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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, 2A-48, 2A-49, and 2A-54 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; | ||||||
3 | (7.5) Elected members of school boards, directors of | ||||||
4 | boards of school directors, and members of boards of school | ||||||
5 | inspectors, except school boards in school districts that | ||||||
6 | adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
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7 | (8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit | ||||||
8 | Courts, on the question
of retention, to fill vacancies and | ||||||
9 | newly created judicial offices;
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10 | (9) (Blank);
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11 | (10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of | ||||||
12 | Chicago, and elected
Trustee of other Sanitary Districts;
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13 | (11) Special District elected officers, not otherwise | ||||||
14 | designated in this
Section, where the statute creating or | ||||||
15 | authorizing the creation of
the district requires an annual | ||||||
16 | election and permits or requires election
of candidates of | ||||||
17 | political parties.
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18 | (b) At the general primary election:
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19 | (1) in each even-numbered year candidates of political | ||||||
20 | parties shall be
nominated for those offices to be filled | ||||||
21 | at the general election in that
year, except where pursuant | ||||||
22 | to law nomination of candidates of political
parties is | ||||||
23 | made by caucus and except for those offices listed in | ||||||
24 | paragraph (7.5) of subsection (a) of this Section .
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25 | (2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the | ||||||
26 | political party offices of
State central committeeman, |
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1 | township committeeman, ward committeeman, and
precinct | ||||||
2 | committeeman shall be filled and delegates and alternate | ||||||
3 | delegates
to the National nominating conventions shall be | ||||||
4 | elected as may be required
pursuant to this Code. In the | ||||||
5 | even-numbered years in which a Presidential
election is to | ||||||
6 | be held, candidates in the Presidential preference primary
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7 | shall also be on the ballot.
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8 | (3) in each even-numbered year, where the municipality | ||||||
9 | has provided for
annual elections to elect municipal | ||||||
10 | officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or
Section 7 of Article | ||||||
11 | VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the Illinois
Municipal | ||||||
12 | Code or pursuant to the municipal charter, the offices of | ||||||
13 | such
municipal officers shall be filled at an election held | ||||||
14 | on the date of the
general primary election, provided that | ||||||
15 | the municipal election shall be a
nonpartisan election | ||||||
16 | where required by the Illinois Municipal Code. For
partisan | ||||||
17 | municipal elections in even-numbered years, a primary to | ||||||
18 | nominate
candidates for municipal office to be elected at | ||||||
19 | the general primary
election shall be held on the Tuesday 6 | ||||||
20 | weeks preceding that election.
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21 | (4) in each school district which has adopted the | ||||||
22 | provisions of
Article 33 of the School Code, successors to | ||||||
23 | the members of the board
of education whose terms expire in | ||||||
24 | the year in which the general primary is
held shall be | ||||||
25 | elected.
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26 | (c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate |
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1 | odd-numbered years,
the following offices shall be filled:
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2 | (1) Municipal officers, provided that in | ||||||
3 | municipalities in which
candidates for alderman or other | ||||||
4 | municipal office are not permitted by law
to be candidates | ||||||
5 | of political parties, the runoff election where required
by | ||||||
6 | law, or the nonpartisan election where required by law, | ||||||
7 | shall be held on
the date of the consolidated election; and | ||||||
8 | provided further, in the case of
municipal officers | ||||||
9 | provided for by an ordinance providing the form of
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10 | government of the municipality pursuant to Section 7 of | ||||||
11 | Article VII of the
Constitution, such offices shall be | ||||||
12 | filled by election or by runoff
election as may be provided | ||||||
13 | by such ordinance;
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14 | (2) Village and incorporated town library directors;
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15 | (3) City boards of stadium commissioners;
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16 | (4) Commissioners of park districts;
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17 | (5) Trustees of public library districts;
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18 | (6) Special District elected officers, not otherwise | ||||||
19 | designated in this
section, where the statute creating or | ||||||
20 | authorizing the creation of the district
permits or | ||||||
21 | requires election of candidates of political parties;
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22 | (7) Township officers, including township park | ||||||
23 | commissioners, township
library directors, and boards of | ||||||
24 | managers of community buildings, and
Multi-Township | ||||||
25 | Assessors;
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26 | (8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
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1 | (9) Members of school boards in school districts which | ||||||
2 | adopt Article 33
of the School Code;
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3 | (10) The directors and chairman of the Chain O Lakes - | ||||||
4 | Fox River Waterway
Management Agency;
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5 | (11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected | ||||||
6 | under Section 3.5 of
the Downstate Forest Preserve District | ||||||
7 | Act;
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8 | (12) School Elected members of school boards, school | ||||||
9 | trustees and , directors of
boards of school directors, | ||||||
10 | trustees of county boards of school trustees
(except in | ||||||
11 | counties or educational service regions having a | ||||||
12 | population
of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and members of | ||||||
13 | boards of school inspectors,
except school boards in school
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14 | districts that adopt Article 33 of the School Code ;
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15 | (13) Members of Community College district boards;
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16 | (14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
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17 | (15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan | ||||||
18 | Exposition and
Auditorium
Authority;
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19 | (16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium | ||||||
20 | Districts;
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21 | (17) Elected Officers of special districts not | ||||||
22 | otherwise designated in
this Section for which the law | ||||||
23 | governing those districts does not permit
candidates of | ||||||
24 | political parties.
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25 | (d) At the consolidated primary election in each | ||||||
26 | odd-numbered year,
candidates of political parties shall be |
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1 | nominated for those offices to be
filled at the consolidated | ||||||
2 | election in that year, except where pursuant to
law nomination | ||||||
3 | of candidates of political parties is made by caucus, and
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4 | except those offices listed in paragraphs (12) through (17) of | ||||||
5 | subsection
(c).
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6 | At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate | ||||||
7 | odd-numbered years,
the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and aldermen | ||||||
8 | shall be elected in
municipalities in which
candidates for | ||||||
9 | mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderman are not permitted by
law | ||||||
10 | to be candidates
of political parties, subject to runoff | ||||||
11 | elections to be held at the
consolidated election as may be | ||||||
12 | required
by law, and municipal officers shall be nominated in a | ||||||
13 | nonpartisan election
in municipalities in which pursuant to law | ||||||
14 | candidates for such office are
not permitted to be candidates | ||||||
15 | of political parties.
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16 | At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate | ||||||
17 | odd-numbered years,
municipal officers shall be nominated or | ||||||
18 | elected, or elected subject to
a runoff, as may be provided by | ||||||
19 | an ordinance providing a form of government
of the municipality | ||||||
20 | pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution.
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21 | (e) (Blank).
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22 | (f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, public | ||||||
23 | questions may
be submitted to voters pursuant to this Code and | ||||||
24 | any special election
otherwise required or authorized by law or | ||||||
25 | by court order may be conducted
pursuant to this Code.
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26 | Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of officers |
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1 | established
in this Article, whenever a referendum is held for | ||||||
2 | the establishment of
a political subdivision whose officers are | ||||||
3 | to be elected, the initial officers
shall be elected at the | ||||||
4 | election at which such referendum is held if otherwise
so | ||||||
5 | provided by law. In such cases, the election of the initial | ||||||
6 | officers
shall be subject to the referendum.
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7 | Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of | ||||||
8 | officials established
in this Article, any community college | ||||||
9 | district which becomes effective by
operation of law pursuant | ||||||
10 | to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College
Act, as now or | ||||||
11 | hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
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12 | members at the next regularly scheduled election following the | ||||||
13 | effective
date of the new district.
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14 | (g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in | ||||||
15 | any precinct
there are no offices or public questions required | ||||||
16 | to be on the ballot under
this Code then no election shall be | ||||||
17 | held in the precinct on that date.
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18 | (h) There may be conducted a
referendum in accordance with | ||||||
19 | the provisions of Division 6-4 of the
Counties Code.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96; 89-95,
eff. 1-1-96; 89-626, | ||||||
21 | eff. 8-9-96; 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
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22 | (10 ILCS 5/2A-48) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-48)
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23 | Sec. 2A-48. Board of School Directors - Member - Time of | ||||||
24 | Election. A
member of a Board of School Directors or a member | ||||||
25 | of an elected Board of
Education, as the case may be, shall be |
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1 | elected at each general consolidated
election to succeed each | ||||||
2 | incumbent member whose term ends before the
following general | ||||||
3 | consolidated election.
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4 | (Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
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5 | (10 ILCS 5/2A-49) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-49)
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6 | Sec. 2A-49. Board of School Inspectors - Member - Time of | ||||||
7 | Election. A member of a Board of School Inspectors shall be | ||||||
8 | elected at the
general consolidated election which immediately | ||||||
9 | precedes the
expiration of the
term of any incumbent school | ||||||
10 | inspector, to succeed each incumbent school
inspector whose | ||||||
11 | term ends before the following general consolidated
election.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
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13 | (10 ILCS 5/2A-54) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-54)
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14 | Sec. 2A-54.
(a) In those cases in which the election to an | ||||||
15 | office is changed
by the consolidation of elections to an | ||||||
16 | earlier or later month in the same
year or to a different year, | ||||||
17 | the term of any incumbent serving on December
1, 1980 is | ||||||
18 | extended to the first Monday in the first month following the
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19 | election of his successor and until the successor has | ||||||
20 | qualified, and the
term of the successor in office shall | ||||||
21 | commence on that first Monday.
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22 | The term of office of a person elected at a nonpartisan | ||||||
23 | election whose
term begins before the effective date of this | ||||||
24 | amendatory Act of 1997 shall
expire on the date that his or her |
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1 | term would have expired had this amendatory
Act of 1997 not | ||||||
2 | been enacted. The term of office of a person elected at a
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3 | consolidated election held on or after the effective date of | ||||||
4 | this amendatory
Act of
1997 to succeed to a term of office of a | ||||||
5 | person elected at a nonpartisan
election shall begin upon the | ||||||
6 | termination of the predecessor's term of office.
The term of | ||||||
7 | office of a person elected to succeed to a term of office of a
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8 | person elected at a nonpartisan election shall end after the | ||||||
9 | next consolidated
election at which a successor is elected and | ||||||
10 | at the regularly scheduled time
for the ending of terms of | ||||||
11 | office as provided in the Act or Acts creating or
governing | ||||||
12 | that unit of local government or school district.
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13 | However,
this general provision for the transition of terms | ||||||
14 | of office in relation
to the adoption of a uniform schedule of | ||||||
15 | elections shall be subject to the
specific provisions for the | ||||||
16 | transition of terms of office in the several
Acts creating or | ||||||
17 | governing the creation of various units of local government
and | ||||||
18 | school districts, as amended.
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19 | (b) With respect to the election of members of a board of | ||||||
20 | school directors, board of education, or board of school | ||||||
21 | inspectors being changed from the consolidated election to the | ||||||
22 | general election under this amendatory Act of the 99th General | ||||||
23 | Assembly, the term of any incumbent serving on January 1, 2016 | ||||||
24 | is extended until his or her successor is elected and has | ||||||
25 | qualified. | ||||||
26 | (Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
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1 | Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | ||||||
2 | 9-5, 10-4, 10-10, 10-16, 11E-55, 32-1.1, and 32-2.12 as | ||||||
3 | follows:
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4 | (105 ILCS 5/9-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 9-5)
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5 | Sec. 9-5. Election dates and terms of offices. | ||||||
6 | (a) The dates
upon which school officer elections shall be | ||||||
7 | held are
as established in the general election law. Members of | ||||||
8 | boards of education
shall unless otherwise provided serve terms | ||||||
9 | of 4 years.
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10 | (b) If, at a regularly scheduled election, a proposition
is | ||||||
11 | submitted to the voters of a district, as provided by a | ||||||
12 | resolution
of the board, on the question of
whether board | ||||||
13 | members should serve for 6 year terms and the proposition
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14 | receives the affirmative vote of those voting thereon, members | ||||||
15 | of the board
of education shall thereafter serve for terms of 6 | ||||||
16 | years. | ||||||
17 | (c) The term of any incumbent serving on a school board on | ||||||
18 | January 1, 2016 is extended until his or her successor is | ||||||
19 | elected and has qualified as provided under subsection (b) of | ||||||
20 | Section 2A-54 of the Election Code.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 82-1014.)
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22 | (105 ILCS 5/10-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-4)
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23 | Sec. 10-4. Election of directors.
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1 | (a) In all districts, directors shall be elected in each | ||||||
2 | even-numbered odd-numbered
year, each for a term of 4 years.
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3 | (b) In consolidated districts where 5 directors
are elected | ||||||
4 | in 1981 pursuant to the extension of terms provided by law for
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5 | transition to the consolidated election schedule under the | ||||||
6 | general election
law, those directors elected shall, by lot, | ||||||
7 | determine
2 of their number to serve 2 years and 3 to serve 4 | ||||||
8 | years; their successors
shall serve for a 4 year term.
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9 | (c) If a proposition to increase the membership of a school | ||||||
10 | district's
board of school directors to 7 directors and to | ||||||
11 | elect a new 7-member board of
school directors to replace the | ||||||
12 | district's existing board of 3 school directors
is approved by | ||||||
13 | the electors of the district at a regular scheduled election as
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14 | provided in subsection (b) of Section 10-1, 7 members shall be | ||||||
15 | elected at the
next regular school election, in the manner | ||||||
16 | provided by Article 9, to serve as
the board of school | ||||||
17 | directors of that district. The terms of office of the 3
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18 | members of the board of school directors serving at the time of | ||||||
19 | the election of
the initial 7-member board of school directors | ||||||
20 | shall expire when the 7 newly
elected members of the initial | ||||||
21 | 7-member board of school directors assume office
and are | ||||||
22 | organized as provided in Section 10-5. At their organizational
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23 | meeting, the initial members of the 7-member board of school | ||||||
24 | directors shall by
lot determine 4 of their number to serve 4 | ||||||
25 | year terms and 3 of their number to
serve 2 year terms. Their | ||||||
26 | successors shall serve for a 4 year term.
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1 | (d) In all other districts, one school director
shall be | ||||||
2 | elected in each district every
other even-numbered | ||||||
3 | odd-numbered year, and 2 two school directors shall be elected | ||||||
4 | in the
intervening even-numbered odd-numbered years.
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5 | (e) When a vacancy occurs in the membership of any board
of | ||||||
6 | school directors the remaining members shall,
within 30
days, | ||||||
7 | fill the vacancy by appointment until the next regular school
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8 | election, or, upon their failure so to do, the regional | ||||||
9 | superintendent
shall make such appointment within the next 30 | ||||||
10 | days to fill the
vacancy as herein provided.
Upon the regional | ||||||
11 | superintendent's failure
to fill the vacancy, the vacancy shall | ||||||
12 | be filled at the next regularly
scheduled
election.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 90-757, eff. 8-14-98.)
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14 | (105 ILCS 5/10-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-10)
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15 | Sec. 10-10. Board of education; term; vacancy. All school | ||||||
16 | districts
having a population of not fewer than 1,000 and not | ||||||
17 | more than 500,000
inhabitants, as ascertained by any special or | ||||||
18 | general census, and not
governed by special Acts, shall be | ||||||
19 | governed by a board of education
consisting of 7 members, | ||||||
20 | serving without compensation except as herein
provided. Each | ||||||
21 | member shall be elected for a term of 4 years for the initial | ||||||
22 | members
of the board of education of a combined school district | ||||||
23 | to which that
subsection applies. If 5 members are elected in | ||||||
24 | 1983 pursuant to the extension
of terms provided by
law for | ||||||
25 | transition to the consolidated election schedule under the |
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1 | general
election law, 2 of those members shall be elected to | ||||||
2 | serve terms of 2 years
and 3 shall be elected to serve terms of | ||||||
3 | 4 years; their successors shall
serve for a 4 year term. When | ||||||
4 | the voters of a district have voted to elect
members of the | ||||||
5 | board of education for 6 year terms, as provided in Section
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6 | 9-5, the terms of office of members of the board of education | ||||||
7 | of that
district expire when their successors assume office but | ||||||
8 | not later than 7
days after such election. If at the regular | ||||||
9 | school election held in the
first even-numbered odd-numbered | ||||||
10 | year after the determination to elect members for 6 year
terms | ||||||
11 | 2 members are elected, they shall serve for a 6 year term; and | ||||||
12 | of the
members elected at the next regular school election 3 | ||||||
13 | shall serve for a
term of 6 years and 2 shall serve a term of 2 | ||||||
14 | years. Thereafter members
elected in such districts shall be | ||||||
15 | elected to a 6 year term. If at the
regular school election | ||||||
16 | held in the first even-numbered odd-numbered year after the
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17 | determination to elect members for 6 year terms 3 members are | ||||||
18 | elected, they
shall serve for a 6 year term; and of the members | ||||||
19 | elected at the next
regular school election 2 shall serve for a | ||||||
20 | term of 2 years and 2 shall
serve for a term of 6 years. | ||||||
21 | Thereafter members elected in such districts
shall be elected | ||||||
22 | to a 6 year term. If at the regular school election held
in the | ||||||
23 | first even-numbered odd-numbered year after the determination | ||||||
24 | to elect members for
6 year terms 4 members are elected, 3 | ||||||
25 | shall serve for a term of 6 years and
one shall serve for a term | ||||||
26 | of 2 years; and of the members elected at the
next regular |
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1 | school election 2 shall serve for terms of 6 years and 2 shall
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2 | serve for terms of 2 years. Thereafter members elected in such | ||||||
3 | districts
shall be elected to a 6 year term. If at the regular | ||||||
4 | school election held
in the first even-numbered odd-numbered | ||||||
5 | year after the determination to elect members for
a 6 year term | ||||||
6 | 5 members are elected, 3 shall serve for a term of 6 years
and 2 | ||||||
7 | shall serve for a term of 2 years; and of the members elected | ||||||
8 | at the
next regular school election 2 shall serve for terms of | ||||||
9 | 6 years and 2 shall
serve for terms of 2 years. Thereafter | ||||||
10 | members elected in such districts
shall be elected to a 6 year | ||||||
11 | term. An election for board members shall not
be held in school | ||||||
12 | districts which by consolidation, annexation or otherwise
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13 | shall cease to exist as a school district within 6 months after | ||||||
14 | the
election date, and the term of all board members which | ||||||
15 | would otherwise
terminate shall be continued until such | ||||||
16 | district shall cease to exist. Each
member, on the date of his | ||||||
17 | or her election, shall be a
citizen of the United
States of the | ||||||
18 | age of 18 years or over, shall be a resident of the State and
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19 | the
territory of the district for at least one year immediately | ||||||
20 | preceding his or
her
election, shall be a registered voter as | ||||||
21 | provided in the general election
law,
shall not be a school | ||||||
22 | trustee, and shall not be a child
sex offender as defined in | ||||||
23 | Section 11-9.3 of the
Criminal Code of 2012. When the board of
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24 | education is the successor of the school directors, all rights | ||||||
25 | of property,
and all rights regarding causes of action existing | ||||||
26 | or vested in such
directors, shall vest in it as fully as they |
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1 | were vested in the school
directors. Terms of members are | ||||||
2 | subject to Section 2A-54 of the Election Code.
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3 | Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid | ||||||
4 | unless the candidate
named therein files with the county clerk | ||||||
5 | or the county board of election commissioners, as the case may | ||||||
6 | be, of the county in which the principal office of the school | ||||||
7 | district is located a receipt
from the county clerk showing | ||||||
8 | that the candidate has filed a statement of
economic interests | ||||||
9 | as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
Such | ||||||
10 | receipt shall be so filed either previously during the calendar | ||||||
11 | year
in which his nomination papers were filed or within the | ||||||
12 | period for the filing
of nomination papers in accordance with | ||||||
13 | the general election law.
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14 | Whenever a vacancy occurs, the remaining members shall | ||||||
15 | notify the
regional superintendent of that vacancy within 5 | ||||||
16 | days after its occurrence
and shall proceed to fill the vacancy | ||||||
17 | until the next regular school
election, at which election a | ||||||
18 | successor shall be elected to serve the
remainder of the | ||||||
19 | unexpired term. However, if the vacancy occurs with less
than | ||||||
20 | 868 days remaining in the term, or if the vacancy occurs
less | ||||||
21 | than 88
days before the next regularly scheduled election for | ||||||
22 | this office then the
person so appointed shall serve the | ||||||
23 | remainder of the unexpired term, and no
election to fill the | ||||||
24 | vacancy shall be held. Should they fail so to
act, within 45 | ||||||
25 | days after the vacancy occurs, the regional superintendent
of | ||||||
26 | schools under whose supervision and control the district is |
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1 | operating,
as defined in Section 3-14.2 of this Act, shall | ||||||
2 | within 30 days after the
remaining members have failed to fill | ||||||
3 | the vacancy, fill the vacancy as
provided for herein. Upon the | ||||||
4 | regional superintendent's failure to fill the
vacancy, the | ||||||
5 | vacancy shall be filled at the next regularly scheduled
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6 | election. Whether elected or appointed by the remaining members | ||||||
7 | or regional
superintendent, the successor shall be an | ||||||
8 | inhabitant of the particular area
from which his or her | ||||||
9 | predecessor was elected if the residential requirements
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10 | contained in Section 10-10.5 or 12-2 of this Code apply.
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11 | A board of education may appoint a student to the board to | ||||||
12 | serve in an advisory capacity. The student member shall serve | ||||||
13 | for a term as determined by the board. The board may not grant | ||||||
14 | the student member any voting privileges, but shall consider | ||||||
15 | the 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. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)
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18 | (105 ILCS 5/10-16) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-16)
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19 | Sec. 10-16. Organization of Board. Within 28 days after the | ||||||
20 | general consolidated
election, other than the consolidated | ||||||
21 | elections in 1999 and 2001, the
board shall organize by | ||||||
22 | electing its officers and fixing a time and place
for the | ||||||
23 | regular meetings. However, when school board members are | ||||||
24 | elected at
the consolidated elections held in April of 1999 and | ||||||
25 | April of 2001, the board
shall organize within 7 days after the |
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1 | first Tuesday after the first Monday of
November in each such | ||||||
2 | year by electing officers and setting the time and place
of the | ||||||
3 | regular meetings. Upon organizing itself as provided in this | ||||||
4 | paragraph,
the board shall enter upon the discharge of its | ||||||
5 | duties.
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6 | The regional superintendent of schools having supervision | ||||||
7 | and control, as
provided in Section 3-14.2, of a new school
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8 | district that is governed by this the School Code and formed on | ||||||
9 | or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1998 | ||||||
10 | shall convene
the newly elected board within 7 days after the | ||||||
11 | election of the board of
education of that district, whereupon
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12 | the board
shall proceed to organize by electing one of their | ||||||
13 | number as
president and
electing a secretary, who may or may | ||||||
14 | not be a member. At such meeting the
length of term of each of | ||||||
15 | the members shall be determined by lot so that 4
shall serve | ||||||
16 | for 4 years, and 3 for 2 years from the commencement of their
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17 | terms; provided, however, if such members were not elected at | ||||||
18 | the
general consolidated election in an odd-numbered year , such | ||||||
19 | initial
terms shall be
extended to the general consolidated | ||||||
20 | election for school board
members immediately
following the | ||||||
21 | expiration of the initial 4 or 2 year terms.
The provisions of | ||||||
22 | this paragraph that relate to the determination of terms by
lot | ||||||
23 | shall not apply to the initial members of the board of | ||||||
24 | education of a
combined school district who are to be elected | ||||||
25 | to unstaggered terms.
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26 | The terms of the
officers of a board of education shall be |
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1 | for 2 years, except that
the
terms of the officers elected at | ||||||
2 | the organization meeting in November, 2001
shall expire at the | ||||||
3 | organization meeting in April, 2003; provided that the
board by | ||||||
4 | resolution may
establish a policy for the terms of office to be | ||||||
5 | one year, and provide for
the election of officers.
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6 | Special meetings of the board of education may be called by | ||||||
7 | the president
or by any 3 members of the board by giving notice | ||||||
8 | thereof in writing, stating
the time, place and purpose of the | ||||||
9 | meeting. Such notice may be served by
mail 48 hours before such | ||||||
10 | meeting or by personal service 24 hours before
such meeting. | ||||||
11 | Public notice of meetings must also be given as prescribed in
| ||||||
12 | Sections 2.02 and 2.03 of the Open Meetings Act, as now or | ||||||
13 | hereafter amended.
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14 | At each regular and special meeting which is open to the | ||||||
15 | public, members
of the public and employees of the district | ||||||
16 | shall be afforded time, subject
to reasonable constraints, to | ||||||
17 | comment to or ask questions of the board.
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18 | The president or district superintendent shall, at each | ||||||
19 | regular board
meeting, report any requests made of the district | ||||||
20 | under provisions of the The
Freedom of Information Act and | ||||||
21 | shall report the status of the district's
response.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04; 94-1019, eff. 7-10-06.)
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23 | (105 ILCS 5/11E-55) | ||||||
24 | Sec. 11E-55. Holding of elections. | ||||||
25 | (a) Elections provided by this Article shall be conducted |
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1 | in accordance with the general election law. The regional | ||||||
2 | superintendent of schools shall perform the election duties | ||||||
3 | assigned by law to the secretary of a school board for the | ||||||
4 | election and shall certify the officers and candidates | ||||||
5 | therefore pursuant to the general election law. | ||||||
6 | (b) Nomination papers filed under this Article are not | ||||||
7 | valid unless the candidate named therein files with the | ||||||
8 | regional superintendent of schools a receipt from the county | ||||||
9 | clerk showing that the candidate has filed a statement of | ||||||
10 | economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental | ||||||
11 | Ethics Act. This receipt shall be so filed either previously | ||||||
12 | during the calendar year in which his or her nomination papers | ||||||
13 | were filed or within the period for the filing of nomination | ||||||
14 | papers in accordance with the general election law. | ||||||
15 | (c)(1) If the petition requests the election of school | ||||||
16 | board members of the school district proposed to be created at | ||||||
17 | the same election at which the proposition to establish that | ||||||
18 | district is to be submitted to voters or if the regional | ||||||
19 | superintendent of schools finds it to be in the best interest | ||||||
20 | of the districts involved to elect school board members of the | ||||||
21 | school district proposed to be created at the same a | ||||||
22 | consolidated election or general primary election, then that | ||||||
23 | fact shall be included in the notice of referendum. | ||||||
24 | (2) If the members of the school board of the school | ||||||
25 | district proposed to be created are not to be elected at the | ||||||
26 | same election at which the proposition to establish that |
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1 | district is to be submitted to the voters, then the regional | ||||||
2 | superintendent of schools shall order an election to be held on | ||||||
3 | the next regularly scheduled election date for the purpose of | ||||||
4 | electing a school board for that district. | ||||||
5 | (3) In either event, the school board elected for a new | ||||||
6 | school district or districts created under this Article shall | ||||||
7 | consist of 7 members who shall have the terms and the powers | ||||||
8 | and duties of school boards as provided by statute. | ||||||
9 | (d) All notices regarding propositions for reorganization | ||||||
10 | or creation of new school districts under this Article shall be | ||||||
11 | given in accordance with the general election law in | ||||||
12 | substantially the following form: | ||||||
13 | (1) Notice in high school - unit conversion or unit to | ||||||
14 | dual conversion:
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15 | NOTICE OF REFERENDUM TO DISSOLVE
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16 | CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND
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17 | ESTABLISH CERTAIN NEW SCHOOL DISTRICTS
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18 | NOTICE is hereby given that on (insert date), a | ||||||
19 | referendum will be held in part(s) of ....... county | ||||||
20 | (counties) for the purpose of voting for or against the | ||||||
21 | proposition to dissolve (here identify the school | ||||||
22 | districts to be dissolved by name and number) and to | ||||||
23 | establish new school districts for the following described | ||||||
24 | territory: A new (here specify elementary, high school, or |
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1 | unit) district shall be formed from (here describe the | ||||||
2 | territory, which, for territory currently included in an | ||||||
3 | entire school district, may be a general reference to all | ||||||
4 | of the territory included within that particular school | ||||||
5 | district). (Here repeat the territory information for each | ||||||
6 | new school district.) | ||||||
7 | The election is called and will be held pursuant to an | ||||||
8 | order of the Regional Superintendent dated on (insert | ||||||
9 | date), which order states that if a majority of the voters | ||||||
10 | in each of the affected districts voting on the proposition | ||||||
11 | at the referendum vote in favor thereof, the tax rates for | ||||||
12 | various purposes of the new districts shall be as follows: | ||||||
13 | For the new (here specify elementary, high school, or unit) | ||||||
14 | district formed from the territory of (here describe | ||||||
15 | territory, which, for territory currently included in an | ||||||
16 | entire school district, may be a general reference to all | ||||||
17 | of the territory included within that particular | ||||||
18 | district), the tax rates for various purposes shall be | ||||||
19 | (here specify the maximum tax rates for various purposes | ||||||
20 | the proposed school district is authorized to levy and, if | ||||||
21 | applicable, the specifications related to the Property Tax | ||||||
22 | Extension Limitation Law, in accordance with Section | ||||||
23 | 11E-80 of this Code). (Here repeat the tax rate information | ||||||
24 | for each new school district.) | ||||||
25 | Dated (insert date).
| ||||||
26 | Regional Superintendent of Schools ..................
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1 | (2) Notice for combined school district formation:
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2 | NOTICE OF REFERENDUM
| ||||||
3 | TO ESTABLISH COMBINED SCHOOL DISTRICT
| ||||||
4 | NOTICE is hereby given that on (insert date), a | ||||||
5 | referendum will be held in part(s) of ....... county | ||||||
6 | (counties) for the purpose of voting for or against the | ||||||
7 | proposition to establish a combined (here insert | ||||||
8 | elementary, high school, or unit) school district for the | ||||||
9 | following described territory: (here describe the | ||||||
10 | territory, which, for territory currently included in an | ||||||
11 | entire school district, may be a general reference to all | ||||||
12 | of the territory included within that particular school | ||||||
13 | district). The election is called and will be held pursuant | ||||||
14 | to an order of the Regional Superintendent dated on (insert | ||||||
15 | date), which order states that if a majority of the voters | ||||||
16 | in each of the affected school districts voting on the | ||||||
17 | proposition at the referendum vote in favor thereof, the | ||||||
18 | tax rates for various purposes of the proposed combined | ||||||
19 | school district shall be (here specify the maximum tax | ||||||
20 | rates for various purposes the proposed combined school | ||||||
21 | district is authorized to levy and, if applicable, the | ||||||
22 | specifications related to the Property Tax Extension | ||||||
23 | Limitation Law, in accordance with Section 11E-80 of this |
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1 | Code).
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2 | Dated (insert date).
| ||||||
3 | Regional Superintendent of Schools ..................
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4 | (3) Notice for unit district formation (other than a | ||||||
5 | partial elementary unit district):
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6 | NOTICE OF REFERENDUM TO ESTABLISH
| ||||||
7 | A COMMUNITY UNIT DISTRICT
| ||||||
8 | NOTICE is hereby given that on (insert date), a | ||||||
9 | referendum will be held in part(s) of ....... county | ||||||
10 | (counties) for the purpose of voting for or against the | ||||||
11 | proposition to establish a unit district for the following | ||||||
12 | described territory: (here describe the territory, which, | ||||||
13 | for territory currently included in an entire school | ||||||
14 | district, may be a general reference to all of the | ||||||
15 | territory included within that particular school | ||||||
16 | district). The election is called and will be held pursuant | ||||||
17 | to an order of the Regional Superintendent dated on (insert | ||||||
18 | date), which order states that if a majority of the voters | ||||||
19 | in each of the affected school districts voting on the | ||||||
20 | proposition at the referendum vote in favor thereof, the | ||||||
21 | tax rates for various purposes for the proposed unit | ||||||
22 | district shall be (here specify the maximum tax rates for | ||||||
23 | various purposes the proposed unit district shall be |
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1 | authorized to levy and, if applicable, the specifications | ||||||
2 | related to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, in | ||||||
3 | accordance with Section 11E-80 of this Code).
| ||||||
4 | Dated (insert date).
| ||||||
5 | Regional Superintendent of Schools ..................
| ||||||
6 | (4) Notice for combined high school - unit district | ||||||
7 | formation:
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8 | NOTICE OF REFERENDUM
| ||||||
9 | TO ESTABLISH COMBINED HIGH SCHOOL - UNIT DISTRICT
| ||||||
10 | NOTICE is hereby given that on (insert date), a | ||||||
11 | referendum will be held in part(s) of ....... county | ||||||
12 | (counties) for the purpose of voting for or against the | ||||||
13 | proposition to establish a combined high school - unit | ||||||
14 | district for the following described territory: (here | ||||||
15 | describe the territory, which, for territory currently | ||||||
16 | included in an entire school district, may be a general | ||||||
17 | reference to all of the territory included within that | ||||||
18 | particular school district). The following described | ||||||
19 | territory shall be included in the combined high school - | ||||||
20 | unit district for high school purposes only: (here describe | ||||||
21 | the territory that will be included only for high school | ||||||
22 | purposes, which, for territory currently included in an | ||||||
23 | entire school district, may be a general reference to all |
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| |||||||
1 | of the territory included within that particular school | ||||||
2 | district). The election is called and will be held pursuant | ||||||
3 | to an order of the Regional Superintendent dated on (insert | ||||||
4 | date), which order states that if a majority of the voters | ||||||
5 | in each of the affected school districts voting on the | ||||||
6 | proposition at the referendum vote in favor thereof, the | ||||||
7 | tax rates for various purposes for the proposed combined | ||||||
8 | high school - unit district shall be (here specify the | ||||||
9 | maximum tax rates for various purposes the proposed | ||||||
10 | combined high school - unit district shall be authorized to | ||||||
11 | levy and, if applicable, the specifications related to the | ||||||
12 | Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, in accordance with | ||||||
13 | Sections 11E-80 and 11E-90 of this Code).
| ||||||
14 | Dated (insert date).
| ||||||
15 | Regional Superintendent of Schools ..................
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16 |
(5) Notice for multi-unit conversion:
| ||||||
17 | NOTICE OF REFERENDUM TO DISSOLVE CERTAIN
| ||||||
18 | UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND ESTABLISH CERTAIN
| ||||||
19 | NEW SCHOOL DISTRICTS
| ||||||
20 | NOTICE is hereby given that on (insert date), a | ||||||
21 | referendum will be held in part(s) of ....... county | ||||||
22 | (counties) for the purpose of voting for or against the | ||||||
23 | proposition to dissolve (here identify the districts to be |
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1 | dissolved by name and number) and to establish new school | ||||||
2 | districts for the following described territory: A new | ||||||
3 | (here specify elementary or combined high school - unit) | ||||||
4 | district shall be formed from (here describe the territory, | ||||||
5 | which, for territory currently included in an entire school | ||||||
6 | district, may be a general reference to all of the | ||||||
7 | territory included within that particular school | ||||||
8 | district). (Here repeat the territory information for each | ||||||
9 | new school district.) The following described territory | ||||||
10 | shall be included in the proposed combined high school - | ||||||
11 | unit district only for high school purposes: (here describe | ||||||
12 | the territory that will only be included for high school | ||||||
13 | purposes, which, for territory currently included in an | ||||||
14 | entire school district, may be a general reference to all | ||||||
15 | of the territory included within that particular school | ||||||
16 | district). | ||||||
17 | The election is called and will be held pursuant to an | ||||||
18 | order of the Regional Superintendent dated on (insert | ||||||
19 | date), which order states that if a majority of the voters | ||||||
20 | in each of the affected districts voting on the proposition | ||||||
21 | at the referendum vote in favor thereof, the tax rates for | ||||||
22 | various purposes of the new districts shall be as follows: | ||||||
23 | For the new elementary district formed from the territory | ||||||
24 | of (here identify the unit district by name and number) the | ||||||
25 | tax rates for various purposes shall be (here specify the | ||||||
26 | maximum tax rates for various purposes the proposed |
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| |||||||
1 | elementary district is authorized to levy and, if | ||||||
2 | applicable, the specifications related to the Property Tax | ||||||
3 | Extension Limitation Law, in accordance with Section | ||||||
4 | 11E-80 of this Code). (Here repeat the tax rate and | ||||||
5 | Property Tax Extension Limitation Law information for each | ||||||
6 | new elementary district.) For the new combined high school - | ||||||
7 | unit district, the tax rates for various purposes shall | ||||||
8 | be (here specify the maximum tax rates for various purposes | ||||||
9 | the proposed combined high school - unit district shall be | ||||||
10 | authorized to levy and, if applicable, the specifications | ||||||
11 | related to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, in | ||||||
12 | accordance with Sections 11E-80 and 11E-90 of this Code).
| ||||||
13 | Dated (insert date).
| ||||||
14 | Regional Superintendent of Schools ..................
| ||||||
15 | (6) Notice for optional elementary unit district | ||||||
16 | formation:
| ||||||
17 | NOTICE OF REFERENDUM TO ESTABLISH
| ||||||
18 | AN OPTIONAL ELEMENTARY UNIT DISTRICT
| ||||||
19 | NOTICE is hereby given that on (insert date), a | ||||||
20 | referendum will be held in part(s) of ....... county | ||||||
21 | (counties) for the purpose of voting for or against the | ||||||
22 | proposition to establish an optional elementary unit | ||||||
23 | district for the following described territory: (here |
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| |||||||
1 | describe the elementary and high school district territory | ||||||
2 | by name and number). If a majority of the voters in one or | ||||||
3 | more of the affected elementary districts and in the | ||||||
4 | affected high school district voting on the proposition at | ||||||
5 | the referendum vote in favor thereof, all of the territory | ||||||
6 | included within the affected high school district shall be | ||||||
7 | included in the optional elementary unit district for high | ||||||
8 | school purposes. However, only the territory of elementary | ||||||
9 | districts in which a majority of the voters voting in the | ||||||
10 | proposition at the referendum vote in favor thereof shall | ||||||
11 | be included in the optional elementary unit district for | ||||||
12 | elementary purposes. The election is called and will be | ||||||
13 | held pursuant to an order of the Regional Superintendent | ||||||
14 | dated on (insert date), which order states that if a | ||||||
15 | majority of the voters in one or more of the affected | ||||||
16 | elementary districts and in the affected high school | ||||||
17 | district voting on the proposition at the referendum vote | ||||||
18 | in favor thereof, the tax rates for various purposes for | ||||||
19 | the proposed optional elementary unit district shall be | ||||||
20 | (here list the maximum tax rates for various purposes the | ||||||
21 | proposed optional elementary unit district is authorized | ||||||
22 | to levy and, if applicable, the specifications related to | ||||||
23 | the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, in accordance | ||||||
24 | with Sections 11E-80 and 11E-95 of this Code).
| ||||||
25 | Dated (insert date).
| ||||||
26 | Regional Superintendent of Schools ..................
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (7) Notice for an elementary district to opt into a | ||||||
2 | partial elementary unit district:
| ||||||
3 | NOTICE OF REFERENDUM TO JOIN
| ||||||
4 | AN OPTIONAL ELEMENTARY UNIT DISTRICT
| ||||||
5 | NOTICE is hereby given that on (insert date), a | ||||||
6 | referendum will be held in part(s) of ....... county | ||||||
7 | (counties) for the purpose of voting for or against the | ||||||
8 | proposition to dissolve an elementary district and join an | ||||||
9 | optional elementary unit district for kindergarten through | ||||||
10 | 12 grade-level purposes for all of the territory included | ||||||
11 | within (here identify the elementary district by name and | ||||||
12 | number). The election is called and will be held pursuant | ||||||
13 | to an order of the Regional Superintendent dated on (insert | ||||||
14 | date), which order states that if a majority of the voters | ||||||
15 | in the elementary school district voting on the proposition | ||||||
16 | at the referendum vote in favor thereof, the tax rates for | ||||||
17 | various purposes for the optional elementary unit district | ||||||
18 | shall be (here list the maximum tax rates for various | ||||||
19 | purposes the optional elementary unit district is | ||||||
20 | authorized to levy and, if applicable, the specifications | ||||||
21 | related to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, in | ||||||
22 | accordance with Sections 11E-80 and 11E-95 of this Code) | ||||||
23 | and the elementary district, prior to dissolution, shall |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | issue funding bonds pursuant to Sections 19-8 and 19-9 of | ||||||
2 | the School Code to liquidate any operational deficit or | ||||||
3 | debt incurred or accumulated since the date of the election | ||||||
4 | in which the proposition to form the optional elementary | ||||||
5 | unit district passed.
| ||||||
6 | Dated (insert date).
| ||||||
7 | Regional Superintendent of Schools ....................
| ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 94-1019, eff. 7-10-06.)
| ||||||
9 | (105 ILCS 5/32-1.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 32-1.1)
| ||||||
10 | Sec. 32-1.1. Election and powers of board - No provision in | ||||||
11 | special act. In all special charter districts maintaining | ||||||
12 | schools under any general school
laws, where there is no | ||||||
13 | provision in the special Acts creating such districts
for the | ||||||
14 | election of boards of education as otherwise provided, there | ||||||
15 | shall
be elected, in lieu of the school directors as now | ||||||
16 | provided, a board of
education, to consist of 7 members to be | ||||||
17 | elected at the time and in the
manner as provided by the | ||||||
18 | general election law for the
election and qualification of | ||||||
19 | boards of education in other cases. In any
district having a | ||||||
20 | population of more than 100,000 but less than
2,000,000
such | ||||||
21 | board may be increased in size to 11 members upon adoption by a | ||||||
22 | majority
of electors residing in the district and voting on the | ||||||
23 | question in a referendum
as provided in this Section. Such | ||||||
24 | question shall be submitted to the electors
at an election upon | ||||||
25 | a resolution adopted by the Board. Members
shall be elected |
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| |||||||
1 | biennially in the school district, whose term of office
shall | ||||||
2 | be 4 years,
and there shall also be elected in each | ||||||
3 | even-numbered odd-numbered year
a president of the board. | ||||||
4 | Following the first such election, those members
elected, other | ||||||
5 | than the president, shall, by lot, determine 3 to serve 2
years | ||||||
6 | and 3 to serve 4 years; thereafter, all terms shall be 4 years. | ||||||
7 | In
other cases, however, if 4 members, other than the | ||||||
8 | president, are elected
in 1983, then those elected shall, by | ||||||
9 | lot, determine one to serve for 2
years and 3 to serve 4 years; | ||||||
10 | thereafter all terms shall be 4 years. In
neither case shall | ||||||
11 | such determinations affect the biennial selection of
the | ||||||
12 | president. At the first regular school election after
the | ||||||
13 | adoption by the district electors of a question as provided in | ||||||
14 | this
Section increasing the size of the board in those | ||||||
15 | districts entitled to
exercise an option for and elect an 11 | ||||||
16 | member board, 4 additional members
shall be elected and shall | ||||||
17 | determine by lot 2 to serve for 2
years and 2 for 4 years.
Their | ||||||
18 | successors shall serve for a 4 year term. In case of
an 11 | ||||||
19 | member board already in existence, if 7 members, other than the
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20 | president,
are elected in 1983 then those members elected | ||||||
21 | shall, by lot determine one
to serve 2 years and 6 to serve 4 | ||||||
22 | years. Terms thereafter shall be 4 years.
The board of | ||||||
23 | education shall have all the powers and duties of trustees
of | ||||||
24 | schools in school townships and the powers and duties of boards | ||||||
25 | of education
in districts having a population of not fewer than | ||||||
26 | 1,000 and not more than
500,000 as provided by this Act.
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1 | The day upon which the election provided for in this | ||||||
2 | section is to be held
is subject to the provisions of the | ||||||
3 | general election law.
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4 | (Source: P.A. 86-225.)
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5 | (105 ILCS 5/32-2.12) (from Ch. 122, par. 32-2.12)
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6 | Sec. 32-2.12. Time for election of board members. In all | ||||||
7 | special charter districts, the regular election of members
of | ||||||
8 | such boards shall hereafter be held on the date set for
school | ||||||
9 | elections
as provided in the general election law in
odd | ||||||
10 | numbered years .
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11 | (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
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