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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB2074 Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 105 ILCS 5/1A-1 | from Ch. 122, par. 1A-1 |
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Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the
members of the State Board of Education.
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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, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 1A-1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/1A-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 1A-1)
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| 7 | | Sec. 1A-1. Members and terms.
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| 8 | | (a) (Blank).
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| 9 | | (b) The The State Board of
Education shall consist of 8
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| 10 | | members and a chairperson, who shall be appointed by the
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| 11 | | Governor with the advice and consent
of the Senate from a |
| 12 | | pattern of regional representation as follows: 2
appointees |
| 13 | | shall be selected from among those counties of the State other
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| 14 | | than Cook County and the 5 counties contiguous to Cook County, |
| 15 | | one of whom must represent the educator community; 2 |
| 16 | | appointees shall be selected from
Cook County, one of whom |
| 17 | | shall be a resident of the City of
Chicago and one of whom |
| 18 | | shall be a resident of that
part of Cook County
which lies |
| 19 | | outside the city limits of Chicago and of whom one must |
| 20 | | represent the educator community; 2
appointees shall be
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| 21 | | selected from among the 5 counties of the State that are |
| 22 | | contiguous to Cook
County, one of whom must represent the |
| 23 | | educator community; and 3 members
shall be selected as |
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| 1 | | members-at-large (one of which shall be the chairperson). With |
| 2 | | respect to the educator community appointments, no more than |
| 3 | | one member may be employed as a district superintendent, |
| 4 | | principal, school business official, or teacher and no more |
| 5 | | than one may be employed by the same school district or school. |
| 6 | | The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the |
| 7 | | 100th General Assembly apply to appointments made after the |
| 8 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General |
| 9 | | Assembly. The Governor who takes office on the second Monday |
| 10 | | of January after his or her election shall be the person who |
| 11 | | nominates members to fill vacancies whose terms begin after |
| 12 | | that date and before the term of the next Governor begins. |
| 13 | | The term of each member of the State Board of Education |
| 14 | | whose term expires on January 12, 2005 shall instead terminate |
| 15 | | on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd |
| 16 | | General Assembly. Of these 3 seats, (i) the member initially |
| 17 | | appointed pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 93rd General |
| 18 | | Assembly whose seat was vacant on April 27, 2004 shall serve |
| 19 | | until the second Wednesday of January, 2009 and (ii) the other |
| 20 | | 2 members initially appointed pursuant to this amendatory Act |
| 21 | | of the 93rd General Assembly shall serve until the second |
| 22 | | Wednesday of January, 2007. |
| 23 | | The term of the member of the State Board of Education |
| 24 | | whose seat was vacant on April 27, 2004 and whose term expires |
| 25 | | on January 10, 2007 shall instead terminate on the effective |
| 26 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly. The |
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| 1 | | member initially appointed pursuant to this amendatory Act of |
| 2 | | the 93rd General Assembly to fill this seat shall be the |
| 3 | | chairperson and shall serve until the second Wednesday of |
| 4 | | January, 2007. |
| 5 | | The term of the member of the State Board of Education |
| 6 | | whose seat was vacant on May 28, 2004 but after April 27, 2004 |
| 7 | | and whose term expires on January 10, 2007 shall instead |
| 8 | | terminate on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the |
| 9 | | 93rd General Assembly. The member initially appointed pursuant |
| 10 | | to this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly to fill |
| 11 | | this seat shall serve until the second Wednesday of January, |
| 12 | | 2007.
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| 13 | | The term of the other member of the State Board of |
| 14 | | Education whose term expires on January 10, 2007 shall instead |
| 15 | | terminate on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the |
| 16 | | 93rd General Assembly. The member initially appointed pursuant |
| 17 | | to this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly to fill |
| 18 | | this seat shall serve until the second Wednesday of January, |
| 19 | | 2007. |
| 20 | | The term of the member of the State Board of Education |
| 21 | | whose term expires on January 14, 2009 and who was selected |
| 22 | | from among the 5 counties of the State that are contiguous to |
| 23 | | Cook County and is a resident of Lake County shall instead |
| 24 | | terminate on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the |
| 25 | | 93rd General Assembly. The member initially appointed pursuant |
| 26 | | to this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly to fill |
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| 1 | | this seat shall serve until the second Wednesday of January, |
| 2 | | 2009. |
| 3 | | Upon expiration of the terms of the members initially |
| 4 | | appointed
under this amendatory Act of the 93rd General |
| 5 | | Assembly and members whose terms were not terminated by this |
| 6 | | amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, their respective |
| 7 | | successors shall be
appointed for terms of 4
years, from the |
| 8 | | second Wednesday in January of each
odd
numbered year and |
| 9 | | until their respective successors are appointed and
qualified. |
| 10 | | (c) Of the 4 members, excluding the chairperson, whose |
| 11 | | terms expire on the second Wednesday of January, 2007 and |
| 12 | | every 4 years thereafter, one of those members must be an |
| 13 | | at-large member and at no time may more than 2 of those members |
| 14 | | be from one political party. Of the 4 members whose terms |
| 15 | | expire on the second Wednesday of January, 2009 and every 4 |
| 16 | | years thereafter, one of those members must be an at-large |
| 17 | | member and at no time may more than 2 of those members be from |
| 18 | | one political party. Party membership is defined as having |
| 19 | | voted in the primary of the party in the last primary before |
| 20 | | appointment.
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| 21 | | (d) Vacancies in terms shall be filled by appointment by |
| 22 | | the
Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate for the |
| 23 | | extent of the
unexpired term.
If a vacancy in membership |
| 24 | | occurs at a time when the Senate is not in
session, the |
| 25 | | Governor shall make a temporary appointment until the next |
| 26 | | meeting
of the Senate, when the Governor shall appoint a |