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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5Section 2A-1.2 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)
7    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-177)
8    Sec. 2A-1.2. Consolidated schedule of elections; offices
9designated.
10    (a) At the general election in the appropriate
11even-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled or
12shall be on the ballot as otherwise required by this Code:
13        (1) Elector of President and Vice President of the
14    United States;
15        (2) United States Senator and United States
16    Representative;
17        (3) State Executive Branch elected officers;
18        (4) State Senator and State Representative;
19        (5) County elected officers, including State's
20    Attorney, County Board member, County Commissioners, and
21    elected President of the County Board or County Chief
22    Executive;
23        (6) Circuit Court Clerk;

 

 

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1        (7) Regional Superintendent of Schools, except in
2    counties or educational service regions in which that
3    office has been abolished;
4        (8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit
5    Courts, on the question of retention, to fill vacancies
6    and newly created judicial offices;
7        (9) (Blank);
8        (10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
9    District of Greater Chicago, and elected Trustee of other
10    Sanitary Districts;
11        (11) Special District elected officers, not otherwise
12    designated in this Section, where the statute creating or
13    authorizing the creation of the district requires an
14    annual election and permits or requires election of
15    candidates of political parties.
16    (b) At the general primary election:
17        (1) in each even-numbered year candidates of political
18    parties shall be nominated for those offices to be filled
19    at the general election in that year, except where
20    pursuant to law nomination of candidates of political
21    parties is made by caucus.
22        (2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the
23    political party offices of State central committeeperson,
24    township committeeperson, ward committeeperson, and
25    precinct committeeperson shall be filled and delegates and
26    alternate delegates to the National nominating conventions

 

 

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1    shall be elected as may be required pursuant to this Code.
2    In the even-numbered years in which a Presidential
3    election is to be held, candidates in the Presidential
4    preference primary shall also be on the ballot.
5        (3) in each even-numbered year, where the municipality
6    has provided for annual elections to elect municipal
7    officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or Section 7 of Article
8    VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the Illinois
9    Municipal Code or pursuant to the municipal charter, the
10    offices of such municipal officers shall be filled at an
11    election held on the date of the general primary election,
12    provided that the municipal election shall be a
13    nonpartisan election where required by the Illinois
14    Municipal Code. For partisan municipal elections in
15    even-numbered years, a primary to nominate candidates for
16    municipal office to be elected at the general primary
17    election shall be held on the Tuesday 6 weeks preceding
18    that election.
19        (4) in each school district which has adopted the
20    provisions of Article 33 of the School Code, successors to
21    the members of the board of education whose terms expire
22    in the year in which the general primary is held shall be
23    elected.
24    (c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate
25odd-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled:
26        (1) Municipal officers, provided that in

 

 

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1    municipalities in which candidates for alderperson or
2    other municipal office are not permitted by law to be
3    candidates of political parties, the runoff election where
4    required by law, or the nonpartisan election where
5    required by law, shall be held on the date of the
6    consolidated election; and provided further, in the case
7    of municipal officers provided for by an ordinance
8    providing the form of government of the municipality
9    pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution,
10    such offices shall be filled by election or by runoff
11    election as may be provided by such ordinance;
12        (2) Village and incorporated town library directors;
13        (3) City boards of stadium commissioners;
14        (4) Commissioners of park districts;
15        (5) Trustees of public library districts;
16        (6) Special District elected officers, not otherwise
17    designated in this Section, where the statute creating or
18    authorizing the creation of the district permits or
19    requires election of candidates of political parties;
20        (7) Township officers, including township park
21    commissioners, township library directors, and boards of
22    managers of community buildings, and Multi-Township
23    Assessors;
24        (8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
25        (9) Members of school boards in school districts which
26    adopt Article 33 of the School Code;

 

 

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1        (10) The directors and chair of the Chain O Lakes - Fox
2    River Waterway Management Agency;
3        (11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected
4    under Section 3.5 of the Downstate Forest Preserve
5    District Act;
6        (12) Elected members of school boards, school
7    trustees, directors of boards of school directors,
8    trustees of county boards of school trustees (except in
9    counties or educational service regions having a
10    population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and members
11    of boards of school inspectors, except school boards in
12    school districts that adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
13        (13) Members of Community College district boards;
14        (14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
15        (15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan
16    Exposition and Auditorium Authority;
17        (16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium
18    Districts;
19        (17) Elected Officers of special districts not
20    otherwise designated in this Section for which the law
21    governing those districts does not permit candidates of
22    political parties.
23    (d) At the consolidated primary election in each
24odd-numbered year, candidates of political parties shall be
25nominated for those offices to be filled at the consolidated
26election in that year, except where pursuant to law nomination

 

 

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1of candidates of political parties is made by caucus, and
2except those offices listed in paragraphs (12) through (17) of
3subsection (c).
4    At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
5odd-numbered years, the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and
6alderpersons shall be elected in municipalities in which
7candidates for mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderperson are not
8permitted by law to be candidates of political parties,
9subject to runoff elections to be held at the consolidated
10election as may be required by law, and municipal officers
11shall be nominated in a nonpartisan election in municipalities
12in which pursuant to law candidates for such office are not
13permitted to be candidates of political parties.
14    At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
15odd-numbered years, municipal officers shall be nominated or
16elected, or elected subject to a runoff, as may be provided by
17an ordinance providing a form of government of the
18municipality pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the
19Constitution.
20    (e) (Blank).
21    (f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, public
22questions may be submitted to voters pursuant to this Code and
23any special election otherwise required or authorized by law
24or by court order may be conducted pursuant to this Code.
25    Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of officers
26established in this Article, whenever a referendum is held for

 

 

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1the establishment of a political subdivision whose officers
2are to be elected, the initial officers shall be elected at the
3election at which such referendum is held if otherwise so
4provided by law. In such cases, the election of the initial
5officers shall be subject to the referendum.
6    Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of
7officials established in this Article, any community college
8district which becomes effective by operation of law pursuant
9to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College Act, as now or
10hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
11members at the next regularly scheduled election following the
12effective date of the new district.
13    (g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in
14any precinct there are no offices or public questions required
15to be on the ballot under this Code then no election shall be
16held in the precinct on that date.
17    (h) There may be conducted a referendum in accordance with
18the provisions of Division 6-4 of the Counties Code.
19(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
20    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-177)
21    Sec. 2A-1.2. Consolidated schedule of elections; offices
22designated.
23    (a) At the general election in the appropriate
24even-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled or
25shall be on the ballot as otherwise required by this Code:

 

 

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1        (1) Elector of President and Vice President of the
2    United States.
3        (2) United States Senator and United States
4    Representative.
5        (3) State Executive Branch elected officers.
6        (4) State Senator and State Representative.
7        (5) County elected officers, including State's
8    Attorney, County Board member, County Commissioners, and
9    elected President of the County Board or County Chief
10    Executive.
11        (6) Circuit Court Clerk.
12        (7) Regional Superintendent of Schools, except in
13    counties or educational service regions in which that
14    office has been abolished.
15        (8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit
16    Courts, on the question of retention, to fill vacancies
17    and newly created judicial offices.
18        (9) (Blank).
19        (10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
20    District of Greater Chicago, and elected Trustee of other
21    Sanitary Districts.
22        (11) Special District elected officers, not otherwise
23    designated in this Section, where the statute creating or
24    authorizing the creation of the district requires an
25    annual election and permits or requires election of
26    candidates of political parties.

 

 

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1        (12) Beginning with the 2024 general election on
2    November 5, 2024, the elected members of the Chicago Board
3    of Education; the election of members of the Chicago Board
4    of Education shall be a nonpartisan election as provided
5    for under this Code and may be conducted on a separate
6    ballot.
7    (b) At the general primary election:
8        (1) in each even-numbered year candidates of political
9    parties shall be nominated for those offices to be filled
10    at the general election in that year, except where
11    pursuant to law nomination of candidates of political
12    parties is made by caucus.
13        (2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the
14    political party offices of State central committeeperson,
15    township committeeperson, ward committeeperson, and
16    precinct committeeperson shall be filled and delegates and
17    alternate delegates to the National nominating conventions
18    shall be elected as may be required pursuant to this Code.
19    In the even-numbered years in which a Presidential
20    election is to be held, candidates in the Presidential
21    preference primary shall also be on the ballot.
22        (3) in each even-numbered year, where the municipality
23    has provided for annual elections to elect municipal
24    officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or Section 7 of Article
25    VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the Illinois
26    Municipal Code or pursuant to the municipal charter, the

 

 

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1    offices of such municipal officers shall be filled at an
2    election held on the date of the general primary election,
3    provided that the municipal election shall be a
4    nonpartisan election where required by the Illinois
5    Municipal Code. For partisan municipal elections in
6    even-numbered years, a primary to nominate candidates for
7    municipal office to be elected at the general primary
8    election shall be held on the Tuesday 6 weeks preceding
9    that election.
10        (4) in each school district which has adopted the
11    provisions of Article 33 of the School Code, successors to
12    the members of the board of education whose terms expire
13    in the year in which the general primary is held shall be
14    elected.
15    (c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate
16odd-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled:
17        (1) Municipal officers, provided that in
18    municipalities in which candidates for alderperson or
19    other municipal office are not permitted by law to be
20    candidates of political parties, the runoff election where
21    required by law, or the nonpartisan election where
22    required by law, shall be held on the date of the
23    consolidated election; and provided further, in the case
24    of municipal officers provided for by an ordinance
25    providing the form of government of the municipality
26    pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution,

 

 

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1    such offices shall be filled by election or by runoff
2    election as may be provided by such ordinance;
3        (2) Village and incorporated town library directors;
4        (3) City boards of stadium commissioners;
5        (4) Commissioners of park districts;
6        (5) Trustees of public library districts;
7        (6) Special District elected officers, not otherwise
8    designated in this Section, where the statute creating or
9    authorizing the creation of the district permits or
10    requires election of candidates of political parties;
11        (7) Township officers, including township park
12    commissioners, township library directors, and boards of
13    managers of community buildings, and Multi-Township
14    Assessors;
15        (8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
16        (9) Members of school boards in school districts which
17    adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
18        (10) The directors and chair of the Chain O Lakes - Fox
19    River Waterway Management Agency;
20        (11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected
21    under Section 3.5 of the Downstate Forest Preserve
22    District Act;
23        (12) Elected members of school boards, school
24    trustees, directors of boards of school directors,
25    trustees of county boards of school trustees (except in
26    counties or educational service regions having a

 

 

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1    population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and members
2    of boards of school inspectors, except school boards in
3    school districts that adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
4        (13) Members of Community College district boards;
5        (14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
6        (15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan
7    Exposition and Auditorium Authority;
8        (16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium
9    Districts;
10        (17) Elected Officers of special districts not
11    otherwise designated in this Section for which the law
12    governing those districts does not permit candidates of
13    political parties.
14    (d) At the consolidated primary election in each
15odd-numbered year, candidates of political parties shall be
16nominated for those offices to be filled at the consolidated
17election in that year, except where pursuant to law nomination
18of candidates of political parties is made by caucus, and
19except those offices listed in paragraphs (12) through (17) of
20subsection (c).
21    At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
22odd-numbered years, the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and
23alderpersons shall be elected in municipalities in which
24candidates for mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderperson are not
25permitted by law to be candidates of political parties,
26subject to runoff elections to be held at the consolidated

 

 

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1election as may be required by law, and municipal officers
2shall be nominated in a nonpartisan election in municipalities
3in which pursuant to law candidates for such office are not
4permitted to be candidates of political parties.
5    At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
6odd-numbered years, municipal officers shall be nominated or
7elected, or elected subject to a runoff, as may be provided by
8an ordinance providing a form of government of the
9municipality pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the
10Constitution.
11    (e) (Blank).
12    (f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, public
13questions may be submitted to voters pursuant to this Code and
14any special election otherwise required or authorized by law
15or by court order may be conducted pursuant to this Code.
16    Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of officers
17established in this Article, whenever a referendum is held for
18the establishment of a political subdivision whose officers
19are to be elected, the initial officers shall be elected at the
20election at which such referendum is held if otherwise so
21provided by law. In such cases, the election of the initial
22officers shall be subject to the referendum.
23    Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of
24officials established in this Article, any community college
25district which becomes effective by operation of law pursuant
26to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College Act, as now or

 

 

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1hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
2members at the next regularly scheduled election following the
3effective date of the new district.
4    (g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in
5any precinct there are no offices or public questions required
6to be on the ballot under this Code then no election shall be
7held in the precinct on that date.
8    (h) There may be conducted a referendum in accordance with
9the provisions of Division 6-4 of the Counties Code.
10(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-177, eff. 6-1-22;
11102-558, eff. 8-20-21; revised 9-21-21.)
 
12    Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing
13Sections 34-3, 34-4, and 34-4.1 and by renumbering and
14changing Sections 34-18.67 and 34-21.9, as added by Public Act
15102-177, as follows:
 
16    (105 ILCS 5/34-3)  (from Ch. 122, par. 34-3)
17    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-177)
18    Sec. 34-3. Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees; new
19Chicago Board of Education; members; term; vacancies.
20    (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this
21amendatory Act of 1995, the terms of all members of the Chicago
22Board of Education holding office on that date are abolished
23and the Mayor shall appoint, without the consent or approval
24of the City Council, a 5 member Chicago School Reform Board of

 

 

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1Trustees which shall take office upon the appointment of the
2fifth member. The Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees and
3its members shall serve until, and the terms of all members of
4the Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees shall expire on,
5June 30, 1999 or upon the appointment of a new Chicago Board of
6Education as provided in subsection (b), whichever is later.
7Any vacancy in the membership of the Trustees shall be filled
8through appointment by the Mayor, without the consent or
9approval of the City Council, for the unexpired term. One of
10the members appointed by the Mayor to the Trustees shall be
11designated by the Mayor to serve as President of the Trustees.
12The Mayor shall appoint a full-time, compensated chief
13executive officer, and his or her compensation as such chief
14executive officer shall be determined by the Mayor. The Mayor,
15at his or her discretion, may appoint the President to serve
16simultaneously as the chief executive officer.
17    (b) Within 30 days before the expiration of the terms of
18the members of the Chicago Reform Board of Trustees as
19provided in subsection (a), a new Chicago Board of Education
20consisting of 7 members shall be appointed by the Mayor to take
21office on the later of July 1, 1999 or the appointment of the
22seventh member. Three of the members initially so appointed
23under this subsection shall serve for terms ending June 30,
242002, 4 of the members initially so appointed under this
25subsection shall serve for terms ending June 30, 2003, and
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1office until his or her successor is appointed and qualified.
2Thereafter at the expiration of the term of any member a
3successor shall be appointed by the Mayor and shall hold
4office for a term of 4 years, from July 1 of the year in which
5the term commences and until a successor is appointed and
6qualified. Any vacancy in the membership of the Chicago Board
7of Education shall be filled through appointment by the Mayor
8for the unexpired term. No appointment to membership on the
9Chicago Board of Education that is made by the Mayor under this
10subsection shall require the approval of the City Council,
11whether the appointment is made for a full term or to fill a
12vacancy for an unexpired term on the Board. The board shall
13elect annually from its number a president and vice-president,
14in such manner and at such time as the board determines by its
15rules. The officers so elected shall each perform the duties
16imposed upon their respective office by the rules of the
17board, provided that (i) the president shall preside at
18meetings of the board and vote as any other member but have no
19power of veto, and (ii) the vice president shall perform the
20duties of the president if that office is vacant or the
21president is absent or unable to act. The secretary of the
22Board shall be selected by the Board and shall be an employee
23of the Board rather than a member of the Board,
24notwithstanding subsection (d) of Section 34-3.3. The duties
25of the secretary shall be imposed by the rules of the Board.
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1in an advisory capacity. The student member shall serve for a
2term as determined by the board. The board may not grant the
3student member any voting privileges, but shall consider the
4student member as an advisor. The student member may not
5participate in or attend any executive session of the board.
6(Source: P.A. 94-231, eff. 7-14-05.)
 
7    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-177)
8    Sec. 34-3. Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees; new
9Chicago Board of Education; members; term; vacancies.
10    (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this
11amendatory Act of 1995, the terms of all members of the Chicago
12Board of Education holding office on that date are abolished
13and the Mayor shall appoint, without the consent or approval
14of the City Council, a 5 member Chicago School Reform Board of
15Trustees which shall take office upon the appointment of the
16fifth member. The Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees and
17its members shall serve until, and the terms of all members of
18the Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees shall expire on,
19June 30, 1999 or upon the appointment of a new Chicago Board of
20Education as provided in subsection (b), whichever is later.
21Any vacancy in the membership of the Trustees shall be filled
22through appointment by the Mayor, without the consent or
23approval of the City Council, for the unexpired term. One of
24the members appointed by the Mayor to the Trustees shall be
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1The Mayor shall appoint a full-time, compensated chief
2executive officer, and his or her compensation as such chief
3executive officer shall be determined by the Mayor. The Mayor,
4at his or her discretion, may appoint the President to serve
5simultaneously as the chief executive officer.
6    (b) This subsection applies until January 15, 2025. Within
730 days before the expiration of the terms of the members of
8the Chicago Reform Board of Trustees as provided in subsection
9(a), a new Chicago Board of Education consisting of 7 members
10shall be appointed by the Mayor to take office on the later of
11July 1, 1999 or the appointment of the seventh member. Three of
12the members initially so appointed under this subsection shall
13serve for terms ending June 30, 2002, 4 of the members
14initially so appointed under this subsection shall serve for
15terms ending June 30, 2003, and each member initially so
16appointed shall continue to hold office until his or her
17successor is appointed and qualified.
18    (b-5) On January 15, 2025, the terms of all members of the
19Chicago Board of Education appointed under subsection (b) are
20abolished when the new board, consisting of 21 members, is
21appointed by the Mayor and elected by the electors of the
22school district as provided under subsections (b-10) and
23(b-15) and takes office.
24    (b-10) By December 16, 2024 for a term of office beginning
25on January 15, 2025, the Mayor shall appoint 10 Chicago Board
26of Education members, with the advice and consent of the City

 

 

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1Council, to serve terms of 2 years. All appointed members
2shall serve until a successor is appointed or elected and
3qualified. Thereafter at the expiration of the term of any
4member a successor shall be elected and shall hold office for a
5term of 4 years, from January 15 of the year in which the term
6commences and until a successor is appointed or elected and
7qualified. Any vacancy in the appointed membership of the
8Chicago Board of Education shall be filled through appointment
9by the Mayor, with the consent of the Board, for the unexpired
10term. The terms of the 10 appointed members under this
11subsection shall end on January 14, 2027. By December 16, 2024
12for a term of office beginning on January 15, 2025, the Mayor
13shall appoint a President of the Board, with the advice and
14consent of the City Council, for a term of 2 years. The board
15shall elect annually from its number a vice-president, in such
16manner and at such time as the board determines by its rules.
17The president appointed by the Mayor elected by the voters and
18vice-president elected by the board shall each perform the
19duties imposed upon their respective office by the rules of
20the board, provided that (i) the president shall preside at
21meetings of the board and shall only have voting rights to
22break a voting tie of the other Chicago Board of Education
23elected and appointed members and (ii) the vice president
24shall perform the duties of the president if that office is
25vacant or the president is absent or unable to act. Beginning
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1large and serve as the president of the board. After January
215, 2027, the president shall preside at meetings of the board
3and vote as any other member but have no power of veto. The
4secretary of the Board shall be selected by the Board and shall
5be an employee of the Board rather than a member of the Board,
6notwithstanding subsection (d) of Section 34-3.3. The duties
7of the secretary shall be imposed by the rules of the Board.
8    (b-15) Beginning with the 2024 general election, 10
9members of the Chicago Board of Education shall be elected to
10serve a term of 4 years in office beginning on January 15,
112025. Beginning with the 2026 general election, 10 members of
12the Chicago Board of Education shall be elected to serve a term
13of 4 years in office beginning on January 15, 2027. Whenever a
14vacancy of a Chicago Board of Education elected board member
15occurs, the President of the Board shall notify the Mayor of
16the vacancy within 7 days after its occurrence and shall,
17within 30 days, fill the vacancy for the remainder of the
18unexpired term by majority vote of the remaining board
19members. The successor shall have the same qualifications as
20his or her predecessor.
21    For purposes of elections conducted under this subsection,
22the City of Chicago shall be subdivided into electoral
23districts as provided under subsection (a) of Section 34-21.10
2434-21.9. From January 15, 2025 to January 14, 2027, each
25district shall be represented by one elected member and one
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1be represented by one elected member.
2    (b-30) No member shall have, or be an employee or owner of
3a company that has, a contract with the school district. No
4former officer, member, or employee of the board shall, within
5a period of one year immediately after termination of service
6on the board, knowingly accept employment or receive
7compensation or fees for services from a person or entity if
8the officer, member, or employee, during the year immediately
9preceding termination of service on the board, participated
10personally and substantially in the award of contracts with
11the board or the school district, or the issuance of contract
12change orders with the board or the school district, with a
13cumulative value of $25,000 or more to the person or entity, or
14its parent or subsidiary.
15    (c) The board may appoint a student to the board to serve
16in an advisory capacity. The student member shall serve for a
17term as determined by the board. The board may not grant the
18student member any voting privileges, but shall consider the
19student member as an advisor. The student member may not
20participate in or attend any executive session of the board.
21(Source: P.A. 102-177, eff. 6-1-22; revised 10-20-21.)
 
22    (105 ILCS 5/34-4)  (from Ch. 122, par. 34-4)
23    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-177)
24    Sec. 34-4. Eligibility. To be eligible for appointment to
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1shall be a registered voter as provided in the Election Code,
2shall have been a resident of the city for at least 3 years
3immediately preceding his or her appointment, and shall not be
4a child sex offender as defined in Section 11-9.3 of the
5Criminal Code of 2012. Permanent removal from the city by any
6member of the board during his term of office constitutes a
7resignation therefrom and creates a vacancy in the board.
8Except for the President of the Chicago School Reform Board of
9Trustees who may be paid compensation for his or her services
10as chief executive officer as determined by the Mayor as
11provided in subsection (a) of Section 34-3, board members
12shall serve without any compensation; provided, that board
13members shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred while in the
14performance of their duties upon submission of proper receipts
15or upon submission of a signed voucher in the case of an
16expense allowance evidencing the amount of such reimbursement
17or allowance to the president of the board for verification
18and approval. The board of education may continue to provide
19health care insurance coverage, employer pension
20contributions, employee pension contributions, and life
21insurance premium payments for an employee required to resign
22from an administrative, teaching, or career service position
23in order to qualify as a member of the board of education. They
24shall not hold other public office under the Federal, State or
25any local government other than that of Director of the
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1development commission of a city having a population exceeding
2500,000, notary public or member of the National Guard, and by
3accepting any such office while members of the board, or by not
4resigning any such office held at the time of being appointed
5to the board within 30 days after such appointment, shall be
6deemed to have vacated their membership in the board.
7(Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
 
8    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-177)
9    Sec. 34-4. Eligibility. To be eligible for election or
10appointment to the board, a person shall be a citizen of the
11United States, shall be a registered voter as provided in the
12Election Code, shall have been a resident of the city and, if
13applicable, the electoral district, for at least one year
14immediately preceding his or her election or appointment, and
15shall not be a child sex offender as defined in Section 11-9.3
16of the Criminal Code of 2012. A person is ineligible for
17election or appointment to the board if that person is an
18employee of the school district. All persons eligible for
19election to the board shall be nominated by a petition signed
20by no less than 250 voters residing within the electoral
21district on a petition in order to be placed on the ballot,
22except that persons eligible for election to the board at
23large shall be nominated by a petition signed by no less than
242,500 voters residing within the city. Permanent removal from
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1constitutes a resignation therefrom and creates a vacancy in
2the board. Board members shall serve without any compensation;
3however, board members shall be reimbursed for expenses
4incurred while in the performance of their duties upon
5submission of proper receipts or upon submission of a signed
6voucher in the case of an expense allowance evidencing the
7amount of such reimbursement or allowance to the president of
8the board for verification and approval. Board members shall
9not hold other public office under the Federal, State or any
10local government other than that of Director of the Regional
11Transportation Authority, member of the economic development
12commission of a city having a population exceeding 500,000,
13notary public or member of the National Guard, and by
14accepting any such office while members of the board, or by not
15resigning any such office held at the time of being elected or
16appointed to the board within 30 days after such election or
17appointment, shall be deemed to have vacated their membership
18in the board.
19(Source: P.A. 102-177, eff. 6-1-22.)
 
20    (105 ILCS 5/34-4.1)
21    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
22delayed effective date)
23    Sec. 34-4.1. Nomination petitions. In addition to the
24requirements of the general election law, the form of
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1substantially as follows:
2
NOMINATING PETITIONS
3
(LEAVE OUT THE INAPPLICABLE PART.)
4    To the Board of Election Commissioners for the City of
5Chicago:
6    We the undersigned, being (.... or more) of the voters
7residing within said district, hereby petition that .... who
8resides at .... in the City of Chicago shall be a candidate for
9the office of .... of the board of education (full term)
10(vacancy) to be voted for at the election to be held on (insert
11date).
12    Name: .................. Address: ...................
13    In the designation of the name of a candidate on a petition
14for nomination, the candidate's given name or names, initial
15or initials, a nickname by which the candidate is commonly
16known, or a combination thereof may be used in addition to the
17candidate's surname. If a candidate has changed his or her
18name, whether by a statutory or common law procedure in
19Illinois or any other jurisdiction, within 3 years before the
20last day for filing the petition, then (i) the candidate's
21name on the petition must be followed by "formerly known as
22(list all prior names during the 3-year period) until name
23changed on (list date of each such name change)" and (ii) the
24petition must be accompanied by the candidate's affidavit
25stating the candidate's previous names during the period
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1names was changed; failure to meet these requirements shall be
2grounds for denying certification of the candidate's name for
3the ballot, but these requirements do not apply to name
4changes resulting from adoption to assume an adoptive parent's
5or parents' surname, marriage to assume a spouse's surname, or
6dissolution of marriage or declaration of invalidity of
7marriage to assume a former surname. No other designation,
8such as a political slogan, as defined by Section 7-17 of the
9Election Code, title or degree, or nickname suggesting or
10implying possession of a title, degree or professional status,
11or similar information may be used in connection with the
12candidate's surname.
13    All petitions for the nomination of members of a board of
14education shall be filed with the board of election
15commissioners of the jurisdiction in which the principal
16office of the school district is located within the time
17provided for by the general election law, except that
18petitions for the nomination of members of the board of
19education for the 2024 general primary March 15, 2022 election
20shall be prepared and certified on the same schedule as the
21petition schedule for the candidates for the General Assembly.
22The board of election commissioners shall receive and file
23only those petitions that include a statement of candidacy,
24the required number of voter signatures, the notarized
25signature of the petition circulator, and a receipt from the
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1of economic interest on or before the last day to file as
2required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. The board of
3election commissioners may have petition forms available for
4issuance to potential candidates and may give notice of the
5petition filing period by publication in a newspaper of
6general circulation within the school district not less than
710 days prior to the first day of filing. The board of election
8commissioners shall make certification to the proper election
9authorities in accordance with the general election law.
10    The board of election commissioners of the jurisdiction in
11which the principal office of the school district is located
12shall notify the candidates for whom a petition for nomination
13is filed or the appropriate committee of the obligations under
14the Campaign Financing Act as provided in the general election
15law. Such notice shall be given on a form prescribed by the
16State Board of Elections and in accordance with the
17requirements of the general election law. The board of
18election commissioners shall within 7 days of filing or on the
19last day for filing, whichever is earlier, acknowledge to the
20petitioner in writing the office's acceptance of the petition.
21    A candidate for membership on the board of education who
22has petitioned for nomination to fill a full term and to fill a
23vacant term to be voted upon at the same election must withdraw
24his or her petition for nomination from either the full term or
25the vacant term by written declaration.
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1named therein files with the board of election commissioners a
2receipt from the county clerk showing that the candidate has
3filed a statement of economic interests as required by the
4Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Such receipt shall be so
5filed either previously during the calendar year in which his
6or her nomination papers were filed or within the period for
7the filing of nomination papers in accordance with the general
8election law.
9(Source: P.A. 102-177, eff. 6-1-22.)
 
10    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.70)
11    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
12delayed effective date)
13    Sec. 34-18.70 34-18.67. Independent financial review
14Financial Review. The Chicago Board of Education shall
15commission an independent review and report of the district's
16finances and entanglements with the City of Chicago. No later
17than October 31, 2022 June 30, 2025, the report shall be
18provided to the Governor, the Illinois State Board of
19Education, the Illinois General Assembly, the Mayor of the
20City of Chicago, and the Chicago Board of Education. No later
21than July 1, 2023, the The Illinois State Board of Education
22shall review the independent review and report and make
23recommendations to the legislature on the Chicago Board of
24Education's ability to operate with the financial resources
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1(Source: P.A. 102-177, eff. 6-1-22; revised 10-19-21.)
 
2    (105 ILCS 5/34-21.10)
3    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
4delayed effective date)
5    Sec. 34-21.10 34-21.9. Creation of electoral districts;
6reapportionment of districts.
7    (a) For purposes of elections conducted pursuant to
8subsection (b-5) of Section 34-3, the City of Chicago shall be
9subdivided into 10 electoral districts for the 2024 elections
10and into 20 electoral districts for the 2026 elections after
11the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General
12Assembly by the General Assembly for seats on the Chicago
13Board of Education. The electoral districts must be drawn on
14or before July 1, 2023 February 1, 2022. Each district must be
15compact, contiguous, and substantially equal in population and
16consistent with the Illinois Voting Rights Act.
17    (b) In the year following each decennial census, the
18General Assembly shall redistrict the electoral districts to
19reflect the results of the decennial census consistent with
20the requirements in subsection (a). The reapportionment plan
21shall be completed and formally approved by the General
22Assembly not less than 90 days before the last date
23established by law for the filing of nominating petitions for
24the second school board election after the decennial census
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1within the electoral district from which the member was
2elected, the member shall continue to serve in office until
3the expiration of the member's regular term. All new members
4shall be elected from the electoral districts as
5reapportioned.
6(Source: P.A. 102-177, eff. 6-1-22; revised 10-20-21.)
 
7    Section 15. "An Act concerning elections", approved July
829, 2021, Public Act 102-177, is amended by adding Section 99
9as follows:
 
10    (P.A. 102-177, Sec. 99 new)
11    Sec. 99. Effective date. This Section and the provisions
12changing Section 34-18.69 of the School Code take effect upon
13becoming law.
 
14    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
15changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
16that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
17represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
18not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
19made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
20Public Act.
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on June
221, 2022, except that this Section and Section 15 take effect
23upon becoming law.