Bill Text: IL SB1077 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the members of the State Board of Education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-10-10 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB1077 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB1077-Introduced.html
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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 | 2 appointees shall be selected from
Cook County, one of whom | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | shall be a resident of the City of
Chicago and one of whom | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | shall be a resident of that
part of Cook County
which lies | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | outside the city limits of Chicago; 2
appointees shall be
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19 | selected from among the 5 counties of the State that are | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | contiguous to Cook
County; and 3 members
shall be selected as | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | members-at-large (one of which shall be the chairperson). The | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | Governor who takes office on the second Monday of January after | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | his or her election shall be the person who nominates members |
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1 | to fill vacancies whose terms begin after that date and before | ||||||
2 | the term of the next Governor begins. | ||||||
3 | The term of each member of the State Board of Education | ||||||
4 | whose term expires on January 12, 2005 shall instead terminate | ||||||
5 | on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd | ||||||
6 | General Assembly. Of these 3 seats, (i) the member initially | ||||||
7 | appointed pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 93rd General | ||||||
8 | Assembly whose seat was vacant on April 27, 2004 shall serve | ||||||
9 | until the second Wednesday of January, 2009 and (ii) the other | ||||||
10 | 2 members initially appointed pursuant to this amendatory Act | ||||||
11 | of the 93rd General Assembly shall serve until the second | ||||||
12 | Wednesday of January, 2007. | ||||||
13 | The term of the member of the State Board of Education | ||||||
14 | whose seat was vacant on April 27, 2004 and whose term expires | ||||||
15 | on January 10, 2007 shall instead terminate on the effective | ||||||
16 | date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly. The | ||||||
17 | member initially appointed pursuant to this amendatory Act of | ||||||
18 | the 93rd General Assembly to fill this seat shall be the | ||||||
19 | chairperson and shall serve until the second Wednesday of | ||||||
20 | January, 2007. | ||||||
21 | The term of the member of the State Board of Education | ||||||
22 | whose seat was vacant on May 28, 2004 but after April 27, 2004 | ||||||
23 | and whose term expires on January 10, 2007 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 | 2007.
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3 | The term of the other member of the State Board of | ||||||
4 | Education whose term expires on January 10, 2007 shall instead | ||||||
5 | terminate on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
6 | 93rd General Assembly. The member initially appointed pursuant | ||||||
7 | to this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly to fill | ||||||
8 | this seat shall serve until the second Wednesday of January, | ||||||
9 | 2007. | ||||||
10 | The term of the member of the State Board of Education | ||||||
11 | whose term expires on January 14, 2009 and who was selected | ||||||
12 | from among the 5 counties of the State that are contiguous to | ||||||
13 | Cook County and is a resident of Lake County shall instead | ||||||
14 | terminate on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
15 | 93rd General Assembly. The member initially appointed pursuant | ||||||
16 | to this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly to fill | ||||||
17 | this seat shall serve until the second Wednesday of January, | ||||||
18 | 2009. | ||||||
19 | Upon expiration of the terms of the members initially | ||||||
20 | appointed
under this amendatory Act of the 93rd General | ||||||
21 | Assembly and members whose terms were not terminated by this | ||||||
22 | amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, their respective | ||||||
23 | successors shall be
appointed for terms of 4
years, from the | ||||||
24 | second Wednesday in January of each
odd
numbered year and until | ||||||
25 | their respective successors are appointed and
qualified. | ||||||
26 | (c) Of the 4 members, excluding the chairperson, whose |
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1 | terms expire on the second Wednesday of January, 2007 and every | ||||||
2 | 4 years thereafter, one of those members must be an at-large | ||||||
3 | member and at no time may more than 2 of those members be from | ||||||
4 | one political party. Of the 4 members whose terms expire on the | ||||||
5 | second Wednesday of January, 2009 and every 4 years thereafter, | ||||||
6 | one of those members must be an at-large member and at no time | ||||||
7 | may more than 2 of those members be from one political party. | ||||||
8 | Party membership is defined as having voted in the primary of | ||||||
9 | the party in the last primary before appointment.
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10 | (d) Vacancies in terms shall be filled by appointment by | ||||||
11 | the
Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate for the | ||||||
12 | extent of the
unexpired term.
If a vacancy in membership occurs | ||||||
13 | at a time when the Senate is not in
session, the Governor shall | ||||||
14 | make a temporary appointment until the next meeting
of the | ||||||
15 | Senate, when the Governor shall appoint a person to fill that | ||||||
16 | membership
for the remainder of its term. If the Senate is not | ||||||
17 | in session when
appointments for a full term are made, the | ||||||
18 | appointments shall be made as in the
case of vacancies.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 93-1036, eff. 9-14-04.)
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