Full Text of SB0863 100th General Assembly
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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 Sections | 5 | | 1A-1, 1A-2, and 1A-2.1 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/1A-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 1A-1)
| 7 | | Sec. 1A-1. Members and terms.
| 8 | | (a) (Blank).
| 9 | | (b) The State Board of
Education shall consist of 8
members | 10 | | and a chairperson, who shall be appointed by the
Governor with | 11 | | the advice and consent
of the Senate from a pattern of regional | 12 | | representation as follows: 2
appointees shall be selected from | 13 | | among those counties of the State other
than Cook County and | 14 | | the 5 counties contiguous to Cook County , one of whom must | 15 | | represent the educator community ; 2 appointees shall be | 16 | | selected from
Cook County, one of whom shall be a resident of | 17 | | the City of
Chicago and one of whom shall be a resident of that
| 18 | | part of Cook County
which lies outside the city limits of | 19 | | Chicago and of whom one must represent the educator community ; | 20 | | 2
appointees shall be
selected from among the 5 counties of the | 21 | | State that are contiguous to Cook
County , one of whom must | 22 | | represent the educator community ; and 3 members
shall be | 23 | | selected as members-at-large (one of which shall be the |
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| 1 | | chairperson). With respect to the educator community | 2 | | appointments, no more than one member may be employed as a | 3 | | district superintendent, principal, school business official, | 4 | | or teacher and no more than one may be employed by the same | 5 | | school district or school. The changes made to this Section by | 6 | | this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly apply to | 7 | | appointments made after the effective date of this amendatory | 8 | | Act of the 100th General Assembly. The Governor who takes | 9 | | office on the second Monday of January after his or her | 10 | | election shall be the person who nominates members to fill | 11 | | vacancies whose terms begin after that date and before the term | 12 | | of the next Governor begins. | 13 | | The term of each member of the State Board of Education | 14 | | whose term expires on January 12, 2005 shall instead terminate | 15 | | on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd | 16 | | General Assembly. Of these 3 seats, (i) the member initially | 17 | | appointed pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 93rd General | 18 | | Assembly whose seat was vacant on April 27, 2004 shall serve | 19 | | until the second Wednesday of January, 2009 and (ii) the other | 20 | | 2 members initially appointed pursuant to this amendatory Act | 21 | | of the 93rd General Assembly shall serve until the second | 22 | | Wednesday of January, 2007. | 23 | | The term of the member of the State Board of Education | 24 | | whose seat was vacant on April 27, 2004 and whose term expires | 25 | | on January 10, 2007 shall instead terminate on the effective | 26 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly. The |
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| 1 | | member initially appointed pursuant to this amendatory Act of | 2 | | the 93rd General Assembly to fill this seat shall be the | 3 | | chairperson and shall serve until the second Wednesday of | 4 | | January, 2007. | 5 | | The term of the member of the State Board of Education | 6 | | whose seat was vacant on May 28, 2004 but after April 27, 2004 | 7 | | and whose term expires on January 10, 2007 shall instead | 8 | | terminate on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 9 | | 93rd General Assembly. The member initially appointed pursuant | 10 | | to this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly to fill | 11 | | this seat shall serve until the second Wednesday of January, | 12 | | 2007.
| 13 | | The term of the other member of the State Board of | 14 | | Education whose term expires on January 10, 2007 shall instead | 15 | | terminate on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 16 | | 93rd General Assembly. The member initially appointed pursuant | 17 | | to this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly to fill | 18 | | this seat shall serve until the second Wednesday of January, | 19 | | 2007. | 20 | | The term of the member of the State Board of Education | 21 | | whose term expires on January 14, 2009 and who was selected | 22 | | from among the 5 counties of the State that are contiguous to | 23 | | Cook County and is a resident of Lake County shall instead | 24 | | terminate on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 25 | | 93rd General Assembly. The member initially appointed pursuant | 26 | | to this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly to fill |
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| 1 | | this seat shall serve until the second Wednesday of January, | 2 | | 2009. | 3 | | Upon expiration of the terms of the members initially | 4 | | appointed
under this amendatory Act of the 93rd General | 5 | | Assembly and members whose terms were not terminated by this | 6 | | amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, their respective | 7 | | successors shall be
appointed for terms of 4
years, from the | 8 | | second Wednesday in January of each
odd
numbered year and until | 9 | | their respective successors are appointed and
qualified. | 10 | | (c) Of the 4 members, excluding the chairperson, whose | 11 | | terms expire on the second Wednesday of January, 2007 and every | 12 | | 4 years thereafter, one of those members must be an at-large | 13 | | member and at no time may more than 2 of those members be from | 14 | | one political party. Of the 4 members whose terms expire on the | 15 | | second Wednesday of January, 2009 and every 4 years thereafter, | 16 | | one of those members must be an at-large member and at no time | 17 | | may more than 2 of those members be from one political party. | 18 | | Party membership is defined as having voted in the primary of | 19 | | the party in the last primary before appointment.
| 20 | | (d) Vacancies in terms shall be filled by appointment by | 21 | | the
Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate for the | 22 | | extent of the
unexpired term.
If a vacancy in membership occurs | 23 | | at a time when the Senate is not in
session, the Governor shall | 24 | | make a temporary appointment until the next meeting
of the | 25 | | Senate, when the Governor shall appoint a person to fill that | 26 | | membership
for the remainder of its term. If the Senate is not |
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| 1 | | in session when
appointments for a full term are made, the | 2 | | appointments shall be made as in the
case of vacancies.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 93-1036, eff. 9-14-04.)
| 4 | | (105 ILCS 5/1A-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 1A-2)
| 5 | | Sec. 1A-2. Qualifications. The members of the State Board | 6 | | of Education
shall be citizens of the United States and | 7 | | residents of the State of Illinois
and shall be selected as far | 8 | | as may be practicable on the basis of their
knowledge of, or | 9 | | interest and experience in, problems of public education.
No | 10 | | member of the State Board of Education shall be gainfully | 11 | | employed or
administratively connected with any school system, | 12 | | nor have any interest in
or benefit from funds provided by the | 13 | | State Board of Education to an
institution of higher
learning, | 14 | | public or private, within Illinois, nor shall members they be | 15 | | members
of a school board or board of school trustees of a | 16 | | public or nonpublic school,
college, university or technical | 17 | | institution within Illinois. No member
shall be appointed to | 18 | | more than 2 4-year
terms. Members shall be reimbursed
for all | 19 | | ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in performing their | 20 | | duties
as members of the Board. Expenses shall be approved by | 21 | | the Board and be
consistent with the laws, policies, and | 22 | | requirements of the
State of Illinois regarding such | 23 | | expenditures, plus any member may include
in his or her claim | 24 | | for expenses $50 per day for meeting days.
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.)
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| 1 | | (105 ILCS 5/1A-2.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 1A-2.1)
| 2 | | Sec. 1A-2.1. Vacancies. The Governor may remove for | 3 | | incompetence, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office any | 4 | | member of the State Board of Education. A vacancy also exists | 5 | | on the State Board of
Education when one or more of the | 6 | | following events occur:
| 7 | | 1. A member dies.
| 8 | | 2. A member files a written resignation with the Governor.
| 9 | | 3. A member is adjudicated to be a person under legal | 10 | | disability under
the Probate Act of 1975 or
a person subject to | 11 | | involuntary admission
under the Mental Health and | 12 | | Developmental Disabilities Code.
| 13 | | 4. A member ceases to be a resident of the region from
| 14 | | which he or she was appointed.
| 15 | | 5. A member is convicted of an infamous crime or of any | 16 | | offense
involving a violation of his or her duties under this | 17 | | Code.
| 18 | | 6. A member fails to maintain the qualifications stated in | 19 | | Sections 1A-1 and Section
1A-2 of this Code.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 93-1036, eff. 9-14-04.)
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