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Sen. John M. Sullivan
Filed: 5/11/2004
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 758
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 758 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 11D-6 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/11D-6) (from Ch. 122, par. 11D-6)
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| Sec. 11D-6. Passage requirements. If a majority of the |
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| electors voting
at such election in each affected school |
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| district vote in favor of the
proposition, the proposition |
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| shall be deemed to have passed. Unless the
board of education |
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| of a new high school or elementary school district is
elected |
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| at the same election at which the proposition establishing that
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| district is deemed to have passed, the regional superintendent |
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| of schools
shall order an election to be held on the next |
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| regularly scheduled election
date for the purpose of electing a |
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| board of education for that district.
In either event, the |
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| board of education elected for each of the new high
school and |
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| elementary school districts created under this Article shall
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| consist of 7 members, which shall have the terms and the powers |
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| and duties
of school boards as defined in Article 10. Election |
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| of board members for the new high school district may be (i) on |
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| an at-large basis, (ii) with board members representing each of |
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| the forming elementary school districts, or (iii) a combination |
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| of both. The format for the election of the new high school |
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| board must be defined in the petition submitted to the voters. |
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| When 4 or more unit school districts are involved and a |
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| combination of board members representing each of the forming |
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| elementary school districts and at-large formats are used, one |
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| member must be elected from each of the forming elementary |
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| school districts. The remaining members may be elected on an |
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| at-large basis, provided that none of the underlying elementary |
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| school districts have a majority on the resulting high school |
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| board. When 3 unit school districts are involved and a |
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| combination of board members representing each of the forming |
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| elementary school districts and at-large formats are used, 2 |
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| members must be elected from each of the forming elementary |
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| school districts. The remaining member must be elected at |
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| large. Nomination papers filed under
this Section are not valid |
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| unless the candidate named therein files with
the regional |
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| superintendent a receipt from the county clerk showing that
the |
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| candidate has filed a statement of economic interests as |
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| required by
the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Such receipt |
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| shall be so filed
either previously during the calendar year in |
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| which his nomination papers
were filed or within the period for |
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| the filing of nomination papers in
accordance with the general |
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| election law. The regional superintendent
shall perform the |
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| election duties assigned by law to the secretary of a
school |
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| board for such election, and shall certify the officers and
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| candidates therefor pursuant to the general election law.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-1334; 87-10.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.".
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