(105 ILCS 5/5-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 5-14)
Sec. 5-14. Term of office of successors - Vacancies. Successors to the trustees whose terms of office expire at the time prescribed
in Section 5-13, and their successors, shall hold their offices for 6 years
and until their respective successors are elected and qualified. Trustees
of schools shall enter upon the duties of their office on the third Monday
of the month following their election.
Whenever a vacancy occurs, the remaining trustees shall fill the
vacancy until the next regular school election, at which election a
successor shall be elected to serve the remainder of the unexpired
term. However, if the vacancy occurs with less than 28 months remaining in
the term, or if the vacancy occurs less than 88 days before the next
regularly scheduled election for this office then the person so appointed
shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term, and no election to fill
the vacancy shall be held. The successor shall have the same residential
qualifications as his predecessor. Should they fail so to act, within 30
days after the vacancy occurs, the regional superintendent of the region in
which the township lies, or if the township is divided by a county line or
lines, the regional superintendent of the region in which a majority of the
children, who reside in districts subject to the jurisdiction of the
trustees of schools of such township, attend school, shall within 15 days after the
remaining trustees have failed to fill the vacancy, fill the vacancy as
provided for herein. The successor shall have the same type of residential
qualifications as his predecessor.
(Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
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