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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 368
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 368 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
5 Section 1A-1 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/1A-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 1A-1)
7 Sec. 1A-1. Members and terms.
8 (a) The term of each member of the State Board of
9 Education who is in office on the effective date of this
10 amendatory Act of 1996 shall terminate on January 1, 1997 or
11 when all of the new members initially to be appointed under
12 this amendatory Act of 1996 are appointed by the Governor as
13 provided in subsection (b), whichever last occurs.
14 (b) Beginning on January 1, 1997 or when all of the new
15 members initially to be appointed under this subsection are
16 appointed by the Governor, whichever last occurs, and
17 thereafter, the State Board of Education shall consist of 9
18 members, who shall be appointed by the Governor with the
19 advice and consent of the Senate from a pattern of regional
20 representation as follows: 2 appointees shall be selected
21 from among those counties of the State other than Cook County
22 and the 5 counties contiguous to Cook County; 2 appointees
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1 shall be selected from Cook County, one of whom shall be a
2 resident of the City of Chicago and one of whom shall be a
3 resident of that part of Cook County which lies outside the
4 city limits of Chicago; 2 appointees shall be selected from
5 among the 5 counties of the State that are contiguous to Cook
6 County; and 3 members shall be selected as members-at-large.
7 However, appointments made on or after the effective date of
8 this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly shall be
9 from a pattern of regional representation as follows: 3
10 appointees shall be selected from among those counties of the
11 State other than Cook County and the 5 counties contiguous to
12 Cook County, one of whom shall be selected from among those
13 counties that comprise the Fifth Judicial District, as
14 defined under the Judicial Districts Act; 3 appointees shall
15 be selected from Cook County, 2 of whom shall be residents of
16 the City of Chicago and one of whom shall be a resident of
17 that part of Cook County that lies outside the city limits of
18 Chicago; and 3 appointees shall be selected from among the 5
19 counties of the State that are contiguous to Cook County. At
20 no time may more than 5 members of the Board be from one
21 political party. Party membership is defined as having voted
22 in the primary of the party in the last primary before
23 appointment. The 9 members initially appointed pursuant to
24 this amendatory Act of 1996 shall draw lots to determine 3 of
25 their number who shall serve until the second Wednesday of
26 January, 2003, 3 of their number who shall serve until the
27 second Wednesday of January, 2001, and 3 of their number who
28 shall serve until the second Wednesday of January, 1999.
29 Upon expiration of the terms of the members initially
30 appointed under this amendatory Act of 1996, their respective
31 successors shall be appointed for terms of 6 years, from the
32 second Wednesday in January of each odd numbered year and
33 until their respective successors are appointed and
34 qualified. Vacancies in terms shall be filled by appointment
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1 by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate for
2 the extent of the unexpired term. If a vacancy in membership
3 occurs at a time when the Senate is not in session, the
4 Governor shall make a temporary appointment until the next
5 meeting of the Senate, when the Governor shall appoint a
6 person to fill that membership for the remainder of its term.
7 If the Senate is not in session when appointments for a full
8 term are made, the appointments shall be made as in the case
9 of vacancies.
10 (Source: P.A. 89-610, eff. 8-6-96.)
11 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on
12 July 1, 2001.".