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Sen. William R. Haine
Filed: 4/30/2012
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2706
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2706 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 | | 3A-4 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/3A-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 3A-4)
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| 7 | | Sec. 3A-4. Mandatory consolidation of educational service |
| 8 | | regions.
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| 9 | | (a) After July 1, 2015 October 15, 1993,
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region must |
| 10 | | contain at least 61,000 43,000 inhabitants. Before June 30, |
| 11 | | 2013, regions Regions may be consolidated
voluntarily under |
| 12 | | Section 3A-3 or by joint resolution of the county boards of
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| 13 | | regions seeking to join a voluntary consolidation, effective |
| 14 | | July 1, 2015, to meet these population
requirements. The |
| 15 | | boundaries of regions already meeting these population
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| 16 | | requirements on the effective date of this amendatory Act of |
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| 1 | | the 97th General Assembly 1993 may not be
changed except to |
| 2 | | consolidate with another region or a whole county portion of
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| 3 | | another region which does not meet these population |
| 4 | | requirements.
If, before January 1, 2014, locally determined |
| 5 | | consolidation decisions result in more than 35 45 regions of
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| 6 | | population greater than 61,000 43,000 each, the State Board of |
| 7 | | Education shall, before June 1, 2014, direct
further |
| 8 | | consolidation, beginning with the region of lowest population, |
| 9 | | until
the number of 35 45 regions is achieved.
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| 10 | | (b) (Blank).
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| 11 | | (c) If, within 90 days after the most recent certified |
| 12 | | federal census, a region does not meet the population |
| 13 | | requirements of this Section, then regions may be consolidated |
| 14 | | voluntarily under Section 3A-3 of this Code or by joint |
| 15 | | resolution of the county boards of regions seeking to join a |
| 16 | | voluntary consolidation to meet these population requirements. |
| 17 | | If locally determined consolidation decisions result in a |
| 18 | | region not meeting the population requirements of this Section |
| 19 | | or result in more than 35 regions, then the State Board of |
| 20 | | Education shall have the authority to impose further |
| 21 | | consolidation by order of the State Superintendent of |
| 22 | | Education. Such an order shall be a final order and is subject |
| 23 | | to the Administrative Review Law. If any region does not meet |
| 24 | | the population requirements of this
Section the State Board of |
| 25 | | Education, within 15 days after
the above said dates, shall |
| 26 | | direct such consolidation of that region
with another region or |