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 1                       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
 2                      CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

 3        RESOLVED,   BY   THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
 4    NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,  THE
 5    SENATE  CONCURRING  HEREIN,  that there shall be submitted to
 6    the electors of the State for adoption or  rejection  at  the
 7    general  election  next occurring at least 6 months after the
 8    adoption of this resolution a proposition to amend Section  2
 9    of Article X of the Constitution as follows:

10                              ARTICLE X
11                              EDUCATION

12        (ILCON Art. X, Sec. 2)
13    SECTION 2. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION - STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF
14    EDUCATION CHIEF STATE EDUCATIONAL OFFICER
15        (a)  There  is  created  a State Board of Education to be
16    elected or selected  on  a  regional  basis.  The  number  of
17    members,  their qualifications, terms of office and manner of
18    election or selection shall be provided by  law.  The  Board,
19    except  as  limited  by  law,  may establish goals, determine
20    policies,  provide  for  planning  and  evaluating  education
21    programs and recommend financing. The Board shall  have  such
22    other duties and powers as provided by law.
23        (b)  A   State   Superintendent  of  Education  shall  be
24    nominated at a general primary election and  elected  by  the
25    electors  of the State at the general election every 4 years,
26    beginning in 2004.  The  State  Superintendent  of  Education
27    shall  hold office for 4 years beginning on the second Monday
28    of January after his or her election.  To be eligible to hold
29    the office of State Superintendent of Education a person must
30    be a United States citizen, at least  25  years  old,  and  a
31    resident  of  the  State  for  10  years preceding his or her
32    election.
 
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 1        The names of the candidates for State  Superintendent  of
 2    Education  shall  be printed on the ballot directly below the
 3    names of the candidates for Secretary of State.
 4        Any vacancy in the  office  of  State  Superintendent  of
 5    Education shall be filled in the manner provided in Section 7
 6    of Article V.
 7        The  State  Superintendent shall be the chief educational
 8    officer of the State.  The State  Board  of  Education  shall
 9    appoint a chief state educational officer.
10    (Source: Illinois Constitution.)

11                              SCHEDULE
12        This  Constitutional  Amendment  takes  effect upon being
13    declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
14    Constitutional   Amendment   Act,   and   when   the    State
15    Superintendent of Education initially elected under Section 2
16    of  Article  X of the Illinois Constitution takes office, the
17    term  of  office  of  the  chief  state  educational  officer
18    appointed by the State Board of Education shall expire.

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