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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB0363
Introduced 1/21/2005, by Rep. Chapin Rose - Sandra M. Pihos SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/7-2a |
from Ch. 122, par. 7-2a |
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Amends the Boundary Changes Article of the School Code. Provides that a petition for dissolution of a school district that was approved by the regional board of school trustees
and that was initiated by the registered voters residing in the district proposed
to be dissolved is not
effective until the question of dissolution and annexation has been submitted
to the
electors in each affected school district at a regular election. Makes changes concerning when a school district with a
population of less than 5,000 residents may be dissolved and its territory
annexed. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB0363 |
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LRB094 02464 RAS 32465 b |
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| AN ACT concerning schools.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 7-2a as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/7-2a) (from Ch. 122, par. 7-2a)
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| Sec. 7-2a. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this
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| Section, (i) any petition for dissolution filed under this |
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| Article must
specify the school district or districts to which |
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| all of the territory
of the district proposed to be dissolved
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| will be annexed and (ii) . any petition for dissolution may be |
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| made by the board of
education of the district or a majority of |
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| the registered
legal voters residing in
the district proposed |
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| to be dissolved. No petition from any other
district affected |
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| by the proposed dissolution shall be required. A petition |
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| approved by the regional board of school trustees that was |
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| initiated by the registered voters residing in the district |
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| proposed to be dissolved is not effective until the question of |
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| dissolution and annexation has been submitted to the electors |
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| in each affected school district at a regular election held in |
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| accordance with Sections 7-7.5, 7-7.6, and 7-7.7 of this Code.
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| (b) Any school district with a population of less than |
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| 5,000 residents
shall be dissolved and its territory annexed as |
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| provided in Section 7-11 by
the regional board of school |
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| trustees upon the filing with the regional
board of school |
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| trustees of a request to dissolve
of a petition adopted by |
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| resolution of the board of
education or a petition signed by a |
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| majority of the registered voters of
the district seeking such |
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| dissolution. If a petition is initiated by a majority of the |
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| registered voters in a school district with a population of |
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| less than 5,000 residents and the petition results in the |
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| annexation of the district to another school district, then the |