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105 ILCS 5/28-14

(105 ILCS 5/28-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 28-14)

Sec. 28-14. Free textbooks - Referendum - Ballot.

Any school board may, and whenever petitioned so to do by 5% or more
of the voters of such district shall order submitted to the
voters thereof at a regular scheduled
election the question of
furnishing free school textbooks or electronic textbooks for the use of pupils attending the
public schools of the district, and the secretary shall certify the proposition
to the proper election authorities for submission in accordance with the
general election law.    The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:

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FOR furnishing free textbooks or electronic textbooks in
the public schools.
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AGAINST furnishing free textbooks or electronic textbooks
in the public schools.
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If a majority of the votes cast upon the proposition
is in favor of furnishing free textbooks or electronic textbooks, the governing body shall
provide, furnish and sell them as provided in Section 28-15, but no
such books shall be sold until at least 1 year after the election. The
furnishing of free textbooks or electronic textbooks when so adopted shall not be discontinued
within 4 years, and thereafter only by a vote of the voters of the
district upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner
as the vote for the adoption of free textbooks or electronic textbooks. No textbook or electronic textbook furnished
under the provisions of this Article shall contain any denominational or
sectarian matter.

(Source: P.A. 96-1403, eff. 7-29-10.)