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 1                       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
 2                      CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

 3        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
 4    NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
 5    SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall  be  submitted  to
 6    the  electors  of  the State for adoption or rejection at the
 7    general election next occurring at least 6 months  after  the
 8    adoption  of this resolution a proposition to amend Section 2
 9    of Article X of the Constitution as follows:

10                              ARTICLE X
11                              EDUCATION

12        (ILCON Art. X, Sec. 2)
13    SECTION 2. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION - STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF
14    EDUCATION CHIEF STATE EDUCATIONAL OFFICER
15        (a)  There is created a State Board of  Education  to  be
16    elected  or  selected  on  a  regional  basis.  The number of
17    members, their qualifications, terms of office and manner  of
18    election  or  selection  shall be provided by law. The Board,
19    except as limited by  law,  may  establish  goals,  determine
20    policies,  provide  for  planning  and  evaluating  education
21    programs  and  recommend financing. The Board shall have such
22    other duties and powers as provided by law.
23        (b)  A  State  Superintendent  of  Education   shall   be
24    nominated  at  a  general primary election and elected by the
25    electors of the State at the general election every 4  years,
26    beginning  in  2006.   The  State Superintendent of Education
27    shall hold office for 4 years beginning on the second  Monday
28    of January after his or her election.  To be eligible to hold
29    the office of State Superintendent of Education a person must
30    be  a  United  States  citizen,  at least 25 years old, and a
31    resident of the State for  10  years  preceding  his  or  her
32    election.
 
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 1        The  names  of the candidates for State Superintendent of
 2    Education shall be printed on the ballot directly  below  the
 3    names of the candidates for Secretary of State.
 4        Any  vacancy  in  the  office  of State Superintendent of
 5    Education shall be filled in the manner provided in Section 7
 6    of Article V.
 7        Until the State  Superintendent  of  Education  initially
 8    elected  under  this Section takes office, the State Board of
 9    Education shall appoint a chief state educational officer.
10        The State Superintendent of Education shall be the  chief
11    educational officer of the State.
12    (Source: Illinois Constitution.)

13                              SCHEDULE
14        This  Constitutional  Amendment  takes  effect upon being
15    declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
16    Constitutional   Amendment   Act,   and   when   the    State
17    Superintendent of Education initially elected under Section 2
18    of  Article  X of the Illinois Constitution takes office, the
19    term  of  office  of  the  chief  state  educational  officer
20    appointed by the State Board of Education shall expire.