Full Text of HB5582 101st General Assembly
HB5582 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB5582 Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 105 ILCS 5/7-1 | from Ch. 122, par. 7-1 |
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Amends the School Code. Provides that in a petition for changing the boundaries of a school district by detachment or dissolution, the signatures on the petition are required to be signed by the qualified voters in their own proper persons only (rather than the requirement that signatures match the official signature and address of the legal resident voters as recorded in the office of the county clerk or board of election commissioners) and opposite the signature of each signer his or her residence address shall be written or printed.
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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 | | 7-1 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/7-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 7-1)
| 7 | | Sec. 7-1. Changing boundaries by detachment or | 8 | | dissolution.
| 9 | | (a) School district boundaries may be changed by | 10 | | detachment, annexation, division or dissolution
or any | 11 | | combination thereof by the regional board of school trustees or | 12 | | by the State Superintendent of Education as provided in
| 13 | | subsection (l) of Section 7-6. | 14 | | The petition must be filed with and decided solely by the | 15 | | regional board of school trustees of the region in which the | 16 | | regional superintendent of schools has supervision and | 17 | | control, as defined in Section 3-14.2 of this Code, of the | 18 | | detaching or dissolving school district. The petition may be | 19 | | filed in any office operated by the regional superintendent | 20 | | with supervision and control, as defined in Section 3-14.2 of | 21 | | this Code, of the detaching or dissolving school district. | 22 | | A petition for boundary change must be filed by the school | 23 | | board of the detaching or dissolving district, by a majority of |
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| 1 | | the legal resident voters in the dissolving district, or by | 2 | | two-thirds of a combination of the legal resident voters and | 3 | | the owners of record of any real estate with no legal resident | 4 | | voters in any territory proposed to be detached. If any of the | 5 | | territory proposed to be detached contains real estate with no | 6 | | legal resident voters, petitioners shall deliver the petition | 7 | | by certified mail, return receipt requested, to all owners of | 8 | | record of any real estate with no legal resident voters. Proof | 9 | | of such delivery must be presented as evidence at the hearing | 10 | | required under Section 7-6 of this Code. Any owner of record of | 11 | | real estate with no legal resident voters in any territory | 12 | | proposed to be detached may either sign the petition in person | 13 | | and before the circulator as described in this Section or | 14 | | return the petition with his or her notarized signature to be | 15 | | included as a petitioner. No person may sign a petition in the | 16 | | capacity of both a legal resident voter and owner of record. If | 17 | | there are no legal resident voters within the territory | 18 | | proposed to be detached, then the petition must be signed by | 19 | | all of the owners of record of the real estate of the | 20 | | territory. Legal resident
voters shall be determined by the | 21 | | official voter registration
lists as of the date the petition | 22 | | is filed. No signatures shall be added or withdrawn
after the | 23 | | date the petition is filed. The length of time for signatures | 24 | | to be valid, before filing of the petition, shall not exceed 6 | 25 | | months. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary | 26 | | contained in the Election Code, the regional superintendent of |
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| 1 | | schools shall make all determinations regarding the validity of | 2 | | the petition, including, without limitation, signatures on the | 3 | | petition. If the regional superintendent determines that the | 4 | | petition is not in proper order or not in compliance with any | 5 | | applicable petition requirements, the regional superintendent | 6 | | may not accept the petition for filing and may return the | 7 | | petition to the petitioners. Any party who is dissatisfied with | 8 | | the determination of the regional superintendent regarding the | 9 | | validity of the petition may appeal the regional | 10 | | superintendent's decision to the regional board of school | 11 | | trustees by motion, and the motion must be heard by the | 12 | | regional board of school trustees prior to any hearing on the | 13 | | merits of the petition.
| 14 | | Petitions for detachment and dissolution shall include the | 15 | | full prayer of the
petition with a general description of the | 16 | | territory at the top of each page. Such petition shall be | 17 | | signed by the qualified voters in their own proper persons | 18 | | only, opposite the signature of each signer his or her | 19 | | residence address shall be written or printed Each signature | 20 | | contained therein shall match the official
signature and | 21 | | address of the legal resident voters as recorded in the office
| 22 | | of the county clerk or board of election commissioners , and | 23 | | each petitioner
shall record the date of his or her signing. | 24 | | Except in instances of a notarized signature of an owner of | 25 | | record of real estate with no legal resident voters in any | 26 | | territory proposed to be detached, each page of the circulated |
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| 1 | | petition shall
be signed by a circulator stating that he or she | 2 | | has witnessed the signature of each
petitioner on that page. | 3 | | Detachment petitions containing 10 or fewer signatures may be | 4 | | notarized in lieu of a circulator statement. Each petition | 5 | | shall include an accurate legal description and map of the | 6 | | territory proposed to be detached. If a petition proposes to | 7 | | dissolve an entire district, then the full name and number of | 8 | | the district and a map are sufficient. Each petition shall | 9 | | include the names of petitioners; the district to be dissolved | 10 | | or the district from which the territory is proposed to be | 11 | | detached; the district or districts to which the territory is | 12 | | proposed to be annexed; evidence that the detaching or | 13 | | dissolving territory is compact and contiguous with the | 14 | | annexing district or districts or otherwise meets the | 15 | | requirements set forth in Section 7-4 of this Code; the | 16 | | referendum date, if applicable; and facts that support | 17 | | favorable findings for the factors to be considered by the | 18 | | regional board of school trustees pursuant to Section 7-6 of | 19 | | this Code.
| 20 | | Where there is only one school building in an approved | 21 | | operating
district, the building and building site may not be | 22 | | included in any
detachment proceeding.
| 23 | | Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code, if, | 24 | | pursuant to a petition filed under this subsection (a), all of | 25 | | the territory of a school district is to be annexed to another | 26 | | school district, then any action by the regional board of |
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| 1 | | school trustees in granting or approving the petition and any | 2 | | change in school district boundaries pursuant to that action is | 3 | | subject to and the change in school district boundaries may not | 4 | | be made except upon approval, at a regular scheduled election, | 5 | | in the manner provided by Section 7-7.7 of this Code, of a | 6 | | proposition for the annexation of all of the territory of that | 7 | | school district to the other school district. | 8 | | No petition may be filed under this Section to form a new | 9 | | school district under this Article; however, such a petition | 10 | | may be filed under this Section to form a new school district | 11 | | if the boundaries of such new school district lie entirely | 12 | | within the boundaries of a military base or installation | 13 | | operated and maintained by the government of the United States. | 14 | | (b) Any elementary or high school district with 100 or more | 15 | | of its
students residing upon territory located entirely within | 16 | | a military base or
installation operated and maintained by the | 17 | | government of the United States, or
any unit school district or | 18 | | any combination of the above mentioned
districts with 300 or | 19 | | more of its students residing upon territory located
entirely | 20 | | within a military base or installation operated and maintained | 21 | | by
the government of the United States, shall, upon the filing | 22 | | with the
regional board of school trustees of a petition | 23 | | adopted by resolution of
the board of education or a petition | 24 | | signed by a majority of the registered
voters residing upon | 25 | | such military base or installation, have all of the
territory | 26 | | lying entirely within such military base or installation |
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| 1 | | detached
from such school district, and a new school district | 2 | | comprised of such
territory shall be created. The petition | 3 | | shall be filed with and decided
solely by the regional board of | 4 | | school trustees of the region in which the
regional | 5 | | superintendent of schools has supervision and control, as | 6 | | defined by Section 3-14.2 of this Code, of the school district
| 7 | | affected. The regional board of school trustees shall have no | 8 | | authority to
deny the detachment and creation of a new school | 9 | | district requested in a
proper petition filed under this | 10 | | subsection. This subsection shall apply
only to those school | 11 | | districts having a population of not fewer than
1,000 and not | 12 | | more than 500,000 residents, as
ascertained by any special or | 13 | | general census.
| 14 | | The new school district shall tuition its students to the | 15 | | same
districts that its students were previously attending and | 16 | | the districts
from which the new district was detached shall | 17 | | continue to educate the
students from the new district, until | 18 | | the federal government provides other
arrangements. The | 19 | | federal government shall pay for the education of such
children | 20 | | as required by Section 6 of Public Law 81-874.
| 21 | | If a school district created under this subsection (b) has | 22 | | not elected a
school board
and has not become operational | 23 | | within 2 years after the date of detachment,
then this
district | 24 | | is automatically dissolved and the territory of this district | 25 | | reverts
to the school
district from which the territory was | 26 | | detached or any successor district
thereto. Any school district |
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| 1 | | created
under this
subsection (b) on or before September 1, | 2 | | 1996 that has not elected a school
board and has
not been | 3 | | operational since September 1, 1996 is automatically dissolved | 4 | | on the
effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1999, and on | 5 | | this date the territory of this
district reverts
to the school | 6 | | district from which the territory was detached. For the
| 7 | | automatic dissolution of a school district created under this | 8 | | subsection (b),
the
regional superintendent of schools
who has
| 9 | | supervision and control, as defined by Section 3-14.2 of this | 10 | | Code, of the school district from which the territory was | 11 | | detached shall
certify to
the regional board of school trustees | 12 | | that the school district created under
this subsection
(b) has | 13 | | been automatically dissolved.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 100-374, eff. 8-25-17.)
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