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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
| 5 | 3A-4 as follows:
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| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/3A-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 3A-4)
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| 7 | Sec. 3A-4. Mandatory consolidation of educational service | ||||||
| 8 | regions.
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| 9 | (a) After July 1, 2015 October 15, 1993,
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region must | ||||||
| 10 | contain at least 61,000 43,000 inhabitants. Before June 30, | ||||||
| 11 | 2013, regions Regions may be consolidated
voluntarily under | ||||||
| 12 | Section 3A-3 or by joint resolution of the county boards of
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| 13 | regions seeking to join a voluntary consolidation, effective | ||||||
| 14 | July 1, 2015, to meet these population
requirements. The | ||||||
| 15 | boundaries of regions already meeting these population
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| 16 | requirements on the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
| 17 | the 97th General Assembly 1993 may not be
changed except to | ||||||
| 18 | consolidate with another region or a whole county portion of
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| 19 | another region which does not meet these population | ||||||
| 20 | requirements.
If, before January 1, 2014, locally determined | ||||||
| 21 | consolidation decisions result in more than 35 45 regions of
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| 22 | population greater than 61,000 43,000 each, the State Board of | ||||||
| 23 | Education shall, before June 1, 2014, direct
further | ||||||
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| 1 | consolidation, beginning with the region of lowest population, | ||||||
| 2 | until
the number of 35 45 regions is achieved.
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| 3 | (b) (Blank).
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| 4 | (c) If, within 90 days after the most recent certified | ||||||
| 5 | federal census, a region does not meet the population | ||||||
| 6 | requirements of this Section, then regions may be consolidated | ||||||
| 7 | voluntarily under Section 3A-3 of this Code or by joint | ||||||
| 8 | resolution of the county boards of regions seeking to join a | ||||||
| 9 | voluntary consolidation to meet these population requirements. | ||||||
| 10 | If locally determined consolidation decisions result in a | ||||||
| 11 | region not meeting the population requirements of this Section | ||||||
| 12 | or result in more than 35 regions, then the State Board of | ||||||
| 13 | Education shall have the authority to impose further | ||||||
| 14 | consolidation by order of the State Superintendent of | ||||||
| 15 | Education. Such an order shall be a final order and is subject | ||||||
| 16 | to the Administrative Review Law. If any region does not meet | ||||||
| 17 | the population requirements of this
Section the State Board of | ||||||
| 18 | Education, within 15 days after
the above said dates, shall | ||||||
| 19 | direct such consolidation of that region
with another region or | ||||||
| 20 | regions to which it is contiguous as will result
in a region | ||||||
| 21 | conforming to these population requirements.
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| 22 | (d) All population determinations shall be based on the | ||||||
| 23 | most recent
federal census.
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| 24 | (Source: P.A. 88-89; 89-608, eff. 8-2-96.)
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| 25 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 26 | becoming law. | ||||||