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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sections 2A-1.2 and 2A-48 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)
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7 | Sec. 2A-1.2. Consolidated Schedule of Elections - Offices | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Designated.
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9 | (a) At the general election in the appropriate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | even-numbered years, the
following offices shall be filled or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | shall be on the ballot as otherwise
required by this Code:
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12 | (1) Elector of President and Vice President of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | United States;
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14 | (2) United States Senator and United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Representative;
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16 | (3) State Executive Branch elected officers;
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17 | (4) State Senator and State Representative;
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18 | (5) County elected officers, including State's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Attorney, County Board
member, County Commissioners, and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | elected President of the County Board or
County Chief | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Executive;
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22 | (6) Circuit Court Clerk;
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23 | (7) Regional Superintendent of Schools, except in |
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1 | counties or
educational service regions in which that | ||||||
2 | office has been abolished;
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3 | (8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit | ||||||
4 | Courts, on the question
of retention, to fill vacancies and | ||||||
5 | newly created judicial offices;
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6 | (9) (Blank);
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7 | (10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of | ||||||
8 | Chicago, and elected
Trustee of other Sanitary Districts;
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9 | (11) Special District elected officers, not otherwise | ||||||
10 | designated in this
Section, where the statute creating or | ||||||
11 | authorizing the creation of
the district requires an annual | ||||||
12 | election and permits or requires election
of candidates of | ||||||
13 | political parties.
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14 | (b) At the general primary election:
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15 | (1) in each even-numbered year candidates of political | ||||||
16 | parties shall be
nominated for those offices to be filled | ||||||
17 | at the general election in that
year, except where pursuant | ||||||
18 | to law nomination of candidates of political
parties is | ||||||
19 | made by caucus.
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20 | (2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the | ||||||
21 | political party offices of
State central committeeman, | ||||||
22 | township committeeman, ward committeeman, and
precinct | ||||||
23 | committeeman shall be filled and delegates and alternate | ||||||
24 | delegates
to the National nominating conventions shall be | ||||||
25 | elected as may be required
pursuant to this Code. In the | ||||||
26 | even-numbered years in which a Presidential
election is to |
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1 | be held, candidates in the Presidential preference primary
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2 | shall also be on the ballot.
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3 | (3) in each even-numbered year, where the municipality | ||||||
4 | has provided for
annual elections to elect municipal | ||||||
5 | officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or
Section 7 of Article | ||||||
6 | VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the Illinois
Municipal | ||||||
7 | Code or pursuant to the municipal charter, the offices of | ||||||
8 | such
municipal officers shall be filled at an election held | ||||||
9 | on the date of the
general primary election, provided that | ||||||
10 | the municipal election shall be a
nonpartisan election | ||||||
11 | where required by the Illinois Municipal Code. For
partisan | ||||||
12 | municipal elections in even-numbered years, a primary to | ||||||
13 | nominate
candidates for municipal office to be elected at | ||||||
14 | the general primary
election shall be held on the Tuesday 6 | ||||||
15 | weeks preceding that election.
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16 | (4) in each school district which has adopted the | ||||||
17 | provisions of
Article 33 of the School Code, successors to | ||||||
18 | the members of the board
of education whose terms expire in | ||||||
19 | the year in which the general primary is
held shall be | ||||||
20 | elected. | ||||||
21 | (5) Members of the Chicago Board of Education shall be | ||||||
22 | elected.
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23 | (c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate | ||||||
24 | odd-numbered years,
the following offices shall be filled:
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25 | (1) Municipal officers, provided that in | ||||||
26 | municipalities in which
candidates for alderman or other |
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1 | municipal office are not permitted by law
to be candidates | ||||||
2 | of political parties, the runoff election where required
by | ||||||
3 | law, or the nonpartisan election where required by law, | ||||||
4 | shall be held on
the date of the consolidated election; and | ||||||
5 | provided further, in the case of
municipal officers | ||||||
6 | provided for by an ordinance providing the form of
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7 | government of the municipality pursuant to Section 7 of | ||||||
8 | Article VII of the
Constitution, such offices shall be | ||||||
9 | filled by election or by runoff
election as may be provided | ||||||
10 | by such ordinance;
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11 | (2) Village and incorporated town library directors;
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12 | (3) City boards of stadium commissioners;
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13 | (4) Commissioners of park districts;
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14 | (5) Trustees of public library districts;
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15 | (6) Special District elected officers, not otherwise | ||||||
16 | designated in this
section, where the statute creating or | ||||||
17 | authorizing the creation of the district
permits or | ||||||
18 | requires election of candidates of political parties;
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19 | (7) Township officers, including township park | ||||||
20 | commissioners, township
library directors, and boards of | ||||||
21 | managers of community buildings, and
Multi-Township | ||||||
22 | Assessors;
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23 | (8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
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24 | (9) Members of school boards in school districts which | ||||||
25 | adopt Article 33
of the School Code;
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26 | (10) The directors and chairman of the Chain O Lakes - |
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1 | Fox River Waterway
Management Agency;
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2 | (11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected | ||||||
3 | under Section 3.5 of
the Downstate Forest Preserve District | ||||||
4 | Act;
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5 | (12) Elected members of school boards, school | ||||||
6 | trustees, directors of
boards of school directors, | ||||||
7 | trustees of county boards of school trustees
(except in | ||||||
8 | counties or educational service regions having a | ||||||
9 | population
of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and members of | ||||||
10 | boards of school inspectors,
except school boards in school
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11 | districts that adopt Article 33 of the School Code and the | ||||||
12 | Chicago Board of Education ;
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13 | (13) Members of Community College district boards;
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14 | (14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
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15 | (15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan | ||||||
16 | Exposition and
Auditorium
Authority;
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17 | (16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium | ||||||
18 | Districts;
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19 | (17) Elected Officers of special districts not | ||||||
20 | otherwise designated in
this Section for which the law | ||||||
21 | governing those districts does not permit
candidates of | ||||||
22 | political parties.
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23 | (d) At the consolidated primary election in each | ||||||
24 | odd-numbered year,
candidates of political parties shall be | ||||||
25 | nominated for those offices to be
filled at the consolidated | ||||||
26 | election in that year, except where pursuant to
law nomination |
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1 | of candidates of political parties is made by caucus, and
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2 | except those offices listed in paragraphs (12) through (17) of | ||||||
3 | subsection
(c).
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4 | At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate | ||||||
5 | odd-numbered years,
the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and aldermen | ||||||
6 | shall be elected in
municipalities in which
candidates for | ||||||
7 | mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderman are not permitted by
law | ||||||
8 | to be candidates
of political parties, subject to runoff | ||||||
9 | elections to be held at the
consolidated election as may be | ||||||
10 | required
by law, and municipal officers shall be nominated in a | ||||||
11 | nonpartisan election
in municipalities in which pursuant to law | ||||||
12 | candidates for such office are
not permitted to be candidates | ||||||
13 | of political parties.
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14 | At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate | ||||||
15 | odd-numbered years,
municipal officers shall be nominated or | ||||||
16 | elected, or elected subject to
a runoff, as may be provided by | ||||||
17 | an ordinance providing a form of government
of the municipality | ||||||
18 | pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution.
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19 | (e) (Blank).
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20 | (f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, public | ||||||
21 | questions may
be submitted to voters pursuant to this Code and | ||||||
22 | any special election
otherwise required or authorized by law or | ||||||
23 | by court order may be conducted
pursuant to this Code.
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24 | Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of officers | ||||||
25 | established
in this Article, whenever a referendum is held for | ||||||
26 | the establishment of
a political subdivision whose officers are |
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1 | to be elected, the initial officers
shall be elected at the | ||||||
2 | election at which such referendum is held if otherwise
so | ||||||
3 | provided by law. In such cases, the election of the initial | ||||||
4 | officers
shall be subject to the referendum.
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5 | Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of | ||||||
6 | officials established
in this Article, any community college | ||||||
7 | district which becomes effective by
operation of law pursuant | ||||||
8 | to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College
Act, as now or | ||||||
9 | hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
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10 | members at the next regularly scheduled election following the | ||||||
11 | effective
date of the new district.
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12 | (g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in | ||||||
13 | any precinct
there are no offices or public questions required | ||||||
14 | to be on the ballot under
this Code then no election shall be | ||||||
15 | held in the precinct on that date.
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16 | (h) There may be conducted a
referendum in accordance with | ||||||
17 | the provisions of Division 6-4 of the
Counties Code.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96; 89-95,
eff. 1-1-96; 89-626, | ||||||
19 | eff. 8-9-96; 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
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20 | (10 ILCS 5/2A-48) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-48)
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21 | Sec. 2A-48. Board of School Directors and Board of | ||||||
22 | Education - Member - Time of Election. A
member of a Board of | ||||||
23 | School Directors or a member of an elected Board of
Education, | ||||||
24 | as the case may be, shall be elected at each consolidated
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25 | election to succeed each incumbent member whose term ends |
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1 | before the
following consolidated election. However, a member | ||||||
2 | of the Chicago Board of Education shall be elected at each | ||||||
3 | general primary election to succeed each incumbent member whose | ||||||
4 | term ends before the following general primary election.
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5 | (Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
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6 | Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | ||||||
7 | 34-3, 34-4, and 34-13.1 as follows:
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8 | (105 ILCS 5/34-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-3)
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9 | Sec. 34-3. Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees; new | ||||||
10 | Chicago Board of
Education; members; term; vacancies.
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11 | (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this | ||||||
12 | amendatory Act of
1995, the terms of all members of the Chicago | ||||||
13 | Board of Education
holding office on that date are abolished | ||||||
14 | and the Mayor shall appoint,
without the consent or approval of | ||||||
15 | the City Council, a 5 member
Chicago School Reform Board of | ||||||
16 | Trustees which shall take office upon the
appointment of the | ||||||
17 | fifth member. The Chicago School
Reform Board of Trustees and | ||||||
18 | its members
shall serve until, and the terms of all members of | ||||||
19 | the Chicago School
Reform Board of Trustees shall expire on, | ||||||
20 | June 30, 1999 or upon the
appointment of a new Chicago Board of | ||||||
21 | Education as provided
in subsection (b), whichever is later. | ||||||
22 | Any vacancy in the membership of
the Trustees shall be filled | ||||||
23 | through appointment by the Mayor,
without the consent or | ||||||
24 | approval of the City Council, for the unexpired term.
One of |
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1 | the members appointed by the Mayor to the Trustees shall
be | ||||||
2 | designated by the Mayor to serve as President of the Trustees. | ||||||
3 | The
Mayor shall appoint a full-time, compensated
chief | ||||||
4 | executive officer, and his or her compensation as such chief | ||||||
5 | executive
officer shall be determined by the Mayor. The Mayor, | ||||||
6 | at his or her discretion,
may appoint the President to serve | ||||||
7 | simultaneously as the chief executive
officer.
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8 | (b) This subsection (b) applies until March 15, 2016. | ||||||
9 | Within 30 days before the expiration of the terms of the | ||||||
10 | members of
the Chicago Reform Board of Trustees as provided in | ||||||
11 | subsection (a), a new
Chicago Board of Education consisting of | ||||||
12 | 7 members shall be appointed by the
Mayor to take office on the | ||||||
13 | later of July 1, 1999 or the appointment of the
seventh member. | ||||||
14 | Three of the members initially so appointed under this
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15 | subsection shall serve for terms ending June 30, 2002, 4 of the | ||||||
16 | members
initially so appointed under this subsection shall | ||||||
17 | serve for terms ending
June 30, 2003, and each member initially | ||||||
18 | so appointed shall continue to hold
office until his or her | ||||||
19 | successor is appointed and qualified. Thereafter at
the | ||||||
20 | expiration of the term of any member a successor
shall be | ||||||
21 | appointed by the Mayor and shall hold office for a term of 4 | ||||||
22 | years,
from July 1 of the year in which the term commences and | ||||||
23 | until a successor
is appointed and qualified. Any vacancy in | ||||||
24 | the membership of the Chicago Board
of Education shall be | ||||||
25 | filled through appointment by the Mayor for the
unexpired term. | ||||||
26 | No appointment to membership on the
Chicago Board of Education |
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1 | that is made by the Mayor under
this subsection shall require | ||||||
2 | the approval of the City
Council, whether the appointment is | ||||||
3 | made for a full term or to fill a vacancy
for an unexpired term | ||||||
4 | on the Board. | ||||||
5 | (b-5) For the purposes of this subsection (b-5): | ||||||
6 | "Parent member" means a member of the board who is the | ||||||
7 | parent or legal guardian of a child enrolled in a public school | ||||||
8 | in the region of election. | ||||||
9 | "Community member" means a member of the board who resides | ||||||
10 | in the region of election. | ||||||
11 | On March 15, 2016, the terms of all members of the Chicago | ||||||
12 | Board of Education appointed under subsection (b) of this | ||||||
13 | Section are abolished when the new board, consisting of 13 | ||||||
14 | members, is elected by the electors of the school district as | ||||||
15 | provided in this subsection (b-5) and takes office. | ||||||
16 | Each member shall be elected for a term of 4 years, | ||||||
17 | commencing on the second Tuesday in April of the year in which | ||||||
18 | the member is elected, and until the member's successor is | ||||||
19 | elected and has qualified, except that members of the board | ||||||
20 | elected to terms commencing on March 15, 2016 shall organize on | ||||||
21 | the date their terms commence and on that date shall determine, | ||||||
22 | by lot, 7 members to serve for terms of 4 years and 6 members to | ||||||
23 | serve for terms of 2 years. | ||||||
24 | For purposes of elections conducted pursuant to this | ||||||
25 | subsection (b-5), the City of Chicago shall be subdivided into | ||||||
26 | the following electoral regions for seats on the Chicago Board |
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1 | of Education, each of which must be compact and contiguous and | ||||||
2 | substantially equal in population to each other: | ||||||
3 | (1) Southeast Side. | ||||||
4 | (2) Southwest Side. | ||||||
5 | (3) West/Central Region. | ||||||
6 | (4) North Region. | ||||||
7 | Each region shall be represented by 3 members, except the North | ||||||
8 | Region, which shall be represented by 4 members. Each region's | ||||||
9 | representatives shall consist of 2 parent members and one | ||||||
10 | community member, except the North Region, which shall have 2 | ||||||
11 | parent members and 2 community members. | ||||||
12 | On March 15, 2016 and within 28 days after each election | ||||||
13 | thereafter, the board shall organize by electing its officers | ||||||
14 | and fixing a time and place for the regular meetings. At least | ||||||
15 | 50% of the board's regular meetings shall take place after | ||||||
16 | regular business hours in order to maximize community | ||||||
17 | participation. Upon organizing itself as provided in this | ||||||
18 | subsection (b-5), the board shall enter upon the discharge of | ||||||
19 | its duties. | ||||||
20 | Nomination papers filed for board election are not valid | ||||||
21 | unless the candidate named therein files with the secretary of | ||||||
22 | the board or with a person designated by the board to receive | ||||||
23 | nominating petitions a receipt from the county clerk showing | ||||||
24 | that the candidate has filed a statement of economic interests | ||||||
25 | as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. The | ||||||
26 | receipt shall be so filed either previously during the calendar |
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1 | year in which the nomination papers were filed or within the | ||||||
2 | period for the filing of nomination papers in accordance with | ||||||
3 | the general election law. | ||||||
4 | Whenever a vacancy in the board occurs, the remaining | ||||||
5 | members of the board shall notify the Mayor of that vacancy | ||||||
6 | within 5 days after its occurrence and shall proceed to fill | ||||||
7 | the vacancy until the next board election, at which election a | ||||||
8 | successor shall be elected to serve the remainder of the | ||||||
9 | unexpired term. However, if the vacancy occurs with less than | ||||||
10 | 28 months remaining in the term or if the vacancy occurs less | ||||||
11 | than 88 days before the next board election, then the person so | ||||||
12 | appointed shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term, and | ||||||
13 | no election to fill the vacancy shall be held. The successor | ||||||
14 | shall have the same residential and other qualifications as his | ||||||
15 | or her predecessor. Should the remaining board members fail to | ||||||
16 | act within 45 days after the vacancy occurs, the Mayor shall, | ||||||
17 | within 30 days after the remaining members have failed to fill | ||||||
18 | the vacancy, fill the vacancy as provided for in this Section. | ||||||
19 | Upon the Mayor's failure to fill the vacancy, the vacancy shall | ||||||
20 | be filled at the next board election. The successor shall have | ||||||
21 | the same residential and other qualifications as his or her | ||||||
22 | predecessor. | ||||||
23 | (b-10) The board shall elect annually from its
number a | ||||||
24 | president and vice-president, in such
manner and at such
time | ||||||
25 | as the board determines by its rules. The officers so elected | ||||||
26 | shall each
perform the duties imposed upon their respective |
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1 | office by the rules of the
board, provided that (i) the | ||||||
2 | president shall preside at meetings of the board
and vote as | ||||||
3 | any other member but have no power of veto, and (ii) the vice
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4 | president shall perform the duties of the president if that | ||||||
5 | office is vacant or
the president is absent or unable to act.
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6 | The secretary of the Board shall be selected by the Board and | ||||||
7 | shall be an
employee of the Board rather than a member of the | ||||||
8 | Board, notwithstanding
subsection (d) of Section 34-3.3. The | ||||||
9 | duties of the secretary shall be
imposed by the rules of the | ||||||
10 | Board.
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11 | (c) The board may appoint a student to the board to serve | ||||||
12 | in an advisory capacity. The student member shall serve for a | ||||||
13 | term as determined by the board. The board may not grant the | ||||||
14 | student member any voting privileges, but shall consider the | ||||||
15 | student member as an advisor. The student member may not | ||||||
16 | participate in or attend any executive session of the board.
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17 | (Source: P.A. 94-231, eff. 7-14-05.)
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18 | (105 ILCS 5/34-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-4)
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19 | Sec. 34-4. Eligibility. | ||||||
20 | (a) To be eligible for election appointment to the board, a
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21 | person shall be at least 18 years of age and either (i) a | ||||||
22 | parent or legal guardian of a child currently enrolled in a | ||||||
23 | public school in the region of election the person seeks to | ||||||
24 | represent or (ii) a resident of the region of election that the | ||||||
25 | person seeks to represent. A person is ineligible to run for |
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1 | office if that person is an employee of the district or a child | ||||||
2 | sex offender as defined in Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code | ||||||
3 | of 2012. All persons eligible for election to the board shall | ||||||
4 | obtain no less than 250 signatures on a petition in order to be | ||||||
5 | placed on the ballot a citizen of the United States, shall be a | ||||||
6 | registered voter
as provided in the Election Code, shall have | ||||||
7 | been a resident of the city for at
least 3 years immediately
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8 | preceding his or her appointment, and shall not be a child sex | ||||||
9 | offender
as defined in Section 11-9.3 of the
Criminal Code of | ||||||
10 | 2012 . Permanent removal from the city by any member of
the | ||||||
11 | board during his or her term of office constitutes a | ||||||
12 | resignation therefrom and
creates a vacancy in the board. Board | ||||||
13 | members shall receive compensation of $50,000 per year, health | ||||||
14 | care insurance coverage, a pension, and life insurance. Board | ||||||
15 | Except for the President of the Chicago
School Reform Board of | ||||||
16 | Trustees who may be paid compensation for his or her
services | ||||||
17 | as chief executive officer as determined by the Mayor as | ||||||
18 | provided in
subsection (a) of Section 34-3, board members shall | ||||||
19 | serve without any
compensation; provided, that board members | ||||||
20 | shall be reimbursed for expenses
incurred while in the | ||||||
21 | performance of their duties upon submission of proper
receipts | ||||||
22 | or upon submission of a signed voucher in the case of an | ||||||
23 | expense
allowance evidencing the amount of such reimbursement | ||||||
24 | or allowance to the
president of the board for verification and | ||||||
25 | approval. Board members The board of
education may continue to | ||||||
26 | provide health care insurance coverage, employer
pension |
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1 | contributions, employee pension contributions, and life | ||||||
2 | insurance
premium payments for an employee required to resign | ||||||
3 | from
an administrative, teaching, or career service position in | ||||||
4 | order to qualify
as a member of the board of education. They | ||||||
5 | shall not hold other public
office under the Federal, State or | ||||||
6 | any local government other than that of
Director of the | ||||||
7 | Regional Transportation Authority, member of the economic
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8 | development commission of a city having a population exceeding | ||||||
9 | 500,000,
notary public or member of the National Guard, and by | ||||||
10 | accepting any such
office while members of the board, or by not | ||||||
11 | resigning any such office held
at the time of being elected | ||||||
12 | appointed to the board within 30 days after such election
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13 | appointment , shall be deemed to have vacated their membership | ||||||
14 | in the board.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
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16 | (105 ILCS 5/34-13.1)
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17 | Sec. 34-13.1. Inspector General.
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18 | (a) The Inspector General and his office in existence on | ||||||
19 | the effective date
of this amendatory Act of 1995 shall be | ||||||
20 | transferred to the jurisdiction of the
board upon appointment | ||||||
21 | of the Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees. The
Inspector | ||||||
22 | General shall have the authority
to conduct investigations into | ||||||
23 | allegations of or incidents of waste, fraud, and
financial | ||||||
24 | mismanagement in public education within the jurisdiction of | ||||||
25 | the
board by a local school council
member or an
employee, |
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1 | contractor, or member of the board or involving
school projects
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2 | managed or handled by the Public Building Commission. The | ||||||
3 | Inspector General
shall make recommendations to the board about | ||||||
4 | the
investigations.
The Inspector General in office on the | ||||||
5 | effective date of this amendatory Act
of 1996 shall serve for a | ||||||
6 | term expiring on June 30, 1998. His or her
successors in office | ||||||
7 | shall each be appointed by the Mayor, without the consent
or | ||||||
8 | approval of the City Council, for 4 year terms expiring on June | ||||||
9 | 30th of an
even numbered year ; however, beginning on March 15, | ||||||
10 | 2016, successors shall be appointed by the board instead of the | ||||||
11 | Mayor .
If the Inspector General leaves office or if a vacancy | ||||||
12 | in that office otherwise occurs, the
Mayor shall appoint, | ||||||
13 | without the consent or
approval of the City Council, a | ||||||
14 | successor to serve under this Section for the
remainder of the | ||||||
15 | unexpired term ; however, beginning on March 15, 2016, | ||||||
16 | successors shall be appointed by the board instead of the | ||||||
17 | Mayor . The
Inspector General shall be independent of the | ||||||
18 | operations of the board and
the School Finance Authority, and | ||||||
19 | shall perform other duties requested by the
board.
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20 | (b) The Inspector General shall have access to all
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21 | information and personnel necessary to perform the duties of | ||||||
22 | the
office. If the Inspector General determines that a possible
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23 | criminal act has been committed or that special expertise is
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24 | required in the investigation, he or she shall immediately | ||||||
25 | notify
the Chicago Police Department and the Cook County | ||||||
26 | State's
Attorney. All investigations conducted by the |
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1 | Inspector General
shall be conducted in a manner that ensures | ||||||
2 | the preservation of
evidence for use in criminal prosecutions.
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3 | (c) At all times the Inspector General shall be granted
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4 | access to any building or facility that is owned, operated, or
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5 | leased by the board, the Public Building Commission, or the
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6 | city in trust
and for the use and benefit of the schools of the | ||||||
7 | district.
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8 | (d) The Inspector General shall have the power to subpoena
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9 | witnesses and compel the production of books and papers | ||||||
10 | pertinent
to an investigation authorized by this Code. Any | ||||||
11 | person who (1)
fails to appear in response to a subpoena; (2) | ||||||
12 | fails to answer
any question; (3) fails to produce any books or | ||||||
13 | papers pertinent
to an investigation under this Code; or (4) | ||||||
14 | knowingly gives
false testimony during an investigation under | ||||||
15 | this Code, is
guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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16 | (e) The Inspector General shall provide to the board and
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17 | the Illinois General Assembly a summary of reports and
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18 | investigations made under this Section for the previous fiscal
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19 | year no later than January 1 of each year, except that the | ||||||
20 | Inspector General
shall provide the summary of reports and | ||||||
21 | investigations made under this Section
for the period | ||||||
22 | commencing July 1, 1998 and ending April 30, 1999 no later than
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23 | May 1, 1999. The summaries shall detail the final disposition | ||||||
24 | of those
recommendations. The summaries shall not contain any | ||||||
25 | confidential or
identifying information concerning the | ||||||
26 | subjects of the reports and
investigations. The summaries shall |
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1 | also include detailed recommended
administrative actions and | ||||||
2 | matters for consideration by the General Assembly.
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3 | (f) (Blank).
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4 | (g) (Blank).
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5 | (Source: P.A. 89-15, eff. 5-30-95; 89-698, eff. 1-14-97.)
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6 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
7 | becoming law.
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