093_HB0394 LRB093 06572 NHT 06699 b 1 AN ACT regarding schools. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing 5 Section 9-12 as follows: 6 (105 ILCS 5/9-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 9-12) 7 Sec. 9-12. Ballot forms. Ballots for the election of 8 school officers shall be in one of the following forms: 9 (FORMAT 1 10 Ballot position for candidates shall be determined by the 11 order of petition filing or lottery held pursuant to Section 12 9-11.1. 13 This format is used by Boards of School Directors. 14 School Directors are elected at large.) 15 OFFICIAL BALLOT 16 FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL 17 DIRECTORS TO SERVE A FULL 4-YEAR TERM 18 VOTE FOR .... 19 ( ) ........................................ 20 ( ) ........................................ 21 ( ) ........................................ 22 FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL 23 DIRECTORS TO SERVE AN UNEXPIRED 2-YEAR TERM 24 VOTE FOR .... 25 ( ) ....................................... 26 ( ) ....................................... 27 ( ) ....................................... 28 (FORMAT 2 29 Ballot position for candidates shall be determined by the 30 order of petition filing or lottery held pursuant to Section -2- LRB093 06572 NHT 06699 b 1 9-11.1. 2 This format is used when school board members are elected 3 at large. Membership on the school board is not restricted 4 by area of residence. 5 Types of school districts generally using this format 6 are: 7 Common school districts; 8 Community unit and community consolidated school 9 districts formed on or after January 1, 1975; 10 Community unit school districts formed prior to January 11 1, 1975 that elect board members at large and without 12 restriction by area of residence within the district under 13 subsection (c) of Section 11A-8; 14 Community unit, community consolidated and combined 15 school districts in which more than 90% of the population is 16 in one congressional township; 17 High school districts in which less than 15% of the 18 taxable property is located in unincorporated territory; and 19 unit districts (OLD TYPE); 20 Combined school districts formed on or after July 1, 21 1983; 22 Combined school districts formed before July 1, 1983 and 23 community consolidated school districts that elect board 24 members at large and without restriction by area of residence 25 within the district under subsection (c) of Section 11B-7.) 26 OFFICIAL BALLOT 27 FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF 28 EDUCATION TO SERVE A FULL 4-YEAR TERM 29 VOTE FOR .... 30 ( ) ....................................... 31 ( ) ....................................... 32 ( ) ....................................... 33 FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF 34 EDUCATION TO SERVE AN UNEXPIRED 2-YEAR TERM -3- LRB093 06572 NHT 06699 b 1 VOTE FOR .... 2 ( ) ....................................... 3 ( ) ....................................... 4 ( ) ....................................... 5 (FORMATS 2a and 2b 6 Ballot position for at large candidates shall be 7 determined by the order of petition filing or lottery held 8 pursuant to Section 9-11.1 and ballot position for candidates 9 grouped by "affected school district", as that term is 10 defined in Section 9-11.2, shall be determined by order of 11 petition filing or lottery held pursuant to Sections 9-11.1 12 and 9-11.2. 13 Format 2a is used only in electing, to unstaggered terms 14 expiring on the date of the regular school election held in 15 calendar year 2001, the initial 7 members of the board of 16 education of a combined school district that is established 17 as provided in subsection (a-5) of Section 11B-7, and Format 18 2b is used only in electing, when required under Section 19 10-10, a successor to serve the remainder of the unstaggered, 20 unexpired term of any such initial board member in whose 21 office a vacancy has occurred.) 22 Format 2a: 23 OFFICIAL BALLOT 24 FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION 25 TO SERVE A FULL TERM EXPIRING ON 26 (Insert date of regular school election in 2001) 27 Instructions to voter: One member of the board of 28 education is to be elected at large from within the territory 29 included within the boundaries of (insert name of the 30 combined school district as proposed or formed), 3 members 31 are to be elected from the territory included within the 32 boundaries of (former) Elementary School District No. ....., 33 and 3 members are to be elected from the territory included -4- LRB093 06572 NHT 06699 b 1 within the boundaries of (former) Elementary School District 2 No. ...... 3 FOR THE MEMBER 4 OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION 5 TO BE ELECTED AT LARGE 6 VOTE FOR ONE 7 ( ) ....................................... 8 ( ) ....................................... 9 FOR MEMBERS OF 10 THE BOARD OF EDUCATION 11 TO BE ELECTED FROM 12 (FORMER) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. .... 13 VOTE FOR THREE 14 ( ) ....................................... 15 ( ) ....................................... 16 ( ) ....................................... 17 ( ) ....................................... 18 FOR MEMBERS OF 19 THE BOARD OF EDUCATION 20 TO BE ELECTED FROM 21 (FORMER) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. .... 22 VOTE FOR THREE 23 ( ) ....................................... 24 ( ) ....................................... 25 ( ) ....................................... 26 ( ) ....................................... 27 Format 2b: 28 OFFICIAL BALLOT 29 FOR A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION 30 TO BE ELECTED AT LARGE 31 TO SERVE AN UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING ON 32 (Insert date of regular school election in 2001) -5- LRB093 06572 NHT 06699 b 1 VOTE FOR ONE 2 ( ) ....................................... 3 ( ) ....................................... 4 FOR MEMBERS (A MEMBER) 5 OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION 6 TO BE ELECTED FROM 7 FORMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. .... 8 TO SERVE AN UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING ON 9 (Insert date of regular school election in 2001) 10 VOTE FOR .... 11 ( ) ....................................... 12 ( ) ....................................... 13 FOR MEMBERS (A MEMBER) 14 OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION 15 TO BE ELECTED FROM 16 FORMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. .... 17 TO SERVE AN UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING ON 18 (Insert date of regular school election in 2001) 19 VOTE FOR .... 20 ( ) ....................................... 21 ( ) ....................................... 22 (FORMAT 3 23 Ballot position for incorporated and unincorporated areas 24 shall be determined by the order of petition filing or 25 lottery held pursuant to Sections 9-11.1 and 9-11.2. 26 This format is used by community unit, community 27 consolidated and combined school districts when the territory 28 is less than 2 congressional townships, or 72 square miles, 29 but consists of more than one congressional township, or 36 30 square miles, outside of the corporate limits of any city, 31 village or incorporated town within the school district. The 32 School Code requires that not more than 5 board members shall 33 be selected from any city, village or incorporated town in -6- LRB093 06572 NHT 06699 b 1 the school district. At least two board members must reside 2 in the unincorporated area of the school district. 3 Except for those community unit school districts formed 4 before January 1, 1975 that elect board members at large and 5 without restriction by area of residence within the district 6 under subsection (c) of Section 11A-8 and except for combined 7 school districts formed before July 1, 1983 and community 8 consolidated school districts that elect board members at 9 large and without restriction by area of residence within the 10 district under subsection (c) of Section 11B-7, this format 11 applies to community unit and community consolidated school 12 districts formed prior to January 1, 1975 and combined school 13 districts formed prior to July 1, 1983.) 14 OFFICIAL BALLOT 15 Instructions to voter: The board of education shall be 16 composed of members from both the incorporated and the 17 unincorporated area; not more than 5 board members shall be 18 selected from any city, village or incorporated town. 19 On the basis of existing board membership, not more than 20 .... may be elected from the incorporated areas. 21 FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION 22 TO SERVE A FULL 4-YEAR TERM 23 VOTE FOR .... 24 ................... Area 25 ( ) ........................... 26 ( ) ........................... 27 ................... Area 28 ( ) ........................... 29 ( ) ........................... 30 FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION 31 TO SERVE AN UNEXPIRED 2-YEAR TERM 32 VOTE FOR .... 33 ................... Area 34 ( ) ........................... -7- LRB093 06572 NHT 06699 b 1 ( ) ........................... 2 ................... Area 3 ( ) ........................... 4 ( ) ........................... 5 (FORMAT 4 6 Ballot position for township areas shall be determined by 7 the order of petition filing or lottery held pursuant to 8 Sections 9-11.1 and 9-11.2. 9 Except for those community unit school districts formed 10 prior to January 1, 1975 that elect board members at large 11 and without restriction by area of residence within the 12 district under subsection (c) of Section 11A-8 and except for 13 those combined school districts formed before July 1, 1983 14 and community consolidated school districts that elect board 15 members at large and without restriction by area of residence 16 within the district under subsection (c) of Section 11B-7, 17 this format applies to community unit and community 18 consolidated school districts formed prior to January 1, 1975 19 and combined school districts formed prior to July 1, 1983 20 when the territory of the school district is greater than 2 21 congressional townships, or 72 square miles. This format 22 applies only when less than 75% of the population is in one 23 congressional township. Congressional townships of less than 24 100 inhabitants shall not be considered for the purpose of 25 such mandatory board representation. In this case, not more 26 than 3 board members may be selected from any one 27 congressional township.) 28 OFFICIAL BALLOT 29 Instructions to voter: Membership on the board of 30 education is restricted to a maximum of 3 members from any 31 congressional township. On the basis of existing board 32 membership, members may be elected in the following numbers 33 from each congressional township. 34 Not more than .... may be elected from Township .... -8- LRB093 06572 NHT 06699 b 1 Range .... 2 Not more than .... may be elected from Township .... 3 Range .... 4 Not more than .... may be elected from Township .... 5 Range .... 6 (Include each remaining congressional township in 7 district as needed) 8 FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF 9 EDUCATION TO SERVE A FULL 4-YEAR TERM 10 VOTE FOR .... 11 Township .............. Range ................ 12 ( ) ............................ 13 ( ) ............................ 14 Township .............. Range ................ 15 ( ) ............................ 16 ( ) ............................ 17 FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO SERVE 18 AN UNEXPIRED 2-YEAR TERM 19 VOTE FOR .... 20 Township .............. Range ................ 21 ( ) ............................ 22 ( ) ............................ 23 Township .............. Range ................ 24 ( ) ............................ 25 ( ) ............................ 26 (FORMAT 5 27 Ballot position for township areas shall be determined by 28 the order of petition filing or lottery held pursuant to 29 Sections 9-11.1 and 9-11.2. 30 Except for those community unit school districts formed 31 before January 1, 1975 that elect board members at large and 32 without restriction by area of residence within the district 33 under subsection (c) of Section 11A-8 and except for those 34 combined school districts formed before July 1, 1983 and -9- LRB093 06572 NHT 06699 b 1 community consolidated school districts that elect board 2 members at large and without restriction by area of residence 3 within the district under subsection (c) of Section 11B-7, 4 this format is used by community unit and community 5 consolidated school districts formed prior to January 1, 6 1975, and combined school districts formed prior to July 1, 7 1983, when the territory of the school district is greater 8 than 2 congressional townships, or 72 square miles and when 9 at least 75%, but not more than 90%, of the population 10 resides in one congressional township. In this case, 4 11 school board members shall be selected from that one 12 congressional township and the 3 remaining board members 13 shall be selected from the rest of the district. If a school 14 district from which school board members are to be selected 15 is located in a county under township organization and if the 16 surveyed boundaries of a congressional township from which 17 one or more of those school board members is to be selected, 18 as described by township number and range, are coterminous 19 with the boundaries of the township as identified by the 20 township name assigned to it as a political subdivision of 21 the State, then that township may be referred to on the 22 ballot by both its township name and by township number and 23 range.) 24 OFFICIAL BALLOT 25 Instructions to voter: Membership on the board of 26 education is to consist of 4 members from the congressional 27 township that has at least 75% but not more than 90% of the 28 population, and 3 board members from the remaining 29 congressional townships in the school district. On the basis 30 of existing board membership, members may be elected in the 31 following numbers from each congressional township. 32 FOR MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION 33 TO SERVE AN UNEXPIRED 2-YEAR TERM 34 FROM (name)........ TOWNSHIP ..... RANGE ..... -10- LRB093 06572 NHT 06699 b 1 VOTE FOR ONE 2 ( ).......................... 3 ( ).......................... 4 FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION 5 TO SERVE A FULL 4-YEAR TERM 6 VOTE FOR .... 7 ..... shall be elected from (name)...... Township ..... 8 Range .....; ...... board members shall be elected from the 9 remaining congressional townships. 10 (name)....... TOWNSHIP ..... RANGE ..... 11 ( ) ............................ 12 ( ) ............................ 13 The Remaining Congressional Townships 14 ( ) ............................ 15 ( ) ............................ 16 (FORMAT 6 17 Ballot position for candidates shall be determined by the 18 order of petition filing or lottery held pursuant to Section 19 9-11.1. 20 This format is used by school districts in which voters 21 have approved a referendum to elect school board members by 22 school board district. The school district is then divided 23 into 7 school board districts, each of which elects one 24 member to the board of education.) 25 OFFICIAL BALLOT 26 DISTRICT ....... (1 through 7) 27 FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO SERVE 28 A FULL 4-YEAR TERM 29 VOTE FOR ONE 30 ( ) ..................................... 31 ( ) ..................................... 32 ( ) ..................................... 33 (-OR-) 34 OFFICIAL BALLOT -11- LRB093 06572 NHT 06699 b 1 DISTRICT ....... (1 through 7) 2 FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO SERVE 3 AN UNEXPIRED 2-YEAR TERM 4 VOTE FOR ONE 5 ( ) ..................................... 6 ( ) ..................................... 7 ( ) ..................................... 8 REVERSE SIDE: 9 OFFICIAL BALLOT 10 DISTRICT ....... (1 through 7) 11 (Precinct name or number) 12 School District No. ......, ........... County, Illinois 13 Election Tuesday (insert date) 14 (facsimile signature of Election Authority) 15 (County) 16 (FORMAT 7 17 Ballot position for incorporated and unincorporated areas 18 shall be determined by the order of petition filing or 19 lottery held pursuant to Sections 9-11.1 and 9-11.2. 20 This format is used by high school districts if more than 21 15% but less than 30% of the taxable property is located in 22 the unincorporated territory of the school district. In this 23 case, at least one board member shall be a resident of the 24 unincorporated territory.) 25 OFFICIAL BALLOT 26 Instructions to voter: More than 15% but less than 30% of 27 the taxable property of this high school district is located 28 in the unincorporated territory of the district, therefore, 29 at least one board member shall be a resident of the 30 unincorporated areas. 31 On the basis of existing board membership, at least one 32 member shall be elected from the unincorporated area. 33 FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO SERVE 34 A FULL 4-YEAR TERM -12- LRB093 06572 NHT 06699 b 1 VOTE FOR .... 2 ................... Area 3 ( ) ........................... 4 ( ) ........................... 5 ................... Area 6 ( ) ........................... 7 ( ) ........................... 8 FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO SERVE 9 AN UNEXPIRED 2-YEAR TERM 10 VOTE FOR .... 11 ................... Area 12 ( ) ........................... 13 ( ) ........................... 14 ................... Area 15 ( ) ........................... 16 ( ) ........................... 17 (FORMAT 7a 18 Ballot position for candidates shall be determined by the 19 order of petition filing or lottery held pursuant to Sections 20 9-11.1 and 9-11.2. 21 This format is used by high school districts if more than 22 15% but less than 30% of the taxable property is located in 23 the unincorporated territory of the school district and on 24 the basis of existing board membership no board member is 25 required to be elected from the unincorporated area.) 26 OFFICIAL BALLOT 27 Instruction to voter: More than 15% but less than 30% of 28 the taxable property of this high school district is located 29 in the unincorporated territory of the district, therefore, 30 at least one board member shall be a resident of the 31 unincorporated areas. 32 On the basis of existing board membership, members may be 33 elected from any area or areas. 34 FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO SERVE -13- LRB093 06572 NHT 06699 b 1 A FULL 4-YEAR TERM 2 VOTE FOR .... 3 ( ) ........................................ 4 ( ) ........................................ 5 ( ) ........................................ 6 FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO SERVE 7 AN UNEXPIRED 2-YEAR TERM 8 VOTE FOR .... 9 ( ) ........................................ 10 ( ) ........................................ 11 ( ) ........................................ 12 (FORMAT 8 13 Ballot position for incorporated and unincorporated areas 14 shall be determined by the order of petition filing or 15 lottery held pursuant to Sections 9-11.1 and 9-11.2. 16 This format is used by high school districts if more than 17 30% of the taxable property is located in the unincorporated 18 territory of the school district. In this case, at least two 19 board members shall be residents of the unincorporated 20 territory.) 21 OFFICIAL BALLOT 22 Instructions to voters: Thirty percent (30%) or more of 23 the taxable property of this high school district is located 24 in the unincorporated territory of the district, therefore, 25 at least two board members shall be residents of the 26 unincorporated territory. 27 On the basis of existing board membership at least 2 28 members shall be elected from the unincorporated area. 29 FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO SERVE 30 A FULL 4-YEAR TERM 31 VOTE FOR .... 32 ................... Area 33 ( ) ........................... 34 ( ) ........................... -14- LRB093 06572 NHT 06699 b 1 ................... Area 2 ( ) ........................... 3 ( ) ........................... 4 FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO SERVE 5 AN UNEXPIRED 2-YEAR TERM 6 VOTE FOR .... 7 ................... Area 8 ( ) ........................... 9 ( ) ........................... 10 ................... Area 11 ( ) ........................... 12 ( ) ........................... 13 (FORMAT 8a 14 Ballot position for incorporated and unincorporated areas 15 shall be determined by the order of petition filing or 16 lottery held pursuant to Sections 9-11.1 and 9-11.2. 17 This format is used by high school districts if more than 18 30% of the taxable property is located in the unincorporated 19 territory of the school district. In this case, at least two 20 board members shall be residents of the unincorporated 21 territory.) 22 OFFICIAL BALLOT 23 Instructions to voters: Thirty percent (30%) or more of 24 the taxable property of this high school district is located 25 in the unincorporated territory of the district, therefore, 26 at least two board members shall be residents of the 27 unincorporated territory. 28 On the basis of existing board membership at least one 29 member shall be elected from the unincorporated area. 30 FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO SERVE 31 A FULL 4-YEAR TERM 32 VOTE FOR .... 33 ................... Area 34 ( ) ........................... -15- LRB093 06572 NHT 06699 b 1 ( ) ........................... 2 ................... Area 3 ( ) ........................... 4 ( ) ........................... 5 FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO SERVE 6 AN UNEXPIRED 2-YEAR TERM 7 VOTE FOR .... 8 ................... Area 9 ( ) ........................... 10 ( ) ........................... 11 ................... Area 12 ( ) ........................... 13 ( ) ........................... 14 (FORMAT 8b 15 Ballot position for incorporated and unincorporated areas 16 shall be determined by the order of petition filing or 17 lottery held pursuant to Sections 9-11.1 and 9-11.2. 18 This format is used by high school districts if more than 19 30% of the taxable property is located in the unincorporated 20 territory of the school district. In this case, at least two 21 board members shall be residents of the unincorporated 22 territory.) 23 OFFICIAL BALLOT 24 Instructions to voters: Thirty percent (30%) or more of 25 the taxable property of this high school district is located 26 in the unincorporated territory of the district, therefore, 27 at least two board members shall be residents of the 28 unincorporated territory. 29 On the basis of existing board membership, members may be 30 elected from any area or areas. 31 FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO SERVE 32 A FULL 4-YEAR TERM 33 VOTE FOR .... 34 ( ) ........................... -16- LRB093 06572 NHT 06699 b 1 ( ) ........................... 2 ( ) ........................... 3 ( ) ........................... 4 FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO SERVE 5 AN UNEXPIRED 2-YEAR TERM 6 VOTE FOR .... 7 ( ) ........................... 8 ( ) ........................... 9 ( ) ........................... 10 ( ) ........................... 11 (Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-459, eff. 8-17-97; 12 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)