Bill Text: IL HB0595 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning county board duties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0595 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB0595-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
7-04 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/7-04) (from Ch. 122, par. 7-04)
Sec. 7-04. Districts in educational service regions of
2,000,000 or more inhabitants.
(a) In all proceedings under this Article to change by
detachment, annexation, division, dissolution, or any
combination of those methods the boundaries of any school
district (other than a school district organized under Article
34) located in an educational service region of 2,000,000 or
more inhabitants in which the regional board of school trustees
is abolished as provided in subsection (a) of Section 6-2, the
trustees of schools of the township in which that school
district is located, as the successor under subsection (b) of
Section 6-2 to the former regional board of school trustees
with respect to all territory located in that school township,
shall have, exercise, and perform all powers, duties, and
responsibilities required under this Article to be exercised
and performed in those proceedings by a regional board of
school trustees; provided that if any school district affected

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by those proceedings is located in a school township referred
to in subsection (b) of Section 5-1 and there are no trustees
of schools acting in that township, then the governing board of
the educational service center established pursuant to Section
2-3.62 of this Code where the detaching territory is located
school board of any such district, as the successor under
subsection (b) of Section 6-2 to the former regional board of
school trustees with respect to the territory comprising that
school district, shall have, exercise, and perform all powers,
duties, and responsibilities required under this Article to be
exercised and performed in those proceedings with respect to
the territory of that school district by a regional board of
school trustees; and provided further that: (i) when any school
district affected by those proceedings is located not only in
an educational service region of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants
but also in 2 or more school townships in that region that each
have trustees of schools of the township, then the boundaries
of that school district may be changed under this Article by
detachment, annexation, division, dissolution, or any
combination of those methods only by the concurrent action of,
taken following a joint hearing before the trustees of schools
of those townships (in that educational service region) in
which that school district is located; and (ii) if any part of
the school district referred to in item (i) of this subsection
also lies within an educational service region that has a
regional board of school trustees, the boundaries of that

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district may be changed under this Article only by the
concurrent action of, taken following a joint hearing before
the trustees of schools of the townships referred to in item
(i) of this subsection and the regional board of school
trustees of the educational service region referred to in this
item (ii) of this subsection. Whenever concurrent action and
joint hearings are required under this subsection, the original
petition shall be filed with the trustees of schools of the
township in which the territory or greatest portion of the
territory being detached is located, or if the territory is
being detached from more than one educational service region
then with the regional board of school trustees of the region
or the trustees of schools of the township in which the
territory or greatest portion of the territory being detached
is located.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, all other
provisions of this Article shall apply to any proceedings under
this Article to change the boundaries of any school district
located in an educational service region having 2,000,000 or
more inhabitants in the same manner that those provisions apply
to any proceedings to change the boundaries of any school
district located in any other educational service region;
provided, that any reference in those other provisions to the
regional board of school trustees shall mean, with respect to
all territory within an educational service region containing
2,000,000 or more inhabitants that formerly was served by a

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regional board of school trustees abolished under subsection
(a) of Section 6-2, the trustees of schools of the township or
the school board of the school district that is the successor
under subsection (b) of Section 6-2 to the former regional
board of school trustees with respect to the territory included
within that school township or school district or the governing
board of the educational service center established pursuant to
Section 2-3.62 of this Code where the detaching territory is
located when any school district affected by those proceedings
is located in a school township referred to in subsection (b)
of Section 5-1 of this Code and there are no trustees of
schools acting in that township. The executive director of the
educational service center shall appoint 3 members from the
governing board of the educational service center to
participate in the hearing. Individuals serving on the hearing
panel may not reside in the area affected by the petition or be
employed or serve as a school board member in the school
districts affected by the petition.
(Source: P.A. 87-969.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.