Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

Filed: 4/12/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 595

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 595 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
57-04 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/7-04)  (from Ch. 122, par. 7-04)
7    Sec. 7-04. Districts in educational service regions of
82,000,000 or more inhabitants.
9    (a) In all proceedings under this Article to change by
10detachment, annexation, division, dissolution, or any
11combination of those methods the boundaries of any school
12district (other than a school district organized under Article
1334) located in an educational service region of 2,000,000 or
14more inhabitants in which the regional board of school trustees
15is abolished as provided in subsection (a) of Section 6-2, the
16trustees of schools of the township in which that school

 

 

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1district is located, as the successor under subsection (b) of
2Section 6-2 to the former regional board of school trustees
3with respect to all territory located in that school township,
4shall have, exercise, and perform all powers, duties, and
5responsibilities required under this Article to be exercised
6and performed in those proceedings by a regional board of
7school trustees; provided that if any school district affected
8by those proceedings is located in a school township referred
9to in subsection (b) of Section 5-1 and there are no trustees
10of schools acting in that township, then the governing board of
11the educational service center established pursuant to Section
122-3.62 of this Code where the detaching territory is located
13school board of any such district, as the successor under
14subsection (b) of Section 6-2 to the former regional board of
15school trustees with respect to the territory comprising that
16school district, shall have, exercise, and perform all powers,
17duties, and responsibilities required under this Article to be
18exercised and performed in those proceedings with respect to
19the territory of that school district by a regional board of
20school trustees; and provided further that: (i) when any school
21district affected by those proceedings is located not only in
22an educational service region of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants
23but also in 2 or more school townships in that region that each
24have trustees of schools of the township, then the boundaries
25of that school district may be changed under this Article by
26detachment, annexation, division, dissolution, or any

 

 

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1combination of those methods only by the concurrent action of,
2taken following a joint hearing before the trustees of schools
3of those townships (in that educational service region) in
4which that school district is located; and (ii) if any part of
5the school district referred to in item (i) of this subsection
6also lies within an educational service region that has a
7regional board of school trustees, the boundaries of that
8district may be changed under this Article only by the
9concurrent action of, taken following a joint hearing before
10the trustees of schools of the townships referred to in item
11(i) of this subsection and the regional board of school
12trustees of the educational service region referred to in this
13item (ii) of this subsection. Whenever concurrent action and
14joint hearings are required under this subsection, the original
15petition shall be filed with the trustees of schools of the
16township in which the territory or greatest portion of the
17territory being detached is located, or if the territory is
18being detached from more than one educational service region
19then with the regional board of school trustees of the region
20or the trustees of schools of the township in which the
21territory or greatest portion of the territory being detached
22is located.
23    (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, all other
24provisions of this Article shall apply to any proceedings under
25this Article to change the boundaries of any school district
26located in an educational service region having 2,000,000 or

 

 

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1more inhabitants in the same manner that those provisions apply
2to any proceedings to change the boundaries of any school
3district located in any other educational service region;
4provided, that any reference in those other provisions to the
5regional board of school trustees shall mean, with respect to
6all territory within an educational service region containing
72,000,000 or more inhabitants that formerly was served by a
8regional board of school trustees abolished under subsection
9(a) of Section 6-2, the trustees of schools of the township or
10the school board of the school district that is the successor
11under subsection (b) of Section 6-2 to the former regional
12board of school trustees with respect to the territory included
13within that school township or school district or the governing
14board of the educational service center established pursuant to
15Section 2-3.62 of this Code where the detaching territory is
16located when any school district affected by those proceedings
17is located in a school township referred to in subsection (b)
18of Section 5-1 of this Code and there are no trustees of
19schools acting in that township. The executive director of the
20educational service center shall appoint 3 members from the
21governing board of the educational service center to
22participate in the hearing.  Individuals serving on the hearing
23panel may not reside in the area affected by the petition or be
24employed or serve as a school board member in the school
25districts affected by the petition.
26(Source: P.A. 87-969.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.".