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91_HB2020eng HB2020 Engrossed LRB9101213NTsb 1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section 7-2b 2 and repealing Section 2-3.105a. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing 6 Section 7-2b as follows: 7 (105 ILCS 5/7-2b) (from Ch. 122, par. 7-2b) 8 Sec. 7-2b. Annexation of non-coterminous territory from 9 an elementary or high school district. 10 (a) Any contiguous portion of a high school district 11 that constitutes 5%10%or less of the equalized assessed 12 value of the district shall upon petition of two-thirds of 13 the registered voters of the territory proposed to be 14 detached and annexed be so detached and annexed by the 15 regional board of school trusteesState Board of Educationif 16 granting such petition shall make the affected segment of the 17 boundaries of the high school district the territory is 18 proposed to be annexed to identical, for the entirety of such 19 affected segment, to the boundaries of the elementary school 20 district in which the territory is located. 21 Any contiguous portion of an elementary school district 22 that constitutes 5%10%or less of the equalized assessed 23 value of the district shall upon petition of two-thirds of 24 the registered voters of the territory proposed to be 25 detached and annexed be so detached and annexed by the 26 regional board of school trusteesState Board of Educationif 27 granting such petition shall make the affected segment of the 28 boundaries of the elementary school district the territory is 29 proposed to be annexed to identical, for the entirety of such 30 affected segment, to the boundaries of the high school 31 district in which the territory is located. HB2020 Engrossed -2- LRB9101213NTsb 1 The regional board of school trusteesState Board of2Educationshall have no authority or discretion to hear any 3 evidence or consider any issues except those that may be 4 necessary to determine whether the limitations and conditions 5 of this Section have been met. 6 No district may lose more than 5% of its equalized 7 assessed value through petitions filed under this Section. 8 If a petition seeks to detach territory that would result in 9 a cumulative total of more than 5% of a district's equalized 10 assessed value being detached under this Section, the 11 petition shall be denied without prejudice to its being filed 12 pursuant to Section 7-6 of this Code. 13 (b) At any time prior to the granting of the petition 14 calling for the detachment and annexation of non-coterminous 15 territory under this Section, the Committee of Ten designated 16 in the petition may amend the petition to withdraw the 17 detachment and annexation proposal and substitute in its 18 place a proposal to require the school district from which 19 the territory would have been detached to pay the per capita 20 tuition costs for each pupil residing in the non-coterminous 21 territory to attend the school district to which the 22 territory would have been annexed. If such amended petition 23 is granted, the school district from which the territory 24 would have been detached shall pay to the school district to 25 which the territory would have been annexed the per capita 26 tuition costs as determined under Section 10-20. 12a for each 27 pupil residing in the territory who chooses to attend the 28 school district to which the territory would have been 29 annexed. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10-22.5, 30 the school district to which the territory would have been 31 annexed shall admit any pupil that resides in the 32 non-coterminous territory and provide such pupils with any 33 services of the school. The payment and collection of 34 tuition and any other such matters as may need to be resolved HB2020 Engrossed -3- LRB9101213NTsb 1 shall be established by an intergovernmental agreement 2 developed between the two affected school districts. Section 3 7-6 of this Code shall apply to petitions filed under this 4 Section except as otherwise provided in this Section. 5 (Source: P.A. 88-386; 89-397, eff. 8-20-95.) 6 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.105a rep.) 7 Section 10. The School Code is amended by repealing 8 Section 2-3.105a.