. 1-1-24.)

(105 ILCS 5/15A-90) Sec. 15A-90. Severability. The provisions of this Article are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes. (Source: P.A. 103-491, eff. 1-1-24.)

(105 ILCS 5/16-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 16-1) Sec. 16-1. Gifts - Vested in school board. Whenever any grant, gift, donation or legacy of real or personal property has been or shall be, directly or indirectly, made to or for the use of any public school district or attendance center…

(105 ILCS 5/16-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 16-10) Sec. 16-10. Fire protection. If the location of any public school building is not within any municipality or fire protection district, fire protection service for such building shall be provided by that municipality or fire protection…

(105 ILCS 5/16-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 16-2) Sec. 16-2. Joint use of site and building. Whenever the school boards of two or more school districts have agreed upon the joint use of any school site and compensation to be paid therefor, and any such site has been selected in the man…

(105 ILCS 5/16-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 16-3) Sec. 16-3. Transfer of site to purchasing district. Whenever the school board of any school district determines that any schoolhouse site with or without a building thereon is of no further use to the district and agrees with the school…

(105 ILCS 5/16-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 16-4) Sec. 16-4. Building jointly used - Sale of interest - Additions and enlargements. Whenever two school districts situated adjacent to one another or comprising the same or partly the same territory have a school site with buildings there…

(105 ILCS 5/16-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 16-5) Sec. 16-5. Agreement for joint use of property. Prior to the third Saturday of August of any year the school board of any district which does not by itself maintain a high school may enter into an agreement with any township high school…

(105 ILCS 5/16-6) (from Ch. 122, par. 16-6) Sec. 16-6. Compensation determined under eminent domain. Whenever any lot or parcel of land is needed by any university, college, township high school or other educational institution established and supported by this State or by a town…

(105 ILCS 5/16-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 16-7) Sec. 16-7. Playgrounds, recreation grounds and athletic fields. Any school district organized and existing under the general law or by special charter having a population of not more than 500,000 inhabitants may acquire real estate by g…

(105 ILCS 5/16-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 16-8) Sec. 16-8. Supervision - Personnel - Police control. The school board of any such school district acquiring real estate and equipping, operating and maintaining it for the purposes provided in Section 16-7 shall have supervision over su…

(105 ILCS 5/16-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 16-9) Sec. 16-9. Transfers to municipal corporations. School districts and boards of education may also transfer real estate in accordance with the provisions of "An Act in relation to the transfer of real estate owned by municipalities", app…

(105 ILCS 5/17-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-1) Sec. 17-1. Annual budget. The board of education of each school district under 500,000 inhabitants shall, within or before the first quarter of each fiscal year, adopt and file with the State Board of Education an annual balanced budget…

(105 ILCS 5/17-1.1) Sec. 17-1.1. Shared service reporting and fiscal efficiency. (a) Annually, each school district shall complete a report developed by the State Board of Education, to accompany the annual financial report and to be published on the State Board of Education's In…

(105 ILCS 5/17-1.10) Sec. 17-1.10. Operational funds expenditure report and reserve reduction plan. (a) In the 2024-2025 school year and in each subsequent school year, the school board of any school district that does not receive federal impact aid funding shall calculate the co…

(105 ILCS 5/17-1.2) Sec. 17-1.2. Post annual budget on web site. If a school district has an Internet web site, the school district shall post its current annual budget, itemized by receipts and expenditures, on the district's Internet web site. The budget shall include informati…

(105 ILCS 5/17-1.3) Sec. 17-1.3. Disclosure of cash balance. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each school district shall disclose to the public, at the public hearing at which the district certifies its budget and levy for the taxable year, the cash reserve balance of …

(105 ILCS 5/17-1.5) Sec. 17-1.5. Limitation of administrative costs. (a) It is the purpose of this Section to establish limitations on the growth of administrative expenditures in order to maximize the proportion of school district resources available for the instructional progra…

(105 ILCS 5/17-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-10) Sec. 17-10. Certificate of last ascertained equalized value-Tax books-Notice to school treasurers. The county clerk shall furnish the school board of any school district, upon request, a certificate showing the last ascertained full, …

(105 ILCS 5/17-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-11) Sec. 17-11. Certificate of tax levy. (a) The school board of each district, other than a school district subject to the authority of a Financial Oversight Panel pursuant to Article 1H of this Code, shall ascertain, as near as practica…

(105 ILCS 5/17-11.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-11.1) Sec. 17-11.1. Amended Tax Certificate. When a school board has authority to levy taxes at the maximum permissive tax rate allowed by law or the maximum tax rate allowed by voter approved referendum and, after the certificate of ta…

(105 ILCS 5/17-11.2) Sec. 17-11.2. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 92-855, eff. 12-6-02. Repealed by P.A. 102-894, eff. 5-20-22.)

(105 ILCS 5/17-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-12) Sec. 17-12. Districts in two or more counties. When a district lies partly in two or more counties the school board shall ascertain, as near as practicable, the amount to be raised by special tax for educational and operations and mai…

(105 ILCS 5/17-13) Sec. 17-13. (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31. Repealed by P.A. 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07.)

(105 ILCS 5/17-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-14) Sec. 17-14. Payments by collector to treasurer-Statement of uncollected taxes. Within 30 days after the delinquent date for the payment of any tax or installment thereof and after the delivery of the tax books containing the computati…

(105 ILCS 5/17-15) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-15) Sec. 17-15. Failure of collector to pay. If any collector fails to pay the taxes or any part thereof, the school treasurer or other authorized person may proceed against him and his sureties in a civil action upon his official bond in…

(105 ILCS 5/17-16) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-16) Sec. 17-16. Tax anticipation warrants. When there is no money in the treasury of any school district having a population of 500,000 or less inhabitants, whether governed by either or both the general school laws or any special charter…

(105 ILCS 5/17-17) Sec. 17-17. School board establishment of lines of credit. (a) In lieu of issuing tax anticipation warrants in accordance with Section 17-16 of this Code, the school board of a school district having a population of 500,000 or less inhabitants may issue notes, …

(105 ILCS 5/17-18) Sec. 17-18. Establishment of lines of credit by other educational entities. (a) In lieu of borrowing in accordance with the provisions of Section 18-20 of this Code, an entity, such as a special education cooperative or other such joint agreement or an intergov…

(105 ILCS 5/17-19) Sec. 17-19. Establishment of lines of credit by regional superintendents. (a) In lieu of borrowing in accordance with the provisions of Section 18-20 of this Code, a regional superintendent of schools, in his or her official capacity as regional superintendent …

(105 ILCS 5/17-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-2) Sec. 17-2. Tax levies; purposes; rates. Except as otherwise provided in Articles 12 and 13 of this Act, and except as provided in Section 17-2.2e of this Act, the following maximum rates shall apply to all taxes levied after August 10, …

(105 ILCS 5/17-2.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-2.1) Sec. 17-2.1. Tax for summer school purposes. The school board in any district having a population of less than 500,000 inhabitants may, by proper resolution, cause a proposition to authorize an annual tax, as prescribed in Section 1…

(105 ILCS 5/17-2.11) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-2.11) Sec. 17-2.11. School board power to levy a tax or to borrow money and issue bonds for fire prevention, safety, energy conservation, accessibility, school security, and specified repair purposes. (a) Whenever, as a result of any la…

(105 ILCS 5/17-2.11b) Sec. 17-2.11b. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 90-566, eff. 1-2-98. Repealed by P.A. 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07.)

(105 ILCS 5/17-2.11c) Sec. 17-2.11c. Validation; St. Joseph Ogden Community High School District 305. If, prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, St. Joseph Ogden Community High School District 305 has levied and the county clerk has exten…

(105 ILCS 5/17-2.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-2.2) Sec. 17-2.2. Back door referendum. Whenever any school district first levies a tax at a rate within the limit prescribed by paragraph (3) of Section 17-2 but in excess of the maximum permissible on July 9, 1957, or within the limit …

(105 ILCS 5/17-2.2a) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-2.2a) Sec. 17-2.2a. Tax for special education programs. (a) The school board of any district having a population of less than 500,000 inhabitants may, by proper resolution, levy an annual tax upon the value as equalized or assessed by t…

(105 ILCS 5/17-2.2b) Sec. 17-2.2b. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 87-767. Repealed by P.A. 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07.)

(105 ILCS 5/17-2.2c) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-2.2c) Sec. 17-2.2c. Tax for leasing educational facilities or computer technology or both, and for temporary relocation expense purposes. The school board of any district, by proper resolution, may levy an annual tax, in addition to any…