(105 ILCS 5/34-21.10)

Sec. 34-21.10. Creation of electoral districts; reapportionment of districts.

(a) For purposes of elections conducted pursuant to subsection (b-5) of Section 34-3, the City of Chicago shall be subdivided into 10 electoral districts for the 2024 elections and into 20 electoral districts for the 2026 elections after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly by the General Assembly for seats on the Chicago Board of Education. The electoral districts must be drawn on or before April 1, 2024. Each district must be compact, contiguous, and substantially equal in population and consistent with the Illinois Voting Rights Act.

(b) In the year following each decennial census, the General Assembly shall redistrict the electoral districts to reflect the results of the decennial census consistent with the requirements in subsection (a). The reapportionment plan shall be completed and formally approved by the General Assembly not less than 90 days before the last date established by law for the filing of nominating petitions for the second school board election after the decennial census year. If by reapportionment a board member no longer resides within the electoral district from which the member was elected, the member shall continue to serve in office until the expiration of the member's regular term. All new members shall be elected from the electoral districts as reapportioned.

(Source: P.A. 102-177, eff. 6-1-22; 102-691, eff. 12-17-21; 103-467, eff. 8-4-23.)