101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB1752

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/1A-1  from Ch. 122, par. 1A-1

    Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the members of the State Board of Education.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
51A-1 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/1A-1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 1A-1)
7    Sec. 1A-1. Members and terms.
8    (a) (Blank).
9    (b) The The State Board of Education shall consist of 8
10members and a chairperson, who shall be appointed by the
11Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate from a
12pattern of regional representation as follows: 2 appointees
13shall be selected from among those counties of the State other
14than Cook County and the 5 counties contiguous to Cook County,
15one of whom must represent the educator community; 2 appointees
16shall be selected from Cook County, one of whom shall be a
17resident of the City of Chicago and one of whom shall be a
18resident of that part of Cook County which lies outside the
19city limits of Chicago and of whom one must represent the
20educator community; 2 appointees shall be selected from among
21the 5 counties of the State that are contiguous to Cook County,
22one of whom must represent the educator community; and 3
23members shall be selected as members-at-large (one of which

 

 

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1shall be the chairperson). With respect to the educator
2community appointments, no more than one member may be employed
3as a district superintendent, principal, school business
4official, or teacher and no more than one may be employed by
5the same school district or school. The changes made to this
6Section by this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly
7apply to appointments made after the effective date of this
8amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly. The Governor who
9takes office on the second Monday of January after his or her
10election shall be the person who nominates members to fill
11vacancies whose terms begin after that date and before the term
12of the next Governor begins.
13    The term of each member of the State Board of Education
14whose term expires on January 12, 2005 shall instead terminate
15on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
16General Assembly. Of these 3 seats, (i) the member initially
17appointed pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
18Assembly whose seat was vacant on April 27, 2004 shall serve
19until the second Wednesday of January, 2009 and (ii) the other
202 members initially appointed pursuant to this amendatory Act
21of the 93rd General Assembly shall serve until the second
22Wednesday of January, 2007.
23    The term of the member of the State Board of Education
24whose seat was vacant on April 27, 2004 and whose term expires
25on January 10, 2007 shall instead terminate on the effective
26date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly. The

 

 

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1member initially appointed pursuant to this amendatory Act of
2the 93rd General Assembly to fill this seat shall be the
3chairperson and shall serve until the second Wednesday of
4January, 2007.
5    The term of the member of the State Board of Education
6whose seat was vacant on May 28, 2004 but after April 27, 2004
7and whose term expires on January 10, 2007 shall instead
8terminate on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
993rd General Assembly. The member initially appointed pursuant
10to this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly to fill
11this seat shall serve until the second Wednesday of January,
122007.
13    The term of the other member of the State Board of
14Education whose term expires on January 10, 2007 shall instead
15terminate on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
1693rd General Assembly. The member initially appointed pursuant
17to this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly to fill
18this seat shall serve until the second Wednesday of January,
192007.
20    The term of the member of the State Board of Education
21whose term expires on January 14, 2009 and who was selected
22from among the 5 counties of the State that are contiguous to
23Cook County and is a resident of Lake County shall instead
24terminate on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
2593rd General Assembly. The member initially appointed pursuant
26to this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly to fill

 

 

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1this seat shall serve until the second Wednesday of January,
22009.
3    Upon expiration of the terms of the members initially
4appointed under this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
5Assembly and members whose terms were not terminated by this
6amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, their respective
7successors shall be appointed for terms of 4 years, from the
8second Wednesday in January of each odd numbered year and until
9their respective successors are appointed and qualified.
10    (c) Of the 4 members, excluding the chairperson, whose
11terms expire on the second Wednesday of January, 2007 and every
124 years thereafter, one of those members must be an at-large
13member and at no time may more than 2 of those members be from
14one political party. Of the 4 members whose terms expire on the
15second Wednesday of January, 2009 and every 4 years thereafter,
16one of those members must be an at-large member and at no time
17may more than 2 of those members be from one political party.
18Party membership is defined as having voted in the primary of
19the party in the last primary before appointment.
20    (d) Vacancies in terms shall be filled by appointment by
21the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate for the
22extent of the unexpired term. If a vacancy in membership occurs
23at a time when the Senate is not in session, the Governor shall
24make a temporary appointment until the next meeting of the
25Senate, when the Governor shall appoint a person to fill that
26membership for the remainder of its term. If the Senate is not

 

 

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1in session when appointments for a full term are made, the
2appointments shall be made as in the case of vacancies.
3(Source: P.A. 100-1135, eff. 11-28-18.)