96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4588


 
Introduced , by Rep. Elaine Nekritz
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		








      



105 ILCS 5/3-0.01
  from Ch. 122, par. 3-0.01


105 ILCS 5/3A-1
  from Ch. 122, par. 3A-1


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    Amends the School Code. Provides that beginning on the effective date of the amendatory Act, the regional office of education for the portion of Cook County that does not include Chicago is abolished and transfers all powers and duties of that region to the State Board of Education. Repeals a provision concerning the regional office of education oversight board in Class II counties. Effective immediately.
















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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 Sections 
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3-0.01 and 3A-1 as follows:

 



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    (105 ILCS 5/3-0.01)  (from Ch. 122, par. 3-0.01)


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    Sec. 3-0.01. 
"County superintendent of schools" and

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"regional superintendent of schools" defined - Application of 
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Article.

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    (a) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (b), after 
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the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1975, the chief 
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administrative
officer of an educational service region shall 
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be designated and referred
to as the "regional superintendent 
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of schools" or the "regional
superintendent" and after the 
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effective date of this amendatory Act of 1993
the office held 
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by the chief administrative officer shall be designated and

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referred to as the "regional office of education". For purposes 
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of the School
Code and except as otherwise provided by 
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subsection (b), any reference to
"county superintendent of 
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schools" or "county superintendent" means the
regional 
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superintendent of schools.

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    (b) In Subject to subsection (b-1), in educational service 
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regions containing
2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the office of 
 


 






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regional superintendent of schools
is abolished on July 1, 
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1994. On and after that date in each educational
service region 
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in which the office of regional superintendent of schools is so

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abolished all rights, powers, duties and responsibilities 
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theretofore vested by
law in, and exercised and performed by 
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the regional superintendent of schools
and by any assistant 
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regional superintendents or other assistants or employees
in 
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the office of the regional superintendent of schools so 
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abolished shall be
vested in, exercised and performed by the 
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State Board of Education through the
office of the State 
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Superintendent of Education.  Upon abolition of the office
of 
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regional superintendent of schools in an educational service 
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region
containing 2,000,000 or more inhabitants: (i) all books, 
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records, maps, papers
and other documents belonging to or 
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subject to the control or disposition of
the former regional 
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superintendent of schools by virtue of his office shall be

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transferred and delivered to the State Board of Education; (ii) 
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possession or
control over all moneys, deposits and accounts in 
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the possession or
subject to the control or disposition of the 
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former regional superintendent
of schools by virtue of his 
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office, including but not limited to
undistributed or 
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unexpended moneys drawn from, and all amounts on deposit
in, 
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the county, institute and supervisory expense funds, shall be

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transferred to and placed under the control and disposition of 
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the State Board
of Education, excepting only those moneys or 
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accounts, if any, the source of
which is the county treasury; 
 


 






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and (iii) all other equipment, furnishings,
supplies and other 
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personal property belonging to or subject to the control or

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disposition of the former regional superintendent of schools by 
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virtue of his
office, excepting only those items which were 
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provided by the county board,
shall be transferred and 
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delivered to the State Board of Education.  From and
after July 
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1, 1994, any reference in the School Code or any other law of 
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this
State to "regional superintendent of schools" or "regional 
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superintendent", or
"county superintendent of schools" or 
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"county superintendent" shall mean, with
respect to any 
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educational service region containing 2,000,000 or more

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inhabitants in which the office of regional superintendent of 
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schools is
abolished, the State Board of Education serving 
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through the office of the State
Superintendent of Education as 
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the chief administrative entity of an
educational service 
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region. In educational service regions serving that portion of 
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a Class II county outside of a city of 500,000 or more 
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population, the regional office of education is abolished on 
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the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General 
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Assembly. On and after the effective date of this amendatory 
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Act of the 96th General Assembly in each educational
service 
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region in which the office of regional superintendent of 
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schools is so
abolished all rights, powers, duties, and 
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responsibilities theretofore vested by
law in, and exercised 
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and performed by the regional superintendent of schools
and by 
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any assistant regional superintendents or other assistants or 
 


 






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employees
in the office of the regional superintendent of 
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schools so abolished shall be
vested in, exercised and 
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performed by the State Board of Education through the
office of 
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the State Superintendent of Education.  Upon abolition of the 
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office
of regional superintendent of schools in an educational 
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service region
containing 2,000,000 or more inhabitants: (i) 
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all books, records, maps, papers
and other documents belonging 
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to or subject to the control or disposition of
the former 
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regional superintendent of schools by virtue of his office 
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shall be
transferred and delivered to the State Board of 
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Education; (ii) possession or
control over all moneys, deposits 
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and accounts in the possession or
subject to the control or 
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disposition of the former regional superintendent
of schools by 
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virtue of his office, including but not limited to

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undistributed or unexpended moneys drawn from, and all amounts 
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on deposit
in, the county, institute and supervisory expense 
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funds, shall be
transferred to and placed under the control and 
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disposition of the State Board
of Education, excepting only 
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those moneys or accounts, if any, the source of
which is the 
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county treasury; and (iii) all other equipment, furnishings,

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supplies and other personal property belonging to or subject to 
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the control or
disposition of the former regional 
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superintendent of schools by virtue of his
office, excepting 
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only those items which were provided by the county board,
shall 
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be transferred and delivered to the State Board of Education. 
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Upon and after the first Monday of August 1995,
references in 
 


 






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this Code and elsewhere to educational service regions of

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2,000,000 or fewer inhabitants shall exclude any educational 
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service region
containing a city of 500,000 or more inhabitants 
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and references in this Code
and elsewhere to educational 
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service regions of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants
shall mean an 
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educational service region containing a city of 500,000 or more

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inhabitants regardless of the actual population of the region.

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    (b-1) (Blank). References to "regional superintendent" 
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shall also include the
regional superintendent of schools in 
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regions serving that portion of a Class
II county outside a 
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city of 500,000 or more population elected at the general

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election in 1994 and every 4 years thereafter.

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    (c) This Article applies to the regional superintendent of 
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a multicounty
educational service region formed under Article 
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3A as well as to a single
county or partial county region, 
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except that in case of conflict between
the provisions of this 
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Article and of Article 3A in the case of a multicounty
region, 
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the provisions of Article 3A shall apply.  Any reference to 
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"county" or
to "educational service region" in this Article 
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means a regional office of
education.

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(Source: P.A. 87-654; 87-895; 87-1251; 88-89.)


 



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    (105 ILCS 5/3A-1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 3A-1)



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    Sec. 3A-1. County or portion of county as educational 
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service region. Each
county of the State shall, except as 
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otherwise provided in this Article, be
designated as an 
 


 






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educational service region, referred to in this Article as a

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"region".  Beginning the first Monday of August, 1995, that 
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portion of a Class
II county outside a city of at least 500,000 
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shall constitute a region.
References in this Code to a county 
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as a region shall also mean a portion of a
county as a region 
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when appropriate. 

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(Source: P.A. 88-89.)


 

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    (105 ILCS 5/3A-17 rep.)


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    Section 10. The School Code is amended  by repealing Section 
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3A-17.
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.