Bill Text: IL SB2249 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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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: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB2249 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB2249-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 SB2249 Introduced 2/15/2011, by Sen. Chris Lauzen SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/1A-1 from Ch. 122, par. 1A-1
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the members of the State Board of Education.
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A BILL FOR
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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
1A-1 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/1A-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 1A-1)
Sec. 1A-1. Members and terms.
(a) (Blank).
(b) The The State Board of Education shall consist of 8
members and a chairperson, who shall be appointed by the
Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate from a
pattern of regional representation as follows: 2 appointees
shall be selected from among those counties of the State other
than Cook County and the 5 counties contiguous to Cook County;
2 appointees shall be selected from Cook County, one of whom
shall be a resident of the City of Chicago and one of whom
shall be a resident of that part of Cook County which lies
outside the city limits of Chicago; 2 appointees shall be
selected from among the 5 counties of the State that are
contiguous to Cook County; and 3 members shall be selected as
members-at-large (one of which shall be the chairperson). The
Governor who takes office on the second Monday of January after
his or her election shall be the person who nominates members

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to fill vacancies whose terms begin after that date and before
the term of the next Governor begins.
The term of each member of the State Board of Education
whose term expires on January 12, 2005 shall instead terminate
on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
General Assembly. Of these 3 seats, (i) the member initially
appointed pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
Assembly whose seat was vacant on April 27, 2004 shall serve
until the second Wednesday of January, 2009 and (ii) the other
2 members initially appointed pursuant to this amendatory Act
of the 93rd General Assembly shall serve until the second
Wednesday of January, 2007.
The term of the member of the State Board of Education
whose seat was vacant on April 27, 2004 and whose term expires
on January 10, 2007 shall instead terminate on the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly. The
member initially appointed pursuant to this amendatory Act of
the 93rd General Assembly to fill this seat shall be the
chairperson and shall serve until the second Wednesday of
January, 2007.
The term of the member of the State Board of Education
whose seat was vacant on May 28, 2004 but after April 27, 2004
and whose term expires on January 10, 2007 shall instead
terminate on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
93rd General Assembly. The member initially appointed pursuant
to this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly to fill

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this seat shall serve until the second Wednesday of January,
2007.
The term of the other member of the State Board of
Education whose term expires on January 10, 2007 shall instead
terminate on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
93rd General Assembly. The member initially appointed pursuant
to this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly to fill
this seat shall serve until the second Wednesday of January,
2007.
The term of the member of the State Board of Education
whose term expires on January 14, 2009 and who was selected
from among the 5 counties of the State that are contiguous to
Cook County and is a resident of Lake County shall instead
terminate on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
93rd General Assembly. The member initially appointed pursuant
to this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly to fill
this seat shall serve until the second Wednesday of January,
2009.
Upon expiration of the terms of the members initially
appointed under this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
Assembly and members whose terms were not terminated by this
amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, their respective
successors shall be appointed for terms of 4 years, from the
second Wednesday in January of each odd numbered year and until
their respective successors are appointed and qualified.
(c) Of the 4 members, excluding the chairperson, whose

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terms expire on the second Wednesday of January, 2007 and every
4 years thereafter, one of those members must be an at-large
member and at no time may more than 2 of those members be from
one political party. Of the 4 members whose terms expire on the
second Wednesday of January, 2009 and every 4 years thereafter,
one of those members must be an at-large member and at no time
may more than 2 of those members be from one political party.
Party membership is defined as having voted in the primary of
the party in the last primary before appointment.
(d) Vacancies in terms shall be filled by appointment by
the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate for the
extent of the unexpired term. If a vacancy in membership occurs
at a time when the Senate is not in session, the Governor shall
make a temporary appointment until the next meeting of the
Senate, when the Governor shall appoint a person to fill that
membership for the remainder of its term. If the Senate is not
in session when appointments for a full term are made, the
appointments shall be made as in the case of vacancies.
(Source: P.A. 93-1036, eff. 9-14-04.)