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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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 3-1 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/3-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-1)
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7 | Sec. 3-1. Election; eligibility. Quadrennially there shall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | be
elected in every county, except those which have been | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | consolidated into
a multicounty educational service region | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | under Article 3A and except
those having a population of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, a regional
superintendent of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | schools, who shall enter
upon the discharge of his duties on | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | the first Monday of August next after
his election; provided, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | however, that the term of office of each regional
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15 | superintendent of schools in office on June 30, 2003
is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | terminated on
July 1, 2003, except that an incumbent regional
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17 | superintendent of schools
shall continue to serve until his | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | successor is elected and qualified, and each
regional | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | superintendent of schools elected at the general election in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | 2002 and
every four years thereafter shall assume office on the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | first day of July
next after his election. No one is eligible | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | to file his or her petition at any
primary election for the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | nomination
as candidate for the office of regional |
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1 | superintendent of schools nor to
enter upon the duties of such | ||||||
2 | office either by election or appointment
unless he or she | ||||||
3 | possesses the following qualifications: (1) he or she is of | ||||||
4 | good
character, (2) he or she has a master's degree in | ||||||
5 | education , (3) he or she has earned at least 20
semester hours | ||||||
6 | of credit in professional education at the graduate
level, (4) | ||||||
7 | he or she holds a valid all grade supervisory license, a valid
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8 | State limited supervisory license, a valid state life | ||||||
9 | supervisory
license, or a valid administrative license or he or | ||||||
10 | she will have on staff an assistant regional superintendent of | ||||||
11 | schools who meets the requirements of Section 3-15.10 of this | ||||||
12 | Code , (5) he or she has had at least
4 years of experience in | ||||||
13 | teaching at any grade level, kindergarten through the | ||||||
14 | university undergraduate level , and (6) he or she has been | ||||||
15 | employed with the regional office of education for which he or | ||||||
16 | she is seeking to serve as regional superintendent of schools | ||||||
17 | for a minimum of 5 years in an administrative capacity he was | ||||||
18 | engaged for at least 2 years
of the 4 previous years in full | ||||||
19 | time teaching or supervising in the common
public schools or | ||||||
20 | serving as a county superintendent of schools or regional
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21 | superintendent of schools for an educational service region in | ||||||
22 | the State of
Illinois .
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23 | No petition of any candidate for nomination for the office | ||||||
24 | of regional
superintendent of schools may be filed and no such | ||||||
25 | candidate's name may be
placed on a primary or general election | ||||||
26 | ballot, unless such candidate files
as part of his petition a |
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1 | certificate from the State Board of Education
certifying that | ||||||
2 | from the records of its office such candidate has the
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3 | qualifications required by this Section; however, any | ||||||
4 | incumbent filing his
petition for nomination for a succeeding | ||||||
5 | term of office shall not be
required to attach such certificate | ||||||
6 | to his petition of candidacy.
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7 | Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid | ||||||
8 | unless the
candidate named therein files with the county clerk | ||||||
9 | or State Board of
Elections a statement of economic interests | ||||||
10 | as required by the Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act. Such | ||||||
11 | receipt shall be so filed either previously
during the calendar | ||||||
12 | year in which his nomination papers were filed or
within the | ||||||
13 | period for the filing of nomination papers in accordance with
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14 | the general election law.
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15 | The changes in qualifications made by Public Act 76-1563 do | ||||||
16 | not affect
the right of an incumbent to seek reelection. The | ||||||
17 | changes in qualifications made by this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
18 | 99th General Assembly do not affect the right of an incumbent | ||||||
19 | to serve the remainder of his or her term.
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20 | On and after July 1, 1994, the provisions of this Section | ||||||
21 | shall have
no application in any educational service region | ||||||
22 | having a population of
2,000,000 or more inhabitants; provided | ||||||
23 | further that no election shall be
held in November of 1994 or | ||||||
24 | at any other time after July 1, 1992 for the office
of regional | ||||||
25 | superintendent of schools in any county or educational service
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26 | region having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 99-30, eff. 7-10-15.)
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2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
3 | becoming law.
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