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 1        AN ACT concerning 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 1A-1 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/1A-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 1A-1)
 7        Sec. 1A-1.  State Board of Education;  members and terms.
 8        (a)  The term of  each  member  of  the  State  Board  of
 9    Education  who  is  in  office  on the effective date of this
10    amendatory Act of 1996 shall terminate on January 1, 1997  or
11    when  all  of the new members initially to be appointed under
12    this amendatory Act of 1996 are appointed by the Governor  as
13    provided in subsection (b), whichever last occurs.
14        (b)  Beginning  on January 1, 1997 or when all of the new
15    members initially to be appointed under this  subsection  are
16    appointed   by  the  Governor,  whichever  last  occurs,  and
17    thereafter, the State Board of Education shall consist  of  9
18    members,  who  shall  be  appointed  by the Governor with the
19    advice and consent of the Senate from a pattern  of  regional
20    representation  as  follows:  2  appointees shall be selected
21    from among those counties of the State other than Cook County
22    and the 5 counties contiguous to Cook  County;  2  appointees
23    shall  be  selected  from Cook County, one of whom shall be a
24    resident of the City of Chicago and one of whom  shall  be  a
25    resident  of  that part of Cook County which lies outside the
26    city limits of Chicago; 2 appointees shall be  selected  from
27    among the 5 counties of the State that are contiguous to Cook
28    County;  and 3 members shall be selected as members-at-large.
29    At no time may more than 5 members of the Board be  from  one
30    political party.  Party membership is defined as having voted
31    in  the  primary  of  the  party  in  the last primary before
 
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 1    appointment. The 9 members initially  appointed  pursuant  to
 2    this amendatory Act of 1996 shall draw lots to determine 3 of
 3    their  number  who  shall serve until the second Wednesday of
 4    January, 2003, 3 of their number who shall  serve  until  the
 5    second  Wednesday of January, 2001, and 3 of their number who
 6    shall serve until the  second  Wednesday  of  January,  1999.
 7    Upon  expiration  of  the  terms  of  the  members  initially
 8    appointed under this amendatory Act of 1996, their respective
 9    successors  shall be appointed for terms of 6 years, from the
10    second Wednesday in January of each  odd  numbered  year  and
11    until   their   respective  successors  are   appointed   and
12    qualified.  Vacancies in terms shall be filled by appointment
13    by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate for
14    the extent of the unexpired term. If a vacancy in  membership
15    occurs  at  a  time  when  the  Senate is not in session, the
16    Governor shall make a temporary appointment  until  the  next
17    meeting  of  the  Senate,  when  the Governor shall appoint a
18    person to fill that membership for the remainder of its term.
19    If the Senate is not in session when appointments for a  full
20    term  are made, the appointments shall be made as in the case
21    of vacancies.
22    (Source: P.A. 89-610, eff. 8-6-96.)