Bill Text: IL HB4173 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Trustees of Schools Article of the School Code. With respect to the trustees of schools of Township 38 North, Range 12 East, provides that the school business of the township shall be transacted by 4 elected trustees and 3 trustees who are appointed by the school boards (or officers) of specified school districts (rather than 3 elected trustees). Allows an elected trustee and an appointed trustee to represent the same school district. Provides that any trustee, whether elected or appointed, may serve as an officer of the trustees of schools. Sets forth the procedures for the appointment and term of the 3 appointed trustees. Provides that no person shall be nominated for the office of trustee of schools in townships containing 20,000 inhabitants or over except by a petition signed by a least 5% or 500 of the voters of the school township who last cast votes in the most recent election, whichever is less (rather than except by a petition signed by at least 25 voters of the school township). Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-05-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0924 [HB4173 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB4173-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 102-0924 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | ||||
5-2, 5-3, and 5-4 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/5-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 5-2)
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Sec. 5-2. Governing board.
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the | ||||
The school business of all school townships having school | ||||
trustees shall
be transacted by three trustees, to be elected | ||||
by the qualified voters of
the township, as hereinafter | ||||
provided in this Article 5. | ||||
(b) This subsection (b) applies only to the trustees of | ||||
schools of Township 38 North, Range 12 East. The school | ||||
business of the township shall be transacted by 4 trustees | ||||
elected by the qualified voters of the township, as provided | ||||
in this Article 5, and 3 trustees appointed by the school | ||||
districts within the township, as provided in this subsection | ||||
(b). An elected trustee and an appointed trustee may represent | ||||
the same school district. Any trustee, whether elected or | ||||
appointed, may serve as an officer of the trustees of schools. | ||||
The 3 trustees to be appointed shall each be appointed for | ||||
a term of one year as follows: | ||||
(1) The school boards of Argo Community High School | ||
District 217, Summit School District 104, Willow Springs | ||
School District 108, and Indian Springs School District | ||
109 shall collectively appoint one school board member as | ||
a trustee through a nomination process and by a majority | ||
vote or by consensus among the school boards. A trustee | ||
appointed under this paragraph (1) may be reappointed for | ||
a second term as provided under this paragraph (1). After | ||
the appointed term or reappointed term of the trustee | ||
expires, the school boards shall appoint a successor | ||
trustee pursuant to this paragraph (1). | ||
(2) The school boards of Western Springs School | ||
District 101, La Grange School District 102, Lyons School | ||
District 103, La Grange School District 105 South, | ||
LaGrange Highlands School District 106, and Pleasantdale | ||
School District 107 shall collectively appoint one school | ||
board member as a trustee through a nomination process and | ||
by a majority vote or by consensus among the school | ||
boards. A trustee appointed under this paragraph (2) may | ||
be reappointed for a second term as provided under this | ||
paragraph (2). After the appointed term or reappointed | ||
term of the trustee expires, the school boards shall | ||
appoint a successor trustee pursuant to this paragraph | ||
(2). | ||
(3) Each year, among the school board presidents of | ||
the school districts within the township, one school board | ||
president shall be selected through a nomination process | ||
and by a majority vote to appoint a trustee. If no | ||
president of a school board is nominated, another officer | ||
of one of the school boards may be nominated. For the | ||
even-numbered year term, a trustee appointed under this | ||
paragraph (3) must be from a feeder elementary school | ||
district for Argo Community High School District 217, and, | ||
for the odd-numbered year term, a trustee appointed under | ||
this paragraph (3) must be from a feeder elementary school | ||
district for Lyons Township High School District 204. | ||
(c) The trustees shall be a body politic
and corporate, by | ||
the name of "trustees of schools of township No. ....,
range | ||
No. ....," according to the number, or in case of school | ||
townships
created from two or more congressional townships, | ||
such name shall be
"trustees of .... township .... county, | ||
Illinois." Such corporation shall
have perpetual existence, | ||
with power to sue and be sued, and to plead and
be impleaded, | ||
in all courts and places where judicial proceedings are had.
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(Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
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(105 ILCS 5/5-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 5-3)
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Sec. 5-3. Eligibility of trustees.
No person shall be | ||
eligible to the office of trustee of schools who is
not a | ||
resident of the township and at least 18 years of age. If there | ||
are
3 or more school districts in a township which are subject | ||
to the
jurisdiction of the trustees of schools of that | ||
township, no 2 trustees shall reside,
when elected, in the | ||
same school district; except that in townships in
which at | ||
least 90% of the electors reside in one school district which | ||
is
subject to the jurisdiction of the trustees of schools of | ||
that township, this
restriction shall not apply. No person | ||
shall be eligible to the office of
trustee of schools and | ||
school director or school board member at the same
time.
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This Section does not apply to trustees appointed under | ||
subsection (b) of Section 5-2. | ||
(Source: P.A. 86-1441.)
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(105 ILCS 5/5-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 5-4)
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Sec. 5-4. Election of trustees. The election of trustees | ||
of schools shall be held in odd-numbered years
at the election | ||
specified in the general election law. In townships in which
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no election for school
trustees has been held, or in townships | ||
in which from any cause there are
no trustees of schools and | ||
the law requires that there be school trustees,
the election | ||
of trustees of schools shall be held at the same
time.
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No person shall be nominated for the office of trustee of | ||
schools, in townships
containing 20,000 inhabitants or over, | ||
except by petition signed by at least
5% or 500 of the | ||
twenty-five voters of the school township in which the person | ||
he is seeking nomination
and election who last cast votes in | ||
the most recent election, whichever is less, filed with the | ||
township
treasurer, or, in case of a first election, with the | ||
county clerk.
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A candidate for election as a school trustee, who has | ||
petitioned for nomination
to fill a full term and to fill a | ||
vacant term to be voted upon at the same
election, must | ||
withdraw his or her petition for nomination from either the
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full term or the vacant term by written declaration, which | ||
shall be signed
and acknowledged by an officer authorized to | ||
take such acknowledgments and
which is filed with the township | ||
treasurer in the township in which he or
she is a candidate | ||
within the time provided by the general election law.
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(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
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