(105 ILCS 5/32-3.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 32-3.2)
Sec. 32-3.2.
City of 45,000-Number of members-Nomination-Vacancy.
In any city, however, having a population of 45,000 or more,
constituting a school district to which Sections 32-3 to 32-4.11,
inclusive, are applicable, the board of education shall consist of 11
persons who shall be nominated by the mayor from the city at large and
confirmed by a majority vote of the city council, 1 of which persons shall
be designated by the mayor as the president of the board of education. The
president shall have no vote except in case of a tie. 5 Members of the
board of education and such person as may be designated as the president
thereof shall be nominated by the mayor and placed before the city council
for confirmation at the first regular meeting of the city council after the
mayor's installation into office, and upon confirmation by the council
shall hold their offices for 2 years and until their successor shall be
chosen as herein provided. The remaining 5 members of the board of
education shall be nominated by the mayor and placed before the city
council for confirmation at the first regular meeting of the city council
next after 1 year from the date of the mayor's installation into office,
and upon confirmation by the council shall hold their offices for 2 years
and until their successors shall be chosen as herein provided. If a vacancy
occurs in the board of education, the mayor shall nominate and place before
the city council for confirmation at a regular meeting thereof some person
to fill the vacancy, and upon confirmation by the city council, the person
so nominated shall hold the office during the remainder of the term for
which his predecessor was appointed.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
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