Full Text of SB0595 100th General Assembly
SB0595 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 SB0595 Introduced 1/24/2017, by Sen. Kwame Raoul SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/34-3 | from Ch. 122, par. 34-3 |
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Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Chicago Board of Education.
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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 | | 34-3 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-3)
| 7 | | Sec. 34-3. Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees; new | 8 | | Chicago Board of
Education; members; term; vacancies.
| 9 | | (a) Within 30 days after the the effective date of this | 10 | | amendatory Act of
1995, the terms of all members of the Chicago | 11 | | Board of Education
holding office on that date are abolished | 12 | | and the Mayor shall appoint,
without the consent or approval of | 13 | | the City Council, a 5 member
Chicago School Reform Board of | 14 | | Trustees which shall take office upon the
appointment of the | 15 | | fifth member. The Chicago School
Reform Board of Trustees and | 16 | | its members
shall serve until, and the terms of all members of | 17 | | the Chicago School
Reform Board of Trustees shall expire on, | 18 | | June 30, 1999 or upon the
appointment of a new Chicago Board of | 19 | | Education as provided
in subsection (b), whichever is later. | 20 | | Any vacancy in the membership of
the Trustees shall be filled | 21 | | through appointment by the Mayor,
without the consent or | 22 | | approval of the City Council, for the unexpired term.
One of | 23 | | the members appointed by the Mayor to the Trustees shall
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| 1 | | designated by the Mayor to serve as President of the Trustees. | 2 | | The
Mayor shall appoint a full-time, compensated
chief | 3 | | executive officer, and his or her compensation as such chief | 4 | | executive
officer shall be determined by the Mayor. The Mayor, | 5 | | at his or her discretion,
may appoint the President to serve | 6 | | simultaneously as the chief executive
officer.
| 7 | | (b) Within 30 days before the expiration of the terms of | 8 | | the members of
the Chicago Reform Board of Trustees as provided | 9 | | in subsection (a), a new
Chicago Board of Education consisting | 10 | | of 7 members shall be appointed by the
Mayor to take office on | 11 | | the later of July 1, 1999 or the appointment of the
seventh | 12 | | member. Three of the members initially so appointed under this
| 13 | | subsection shall serve for terms ending June 30, 2002, 4 of the | 14 | | members
initially so appointed under this subsection shall | 15 | | serve for terms ending
June 30, 2003, and each member initially | 16 | | so appointed shall continue to hold
office until his or her | 17 | | successor is appointed and qualified. Thereafter at
the | 18 | | expiration of the term of any member a successor
shall be | 19 | | appointed by the Mayor and shall hold office for a term of 4 | 20 | | years,
from July 1 of the year in which the term commences and | 21 | | until a successor
is appointed and qualified. Any vacancy in | 22 | | the membership of the Chicago Board
of Education shall be | 23 | | filled through appointment by the Mayor for the
unexpired term. | 24 | | No appointment to membership on the
Chicago Board of Education | 25 | | that is made by the Mayor under
this subsection shall require | 26 | | the approval of the City
Council, whether the appointment is |
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| 1 | | made for a full term or to fill a vacancy
for an unexpired term | 2 | | on the Board. The board shall elect annually from its
number a | 3 | | president and vice-president, in such
manner and at such
time | 4 | | as the board determines by its rules. The officers so elected | 5 | | shall each
perform the duties imposed upon their respective | 6 | | office by the rules of the
board, provided that (i) the | 7 | | president shall preside at meetings of the board
and vote as | 8 | | any other member but have no power of veto, and (ii) the vice
| 9 | | president shall perform the duties of the president if that | 10 | | office is vacant or
the president is absent or unable to act.
| 11 | | The secretary of the Board shall be selected by the Board and | 12 | | shall be an
employee of the Board rather than a member of the | 13 | | Board, notwithstanding
subsection (d) of Section 34-3.3. The | 14 | | duties of the secretary shall be
imposed by the rules of the | 15 | | Board.
| 16 | | (c) The board may appoint a student to the board to serve | 17 | | in an advisory capacity. The student member shall serve for a | 18 | | term as determined by the board. The board may not grant the | 19 | | student member any voting privileges, but shall consider the | 20 | | student member as an advisor. The student member may not | 21 | | participate in or attend any executive session of the board.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 94-231, eff. 7-14-05.)
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