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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1190
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 1190 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
5 Section 1A-1 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/1A-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 1A-1)
7 Sec. 1A-1. State Board of Education; members and terms.
8 (a) The term of each member of the State Board of
9 Education who is in office on the effective date of this
10 amendatory Act of 1996 shall terminate on January 1, 1997 or
11 when all of the new members initially to be appointed under
12 this amendatory Act of 1996 are appointed by the Governor as
13 provided in subsection (b), whichever last occurs.
14 (b) Beginning on January 1, 1997 or when all of the new
15 members initially to be appointed under this subsection are
16 appointed by the Governor, whichever last occurs, and
17 thereafter, the State Board of Education shall consist of 9
18 members, who shall be appointed by the Governor with the
19 advice and consent of the Senate from a pattern of regional
20 representation as follows: 2 appointees shall be selected
21 from among those counties of the State other than Cook County
22 and the 5 counties contiguous to Cook County; 2 appointees
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1 shall be selected from Cook County, one of whom shall be a
2 resident of the City of Chicago and one of whom shall be a
3 resident of that part of Cook County which lies outside the
4 city limits of Chicago; 2 appointees shall be selected from
5 among the 5 counties of the State that are contiguous to Cook
6 County; and 3 members shall be selected as members-at-large.
7 At no time may more than 5 members of the Board be from one
8 political party. Party membership is defined as having voted
9 in the primary of the party in the last primary before
10 appointment. The 9 members initially appointed pursuant to
11 this amendatory Act of 1996 shall draw lots to determine 3 of
12 their number who shall serve until the second Wednesday of
13 January, 2003, 3 of their number who shall serve until the
14 second Wednesday of January, 2001, and 3 of their number who
15 shall serve until the second Wednesday of January, 1999.
16 Upon expiration of the terms of the members initially
17 appointed under this amendatory Act of 1996, their respective
18 successors shall be appointed for terms of 6 years, from the
19 second Wednesday in January of each odd numbered year and
20 until their respective successors are appointed and
21 qualified. Vacancies in terms shall be filled by appointment
22 by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate for
23 the extent of the unexpired term. If a vacancy in membership
24 occurs at a time when the Senate is not in session, the
25 Governor shall make a temporary appointment until the next
26 meeting of the Senate, when the Governor shall appoint a
27 person to fill that membership for the remainder of its term.
28 If the Senate is not in session when appointments for a full
29 term are made, the appointments shall be made as in the case
30 of vacancies.
31 (Source: P.A. 89-610, eff. 8-6-96.)".