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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 changing Sections
55-1, 5-2, 5-2.1, 5-2.2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-12, 5-13, 5-16, and 8-1 as
6follows:
 
7    (105 ILCS 5/5-1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 5-1)
8    Sec. 5-1. County school units.
9    (a) The territory in each county, exclusive of any school
10district governed by any special act which requires the
11district to appoint its own school treasurer, shall constitute
12a county school unit. County school units of less than
132,000,000 inhabitants shall be known as Class I county school
14units and the office of township trustees, where existing on
15July 1, 1962, in such units shall be abolished on that date and
16all books and records of such former township trustees shall
17be forthwith thereafter transferred to the county board of
18school trustees. County school units of 2,000,000 or more
19inhabitants shall be known as Class II county school units and
20shall retain the office of township trustees unless otherwise
21provided in subsection (b), or (c), or (d), or shall be
22administered as provided Section 5-2.2.
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1board of any elementary school district having a fall, 1989
2aggregate enrollment of at least 2,500 but less than 6,500
3pupils and having boundaries that are coterminous with the
4boundaries of a high school district, and the school board of
5any high school district having a fall, 1989 aggregate
6enrollment of at least 2,500 but less than 6,500 pupils and
7having boundaries that are coterminous with the boundaries of
8an elementary school district, may, whenever the territory of
9such school district forms a part of a Class II county school
10unit, by proper resolution withdraw such school district from
11the jurisdiction and authority of the trustees of schools of
12the township in which such school district is located and from
13the jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer in
14such Class II county school unit; provided that the school
15board of any such school district shall, upon the adoption and
16passage of such resolution, thereupon elect or appoint its own
17school treasurer as provided in Section 8-1. Upon the adoption
18and passage of such resolution and the election or appointment
19by the school board of its own school treasurer: (1) the
20trustees of schools in such township shall no longer have or
21exercise any powers and duties with respect to the school
22district governed by such school board or with respect to the
23school business, operations or assets of such school district;
24and (2) all books and records of the township trustees
25relating to the school business and affairs of such school
26district shall be transferred and delivered to the school

 

 

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1board of such school district. Upon the effective date of this
2amendatory Act of 1993, the legal title to, and all right,
3title and interest formerly held by the township trustees in
4any school buildings and school sites used and occupied by the
5school board of such school district for school purposes, that
6legal title, right, title and interest thereafter having been
7transferred to and vested in the regional board of school
8trustees under P.A. 87-473 until the abolition of that
9regional board of school trustees by P.A. 87-969, shall be
10deemed transferred by operation of law to and shall vest in the
11school board of that school district.
12    Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c), the school boards
13of Oak Park & River Forest District 200, Oak Park Elementary
14School District 97, and River Forest School District 90 may,
15by proper resolution, withdraw from the jurisdiction and
16authority of the trustees of schools of Proviso and Cicero
17Townships and the township treasurer, provided that the school
18board shall, upon the adoption and passage of the resolution,
19elect or appoint its own school treasurer as provided in
20Section 8-1 of this Code. Upon the adoption and passage of the
21resolution and the election or appointment by the school board
22of its own school treasurer: (1) the trustees of schools in the
23township or townships shall no longer have or exercise any
24powers or duties with respect to the school district or with
25respect to the school business, operations, or assets of the
26school district; (2) all books and records of the trustees of

 

 

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1schools and all moneys, securities, loanable funds, and other
2assets relating to the school business and affairs of the
3school district shall be transferred and delivered to the
4school board; and (3) all legal title to and all right, title,
5and interest formerly held by the trustees of schools in any
6common school lands, school buildings, or school sites used
7and occupied by the school board and all rights of property and
8causes of action pertaining to or constituting a part of the
9common school lands, buildings, or sites shall be deemed
10transferred by operation of law to and shall vest in the school
11board.
12    Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c), the respective
13school boards of Berwyn North School District 98, Berwyn South
14School District 100, Cicero School District 99, and J.S.
15Morton High School District 201 may, by proper resolution,
16withdraw from the jurisdiction and authority of the trustees
17of schools of Cicero Township and the township treasurer,
18provided that the school board shall, upon the adoption and
19passage of the resolution, elect or appoint its own school
20treasurer as provided in Section 8-1 of this Code. Upon the
21adoption and passage of the resolution and the election or
22appointment by the school board of its own school treasurer:
23(1) the trustees of schools in the township shall no longer
24have or exercise any powers or duties with respect to the
25school district or with respect to the school business,
26operations, or assets of the school district; (2) all books

 

 

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1and records of the trustees of schools and all moneys,
2securities, loanable funds, and other assets relating to the
3school business and affairs of the school district shall be
4transferred and delivered to the school board; and (3) all
5legal title to and all right, title, and interest formerly
6held by the trustees of schools in any common school lands,
7school buildings, or school sites used and occupied by the
8school board and all rights of property and causes of action
9pertaining to or constituting a part of the common school
10lands, buildings, or sites shall be deemed transferred by
11operation of law to and shall vest in the school board.
12    Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c) of this Section
13and upon final judgment, including the exhaustion of all
14appeals or a settlement between all parties, regarding claims
15set forth in the case of Township Trustees of Schools Township
1638 North, Range 12 East v. Lyons Township High School District
17No. 204 case N. 13 CH 23386 pending in 2018 in the Circuit
18Court of Cook County, Illinois, County Department, Chancery
19Division, and all related pending claims, the school board of
20Lyons Township High School District 204 may commence, by
21proper resolution, to withdraw from the jurisdiction and
22authority of the trustees of schools of Lyons Township and the
23township treasurer, provided that the school board shall, upon
24the adoption and passage of the resolution, elect or appoint
25its own school treasurer as provided in Section 8-1 of this
26Code. Upon the adoption and passage of the resolution and the

 

 

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1election or appointment by the school board of its own school
2treasurer commencing with the first day of the succeeding
3fiscal year, but not prior to July 1, 2019: (1) the trustees of
4schools in the township shall no longer have or exercise any
5powers or duties with respect to the school district or with
6respect to the school business, operations, or assets of the
7school district; (2) all books and records of the trustees of
8schools and all moneys, securities, loanable funds, and other
9assets relating to the school business and affairs of the
10school district shall be transferred and delivered to the
11school board, allowing for a reasonable period of time not to
12exceed 90 days to liquidate any pooled investments; and (3)
13all legal title to and all right, title, and interest formerly
14held by the trustees of schools in any common school lands,
15school buildings, or school sites used and occupied by the
16school board and all rights of property and causes of action
17pertaining to or constituting a part of the common school
18lands, buildings, or sites shall be deemed transferred by
19operation of law to and shall vest in the school board. The
20changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the
21100th General Assembly are prospective only, starting from the
22effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General
23Assembly, and shall not affect any legal action pending on the
24effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General
25Assembly in the Illinois courts in which Lyons Township High
26School District 204 is a listed party.

 

 

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1    Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c), the school boards
2of Glenbrook High School District 225, Northbrook Elementary
3School District 27, Northbrook School District 28, Sunset
4Ridge School District 29, Northbrook/Glenview School District
530, West Northfield School District 31, and Glenview Community
6Consolidated School District 34 may, by proper resolution,
7withdraw from the jurisdiction and authority of the trustees
8of schools of Northfield and Maine Townships and the township
9treasurer, provided that the school board shall, upon the
10adoption and passage of the resolution, elect or appoint its
11own school treasurer as provided in Section 8-1 of this Code.
12Upon the adoption and passage of the resolution and the
13election or appointment by the school board of its own school
14treasurer: (1) the trustees of schools in the township or
15townships shall no longer have or exercise any powers or
16duties with respect to the school district or with respect to
17the school business, operations, or assets of the school
18district; (2) all books and records of the trustees of schools
19and all moneys, securities, loanable funds, and other assets
20relating to the school business and affairs of the school
21district shall be transferred and delivered to the school
22board; and (3) all legal title to and all right, title, and
23interest formerly held by the trustees of schools in any
24common school lands, school buildings, or school sites used
25and occupied by the school board and all rights of property and
26causes of action pertaining to or constituting a part of the

 

 

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1common school lands, buildings, or sites shall be deemed
2transferred by operation of law to and shall vest in the school
3board.
4    (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the
5offices of township treasurer and trustee of schools of any
6township located in a Class II county school unit shall be
7abolished as provided in this subsection if all of the
8following conditions are met:
9        (1) During the same 30 day period, each school board
10    of each elementary and unit school district that is
11    subject to the jurisdiction and authority of the township
12    treasurer and trustees of schools of the township in which
13    those offices are sought to be abolished gives written
14    notice by certified mail, return receipt requested to the
15    township treasurer and trustees of schools of that
16    township of the date of a meeting of the school board, to
17    be held not more than 90 nor less than 60 days after the
18    date when the notice is given, at which meeting the school
19    board is to consider and vote upon the question of whether
20    there shall be submitted to the electors of the school
21    district a proposition to abolish the offices of township
22    treasurer and trustee of schools of that township. None of
23    the notices given under this paragraph to the township
24    treasurer and trustees of schools of a township shall be
25    deemed sufficient or in compliance with the requirements
26    of this paragraph unless all of those notices are given

 

 

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1    within the same 30 day period.
2        (2) Each school board of each elementary and unit
3    school district that is subject to the jurisdiction and
4    authority of the township treasurer and trustees of
5    schools of the township in which those offices are sought
6    to be abolished, by the affirmative vote of at least 5
7    members of the school board at a school board meeting of
8    which notice is given as required by paragraph (1) of this
9    subsection, adopts a resolution requiring the secretary of
10    the school board to certify to the proper election
11    authorities for submission to the electors of the school
12    district at the next consolidated election in accordance
13    with the general election law a proposition to abolish the
14    offices of township treasurer and trustee of schools of
15    that township. None of the resolutions adopted under this
16    paragraph by any elementary or unit school districts that
17    are subject to the jurisdiction and authority of the
18    township treasurer and trustees of schools of the township
19    in which those offices are sought to be abolished shall be
20    deemed in compliance with the requirements of this
21    paragraph or sufficient to authorize submission of the
22    proposition to abolish those offices to a referendum of
23    the electors in any such school district unless all of the
24    school boards of all of the elementary and unit school
25    districts that are subject to the jurisdiction and
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1    schools of that township adopt such a resolution in
2    accordance with the provisions of this paragraph.
3        (3) The school boards of all of the elementary and
4    unit school districts that are subject to the jurisdiction
5    and authority of the township treasurer and trustees of
6    schools of the township in which those offices are sought
7    to be abolished submit a proposition to abolish the
8    offices of township treasurer and trustee of schools of
9    that township to the electors of their respective school
10    districts at the same consolidated election in accordance
11    with the general election law, the ballot in each such
12    district to be in substantially the following form:
13    ----------------------------------------------
14
OFFICIAL BALLOT
15            Shall the offices of township
16            treasurer and                       YES
17            trustee of                      -------------
18            schools of Township .....           NO
19            Range ..... be abolished?
20    ---------------------------------------------------------
21        (4) At the consolidated election at which the
22    proposition to abolish the offices of township treasurer
23    and trustee of schools of a township is submitted to the
24    electors of each elementary and unit school district that
25    is subject to the jurisdiction and authority of the
26    township treasurer and trustee of schools of that

 

 

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1    township, a majority of the electors voting on the
2    proposition in each such elementary and unit school
3    district votes in favor of the proposition as submitted to
4    them.
5    If in each elementary and unit school district that is
6subject to the jurisdiction and authority of the township
7treasurer and trustees of schools of the township in which
8those offices are sought to be abolished a majority of the
9electors in each such district voting at the consolidated
10election on the proposition to abolish the offices of township
11treasurer and trustee of schools of that township votes in
12favor of the proposition as submitted to them, the proposition
13shall be deemed to have passed; but if in any such elementary
14or unit school district a majority of the electors voting on
15that proposition in that district fails to vote in favor of the
16proposition as submitted to them, then notwithstanding the
17vote of the electors in any other such elementary or unit
18school district on that proposition the proposition shall not
19be deemed to have passed in any of those elementary or unit
20school districts, and the offices of township treasurer and
21trustee of schools of the township in which those offices were
22sought to be abolished shall not be abolished, unless in each
23of those elementary and unit school districts remaining
24subject to the jurisdiction and authority of the township
25treasurer and trustees of schools of that township proceedings
26are again initiated to abolish those offices and all of the

 

 

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1proceedings and conditions prescribed in paragraphs (1)
2through (4) of this subsection are repeated and met in each of
3those elementary and unit school districts.
4    Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
5or any other provision of the School Code, the offices of
6township treasurer and trustee of schools of a township that
7has a population of less than 200,000 and that contains a unit
8school district and is located in a Class II county school unit
9shall also be abolished as provided in this subsection if all
10of the conditions set forth in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of
11this subsection are met and if the following additional
12condition is met:
13        The electors in all of the school districts subject to
14    the jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer
15    and trustees of schools of the township in which those
16    offices are sought to be abolished shall vote at the
17    consolidated election on the proposition to abolish the
18    offices of township treasurer and trustee of schools of
19    that township. If a majority of the electors in all of the
20    school districts combined voting on the proposition vote
21    in favor of the proposition, then the proposition shall be
22    deemed to have passed; but if a majority of the electors
23    voting on the proposition in all of the school district
24    fails to vote in favor of the proposition as submitted to
25    them, then the proposition shall not be deemed to have
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1    of schools of the township in which those offices were
2    sought to be abolished shall not be abolished, unless and
3    until the proceedings detailed in paragraphs (1) through
4    (3) of this subsection and the conditions set forth in
5    this paragraph are met.
6    If the proposition to abolish the offices of township
7treasurer and trustee of schools of a township is deemed to
8have passed at the consolidated election as provided in this
9subsection, those offices shall be deemed abolished by
10operation of law effective on January 1 of the calendar year
11immediately following the calendar year in which that
12consolidated election is held, provided that if after the
13election, the trustees of schools by resolution elect to
14abolish the offices of township treasurer and trustee of
15schools effective on July 1 immediately following the
16election, then the offices shall be abolished on July 1
17immediately following the election. On the date that the
18offices of township treasurer and trustee of schools of a
19township are deemed abolished by operation of law, the school
20board of each elementary and unit school district and the
21school board of each high school district that is subject to
22the jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer and
23trustees of schools of that township at the time those offices
24are abolished: (i) shall appoint its own school treasurer as
25provided in Section 8-1; and (ii) unless the term of the
26contract of a township treasurer expires on the date that the

 

 

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1office of township treasurer is abolished, shall pay to the
2former township treasurer its proportionate share of any
3aggregate compensation that, were the office of township
4treasurer not abolished at that time, would have been payable
5to the former township treasurer after that date over the
6remainder of the term of the contract of the former township
7treasurer that began prior to but ends after that date. In
8addition, on the date that the offices of township treasurer
9and trustee of schools of a township are deemed abolished as
10provided in this subsection, the school board of each
11elementary school, high school and unit school district that
12until that date is subject to the jurisdiction and authority
13of the township treasurer and trustees of schools of that
14township shall be deemed by operation of law to have agreed and
15assumed to pay and, when determined, shall pay to the Illinois
16Municipal Retirement Fund a proportionate share of the
17unfunded liability existing in that Fund at the time these
18offices are abolished in that calendar year for all annuities
19or other benefits then or thereafter to become payable from
20that Fund with respect to all periods of service performed
21prior to that date as a participating employee in that Fund by
22persons serving during those periods of service as a trustee
23of schools, township treasurer or regular employee in the
24office of the township treasurer of that township. That
25unfunded liability shall be actuarially determined by the
26board of trustees of the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund,

 

 

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1and the board of trustees shall thereupon notify each school
2board required to pay a proportionate share of that unfunded
3liability of the aggregate amount of the unfunded liability so
4determined. The amount so paid to the Illinois Municipal
5Retirement Fund by each of those school districts shall be
6credited to the account of the township in that Fund. For each
7elementary school, high school and unit school district under
8the jurisdiction and authority of a township treasurer and
9trustees of schools of a township in which those offices are
10abolished as provided in this subsection, each such district's
11proportionate share of the aggregate compensation payable to
12the former township treasurer as provided in this paragraph
13and each such district's proportionate share of the aggregate
14amount of the unfunded liability payable to the Illinois
15Municipal Retirement Fund as provided in this paragraph shall
16be computed in accordance with the ratio that the number of
17pupils in average daily attendance in each such district for
18the school year last ending prior to the date on which the
19offices of township treasurer and trustee of schools of that
20township are abolished bears to the aggregate number of pupils
21in average daily attendance in all of those districts as so
22reported for that school year.
23    Upon abolition of the offices of township treasurer and
24trustee of schools of a township as provided in this
25subsection: (i) the regional board of school trustees, in its
26corporate capacity, shall be deemed the successor in interest

 

 

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1to the former trustees of schools of that township with
2respect to the common school lands and township loanable funds
3of the township; (ii) all right, title and interest existing
4or vested in the former trustees of schools of that township in
5the common school lands and township loanable funds of the
6township, and all records, moneys, securities and other
7assets, rights of property and causes of action pertaining to
8or constituting a part of those common school lands or
9township loanable funds, shall be transferred to and deemed
10vested by operation of law in the regional board of school
11trustees, which shall hold legal title to, manage and operate
12all common school lands and township loanable funds of the
13township, receive the rents, issues and profits therefrom, and
14have and exercise with respect thereto the same powers and
15duties as are provided by this Code to be exercised by regional
16boards of school trustees when acting as township land
17commissioners in counties having at least 220,000 but fewer
18than 2,000,000 inhabitants; (iii) the regional board of school
19trustees shall select to serve as its treasurer with respect
20to the common school lands and township loanable funds of the
21township a person from time to time also serving as the
22appointed school treasurer of any school district that was
23subject to the jurisdiction and authority of the township
24treasurer and trustees of schools of that township at the time
25those offices were abolished, and the person selected to also
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1shall have his compensation for services in that capacity
2fixed by the regional board of school trustees, to be paid from
3the township loanable funds, and shall make to the regional
4board of school trustees the reports required to be made by
5treasurers of township land commissioners, give bond as
6required by treasurers of township land commissioners, and
7perform the duties and exercise the powers of treasurers of
8township land commissioners; (iv) the regional board of school
9trustees shall designate in the manner provided by Section
108-7, insofar as applicable, a depositary for its treasurer,
11and the proceeds of all rents, issues and profits from the
12common school lands and township loanable funds of that
13township shall be deposited and held in the account maintained
14for those purposes with that depositary and shall be expended
15and distributed therefrom as provided in Section 15-24 and
16other applicable provisions of this Code; and (v) whenever
17there is vested in the trustees of schools of a township at the
18time that office is abolished under this subsection the legal
19title to any school buildings or school sites used or occupied
20for school purposes by any elementary school, high school or
21unit school district subject to the jurisdiction and authority
22of those trustees of school at the time that office is
23abolished, the legal title to those school buildings and
24school sites shall be deemed transferred by operation of law
25to and invested in the school board of that school district, in
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1the same to be held, sold, exchanged leased or otherwise
2transferred in accordance with applicable provisions of this
3Code.
4    Notwithstanding Section 2-3.25g of this Code, a waiver of
5a mandate established under this Section may not be requested.
6    (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school
7district that forms a part of a Class II county school unit
8may, by a resolution adopted by at least two-thirds of the
9members of the school board of a school district, withdraw a
10school district from the jurisdiction and authority of the
11trustees of schools of the township in which such school
12district is located and from the jurisdiction and authority of
13the township treasurer of the township in which such school
14district is located, provided that the school board of the
15school district shall, upon the adoption and passage of such
16resolution, thereupon elect or appoint its own school
17treasurer as provided in Section 8-1 of this Code. The
18appointed school treasurer may include a township treasurer.
19The school board may enter into a contractual or
20intergovernmental agreement with an appointed school treasurer
21for school treasurer services.
22    Upon adoption and passage of the resolution and the
23election or appointment by the school board of its own school
24treasurer commencing with the first day of the succeeding
25fiscal year, but not prior to July 1, 2025: (1) the trustees of
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1exercise any powers or duties with respect to the school
2district or with respect to the school business, operations,
3or assets of the school district; (2) all books and records of
4the trustees of schools and all moneys, securities, loanable
5funds, and other assets relating to the school business and
6affairs of the school district shall be transferred and
7delivered to the school board; and (3) all legal title to and
8all right, title, and interest formerly held by the trustees
9of schools in any common school lands, school buildings, or
10school sites used and occupied by the school board and all
11rights of property and causes of action pertaining to or
12constituting a part of the common school lands, buildings, or
13sites shall be deemed transferred by operation of law to and
14shall vest in the school board.
15(Source: P.A. 103-144, eff. 6-30-23.)
 
16    (105 ILCS 5/5-2)  (from Ch. 122, par. 5-2)
17    Sec. 5-2. Governing board.
18    (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the
19school business of all school townships having school trustees
20shall be transacted by three trustees, to be elected by the
21qualified voters of the township, as provided in this Article
225.
23    (b) This subsection (b) applies only to the trustees of
24schools of Township 38 North, Range 12 East. The school
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1elected by the qualified voters of the township, as provided
2in this Article 5, and 3 trustees appointed by the school
3districts within the township, as provided in this subsection
4(b). An elected trustee and an appointed trustee may represent
5the same school district. Any trustee, whether elected or
6appointed, may serve as an officer of the trustees of schools.
7    The 3 trustees to be appointed shall each be appointed for
8a term of one year as follows:
9        (1) The school boards of Argo Community High School
10    District 217, Summit School District 104, Willow Springs
11    School District 108, and Indian Springs School District
12    109 shall collectively appoint one school board member as
13    a trustee through a nomination process and by a majority
14    vote or by consensus among the school boards. A trustee
15    appointed under this paragraph (1) may be reappointed for
16    a second term as provided under this paragraph (1). After
17    the appointed term or reappointed term of the trustee
18    expires, the school boards shall appoint a successor
19    trustee pursuant to this paragraph (1).
20        (2) The school boards of Western Springs School
21    District 101, La Grange School District 102, Lyons School
22    District 103, La Grange School District 105 South,
23    LaGrange Highlands School District 106, and Pleasantdale
24    School District 107 shall collectively appoint one school
25    board member as a trustee through a nomination process and
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1    boards. A trustee appointed under this paragraph (2) may
2    be reappointed for a second term as provided under this
3    paragraph (2). After the appointed term or reappointed
4    term of the trustee expires, the school boards shall
5    appoint a successor trustee pursuant to this paragraph
6    (2).
7        (3) Each year, among the school board presidents of
8    the school districts within the township, one school board
9    president shall be selected through a nomination process
10    and by a majority vote to appoint a trustee. If no
11    president of a school board is nominated, another officer
12    of one of the school boards may be nominated. For the
13    even-numbered year term, a trustee appointed under this
14    paragraph (3) must be from a feeder elementary school
15    district for Argo Community High School District 217, and,
16    for the odd-numbered year term, a trustee appointed under
17    this paragraph (3) must be from a feeder elementary school
18    district for Lyons Township High School District 204.
19    (c) The trustees shall be a body politic and corporate, by
20the name of "trustees of schools of township No. ...., range
21No. ....," according to the number, or in case of school
22townships created from two or more congressional townships,
23such name shall be "trustees of .... township .... county,
24Illinois." Such corporation shall have perpetual existence,
25with power to sue and be sued, and to plead and be impleaded,
26in all courts and places where judicial proceedings are had.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 102-924, eff. 5-27-22.)
 
2    (105 ILCS 5/5-2.1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 5-2.1)
3    Sec. 5-2.1. Eligible Voters: For the purposes of this
4Article persons who are qualified to vote in school elections
5shall be eligible to vote for the trustees of schools who have
6jurisdiction over the elementary school district or unit
7school district in which the person resides.
8    If the application of this Section results in an elector
9voting for trustees of a school township in which he does not
10reside because the elementary or unit school district crosses
11township boundaries and has been assigned to the jurisdiction
12of the trustees of an adjoining township, that elector shall
13also be eligible to vote for the trustees of the township
14within which he resides. Moreover, an elector who resides in a
15high school district that crosses township boundaries and has
16been assigned to the jurisdiction of the trustees of an
17adjoining township shall be eligible to vote for both the
18trustees of the township in which he or she resides and the
19trustees of the township having jurisdiction over the high
20school district in which he or she resides.
21    This Section is repealed on the effective date of this
22amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly.
23(Source: P.A. 94-432, eff. 8-2-05.)
 
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1    Sec. 5-2.2. Designation of trustees; Township 36 North,
2Range 13 East. After the April 5, 2011 consolidated election,
3the trustees of schools in Township 36 North, Range 13 East
4shall no longer be elected pursuant to the provisions of
5Sections 5-2, 5-2.1, 5-3, 5-4, 5-12, and 5-13 of this Code. Any
6such trustees elected before such date may complete the term
7to which that trustee was elected, but shall not be succeeded
8by election. Instead, the board of education or board of
9school directors of each of the elementary and high school
10districts that are subject to the jurisdiction of Township 36
11North, Range 13 East shall appoint one of the members to serve
12as trustee of schools. The trustees of schools shall be
13appointed by each board of education or board of school
14directors within 60 days after the effective date of this
15amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly and shall
16reorganize within 30 days after all the trustees of schools
17have been appointed or within 30 days after all the trustees of
18schools were due to have been appointed, whichever is sooner.
19Trustees of schools so appointed shall serve at the pleasure
20of the board of education or board of school directors
21appointing them, but in no event longer than 2 years unless
22reappointed.
23    After the April 4, 2023 consolidated election, no trustees
24of schools shall be elected. Any trustees elected or appointed
25on or before April 4, 2023 may complete the term to which that
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1succeeded by election. Each school board of each school
2district that is a part of a Class II county school unit shall
3appoint one member of the school board or one school employee
4to serve as trustee of schools of the township in which such
5school district is located. The trustees of schools shall be
6appointed by each school board within 60 days after the
7effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General
8Assembly and shall reorganize within 30 days after all the
9trustees of schools have been appointed or within 90 days
10after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd
11General Assembly, whichever is sooner. A trustee of schools
12shall serve at the pleasure of the school board that appointed
13the trustee of schools but may not serve as a trustee of
14schools for longer than 2 years unless reappointed by the
15school board.
16    A majority of members of the trustees of schools shall
17constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The
18trustees shall organize by appointing one of their number
19president, who shall hold the office for 2 years. If the
20president is absent from any meeting, or refuses to perform
21any of the duties of the office, a president pro-tempore may be
22appointed. Trustees who serve on the board as a result of
23appointment or election at the time of the reorganization
24shall continue to serve as a member of the trustees of schools,
25with no greater or lesser authority than any other trustee,
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1    Each trustee of schools appointed by a board of education
2or board of school directors shall be entitled to
3indemnification and protection against claims and suits by the
4board that appointed that trustee of schools for acts or
5omissions as a trustee of schools in the same manner and to the
6same extent as the trustee of schools is entitled to
7indemnification and protection for acts or omissions as a
8member of the board of education or board of school directors
9under Section 10-20.20 of this Code.
10(Source: P.A. 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)
 
11    (105 ILCS 5/5-3)  (from Ch. 122, par. 5-3)
12    Sec. 5-3. Eligibility of trustees. No person shall be
13eligible to the office of trustee of schools who is not a
14resident of the township and at least 18 years of age. If there
15are 3 or more school districts in a township which are subject
16to the jurisdiction of the trustees of schools of that
17township, no 2 trustees shall reside, when elected, in the
18same school district; except that in townships in which at
19least 90% of the electors reside in one school district which
20is subject to the jurisdiction of the trustees of schools of
21that township, this restriction shall not apply. No person
22shall be eligible to the office of trustee of schools and
23school director or school board member at the same time.
24    This Section does not apply to trustees appointed under
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1    This Section is repealed on the effective date of this
2amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly.
3(Source: P.A. 102-924, eff. 5-27-22.)
 
4    (105 ILCS 5/5-4)  (from Ch. 122, par. 5-4)
5    Sec. 5-4. Election of trustees. The election of trustees
6of schools shall be held in odd-numbered years at the election
7specified in the general election law. In townships in which
8no election for school trustees has been held, or in townships
9in which from any cause there are no trustees of schools and
10the law requires that there be school trustees, the election
11of trustees of schools shall be held at the same time.
12    No person shall be nominated for the office of trustee of
13schools, in townships containing 20,000 inhabitants or over,
14except by petition signed by at least 5% or 500 of the voters
15of the school township in which the person is seeking
16nomination and election who last cast votes in the most recent
17election, whichever is less, filed with the township
18treasurer, or, in case of a first election, with the county
19clerk.
20    A candidate for election as a school trustee, who has
21petitioned for nomination to fill a full term and to fill a
22vacant term to be voted upon at the same election, must
23withdraw his or her petition for nomination from either the
24full term or the vacant term by written declaration, which
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1take such acknowledgments and which is filed with the township
2treasurer in the township in which he or she is a candidate
3within the time provided by the general election law.
4    This Section is repealed on the effective date of this
5amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly.
6(Source: P.A. 102-924, eff. 5-27-22.)
 
7    (105 ILCS 5/5-12)  (from Ch. 122, par. 5-12)
8    Sec. 5-12. Trustees' names and townships to regional
9superintendent. The returns of an election for trustees of
10schools shall be made to the county clerk. He shall furnish to
11the regional superintendent of schools, within 7 days after
12the returns have been made, the names of the trustees so
13returned to him, and shall specify the townships in which they
14have been elected.
15    This Section is repealed on the effective date of this
16amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly.
17(Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
 
18    (105 ILCS 5/5-13)  (from Ch. 122, par. 5-13)
19    Sec. 5-13. Term of office of trustees. In townships
20already organized, the school trustee shall be elected in each
21odd numbered year for a term of 6 years to succeed the trustee
22whose term expires in such odd numbered year.
23    The first-elected trustees in a newly organized township
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1terms of office, for 2, 4 and 6 years; and thereafter 1 trustee
2shall be elected in each odd-numbered year.
3    This Section is inoperative on the effective date of this
4amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly.
5(Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/5-16)  (from Ch. 122, par. 5-16)
7    Sec. 5-16. Meetings - Quorum. The trustees of school shall
8hold regular meetings on the first Monday of each calendar
9quarter or if such Monday falls on a holiday, then on the
10following Monday. Special meetings may be called at any time
11by the president or by a majority of the two members. A
12majority of the Two members shall constitute a quorum for the
13transaction of business.
14(Source: P.A. 81-338.)
 
15    (105 ILCS 5/8-1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 8-1)
16    Sec. 8-1. Treasurers.
17    (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and
18(c), in Class II county school units the trustees of schools
19shall appoint a treasurer who shall be ex-officio clerk of the
20board. The term of the township treasurer shall be for a 2 year
21period beginning and ending on the first of July. The
22treasurer shall be a resident of the township, but not be a
23trustee, or school board member. He shall attend all meetings
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1of schools. Such record shall be open to public inspection.
2All proceedings, when recorded, shall be signed by the
3president and the clerk. If the clerk is absent, or refuses to
4perform any of his duties, a clerk pro tempore may be
5appointed. For sufficient cause the treasurer may be removed
6from office by the trustees of schools. In case of a vacancy
7the trustees of schools shall elect a treasurer for the
8unexpired term.
9    (b) In Class I county school units, and in each school
10district which forms a part of a Class II county school unit
11but which has withdrawn from the jurisdiction and authority of
12the trustees of schools of the township in which such school
13district is located and from the jurisdiction and authority of
14the township treasurer in such Class II county school unit as
15provided in subsection (b) of Section 5-1, each school board
16shall either elect one of its members to serve as treasurer
17without salary for a period of one year or appoint someone, not
18a member of the school board, as its treasurer, and, except as
19provided in this Section the board shall fix his compensation.
20An appointed treasurer shall serve at the pleasure of the
21board. An appointed treasurer shall be at least 21 years of
22age, of approved integrity, but not a member of the county
23board of school trustees. The records of the treasurer shall
24be open to public inspection. Two or more such districts may
25appoint the same treasurer. In case of a vacancy caused by the
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1treasurer the school board shall appoint a treasurer. The
2school board may determine the temporary incapacity of its
3treasurer occasioned by illness, absence from the district or
4any other cause which prevents the prompt performance of his
5duties and appoint an acting treasurer to serve until the
6board determines such temporary incapacity no longer exists.
7    (c) The school board of each elementary school, high
8school and unit school district that forms a part of a Class II
9county school unit and that was under the jurisdiction and
10authority of the township treasurer and trustees of schools of
11a township at the time those offices were abolished in that
12township as provided in subsection (c) of Section 5-1 shall
13appoint a person to serve as treasurer of the school board. The
14term of each school treasurer appointed under this subsection
15shall be for a 2 year period beginning and ending on the first
16day of July. A person appointed under this subsection to serve
17as treasurer of a school board shall not be the superintendent
18of schools of the school district. A person appointed and
19serving under this subsection as treasurer of a school board
20may concurrently serve as the treasurer of the regional board
21of school trustees, if selected to serve in that capacity by
22the regional board of school trustees, as provided in
23subsection (c) of Section 5-1. The school board shall fix the
24compensation of its school treasurer, and for sufficient cause
25may remove the school treasurer from office. However, if a
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1shall perform his or her duties as school treasurer without
2compensation. In the case of a vacancy, the school board shall
3appoint a school treasurer for the unexpired term. The school
4board may determine the temporary incapacity of its treasurer
5due to illness, absence from the district, or other cause that
6prevents the prompt performance of his duties and may appoint
7an acting treasurer to serve until the school board determines
8that the temporary incapacity of its treasurer no longer
9exists.
10    (d) After October 1, 1977, each treasurer in a Class I
11county school unit appointed under this Section for his first
12term shall have a financial background or related experience
13or 12 semester hours of credit of college level accounting.
14    (e) After August 14, 1989, any treasurer appointed under
15this Section for his first term in Class II county school
16units, including any person appointed by a school board to
17serve as its treasurer as provided in subsection (c) of this
18Section, shall be a certified public accountant or a certified
19chief school business official as defined in part (3) of
20Section 21-7.3 of this Act. Experience as a township treasurer
21in a Class II county school unit prior to July 1, 1989 shall be
22deemed the equivalent of certification.
23    (f) Concurrently with the election or appointment of its
24own school treasurer by the school board of a school district
25which forms a part of a Class II county school unit but which
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1township treasurer or trustees of schools of a township
2because the district has withdrawn from the jurisdiction and
3authority of the township treasurer and trustees of schools of
4the township or because those offices have been abolished as
5provided in subsection (b) or (c) of Section 5-1, all funds,
6accounts, moneys, notes, bonds, mortgages and effects then
7held by such township treasurer on behalf or for the use and
8benefit of, or then credited by such township treasurer to any
9fund or account of such school district shall thereupon be
10transferred and paid over by such township treasurer to the
11school treasurer elected or appointed by the school board of
12such school district. In addition the school treasurer of such
13school district shall have the right, at all reasonable times,
14to inspect all cash books, loan books, district account books
15and journals kept by such township treasurer as provided in
16Section 8-5 and to copy or otherwise reproduce such portions
17thereof as such school treasurer deems necessary for the
18performance of his duties.
19    (g) Upon the abolition of the offices of the township
20treasurer and trustee of schools of a township as provided in
21subsection (c) of Section 5-1, and subject to the limitation
22of subsection (b) of Section 8-5 with respect to certain
23records to be surrendered to the regional board of school
24trustees, and except as otherwise provided in subsection (c)
25of Section 5-1 with respect to the common school lands and
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1the records, books and accounts relating to those common
2school lands and township loanable funds, all school funds and
3accounts, moneys, notes, bonds, securities, district account
4books and other documents, records and effects then held by
5the former township treasurer on behalf or for the use and
6benefit of, or then credited by the former township treasurer
7to any fund or account of any school district that was under
8the jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer at
9the time the office of that township treasurer was abolished
10shall thereupon be transferred and paid over by the former
11township treasurer to the appropriate school treasurer
12appointed by the school board of each such district under
13subsection (c) of this Section 8-1.
14    (h) If the school district of a school treasurer elected
15or appointed under this Section is receiving emergency State
16financial assistance under Article 1B, that school treasurer
17is subject to the provisions of Article 1B.
18(Source: P.A. 96-538, eff. 8-14-09.)
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.