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