97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB2880

 

Introduced 2/22/2011, by Rep. William Davis

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/34-3  from Ch. 122, par. 34-3

    Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Chicago school district.


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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 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 of
13the 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) Within 30 days before the expiration of the terms of
8the members of the Chicago Reform Board of Trustees as provided
9in subsection (a), a new Chicago Board of Education consisting
10of 7 members shall be appointed by the Mayor to take office on
11the later of July 1, 1999 or the appointment of the seventh
12member. Three of the members initially so appointed under this
13subsection shall serve for terms ending June 30, 2002, 4 of the
14members initially so appointed under this subsection shall
15serve for terms ending June 30, 2003, and each member initially
16so appointed shall continue to hold office until his or her
17successor is appointed and qualified. Thereafter at the
18expiration of the term of any member a successor shall be
19appointed by the Mayor and shall hold office for a term of 4
20years, from July 1 of the year in which the term commences and
21until a successor is appointed and qualified. Any vacancy in
22the membership of the Chicago Board of Education shall be
23filled through appointment by the Mayor for the unexpired term.
24No appointment to membership on the Chicago Board of Education
25that is made by the Mayor under this subsection shall require
26the approval of the City Council, whether the appointment is

 

 

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1made for a full term or to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term
2on the Board. The board shall elect annually from its number a
3president and vice-president, in such manner and at such time
4as the board determines by its rules. The officers so elected
5shall each perform the duties imposed upon their respective
6office by the rules of the board, provided that (i) the
7president shall preside at meetings of the board and vote as
8any other member but have no power of veto, and (ii) the vice
9president shall perform the duties of the president if that
10office is vacant or the president is absent or unable to act.
11The secretary of the Board shall be selected by the Board and
12shall be an employee of the Board rather than a member of the
13Board, notwithstanding subsection (d) of Section 34-3.3. The
14duties of the secretary shall be imposed by the rules of the
15Board.
16    (c) The board may appoint a student to the board to serve
17in an advisory capacity. The student member shall serve for a
18term as determined by the board. The board may not grant the
19student member any voting privileges, but shall consider the
20student member as an advisor. The student member may not
21participate in or attend any executive session of the board.
22(Source: P.A. 94-231, eff. 7-14-05.)