Chapter 105 — SCHOOLS

(105 ILCS 5/18-8.10) Sec. 18-8.10. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17. Repealed by P.A. 102-894, eff. 5-20-22; 102-1071, eff. 6-10-22.)

(105 ILCS 5/18-8.15) (Text of Section from P.A. 104-2) Sec. 18-8.15. Evidence-Based Funding for student success for the 2017-2018 and subsequent school years. (a) General provisions. (1) The purpose of this Section is to ensure that, by June 30, 2027 and beyond, this State has a …

(105 ILCS 5/18-8.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 18-8.2) Sec. 18-8.2. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 94-902, eff. 7-1-06. Repealed by P.A. 94-1019, eff. 7-10-06.)

(105 ILCS 5/18-8.3) Sec. 18-8.3. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 88-555, eff. 7-27-94. Repealed by P.A. 94-1019, eff. 7-10-06.)

(105 ILCS 5/18-8.4) Sec. 18-8.4. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 84-1243. Repealed by P.A. 95-793, eff. 1-1-09.)

(105 ILCS 5/18-8.5) (from Ch. 122, par. 18-8.5) Sec. 18-8.5. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 94-902, eff. 7-1-06. Repealed by P.A. 94-1019, eff. 7-10-06.)

(105 ILCS 5/18-8.7) Sec. 18-8.7. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 88-647, eff. 9-16-94. Repealed by P.A. 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07.)

(105 ILCS 5/18-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 18-9) Sec. 18-9. Requirement for special equalization and supplementary State aid. If property comprising an aggregate assessed valuation equal to 6% or more of the total assessed valuation of all taxable property in a school district is owne…

(105 ILCS 5/19-1) Sec. 19-1. Debt limitations of school districts. (a) School districts shall not be subject to the provisions limiting their indebtedness prescribed in the Local Government Debt Limitation Act. No school districts maintaining grades K through 8 or 9 through 12 sh…

(105 ILCS 5/19-1.5) Sec. 19-1.5. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 88-641, eff. 9-9-94. Repealed by P.A. 94-234, eff. 7-1-06.)

(105 ILCS 5/19-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-10) Sec. 19-10. Payment of liabilities resulting from division of assets. Any school district having a population of 500,000 or less is authorized to issue bonds for the purpose of the payment of any liabilities or obligations imposed on …

(105 ILCS 5/19-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-11) Sec. 19-11. Amount of indebtedness - Interest and maturity. Any district which has complied with Section 19-9 and which is authorized to issue bonds under Sections 19-8, 19-9 and 19-10 shall adopt a resolution specifying the amount of…

(105 ILCS 5/19-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-12) Sec. 19-12. Filing copy of resolution-Extension of taxes. A certified copy of the resolution authorizing the issue of bonds under Sections 19-8 through 19-11 shall be filed with the county clerk of each county in which any portion of …

(105 ILCS 5/19-13) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-13) Sec. 19-13. Sale or exchange of bonds. Any bonds issued under Sections 19-8 to 19-11, inclusive, may be exchanged par for par for claims or unpaid orders for wages of teachers, or both, or may be sold and the proceeds received used to…

(105 ILCS 5/19-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-14) Sec. 19-14. Validity of indebtedness-Validity of bonds. Purchasers of such bonds shall not be obligated to inquire into the validity of the indebtedness funded, and bonds issued under sections 19-8 through 19-11 shall be the valid and…

(105 ILCS 5/19-15) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-15) Sec. 19-15. Authority to refund bonds. When a school district has issued bonds or other evidence of indebtedness for any purposes which are binding and subsisting legal obligations and remaining outstanding, the school board of the di…

(105 ILCS 5/19-16) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-16) Sec. 19-16. Resolution for issuance. The corporate authorities of any school district, without submitting the question to the electors thereof for approval, may authorize by resolution the issuance of refunding bonds (1) to refund its…

(105 ILCS 5/19-17) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-17) Sec. 19-17. Registrability - Interest - Time and place of payment. The refunding bonds may be made registerable as to principal and may bear interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, a…

(105 ILCS 5/19-18) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-18) Sec. 19-18. Details prescribed-Levy and collection of tax. The resolution authorizing refunding bonds shall prescribe all details thereof and shall provide for the levy and collection of a direct annual tax upon all the taxable proper…

(105 ILCS 5/19-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-19) Sec. 19-19. Sale or exchange-Use of proceeds-Cancellation. The refunding bonds may be exchanged for the bonds to be refunded on the basis of dollar for dollar for the par value of the bonds, interest coupons, and interest not represen…

(105 ILCS 5/19-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-2) Sec. 19-2. School directors - Power to borrow money and issue bonds. For the purpose of building or repairing schoolhouses or purchasing or improving school sites, the directors of any school district, when authorized by a majority of t…

(105 ILCS 5/19-20) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-20) Sec. 19-20. Execution-Maturity-Callable. The refunding bonds shall be of such form and denomination, payable at such place, bear such date, and be executed by such officials as may be provided by the corporate authorities of the schoo…

(105 ILCS 5/19-21) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-21) Sec. 19-21. Redemption of bonds. If there is no default in payment of the principal of or interest upon the refunding bonds, and a sum of money equal to the amount of interest that will accrue on the refunding bonds and a sum of money…

(105 ILCS 5/19-22) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-22) Sec. 19-22. Reduction of tax levy-Bonds purchased and cancelled. Whenever refunding bonds are purchased and cancelled as provided in Section 19-21, the taxes thereafter to be extended for payment of the principal of and the interest o…

(105 ILCS 5/19-23) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-23) Sec. 19-23. Reduction of tax for payment of bonds refunded-Use of tax receipts. Whenever refunding bonds are issued, proper reduction of taxes theretofore levied for the payment of the bonds refunded and next to be extended for collec…

(105 ILCS 5/19-24) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-24) Sec. 19-24. Proceeds of taxes-Special fund-Use-Investment. Money received from the proceeds of taxes levied for payment of the principal of and interest upon refunding bonds shall be deposited in a special fund of the school district,…

(105 ILCS 5/19-25) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-25) Sec. 19-25. Information to owners of bonds-Refunding agreements. The corporate authorities of a school district may take any action that may be necessary to inform the owners of unpaid bonds regarding the financial condition of the sc…

(105 ILCS 5/19-26) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-26) Sec. 19-26. Construction and application of provisions. Sections 19-16 through 19-25 apply to any school district, regardless of the population of said school district and of the law under which it is organized and operating, and cons…

(105 ILCS 5/19-27) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-27) Sec. 19-27. Payment to treasurer. Whenever all the bonds of any school district have been paid and cancelled upon the records of the school treasurer and there remains in the hands of the county collector or any ex-county collector, t…

(105 ILCS 5/19-28) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-28) Sec. 19-28. Distribution and apportionment. At the first regular semi-annual meeting of the trustees of the township after the receipt of the funds mentioned in Section 19-27, they shall distribute and apportion the funds among the di…

(105 ILCS 5/19-29) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-29) Sec. 19-29. Computation of debt incurring power. In computing the debt incurring power of any school district where there has been included in any such school district only a part of any former school district which at the time of suc…

(105 ILCS 5/19-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-3) Sec. 19-3. Boards of 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…

(105 ILCS 5/19-3.10) Sec. 19-3.10. Mine subsidence damaged building. Gillespie Community Unit School District 7 is authorized to issue bonds in not to exceed the amount of $22,000,000 for the purpose of paying the cost of acquiring and improving a school site and building and equ…

(105 ILCS 5/19-3.15) Sec. 19-3.15. School additions; Chaney-Monge School District 88. Notwithstanding the requirements of any other applicable law and without further referendum approval, Chaney-Monge School District 88 is authorized to issue bonds in not to exceed the amount of …

(105 ILCS 5/19-3.5) Sec. 19-3.5. Flood-damaged building. Martinsville Community Unit School District 3C is authorized to issue bonds in not to exceed the amount of $4,000,000 for the purpose of paying the cost of acquiring and improving a school site and building and equipping a …

(105 ILCS 5/19-30) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-30) Sec. 19-30. Any school district which, pursuant to Section 10-22.31b of this Act, has entered into a joint agreement with one or more school districts to acquire, build, establish and maintain sites and buildings for area vocational p…

(105 ILCS 5/19-31) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-31) Sec. 19-31. Any school district which, pursuant to Section 10-22.31b of this Act, or under the provisions of the "Intergovernmental Cooperation Act", has entered into a joint agreement or contract with one or more school districts to …

(105 ILCS 5/19-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-4) Sec. 19-4. Bonds issued - Boundaries changed. Where bonds are issued by any school district under the provisions of Section 19-2 through Section 19-6, and before any contract is let for the construction of buildings or improvements in a…

(105 ILCS 5/19-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-5) Sec. 19-5. Registration, numbering and countersigning. All bonds issued under this Act, except bonds issued by school districts having a population of more than 500,000 inhabitants, before being issued, negotiated and sold, shall be reg…

(105 ILCS 5/19-6) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-6) Sec. 19-6. Bond money to school treasurer; delivery of bonds; record; payment. All moneys borrowed under the authority of this Act, except money borrowed by school districts having a population of more than 500,000 inhabitants, shall be…

(105 ILCS 5/19-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-7) Sec. 19-7. Certified copy of resolution filed with county clerk-Registry of bonds-Extension of tax. Whenever any school district having a population of less than 500,000 inhabitants is authorized to issue bonds, the recording officer th…

(105 ILCS 5/19-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-8) Sec. 19-8. Bonds to pay claims. Any school district or non-high district operating under general law or special charter having a population of 500,000 or less is authorized to issue bonds for the purpose of paying orders issued for the …

(105 ILCS 5/19-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-9) Sec. 19-9. Resolution to issue bonds - Submission to voters. Before any district as described in Section 19-8 shall avail itself of the provisions of that section the governing body thereof shall examine and consider the several teacher…

(105 ILCS 5/19a-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 19a-1) Sec. 19a-1. In this Article, "exhibition facility" means a building or stadium constructed to be used primarily for athletic spectator sports and not facilities built primarily for physical education instruction. (Source: Laws 1967, p…

(105 ILCS 5/19a-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 19a-2) Sec. 19a-2. Revenue bonds for exhibition facilities. Any school board is authorized to: a. Acquire by purchase, construct, enlarge, improve, equip, complete, operate, control and manage an exhibition facility. b. Charge for the use of…

(105 ILCS 5/19a-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 19a-3) Sec. 19a-3. Whenever bonds are issued pursuant to this Article, the school board must establish charges or fees for the use of the exhibition facility to pay the principal and interest on the bonds. (Source: Laws 1967, p. 2778.)

(105 ILCS 5/19a-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 19a-4) Sec. 19a-4. If the school board determines subsequent to the original issue of bonds under this Article that the income from the facility is insufficient to pay the principal and interest on those bonds, the board, after submitting th…

(105 ILCS 5/19a-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 19a-5) Sec. 19a-5. Members of a school board issuing bonds pursuant to this Article incur no personal liability thereby. (Source: Laws 1967, p. 2778.)

(105 ILCS 5/19b-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 19b-1) Sec. 19b-1. Definitions. In this Article words and phrases have the meanings set forth in the following Sections preceding Section 19b-2. (Source: P.A. 87-1106.)

(105 ILCS 5/19b-1.05) Sec. 19b-1.05. Area vocational center. "Area vocational center" means an area vocational center created by joint agreement between school districts. (Source: P.A. 92-767, eff. 8-6-02.)