Public Act 097-0631
 
SB0634 EnrolledLRB097 04403 NHT 44442 b

    AN ACT concerning education.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
5-2.2 as follows:
 
    (105 ILCS 5/5-2.2 new)
    Sec. 5-2.2. Designation of trustees; Township 36 North,
Range 13 East. After the April 5, 2011 consolidated election,
the trustees of schools in Township 36 North, Range 13 East
shall no longer be elected pursuant to the provisions of
Sections 5-2, 5-2.1, 5-3, 5-4, 5-12, and 5-13 of this Code. Any
such trustees elected before such date may complete the term to
which that trustee was elected, but shall not be succeeded by
election. Instead, the board of education or board of school
directors of each of the elementary and high school districts
that are subject to the jurisdiction of Township 36 North,
Range 13 East shall appoint one of the members to serve as
trustee of schools. The trustees of schools shall be appointed
by each board of education or board of school directors within
60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
97th General Assembly and shall reorganize within 30 days after
all the trustees of schools have been appointed or within 30
days after all the trustees of schools were due to have been
appointed, whichever is sooner. Trustees of schools so
appointed shall serve at the pleasure of the board of education
or board of school directors appointing them, but in no event
longer than 2 years unless reappointed.
    A majority of members of the trustees of schools shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The
trustees shall organize by appointing one of their number
president, who shall hold the office for 2 years. If the
president is absent from any meeting, or refuses to perform any
of the duties of the office, a president pro-tempore may be
appointed. Trustees who serve on the board as a result of
appointment or election at the time of the reorganization shall
continue to serve as a member of the trustees of schools, with
no greater or lessor authority than any other trustee, until
such time as their elected term expires.
    Each trustee of schools appointed by a board of education
or board of school directors shall be entitled to
indemnification and protection against claims and suits by the
board that appointed that trustee of schools for acts or
omissions as a trustee of schools in the same manner and to the
same extent as the trustee of schools is entitled to
indemnification and protection for acts or omissions as a
member of the board of education or board of school directors
under Section 10-20.20 of this Code.
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.