Bill Text: IL SB0689 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Creates the Chicago Board of Education District Act. Divides the City of Chicago into 10 districts and 20 subdistricts for the purposes of identifying persons who will serve on the Chicago Board of Education. Amends the School Code. Provides that, by December 14, 2024, the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall appoint a President of the Chicago Board of Education who shall serve a 2-year term. Provides that, for purposes of selection of members of the Chicago Board of Education, the City of Chicago shall be divided into 10 districts, and each of those 10 districts shall be subdivided into 2 subdistricts. Provides that, until January 15, 2027, each district shall be represented by one member who is elected at the 2024 general election to a 2-year term and one member who is appointed by the Mayor by no later than December 16, 2024 to a 2-year term. Requires each of those elected members to reside within the district that the member represents. Requires each of those appointed members to reside both within the district that the member represents and outside of the subdistrict within which the elected member of the district resides. Provides that, beginning January 15, 2027, each subdistrict shall be represented by one member who is elected at the 2026 general election. Specifies that, if a member is elected at the 2026 general election to fill the expired term of an appointed member, then the elected member shall serve a 2-year term. Specifies that, if a member is elected at the 2026 general election to fill the expired term of an elected member, then the member shall serve a 4-year term. Requires each of those elected members to reside within the subdistrict that the member represents. Provides that, if a member is elected at the 2026 general election to serve a 2-year term, then the member elected at the 2028 general election shall serve a 4-year term, and, if a member is elected at the 2026 general election to serve a 4-year term, then the member elected in that subdistrict at the 2030 general election shall serve a 2-year term. Provides that, beginning with the members elected at the 2032 general election, the members of each district shall serve two 4-year terms and one 2-year term for each 10-year period thereafter as determined by lot. Makes changes concerning: conflicts of interests of board members, eligibility of individuals to serve as board members, nominating petitions for board members, the creation of the Chicago Board of Education Black Student Achievement Advisory Board and other advisory bodies, and the creation and redistricting of subdistricts. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-26 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB0689 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB0689-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Local Library Act is amended by
adding Section 1-8 as follows:
(75 ILCS 5/1-8 new)
Sec. 1-8. Book bans prohibited. The board of trustees or
staff of a public library established under this Act shall not
limit access to biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, or any
other books or materials in the library or prohibit the
purchase for the library's collection of biographies,
autobiographies, memoirs, or any other books or materials
based upon the depiction in those books or materials of
matters of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, sexual and
reproductive health, gender identity, religion, human rights
activism, or any other subject. This Section does not restrict
the board of trustees or staff of a public library established
under this Act from imposing limitations on access to books or
materials in the library for public safety reasons or based
upon the age and developmental level of persons who will have
access to those books or materials.
Section 10. The Illinois Library System Act is amended by

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changing Section 3 as follows:
(75 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 81, par. 113)
Sec. 3. The State Librarian and his or her staff shall
administer the provisions of this Act and shall prescribe such
rules and regulations as are necessary to carry the provisions
of this Act into effect.
The rules and regulations established by the State
Librarian for the administration of this Act shall be designed
to achieve the following standards and objectives:
(A) provide library service for every citizen in the state
by extending library facilities to areas not now served; .
(B) provide library materials for student needs at every
educational level; .
(C) provide adequate library materials to satisfy the
reference and research needs of the people of this state; .
(D) provide an adequate staff of professionally trained
librarians for the state; .
(E) provide an adequate stock of books and other materials
sufficient in size and varied in kind and subject matter to
satisfy the library needs of the people of this state; .
(F) provide adequate library outlets and facilities
convenient in time and place to serve the people of this
state; .
(G) encourage existing and new libraries to develop
library systems serving a sufficiently large population to

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support adequate library service at reasonable cost; .
(H) foster the economic and efficient utilization of
public funds; .
(I) promote the full utilization of local pride,
responsibility, initiative and support of library service and
at the same time employ state aid as a supplement to local
support; and .
(J) prohibit the library systems established under this
Act and their staff from limiting access to biographies,
autobiographies, memoirs, or any other books or materials and
prohibit the purchase of biographies, autobiographies,
memoirs, or any other books or materials based upon the
depiction in those books or materials of matters of race,
ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion,
human rights activism, or any other subject. This paragraph
(J) does not restrict a library system or its staff from
imposing limitations on access to books or materials in the
library system for public safety reasons or based upon the age
and developmental level of persons who will have access to
those books or materials.
The Advisory Committee of the Illinois State Library shall
confer with, advise and make recommendations to the State
Librarian regarding any matter under this Act and particularly
with reference to the formation of library systems.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 3077.)

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Section 15. The Public Library District Act of 1991 is
amended by adding Section 1-60 as follows:
(75 ILCS 16/1-60 new)
Sec. 1-60. Book bans prohibited. The board of trustees or
staff of a library established under this Act shall not limit
access to biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, or any other
books or materials in the library or prohibit the purchase for
the library's collection of biographies, autobiographies,
memoirs, or any other books or materials based upon the
depiction in those materials of matters of race, ethnicity,
sexual orientation, sexual and reproductive health, gender
identity, religion, human rights activism, or any other
subject. This Section does not restrict the board of trustees
or staff of a library established under this Act from imposing
limitations on access to books or materials in the library for
public safety reasons or based upon the age and developmental
level of persons who will have access to those books or
materials.
Section 20. The Village Library Act is amended by adding
Section 6 as follows:
(75 ILCS 40/6 new)
Sec. 6. Book bans prohibited. The board of trustees or
staff of a village library established under this Act shall

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not limit access to biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, or
any other books or materials in the library or prohibit the
purchase for the village library's collection of biographies,
autobiographies, memoirs, or any other books or materials
based upon the depiction in those materials of matters of
race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, sexual and reproductive
health, gender identity, religion, human rights activism, or
any other subject. This Section does not restrict the board of
trustees of a village library established under this Act from
imposing limitations on access to books or materials in the
village library for public safety reasons or based upon the
age and developmental level of persons who will have access to
those books or materials.
Section 25. The School Code is amended by by adding
Sections 10-20.85 and 34-18.82 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/10-20.85 new)
Sec. 10-20.85. Book bans prohibited. Neither a school
district nor its staff shall limit access to biographies,
autobiographies, memoirs, or any other books or materials in a
school library or prohibit the purchase for the school
library's collection of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs,
or any other books or materials based upon the depiction in
those materials of matters of race, ethnicity, sexual
orientation, sexual and reproductive health, gender identity,

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religion, human rights activism, or any other subject. This
Section does not restrict a school district or its staff from
imposing limitations on access to books or materials in a
school library for public safety reasons or based upon the age
and developmental level of students who will have access to
those books or materials.
(105 ILCS 5/34-18.82 new)
Sec. 34-18.82. Book bans prohibited. Neither the school
district nor its staff shall limit access to biographies,
autobiographies, memoirs, or any other books or materials in a
school library or prohibit the purchase for the school
library's collection of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs,
or any other books or materials based upon the depiction in
those materials of matters of race, ethnicity, sexual
orientation, sexual and reproductive health, gender identity,
religion, human rights activism, or any other subject. This
Section does not restrict the school district or its staff
from imposing limitations on access to books or materials in a
school library for public safety reasons or based upon the age
and developmental level of students who will have access to
those books or materials.