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90_HB3324
105 ILCS 5/10-16 from Ch. 122, par. 10-16
Amends the School Code. Provides that in 1999 and 2001,
the requirement that a school board organize within 7 days
after its election refers to 7 days after the November
commencement of terms of members elected the previous April.
Removes an obsolete reference to the election of board
members at the nonpartisan election. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section
2 10-16.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
6 Section 10-16 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/10-16) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-16)
8 Sec. 10-16. Organization of Board. Within 7 days after
9 the election the board shall organize by electing its
10 officers and fixing a time and place for the regular
11 meetings, except that in 1999 and 2001, the Board shall
12 organize within 7 days after the termination of the terms of
13 those board members whose terms end in November 1999 or 2001,
14 respectively. It shall then enter upon the discharge of its
15 duties.
16 The regional superintendent of schools having supervision
17 and control over the district as provided in Section 3-14.2
18 of this Act shall convene the newly elected board within 7
19 days after the election of the board of education of any new
20 district governed by this Act, whereupon the board shall
21 proceed to organize by electing 1 of their number as
22 president and electing a secretary, who may or may not be a
23 member. At such meeting the length of term of each of the
24 members shall be determined by lot so that 4 shall serve for
25 4 years, and 3 for 2 years from the commencement of their
26 terms; provided, however, if such members were not elected at
27 the nonpartisan election in an odd-numbered year, such
28 initial terms shall be extended to the nonpartisan election
29 for school board members immediately following the expiration
30 of the initial 4 or 2 year terms. The provisions of this
31 paragraph that relate to the determination of terms by lot
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1 shall not apply to the initial members of the board of
2 education of a combined school district who are to be elected
3 to unstaggered terms as provided in subsection (a-5) of
4 Section 11B-7. The terms of the officers shall be for 2 years
5 except that the board by resolution may establish a policy
6 for the terms of office to be one year, and provide for the
7 election of officers.
8 Special meetings of the board of education may be called
9 by the president or by any 3 members of the board by giving
10 notice thereof in writing, stating the time, place and
11 purpose of the meeting. Such notice may be served by mail 48
12 hours before such meeting or by personal service 24 hours
13 before such meeting. Public notice of meetings must also be
14 given as prescribed in Sections 2.02 and 2.03 of the Open
15 Meetings Act, as now or hereafter amended.
16 At each regular and special meeting which is open to the
17 public, members of the public and employees of the district
18 shall be afforded time, subject to reasonable constraints, to
19 comment to or ask questions of the board.
20 The president or district superintendent shall, at each
21 regular board meeting, report any requests made of the
22 district under provisions of The Freedom of Information Act
23 and shall report the status of the district's response.
24 (Source: P.A. 90-459, eff. 8-17-97.)
25 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
26 becoming law.