Sec. 2. The General Assembly has examined the long-term capital facility and land needs of the local school districts within the State of Illinois.
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Sec. 2. The General Assembly has examined the long-term capital facility and land needs of the local school districts within the State of Illinois. The General Assembly also recognizes the State of Illinois' primary responsibility for financing the system of public education. The objective of this Act is to provide for capital facilities planning assistance and to provide such capital facilities consisting of buildings, structures, durable equipment and land as will permit the State's elementary, vocational and secondary schools to provide the People of Illinois with essential educational services and the issuance and sale of the Bonds in an economical and efficient method of financing such planning assistance, acquisitions, construction, development, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, architectural planning and installation.
This Act will also provide funds for making grants to school districts for debt service on bonds issued for such capital purposes after January 1, 1969. As used in this Act, "School District" means any school district or special charter district as defined in Section 1-3 of "The School Code" approved March 18, 1961, as amended.