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90_SB1312
105 ILCS 5/9-12.1 from Ch. 122, par. 9-12.1
105 ILCS 5/10-5 from Ch. 122, par. 10-5
105 ILCS 5/10-16 from Ch. 122, par. 10-16
105 ILCS 5/10-22.32 from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.32
Amends the School Code. Specifies that when members of a
board of school directors or board of education are elected
at the consolidated elections held in April, 1999 and April,
2001, the board is to organize, elect its officers, and enter
upon the discharge of its duties at an organizational meeting
held within 7 days after the first Tuesday after the first
Monday of November in each of those 2 years. Provides for
adjustment of the ballot form used at those elections to
reflect a full term of less than 4 years. Authorizes the
expenditure of school district funds to provide training
through school board associations to persons elected to
school board membership at the 1999 and 2001 consolidated
elections after they are elected and before their terms
commence. Makes other related changes. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Sections
2 9-12.1, 10-5, 10-16, and 10-22.32.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
6 Sections 9-12.1, 10-5, 10-16, and 10-22.32 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/9-12.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 9-12.1)
8 Sec. 9-12.1. (a) On the reverse side of each ballot
9 contained in Section 9-12, except the ballot under Format 6,
10 shall be printed the following:
11 OFFICIAL BALLOT
12 ..... County, Illinois
13 School District No. ...., ...... County, Illinois
14 Election Tuesday, ...., 19...
15 (facsimile signature of the election authority)
16 (b) If 6-year terms have been adopted under Section 9-5,
17 or if a ballot is to be used to elect a member or members of
18 a board of school directors or board of education at the
19 consolidated election held in April of 1999 or April of 2001
20 to a full term that is less than a 4-year term, appropriate
21 adjustments should be made to each ballot in Section 9-12. In
22 the case of any unexpired term each ballot format must
23 indicate whether it is a 4-year or a 2-year unexpired term.
24 (Source: P.A. 84-1338.)
25 (105 ILCS 5/10-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-5)
26 Sec. 10-5. Organization of board - Report to treasurer
27 and regional superintendent of schools. Within 7 days after
28 the regular election of directors, the directors shall meet
29 and organize by appointing one of their number president and
30 another as clerk, except that when directors are elected at
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1 the consolidated elections in April of 1999 and April of
2 2001, the directors shall meet and organize, in the manner
3 provided by this Section, within 7 days after the first
4 Tuesday after the first Monday of November in each of those 2
5 years. The clerk shall at once report to the treasurer and
6 regional superintendent of schools the names of the president
7 and clerk so appointed. Upon organizing itself as provided
8 in this Section, the board of school directors shall enter
9 upon the discharge of its duties. Terms of members are
10 subject to Section 2A-54 of the Election Code.
11 (Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
12 (105 ILCS 5/10-16) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-16)
13 Sec. 10-16. Organization of Board. Within 7 days after
14 the consolidated election, other than the consolidated
15 elections in 1999 and 2001, the board shall organize by
16 electing its officers and fixing a time and place for the
17 regular meetings. However, when school board members are
18 elected at the consolidated elections held in April of 1999
19 and April of 2001, the board shall organize within 7 days
20 after the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in
21 each such year by electing officers and setting the time and
22 place of the regular meetings. Upon organizing itself as
23 provided in this paragraph, the board It shall then enter
24 upon the discharge of its duties.
25 The regional superintendent of schools having supervision
26 and control, over the district as provided in Section 3-14.2,
27 of a new school district that is governed by the School Code
28 and formed on or after the effective date of this amendatory
29 Act of 1998 this Act shall convene the newly elected board
30 within 7 days after the election of the board of education of
31 that any new district governed by this Act, whereupon the
32 board shall proceed to organize by electing one 1 of their
33 number as president and electing a secretary, who may or may
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1 not be a member. At such meeting the length of term of each
2 of the members shall be determined by lot so that 4 shall
3 serve for 4 years, and 3 for 2 years from the commencement of
4 their terms; provided, however, if such members were not
5 elected at the consolidated nonpartisan election in an
6 odd-numbered year, such initial terms shall be extended to
7 the consolidated nonpartisan election for school board
8 members immediately following the expiration of the initial 4
9 or 2 year terms. The provisions of this paragraph that relate
10 to the determination of terms by lot shall not apply to the
11 initial members of the board of education of a combined
12 school district who are to be elected to unstaggered terms as
13 provided in subsection (a-5) of Section 11B-7.
14 The terms of the officers of a board of education shall
15 be for 2 years, except that the terms of the officers elected
16 at the organization meeting in November, 2001 shall expire at
17 the organization meeting in April, 2003; provided that the
18 board by resolution may establish a policy for the terms of
19 office to be one year, and provide for the election of
20 officers.
21 Special meetings of the board of education may be called
22 by the president or by any 3 members of the board by giving
23 notice thereof in writing, stating the time, place and
24 purpose of the meeting. Such notice may be served by mail 48
25 hours before such meeting or by personal service 24 hours
26 before such meeting. Public notice of meetings must also be
27 given as prescribed in Sections 2.02 and 2.03 of the Open
28 Meetings Act, as now or hereafter amended.
29 At each regular and special meeting which is open to the
30 public, members of the public and employees of the district
31 shall be afforded time, subject to reasonable constraints, to
32 comment to or ask questions of the board.
33 The president or district superintendent shall, at each
34 regular board meeting, report any requests made of the
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1 district under provisions of The Freedom of Information Act
2 and shall report the status of the district's response.
3 (Source: P.A. 90-459, eff. 8-17-97.)
4 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.32) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.32)
5 Sec. 10-22.32. To authorize the advancement to school
6 board members the anticipated actual and necessary expenses
7 incurred in attending the following meetings:
8 1. Meetings sponsored by the State Board of Education or
9 by the regional superintendents of schools,
10 2. County or regional meetings and the annual meeting
11 sponsored by any school board association complying with the
12 provisions of Article 23 of this Act, and
13 3. Meetings sponsored by a national organization in the
14 field of public school education.
15 The school board may advance to teachers and other
16 certified employees the anticipated actual and necessary
17 expenses incurred in attending meetings which are related to
18 that employee's duties and will contribute to the
19 professional development of that employee.
20 Such advanced actual and necessary expenses are those
21 reasonably anticipated to be incurred on the days necessary
22 for travel to and from and for attendance at such meetings.
23 After a meeting for which money was advanced to a school
24 board member or teacher or other certified employee for
25 actual and necessary expenses, such member or employee shall
26 submit an itemized verified expense voucher showing the
27 amount of his actual expenses. Receipts shall be attached
28 where possible. If the actual and necessary expenses exceed
29 the amount advanced, the member or employee shall be
30 reimbursed for the amount not advanced. If the actual and
31 necessary expenses are less than the amount advanced, the
32 member or employee shall refund the excess amount.
33 For purposes of this Section only, a person elected at
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1 the consolidated election held in April of 1999 or April of
2 2001 to serve as a school board member for a term commencing
3 upon the termination of his or her predecessor's term of
4 office shall be deemed to be a school board member for whom
5 moneys of the school district may be advanced and expended
6 under this Section in order to provide, or to arrange for a
7 school board association that complies with Article 23 to
8 provide, to that person, after he or she has been elected and
9 before his or her term of office as a school board member
10 commences, training in matters relating to the powers,
11 duties, and responsibilities of school board membership.
12 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section
13 10-22.32, no money for expenses shall be advanced nor shall
14 any member or employee be reimbursed, for any expenses
15 incurred on behalf of any person other than such member, or
16 employee, or person deemed to be a school board member for
17 purposes of this Section.
18 (Source: P.A. 85-389.)
19 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20 becoming law.