Bill Text: IL SB3773 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the board of school directors, provides that, beginning July 1, 2025, a school district or unit school district with at least one high school shall have at least one student board member selected to be a member of the board of school directors from a high school within the district. Provides that a student board member shall serve a term of one year, beginning on July 1 or on the date of his or her selection, whichever is later, and expiring on the next succeeding June 30. Provides that a student board member shall have all of the privileges of membership, except that the student board member shall only shall have the right to cast an advisory vote, the right to make and second motions, and to attend executive sessions. Sets forth provisions concerning, conflict of interest, election, and requirements for a student board member. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-09 - Referred to Assignments [SB3773 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB3773-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3773 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Adriane Johnson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/10-1 from Ch. 122, par. 10-1
Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the board of school directors, provides that, beginning July 1, 2025, a school district or unit school district with at least one high school shall have at least one student board member selected to be a member of the board of school directors from a high school within the district. Provides that a student board member shall serve a term of one year, beginning on July 1 or on the date of his or her selection, whichever is later, and expiring on the next succeeding June 30. Provides that a student board member shall have all of the privileges of membership, except that the student board member shall only shall have the right to cast an advisory vote, the right to make and second motions, and to attend executive sessions. Sets forth provisions concerning, conflict of interest, election, and requirements for a student board member. Effective immediately.
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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
10-1 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/10-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-1)
Sec. 10-1. Board of school directors.
(a) School districts having a population of fewer than
1000 inhabitants and not governed by any special act shall be
governed by a board of school directors to consist of 3 members
who shall be elected in the manner provided in Article 9 of
this Act. In consolidated districts and in districts in which
the membership of the board of school directors is increased
as provided in subsection (b), 7 members shall be so elected.
(b) Upon presentment to the board of school directors of a
school district having a population of fewer than 1,000
inhabitants of a petition signed by the lesser of 5% or 25 of
the registered voters of the district to increase the
membership of the district's board of school directors to 7
directors and to elect a new 7-member board of school
directors to replace the district's existing board of 3 school
directors, the clerk or secretary of the board of school
directors shall certify the proposition to the proper election

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authorities for submission to the electors of the district at
a regular scheduled election in accordance with the general
election law. If the proposition is approved by a majority of
those voting on the proposition, the members of the board of
school directors of that district thereafter shall be elected
in the manner provided by subsection (c) of Section 10-4.
(c) Until July 1, 2025, a A board of school directors may
appoint a student to the board to serve in an advisory
capacity. The student member shall serve for a term as
determined by the board. The board may not grant the student
member any voting privileges, but shall consider the student
member as an advisor. The student member may not participate
in or attend any executive session of the board.
Beginning July 1, 2025, a school district or unit school
district with at least one high school shall have at least one
student board member of the board of school directors selected
from a high school within the district. A student board member
shall serve a term of one year, beginning on July 1 or on the
date of the student's selection, whichever is later, and
expiring on the next succeeding June 30.
A student board member shall have all of the privileges of
membership, except that the student board member shall only
have the right to cast an advisory vote, the right to make and
second motions, and to attend executive sessions.
A student board member shall be governed by the same
conflict of interest standards, where applicable. Pursuant to

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those standards, it may not be a conflict of interest for a
student board member to vote on matters pertaining to students
generally, such as tuition and fees. However, it shall be a
conflict of interest for a student board member to vote on
faculty member tenure or promotion. For the purposes of this
Section, a student board member may not be deemed to have a
direct conflict of interest in and may cast an advisory vote on
any item involving the employment or compensation of the
principal at any school, the superintendent of a school
district, or the election of officers. A student board member
may not be considered a board member for the purpose of
determining whether a quorum is present at the time that
measure is voted upon.
A student board member shall be selected by all enrolled
high school students through an election. For a school
district with more than one high school, the school board may
choose a process for determining which student shall serve on
the board or allow multiple students to serve on the board. The
election process shall be determined by the board or relegated
to the superintendent or principal of a high school. The first
election shall be held during the 2024-2025 school year, and
annually thereafter.
To be eligible for selection as a student board member and
to remain as a student board member, the student board member
must have and maintain a grade point average that is
equivalent to at least 2.0 on a 4.0 scale and must be an

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enrolled student during the student's term of office except
for that part of the term which follows the completion of the
last full regular semester of a school year and precedes the
first full regular semester of the succeeding school year,
sometimes commonly referred to as the summer session or summer
school. If a student board member fails to continue to meet or
maintain the minimum grade point average or enrollment
requirement established by this Section, then the student
board member's membership on the Board shall be deemed
terminated by operation of law.
If a student board member resigns or otherwise ceases to
serve on the Board, the principal of the high school where the
student vacancy exists shall appoint another qualified student
for the remainder of the term.
(Source: P.A. 94-231, eff. 7-14-05.)