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1     AN ACT concerning schools.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
5 11D-6 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/11D-6)  (from Ch. 122, par. 11D-6)
7     Sec. 11D-6. Passage requirements. If a majority of the
8 electors voting at such election in each affected school
9 district vote in favor of the proposition, the proposition
10 shall be deemed to have passed. Unless the board of education
11 of a new high school or elementary school district is elected
12 at the same election at which the proposition establishing that
13 district is deemed to have passed, the regional superintendent
14 of schools shall order an election to be held on the next
15 regularly scheduled election date for the purpose of electing a
16 board of education for that district. In either event, the
17 board of education elected for each of the new high school and
18 elementary school districts created under this Article shall
19 consist of 7 members, which shall have the terms and the powers
20 and duties of school boards as defined in Article 10. Election
21 of board members for the new high school district may be (i) on
22 an at-large basis, (ii) with board members representing each of
23 the forming elementary school districts, or (iii) a combination
24 of both. The format for the election of the new high school
25 board must be defined in the petition submitted to the voters.
26 When 4 or more unit school districts are involved and a
27 combination of board members representing each of the forming
28 elementary school districts and at-large formats are used, one
29 member must be elected from each of the forming elementary
30 school districts. The remaining members may be elected on an
31 at-large basis, provided that none of the underlying elementary
32 school districts have a majority on the resulting high school

 

 

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1 board. When 3 unit school districts are involved and a
2 combination of board members representing each of the forming
3 elementary school districts and at-large formats are used, 2
4 members must be elected from each of the forming elementary
5 school districts. The remaining member must be elected at
6 large. Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid
7 unless the candidate named therein files with the regional
8 superintendent a receipt from the county clerk showing that the
9 candidate has filed a statement of economic interests as
10 required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Such receipt
11 shall be so filed either previously during the calendar year in
12 which his nomination papers were filed or within the period for
13 the filing of nomination papers in accordance with the general
14 election law. The regional superintendent shall perform the
15 election duties assigned by law to the secretary of a school
16 board for such election, and shall certify the officers and
17 candidates therefor pursuant to the general election law.
18 (Source: P.A. 86-1334; 87-10.)
 
19     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20 becoming law.