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    AN ACT concerning schools. 

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


 
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    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
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11D-6 as follows:
 



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    (105 ILCS 5/11D-6)  (from Ch. 122, par. 11D-6)



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    Sec. 11D-6. Passage requirements. If a majority of the 
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electors voting
at such election in each affected school 
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district vote in favor of the
proposition, the proposition 
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shall be deemed to have passed.  Unless the
board of education 
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of a new high school or elementary school district is
elected 
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at the same election at which the proposition establishing that

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district is deemed to have passed, the regional superintendent 
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of schools
shall order an election to be held on the next 
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regularly scheduled election
date for the purpose of electing a 
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board of education for that district.
In either event, the 
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board of education elected for each of the new high
school and 
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elementary school districts created under this Article shall

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consist of 7 members, which shall have the terms and the powers 
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and duties
of school boards as defined in Article 10.  Election 
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of board members for the new high school district may be (i) on 
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an at-large basis, (ii) with board members representing each of 
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the forming elementary school districts, or (iii) a combination 
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of both.  The format for the election of the new high school 
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board must be defined in the petition submitted to the voters.  
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When 4 or more unit school districts are involved and a 
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combination of board members representing each of the forming 
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elementary school districts and at-large formats are used, one 
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member must be elected from each of the forming elementary 
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school districts.  The remaining members may be elected on an 
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at-large basis, provided that none of the underlying elementary 
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school districts have a majority on the resulting high school 
 


 






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board.  When 3 unit school districts are involved and a 
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combination of board members representing each of the forming 
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elementary school districts and at-large formats are used, 2 
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members must be elected from each of the forming elementary 
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school districts.  The remaining member  must be elected at 
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large. Nomination papers filed under
this Section are not valid 
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unless the candidate named therein files with
the regional 
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superintendent a receipt from the county clerk showing that
the 
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candidate has filed a statement of economic interests as 
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required by
the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.  Such receipt 
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shall be so filed
either previously during the calendar year in 
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which his nomination papers
were filed or within the period for 
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the filing of nomination papers in
accordance with the general 
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election law.  The regional superintendent
shall perform the 
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election duties assigned by law to the secretary of a
school 
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board for such election, and shall certify the officers and

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candidates therefor pursuant to the general election law.

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(Source: P.A. 86-1334; 87-10.)

 

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