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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
55-2.2 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/5-2.2 new)
7    Sec. 5-2.2. Designation of trustees; Township 36 North,
8Range 13 East. After the April 5, 2011 consolidated election,
9the trustees of schools in Township 36 North, Range 13 East
10shall no longer be elected pursuant to the provisions of
11Sections 5-2, 5-2.1, 5-3, 5-4, 5-12, and 5-13 of this Code. Any
12such trustees elected before such date may complete the term to
13which that trustee was elected, but shall not be succeeded by
14election. Instead, the board of education or board of school
15directors of each of the elementary and high school districts
16that are subject to the jurisdiction of Township 36 North,
17Range 13 East shall appoint one of the members to serve as
18trustee of schools. The trustees of schools shall be appointed
19by each board of education or board of school directors within
2060 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
2197th General Assembly and shall reorganize within 30 days after
22all the trustees of schools have been appointed or within 30
23days after all the trustees of schools were due to have been

 

 

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1appointed, whichever is sooner. Trustees of schools so
2appointed shall serve at the pleasure of the board of education
3or board of school directors appointing them, but in no event
4longer than 2 years unless reappointed.
5    A majority of members of the trustees of schools shall
6constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The
7trustees shall organize by appointing one of their number
8president, who shall hold the office for 2 years. If the
9president is absent from any meeting, or refuses to perform any
10of the duties of the office, a president pro-tempore may be
11appointed. Trustees who serve on the board as a result of
12appointment or election at the time of the reorganization shall
13continue to serve as a member of the trustees of schools, with
14no greater or lessor authority than any other trustee, until
15such time as their elected term expires.
16    Each trustee of schools appointed by a board of education
17or board of school directors shall be entitled to
18indemnification and protection against claims and suits by the
19board that appointed that trustee of schools for acts or
20omissions as a trustee of schools in the same manner and to the
21same extent as the trustee of schools is entitled to
22indemnification and protection for acts or omissions as a
23member of the board of education or board of school directors
24under Section 10-20.20 of this Code.
 
25    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
26becoming law.