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| Public Act 102-0924 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | ||||
5-2, 5-3, and 5-4 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/5-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 5-2)
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Sec. 5-2. Governing board.
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the | ||||
The school business of all school townships having school | ||||
trustees shall
be transacted by three trustees, to be elected | ||||
by the qualified voters of
the township, as hereinafter | ||||
provided in this Article 5. | ||||
(b) This subsection (b) applies only to the trustees of | ||||
schools of Township 38 North, Range 12 East. The school | ||||
business of the township shall be transacted by 4 trustees | ||||
elected by the qualified voters of the township, as provided | ||||
in this Article 5, and 3 trustees appointed by the school | ||||
districts within the township, as provided in this subsection | ||||
(b). An elected trustee and an appointed trustee may represent | ||||
the same school district. Any trustee, whether elected or | ||||
appointed, may serve as an officer of the trustees of schools. | ||||
The 3 trustees to be appointed shall each be appointed for | ||||
a term of one year as follows: | ||||
(1) The school boards of Argo Community High School | ||
District 217, Summit School District 104, Willow Springs | ||
School District 108, and Indian Springs School District | ||
109 shall collectively appoint one school board member as | ||
a trustee through a nomination process and by a majority | ||
vote or by consensus among the school boards. A trustee | ||
appointed under this paragraph (1) may be reappointed for | ||
a second term as provided under this paragraph (1). After | ||
the appointed term or reappointed term of the trustee | ||
expires, the school boards shall appoint a successor | ||
trustee pursuant to this paragraph (1). | ||
(2) The school boards of Western Springs School | ||
District 101, La Grange School District 102, Lyons School | ||
District 103, La Grange School District 105 South, | ||
LaGrange Highlands School District 106, and Pleasantdale | ||
School District 107 shall collectively appoint one school | ||
board member as a trustee through a nomination process and | ||
by a majority vote or by consensus among the school | ||
boards. A trustee appointed under this paragraph (2) may | ||
be reappointed for a second term as provided under this | ||
paragraph (2). After the appointed term or reappointed | ||
term of the trustee expires, the school boards shall | ||
appoint a successor trustee pursuant to this paragraph | ||
(2). | ||
(3) Each year, among the school board presidents of | ||
the school districts within the township, one school board | ||
president shall be selected through a nomination process | ||
and by a majority vote to appoint a trustee. If no | ||
president of a school board is nominated, another officer | ||
of one of the school boards may be nominated. For the | ||
even-numbered year term, a trustee appointed under this | ||
paragraph (3) must be from a feeder elementary school | ||
district for Argo Community High School District 217, and, | ||
for the odd-numbered year term, a trustee appointed under | ||
this paragraph (3) must be from a feeder elementary school | ||
district for Lyons Township High School District 204. | ||
(c) The trustees shall be a body politic
and corporate, by | ||
the name of "trustees of schools of township No. ....,
range | ||
No. ....," according to the number, or in case of school | ||
townships
created from two or more congressional townships, | ||
such name shall be
"trustees of .... township .... county, | ||
Illinois." Such corporation shall
have perpetual existence, | ||
with power to sue and be sued, and to plead and
be impleaded, | ||
in all courts and places where judicial proceedings are had.
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(Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
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(105 ILCS 5/5-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 5-3)
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Sec. 5-3. Eligibility of trustees.
No person shall be | ||
eligible to the office of trustee of schools who is
not a | ||
resident of the township and at least 18 years of age. If there | ||
are
3 or more school districts in a township which are subject | ||
to the
jurisdiction of the trustees of schools of that | ||
township, no 2 trustees shall reside,
when elected, in the | ||
same school district; except that in townships in
which at | ||
least 90% of the electors reside in one school district which | ||
is
subject to the jurisdiction of the trustees of schools of | ||
that township, this
restriction shall not apply. No person | ||
shall be eligible to the office of
trustee of schools and | ||
school director or school board member at the same
time.
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This Section does not apply to trustees appointed under | ||
subsection (b) of Section 5-2. | ||
(Source: P.A. 86-1441.)
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(105 ILCS 5/5-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 5-4)
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Sec. 5-4. Election of trustees. The election of trustees | ||
of schools shall be held in odd-numbered years
at the election | ||
specified in the general election law. In townships in which
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no election for school
trustees has been held, or in townships | ||
in which from any cause there are
no trustees of schools and | ||
the law requires that there be school trustees,
the election | ||
of trustees of schools shall be held at the same
time.
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No person shall be nominated for the office of trustee of | ||
schools, in townships
containing 20,000 inhabitants or over, | ||
except by petition signed by at least
5% or 500 of the | ||
twenty-five voters of the school township in which the person | ||
he is seeking nomination
and election who last cast votes in | ||
the most recent election, whichever is less, filed with the | ||
township
treasurer, or, in case of a first election, with the | ||
county clerk.
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A candidate for election as a school trustee, who has | ||
petitioned for nomination
to fill a full term and to fill a | ||
vacant term to be voted upon at the same
election, must | ||
withdraw his or her petition for nomination from either the
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full term or the vacant term by written declaration, which | ||
shall be signed
and acknowledged by an officer authorized to | ||
take such acknowledgments and
which is filed with the township | ||
treasurer in the township in which he or
she is a candidate | ||
within the time provided by the general election law.
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(Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law. | ||