Full Text of SB2303 102nd General Assembly
SB2303 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 SB2303 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Ann Gillespie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 105 ILCS 5/10-1 | from Ch. 122, par. 10-1 | 110 ILCS 805/3-7.24 | from Ch. 122, par. 103-7.24 |
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Amends the School Code. Provides that each board of school directors shall appoint one nonvoting member who is a teacher employed by the school district under the jurisdiction of the board. Provides that the teacher member shall have the privilege of casting advisory votes and shall have all of the privileges of membership, including the right to make and second motions and to attend executive sessions, other than the right to vote. Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that each board of trustees shall have one nonvoting member who is a faculty member employed by the community college district under the jurisdiction of the board. Provides that the faculty member shall have the privilege of casting advisory votes and shall have all of the privileges of membership, including the right to make and second motions and to attend executive sessions, other than the right to vote. Effective immediately.
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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 | | 10-1 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-1)
| 7 | | Sec. 10-1. Board
of school directors.
| 8 | | (a) School districts having a population of fewer than | 9 | | 1000 inhabitants
and
not governed by any special act shall be | 10 | | governed by a board of school
directors to consist of 3 members | 11 | | who shall be elected in the manner
provided in Article 9 of | 12 | | this Act. In consolidated districts and in districts
in which | 13 | | the membership of the board of school directors is increased | 14 | | as
provided in subsection (b), 7 members
shall be so elected.
| 15 | | (b) Upon presentment to the board of school directors of a | 16 | | school district
having a population of fewer than 1,000 | 17 | | inhabitants of a petition signed by the
lesser of 5% or 25 of | 18 | | the registered voters of the district to increase the
| 19 | | membership of the district's board of school directors to 7 | 20 | | directors and to
elect a new 7-member board of school | 21 | | directors to replace the district's
existing board of 3 school | 22 | | directors, the clerk or secretary of the board of
school | 23 | | directors shall certify the proposition to the proper election
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| 1 | | authorities for submission to the electors of the district at | 2 | | a regular
scheduled election in accordance with the general | 3 | | election law. If the
proposition is approved by a majority of | 4 | | those voting on the proposition, the
members of the board of | 5 | | school directors of that district thereafter shall be
elected | 6 | | in the manner provided by subsection (c) of Section 10-4.
| 7 | | (c) A board of school directors may appoint a student to | 8 | | the board to serve in an advisory capacity. The student member | 9 | | shall serve for a term as determined by the board. The board | 10 | | may not grant the student member any voting privileges, but | 11 | | shall consider the student member as an advisor. The student | 12 | | member may not participate in or attend any executive session | 13 | | of the board.
| 14 | | (d) Each board of school directors shall appoint one | 15 | | nonvoting member who is a teacher employed by the school | 16 | | district under the jurisdiction of the board. If the district | 17 | | has multiple school buildings, the teacher member shall be | 18 | | selected to represent all school buildings in the district. In | 19 | | a multi-building district, the building from which the teacher | 20 | | member is selected shall be determined by lot each year, | 21 | | provided that no building shall twice have selected a teacher | 22 | | member until all buildings in the district have been | 23 | | represented on the board by a teacher member once. The same | 24 | | procedure shall be followed until all buildings have been | 25 | | represented a second time, a third time, and subsequent times. | 26 | | The method of selecting the teacher member shall be determined |
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| 1 | | by building-wide teacher referendum. | 2 | | The teacher member shall serve a term of 4 years beginning | 3 | | on April 15 of each year, except that the teacher member | 4 | | initially selected shall serve a term beginning on the date of | 5 | | selection and expiring on the next succeeding June 30. | 6 | | The teacher member shall have the privilege of casting | 7 | | advisory votes. The teacher member shall have all of the | 8 | | privileges of membership, including the right to make and | 9 | | second motions and to attend executive sessions, other than | 10 | | the right to vote. | 11 | | (Source: P.A. 94-231, eff. 7-14-05.)
| 12 | | Section 10. The Public Community College Act is amended by | 13 | | changing Section 3-7.24 as follows:
| 14 | | (110 ILCS 805/3-7.24) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-7.24)
| 15 | | Sec. 3-7.24. Nonvoting board members. | 16 | | (a) Each community college board shall have one non-voting | 17 | | member who is a student
enrolled in the community college | 18 | | under the jurisdiction of the board. One
non-voting student | 19 | | member shall also be selected in multi-campus districts
to | 20 | | represent all campuses in those districts. In multi-campus | 21 | | districts,
the campus from which the member is selected shall | 22 | | be determined by lot
each year provided that no campus shall | 23 | | twice have selected a non-voting
student member until all | 24 | | campuses in the district have once been represented
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| 1 | | district board. The same procedure shall be followed until all | 2 | | campuses
have been represented a second time, a third time, | 3 | | and subsequent times.
The method of selecting these student | 4 | | members shall be determined by campus-wide
student referendum.
| 5 | | The student members shall serve a term of one year | 6 | | beginning on April 15
of each year, except that the student | 7 | | member initially selected shall serve
a term beginning on the | 8 | | date of selection and expiring on the next succeeding June 30.
| 9 | | The nonvoting student members shall have all of the | 10 | | privileges of membership,
including the right to make and | 11 | | second motions and to attend executive sessions,
other than | 12 | | the right to vote.
| 13 | | (b) Each board shall have one nonvoting member who is a | 14 | | faculty member employed by the community college district | 15 | | under the jurisdiction of the board. If the district has | 16 | | multiple campuses, the faculty member shall be selected to | 17 | | represent all campuses in the district. In a multi-campus | 18 | | district, the campus from which the member is selected shall | 19 | | be determined by lot each year, provided that no campus shall | 20 | | twice have selected a faculty member until all campuses in the | 21 | | district have been represented on the board by a faculty | 22 | | member once. The same procedure shall be followed until all | 23 | | campuses have been represented a second time, a third time, | 24 | | and subsequent times. The method of selecting the faculty | 25 | | member shall be determined by campus-wide faculty member | 26 | | referendum. Contingent or adjunct faculty may be considered |
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| 1 | | along with full-time faculty without regard to part-time | 2 | | status. | 3 | | The faculty member shall serve a term of 4 years beginning | 4 | | on April 15 of each year, except that the faculty member | 5 | | initially selected shall serve a term beginning on the date of | 6 | | selection and expiring on the next succeeding June 30. | 7 | | (c) The faculty member shall have the privilege of casting | 8 | | advisory votes. The faculty member shall have all of the | 9 | | privileges of membership, including the right to make and | 10 | | second motions and to attend executive sessions, other than | 11 | | the right to vote. | 12 | | (Source: P.A. 80-730.)
| 13 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 14 | | becoming law.
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