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90_HB0741eng
105 ILCS 5/3-1 from Ch. 122, par. 3-1
Amends the School Code. Provides that the term of office
of a regional superintendent of schools in office on June 30,
2003 terminates on July 1, 2003, and that the term of office
of each regional superintendent elected in 2002 or thereafter
begins on the first day of July next after his election.
Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section 3-1.
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
5 Section 3-1 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/3-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-1)
7 Sec. 3-1. Election; eligibility. Quadrennially there
8 shall be elected in every county, except those which have
9 been consolidated into a multicounty educational service
10 region under Article 3A and except those having a population
11 of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, and beginning in 1994 in
12 that portion of a Class II county outside a city of 500,000
13 or more inhabitants and constituting an educational service
14 region, a regional superintendent of schools, who shall enter
15 upon the discharge of his duties on the first Monday of
16 August next after his election; provided, however, that the
17 term of office of each regional superintendent of schools in
18 office on June 30, 2003 November 30, 2002 is terminated on
19 July 1, 2003 December 1, 2002, except that an incumbent
20 regional superintendent of schools shall continue to serve
21 until his successor is elected and qualified, and each
22 regional superintendent of schools elected at the general
23 election in 2002 and every four years thereafter shall assume
24 office on the first day of July December next after his
25 election. No one is eligible to file his petition at any
26 primary election for the nomination as candidate for the
27 office of regional superintendent of schools nor to enter
28 upon the duties of such office either by election or
29 appointment unless he possesses the following qualifications:
30 (1) he is of good character, (2) he has a master's degree,
31 (3) he has earned at least 20 semester hours of credit in
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1 professional education at the graduate level, (4) he holds a
2 valid all grade supervisory certificate or a valid state
3 limited supervisory certificate, or a valid state life
4 supervisory certificate, or a valid administrative
5 certificate, (5) he has had at least 4 years experience in
6 teaching, and (6) he was engaged for at least 2 years of the
7 4 previous years in full time teaching or supervising in the
8 common public schools or serving as a county superintendent
9 of schools or regional superintendent of schools for an
10 educational service region in the State of Illinois.
11 No petition of any candidate for nomination for the
12 office of regional superintendent of schools may be filed and
13 no such candidate's name may be placed on a primary or
14 general election ballot, unless such candidate files as part
15 of his petition a certificate from the State Board of
16 Education certifying that from the records of its office such
17 candidate has the qualifications required by this Section;
18 however, any incumbent filing his petition for nomination for
19 a succeeding term of office shall not be required to attach
20 such certificate to his petition of candidacy.
21 Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid
22 unless the candidate named therein files with the county
23 clerk or State Board of Elections a statement of economic
24 interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics
25 Act. Such receipt shall be so filed either previously during
26 the calendar year in which his nomination papers were filed
27 or within the period for the filing of nomination papers in
28 accordance with the general election law.
29 The changes in qualifications made by Public Act 76-1563
30 do not affect the right of an incumbent to seek reelection.
31 On and after July 1, 1994, the provisions of this Section
32 shall have no application in any educational service region
33 having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants;
34 provided further that no election shall be held in November
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1 of 1994 or at any other time after July 1, 1992 for the
2 office of regional superintendent of schools in any county or
3 educational service region having a population of 2,000,000
4 or more inhabitants.
5 (Source: P.A. 88-89; 89-383, eff. 8-18-95.)
6 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7 becoming law.