Full Text of HB5127 102nd 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 | | 10-5 and 10-16 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-5)
| 7 | | Sec. 10-5. Organization of board - Report to treasurer and | 8 | | regional
superintendent of schools. Within 40 28 days after | 9 | | the regular election of
directors, the directors shall meet | 10 | | and organize by appointing one
of their number president and | 11 | | another as clerk, except that when directors
are elected at | 12 | | the consolidated elections in April of 1999 and April of 2001,
| 13 | | the directors shall meet and organize, in the manner provided | 14 | | by this Section,
within 7 days after the first Tuesday after | 15 | | the first Monday of November in
each of those 2 years. The | 16 | | clerk shall at once report
to the treasurer and regional | 17 | | superintendent of schools the names of the
president and clerk | 18 | | so appointed. Upon organizing itself as provided in this
| 19 | | Section, the board of school directors shall enter upon the | 20 | | discharge of its
duties. Terms of members are subject to | 21 | | Section 2A-54 of the Election Code,
except as otherwise | 22 | | limited by subsection (c) of Section 10-4.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
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| 1 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-16) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-16)
| 2 | | Sec. 10-16. Organization of Board. Within 40 28 days after | 3 | | the consolidated
election, other than the consolidated | 4 | | elections in 1999 and 2001, the
board shall organize by | 5 | | electing its officers and fixing a time and place
for the | 6 | | regular meetings. However, when school board members are | 7 | | elected at
the consolidated elections held in April of 1999 | 8 | | and April of 2001, the board
shall organize within 7 days after | 9 | | the first Tuesday after the first Monday of
November in each | 10 | | such year by electing officers and setting the time and place
| 11 | | of the regular meetings. Upon organizing itself as provided in | 12 | | this paragraph,
the board shall enter upon the discharge of | 13 | | its duties.
| 14 | | The regional superintendent of schools having supervision | 15 | | and control, as
provided in Section 3-14.2, of a new school
| 16 | | district that is governed by the School Code and formed on or | 17 | | after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1998 shall | 18 | | convene
the newly elected board within 7 days after the | 19 | | election of the board of
education of that district, whereupon
| 20 | | the board
shall proceed to organize by electing one of their | 21 | | number as
president and
electing a secretary, who may or may | 22 | | not be a member. At such meeting the
length of term of each of | 23 | | the members shall be determined by lot so that 4
shall serve | 24 | | for 4 years, and 3 for 2 years from the commencement of their
| 25 | | terms; provided, however, if such members were not elected at |
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| 1 | | the
consolidated election in an odd-numbered year, such | 2 | | initial
terms shall be
extended to the consolidated election | 3 | | for school board
members immediately
following the expiration | 4 | | of the initial 4 or 2 year terms.
The provisions of this | 5 | | paragraph that relate to the determination of terms by
lot | 6 | | shall not apply to the initial members of the board of | 7 | | education of a
combined school district who are to be elected | 8 | | to unstaggered terms.
| 9 | | The terms of the
officers of a board of education shall be | 10 | | for 2 years, except that
the
terms of the officers elected at | 11 | | the organization meeting in November, 2001
shall expire at the | 12 | | organization meeting in April, 2003; provided that the
board | 13 | | by resolution may
establish a policy for the terms of office to | 14 | | be one year, and provide for
the election of officers.
| 15 | | Special meetings of the board of education may be called | 16 | | by the president
or by any 3 members of the board by giving | 17 | | notice thereof in writing, stating
the time, place and purpose | 18 | | of the meeting. Such notice may be served by
mail 48 hours | 19 | | before such meeting or by personal service 24 hours before
| 20 | | such meeting. Public notice of meetings must also be given as | 21 | | prescribed in
Sections 2.02 and 2.03 of the Open Meetings Act, | 22 | | as now or hereafter amended.
| 23 | | At each regular and special meeting which is open to the | 24 | | public, members
of the public and employees of the district | 25 | | shall be afforded time, subject
to reasonable constraints, to | 26 | | comment to or ask questions of the board.
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| 1 | | The president or district superintendent shall, at each | 2 | | regular board
meeting, report any requests made of the | 3 | | district under provisions of the
Freedom of Information Act | 4 | | and shall report the status of the district's
response.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04; 94-1019, eff. 7-10-06 .)
| 6 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 7 | | becoming law.
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