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1 | AN ACT concerning elections.
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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 Election Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Sections 2A-1.2 and 2A-48 as follows:
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6 | (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)
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7 | Sec. 2A-1.2. Consolidated schedule of elections; offices | ||||||
8 | elections - offices designated.
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9 | (a) At the general election in the appropriate | ||||||
10 | even-numbered years, the
following offices shall be filled or | ||||||
11 | shall be on the ballot as otherwise
required by this Code:
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12 | (1) Elector of President and Vice President of the | ||||||
13 | United States . ;
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14 | (2) United States Senator and United States | ||||||
15 | Representative . ;
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16 | (3) State Executive Branch elected officers . ;
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17 | (4) State Senator and State Representative . ;
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18 | (5) County elected officers, including State's | ||||||
19 | Attorney, County Board
member, County Commissioners, and | ||||||
20 | elected President of the County Board or
County Chief | ||||||
21 | Executive . ;
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22 | (6) Circuit Court Clerk . ;
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23 | (7) Regional Superintendent of Schools, except in |
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1 | counties or
educational service regions in which that | ||||||
2 | office has been abolished . ;
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3 | (8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit | ||||||
4 | Courts, on the question
of retention, to fill vacancies | ||||||
5 | and newly created judicial offices . ;
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6 | (9) (Blank) . ;
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7 | (10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation | ||||||
8 | Sanitary District of Greater Chicago, and elected
Trustee | ||||||
9 | of other Sanitary Districts . ;
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10 | (11) Special District elected officers, not otherwise | ||||||
11 | designated in this
Section, where the statute creating or | ||||||
12 | authorizing the creation of
the district requires an | ||||||
13 | annual election and permits or requires election
of | ||||||
14 | candidates of political parties. | ||||||
15 | (12) Beginning on November 5, 2024, the elected | ||||||
16 | members of the Chicago Board of Education; the election of | ||||||
17 | members of the Chicago Board of Education shall be a | ||||||
18 | nonpartisan
election as provided for under this Code and | ||||||
19 | may be conducted on
a separate ballot.
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20 | (b) At the general primary election:
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21 | (1) in each even-numbered year candidates of political | ||||||
22 | parties shall be
nominated for those offices to be filled | ||||||
23 | at the general election in that
year, except where | ||||||
24 | pursuant to law nomination of candidates of political
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25 | parties is made by caucus.
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26 | (2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the |
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1 | political party offices of
State central committeeperson, | ||||||
2 | township committeeperson, ward committeeperson, and
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3 | precinct committeeperson shall be filled and delegates and | ||||||
4 | alternate delegates
to the National nominating conventions | ||||||
5 | shall be elected as may be required
pursuant to this Code. | ||||||
6 | In the even-numbered years in which a Presidential
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7 | election is to be held, candidates in the Presidential | ||||||
8 | preference primary
shall also be on the ballot.
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9 | (3) in each even-numbered year, where the municipality | ||||||
10 | has provided for
annual elections to elect municipal | ||||||
11 | officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or
Section 7 of Article | ||||||
12 | VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the Illinois
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13 | Municipal Code or pursuant to the municipal charter, the | ||||||
14 | offices of such
municipal officers shall be filled at an | ||||||
15 | election held on the date of the
general primary election, | ||||||
16 | provided that the municipal election shall be a
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17 | nonpartisan election where required by the Illinois | ||||||
18 | Municipal Code. For
partisan municipal elections in | ||||||
19 | even-numbered years, a primary to nominate
candidates for | ||||||
20 | municipal office to be elected at the general primary
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21 | election shall be held on the Tuesday 6 weeks preceding | ||||||
22 | that election.
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23 | (4) in each school district which has adopted the | ||||||
24 | provisions of
Article 33 of the School Code, successors to | ||||||
25 | the members of the board
of education whose terms expire | ||||||
26 | in the year in which the general primary is
held shall be |
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1 | elected.
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2 | (c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate | ||||||
3 | odd-numbered years,
the following offices shall be filled:
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4 | (1) Municipal officers, provided that in | ||||||
5 | municipalities in which
candidates for alderman or other | ||||||
6 | municipal office are not permitted by law
to be candidates | ||||||
7 | of political parties, the runoff election where required
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8 | by law, or the nonpartisan election where required by law, | ||||||
9 | shall be held on
the date of the consolidated election; | ||||||
10 | and provided further, in the case of
municipal officers | ||||||
11 | provided for by an ordinance providing the form of
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12 | government of the municipality pursuant to Section 7 of | ||||||
13 | Article VII of the
Constitution, such offices shall be | ||||||
14 | filled by election or by runoff
election as may be | ||||||
15 | provided by such ordinance;
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16 | (2) Village and incorporated town library directors;
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17 | (3) City boards of stadium commissioners;
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18 | (4) Commissioners of park districts;
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19 | (5) Trustees of public library districts;
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20 | (6) Special District elected officers, not otherwise | ||||||
21 | designated in this
Section, where the statute creating or | ||||||
22 | authorizing the creation of the district
permits or | ||||||
23 | requires election of candidates of political parties;
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24 | (7) Township officers, including township park | ||||||
25 | commissioners, township
library directors, and boards of | ||||||
26 | managers of community buildings, and
Multi-Township |
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1 | Assessors;
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2 | (8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
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3 | (9) Members of school boards in school districts which | ||||||
4 | adopt Article 33
of the School Code;
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5 | (10) The directors and chair of the Chain O Lakes - Fox | ||||||
6 | River Waterway
Management Agency;
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7 | (11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected | ||||||
8 | under Section 3.5 of
the Downstate Forest Preserve | ||||||
9 | District Act;
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10 | (12) Elected members of school boards, school | ||||||
11 | trustees, directors of
boards of school directors, | ||||||
12 | trustees of county boards of school trustees
(except in | ||||||
13 | counties or educational service regions having a | ||||||
14 | population
of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and members | ||||||
15 | of boards of school inspectors,
except school boards in | ||||||
16 | school
districts that adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
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17 | (13) Members of Community College district boards;
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18 | (14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
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19 | (15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan | ||||||
20 | Exposition and
Auditorium
Authority;
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21 | (16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium | ||||||
22 | Districts;
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23 | (17) Elected Officers of special districts not | ||||||
24 | otherwise designated in
this Section for which the law | ||||||
25 | governing those districts does not permit
candidates of | ||||||
26 | political parties.
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1 | (d) At the consolidated primary election in each | ||||||
2 | odd-numbered year,
candidates of political parties shall be | ||||||
3 | nominated for those offices to be
filled at the consolidated | ||||||
4 | election in that year, except where pursuant to
law nomination | ||||||
5 | of candidates of political parties is made by caucus, and
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6 | except those offices listed in paragraphs (12) through (17) of | ||||||
7 | subsection
(c).
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8 | At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate | ||||||
9 | odd-numbered years,
the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and aldermen | ||||||
10 | shall be elected in
municipalities in which
candidates for | ||||||
11 | mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderman are not permitted by
law | ||||||
12 | to be candidates
of political parties, subject to runoff | ||||||
13 | elections to be held at the
consolidated election as may be | ||||||
14 | required
by law, and municipal officers shall be nominated in | ||||||
15 | a nonpartisan election
in municipalities in which pursuant to | ||||||
16 | law candidates for such office are
not permitted to be | ||||||
17 | candidates of political parties.
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18 | At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate | ||||||
19 | odd-numbered years,
municipal officers shall be nominated or | ||||||
20 | elected, or elected subject to
a runoff, as may be provided by | ||||||
21 | an ordinance providing a form of government
of the | ||||||
22 | municipality pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the | ||||||
23 | Constitution.
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24 | (e) (Blank).
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25 | (f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, public | ||||||
26 | questions may
be submitted to voters pursuant to this Code and |
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1 | any special election
otherwise required or authorized by law | ||||||
2 | or by court order may be conducted
pursuant to this Code.
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3 | Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of officers | ||||||
4 | established
in this Article, whenever a referendum is held for | ||||||
5 | the establishment of
a political subdivision whose officers | ||||||
6 | are to be elected, the initial officers
shall be elected at the | ||||||
7 | election at which such referendum is held if otherwise
so | ||||||
8 | provided by law. In such cases, the election of the initial | ||||||
9 | officers
shall be subject to the referendum.
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10 | Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of | ||||||
11 | officials established
in this Article, any community college | ||||||
12 | district which becomes effective by
operation of law pursuant | ||||||
13 | to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College
Act, as now or | ||||||
14 | hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
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15 | members at the next regularly scheduled election following the | ||||||
16 | effective
date of the new district.
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17 | (g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in | ||||||
18 | any precinct
there are no offices or public questions required | ||||||
19 | to be on the ballot under
this Code then no election shall be | ||||||
20 | held in the precinct on that date.
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21 | (h) There may be conducted a
referendum in accordance with | ||||||
22 | the provisions of Division 6-4 of the
Counties Code.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 100-1027, eff. 1-1-19; revised 12-14-20.)
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24 | (10 ILCS 5/2A-48) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-48)
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25 | Sec. 2A-48. Chicago Board of Education and Board of School |
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1 | Directors; member; time of election Directors - Member - Time | ||||||
2 | of Election . Except as otherwise provided, a A
member of a | ||||||
3 | Board of School Directors or a member of an elected Board of
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4 | Education, as the case may be, shall be elected at each | ||||||
5 | consolidated
election to succeed each incumbent member whose | ||||||
6 | term ends before the
following consolidated election. | ||||||
7 | Beginning with the 2024 general election, the Chicago Board of | ||||||
8 | Education elected members shall be elected as provided in | ||||||
9 | subsection (b-15) of Section 34-3 of the School Code.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
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11 | Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing | ||||||
12 | Sections 34-3, 34-4, and 34-13.1 and by adding Sections | ||||||
13 | 34-4.1, 34-18.67, 34-18.68, 34-18.69, and 34-21.9 as follows:
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14 | (105 ILCS 5/34-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-3)
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15 | Sec. 34-3. Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees; new | ||||||
16 | Chicago Board of
Education; members; term; vacancies.
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17 | (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this | ||||||
18 | amendatory Act of
1995, the terms of all members of the Chicago | ||||||
19 | Board of Education
holding office on that date are abolished | ||||||
20 | and the Mayor shall appoint,
without the consent or approval | ||||||
21 | of the City Council, a 5 member
Chicago School Reform Board of | ||||||
22 | Trustees which shall take office upon the
appointment of the | ||||||
23 | fifth member. The Chicago School
Reform Board of Trustees and | ||||||
24 | its members
shall serve until, and the terms of all members of |
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1 | the Chicago School
Reform Board of Trustees shall expire on, | ||||||
2 | June 30, 1999 or upon the
appointment of a new Chicago Board of | ||||||
3 | Education as provided
in subsection (b), whichever is later. | ||||||
4 | Any vacancy in the membership of
the Trustees shall be filled | ||||||
5 | through appointment by the Mayor,
without the consent or | ||||||
6 | approval of the City Council, for the unexpired term.
One of | ||||||
7 | the members appointed by the Mayor to the Trustees shall
be | ||||||
8 | designated by the Mayor to serve as President of the Trustees. | ||||||
9 | The
Mayor shall appoint a full-time, compensated
chief | ||||||
10 | executive officer, and his or her compensation as such chief | ||||||
11 | executive
officer shall be determined by the Mayor. The Mayor, | ||||||
12 | at his or her discretion,
may appoint the President to serve | ||||||
13 | simultaneously as the chief executive
officer.
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14 | (b) This subsection applies until January 15, 2025. Within | ||||||
15 | 30 days before the expiration of the terms of the members of
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16 | the Chicago Reform Board of Trustees as provided in subsection | ||||||
17 | (a), a new
Chicago Board of Education consisting of 7 members | ||||||
18 | shall be appointed by the
Mayor to take office on the later of | ||||||
19 | July 1, 1999 or the appointment of the
seventh member. Three of | ||||||
20 | the members initially so appointed under this
subsection shall | ||||||
21 | serve for terms ending June 30, 2002, 4 of the members
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22 | initially so appointed under this subsection shall serve for | ||||||
23 | terms ending
June 30, 2003, and each member initially so | ||||||
24 | appointed shall continue to hold
office until his or her | ||||||
25 | successor is appointed and qualified. | ||||||
26 | (b-5) On January 15, 2025, the terms of all members of the
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1 | Chicago Board of Education appointed under subsection (b) are
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2 | abolished when the new board, consisting of 21 members, is | ||||||
3 | appointed by the Mayor and elected by the electors of the | ||||||
4 | school district as provided under subsections (b-10) and | ||||||
5 | (b-15) and takes office. | ||||||
6 | (b-10) By December 16, 2024 for a term of office beginning | ||||||
7 | on January 15, 2025, the Mayor shall appoint 10 Chicago Board | ||||||
8 | of Education members, with the advice and consent of the City | ||||||
9 | Council, to serve terms of 2 years. All appointed members | ||||||
10 | shall serve until a successor is appointed or elected and | ||||||
11 | qualified. Thereafter at
the expiration of the term of any | ||||||
12 | member a successor
shall be elected appointed by the Mayor and | ||||||
13 | shall hold office for a term of 4 years,
from January 15 July 1 | ||||||
14 | of the year in which the term commences and until a successor
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15 | is appointed or elected and qualified. Any vacancy in the | ||||||
16 | appointed membership of the Chicago Board
of Education shall | ||||||
17 | be filled through appointment by the Mayor , with the consent | ||||||
18 | of the Board, for the
unexpired term. The terms of the 10 | ||||||
19 | appointed members under this subsection shall end on January | ||||||
20 | 14, 2027.
By December 16, 2024 for a term of office beginning
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21 | on January 15, 2025, the Mayor shall appoint a President of the | ||||||
22 | Board, with the advice and consent of the City Council, for a | ||||||
23 | term of 2 years. No appointment to membership on the
Chicago | ||||||
24 | Board of Education that is made by the Mayor under
this | ||||||
25 | subsection shall require the approval of the City
Council, | ||||||
26 | whether the appointment is made for a full term or to fill a |
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1 | vacancy
for an unexpired term on the Board. The board shall | ||||||
2 | elect annually from its
number a president and vice-president, | ||||||
3 | in such
manner and at such
time as the board determines by its | ||||||
4 | rules. The president elected by the voters and vice-president | ||||||
5 | elected by the board officers so elected shall each
perform | ||||||
6 | the duties imposed upon their respective office by the rules | ||||||
7 | of the
board, provided that (i) the president shall preside at | ||||||
8 | meetings of the board
and shall only
have voting rights to | ||||||
9 | break a voting tie of the other Chicago
Board of Education | ||||||
10 | elected and appointed members vote as any other member but | ||||||
11 | have no power of veto, and (ii) the vice
president shall | ||||||
12 | perform the duties of the president if that office is vacant or
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13 | the president is absent or unable to act. Beginning with the | ||||||
14 | 2026 general election, one member shall be elected at large | ||||||
15 | and serve as the president of the board.
After January 15, | ||||||
16 | 2027, the president shall preside at meetings of the board and | ||||||
17 | vote as any other member but have no power of veto.
The | ||||||
18 | secretary of the Board shall be selected by the Board and shall | ||||||
19 | be an
employee of the Board rather than a member of the Board, | ||||||
20 | notwithstanding
subsection (d) of Section 34-3.3. The duties | ||||||
21 | of the secretary shall be
imposed by the rules of the Board.
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22 | (b-15) Beginning with the 2024 general election, 10 | ||||||
23 | members of the Chicago Board of Education shall be elected to | ||||||
24 | serve a term of 4 years in office beginning on January 15, | ||||||
25 | 2025. Beginning with the 2026 general election, 10 members of | ||||||
26 | the Chicago Board of Education shall be elected to serve a term |
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1 | of 4 years in office beginning on January 15, 2027. Whenever a | ||||||
2 | vacancy of a Chicago Board of Education elected board member | ||||||
3 | occurs, the President of the Board shall notify the Mayor of | ||||||
4 | the vacancy within 7 days after its occurrence and shall, | ||||||
5 | within 30 days, fill the vacancy for the remainder of the | ||||||
6 | unexpired term by majority vote of the remaining board | ||||||
7 | members. The successor shall have the same qualifications as | ||||||
8 | his or her predecessor. | ||||||
9 | For purposes of elections conducted under this subsection, | ||||||
10 | the City of Chicago shall be subdivided into electoral | ||||||
11 | districts as provided under subsection (a) of Section 34-21.9. | ||||||
12 | From January 15, 2025 to January 14, 2027, each district shall | ||||||
13 | be represented by one elected member and one appointed member. | ||||||
14 | After January 15, 2027, each district shall be represented by | ||||||
15 | one elected member. | ||||||
16 | (b-30) No member shall have, or be an employee or owner of | ||||||
17 | a company that has, a contract with the school district. No | ||||||
18 | former officer, member, or employee of the board shall, within | ||||||
19 | a period of one year immediately after termination of service | ||||||
20 | on the board, knowingly accept employment or receive | ||||||
21 | compensation or fees for services from a person or entity if | ||||||
22 | the officer, member, or employee, during the year immediately | ||||||
23 | preceding termination of service on the board, participated | ||||||
24 | personally and substantially in the award of contracts with | ||||||
25 | the board or the school district, or the issuance of contract | ||||||
26 | change orders with the board or the school district, with a |
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1 | cumulative value of $25,000 or more to the person or entity, or | ||||||
2 | its parent or subsidiary. | ||||||
3 | (c) The board may appoint a student to the board to serve | ||||||
4 | in an advisory capacity. The student member shall serve for a | ||||||
5 | term as determined by the board. The board may not grant the | ||||||
6 | student member any voting privileges, but shall consider the | ||||||
7 | student member as an advisor. The student member may not | ||||||
8 | participate in or attend any executive session of the board.
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9 | (Source: P.A. 94-231, eff. 7-14-05.)
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10 | (105 ILCS 5/34-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-4)
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11 | Sec. 34-4. Eligibility. To be eligible for election or | ||||||
12 | appointment to the board, a
person shall be a citizen of the | ||||||
13 | United States, shall be a registered voter
as provided in the | ||||||
14 | Election Code, shall have been a resident of the city and, if | ||||||
15 | applicable, the electoral district, for at
least one year 3 | ||||||
16 | years immediately
preceding his or her election or | ||||||
17 | appointment, and shall not be a child sex offender
as defined | ||||||
18 | in Section 11-9.3 of the
Criminal Code of 2012. A person is | ||||||
19 | ineligible for election or appointment to the board if that | ||||||
20 | person is an employee of the school district. All persons | ||||||
21 | eligible for election to the board shall be nominated by a | ||||||
22 | petition signed by no less than 250 voters residing within the | ||||||
23 | electoral district on a petition in order to be placed on the | ||||||
24 | ballot, except that persons eligible for election to the board | ||||||
25 | at large shall be nominated by a petition signed by no less |
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1 | than 2,500 voters residing within the city. Permanent removal | ||||||
2 | from the city by any member of
the board during his term of | ||||||
3 | office constitutes a resignation therefrom and
creates a | ||||||
4 | vacancy in the board. Board Except for the President of the | ||||||
5 | Chicago
School Reform Board of Trustees who may be paid | ||||||
6 | compensation for his or her
services as chief executive | ||||||
7 | officer as determined by the Mayor as provided in
subsection | ||||||
8 | (a) of Section 34-3, board members shall serve without any
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9 | compensation; provided, that board members shall be reimbursed | ||||||
10 | for expenses
incurred while in the performance of their duties | ||||||
11 | upon submission of proper
receipts or upon submission of a | ||||||
12 | signed voucher in the case of an expense
allowance evidencing | ||||||
13 | the amount of such reimbursement or allowance to the
president | ||||||
14 | of the board for verification and approval. Board members The | ||||||
15 | board of
education may continue to provide health care | ||||||
16 | insurance coverage, employer
pension contributions, employee | ||||||
17 | pension contributions, and life insurance
premium payments for | ||||||
18 | an employee required to resign from
an administrative, | ||||||
19 | teaching, or career service position in order to qualify
as a | ||||||
20 | member of the board of education. They shall not hold other | ||||||
21 | public
office under the Federal, State or any local government | ||||||
22 | other than that of
Director of the Regional Transportation | ||||||
23 | Authority, member of the economic
development commission of a | ||||||
24 | city having a population exceeding 500,000,
notary public or | ||||||
25 | member of the National Guard, and by accepting any such
office | ||||||
26 | while members of the board, or by not resigning any such office |
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1 | held
at the time of being elected or appointed to the board | ||||||
2 | within 30 days after such election or
appointment, shall be | ||||||
3 | deemed to have vacated their membership in the board.
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4 | (Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
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5 | (105 ILCS 5/34-4.1 new) | ||||||
6 | Sec. 34-4.1. Nomination petitions. In addition to the | ||||||
7 | requirements of the general election law, the form of | ||||||
8 | petitions under Section 34-4 of this Code shall be | ||||||
9 | substantially as follows: | ||||||
10 | NOMINATING PETITIONS | ||||||
11 | (LEAVE OUT THE INAPPLICABLE PART.) | ||||||
12 | To the Board of Election Commissioners for the City of | ||||||
13 | Chicago: | ||||||
14 | We the undersigned, being (.... or more) of the voters | ||||||
15 | residing within said district, hereby petition that .... who | ||||||
16 | resides at .... in the City of Chicago shall be a candidate for | ||||||
17 | the office of .... of the board of education (full term) | ||||||
18 | (vacancy) to be voted for at the election to be held on (insert | ||||||
19 | date). | ||||||
20 | Name: .................. Address: ................... | ||||||
21 | In the designation of the name of a candidate on a petition | ||||||
22 | for nomination, the candidate's given name or names, initial | ||||||
23 | or initials, a nickname by which the candidate is commonly | ||||||
24 | known, or a combination thereof may be used in addition to the | ||||||
25 | candidate's surname. If a candidate has changed his or her |
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1 | name, whether by a statutory or common law procedure in | ||||||
2 | Illinois or any other jurisdiction, within 3 years before the | ||||||
3 | last day for filing the petition, then (i) the candidate's | ||||||
4 | name on the petition must be followed by "formerly known as | ||||||
5 | (list all prior names during the 3-year period) until name | ||||||
6 | changed on (list date of each such name change)" and (ii) the | ||||||
7 | petition must be accompanied by the candidate's affidavit | ||||||
8 | stating the candidate's previous names during the period | ||||||
9 | specified in clause (i) and the date or dates each of those | ||||||
10 | names was changed; failure to meet these requirements shall be | ||||||
11 | grounds for denying certification of the candidate's name for | ||||||
12 | the ballot, but these requirements do not apply to name | ||||||
13 | changes resulting from adoption to assume an adoptive parent's | ||||||
14 | or parents' surname, marriage to assume a spouse's surname, or | ||||||
15 | dissolution of marriage or declaration of invalidity of | ||||||
16 | marriage to assume a former surname. No other designation, | ||||||
17 | such as a political slogan, as defined by Section 7-17 of the | ||||||
18 | Election Code, title or degree, or nickname suggesting or | ||||||
19 | implying possession of a title, degree or professional status, | ||||||
20 | or similar information may be used in connection with the | ||||||
21 | candidate's surname. | ||||||
22 | All petitions for the nomination of members of a board of | ||||||
23 | education shall be filed with the board of election | ||||||
24 | commissioners of the jurisdiction in which the principal | ||||||
25 | office of the school district is located within the time | ||||||
26 | provided for by the general election law, except that |
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1 | petitions for the nomination of members of the board of | ||||||
2 | education for the March 15, 2022 election shall be prepared | ||||||
3 | and certified on the same schedule as the petition schedule | ||||||
4 | for the candidates for the General Assembly. The board of | ||||||
5 | election commissioners shall receive and file only those | ||||||
6 | petitions that include a statement of candidacy, the required | ||||||
7 | number of voter signatures, the notarized signature of the | ||||||
8 | petition circulator, and a receipt from the county clerk | ||||||
9 | showing that the candidate has filed a statement of economic | ||||||
10 | interest on or before the last day to file as required by the | ||||||
11 | Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. The board of election | ||||||
12 | commissioners may have petition forms available for issuance | ||||||
13 | to potential candidates and may give notice of the petition | ||||||
14 | filing period by publication in a newspaper of general | ||||||
15 | circulation within the school district not less than 10 days | ||||||
16 | prior to the first day of filing. The board of election | ||||||
17 | commissioners shall make certification to the proper election | ||||||
18 | authorities in accordance with the general election law. | ||||||
19 | The board of election commissioners of the jurisdiction in | ||||||
20 | which the principal office of the school district is located | ||||||
21 | shall notify the candidates for whom a petition for nomination | ||||||
22 | is filed or the appropriate committee of the obligations under | ||||||
23 | the Campaign Financing Act as provided in the general election | ||||||
24 | law. Such notice shall be given on a form prescribed by the | ||||||
25 | State Board of Elections and in accordance with the | ||||||
26 | requirements of the general election law. The board of |
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1 | election commissioners shall within 7 days of filing or on the | ||||||
2 | last day for filing, whichever is earlier, acknowledge to the | ||||||
3 | petitioner in writing the office's acceptance of the petition. | ||||||
4 | A candidate for membership on the board of education who | ||||||
5 | has petitioned for nomination to fill a full term and to fill a | ||||||
6 | vacant term to be voted upon at the same election must withdraw | ||||||
7 | his or her petition for nomination from either the full term or | ||||||
8 | the vacant term by written declaration. | ||||||
9 | Nomination petitions are not valid unless the candidate | ||||||
10 | named therein files with the board of election commissioners a | ||||||
11 | receipt from the county clerk showing that the candidate has | ||||||
12 | filed a statement of economic interests as required by the | ||||||
13 | Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Such receipt shall be so | ||||||
14 | filed either previously during the calendar year in which his | ||||||
15 | or her nomination papers were filed or within the period for | ||||||
16 | the filing of nomination papers in accordance with the general | ||||||
17 | election law.
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18 | (105 ILCS 5/34-13.1)
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19 | Sec. 34-13.1. Inspector General.
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20 | (a) The Inspector General and his office in existence on | ||||||
21 | the effective date
of this amendatory Act of 1995 shall be | ||||||
22 | transferred to the jurisdiction of the
board upon appointment | ||||||
23 | of the Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees. The
Inspector | ||||||
24 | General shall have the authority
to conduct investigations | ||||||
25 | into allegations of or incidents of waste, fraud, and
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1 | financial mismanagement in public education within the | ||||||
2 | jurisdiction of the
board by a local school council
member or | ||||||
3 | an
employee, contractor, or member of the board or involving
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4 | school projects
managed or handled by the Public Building | ||||||
5 | Commission. The Inspector General
shall make recommendations | ||||||
6 | to the board about the
investigations.
The Inspector General | ||||||
7 | in office on the effective date of this amendatory Act
of 1996 | ||||||
8 | shall serve for a term expiring on June 30, 1998. His or her
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9 | successors in office shall each be appointed by the Mayor, | ||||||
10 | without the consent
or approval of the City Council, for 4 year | ||||||
11 | terms expiring on June 30th of an
even numbered year ; however, | ||||||
12 | beginning January 15, 2025, successors shall be appointed by | ||||||
13 | the board instead of the Mayor .
If the Inspector General | ||||||
14 | leaves office or if a vacancy in that office otherwise occurs, | ||||||
15 | the
Mayor shall appoint, without the consent or
approval of | ||||||
16 | the City Council, a successor to serve under this Section for | ||||||
17 | the
remainder of the unexpired term ; however, beginning | ||||||
18 | January 15, 2027, successors shall be appointed by the board | ||||||
19 | instead of the Mayor . The
Inspector General shall be | ||||||
20 | independent of the operations of the board and
the School | ||||||
21 | Finance Authority, and shall perform other duties requested by | ||||||
22 | the
board.
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23 | (b) The Inspector General shall have access to all
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24 | information and personnel necessary to perform the duties of | ||||||
25 | the
office. If the Inspector General determines that a | ||||||
26 | possible
criminal act has been committed or that special |
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1 | expertise is
required in the investigation, he or she shall | ||||||
2 | immediately notify
the Chicago Police Department and the Cook | ||||||
3 | County State's
Attorney. All investigations conducted by the | ||||||
4 | Inspector General
shall be conducted in a manner that ensures | ||||||
5 | the preservation of
evidence for use in criminal prosecutions.
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6 | (c) At all times the Inspector General shall be granted
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7 | access to any building or facility that is owned, operated, or
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8 | leased by the board, the Public Building Commission, or the
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9 | city in trust
and for the use and benefit of the schools of the | ||||||
10 | district.
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11 | (d) The Inspector General shall have the power to subpoena
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12 | witnesses and compel the production of books and papers | ||||||
13 | pertinent
to an investigation authorized by this Code. Any | ||||||
14 | person who (1)
fails to appear in response to a subpoena; (2) | ||||||
15 | fails to answer
any question; (3) fails to produce any books or | ||||||
16 | papers pertinent
to an investigation under this Code; or (4) | ||||||
17 | knowingly gives
false testimony during an investigation under | ||||||
18 | this Code, is
guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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19 | (e) The Inspector General shall provide to the board and
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20 | the Illinois General Assembly a summary of reports and
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21 | investigations made under this Section for the previous fiscal
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22 | year no later than January 1 of each year, except that the | ||||||
23 | Inspector General
shall provide the summary of reports and | ||||||
24 | investigations made under this Section
for the period | ||||||
25 | commencing July 1, 1998 and ending April 30, 1999 no later than
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26 | May 1, 1999. The summaries shall detail the final disposition |
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1 | of those
recommendations. The summaries shall not contain any | ||||||
2 | confidential or
identifying information concerning the | ||||||
3 | subjects of the reports and
investigations. The summaries | ||||||
4 | shall also include detailed recommended
administrative actions | ||||||
5 | and matters for consideration by the General Assembly.
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6 | (f) (Blank).
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7 | (g) (Blank).
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8 | (Source: P.A. 89-15, eff. 5-30-95; 89-698, eff. 1-14-97.)
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9 | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.67 new) | ||||||
10 | Sec. 34-18.67. Independent Financial Review. The Chicago | ||||||
11 | Board of Education shall commission an independent review and | ||||||
12 | report of the district's finances and entanglements with the | ||||||
13 | City of Chicago. No later than June 30, 2025, the report shall | ||||||
14 | be provided to the Governor, Illinois State Board of | ||||||
15 | Education, Illinois General Assembly, the Mayor of the City of | ||||||
16 | Chicago, and the Chicago Board of Education. The Illinois | ||||||
17 | State Board of Education shall review the independent review | ||||||
18 | and report and make recommendations to the legislature on the | ||||||
19 | Chicago Board of Education's ability to operate with the | ||||||
20 | financial resources available to it as an independent unit of | ||||||
21 | local government. | ||||||
22 | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.68 new) | ||||||
23 | Sec. 34-18.68. Chicago Board of Education Non-Citizen | ||||||
24 | Advisory Board. |
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1 | (a) The Chicago Board of Education Diversity Advisory | ||||||
2 | Board is created to provide non-citizen students with maximum | ||||||
3 | opportunity for success during their elementary and secondary | ||||||
4 | education experience. | ||||||
5 | (b) The Chicago Board of Education Non-Citizen Advisory | ||||||
6 | Board is composed of individuals appointed by the Mayor to | ||||||
7 | advise the Chicago Board of Education on but not limited to the | ||||||
8 | following issues: | ||||||
9 | (1) Appropriate ways to create an equitable and | ||||||
10 | inclusive learning environment for non-citizen students; | ||||||
11 | (2) Strengthening student, parent, and guardian | ||||||
12 | privacy and confidentiality in school-related issues; | ||||||
13 | (3) Establishing appropriate communication methods | ||||||
14 | between the district and non-citizen students to maximize | ||||||
15 | interactions between the student's school, parents, and | ||||||
16 | guardians; | ||||||
17 | (4) Ensuring principals and other district leaders | ||||||
18 | learn and disseminate information on resources available | ||||||
19 | to non-citizen students and their families; | ||||||
20 | (5) Developing appropriate methods by which | ||||||
21 | non-citizen students are encouraged and supported to | ||||||
22 | continue their education at an institution of higher | ||||||
23 | education; and | ||||||
24 | (6) Providing the perspective of non-citizen families | ||||||
25 | and students who are affected by Board actions, | ||||||
26 | governance, policies, and procedures. |
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1 | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.69 new) | ||||||
2 | Sec. 34-18.69. Moratorium on school closings, | ||||||
3 | consolidations, and phase-outs. The Board shall not approve | ||||||
4 | any school closings, consolidations, or phase-outs until the | ||||||
5 | Board of Education is seated on January 15, 2025. | ||||||
6 | (105 ILCS 5/34-21.9 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 34-21.9. Creation of electoral districts; | ||||||
8 | reapportionment of districts. | ||||||
9 | (a) For purposes of elections conducted pursuant to | ||||||
10 | subsection (b-5) of Section 34-3, the City of Chicago shall be | ||||||
11 | subdivided into 10 electoral districts for the 2024 elections | ||||||
12 | and into 20 electoral districts for the 2026 elections after | ||||||
13 | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General | ||||||
14 | Assembly by the General Assembly for seats on the Chicago | ||||||
15 | Board of Education. The electoral districts must be drawn on | ||||||
16 | or before February 1, 2022. Each district must be compact, | ||||||
17 | contiguous, and substantially equal in population and | ||||||
18 | consistent with the Illinois Voting Rights Act. | ||||||
19 | (b) In the year following each decennial census, the | ||||||
20 | General Assembly shall redistrict the electoral districts to | ||||||
21 | reflect the results of the decennial census consistent with | ||||||
22 | the requirements in subsection (a). The reapportionment plan | ||||||
23 | shall be completed and formally approved by the General | ||||||
24 | Assembly not less than 90 days before the last date |
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1 | established by law for the filing of nominating petitions for | ||||||
2 | the second school board election after the decennial census | ||||||
3 | year. If by reapportionment a board member no longer resides | ||||||
4 | within the electoral district from which the member was | ||||||
5 | elected, the member shall continue to serve in office until | ||||||
6 | the expiration of the member's regular term. All new members | ||||||
7 | shall be elected from the electoral districts as | ||||||
8 | reapportioned. | ||||||
9 | Section 95. Rulemaking authority. The Chicago Board of | ||||||
10 | Education may adopt rules necessary to implement the | ||||||
11 | provisions of this Act.
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