Full Text of HB0595 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 7-04 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/7-04) (from Ch. 122, par. 7-04) | 7 | | Sec. 7-04. Districts in educational service regions of | 8 | | 2,000,000 or more
inhabitants. | 9 | | (a) In all proceedings under this Article to change by | 10 | | detachment,
annexation, division, dissolution, or any | 11 | | combination of those methods the
boundaries of any school | 12 | | district (other than a school district organized
under Article | 13 | | 34) located in an educational service region of 2,000,000 or
| 14 | | more inhabitants in which the regional board of school trustees | 15 | | is
abolished as provided in subsection (a) of Section 6-2, the | 16 | | trustees of
schools of the township in which that school | 17 | | district is located, as the
successor under subsection (b) of | 18 | | Section 6-2 to the former regional board
of school trustees | 19 | | with respect to all territory located in that school
township, | 20 | | shall have, exercise, and perform all powers, duties, and
| 21 | | responsibilities required under this Article to be exercised | 22 | | and performed
in those proceedings by a regional board of | 23 | | school trustees; provided that
if any school district affected |
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| 1 | | by those proceedings is located in
a school township referred | 2 | | to in subsection (b) of Section 5-1 and there
are no trustees | 3 | | of schools acting in that township , then the governing board of | 4 | | the educational service center established pursuant to Section | 5 | | 2-3.62 of this Code where the detaching territory is located | 6 | | school board
of any such district, as the successor under | 7 | | subsection (b) of Section 6-2
to the former regional board of | 8 | | school trustees with respect to the
territory comprising that | 9 | | school district, shall have, exercise, and
perform all powers, | 10 | | duties, and responsibilities required under this
Article to be | 11 | | exercised and performed in those proceedings with respect to
| 12 | | the territory of that school district by a regional board of | 13 | | school
trustees; and provided further that: (i) when any school | 14 | | district affected
by those proceedings is located not only in | 15 | | an educational service region
of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants | 16 | | but also in 2 or more school townships in
that region that each | 17 | | have trustees of schools of the township, then the
boundaries | 18 | | of that school district may be changed under this Article by
| 19 | | detachment, annexation, division, dissolution, or any | 20 | | combination of those
methods only by the concurrent action of, | 21 | | taken following a joint hearing
before the trustees of schools | 22 | | of those townships (in that educational
service region) in | 23 | | which that school district is located; and (ii) if any
part of | 24 | | the school district referred to in item (i) of this subsection
| 25 | | also lies within an educational service region that has a | 26 | | regional board of
school trustees, the boundaries of that |
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| 1 | | district may be changed under this
Article only by the | 2 | | concurrent action of, taken following a joint hearing
before | 3 | | the trustees of schools of the townships referred to in item | 4 | | (i) of
this subsection and the regional board of school | 5 | | trustees of the educational
service region referred to in this | 6 | | item (ii) of this subsection. Whenever
concurrent action and | 7 | | joint hearings are required under this subsection,
the original | 8 | | petition shall be filed with the trustees of schools of the
| 9 | | township in which the territory or greatest portion of the | 10 | | territory being
detached is located, or if the territory is | 11 | | being detached from more than
one educational service region | 12 | | then with the regional board of school
trustees of the region | 13 | | or the trustees of schools of the township in which
the | 14 | | territory or greatest portion of the territory being detached | 15 | | is located. | 16 | | (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, all other | 17 | | provisions
of this Article shall apply to any proceedings under | 18 | | this Article to change
the boundaries of any school district | 19 | | located in an educational service
region having 2,000,000 or | 20 | | more inhabitants in the same manner that those
provisions apply | 21 | | to any proceedings to change the boundaries of any school
| 22 | | district located in any other educational service region; | 23 | | provided, that any
reference in those other provisions to the | 24 | | regional board of school trustees
shall mean, with respect to | 25 | | all territory within an educational service region
containing | 26 | | 2,000,000 or more inhabitants that formerly was served by a |
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| 1 | | regional
board of school trustees abolished under subsection | 2 | | (a) of Section 6-2, the
trustees of schools of the township or | 3 | | the school board of the school district
that is the successor | 4 | | under subsection (b) of Section 6-2 to the former
regional | 5 | | board of school trustees with respect to the territory included | 6 | | within
that school township or school district or the governing | 7 | | board of the educational service center established pursuant to | 8 | | Section 2-3.62 of this Code where the detaching territory is | 9 | | located when any school district affected by those proceedings | 10 | | is located in a school township referred to in subsection (b) | 11 | | of Section 5-1 of this Code and there are no trustees of | 12 | | schools acting in that township . The executive director of the | 13 | | educational service center shall appoint 3 members from the | 14 | | governing board of the educational service center to | 15 | | participate in the hearing. Individuals serving on the hearing | 16 | | panel may not reside in the area affected by the petition or be | 17 | | employed or serve as a school board member in the school | 18 | | districts affected by the petition. | 19 | | (Source: P.A. 87-969.)
| 20 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 21 | | becoming law.
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