House Sponsors: HANNIG-CHURCHILL. Senate Sponsors: PETKA-SHADID Short description: SCH CD-ANNEXATION-REFERENDUM Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Election and School Codes. Provides, with respect to school district boundary change petitions under which all of the territory of a school district is to be annexed to another school district or under which part of the territory of a school district is to be annexed to another school district, that if the regional board of school trustees or State Superintendent of Education has discretion to deny or to grant or approve the petition and enters an order granting or approving the petition, the matter must then be submitted to referendum at a regular scheduled election and approved by a majority of the voters in each of the affected school districts who are entitled to vote on and who vote on the proposition. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Limits application of the changes proposed by the bill as introduced to those situations in which all of the territory of one or more school districts is to be annexed to another school district. STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 In the opinion of DCCA, HB574, amended, creates a local organi- zation and structure mandate which does not require reimburse- ment under the State Mandates Act. FISCAL NOTE, AMENDED (State Bd. of Ed.) There would be no additional costs to the State Bd. of Ed. STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE, AMENDED No change from previous note. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 5/7-2c new 105 ILCS 5/9-11.2 from Ch. 122, par. 9-11.2 105 ILCS 5/9-12 from Ch. 122, par. 9-12 105 ILCS 5/10-10 from Ch. 122, par. 10-10 105 ILCS 5/10-16 from Ch. 122, par. 10-16 105 ILCS 5/11B-7 from Ch. 122, par. 11B-7 Further amends the School Code. Provides for the change of school district boundaries by action of the State Superintendent of Education when the conditions specified for filing a petition for that boundary change under that new procedure are met. Also provides that if 2 contiguous, entire elementary school districts that meet certain location, population, and pupil enrollment criteria file a petition to form a combined school district and the proposition is submitted to the voters at the nonpartisan election in 1997 or any regular scheduled election in 1998, the proposition shall be deemed to have passed only if a majority of the voters in each of the 2 affected elementary districts voting at the election vote in favor of the proposition. Adds provisions for election of the initial board members of the combined school district to unstaggered terms expiring on the date of the regular school election in 2001. Provides that their successors shall be elected at large to 4 year terms, except that the terms of their immediate successors shall be staggered by lot. Provides that of the 7 initial members of the (proposed) combined school district, one shall be elected at large from all of the territory that is to be included in the combined district and 3 shall be elected from each of the 2 affected elementary school districts that are to form the combined school district. Adds provisions relative to ballot position and format. Adds an immediate effective date. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0459 Last action date: 97-08-17 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 1 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status