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92_SB0722
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1 AN ACT respecting schools.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
5 Section 3A-6 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/3A-6) (from Ch. 122, par. 3A-6)
7 Sec. 3A-6. Election of Superintendent for consolidated
8 region - Bond - Vacancies in any educational service region.
9 The regional superintendent to be elected under Section 3A-5
10 shall be elected at the time provided in the general election
11 law and must possess the qualifications described in Section
12 3-1 of this Act.
13 The bond required under Section 3-2 shall be filed in the
14 office of the county clerk in the county where the regional
15 office is situated, and a certified copy of that bond shall
16 be filed in the office of the county clerk in each of the
17 other counties in the region.
18 When a vacancy occurs in the office of regional
19 superintendent of schools of any educational service region
20 which is not located in a county which is a home rule unit,
21 such vacancy shall be filled within 60 days (i) by
22 appointment of the chairman of the county board, with the
23 advice and consent of the county board, when such vacancy
24 occurs in a single county educational service region; or (ii)
25 by appointment of a committee composed of the chairmen of the
26 county boards of those counties comprising the affected
27 educational service region when such vacancy occurs in a
28 multicounty educational service region, each committeeman to
29 be entitled to one vote for each vote that was received in
30 the county represented by such committeeman on the committee
31 by the regional superintendent of schools whose office is
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1 vacant at the last election at which a regional
2 superintendent was elected to such office, and the person
3 receiving the highest number of affirmative votes from the
4 committeemen for such vacant office to be deemed the person
5 appointed by such committee to fill the vacancy. The
6 appointee shall be a member of the same political party as
7 the regional superintendent of schools the appointee succeeds
8 was at the time such regional superintendent of schools last
9 was elected. The appointee shall serve until the next
10 general election when a successor shall be elected in
11 accordance with the general election law for the unexpired
12 term or for a full term, as the case may require.
13 Except as otherwise provided by applicable county
14 ordinance or by law, if a vacancy occurs in the office of
15 regional superintendent of schools of an educational service
16 region that is located in a county that is a home rule unit
17 and that has a population of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants,
18 that vacancy shall be filled by the county board of such home
19 rule county.
20 On or after August 7, 1995, if a vacancy occurs in the
21 office of regional superintendent of schools of an
22 educational service region that is located in a county that
23 is a home rule unit and that has a population of 2,000,000 or
24 more inhabitants, then that vacancy shall be filled by the
25 first assistant superintendent/deputy superintendent until
26 the end of the term to which the regional superintendent was
27 elected. Until July 1, 1994, if a vacancy occurs in the
28 office of regional superintendent of schools of an
29 educational service region that is located in a county that
30 is a home rule unit and that has a population of 2,000,000 or
31 more inhabitants, that vacancy shall be filled by the county
32 board of that home rule county unless otherwise provided by
33 applicable county ordinance or by law. On and after July 1,
34 1994, the provisions of this Section shall have no
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1 application in any educational service region that is located
2 in any county, including a county that is a home rule unit,
3 if that educational service region has a population of
4 2,000,000 or more inhabitants.
5 Any person appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of
6 regional superintendent of schools of any educational service
7 region must possess the qualifications required to be elected
8 to the position of regional superintendent of schools, and
9 shall obtain a certificate of eligibility from the State
10 Superintendent of Education and file same with the county
11 clerk of the county in which the regional superintendent's
12 office is located.
13 If the regional superintendent of schools is called into
14 the active military service of the United States, his office
15 shall not be deemed to be vacant, but a temporary appointment
16 shall be made as in the case of a vacancy. The appointee
17 shall perform all the duties of the regional superintendent
18 of schools during the time the regional superintendent of
19 schools is in the active military service of the United
20 States, and shall be paid the same compensation apportioned
21 as to the time of service, and such appointment and all
22 authority thereunder shall cease upon the discharge of the
23 regional superintendent of schools from such active military
24 service. The appointee shall give the same bond as is
25 required of a regularly elected regional superintendent of
26 schools.
27 (Source: P.A. 87-654; 87-1251.)
28 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
29 becoming law.