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92_SB1190eng SB1190 Engrossed LRB9208059NTsb 1 AN ACT concerning the functions of the State Board of 2 Education. 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 Section 1A-1 as follows: 7 (105 ILCS 5/1A-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 1A-1) 8 Sec. 1A-1. State Board of Education; members and terms. 9 (a) The term of each member of the State Board of 10 Education who is in office on the effective date of this 11 amendatory Act of 1996 shall terminate on January 1, 1997 or 12 when all of the new members initially to be appointed under 13 this amendatory Act of 1996 are appointed by the Governor as 14 provided in subsection (b), whichever last occurs. 15 (b) Beginning on January 1, 1997 or when all of the new 16 members initially to be appointed under this subsection are 17 appointed by the Governor, whichever last occurs, and 18 thereafter, the State Board of Education shall consist of 9 19 members, who shall be appointed by the Governor with the 20 advice and consent of the Senate from a pattern of regional 21 representation as follows: 2 appointees shall be selected 22 from among those counties of the State other than Cook County 23 and the 5 counties contiguous to Cook County; 2 appointees 24 shall be selected from Cook County, one of whom shall be a 25 resident of the City of Chicago and one of whom shall be a 26 resident of that part of Cook County which lies outside the 27 city limits of Chicago; 2 appointees shall be selected from 28 among the 5 counties of the State that are contiguous to Cook 29 County; and 3 members shall be selected as members-at-large. 30 At no time may more than 5 members of the Board be from one 31 political party. Party membership is defined as having voted SB1190 Engrossed -2- LRB9208059NTsb 1 in the primary of the party in the last primary before 2 appointment. The 9 members initially appointed pursuant to 3 this amendatory Act of 1996 shall draw lots to determine 3 of 4 their number who shall serve until the second Wednesday of 5 January, 2003, 3 of their number who shall serve until the 6 second Wednesday of January, 2001, and 3 of their number who 7 shall serve until the second Wednesday of January, 1999. 8 Upon expiration of the terms of the members initially 9 appointed under this amendatory Act of 1996, their respective 10 successors shall be appointed for terms of 6 years, from the 11 second Wednesday in January of each odd numbered year and 12 until their respective successors are appointed and 13 qualified. Vacancies in terms shall be filled by appointment 14 by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate for 15 the extent of the unexpired term. If a vacancy in membership 16 occurs at a time when the Senate is not in session, the 17 Governor shall make a temporary appointment until the next 18 meeting of the Senate, when the Governor shall appoint a 19 person to fill that membership for the remainder of its term. 20 If the Senate is not in session when appointments for a full 21 term are made, the appointments shall be made as in the case 22 of vacancies. 23 (Source: P.A. 89-610, eff. 8-6-96.)