Public Act 90-0280 of the 90th General Assembly
Public Act 90-0280
HB0741 Enrolled LRB9003104THpk
AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section 3-1.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
Section 3-1 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/3-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-1)
Sec. 3-1. Election; eligibility. Quadrennially there
shall be elected in every county, except those which have
been consolidated into a multicounty educational service
region under Article 3A and except those having a population
of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, and beginning in 1994 in
that portion of a Class II county outside a city of 500,000
or more inhabitants and constituting an educational service
region, a regional superintendent of schools, who shall enter
upon the discharge of his duties on the first Monday of
August next after his election; provided, however, that the
term of office of each regional superintendent of schools in
office on June 30, 2003 November 30, 2002 is terminated on
July 1, 2003 December 1, 2002, except that an incumbent
regional superintendent of schools shall continue to serve
until his successor is elected and qualified, and each
regional superintendent of schools elected at the general
election in 2002 and every four years thereafter shall assume
office on the first day of July December next after his
election. No one is eligible to file his petition at any
primary election for the nomination as candidate for the
office of regional superintendent of schools nor to enter
upon the duties of such office either by election or
appointment unless he possesses the following qualifications:
(1) he is of good character, (2) he has a master's degree,
(3) he has earned at least 20 semester hours of credit in
professional education at the graduate level, (4) he holds a
valid all grade supervisory certificate or a valid state
limited supervisory certificate, or a valid state life
supervisory certificate, or a valid administrative
certificate, (5) he has had at least 4 years experience in
teaching, and (6) he was engaged for at least 2 years of the
4 previous years in full time teaching or supervising in the
common public schools or serving as a county superintendent
of schools or regional superintendent of schools for an
educational service region in the State of Illinois.
No petition of any candidate for nomination for the
office of regional superintendent of schools may be filed and
no such candidate's name may be placed on a primary or
general election ballot, unless such candidate files as part
of his petition a certificate from the State Board of
Education certifying that from the records of its office such
candidate has the qualifications required by this Section;
however, any incumbent filing his petition for nomination for
a succeeding term of office shall not be required to attach
such certificate to his petition of candidacy.
Nomination papers filed under this Section are not valid
unless the candidate named therein files with the county
clerk or State Board of Elections a statement of economic
interests as required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics
Act. Such receipt shall be so filed either previously during
the calendar year in which his nomination papers were filed
or within the period for the filing of nomination papers in
accordance with the general election law.
The changes in qualifications made by Public Act 76-1563
do not affect the right of an incumbent to seek reelection.
On and after July 1, 1994, the provisions of this Section
shall have no application in any educational service region
having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants;
provided further that no election shall be held in November
of 1994 or at any other time after July 1, 1992 for the
office of regional superintendent of schools in any county or
educational service region having a population of 2,000,000
or more inhabitants.
(Source: P.A. 88-89; 89-383, eff. 8-18-95.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.