99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB2564

 

Introduced 2/16/2016, by Sen. Thomas Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2  from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2
10 ILCS 5/2A-48  from Ch. 46, par. 2A-48
10 ILCS 5/2A-49  from Ch. 46, par. 2A-49
10 ILCS 5/2A-54  from Ch. 46, par. 2A-54
105 ILCS 5/9-5  from Ch. 122, par. 9-5
105 ILCS 5/10-4  from Ch. 122, par. 10-4
105 ILCS 5/10-10  from Ch. 122, par. 10-10
105 ILCS 5/10-16  from Ch. 122, par. 10-16
105 ILCS 5/11E-55
105 ILCS 5/32-1.1  from Ch. 122, par. 32-1.1
105 ILCS 5/32-2.12  from Ch. 122, par. 32-2.12

    Amends the Election Code and the School Code. Changes the election of members of a board of school directors, board of education, or board of school inspectors from the consolidated election to the general election. Makes related changes.


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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 Election Code is amended by changing
5Sections 2A-1.2, 2A-48, 2A-49, and 2A-54 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)
7    Sec. 2A-1.2. Consolidated Schedule of Elections - Offices
8Designated.
9    (a) At the general election in the appropriate
10even-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled or
11shall be on the ballot as otherwise required by this Code:
12        (1) Elector of President and Vice President of the
13    United States;
14        (2) United States Senator and United States
15    Representative;
16        (3) State Executive Branch elected officers;
17        (4) State Senator and State Representative;
18        (5) County elected officers, including State's
19    Attorney, County Board member, County Commissioners, and
20    elected President of the County Board or County Chief
21    Executive;
22        (6) Circuit Court Clerk;
23        (7) Regional Superintendent of Schools, except in

 

 

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1    counties or educational service regions in which that
2    office has been abolished;
3        (7.5) Elected members of school boards, directors of
4    boards of school directors, and members of boards of school
5    inspectors, except school boards in school districts that
6    adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
7        (8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit
8    Courts, on the question of retention, to fill vacancies and
9    newly created judicial offices;
10        (9) (Blank);
11        (10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of
12    Chicago, and elected Trustee of other Sanitary Districts;
13        (11) Special District elected officers, not otherwise
14    designated in this Section, where the statute creating or
15    authorizing the creation of the district requires an annual
16    election and permits or requires election of candidates of
17    political parties.
18    (b) At the general primary election:
19        (1) in each even-numbered year candidates of political
20    parties shall be nominated for those offices to be filled
21    at the general election in that year, except where pursuant
22    to law nomination of candidates of political parties is
23    made by caucus and except for those offices listed in
24    paragraph (7.5) of subsection (a) of this Section.
25        (2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the
26    political party offices of State central committeeman,

 

 

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1    township committeeman, ward committeeman, and precinct
2    committeeman shall be filled and delegates and alternate
3    delegates to the National nominating conventions shall be
4    elected as may be required pursuant to this Code. In the
5    even-numbered years in which a Presidential election is to
6    be held, candidates in the Presidential preference primary
7    shall also be on the ballot.
8        (3) in each even-numbered year, where the municipality
9    has provided for annual elections to elect municipal
10    officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or Section 7 of Article
11    VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the Illinois Municipal
12    Code or pursuant to the municipal charter, the offices of
13    such municipal officers shall be filled at an election held
14    on the date of the general primary election, provided that
15    the municipal election shall be a nonpartisan election
16    where required by the Illinois Municipal Code. For partisan
17    municipal elections in even-numbered years, a primary to
18    nominate candidates for municipal office to be elected at
19    the general primary election shall be held on the Tuesday 6
20    weeks preceding that election.
21        (4) in each school district which has adopted the
22    provisions of Article 33 of the School Code, successors to
23    the members of the board of education whose terms expire in
24    the year in which the general primary is held shall be
25    elected.
26    (c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate

 

 

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1odd-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled:
2        (1) Municipal officers, provided that in
3    municipalities in which candidates for alderman or other
4    municipal office are not permitted by law to be candidates
5    of political parties, the runoff election where required by
6    law, or the nonpartisan election where required by law,
7    shall be held on the date of the consolidated election; and
8    provided further, in the case of municipal officers
9    provided for by an ordinance providing the form of
10    government of the municipality pursuant to Section 7 of
11    Article VII of the Constitution, such offices shall be
12    filled by election or by runoff election as may be provided
13    by such ordinance;
14        (2) Village and incorporated town library directors;
15        (3) City boards of stadium commissioners;
16        (4) Commissioners of park districts;
17        (5) Trustees of public library districts;
18        (6) Special District elected officers, not otherwise
19    designated in this section, where the statute creating or
20    authorizing the creation of the district permits or
21    requires election of candidates of political parties;
22        (7) Township officers, including township park
23    commissioners, township library directors, and boards of
24    managers of community buildings, and Multi-Township
25    Assessors;
26        (8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;

 

 

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1        (9) Members of school boards in school districts which
2    adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
3        (10) The directors and chairman of the Chain O Lakes -
4    Fox River Waterway Management Agency;
5        (11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected
6    under Section 3.5 of the Downstate Forest Preserve District
7    Act;
8        (12) School Elected members of school boards, school
9    trustees and , directors of boards of school directors,
10    trustees of county boards of school trustees (except in
11    counties or educational service regions having a
12    population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and members of
13    boards of school inspectors, except school boards in school
14    districts that adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
15        (13) Members of Community College district boards;
16        (14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
17        (15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan
18    Exposition and Auditorium Authority;
19        (16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium
20    Districts;
21        (17) Elected Officers of special districts not
22    otherwise designated in this Section for which the law
23    governing those districts does not permit candidates of
24    political parties.
25    (d) At the consolidated primary election in each
26odd-numbered year, candidates of political parties shall be

 

 

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1nominated for those offices to be filled at the consolidated
2election in that year, except where pursuant to law nomination
3of candidates of political parties is made by caucus, and
4except those offices listed in paragraphs (12) through (17) of
5subsection (c).
6    At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
7odd-numbered years, the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and aldermen
8shall be elected in municipalities in which candidates for
9mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderman are not permitted by law
10to be candidates of political parties, subject to runoff
11elections to be held at the consolidated election as may be
12required by law, and municipal officers shall be nominated in a
13nonpartisan election in municipalities in which pursuant to law
14candidates for such office are not permitted to be candidates
15of political parties.
16    At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
17odd-numbered years, municipal officers shall be nominated or
18elected, or elected subject to a runoff, as may be provided by
19an ordinance providing a form of government of the municipality
20pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution.
21    (e) (Blank).
22    (f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, public
23questions may be submitted to voters pursuant to this Code and
24any special election otherwise required or authorized by law or
25by court order may be conducted pursuant to this Code.
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1established in this Article, whenever a referendum is held for
2the establishment of a political subdivision whose officers are
3to be elected, the initial officers shall be elected at the
4election at which such referendum is held if otherwise so
5provided by law. In such cases, the election of the initial
6officers shall be subject to the referendum.
7    Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of
8officials established in this Article, any community college
9district which becomes effective by operation of law pursuant
10to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College Act, as now or
11hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
12members at the next regularly scheduled election following the
13effective date of the new district.
14    (g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in
15any precinct there are no offices or public questions required
16to be on the ballot under this Code then no election shall be
17held in the precinct on that date.
18    (h) There may be conducted a referendum in accordance with
19the provisions of Division 6-4 of the Counties Code.
20(Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96; 89-95, eff. 1-1-96; 89-626,
21eff. 8-9-96; 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
22    (10 ILCS 5/2A-48)  (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-48)
23    Sec. 2A-48. Board of School Directors - Member - Time of
24Election. A member of a Board of School Directors or a member
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1elected at each general consolidated election to succeed each
2incumbent member whose term ends before the following general
3consolidated election.
4(Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
5    (10 ILCS 5/2A-49)  (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-49)
6    Sec. 2A-49. Board of School Inspectors - Member - Time of
7Election. A member of a Board of School Inspectors shall be
8elected at the general consolidated election which immediately
9precedes the expiration of the term of any incumbent school
10inspector, to succeed each incumbent school inspector whose
11term ends before the following general consolidated election.
12(Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
13    (10 ILCS 5/2A-54)  (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-54)
14    Sec. 2A-54. (a) In those cases in which the election to an
15office is changed by the consolidation of elections to an
16earlier or later month in the same year or to a different year,
17the term of any incumbent serving on December 1, 1980 is
18extended to the first Monday in the first month following the
19election of his successor and until the successor has
20qualified, and the term of the successor in office shall
21commence on that first Monday.
22    The term of office of a person elected at a nonpartisan
23election whose term begins before the effective date of this
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1term would have expired had this amendatory Act of 1997 not
2been enacted. The term of office of a person elected at a
3consolidated election held on or after the effective date of
4this amendatory Act of 1997 to succeed to a term of office of a
5person elected at a nonpartisan election shall begin upon the
6termination of the predecessor's term of office. The term of
7office of a person elected to succeed to a term of office of a
8person elected at a nonpartisan election shall end after the
9next consolidated election at which a successor is elected and
10at the regularly scheduled time for the ending of terms of
11office as provided in the Act or Acts creating or governing
12that unit of local government or school district.
13    However, this general provision for the transition of terms
14of office in relation to the adoption of a uniform schedule of
15elections shall be subject to the specific provisions for the
16transition of terms of office in the several Acts creating or
17governing the creation of various units of local government and
18school districts, as amended.
19    (b) With respect to the election of members of a board of
20school directors, board of education, or board of school
21inspectors being changed from the consolidated election to the
22general election under this amendatory Act of the 99th General
23Assembly, the term of any incumbent serving on January 1, 2017
24is extended until his or her successor is elected and has
25qualified.
26(Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
29-5, 10-4, 10-10, 10-16, 11E-55, 32-1.1, and 32-2.12 as
3follows:
 
4    (105 ILCS 5/9-5)  (from Ch. 122, par. 9-5)
5    Sec. 9-5. Election dates and terms of offices.
6    (a) The dates upon which school officer elections shall be
7held are as established in the general election law. Members of
8boards of education shall unless otherwise provided serve terms
9of 4 years.
10    (b) If, at a regularly scheduled election, a proposition is
11submitted to the voters of a district, as provided by a
12resolution of the board, on the question of whether board
13members should serve for 6 year terms and the proposition
14receives the affirmative vote of those voting thereon, members
15of the board of education shall thereafter serve for terms of 6
16years.
17    (c) The term of any incumbent serving on a school board on
18January 1, 2017 is extended until his or her successor is
19elected and has qualified as provided under subsection (b) of
20Section 2A-54 of the Election Code.
21(Source: P.A. 82-1014.)
 
22    (105 ILCS 5/10-4)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-4)
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1    (a) In all districts, directors shall be elected in each
2even-numbered odd-numbered year, each for a term of 4 years.
3    (b) In consolidated districts where 5 directors are elected
4in 1981 pursuant to the extension of terms provided by law for
5transition to the consolidated election schedule under the
6general election law, those directors elected shall, by lot,
7determine 2 of their number to serve 2 years and 3 to serve 4
8years; their successors shall serve for a 4 year term.
9    (c) If a proposition to increase the membership of a school
10district's board of school directors to 7 directors and to
11elect a new 7-member board of school directors to replace the
12district's existing board of 3 school directors is approved by
13the electors of the district at a regular scheduled election as
14provided in subsection (b) of Section 10-1, 7 members shall be
15elected at the next regular school election, in the manner
16provided by Article 9, to serve as the board of school
17directors of that district. The terms of office of the 3
18members of the board of school directors serving at the time of
19the election of the initial 7-member board of school directors
20shall expire when the 7 newly elected members of the initial
217-member board of school directors assume office and are
22organized as provided in Section 10-5. At their organizational
23meeting, the initial members of the 7-member board of school
24directors shall by lot determine 4 of their number to serve 4
25year terms and 3 of their number to serve 2 year terms. Their
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1    (d) In all other districts, one school director shall be
2elected in each district every other even-numbered
3odd-numbered year, and 2 two school directors shall be elected
4in the intervening even-numbered odd-numbered years.
5    (e) When a vacancy occurs in the membership of any board of
6school directors the remaining members shall, within 30 days,
7fill the vacancy by appointment until the next regular school
8election, or, upon their failure so to do, the regional
9superintendent shall make such appointment within the next 30
10days to fill the vacancy as herein provided. Upon the regional
11superintendent's failure to fill the vacancy, the vacancy shall
12be filled at the next regularly scheduled election.
13(Source: P.A. 90-757, eff. 8-14-98.)
 
14    (105 ILCS 5/10-10)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-10)
15    Sec. 10-10. Board of education; term; vacancy. All school
16districts having a population of not fewer than 1,000 and not
17more than 500,000 inhabitants, as ascertained by any special or
18general census, and not governed by special Acts, shall be
19governed by a board of education consisting of 7 members,
20serving without compensation except as herein provided. Each
21member shall be elected for a term of 4 years for the initial
22members of the board of education of a combined school district
23to which that subsection applies. If 5 members are elected in
241983 pursuant to the extension of terms provided by law for
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1general election law, 2 of those members shall be elected to
2serve terms of 2 years and 3 shall be elected to serve terms of
34 years; their successors shall serve for a 4 year term. When
4the voters of a district have voted to elect members of the
5board of education for 6 year terms, as provided in Section
69-5, the terms of office of members of the board of education
7of that district expire when their successors assume office but
8not later than 7 days after such election. If at the regular
9school election held in the first even-numbered odd-numbered
10year after the determination to elect members for 6 year terms
112 members are elected, they shall serve for a 6 year term; and
12of the members elected at the next regular school election 3
13shall serve for a term of 6 years and 2 shall serve a term of 2
14years. Thereafter members elected in such districts shall be
15elected to a 6 year term. If at the regular school election
16held in the first even-numbered odd-numbered year after the
17determination to elect members for 6 year terms 3 members are
18elected, they shall serve for a 6 year term; and of the members
19elected at the next regular school election 2 shall serve for a
20term of 2 years and 2 shall serve for a term of 6 years.
21Thereafter members elected in such districts shall be elected
22to a 6 year term. If at the regular school election held in the
23first even-numbered odd-numbered year after the determination
24to elect members for 6 year terms 4 members are elected, 3
25shall serve for a term of 6 years and one shall serve for a term
26of 2 years; and of the members elected at the next regular

 

 

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1school election 2 shall serve for terms of 6 years and 2 shall
2serve for terms of 2 years. Thereafter members elected in such
3districts shall be elected to a 6 year term. If at the regular
4school election held in the first even-numbered odd-numbered
5year after the determination to elect members for a 6 year term
65 members are elected, 3 shall serve for a term of 6 years and 2
7shall serve for a term of 2 years; and of the members elected
8at the next regular school election 2 shall serve for terms of
96 years and 2 shall serve for terms of 2 years. Thereafter
10members elected in such districts shall be elected to a 6 year
11term. An election for board members shall not be held in school
12districts which by consolidation, annexation or otherwise
13shall cease to exist as a school district within 6 months after
14the election date, and the term of all board members which
15would otherwise terminate shall be continued until such
16district shall cease to exist. Each member, on the date of his
17or her election, shall be a citizen of the United States of the
18age of 18 years or over, shall be a resident of the State and
19the territory of the district for at least one year immediately
20preceding his or her election, shall be a registered voter as
21provided in the general election law, shall not be a school
22trustee, must not have been removed from a school board
23pursuant to Section 2-3.25f-5 of this Code (unless subsequently
24appointed as a member of an Independent Authority or if it has
25been 10 years since the abolition of the Independent Authority
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1defined in Section 11-9.3 of the Criminal Code of 2012. When
2the board of education is the successor of the school
3directors, all rights of property, and all rights regarding
4causes of action existing or vested in such directors, shall
5vest in it as fully as they were vested in the school
6directors. Terms of members are subject to Section 2A-54 of the
7Election Code.
8    Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid
9unless the candidate named therein files with the county clerk
10or the county board of election commissioners, as the case may
11be, of the county in which the principal office of the school
12district is located a receipt from the county clerk showing
13that the candidate has filed a statement of economic interests
14as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Such
15receipt shall be so filed either previously during the calendar
16year in which his nomination papers were filed or within the
17period for the filing of nomination papers in accordance with
18the general election law.
19    Whenever a vacancy occurs, the remaining members shall
20notify the regional superintendent of that vacancy within 5
21days after its occurrence and shall proceed to fill the vacancy
22until the next regular school election, at which election a
23successor shall be elected to serve the remainder of the
24unexpired term. However, if the vacancy occurs with less than
25868 days remaining in the term, or if the vacancy occurs less
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1this office then the person so appointed shall serve the
2remainder of the unexpired term, and no election to fill the
3vacancy shall be held. Should they fail so to act, within 45
4days after the vacancy occurs, the regional superintendent of
5schools under whose supervision and control the district is
6operating, as defined in Section 3-14.2 of this Act, shall
7within 30 days after the remaining members have failed to fill
8the vacancy, fill the vacancy as provided for herein. Upon the
9regional superintendent's failure to fill the vacancy, the
10vacancy shall be filled at the next regularly scheduled
11election. Whether elected or appointed by the remaining members
12or regional superintendent, the successor shall be an
13inhabitant of the particular area from which his or her
14predecessor was elected if the residential requirements
15contained in Section 10-10.5 or 12-2 of this Code apply.
16    A board of education may appoint a student to the board to
17serve in an advisory capacity. The student member shall serve
18for a term as determined by the board. The board may not grant
19the student member any voting privileges, but shall consider
20the student member as an advisor. The student member may not
21participate in or attend any executive session of the board.
22(Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13; 98-115, eff. 7-29-13;
2398-1155, eff. 1-9-15.)
 
24    (105 ILCS 5/10-16)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-16)
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1general consolidated election, other than the consolidated
2elections in 1999 and 2001, the board shall organize by
3electing its officers and fixing a time and place for the
4regular meetings. However, when school board members are
5elected at the consolidated elections held in April of 1999 and
6April of 2001, the board shall organize within 7 days after the
7first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in each such
8year by electing officers and setting the time and place of the
9regular meetings. Upon organizing itself as provided in this
10paragraph, the board shall enter upon the discharge of its
11duties.
12    The regional superintendent of schools having supervision
13and control, as provided in Section 3-14.2, of a new school
14district that is governed by this the School Code and formed on
15or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1998
16shall convene the newly elected board within 7 days after the
17election of the board of education of that district, whereupon
18the board shall proceed to organize by electing one of their
19number as president and electing a secretary, who may or may
20not be a member. At such meeting the length of term of each of
21the members shall be determined by lot so that 4 shall serve
22for 4 years, and 3 for 2 years from the commencement of their
23terms; provided, however, if such members were not elected at
24the general consolidated election in an odd-numbered year, such
25initial terms shall be extended to the general consolidated
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1expiration of the initial 4 or 2 year terms. The provisions of
2this paragraph that relate to the determination of terms by lot
3shall not apply to the initial members of the board of
4education of a combined school district who are to be elected
5to unstaggered terms.
6    The terms of the officers of a board of education shall be
7for 2 years, except that the terms of the officers elected at
8the organization meeting in November, 2001 shall expire at the
9organization meeting in April, 2003; provided that the board by
10resolution may establish a policy for the terms of office to be
11one year, and provide for the election of officers.
12    Special meetings of the board of education may be called by
13the president or by any 3 members of the board by giving notice
14thereof in writing, stating the time, place and purpose of the
15meeting. Such notice may be served by mail 48 hours before such
16meeting or by personal service 24 hours before such meeting.
17Public notice of meetings must also be given as prescribed in
18Sections 2.02 and 2.03 of the Open Meetings Act, as now or
19hereafter amended.
20    At each regular and special meeting which is open to the
21public, members of the public and employees of the district
22shall be afforded time, subject to reasonable constraints, to
23comment to or ask questions of the board.
24    The president or district superintendent shall, at each
25regular board meeting, report any requests made of the district
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1report the status of the district's response.
2(Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04; 94-1019, eff. 7-10-06.)
 
3    (105 ILCS 5/11E-55)
4    Sec. 11E-55. Holding of elections.
5    (a) Elections provided by this Article shall be conducted
6in accordance with the general election law. The regional
7superintendent of schools shall perform the election duties
8assigned by law to the secretary of a school board for the
9election and shall certify the officers and candidates
10therefore pursuant to the general election law.
11    (b) Nomination papers filed under this Article are not
12valid unless the candidate named therein files with the
13regional superintendent of schools a receipt from the county
14clerk showing that the candidate has filed a statement of
15economic interests as required by the Illinois Governmental
16Ethics Act. This receipt shall be so filed either previously
17during the calendar year in which his or her nomination papers
18were filed or within the period for the filing of nomination
19papers in accordance with the general election law.
20    (c)(1) If the petition requests the election of school
21board members of the school district proposed to be created at
22the same election at which the proposition to establish that
23district is to be submitted to voters or if the regional
24superintendent of schools finds it to be in the best interest
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1school district proposed to be created at the same a
2consolidated election or general primary election, then that
3fact shall be included in the notice of referendum.
4    (2) If the members of the school board of the school
5district proposed to be created are not to be elected at the
6same election at which the proposition to establish that
7district is to be submitted to the voters, then the regional
8superintendent of schools shall order an election to be held on
9the next regularly scheduled election date for the purpose of
10electing a school board for that district.
11    (3) In either event, the school board elected for a new
12school district or districts created under this Article shall
13consist of 7 members who shall have the terms and the powers
14and duties of school boards as provided by statute.
15    (d) All notices regarding propositions for reorganization
16or creation of new school districts under this Article shall be
17given in accordance with the general election law in
18substantially the following form:
19        (1) Notice in high school - unit conversion or unit to
20    dual conversion:
 
21
NOTICE OF REFERENDUM TO DISSOLVE
22
CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND
23
ESTABLISH CERTAIN NEW SCHOOL DISTRICTS

 
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1    referendum will be held in part(s) of ....... county
2    (counties) for the purpose of voting for or against the
3    proposition to dissolve (here identify the school
4    districts to be dissolved by name and number) and to
5    establish new school districts for the following described
6    territory: A new (here specify elementary, high school, or
7    unit) district shall be formed from (here describe the
8    territory, which, for territory currently included in an
9    entire school district, may be a general reference to all
10    of the territory included within that particular school
11    district). (Here repeat the territory information for each
12    new school district.)
13        The election is called and will be held pursuant to an
14    order of the Regional Superintendent dated on (insert
15    date), which order states that if a majority of the voters
16    in each of the affected districts voting on the proposition
17    at the referendum vote in favor thereof, the tax rates for
18    various purposes of the new districts shall be as follows:
19    For the new (here specify elementary, high school, or unit)
20    district formed from the territory of (here describe
21    territory, which, for territory currently included in an
22    entire school district, may be a general reference to all
23    of the territory included within that particular
24    district), the tax rates for various purposes shall be
25    (here specify the maximum tax rates for various purposes
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1    applicable, the specifications related to the Property Tax
2    Extension Limitation Law, in accordance with Section
3    11E-80 of this Code). (Here repeat the tax rate information
4    for each new school district.)
5    Dated (insert date).
6    Regional Superintendent of Schools ..................
 
7        (2) Notice for combined school district formation:
 
8
NOTICE OF REFERENDUM
9
TO ESTABLISH COMBINED SCHOOL DISTRICT

 
10        NOTICE is hereby given that on (insert date), a
11    referendum will be held in part(s) of ....... county
12    (counties) for the purpose of voting for or against the
13    proposition to establish a combined (here insert
14    elementary, high school, or unit) school district for the
15    following described territory: (here describe the
16    territory, which, for territory currently included in an
17    entire school district, may be a general reference to all
18    of the territory included within that particular school
19    district). The election is called and will be held pursuant
20    to an order of the Regional Superintendent dated on (insert
21    date), which order states that if a majority of the voters
22    in each of the affected school districts voting on the
23    proposition at the referendum vote in favor thereof, the

 

 

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1    tax rates for various purposes of the proposed combined
2    school district shall be (here specify the maximum tax
3    rates for various purposes the proposed combined school
4    district is authorized to levy and, if applicable, the
5    specifications related to the Property Tax Extension
6    Limitation Law, in accordance with Section 11E-80 of this
7    Code).
8    Dated (insert date).
9    Regional Superintendent of Schools ..................
 
10        (3) Notice for unit district formation (other than a
11    partial elementary unit district):
 
12
NOTICE OF REFERENDUM TO ESTABLISH
13
A COMMUNITY UNIT DISTRICT

 
14        NOTICE is hereby given that on (insert date), a
15    referendum will be held in part(s) of ....... county
16    (counties) for the purpose of voting for or against the
17    proposition to establish a unit district for the following
18    described territory: (here describe the territory, which,
19    for territory currently included in an entire school
20    district, may be a general reference to all of the
21    territory included within that particular school
22    district). The election is called and will be held pursuant
23    to an order of the Regional Superintendent dated on (insert

 

 

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1    date), which order states that if a majority of the voters
2    in each of the affected school districts voting on the
3    proposition at the referendum vote in favor thereof, the
4    tax rates for various purposes for the proposed unit
5    district shall be (here specify the maximum tax rates for
6    various purposes the proposed unit district shall be
7    authorized to levy and, if applicable, the specifications
8    related to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, in
9    accordance with Section 11E-80 of this Code).
10    Dated (insert date).
11    Regional Superintendent of Schools ..................
 
12        (4) Notice for combined high school - unit district
13    formation:
 
14
NOTICE OF REFERENDUM
15
TO ESTABLISH COMBINED HIGH SCHOOL - UNIT DISTRICT

 
16        NOTICE is hereby given that on (insert date), a
17    referendum will be held in part(s) of ....... county
18    (counties) for the purpose of voting for or against the
19    proposition to establish a combined high school - unit
20    district for the following described territory: (here
21    describe the territory, which, for territory currently
22    included in an entire school district, may be a general
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1    particular school district). The following described
2    territory shall be included in the combined high school -
3    unit district for high school purposes only: (here describe
4    the territory that will be included only for high school
5    purposes, which, for territory currently included in an
6    entire school district, may be a general reference to all
7    of the territory included within that particular school
8    district). The election is called and will be held pursuant
9    to an order of the Regional Superintendent dated on (insert
10    date), which order states that if a majority of the voters
11    in each of the affected school districts voting on the
12    proposition at the referendum vote in favor thereof, the
13    tax rates for various purposes for the proposed combined
14    high school - unit district shall be (here specify the
15    maximum tax rates for various purposes the proposed
16    combined high school - unit district shall be authorized to
17    levy and, if applicable, the specifications related to the
18    Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, in accordance with
19    Sections 11E-80 and 11E-90 of this Code).
20    Dated (insert date).
21    Regional Superintendent of Schools ..................
 
22         (5) Notice for multi-unit conversion:
 
23
NOTICE OF REFERENDUM TO DISSOLVE CERTAIN
24
UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND ESTABLISH CERTAIN

 

 

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1
NEW SCHOOL DISTRICTS

 
2        NOTICE is hereby given that on (insert date), a
3    referendum will be held in part(s) of ....... county
4    (counties) for the purpose of voting for or against the
5    proposition to dissolve (here identify the districts to be
6    dissolved by name and number) and to establish new school
7    districts for the following described territory: A new
8    (here specify elementary or combined high school - unit)
9    district shall be formed from (here describe the territory,
10    which, for territory currently included in an entire school
11    district, may be a general reference to all of the
12    territory included within that particular school
13    district). (Here repeat the territory information for each
14    new school district.) The following described territory
15    shall be included in the proposed combined high school -
16    unit district only for high school purposes: (here describe
17    the territory that will only be included for high school
18    purposes, which, for territory currently included in an
19    entire school district, may be a general reference to all
20    of the territory included within that particular school
21    district).
22        The election is called and will be held pursuant to an
23    order of the Regional Superintendent dated on (insert
24    date), which order states that if a majority of the voters
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1    at the referendum vote in favor thereof, the tax rates for
2    various purposes of the new districts shall be as follows:
3    For the new elementary district formed from the territory
4    of (here identify the unit district by name and number) the
5    tax rates for various purposes shall be (here specify the
6    maximum tax rates for various purposes the proposed
7    elementary district is authorized to levy and, if
8    applicable, the specifications related to the Property Tax
9    Extension Limitation Law, in accordance with Section
10    11E-80 of this Code). (Here repeat the tax rate and
11    Property Tax Extension Limitation Law information for each
12    new elementary district.) For the new combined high school -
13     unit district, the tax rates for various purposes shall
14    be (here specify the maximum tax rates for various purposes
15    the proposed combined high school - unit district shall be
16    authorized to levy and, if applicable, the specifications
17    related to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, in
18    accordance with Sections 11E-80 and 11E-90 of this Code).
19    Dated (insert date).
20    Regional Superintendent of Schools ..................
 
21        (6) Notice for optional elementary unit district
22    formation:
 
23
NOTICE OF REFERENDUM TO ESTABLISH
24
AN OPTIONAL ELEMENTARY UNIT DISTRICT

 

 

 

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1        NOTICE is hereby given that on (insert date), a
2    referendum will be held in part(s) of ....... county
3    (counties) for the purpose of voting for or against the
4    proposition to establish an optional elementary unit
5    district for the following described territory: (here
6    describe the elementary and high school district territory
7    by name and number). If a majority of the voters in one or
8    more of the affected elementary districts and in the
9    affected high school district voting on the proposition at
10    the referendum vote in favor thereof, all of the territory
11    included within the affected high school district shall be
12    included in the optional elementary unit district for high
13    school purposes. However, only the territory of elementary
14    districts in which a majority of the voters voting in the
15    proposition at the referendum vote in favor thereof shall
16    be included in the optional elementary unit district for
17    elementary purposes. The election is called and will be
18    held pursuant to an order of the Regional Superintendent
19    dated on (insert date), which order states that if a
20    majority of the voters in one or more of the affected
21    elementary districts and in the affected high school
22    district voting on the proposition at the referendum vote
23    in favor thereof, the tax rates for various purposes for
24    the proposed optional elementary unit district shall be
25    (here list the maximum tax rates for various purposes the

 

 

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1    proposed optional elementary unit district is authorized
2    to levy and, if applicable, the specifications related to
3    the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, in accordance
4    with Sections 11E-80 and 11E-95 of this Code).
5    Dated (insert date).
6    Regional Superintendent of Schools ..................
 
7        (7) Notice for an elementary district to opt into a
8    partial elementary unit district:
 
9
NOTICE OF REFERENDUM TO JOIN
10
AN OPTIONAL ELEMENTARY UNIT DISTRICT

 
11        NOTICE is hereby given that on (insert date), a
12    referendum will be held in part(s) of ....... county
13    (counties) for the purpose of voting for or against the
14    proposition to dissolve an elementary district and join an
15    optional elementary unit district for kindergarten through
16    12 grade-level purposes for all of the territory included
17    within (here identify the elementary district by name and
18    number). The election is called and will be held pursuant
19    to an order of the Regional Superintendent dated on (insert
20    date), which order states that if a majority of the voters
21    in the elementary school district voting on the proposition
22    at the referendum vote in favor thereof, the tax rates for
23    various purposes for the optional elementary unit district

 

 

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1    shall be (here list the maximum tax rates for various
2    purposes the optional elementary unit district is
3    authorized to levy and, if applicable, the specifications
4    related to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, in
5    accordance with Sections 11E-80 and 11E-95 of this Code)
6    and the elementary district, prior to dissolution, shall
7    issue funding bonds pursuant to Sections 19-8 and 19-9 of
8    the School Code to liquidate any operational deficit or
9    debt incurred or accumulated since the date of the election
10    in which the proposition to form the optional elementary
11    unit district passed.
12    Dated (insert date).
13    Regional Superintendent of Schools ....................
14(Source: P.A. 94-1019, eff. 7-10-06.)
 
15    (105 ILCS 5/32-1.1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 32-1.1)
16    Sec. 32-1.1. Election and powers of board - No provision in
17special act. In all special charter districts maintaining
18schools under any general school laws, where there is no
19provision in the special Acts creating such districts for the
20election of boards of education as otherwise provided, there
21shall be elected, in lieu of the school directors as now
22provided, a board of education, to consist of 7 members to be
23elected at the time and in the manner as provided by the
24general election law for the election and qualification of
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1population of more than 100,000 but less than 2,000,000 such
2board may be increased in size to 11 members upon adoption by a
3majority of electors residing in the district and voting on the
4question in a referendum as provided in this Section. Such
5question shall be submitted to the electors at an election upon
6a resolution adopted by the Board. Members shall be elected
7biennially in the school district, whose term of office shall
8be 4 years, and there shall also be elected in each
9even-numbered odd-numbered year a president of the board.
10Following the first such election, those members elected, other
11than the president, shall, by lot, determine 3 to serve 2 years
12and 3 to serve 4 years; thereafter, all terms shall be 4 years.
13In other cases, however, if 4 members, other than the
14president, are elected in 1983, then those elected shall, by
15lot, determine one to serve for 2 years and 3 to serve 4 years;
16thereafter all terms shall be 4 years. In neither case shall
17such determinations affect the biennial selection of the
18president. At the first regular school election after the
19adoption by the district electors of a question as provided in
20this Section increasing the size of the board in those
21districts entitled to exercise an option for and elect an 11
22member board, 4 additional members shall be elected and shall
23determine by lot 2 to serve for 2 years and 2 for 4 years. Their
24successors shall serve for a 4 year term. In case of an 11
25member board already in existence, if 7 members, other than the
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1shall, by lot determine one to serve 2 years and 6 to serve 4
2years. Terms thereafter shall be 4 years. The board of
3education shall have all the powers and duties of trustees of
4schools in school townships and the powers and duties of boards
5of education in districts having a population of not fewer than
61,000 and not more than 500,000 as provided by this Act.
7    The day upon which the election provided for in this
8section is to be held is subject to the provisions of the
9general election law.
10(Source: P.A. 86-225.)
 
11    (105 ILCS 5/32-2.12)  (from Ch. 122, par. 32-2.12)
12    Sec. 32-2.12. Time for election of board members. In all
13special charter districts, the regular election of members of
14such boards shall hereafter be held on the date set for school
15elections as provided in the general election law in odd
16numbered years.
17(Source: P.A. 81-1490.)