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1 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
2 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
3 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
5 SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to
6 the electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the
7 general election next occurring at least 6 months after the
8 adoption of this resolution a proposition to amend Section 2
9 of Article X of the Constitution as follows:
10 ARTICLE X
11 EDUCATION
12 (ILCON Art. X, Sec. 2)
13 SECTION 2. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION - STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF
14 EDUCATION CHIEF STATE EDUCATIONAL OFFICER
15 (a) There is created a State Board of Education to be
16 elected or selected on a regional basis. The number of
17 members, their qualifications, terms of office and manner of
18 election or selection shall be provided by law. The Board,
19 except as limited by law, may establish goals, determine
20 policies, provide for planning and evaluating education
21 programs and recommend financing. The Board shall have such
22 other duties and powers as provided by law.
23 (b) A State Superintendent of Education shall be
24 nominated at a general primary election and elected by the
25 electors of the State at the general election every 4 years,
26 beginning in 2006. The State Superintendent of Education
27 shall hold office for 4 years beginning on the second Monday
28 of January after his or her election. To be eligible to hold
29 the office of State Superintendent of Education a person must
30 be a United States citizen, at least 25 years old, and a
31 resident of the State for 10 years preceding his or her
32 election.
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1 The names of the candidates for State Superintendent of
2 Education shall be printed on the ballot directly below the
3 names of the candidates for Secretary of State.
4 Any vacancy in the office of State Superintendent of
5 Education shall be filled in the manner provided in Section 7
6 of Article V.
7 Until the State Superintendent of Education initially
8 elected under this Section takes office, the State Board of
9 Education shall appoint a chief state educational officer.
10 The State Superintendent of Education shall be the chief
11 educational officer of the State.
12 (Source: Illinois Constitution.)
13 SCHEDULE
14 This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being
15 declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
16 Constitutional Amendment Act, and when the State
17 Superintendent of Education initially elected under Section 2
18 of Article X of the Illinois Constitution takes office, the
19 term of office of the chief state educational officer
20 appointed by the State Board of Education shall expire.