HB5089 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB102 23972 CMG 33177 b

102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5089

Introduced 1/27/2022, by Rep. Rita Mayfield

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/9-11.3 new

Amends the School Code. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the school board of North Chicago School District 187 shall, by lot, pick 3 members whose terms shall end once their successors are elected and qualified at the 2023 consolidated election and 4 members whose terms shall end once their successors are elected and qualified at the 2025 consolidated election. Provides that, if there are any vacancies on the board at the time the lot is drawn, the vacant position shall be included in the lot, and the term of any person subsequently appointed to that vacant position shall be the term as determined by the lot. Provides that, if an appointed member refuses to relinquish his or her position after his or her successor is elected and qualified in the 2023 or 2025 consolidated elections, then the State Board of Education may take any action needed to remove the appointed member. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section 9-11.3 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/9-11.3 new)

Sec. 9-11.3. North Chicago School District 187 elections.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the school board of North Chicago School District 187 shall, by lot, pick 3 members whose terms shall end once their successors are elected and qualified at the 2023 consolidated election and 4 members whose terms shall end once their successors are elected and qualified at the 2025 consolidated election. If there are any vacancies on the board at the time the lot is drawn, the vacant position shall be included in the lot, and the term of any person subsequently appointed to that vacant position shall be the term as determined by the lot.

(b) If an appointed member refuses to relinquish his or her position after his or her successor is elected and qualified under subsection (a), then the State Board of Education may take any action needed to remove that appointed member.

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