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| 1 | AN ACT concerning elections.
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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, 2A-50, and 2A-51 and by adding | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Section 2A-48.1 as follows:
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| 7 | (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)
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| 8 | Sec. 2A-1.2. Consolidated Schedule of Elections - Offices | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Designated.
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| 10 | (a) At the general election in the appropriate | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | even-numbered years, the
following offices shall be filled or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | shall be on the ballot as otherwise
required by this Code:
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| 13 | (1) Elector of President and Vice President of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | United States;
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| 15 | (2) United States Senator and United States | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Representative;
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| 17 | (3) State Executive Branch elected officers;
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| 18 | (4) State Senator and State Representative;
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| 19 | (5) County elected officers, including State's | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Attorney, County Board
member, County Commissioners, and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | elected President of the County Board or
County Chief | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | Executive;
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| 23 | (6) Circuit Court Clerk;
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| 1 | (7) Regional Superintendent of Schools, except in | ||||||
| 2 | counties or
educational service regions in which that | ||||||
| 3 | office has been abolished;
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| 4 | (8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit | ||||||
| 5 | Courts, on the question
of retention, to fill vacancies and | ||||||
| 6 | newly created judicial offices;
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| 7 | (9) (Blank);
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| 8 | (10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of | ||||||
| 9 | Chicago, and elected
Trustee of other Sanitary Districts;
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| 10 | (11) Special District elected officers, not otherwise | ||||||
| 11 | designated in this
Section, where the statute creating or | ||||||
| 12 | authorizing the creation of
the district requires an annual | ||||||
| 13 | election and permits or requires election
of candidates of | ||||||
| 14 | political parties; . | ||||||
| 15 | (12) Members of school boards in school districts that | ||||||
| 16 | adopt Article 33
of the School Code; | ||||||
| 17 | (13) Elected members of school boards, school | ||||||
| 18 | trustees, directors of
boards of school directors, | ||||||
| 19 | trustees of county boards of school trustees
(except in | ||||||
| 20 | counties or educational service regions having a | ||||||
| 21 | population
of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants), and members | ||||||
| 22 | of boards of school inspectors,
except school boards in | ||||||
| 23 | school
districts that adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
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| 24 | (14) Members of Community College district boards. | ||||||
| 25 | (b) At the general primary election:
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| 26 | (1) in each even-numbered year candidates of political | ||||||
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| 1 | parties shall be
nominated for those offices to be filled | ||||||
| 2 | at the general election in that
year, except where pursuant | ||||||
| 3 | to law nomination of candidates of political
parties is | ||||||
| 4 | made by caucus.
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| 5 | (2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the | ||||||
| 6 | political party offices of
State central committeeman, | ||||||
| 7 | township committeeman, ward committeeman, and
precinct | ||||||
| 8 | committeeman shall be filled and delegates and alternate | ||||||
| 9 | delegates
to the National nominating conventions shall be | ||||||
| 10 | elected as may be required
pursuant to this Code. In the | ||||||
| 11 | even-numbered years in which a Presidential
election is to | ||||||
| 12 | be held, candidates in the Presidential preference primary
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| 13 | shall also be on the ballot.
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| 14 | (3) in each even-numbered year, where the municipality | ||||||
| 15 | has provided for
annual elections to elect municipal | ||||||
| 16 | officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or
Section 7 of Article | ||||||
| 17 | VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the Illinois
Municipal | ||||||
| 18 | Code or pursuant to the municipal charter, the offices of | ||||||
| 19 | such
municipal officers shall be filled at an election held | ||||||
| 20 | on the date of the
general primary election, provided that | ||||||
| 21 | the municipal election shall be a
nonpartisan election | ||||||
| 22 | where required by the Illinois Municipal Code. For
partisan | ||||||
| 23 | municipal elections in even-numbered years, a primary to | ||||||
| 24 | nominate
candidates for municipal office to be elected at | ||||||
| 25 | the general primary
election shall be held on the Tuesday 6 | ||||||
| 26 | weeks preceding that election.
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| 1 | (4) in each school district which has adopted the | ||||||
| 2 | provisions of
Article 33 of the School Code, successors to | ||||||
| 3 | the members of the board
of education whose terms expire in | ||||||
| 4 | the year in which the general primary is
held shall be | ||||||
| 5 | elected.
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| 6 | (c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate | ||||||
| 7 | odd-numbered years,
the following offices shall be filled:
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| 8 | (1) Municipal officers, provided that in | ||||||
| 9 | municipalities in which
candidates for alderman or other | ||||||
| 10 | municipal office are not permitted by law
to be candidates | ||||||
| 11 | of political parties, the runoff election where required
by | ||||||
| 12 | law, or the nonpartisan election where required by law, | ||||||
| 13 | shall be held on
the date of the consolidated election; and | ||||||
| 14 | provided further, in the case of
municipal officers | ||||||
| 15 | provided for by an ordinance providing the form of
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| 16 | government of the municipality pursuant to Section 7 of | ||||||
| 17 | Article VII of the
Constitution, such offices shall be | ||||||
| 18 | filled by election or by runoff
election as may be provided | ||||||
| 19 | by such ordinance;
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| 20 | (2) Village and incorporated town library directors;
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| 21 | (3) City boards of stadium commissioners;
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| 22 | (4) Commissioners of park districts;
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| 23 | (5) Trustees of public library districts;
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| 24 | (6) Special District elected officers, not otherwise | ||||||
| 25 | designated in this
section, where the statute creating or | ||||||
| 26 | authorizing the creation of the district
permits or | ||||||
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| 1 | requires election of candidates of political parties;
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| 2 | (7) Township officers, including township park | ||||||
| 3 | commissioners, township
library directors, and boards of | ||||||
| 4 | managers of community buildings, and
Multi-Township | ||||||
| 5 | Assessors;
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| 6 | (8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
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| 7 | (9) (Blank); Members of school boards in school | ||||||
| 8 | districts which adopt Article 33
of the School Code;
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| 9 | (10) The directors and chairman of the Chain O Lakes - | ||||||
| 10 | Fox River Waterway
Management Agency;
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| 11 | (11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected | ||||||
| 12 | under Section 3.5 of
the Downstate Forest Preserve District | ||||||
| 13 | Act;
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| 14 | (12) (Blank); Elected members of school boards, school | ||||||
| 15 | trustees, directors of
boards of school directors, | ||||||
| 16 | trustees of county boards of school trustees
(except in | ||||||
| 17 | counties or educational service regions having a | ||||||
| 18 | population
of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and members of | ||||||
| 19 | boards of school inspectors,
except school boards in school
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| 20 | districts that adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
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| 21 | (13) (Blank); Members of Community College district | ||||||
| 22 | boards;
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| 23 | (14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
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| 24 | (15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan | ||||||
| 25 | Exposition and
Auditorium
Authority;
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| 26 | (16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium | ||||||
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| 1 | Districts;
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| 2 | (17) Elected Officers of special districts not | ||||||
| 3 | otherwise designated in
this Section for which the law | ||||||
| 4 | governing those districts does not permit
candidates of | ||||||
| 5 | political parties.
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| 6 | (d) At the consolidated primary election in each | ||||||
| 7 | odd-numbered year,
candidates of political parties shall be | ||||||
| 8 | nominated for those offices to be
filled at the consolidated | ||||||
| 9 | election in that year, except where pursuant to
law nomination | ||||||
| 10 | of candidates of political parties is made by caucus, and
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| 11 | except those offices listed in paragraphs (12) through (17) of | ||||||
| 12 | subsection
(c).
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| 13 | At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate | ||||||
| 14 | odd-numbered years,
the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and aldermen | ||||||
| 15 | shall be elected in
municipalities in which
candidates for | ||||||
| 16 | mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderman are not permitted by
law | ||||||
| 17 | to be candidates
of political parties, subject to runoff | ||||||
| 18 | elections to be held at the
consolidated election as may be | ||||||
| 19 | required
by law, and municipal officers shall be nominated in a | ||||||
| 20 | nonpartisan election
in municipalities in which pursuant to law | ||||||
| 21 | candidates for such office are
not permitted to be candidates | ||||||
| 22 | of political parties.
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| 23 | At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate | ||||||
| 24 | odd-numbered years,
municipal officers shall be nominated or | ||||||
| 25 | elected, or elected subject to
a runoff, as may be provided by | ||||||
| 26 | an ordinance providing a form of government
of the municipality | ||||||
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| 1 | pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution. | ||||||
| 2 | At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate | ||||||
| 3 | odd-numbered years, in each school district which has adopted | ||||||
| 4 | the provisions of
Article 33 of the School Code, successors to | ||||||
| 5 | the members of the board
of education whose terms expire in the | ||||||
| 6 | year in which the consolidated primary is
held shall be | ||||||
| 7 | elected.
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| 8 | (e) (Blank).
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| 9 | (f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, public | ||||||
| 10 | questions may
be submitted to voters pursuant to this Code and | ||||||
| 11 | any special election
otherwise required or authorized by law or | ||||||
| 12 | by court order may be conducted
pursuant to this Code.
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| 13 | Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of officers | ||||||
| 14 | established
in this Article, whenever a referendum is held for | ||||||
| 15 | the establishment of
a political subdivision whose officers are | ||||||
| 16 | to be elected, the initial officers
shall be elected at the | ||||||
| 17 | election at which such referendum is held if otherwise
so | ||||||
| 18 | provided by law. In such cases, the election of the initial | ||||||
| 19 | officers
shall be subject to the referendum.
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| 20 | Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of | ||||||
| 21 | officials established
in this Article, any community college | ||||||
| 22 | district which becomes effective by
operation of law pursuant | ||||||
| 23 | to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College
Act, as now or | ||||||
| 24 | hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
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| 25 | members at the next regularly scheduled election following the | ||||||
| 26 | effective
date of the new district.
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| 1 | (g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in | ||||||
| 2 | any precinct
there are no offices or public questions required | ||||||
| 3 | to be on the ballot under
this Code then no election shall be | ||||||
| 4 | held in the precinct on that date.
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| 5 | (h) There may be conducted a
referendum in accordance with | ||||||
| 6 | the provisions of Division 6-4 of the
Counties Code.
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| 7 | (Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96; 89-95,
eff. 1-1-96; 89-626, | ||||||
| 8 | eff. 8-9-96; 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| 9 | (10 ILCS 5/2A-48) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-48)
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| 10 | Sec. 2A-48. Board of School Directors - Member - Time of | ||||||
| 11 | Election. For elections prior to June 1, 2015, a A
member of a | ||||||
| 12 | Board of School Directors or a member of an elected Board of
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| 13 | Education, as the case may be, shall be elected at each | ||||||
| 14 | consolidated
election to succeed each incumbent member whose | ||||||
| 15 | term ends before the
following consolidated election. For | ||||||
| 16 | elections on and after June 1, 2015, and except for members of | ||||||
| 17 | a Board of Education in a school district that has adopted | ||||||
| 18 | Article 33 of the School Code, a member of a Board of School | ||||||
| 19 | Directors or a member of an elected Board of Education, as the | ||||||
| 20 | case may be, shall be elected at the general election that | ||||||
| 21 | immediately precedes the expiration of the term of any | ||||||
| 22 | incumbent member, to succeed each incumbent member whose term | ||||||
| 23 | ends before the following general election. | ||||||
| 24 | Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, and | ||||||
| 25 | except for members of a Board of Education in a school district | ||||||
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| 1 | that has adopted Article 33 of the School Code, the term of any | ||||||
| 2 | incumbent serving on the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||||||
| 3 | of the 99th General Assembly is extended to the first Monday in | ||||||
| 4 | the first month following the next general election after the | ||||||
| 5 | date that his or her term would have expired had this | ||||||
| 6 | amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly not been enacted, | ||||||
| 7 | and the term of the successor in office shall commence on that | ||||||
| 8 | first Monday.
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| 9 | (Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| 10 | (10 ILCS 5/2A-48.1 new) | ||||||
| 11 | Sec. 2A-48.1. Article 33 Board of Education - Member - Time | ||||||
| 12 | of Election. A member of a Board of Education in a school | ||||||
| 13 | district that has adopted Article 33 of the School Code shall | ||||||
| 14 | be elected at the general election or consolidated primary | ||||||
| 15 | election, as appropriate, that immediately precedes the | ||||||
| 16 | expiration of the term of any incumbent member, to succeed each | ||||||
| 17 | incumbent member whose term ends before the following general | ||||||
| 18 | election or consolidated primary election, as appropriate. | ||||||
| 19 | Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the | ||||||
| 20 | term of any incumbent member of a Board of Education in a | ||||||
| 21 | school district that has adopted Article 33 of the School Code | ||||||
| 22 | who is serving on the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
| 23 | the 99th General Assembly is extended to July 1 of the year | ||||||
| 24 | following the next election after the date that his or her term | ||||||
| 25 | would have expired had this amendatory Act of the 99th General | ||||||
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| 1 | Assembly not been enacted, and the term of the successor in | ||||||
| 2 | office shall commence on July 1 of that year.
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| 3 | (10 ILCS 5/2A-49) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-49)
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| 4 | Sec. 2A-49. Board of School Inspectors - Member - Time of | ||||||
| 5 | Election. For elections prior to June 1, 2015, a A member of a | ||||||
| 6 | Board of School Inspectors shall be elected at the
consolidated | ||||||
| 7 | election which immediately precedes the
expiration of the
term | ||||||
| 8 | of any incumbent school inspector, to succeed each incumbent | ||||||
| 9 | school
inspector whose term ends before the following | ||||||
| 10 | consolidated
election. For elections on and after June 1, 2015, | ||||||
| 11 | a member of a Board of School Inspectors shall be elected at | ||||||
| 12 | the general election that immediately precedes the expiration | ||||||
| 13 | of the term of any incumbent school inspector, to succeed each | ||||||
| 14 | incumbent member whose term ends before the following general | ||||||
| 15 | election.
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| 16 | Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the | ||||||
| 17 | term of any incumbent serving on the effective date of this | ||||||
| 18 | amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly is extended to the | ||||||
| 19 | first Monday in the first month following the next general | ||||||
| 20 | election after the date that his or her term would have expired | ||||||
| 21 | had this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly not been | ||||||
| 22 | enacted, and the term of the successor in office shall commence | ||||||
| 23 | on that first Monday. | ||||||
| 24 | (Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| 1 | (10 ILCS 5/2A-50) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-50)
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| 2 | Sec. 2A-50.
Regional Board of School Trustees - Trustee - | ||||||
| 3 | Time of
Election. For elections prior to June 1, 2015, and | ||||||
| 4 | except Except in educational service regions having a | ||||||
| 5 | population of
2,000,000 or more inhabitants, a trustee of a | ||||||
| 6 | Regional Board of School
Trustees shall be elected at the | ||||||
| 7 | consolidated election to
succeed each incumbent
trustee whose | ||||||
| 8 | term ends before the following consolidated
election. For | ||||||
| 9 | elections on and after June 1, 2015, and except in educational | ||||||
| 10 | service regions having a population of 2,000,000 or more | ||||||
| 11 | inhabitants, a trustee of a Regional Board of School Trustees | ||||||
| 12 | shall be elected at the general election that immediately | ||||||
| 13 | precedes the expiration of the term of any incumbent trustee, | ||||||
| 14 | to succeed each incumbent trustee whose term ends before the | ||||||
| 15 | following general election.
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| 16 | Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the | ||||||
| 17 | term of any incumbent serving on the effective date of this | ||||||
| 18 | amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly is extended to the | ||||||
| 19 | first Monday in the first month following the next general | ||||||
| 20 | election after the date that his or her term would have expired | ||||||
| 21 | had this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly not been | ||||||
| 22 | enacted, and the term of the successor in office shall commence | ||||||
| 23 | on that first Monday. | ||||||
| 24 | (Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| 25 | (10 ILCS 5/2A-51) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-51)
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| 1 | Sec. 2A-51. Schools - Trustee - Time of Election. For | ||||||
| 2 | elections prior to June 1, 2015, and except Except in a
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| 3 | township in which all school districts located therein have | ||||||
| 4 | withdrawn from
the jurisdiction and authority of the trustees | ||||||
| 5 | of schools under the
provisions of subsection (b) of Section | ||||||
| 6 | 5-1 of the School Code and except
in townships in which the | ||||||
| 7 | office of trustee of schools has been abolished
as provided in | ||||||
| 8 | subsection (c) of Section 5-1 of the School Code,
a trustee of | ||||||
| 9 | schools shall be elected in townships at the consolidated
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| 10 | election which immediately precedes the expiration of the term | ||||||
| 11 | of any
incumbent trustee, to succeed each incumbent trustee | ||||||
| 12 | whose term ends before
the following consolidated election. For | ||||||
| 13 | elections on and after June 1, 2015, and except in a township | ||||||
| 14 | in which all school districts located therein have withdrawn | ||||||
| 15 | from the jurisdiction and authority of the trustees of schools | ||||||
| 16 | under the provisions of subsection (b) of Section 5-1 of the | ||||||
| 17 | School Code and except in townships in which the office of | ||||||
| 18 | trustee of schools has been abolished as provided in subsection | ||||||
| 19 | (c) of Section 5-1 of the School Code, a trustee of schools | ||||||
| 20 | shall be elected in townships at the general election that | ||||||
| 21 | immediately precedes the expiration of the term of any | ||||||
| 22 | incumbent trustee, to succeed each incumbent trustee whose term | ||||||
| 23 | ends before the following general election.
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| 24 | Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the | ||||||
| 25 | term of any incumbent serving on the effective date of this | ||||||
| 26 | amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly is extended to the | ||||||
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| 1 | first Monday in the first month following the next general | ||||||
| 2 | election after the date that his or her term would have expired | ||||||
| 3 | had this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly not been | ||||||
| 4 | enacted, and the term of the successor in office shall commence | ||||||
| 5 | on that first Monday. | ||||||
| 6 | (Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| 7 | Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | ||||||
| 8 | 5-4, 5-13, 6-4, 6-17, 10-4, 10-10, 10-16, 32-1.1, 32-2.12, and | ||||||
| 9 | 33-1 as follows:
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| 10 | (105 ILCS 5/5-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 5-4)
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| 11 | Sec. 5-4. Election of trustees. The election of trustees of | ||||||
| 12 | schools shall be held in even-numbered odd-numbered years
at | ||||||
| 13 | the election specified in the general election law. In | ||||||
| 14 | townships in which
no election for school
trustees has been | ||||||
| 15 | held, or in townships in which from any cause there are
no | ||||||
| 16 | trustees of schools and the law requires that there be school | ||||||
| 17 | trustees,
the election of trustees of schools shall be held at | ||||||
| 18 | the same
time.
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| 19 | No person shall be nominated for the office of trustee of | ||||||
| 20 | schools, in townships
containing 20,000 inhabitants or over, | ||||||
| 21 | except by petition signed by at least
twenty-five voters of the | ||||||
| 22 | school township in which he is seeking nomination
and election | ||||||
| 23 | filed with the township
treasurer, or, in case of a first | ||||||
| 24 | election, with the county clerk.
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| 1 | A candidate for election as a school trustee, who has | ||||||
| 2 | petitioned for nomination
to fill a full term and to fill a | ||||||
| 3 | vacant term to be voted upon at the same
election, must | ||||||
| 4 | withdraw his or her petition for nomination from either the
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| 5 | full term or the vacant term by written declaration, which | ||||||
| 6 | shall be signed
and acknowledged by an officer authorized to | ||||||
| 7 | take such acknowledgments and
which is filed with the township | ||||||
| 8 | treasurer in the township in which he or
she is a candidate | ||||||
| 9 | within the time provided by the general election law.
| ||||||
| 10 | (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
| ||||||
| 11 | (105 ILCS 5/5-13) (from Ch. 122, par. 5-13)
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| 12 | Sec. 5-13. Term of office of trustees. In townships already | ||||||
| 13 | organized,
the school trustee shall be elected in each | ||||||
| 14 | even-numbered odd numbered year for a term
of 6 years to | ||||||
| 15 | succeed the trustee whose term expires in such even-numbered | ||||||
| 16 | odd numbered year.
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| 17 | The first-elected trustees in a newly organized township | ||||||
| 18 | shall at their
first meeting cast lots for their respective | ||||||
| 19 | terms of office, for 2, 4 and
6 years; and thereafter 1 trustee | ||||||
| 20 | shall be elected in each even-numbered odd-numbered
year.
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| 21 | (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
| ||||||
| 22 | (105 ILCS 5/6-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 6-4)
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| 23 | Sec. 6-4. Election date. Members of the regional board of | ||||||
| 24 | school trustees
shall be elected at the regular election | ||||||
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| 1 | specified in the general
election law in each even-numbered | ||||||
| 2 | odd-numbered year.
| ||||||
| 3 | (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
| ||||||
| 4 | (105 ILCS 5/6-17) (from Ch. 122, par. 6-17)
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| 5 | Sec. 6-17. Election of president - Terms of members. Except | ||||||
| 6 | as otherwise
provided in Section 2A-54 of the Election Code, on | ||||||
| 7 | the third
Monday in the first month May, following the first | ||||||
| 8 | election, or if such day is
a holiday
then the next day, the | ||||||
| 9 | regional
superintendent of schools who shall be the ex-officio | ||||||
| 10 | secretary of the
board shall convene the newly elected regional | ||||||
| 11 | board of school trustees
for the purpose of organization. | ||||||
| 12 | Except as provided in Section 2A-54 of the
Election Code, at | ||||||
| 13 | this meeting the members shall
elect a president from among | ||||||
| 14 | their number who shall serve as president
for a term of 2 years | ||||||
| 15 | and shall determine by lot the length of the term
of each | ||||||
| 16 | member so that 2 shall serve for a term of 2 years, 2 for 4
| ||||||
| 17 | years and 3 for 6 years from the third Monday of the month
| ||||||
| 18 | following the date of their election. Except as provided in | ||||||
| 19 | Section 2A-54 of
the Election Code, thereafter members shall be | ||||||
| 20 | elected
to serve for a term of 6 years from the third Monday of | ||||||
| 21 | the month following
the date of their election or until their | ||||||
| 22 | successors are elected and qualified.
| ||||||
| 23 | All succeeding meetings for the purpose of organization | ||||||
| 24 | shall be held
on the third Monday in the first month May | ||||||
| 25 | following the election; however, in
case the
third Monday in | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | the first month following the election May is a holiday the | ||||||
| 2 | organization meeting shall
be held
on the next day.
| ||||||
| 3 | If educational service regions are consolidated under | ||||||
| 4 | Section 3A-3 or
3A-4 of this Act, however, the expiring terms | ||||||
| 5 | of members of each regional
board of school trustees in those | ||||||
| 6 | regions being consolidated shall be
extended so as to terminate | ||||||
| 7 | on the first Monday of August of the year that
consolidation | ||||||
| 8 | takes effect, as defined in Section 3A-5 of this Act, and, on
| ||||||
| 9 | such day, the Regional Superintendent of the consolidated | ||||||
| 10 | region shall
convene all the members of each regional board of | ||||||
| 11 | school trustees in the
consolidated region, and shall by lot | ||||||
| 12 | select from among such trustees an
interim regional board of | ||||||
| 13 | school trustees for the consolidated region in
accord with the | ||||||
| 14 | specifications as to membership and residency in Section
6-2. | ||||||
| 15 | The interim board so selected shall serve until their | ||||||
| 16 | successors are
elected at the succeeding regular election of | ||||||
| 17 | regional school trustees and
have qualified. A single regional | ||||||
| 18 | board of school trustees shall be elected
at such succeeding | ||||||
| 19 | regular election to take office on the third Monday of
the | ||||||
| 20 | month following such election. The board elected for the | ||||||
| 21 | consolidated
region shall be convened on such third
Monday of | ||||||
| 22 | the month following such
election for organizational purposes, | ||||||
| 23 | to elect a president and determine
terms for its members by lot | ||||||
| 24 | as provided in this Section. The respective
regional boards of | ||||||
| 25 | school trustees of educational service regions involved
in | ||||||
| 26 | consolidations under Section 3A-3 or 3A-4 shall cease to exist | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | at the
time the board elected for the consolidated region is so | ||||||
| 2 | organized.
| ||||||
| 3 | (Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
| ||||||
| 4 | (105 ILCS 5/10-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-4)
| ||||||
| 5 | Sec. 10-4. Election of directors.
| ||||||
| 6 | (a) In all districts, directors shall be elected in each | ||||||
| 7 | even-numbered odd-numbered
year, each for a term of 4 years.
| ||||||
| 8 | (b) In consolidated districts where 5 directors
are elected | ||||||
| 9 | in 1981 pursuant to the extension of terms provided by law for
| ||||||
| 10 | transition to the consolidated election schedule under the | ||||||
| 11 | general election
law, those directors elected shall, by lot, | ||||||
| 12 | determine
2 of their number to serve 2 years and 3 to serve 4 | ||||||
| 13 | years; their successors
shall serve for a 4 year term.
| ||||||
| 14 | (c) If a proposition to increase the membership of a school | ||||||
| 15 | district's
board of school directors to 7 directors and to | ||||||
| 16 | elect a new 7-member board of
school directors to replace the | ||||||
| 17 | district's existing board of 3 school directors
is approved by | ||||||
| 18 | the electors of the district at a regular scheduled election as
| ||||||
| 19 | provided in subsection (b) of Section 10-1, 7 members shall be | ||||||
| 20 | elected at the
next regular school election, in the manner | ||||||
| 21 | provided by Article 9, to serve as
the board of school | ||||||
| 22 | directors of that district. The terms of office of the 3
| ||||||
| 23 | members of the board of school directors serving at the time of | ||||||
| 24 | the election of
the initial 7-member board of school directors | ||||||
| 25 | shall expire when the 7 newly
elected members of the initial | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | 7-member board of school directors assume office
and are | ||||||
| 2 | organized as provided in Section 10-5. At their organizational
| ||||||
| 3 | meeting, the initial members of the 7-member board of school | ||||||
| 4 | directors shall by
lot determine 4 of their number to serve 4 | ||||||
| 5 | year terms and 3 of their number to
serve 2 year terms. Their | ||||||
| 6 | successors shall serve for a 4 year term.
| ||||||
| 7 | (d) In all other districts, one school director
shall be | ||||||
| 8 | elected in each district every
other even-numbered | ||||||
| 9 | odd-numbered year, and two school directors shall be elected in | ||||||
| 10 | the
intervening even-numbered odd-numbered years.
| ||||||
| 11 | (e) When a vacancy occurs in the membership of any board
of | ||||||
| 12 | school directors the remaining members shall,
within 30
days, | ||||||
| 13 | fill the vacancy by appointment until the next regular school
| ||||||
| 14 | election, or, upon their failure so to do, the regional | ||||||
| 15 | superintendent
shall make such appointment within the next 30 | ||||||
| 16 | days to fill the
vacancy as herein provided.
Upon the regional | ||||||
| 17 | superintendent's failure
to fill the vacancy, the vacancy shall | ||||||
| 18 | be filled at the next regularly
scheduled
election.
| ||||||
| 19 | (Source: P.A. 90-757, eff. 8-14-98.)
| ||||||
| 20 | (105 ILCS 5/10-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-10)
| ||||||
| 21 | Sec. 10-10. Board of education; term; vacancy. All school | ||||||
| 22 | districts
having a population of not fewer than 1,000 and not | ||||||
| 23 | more than 500,000
inhabitants, as ascertained by any special or | ||||||
| 24 | general census, and not
governed by special Acts, shall be | ||||||
| 25 | governed by a board of education
consisting of 7 members, | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | serving without compensation except as herein
provided. Each | ||||||
| 2 | member shall be elected for a term of 4 years for the initial | ||||||
| 3 | members
of the board of education of a combined school district | ||||||
| 4 | to which that
subsection applies. If 5 members are elected in | ||||||
| 5 | 1983 pursuant to the extension
of terms provided by
law for | ||||||
| 6 | transition to the consolidated election schedule under the | ||||||
| 7 | general
election law, 2 of those members shall be elected to | ||||||
| 8 | serve terms of 2 years
and 3 shall be elected to serve terms of | ||||||
| 9 | 4 years; their successors shall
serve for a 4 year term. When | ||||||
| 10 | the voters of a district have voted to elect
members of the | ||||||
| 11 | board of education for 6 year terms, as provided in Section
| ||||||
| 12 | 9-5, the terms of office of members of the board of education | ||||||
| 13 | of that
district expire when their successors assume office but | ||||||
| 14 | not later than 7
days after such election. If at the regular | ||||||
| 15 | school election held in the
first even-numbered odd-numbered | ||||||
| 16 | year after the determination to elect members for 6 year
terms | ||||||
| 17 | 2 members are elected, they shall serve for a 6 year term; and | ||||||
| 18 | of the
members elected at the next regular school election 3 | ||||||
| 19 | shall serve for a
term of 6 years and 2 shall serve a term of 2 | ||||||
| 20 | years. Thereafter members
elected in such districts shall be | ||||||
| 21 | elected to a 6 year term. If at the
regular school election | ||||||
| 22 | held in the first even-numbered odd-numbered year after the
| ||||||
| 23 | determination to elect members for 6 year terms 3 members are | ||||||
| 24 | elected, they
shall serve for a 6 year term; and of the members | ||||||
| 25 | elected at the next
regular school election 2 shall serve for a | ||||||
| 26 | term of 2 years and 2 shall
serve for a term of 6 years. | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | Thereafter members elected in such districts
shall be elected | ||||||
| 2 | to a 6 year term. If at the regular school election held
in the | ||||||
| 3 | first even-numbered odd-numbered year after the determination | ||||||
| 4 | to elect members for
6 year terms 4 members are elected, 3 | ||||||
| 5 | shall serve for a term of 6 years and
one shall serve for a term | ||||||
| 6 | of 2 years; and of the members elected at the
next regular | ||||||
| 7 | school election 2 shall serve for terms of 6 years and 2 shall
| ||||||
| 8 | serve for terms of 2 years. Thereafter members elected in such | ||||||
| 9 | districts
shall be elected to a 6 year term. If at the regular | ||||||
| 10 | school election held
in the first even-numbered odd-numbered | ||||||
| 11 | year after the determination to elect members for
a 6 year term | ||||||
| 12 | 5 members are elected, 3 shall serve for a term of 6 years
and 2 | ||||||
| 13 | shall serve for a term of 2 years; and of the members elected | ||||||
| 14 | at the
next regular school election 2 shall serve for terms of | ||||||
| 15 | 6 years and 2 shall
serve for terms of 2 years. Thereafter | ||||||
| 16 | members elected in such districts
shall be elected to a 6 year | ||||||
| 17 | term. An election for board members shall not
be held in school | ||||||
| 18 | districts which by consolidation, annexation or otherwise
| ||||||
| 19 | shall cease to exist as a school district within 6 months after | ||||||
| 20 | the
election date, and the term of all board members which | ||||||
| 21 | would otherwise
terminate shall be continued until such | ||||||
| 22 | district shall cease to exist. Each
member, on the date of his | ||||||
| 23 | or her election, shall be a
citizen of the United
States of the | ||||||
| 24 | age of 18 years or over, shall be a resident of the State and
| ||||||
| 25 | the
territory of the district for at least one year immediately | ||||||
| 26 | preceding his or
her
election, shall be a registered voter as | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | provided in the general election
law,
shall not be a school | ||||||
| 2 | trustee, and shall not be a child
sex offender as defined in | ||||||
| 3 | Section 11-9.3 of the
Criminal Code of 2012. When the board of
| ||||||
| 4 | education is the successor of the school directors, all rights | ||||||
| 5 | of property,
and all rights regarding causes of action existing | ||||||
| 6 | or vested in such
directors, shall vest in it as fully as they | ||||||
| 7 | were vested in the school
directors. Terms of members are | ||||||
| 8 | subject to Section 2A-54 of the Election Code.
| ||||||
| 9 | Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid | ||||||
| 10 | unless the candidate
named therein files with the county clerk | ||||||
| 11 | or the county board of election commissioners, as the case may | ||||||
| 12 | be, of the county in which the principal office of the school | ||||||
| 13 | district is located a receipt
from the county clerk showing | ||||||
| 14 | that the candidate has filed a statement of
economic interests | ||||||
| 15 | as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
Such | ||||||
| 16 | receipt shall be so filed either previously during the calendar | ||||||
| 17 | year
in which his nomination papers were filed or within the | ||||||
| 18 | period for the filing
of nomination papers in accordance with | ||||||
| 19 | the general election law.
| ||||||
| 20 | Whenever a vacancy occurs, the remaining members shall | ||||||
| 21 | notify the
regional superintendent of that vacancy within 5 | ||||||
| 22 | days after its occurrence
and shall proceed to fill the vacancy | ||||||
| 23 | until the next regular school
election, at which election a | ||||||
| 24 | successor shall be elected to serve the
remainder of the | ||||||
| 25 | unexpired term. However, if the vacancy occurs with less
than | ||||||
| 26 | 868 days remaining in the term, or if the vacancy occurs
less | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | than 88
days before the next regularly scheduled election for | ||||||
| 2 | this office then the
person so appointed shall serve the | ||||||
| 3 | remainder of the unexpired term, and no
election to fill the | ||||||
| 4 | vacancy shall be held. Should they fail so to
act, within 45 | ||||||
| 5 | days after the vacancy occurs, the regional superintendent
of | ||||||
| 6 | schools under whose supervision and control the district is | ||||||
| 7 | operating,
as defined in Section 3-14.2 of this Act, shall | ||||||
| 8 | within 30 days after the
remaining members have failed to fill | ||||||
| 9 | the vacancy, fill the vacancy as
provided for herein. Upon the | ||||||
| 10 | regional superintendent's failure to fill the
vacancy, the | ||||||
| 11 | vacancy shall be filled at the next regularly scheduled
| ||||||
| 12 | election. Whether elected or appointed by the remaining members | ||||||
| 13 | or regional
superintendent, the successor shall be an | ||||||
| 14 | inhabitant of the particular area
from which his or her | ||||||
| 15 | predecessor was elected if the residential requirements
| ||||||
| 16 | contained in Section 10-10.5 or 12-2 of this Code apply.
| ||||||
| 17 | A board of education may appoint a student to the board to | ||||||
| 18 | serve in an advisory capacity. The student member shall serve | ||||||
| 19 | for a term as determined by the board. The board may not grant | ||||||
| 20 | the student member any voting privileges, but shall consider | ||||||
| 21 | the student member as an advisor. The student member may not | ||||||
| 22 | participate in or attend any executive session of the board.
| ||||||
| 23 | (Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13.)
| ||||||
| 24 | (105 ILCS 5/10-16) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-16)
| ||||||
| 25 | Sec. 10-16. Organization of Board. Within 28 days after the | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | general consolidated
election, other than the consolidated | ||||||
| 2 | elections in 1999 and 2001, the
board shall organize by | ||||||
| 3 | electing its officers and fixing a time and place
for the | ||||||
| 4 | regular meetings. However, when school board members are | ||||||
| 5 | elected at
the consolidated elections held in April of 1999 and | ||||||
| 6 | April of 2001, the board
shall organize within 7 days after the | ||||||
| 7 | first Tuesday after the first Monday of
November in each such | ||||||
| 8 | year by electing officers and setting the time and place
of the | ||||||
| 9 | regular meetings. Upon organizing itself as provided in this | ||||||
| 10 | paragraph,
the board shall enter upon the discharge of its | ||||||
| 11 | duties.
| ||||||
| 12 | The regional superintendent of schools having supervision | ||||||
| 13 | and control, as
provided in Section 3-14.2, of a new school
| ||||||
| 14 | district that is governed by the School Code and formed on or | ||||||
| 15 | after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1998 shall | ||||||
| 16 | convene
the newly elected board within 7 days after the | ||||||
| 17 | election of the board of
education of that district, whereupon
| ||||||
| 18 | the board
shall proceed to organize by electing one of their | ||||||
| 19 | number as
president and
electing a secretary, who may or may | ||||||
| 20 | not be a member. At such meeting the
length of term of each of | ||||||
| 21 | the members shall be determined by lot so that 4
shall serve | ||||||
| 22 | for 4 years, and 3 for 2 years from the commencement of their
| ||||||
| 23 | terms; provided, however, if such members were not elected at | ||||||
| 24 | the general
consolidated election in an even-numbered | ||||||
| 25 | odd-numbered year, such initial
terms shall be
extended to the | ||||||
| 26 | general consolidated election for school board
members | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | immediately
following the expiration of the initial 4 or 2 year | ||||||
| 2 | terms.
The provisions of this paragraph that relate to the | ||||||
| 3 | determination of terms by
lot shall not apply to the initial | ||||||
| 4 | members of the board of education of a
combined school district | ||||||
| 5 | who are to be elected to unstaggered terms.
| ||||||
| 6 | The terms of the
officers of a board of education shall be | ||||||
| 7 | for 2 years, except that
the
terms of the officers elected at | ||||||
| 8 | the organization meeting in November, 2001
shall expire at the | ||||||
| 9 | organization meeting in April, 2003; provided that the
board by | ||||||
| 10 | resolution may
establish a policy for the terms of office to be | ||||||
| 11 | one year, and provide for
the election of officers.
| ||||||
| 12 | Special meetings of the board of education may be called by | ||||||
| 13 | the president
or by any 3 members of the board by giving notice | ||||||
| 14 | thereof in writing, stating
the time, place and purpose of the | ||||||
| 15 | meeting. Such notice may be served by
mail 48 hours before such | ||||||
| 16 | meeting or by personal service 24 hours before
such meeting. | ||||||
| 17 | Public notice of meetings must also be given as prescribed in
| ||||||
| 18 | Sections 2.02 and 2.03 of the Open Meetings Act, as now or | ||||||
| 19 | hereafter amended.
| ||||||
| 20 | At each regular and special meeting which is open to the | ||||||
| 21 | public, members
of the public and employees of the district | ||||||
| 22 | shall be afforded time, subject
to reasonable constraints, to | ||||||
| 23 | comment to or ask questions of the board.
| ||||||
| 24 | The president or district superintendent shall, at each | ||||||
| 25 | regular board
meeting, report any requests made of the district | ||||||
| 26 | under provisions of The
Freedom of Information Act and shall | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | report the status of the district's
response.
| ||||||
| 2 | (Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04; 94-1019, eff. 7-10-06.)
| ||||||
| 3 | (105 ILCS 5/32-1.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 32-1.1)
| ||||||
| 4 | Sec. 32-1.1. Election and powers of board - No provision in | ||||||
| 5 | special act. In all special charter districts maintaining | ||||||
| 6 | schools under any general school
laws, where there is no | ||||||
| 7 | provision in the special Acts creating such districts
for the | ||||||
| 8 | election of boards of education as otherwise provided, there | ||||||
| 9 | shall
be elected, in lieu of the school directors as now | ||||||
| 10 | provided, a board of
education, to consist of 7 members to be | ||||||
| 11 | elected at the time and in the
manner as provided by the | ||||||
| 12 | general election law for the
election and qualification of | ||||||
| 13 | boards of education in other cases. In any
district having a | ||||||
| 14 | population of more than 100,000 but less than
2,000,000
such | ||||||
| 15 | board may be increased in size to 11 members upon adoption by a | ||||||
| 16 | majority
of electors residing in the district and voting on the | ||||||
| 17 | question in a referendum
as provided in this Section. Such | ||||||
| 18 | question shall be submitted to the electors
at an election upon | ||||||
| 19 | a resolution adopted by the Board. Members
shall be elected | ||||||
| 20 | biennially in the school district, whose term of office
shall | ||||||
| 21 | be 4 years,
and there shall also be elected in each | ||||||
| 22 | even-numbered odd-numbered year
a president of the board. | ||||||
| 23 | Following the first such election, those members
elected, other | ||||||
| 24 | than the president, shall, by lot, determine 3 to serve 2
years | ||||||
| 25 | and 3 to serve 4 years; thereafter, all terms shall be 4 years. | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | In
other cases, however, if 4 members, other than the | ||||||
| 2 | president, are elected
in 1983, then those elected shall, by | ||||||
| 3 | lot, determine one to serve for 2
years and 3 to serve 4 years; | ||||||
| 4 | thereafter all terms shall be 4 years. In
neither case shall | ||||||
| 5 | such determinations affect the biennial selection of
the | ||||||
| 6 | president. At the first regular school election after
the | ||||||
| 7 | adoption by the district electors of a question as provided in | ||||||
| 8 | this
Section increasing the size of the board in those | ||||||
| 9 | districts entitled to
exercise an option for and elect an 11 | ||||||
| 10 | member board, 4 additional members
shall be elected and shall | ||||||
| 11 | determine by lot 2 to serve for 2
years and 2 for 4 years.
Their | ||||||
| 12 | successors shall serve for a 4 year term. In case of
an 11 | ||||||
| 13 | member board already in existence, if 7 members, other than the
| ||||||
| 14 | president,
are elected in 1983 then those members elected | ||||||
| 15 | shall, by lot determine one
to serve 2 years and 6 to serve 4 | ||||||
| 16 | years. Terms thereafter shall be 4 years.
The board of | ||||||
| 17 | education shall have all the powers and duties of trustees
of | ||||||
| 18 | schools in school townships and the powers and duties of boards | ||||||
| 19 | of education
in districts having a population of not fewer than | ||||||
| 20 | 1,000 and not more than
500,000 as provided by this Act.
| ||||||
| 21 | The day upon which the election provided for in this | ||||||
| 22 | section is to be held
is subject to the provisions of the | ||||||
| 23 | general election law.
| ||||||
| 24 | (Source: P.A. 86-225.)
| ||||||
| 25 | (105 ILCS 5/32-2.12) (from Ch. 122, par. 32-2.12)
| ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | Sec. 32-2.12. Time for election of board members. In all | ||||||
| 2 | special charter districts, the regular election of members
of | ||||||
| 3 | such boards shall hereafter be held on the date set for
school | ||||||
| 4 | elections
as provided in the general election law in | ||||||
| 5 | even-numbered
odd numbered years.
| ||||||
| 6 | (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
| ||||||
| 7 | (105 ILCS 5/33-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 33-1)
| ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 33-1. Board of Education - Election - Terms. In all | ||||||
| 9 | school districts,
including special charter districts having a | ||||||
| 10 | population of 100,000 and not
more than 500,000, which adopt | ||||||
| 11 | this Article, as hereinafter provided, there
shall be | ||||||
| 12 | maintained a system of free schools in charge of a board of | ||||||
| 13 | education,
which shall be a body politic and corporate by the | ||||||
| 14 | name of "Board of Education
of the City of....". The board | ||||||
| 15 | shall consist of 7 members elected by the
voters of the | ||||||
| 16 | district. Except as provided in Section 33-1b of this Act,
the | ||||||
| 17 | regular election for members of the board shall be held at the | ||||||
| 18 | general consolidated election in even-numbered odd numbered | ||||||
| 19 | years and at the consolidated general primary election
in | ||||||
| 20 | odd-numbered even numbered years. The law governing the | ||||||
| 21 | registration of voters for
the primary election shall apply to | ||||||
| 22 | the regular election. At the first
regular election 7 persons | ||||||
| 23 | shall be elected as members of the board. The
person who | ||||||
| 24 | receives the greatest number of votes shall be elected for a
| ||||||
| 25 | term of 5 years. The 2 persons who receive the second and third | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | greatest
number of votes shall be elected for a term of 4 | ||||||
| 2 | years. The person who
receives the fourth greatest number of | ||||||
| 3 | votes shall be elected
for a term of 3 years. The 2 persons who | ||||||
| 4 | receive the fifth and sixth greatest
number of votes shall be | ||||||
| 5 | elected for a term of 2 years. The person who
receives the | ||||||
| 6 | seventh greatest number of votes shall be elected for a term
of | ||||||
| 7 | 1 year. Thereafter, at each regular election for members of the | ||||||
| 8 | board,
the successors of the members whose terms expire in the | ||||||
| 9 | year of election
shall be elected for a term of 5 years. All | ||||||
| 10 | terms shall commence on July
1 next succeeding the elections. | ||||||
| 11 | Any vacancy occurring in the membership
of the board shall be | ||||||
| 12 | filled by appointment until the next regular election
for | ||||||
| 13 | members of the board.
| ||||||
| 14 | In any school district which has adopted this Article, a | ||||||
| 15 | proposition for
the election of board members by school board | ||||||
| 16 | district rather than at large
may be submitted to the voters of | ||||||
| 17 | the district at the regular school election
of any year in the | ||||||
| 18 | manner provided in Section 9-22. If the proposition
is approved | ||||||
| 19 | by a majority of those voting on the propositions, the board
| ||||||
| 20 | shall divide the school district into 7 school board districts | ||||||
| 21 | as provided
in Section 9-22. At the regular school election in | ||||||
| 22 | the year following the
adoption of such proposition, one member | ||||||
| 23 | shall be elected from each school
board district, and the 7 | ||||||
| 24 | members so elected shall, by lot, determine one
to serve for | ||||||
| 25 | one year, 2 for 2 years, one for 3 years, 2 for 4 years, and
one | ||||||
| 26 | for 5 years. Thereafter their respective successors shall be | ||||||
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| 1 | elected
for terms of 5 years. The terms of all incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | members expire July 1
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| 3 | such a proposition.
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| 4 | Any school district which has adopted this Article may, by | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | referendum in
accordance with Section 33-1a, adopt the method | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | of electing members of the
board of education provided in that | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Section.
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| 8 | Reapportionment of the voting districts provided for in | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | this Article or
created pursuant to a court order, shall be | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | completed pursuant to
Section 33-1c.
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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. 94-231, eff. 7-14-05; 95-6, eff. 6-20-07.)
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| 18 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | becoming law.
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