103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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

    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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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
534-3 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/34-3)  (from Ch. 122, par. 34-3)
7    Sec. 34-3. Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees; new
8Chicago Board of Education; members; term; vacancies.
9    (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this
10amendatory Act of 1995, the terms of all members of the Chicago
11Board of Education holding office on that date are abolished
12and the Mayor shall appoint, without the consent or approval
13of the City Council, a 5 member Chicago School Reform Board of
14Trustees which shall take office upon the appointment of the
15fifth member. The Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees and
16its members shall serve until, and the terms of all members of
17the Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees shall expire on,
18June 30, 1999 or upon the appointment of a new Chicago Board of
19Education as provided in subsection (b), whichever is later.
20Any vacancy in the membership of the Trustees shall be filled
21through appointment by the Mayor, without the consent or
22approval of the City Council, for the unexpired term. One of
23the members appointed by the Mayor to the Trustees shall be

 

 

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1designated by the Mayor to serve as President of the Trustees.
2The Mayor shall appoint a full-time, compensated chief
3executive officer, and his or her compensation as such chief
4executive officer shall be determined by the Mayor. The Mayor,
5at his or her discretion, may appoint the President to serve
6simultaneously as the chief executive officer.
7    (b) This subsection applies until January 15, 2025. Within
830 days before the expiration of the terms of the members of
9the Chicago Reform Board of Trustees as provided in subsection
10(a), a new Chicago Board of Education consisting of 7 members
11shall be appointed by the Mayor to take office on the later of
12July 1, 1999 or the appointment of the seventh member. Three of
13the members initially so appointed under this subsection shall
14serve for terms ending June 30, 2002, 4 of the members
15initially so appointed under this subsection shall serve for
16terms ending June 30, 2003, and each member initially so
17appointed shall continue to hold office until his or her
18successor is appointed and qualified.
19    (b-5) On January 15, 2025, the terms of all members of the
20Chicago Board of Education appointed under subsection (b) are
21abolished when the new board, consisting of 21 members, is
22appointed by the Mayor and elected by the electors of the
23school 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
26on January 15, 2025, the Mayor shall appoint 10 Chicago Board

 

 

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1of Education members to serve terms of 2 years. All appointed
2members shall serve until a successor is appointed or elected
3and qualified. Thereafter at the expiration of the term of any
4member a successor shall be elected and shall hold office for a
5term of 4 years, from January 15 of the year in which the term
6commences and until a successor is appointed or elected and
7qualified. Any vacancy in the appointed membership of the
8Chicago Board of Education shall be filled through appointment
9by the Mayor for the unexpired term. The terms of the 10
10appointed members under this subsection shall end on January
1114, 2027. By December 16, 2024 for a term of office beginning
12on January 15, 2025, the Mayor shall appoint a President of the
13Board for a term of 2 years. The board shall elect annually
14from its number a vice-president, in such manner and at such
15time as the board determines by its rules. The president
16appointed by the Mayor and vice-president elected by the board
17shall each perform the duties imposed upon their respective
18office by the rules of the board, provided that (i) the
19president shall preside at meetings of the board and shall
20only have voting rights to break a voting tie of the other
21Chicago Board of Education elected and appointed members and
22(ii) the vice president shall perform the duties of the
23president if that office is vacant or the president is absent
24or unable to act. Beginning with the 2026 general election,
25one member shall be elected at large and serve as the president
26of the board. After January 15, 2027, the president shall

 

 

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1preside at meetings of the board and vote as any other member
2but have no power of veto. The secretary of the Board shall be
3selected by the Board and shall be an employee of the Board
4rather than a member of the Board, notwithstanding subsection
5(d) of Section 34-3.3. The duties of the secretary shall be
6imposed by the rules of the Board. Each member of the Board
7shall select a constituent service coordinator, who shall
8report to that respective member of the Board and shall be an
9employee of the Board but whose employment shall be at the will
10of the Board member.
11    (b-15) Beginning with the 2024 general election, 10
12members of the Chicago Board of Education shall be elected to
13serve a term of 4 years in office beginning on January 15,
142025. Beginning with the 2026 general election, 10 members of
15the Chicago Board of Education shall be elected to serve a term
16of 4 years in office beginning on January 15, 2027. Whenever a
17vacancy of a Chicago Board of Education elected board member
18occurs, the President of the Board shall notify the Mayor of
19the vacancy within 7 days after its occurrence and shall,
20within 30 days, fill the vacancy for the remainder of the
21unexpired term by majority vote of the remaining board
22members. The successor shall have the same qualifications as
23his or her predecessor.
24    For purposes of elections conducted under this subsection,
25the City of Chicago shall be subdivided into electoral
26districts as provided under subsection (a) of Section

 

 

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134-21.10. From January 15, 2025 to January 14, 2027, each
2district shall be represented by one elected member and one
3appointed member. After January 15, 2027, each district shall
4be represented by one elected member.
5    (b-30) No member shall have, or be an employee or owner of
6a company that has, a contract with the school district. No
7former officer, member, or employee of the board shall, within
8a period of one year immediately after termination of service
9on the board, knowingly accept employment or receive
10compensation or fees for services from a person or entity if
11the officer, member, or employee, during the year immediately
12preceding termination of service on the board, participated
13personally and substantially in the award of contracts with
14the board or the school district, or the issuance of contract
15change orders with the board or the school district, with a
16cumulative value of $25,000 or more to the person or entity, or
17its parent or subsidiary.
18    (c) The board may appoint a student to the board to serve
19in an advisory capacity. The student member shall serve for a
20term as determined by the board. The board may not grant the
21student member any voting privileges, but shall consider the
22student member as an advisor. The student member may not
23participate in or attend any executive session of the board.
24(Source: P.A. 102-177, eff. 6-1-22; 102-691, eff. 12-17-21.)