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90_SB0222
105 ILCS 5/1A-1 from Ch. 122, par. 1A-1
Amends the School Code to make a technical change.
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section 1A-1.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. The School Code is amended by changing
5 Section 1A-1 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/1A-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 1A-1)
7 Sec. 1A-1. Members and terms.
8 (a) The term of each member of the State Board of
9 Education who is in office on August 6, 1996 the effective
10 date of this amendatory Act of 1996 shall terminate on
11 January 1, 1997 or when all of the new members initially to
12 be appointed under this amendatory Act of 1996 are appointed
13 by the Governor as provided in subsection (b), whichever last
14 occurs.
15 (b) Beginning on January 1, 1997 or when all of the new
16 members initially to be appointed under this subsection are
17 appointed by the Governor, whichever last occurs, and
18 thereafter, the State Board of Education shall consist of 9
19 members, who shall be appointed by the Governor with the
20 advice and consent of the Senate from a pattern of regional
21 representation as follows: 2 appointees shall be selected
22 from among those counties of the State other than Cook County
23 and the 5 counties contiguous to Cook County; 2 appointees
24 shall be selected from Cook County, one of whom shall be a
25 resident of the City of Chicago and one of whom shall be a
26 resident of that part of Cook County which lies outside the
27 city limits of Chicago; 2 appointees shall be selected from
28 among the 5 counties of the State that are contiguous to Cook
29 County; and 3 members shall be selected as members-at-large.
30 At no time may more than 5 members of the Board be from one
31 political party. Party membership is defined as having voted
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1 in the primary of the party in the last primary before
2 appointment. The 9 members initially appointed pursuant to
3 this amendatory Act of 1996 shall draw lots to determine 3 of
4 their number who shall serve until the second Wednesday of
5 January, 2003, 3 of their number who shall serve until the
6 second Wednesday of January, 2001, and 3 of their number who
7 shall serve until the second Wednesday of January, 1999.
8 Upon expiration of the terms of the members initially
9 appointed under this amendatory Act of 1996, their respective
10 successors shall be appointed for terms of 6 years, from the
11 second Wednesday in January of each odd numbered year and
12 until their respective successors are appointed and
13 qualified. Vacancies in terms shall be filled by appointment
14 by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate for
15 the extent of the unexpired term. If a vacancy in membership
16 occurs at a time when the Senate is not in session, the
17 Governor shall make a temporary appointment until the next
18 meeting of the Senate, when the Governor shall appoint a
19 person to fill that membership for the remainder of its term.
20 If the Senate is not in session when appointments for a full
21 term are made, the appointments shall be made as in the case
22 of vacancies.
23 (Source: P.A. 89-610, eff. 8-6-96.)