93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB3094


 
Introduced 2/6/2004, by Dan Cronin - Dan Rutherford
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














105 ILCS 5/3A-3
  from Ch. 122, par. 3A-3







    Amends the School Code.  Makes a technical change in a Section concerning educational service regions.
















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A BILL FOR









 











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    AN ACT concerning education.

 
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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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3A-3 as follows:
 



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    (105 ILCS 5/3A-3)  (from Ch. 122, par. 3A-3)



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    Sec. 3A-3. Voluntary consolidation of educational service 
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regions. Any 2 or
more educational service regions may be 
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consolidated into a single region in
the manner provided in 
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this Section.  All of the territory of any educational
service 
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region shall be determined by county boundaries, but 
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supervision and
control over school districts that are divided 
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by a county line shall be
determined under Section 3-14.2 of 
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this Code
Act.

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    Each regional superintendent of a region that does not 
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conform to the
population requirements of Section 3A-4 and 
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seeks voluntary consolidation under
this Section shall appoint 
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a nonpartisan citizens committee consisting of 5
members to 
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consider the advisability of such a consolidation. Such 
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regional
superintendent shall serve as ex officio secretary to 
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the citizens committee.
This citizens committee may petition 
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the regional board of school
trustees serving each of the 
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regions involved for consolidation of those
regions into a 
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single educational service region. When such a petition
is 
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filed, the regional board of school trustees shall conduct a 
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hearing
on the petition, after notice of the hearing has been 
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published once,
not more than 15 nor less than 10 days before 
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the day of the hearing, in
a newspaper having general 
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circulation in the region. The secretary of
the regional board 
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of school trustees shall also notify the secretary of
each 
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school board affected by the proposed consolidation, the 
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chairman of the
county board of each county affected thereby 
 


 






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and the State Board of Education
that such petition has been 
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filed. The notice shall state the date when
the petition was 
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filed, the prayer of the petition and the date, time
and place 
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of the hearing. Such hearing shall be held jointly by all of

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the regional boards of school trustees affected by such 
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petition and the
State Board of Education shall arrange for 
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such joint
hearing and pay the expenses thereof. Evidence 
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admissible at the hearing
shall include, but not be limited to, 
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the school needs and conditions in
the territory affected by 
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the proposed consolidation, whether or not
such area is compact 
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and contiguous; and whether or not the proposed
consolidation 
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would be in the best interests of the schools of the area
and 
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the educational welfare of the pupils of such schools. At the

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hearing each resident of the region shall have the rights 
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provided for
residents under Section 7-6 and the final order of 
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the regional board of
school trustees shall be subject to 
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review as provided in Sections 7-6 and 7-7.

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    Within 10 days after the conclusion of the joint hearing 
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each
regional board of school trustees shall meet and render a 
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decision with
regard to the hearing on the petition. A copy of 
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the final order of each
regional board of school trustees shall 
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be filed with the State Board of
Education within 30 days after 
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the conclusion of the joint
hearing. If the regional board of 
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school trustees in each of those
regions enters an order 
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approving the consolidation, those regions shall
be 
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consolidated into a single educational service region, and the

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State Board of Education shall authorize the establishment
of 
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such single educational service region and to notify all 
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interested
parties, including the county clerks of the counties 
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affected thereby
and the State Board of Elections.

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(Source: P.A. 88-89.)