Full Text of HB4077 103rd General Assembly
HB4077 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB4077 Introduced 5/10/2023, by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 105 ILCS 5/34-4 | from Ch. 122, par. 34-4 |
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Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that members of the Chicago Board of Education may be compensated for their service (instead of serving without compensation).
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| | | HB4077 | | LRB103 32220 RJT 61386 b |
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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 | | 34-4 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-4)
| 7 | | Sec. 34-4. Eligibility. To be eligible for election or | 8 | | appointment to the board, a
person shall be a citizen of the | 9 | | United States, shall be a registered voter
as provided in the | 10 | | Election Code, shall have been a resident of the city and, if | 11 | | applicable, the electoral district, for at
least one year | 12 | | immediately
preceding his or her election or appointment, and | 13 | | shall not be a child sex offender
as defined in Section 11-9.3 | 14 | | of the
Criminal Code of 2012. A person is ineligible for | 15 | | election or appointment to the board if that person is an | 16 | | employee of the school district. All persons eligible for | 17 | | election to the board shall be nominated by a petition signed | 18 | | by no less than 250 voters residing within the electoral | 19 | | district on a petition in order to be placed on the ballot, | 20 | | except that persons eligible for election to the board at | 21 | | large shall be nominated by a petition signed by no less than | 22 | | 2,500 voters residing within the city. Permanent removal from | 23 | | the city by any member of
the board during his term of office |
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| 1 | | constitutes a resignation therefrom and
creates a vacancy in | 2 | | the board. Board members may be compensated for their service, | 3 | | and shall serve without any
compensation; however, board | 4 | | members shall be reimbursed for expenses
incurred while in the | 5 | | performance of their duties upon submission of proper
receipts | 6 | | or upon submission of a signed voucher in the case of an | 7 | | expense
allowance evidencing the amount of such reimbursement | 8 | | or allowance to the
president of the board for verification | 9 | | and approval. Board members shall not hold other public
office | 10 | | under the Federal, State or any local government other than | 11 | | that of
Director of the Regional Transportation Authority, | 12 | | member of the economic
development commission of a city having | 13 | | a population exceeding 500,000,
notary public or member of the | 14 | | National Guard, and by accepting any such
office while members | 15 | | of the board, or by not resigning any such office held
at the | 16 | | time of being elected or appointed to the board within 30 days | 17 | | after such election or
appointment, shall be deemed to have | 18 | | vacated their membership in the board.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 102-177, eff. 6-1-22; 102-691, eff. 12-17-21 .)
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