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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 448
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 448 as follows:
 3    on page 1, line 2, after "14-1.09.2", by  inserting  "and  by
 4    changing Section 34-3"; and
 5    on  page  1,  line 6, after "14-1.09.2", by inserting "and by
 6    changing Section 34-3"; and
 7    on page 2,  immediately  below  line  16,  by  inserting  the
 8    following:
 9        "(105 ILCS 5/34-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-3)
10        Sec.  34-3.  Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees; new
11    Chicago Board of Education; members; term; vacancies.
12        (a)  Within 30 days after  the  effective  date  of  this
13    amendatory  Act  of  1995,  the  terms  of all members of the
14    Chicago Board of Education holding office on  that  date  are
15    abolished and the Mayor shall appoint, without the consent or
16    approval  of  the  City  Council,  a  5 member Chicago School
17    Reform Board of Trustees which shall  take  office  upon  the
18    appointment  of  the fifth member.  The Chicago School Reform
19    Board of Trustees and its members shall serve until, and  the
20    terms  of  all  members of the Chicago School Reform Board of
21    Trustees  shall  expire  on,  June  30,  1999  or  upon   the
22    appointment  of  a new Chicago Board of Education as provided
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 1    in subsection (b), whichever is later.  Any  vacancy  in  the
 2    membership   of   the   Trustees   shall  be  filled  through
 3    appointment by the Mayor, without the consent or approval  of
 4    the City Council, for the unexpired term.  One of the members
 5    appointed by the Mayor to the Trustees shall be designated by
 6    the  Mayor  to serve as President of the Trustees.  The Mayor
 7    shall  appoint  a  full-time,  compensated  chief   executive
 8    officer,  and his or her compensation as such chief executive
 9    officer shall be determined by the Mayor.  The Mayor, at  his
10    or  her  discretion,  may  appoint  the  President  to  serve
11    simultaneously as the chief executive officer.
12        (b)  Within 30 days before the expiration of the terms of
13    the  members  of  the  Chicago  Reform  Board  of Trustees as
14    provided in subsection (a), a new Chicago Board of  Education
15    consisting  of  7  members shall be appointed by the Mayor to
16    take office on the later of July 1, 1999 or  the  appointment
17    of  the  seventh  member.   Three of the members initially so
18    appointed under this subsection shall serve for terms  ending
19    June  30, 2002, 4 of the members initially so appointed under
20    this subsection shall serve for terms ending June  30,  2003,
21    and each member initially so appointed shall continue to hold
22    office until his or her successor is appointed and qualified.
23    Thereafter  at  the  expiration  of  the term of any member a
24    successor shall be appointed by  the  Mayor  and  shall  hold
25    office  for  a  term  of  4 years, from July 1 of the year in
26    which the term commences and until a successor  is  appointed
27    and  qualified.  Any vacancy in the membership of the Chicago
28    Board of Education shall be filled through appointment by the
29    Mayor for the unexpired term.  No appointment  to  membership
30    on  the  Chicago Board of Education that is made by the Mayor
31    under this subsection shall require the approval of the  City
32    Council,  whether  the appointment is made for a full term or
33    to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term on  the  Board.   The
34    board  shall  elect annually from its number a president and,
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 1    vice-president, and secretary, in such  manner  and  at  such
 2    time  as  the board determines by its rules.  The officers so
 3    elected shall each perform  the  duties  imposed  upon  their
 4    respective  office  by  the rules of the board, provided that
 5    (i) the president shall preside at meetings of the board  and
 6    vote  as any other member but have no power of veto, and (ii)
 7    the vice president shall perform the duties of the  president
 8    if that office is vacant or the president is absent or unable
 9    to  act.  The secretary of the Board shall be selected by the
10    Board and shall be an employee of the  Board  rather  than  a
11    member  of  the  Board,  notwithstanding  subsection  (d)  of
12    Section 34-3.3.  The duties of the secretary shall be imposed
13    by the rules of the Board.
14    (Source: P.A. 89-15, eff. 5-30-95.)".

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