93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2431

 

Introduced 2/3/2004, by Vince Demuzio, George P. Shadid

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/1A-1   from Ch. 122, par. 1A-1

    Amends the School Code. Terminates the terms of current members of the State Board of Education on July 1, 2004, and provides for new members to be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning education.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
5 1A-1 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/1A-1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 1A-1)
7     Sec. 1A-1. Members and terms.
8     (a) The term of each member of the State Board of Education
9 who is in office on June 30, 2004 the effective date of this
10 amendatory Act of 1996 shall terminate on July 1, 2004 January
11 1, 1997 or when all of the new members initially to be
12 appointed under this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
13 Assembly of 1996 are appointed by the Governor as provided in
14 subsection (b), whichever last occurs.
15     (b) As soon as possible after the effective date of this
16 amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the Governor, with
17 the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint new members
18 to the State Board of Education as provided in this subsection
19 (b). Beginning on July 1, 2004 January 1, 1997 or when all of
20 the new members initially to be appointed under this subsection
21 are appointed by the Governor, whichever last occurs, and
22 thereafter, the State Board of Education shall consist of 9
23 members, who shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice
24 and consent of the Senate from a pattern of regional
25 representation as follows: 2 appointees shall be selected from
26 among those counties of the State other than Cook County and
27 the 5 counties contiguous to Cook County; 2 appointees shall be
28 selected from Cook County, one of whom shall be a resident of
29 the City of Chicago and one of whom shall be a resident of that
30 part of Cook County which lies outside the city limits of
31 Chicago; 2 appointees shall be selected from among the 5
32 counties of the State that are contiguous to Cook County; and 3

 

 

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1 members shall be selected as members-at-large. At no time may
2 more than 5 members of the Board be from one political party.
3 Party membership is defined as having voted in the primary of
4 the party in the last primary before appointment. The 9 members
5 initially appointed pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 93rd
6 General Assembly 1996 shall draw lots to determine 3 of their
7 number who shall serve a term to expire on until the fourth
8 Monday of January, 2007 and until their respective successors
9 are appointed and qualified second Wednesday of January, 2003,
10 3 of their number who shall serve until the second Wednesday of
11 January, 2001, and 3 of their number who shall serve until the
12 second Wednesday of January, 1999. Upon expiration of the terms
13 of the members initially appointed under this amendatory Act of
14 1996, their respective successors shall be appointed for terms
15 of 4 6 years, from the fourth Monday second Wednesday in
16 January, of each odd numbered year and shall serve until their
17 respective successors are appointed and qualified. Vacancies
18 in terms shall be filled by appointment by the Governor with
19 the advice and consent of the Senate for the extent of the
20 unexpired term. If a vacancy in membership occurs at a time
21 when the Senate is not in session, the Governor shall make a
22 temporary appointment until the next meeting of the Senate,
23 when the Governor shall appoint a person to fill that
24 membership for the remainder of its term. If the Senate is not
25 in session when appointments for a full term are made, the
26 appointments shall be made as in the case of vacancies.
27 (Source: P.A. 89-610, eff. 8-6-96.)
 
28     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
29 becoming law.