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State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB1597 Introduced 1/31/2023, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 105 ILCS 5/34-3 | from Ch. 122, par. 34-3 |
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Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that each member of the Chicago Board of Education shall select a constituent service coordinator, who shall be an employee of the Board but whose employment shall be at the will of the respective Board member.
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1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
5 | | 34-3 as follows:
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6 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-3)
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7 | | Sec. 34-3. Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees; new |
8 | | Chicago Board of
Education; members; term; vacancies.
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9 | | (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this |
10 | | amendatory Act of
1995, the terms of all members of the Chicago |
11 | | Board of Education
holding office on that date are abolished |
12 | | and the Mayor shall appoint,
without the consent or approval |
13 | | of the City Council, a 5 member
Chicago School Reform Board of |
14 | | Trustees which shall take office upon the
appointment of the |
15 | | fifth member. The Chicago School
Reform Board of Trustees and |
16 | | its members
shall serve until, and the terms of all members of |
17 | | the Chicago School
Reform Board of Trustees shall expire on, |
18 | | June 30, 1999 or upon the
appointment of a new Chicago Board of |
19 | | Education as provided
in subsection (b), whichever is later. |
20 | | Any vacancy in the membership of
the Trustees shall be filled |
21 | | through appointment by the Mayor,
without the consent or |
22 | | approval of the City Council, for the unexpired term.
One of |
23 | | the members appointed by the Mayor to the Trustees shall
be |
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1 | | designated by the Mayor to serve as President of the Trustees. |
2 | | The
Mayor shall appoint a full-time, compensated
chief |
3 | | executive officer, and his or her compensation as such chief |
4 | | executive
officer shall be determined by the Mayor. The Mayor, |
5 | | at his or her discretion,
may appoint the President to serve |
6 | | simultaneously as the chief executive
officer.
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7 | | (b) This subsection applies until January 15, 2025. Within |
8 | | 30 days before the expiration of the terms of the members of
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9 | | the Chicago Reform Board of Trustees as provided in subsection |
10 | | (a), a new
Chicago Board of Education consisting of 7 members |
11 | | shall be appointed by the
Mayor to take office on the later of |
12 | | July 1, 1999 or the appointment of the
seventh member. Three of |
13 | | the members initially so appointed under this
subsection shall |
14 | | serve for terms ending June 30, 2002, 4 of the members
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15 | | initially so appointed under this subsection shall serve for |
16 | | terms ending
June 30, 2003, and each member initially so |
17 | | appointed shall continue to hold
office until his or her |
18 | | successor is appointed and qualified. |
19 | | (b-5) On January 15, 2025, the terms of all members of the
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20 | | Chicago Board of Education appointed under subsection (b) are
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21 | | abolished when the new board, consisting of 21 members, is |
22 | | appointed by the Mayor and elected by the electors of the |
23 | | school district as provided under subsections (b-10) and |
24 | | (b-15) and takes office. |
25 | | (b-10) By December 16, 2024 for a term of office beginning |
26 | | on January 15, 2025, the Mayor shall appoint 10 Chicago Board |
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1 | | of Education members to serve terms of 2 years. All appointed |
2 | | members shall serve until a successor is appointed or elected |
3 | | and qualified. Thereafter at
the expiration of the term of any |
4 | | member a successor
shall be elected and shall hold office for a |
5 | | term of 4 years,
from January 15 of the year in which the term |
6 | | commences and until a successor
is appointed or elected and |
7 | | qualified. Any vacancy in the appointed membership of the |
8 | | Chicago Board
of Education shall be filled through appointment |
9 | | by the Mayor for the
unexpired term. The terms of the 10 |
10 | | appointed members under this subsection shall end on January |
11 | | 14, 2027.
By December 16, 2024 for a term of office beginning
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12 | | on January 15, 2025, the Mayor shall appoint a President of the |
13 | | Board for a term of 2 years. The board shall elect annually |
14 | | from its
number a vice-president, in such
manner and at such
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15 | | time as the board determines by its rules. The president |
16 | | appointed by the Mayor and vice-president elected by the board |
17 | | shall each
perform the duties imposed upon their respective |
18 | | office by the rules of the
board, provided that (i) the |
19 | | president shall preside at meetings of the board
and shall |
20 | | only
have voting rights to break a voting tie of the other |
21 | | Chicago
Board of Education elected and appointed members and |
22 | | (ii) the vice
president shall perform the duties of the |
23 | | president if that office is vacant or
the president is absent |
24 | | or unable to act. Beginning with the 2026 general election, |
25 | | one member shall be elected at large and serve as the president |
26 | | of the board.
After January 15, 2027, the president shall |
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1 | | preside at meetings of the board and vote as any other member |
2 | | but have no power of veto.
The secretary of the Board shall be |
3 | | selected by the Board and shall be an
employee of the Board |
4 | | rather than a member of the Board, notwithstanding
subsection |
5 | | (d) of Section 34-3.3. The duties of the secretary shall be
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6 | | imposed by the rules of the Board. Each member of the Board |
7 | | shall select a constituent service coordinator, who shall |
8 | | report to that respective member of the Board and shall be an |
9 | | employee of the Board but whose employment shall be at the will |
10 | | of the Board member.
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11 | | (b-15) Beginning with the 2024 general election, 10 |
12 | | members of the Chicago Board of Education shall be elected to |
13 | | serve a term of 4 years in office beginning on January 15, |
14 | | 2025. Beginning with the 2026 general election, 10 members of |
15 | | the Chicago Board of Education shall be elected to serve a term |
16 | | of 4 years in office beginning on January 15, 2027. Whenever a |
17 | | vacancy of a Chicago Board of Education elected board member |
18 | | occurs, the President of the Board shall notify the Mayor of |
19 | | the vacancy within 7 days after its occurrence and shall, |
20 | | within 30 days, fill the vacancy for the remainder of the |
21 | | unexpired term by majority vote of the remaining board |
22 | | members. The successor shall have the same qualifications as |
23 | | his or her predecessor. |
24 | | For purposes of elections conducted under this subsection, |
25 | | the City of Chicago shall be subdivided into electoral |
26 | | districts as provided under subsection (a) of Section |
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1 | | 34-21.10. From January 15, 2025 to January 14, 2027, each |
2 | | district shall be represented by one elected member and one |
3 | | appointed member. After January 15, 2027, each district shall |
4 | | be represented by one elected member. |
5 | | (b-30) No member shall have, or be an employee or owner of |
6 | | a company that has, a contract with the school district. No |
7 | | former officer, member, or employee of the board shall, within |
8 | | a period of one year immediately after termination of service |
9 | | on the board, knowingly accept employment or receive |
10 | | compensation or fees for services from a person or entity if |
11 | | the officer, member, or employee, during the year immediately |
12 | | preceding termination of service on the board, participated |
13 | | personally and substantially in the award of contracts with |
14 | | the board or the school district, or the issuance of contract |
15 | | change orders with the board or the school district, with a |
16 | | cumulative value of $25,000 or more to the person or entity, or |
17 | | its parent or subsidiary. |
18 | | (c) The board may appoint a student to the board to serve |
19 | | in an advisory capacity. The student member shall serve for a |
20 | | term as determined by the board. The board may not grant the |
21 | | student member any voting privileges, but shall consider the |
22 | | student member as an advisor. The student member may not |
23 | | participate in or attend any executive session of the board.
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24 | | (Source: P.A. 102-177, eff. 6-1-22; 102-691, eff. 12-17-21 .)
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