93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5887


 
Introduced 2/6/2004, by Harry Osterman
 
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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    AN ACT concerning education. 

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 


 
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    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
Section 
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1A-1 as follows:


 
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    (105 ILCS 5/1A-1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 1A-1)

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    Sec. 1A-1. State Board of Education;  members and terms.


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    (a) The term of each member of the State Board of Education 
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who is in
office on the effective date of this amendatory Act 
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of 1996 shall terminate
on January 1, 1997
or when all of the 
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new members initially to be
appointed under this amendatory Act 
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of 1996 are appointed by the Governor as
provided in subsection 
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(b), whichever last occurs.


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    (b) Beginning
on January 1, 1997 or when all of the new 
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members initially to be appointed
under this subsection are 
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appointed by the Governor, whichever last occurs,
and 
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thereafter, the State Board of
Education shall consist of 9 
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members, who shall be appointed by the
Governor with the advice 
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and consent
of the Senate from a pattern of regional 
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representation as follows: 2
appointees shall be selected from 
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among those counties of the State other
than Cook County and 
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the 5 counties contiguous to Cook County; 2 appointees shall be 
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selected from
Cook County, one of whom shall be a resident of 
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the City of
Chicago and one of whom shall be a resident of that

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part of Cook County
which lies outside the city limits of 
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Chicago; 2
appointees shall be
selected from among the 5 
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counties of the State that are contiguous to Cook
County; and 3 
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members
shall be selected as members-at-large.  At no time
may 
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more than 5
members of the Board be from one political party.  
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Party membership is
defined as having voted in the primary of 
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the party in the last primary
before appointment. The 9 members 
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initially appointed pursuant to
this
amendatory Act of 1996 
 


 






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shall draw lots to determine
3 of their number who shall serve 
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until the second Wednesday of January,
2003, 3 of their number 
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who shall serve until the second Wednesday of January,
2001, 
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and 3 of their number who shall serve until the second 
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Wednesday of
January, 1999.  Upon expiration of the terms of the 
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members initially appointed
under this amendatory Act of 1996, 
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their respective successors shall be
appointed for terms of 6 
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years, from the second Wednesday in January of each
odd

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numbered year and until their respective successors are  
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appointed  and
qualified.  Vacancies in terms shall be filled by 
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appointment by the
Governor with the advice and consent of the 
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Senate for the extent of the
unexpired term.
If a vacancy in 
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membership occurs at a time when the Senate is not in
session, 
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the Governor shall make a temporary appointment until the next 
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meeting
of the Senate, when the Governor shall appoint a person 
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to fill that membership
for the remainder of its term.  If the 
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Senate is not in session when
appointments for a full term are 
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made, the appointments shall be made as in the
case of 
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vacancies.


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(Source: P.A. 89-610, eff. 8-6-96.)