Public Act 102-0691
 
SB1784 EnrolledLRB102 16111 CMG 21485 b


  
    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
    Section 5. The Election Code is amended  by changing 
Section 2A-1.2 as follows:
 
 

    (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)

 
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-177)
    Sec. 2A-1.2. Consolidated schedule of elections; offices 
designated. 

    (a) At the general election in the appropriate 
even-numbered years, the
following offices shall be filled or 
shall be on the ballot as otherwise
required by this Code:

        (1) Elector of President and Vice President of the 
    United States;

        (2) United States Senator and United States 
    Representative;

        (3) State Executive Branch elected officers;

        (4) State Senator and State Representative;

        (5) County elected officers, including State's 
    Attorney, County Board
member, County Commissioners, and 
    elected President of the County Board or
County Chief 
    Executive;

        (6) Circuit Court Clerk;

        (7) Regional Superintendent of Schools, except in 
    counties or
educational service regions in which that 
    office has been abolished;

        (8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit 
    Courts, on the question
of retention, to fill vacancies 
    and newly created judicial offices;

        (9) (Blank);

        (10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation 
    District of Greater Chicago, and elected
Trustee of other 
    Sanitary Districts;

        (11) Special District elected officers, not otherwise 
    designated in this
Section, where the statute creating or 
    authorizing the creation of
the district requires an 
    annual election and permits or requires election
of 
    candidates of political parties.

    (b) At the general primary election:

        (1) in each even-numbered year candidates of political 
    parties shall be
nominated for those offices to be filled 
    at the general election in that
year, except where 
    pursuant to law nomination of candidates of political

    parties is made by caucus.

        (2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the 
    political party offices of
State central committeeperson, 
    township committeeperson, ward committeeperson, and

    precinct committeeperson shall be filled and delegates and 
    alternate delegates
to the National nominating conventions 
    shall be elected as may be required
pursuant to this Code.  
    In the even-numbered years in which a Presidential

    election is to be held, candidates in the Presidential 
    preference primary
shall also be on the ballot.

        (3) in each even-numbered year, where the municipality 
    has provided for
annual elections to elect municipal 
    officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or
Section 7 of Article 
    VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the Illinois

    Municipal Code or pursuant to the municipal charter, the 
    offices of such
municipal officers shall be filled at an 
    election held on the date of the
general primary election, 
    provided that the municipal election shall be a

    nonpartisan election where required by the Illinois 
    Municipal Code.  For
partisan municipal elections in 
    even-numbered years, a primary to nominate
candidates for 
    municipal office to be elected at the general primary

    election shall be held on the Tuesday 6 weeks preceding 
    that election.

        (4) in each school district which has adopted the 
    provisions of
Article 33 of the School Code, successors to 
    the members of the board
of education whose terms expire 
    in the year in which the general primary is
held shall be 
    elected.

    (c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate 
odd-numbered years,
the following offices shall be filled:

        (1) Municipal officers, provided that in 
    municipalities in which
candidates for alderperson or 
    other municipal office are not permitted by law
to be 
    candidates of political parties, the runoff election where 
    required
by law, or the nonpartisan election where 
    required by law, shall be held on
the date of the 
    consolidated election; and provided further, in the case 
    of
municipal officers provided for by an ordinance 
    providing the form of
government of the municipality 
    pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the
Constitution, 
    such offices shall be filled by election or by runoff

    election as may be provided by such ordinance;

        (2) Village and incorporated town library directors;

        (3) City boards of stadium commissioners;

        (4) Commissioners of park districts;

        (5) Trustees of public library districts;

        (6) Special District elected officers, not otherwise 
    designated in this
Section, where the statute creating or 
    authorizing the creation of the district
permits or 
    requires election of candidates of political parties;

        (7) Township officers, including township park 
    commissioners, township
library directors, and boards of 
    managers of community buildings, and
Multi-Township 
    Assessors;

        (8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;

        (9) Members of school boards in school districts which 
    adopt Article 33
of the School Code;

        (10) The directors and chair of the Chain O Lakes - Fox 
    River Waterway
Management Agency;

        (11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected 
    under Section 3.5 of
the Downstate Forest Preserve 
    District Act;

        (12) Elected members of school boards, school 
    trustees, directors of
boards of school directors, 
    trustees of county boards of school trustees
(except in 
    counties or educational service regions having a 
    population
of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and members 
    of boards of school inspectors,
except school boards in 
    school
districts that adopt Article 33 of the School Code;

        (13) Members of Community College district boards;

        (14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;

        (15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan 
    Exposition and
Auditorium
Authority;

        (16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium 
    Districts;

        (17) Elected Officers of special districts not 
    otherwise designated in
this Section for which the law 
    governing those districts does not permit
candidates of 
    political parties.

    (d) At the consolidated primary election in each 
odd-numbered year,
candidates of political parties shall be 
nominated for those offices to be
filled at the consolidated 
election in that year, except where pursuant to
law nomination 
of candidates of political parties is made by caucus, and

except those offices listed in paragraphs (12) through (17) of 
subsection
(c).

    At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate 
odd-numbered years,
the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and 
alderpersons shall be elected in
municipalities in which

candidates for mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderperson are not 
permitted by
law to be candidates
of political parties, 
subject to runoff elections to be held at the
consolidated 
election as may be required
by law, and municipal officers 
shall be nominated in a nonpartisan election
in municipalities 
in which pursuant to law candidates for such office are
not 
permitted to be candidates of political parties.

    At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate 
odd-numbered years,
municipal officers shall be nominated or 
elected, or elected subject to
a runoff, as may be provided by 
an ordinance providing a form of government
of the 
municipality pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the 
Constitution.

    (e) (Blank). 

    (f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, public 
questions may
be submitted to voters pursuant to this Code and 
any special election
otherwise required or authorized by law 
or by court order may be conducted
pursuant to this Code.

    Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of officers 
established
in this Article, whenever a referendum is held for 
the establishment of
a political subdivision whose officers 
are to be elected, the initial officers
shall be elected at the 
election at which such referendum is held if otherwise
so 
provided by law.  In such cases, the election of the initial 
officers
shall be subject to the referendum.

    Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of 
officials established
in this Article, any community college 
district which becomes effective by
operation of law pursuant 
to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College
Act, as now or 
hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board

members at the next regularly scheduled election following the 
effective
date of the new district.

    (g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in 
any precinct
there are no offices or public questions required 
to be on the ballot under
this Code then no election shall be 
held in the precinct on that date.

    (h) There may be conducted a
referendum in accordance with 
the provisions of Division 6-4 of the
Counties Code.

(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-177)
  
    Sec. 2A-1.2. Consolidated schedule of elections; offices 
designated. 

    (a) At the general election in the appropriate 
even-numbered years, the
following offices shall be filled or 
shall be on the ballot as otherwise
required by this Code:

        (1) Elector of President and Vice President of the 
    United States.

        (2) United States Senator and United States 
    Representative.

        (3) State Executive Branch elected officers.

        (4) State Senator and State Representative.

        (5) County elected officers, including State's 
    Attorney, County Board
member, County Commissioners, and 
    elected President of the County Board or
County Chief 
    Executive.

        (6) Circuit Court Clerk.

        (7) Regional Superintendent of Schools, except in 
    counties or
educational service regions in which that 
    office has been abolished.

        (8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit 
    Courts, on the question
of retention, to fill vacancies 
    and newly created judicial offices.

        (9) (Blank).

        (10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation 
    District of Greater Chicago, and elected
Trustee of other 
    Sanitary Districts.

        (11) Special District elected officers, not otherwise 
    designated in this
Section, where the statute creating or 
    authorizing the creation of
the district requires an 
    annual election and permits or requires election
of 
    candidates of political parties.
        (12) Beginning with the 2024 general election on 
    November 5, 2024, the elected members of the Chicago Board 
    of Education; the election of members of the Chicago Board 
    of Education shall be a nonpartisan
election as provided 
    for under this Code and may be conducted on
a separate 
    ballot. 

    (b) At the general primary election:

        (1) in each even-numbered year candidates of political 
    parties shall be
nominated for those offices to be filled 
    at the general election in that
year, except where 
    pursuant to law nomination of candidates of political

    parties is made by caucus.

        (2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the 
    political party offices of
State central committeeperson, 
    township committeeperson, ward committeeperson, and

    precinct committeeperson shall be filled and delegates and 
    alternate delegates
to the National nominating conventions 
    shall be elected as may be required
pursuant to this Code.  
    In the even-numbered years in which a Presidential

    election is to be held, candidates in the Presidential 
    preference primary
shall also be on the ballot.

        (3) in each even-numbered year, where the municipality 
    has provided for
annual elections to elect municipal 
    officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or
Section 7 of Article 
    VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the Illinois

    Municipal Code or pursuant to the municipal charter, the 
    offices of such
municipal officers shall be filled at an 
    election held on the date of the
general primary election, 
    provided that the municipal election shall be a

    nonpartisan election where required by the Illinois 
    Municipal Code.  For
partisan municipal elections in 
    even-numbered years, a primary to nominate
candidates for 
    municipal office to be elected at the general primary

    election shall be held on the Tuesday 6 weeks preceding 
    that election.

        (4) in each school district which has adopted the 
    provisions of
Article 33 of the School Code, successors to 
    the members of the board
of education whose terms expire 
    in the year in which the general primary is
held shall be 
    elected.

    (c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate 
odd-numbered years,
the following offices shall be filled:

        (1) Municipal officers, provided that in 
    municipalities in which
candidates for alderperson or 
    other municipal office are not permitted by law
to be 
    candidates of political parties, the runoff election where 
    required
by law, or the nonpartisan election where 
    required by law, shall be held on
the date of the 
    consolidated election; and provided further, in the case 
    of
municipal officers provided for by an ordinance 
    providing the form of
government of the municipality 
    pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the
Constitution, 
    such offices shall be filled by election or by runoff

    election as may be provided by such ordinance;

        (2) Village and incorporated town library directors;

        (3) City boards of stadium commissioners;

        (4) Commissioners of park districts;

        (5) Trustees of public library districts;

        (6) Special District elected officers, not otherwise 
    designated in this
Section, where the statute creating or 
    authorizing the creation of the district
permits or 
    requires election of candidates of political parties;

        (7) Township officers, including township park 
    commissioners, township
library directors, and boards of 
    managers of community buildings, and
Multi-Township 
    Assessors;

        (8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;

        (9) Members of school boards in school districts which 
    adopt Article 33
of the School Code;

        (10) The directors and chair of the Chain O Lakes - Fox 
    River Waterway
Management Agency;

        (11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected 
    under Section 3.5 of
the Downstate Forest Preserve 
    District Act;

        (12) Elected members of school boards, school 
    trustees, directors of
boards of school directors, 
    trustees of county boards of school trustees
(except in 
    counties or educational service regions having a 
    population
of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and members 
    of boards of school inspectors,
except school boards in 
    school
districts that adopt Article 33 of the School Code;

        (13) Members of Community College district boards;

        (14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;

        (15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan 
    Exposition and
Auditorium
Authority;

        (16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium 
    Districts;

        (17) Elected Officers of special districts not 
    otherwise designated in
this Section for which the law 
    governing those districts does not permit
candidates of 
    political parties.

    (d) At the consolidated primary election in each 
odd-numbered year,
candidates of political parties shall be 
nominated for those offices to be
filled at the consolidated 
election in that year, except where pursuant to
law nomination 
of candidates of political parties is made by caucus, and

except those offices listed in paragraphs (12) through (17) of 
subsection
(c).

    At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate 
odd-numbered years,
the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and 
alderpersons shall be elected in
municipalities in which

candidates for mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderperson are not 
permitted by
law to be candidates
of political parties, 
subject to runoff elections to be held at the
consolidated 
election as may be required
by law, and municipal officers 
shall be nominated in a nonpartisan election
in municipalities 
in which pursuant to law candidates for such office are
not 
permitted to be candidates of political parties.

    At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate 
odd-numbered years,
municipal officers shall be nominated or 
elected, or elected subject to
a runoff, as may be provided by 
an ordinance providing a form of government
of the 
municipality pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the 
Constitution.

    (e) (Blank). 

    (f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, public 
questions may
be submitted to voters pursuant to this Code and 
any special election
otherwise required or authorized by law 
or by court order may be conducted
pursuant to this Code.

    Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of officers 
established
in this Article, whenever a referendum is held for 
the establishment of
a political subdivision whose officers 
are to be elected, the initial officers
shall be elected at the 
election at which such referendum is held if otherwise
so 
provided by law.  In such cases, the election of the initial 
officers
shall be subject to the referendum.

    Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of 
officials established
in this Article, any community college 
district which becomes effective by
operation of law pursuant 
to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College
Act, as now or 
hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board

members at the next regularly scheduled election following the 
effective
date of the new district.

    (g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in 
any precinct
there are no offices or public questions required 
to be on the ballot under
this Code then no election shall be 
held in the precinct on that date.

    (h) There may be conducted a
referendum in accordance with 
the provisions of Division 6-4 of the
Counties Code.

(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-177, eff. 6-1-22; 
102-558, eff. 8-20-21; revised 9-21-21.)
 
    Section 10. The School Code is amended  by changing 
Sections 34-3, 34-4, and 34-4.1 and by renumbering and 
changing Sections 34-18.67 and 34-21.9, as added by Public Act 
102-177, as follows:
 


    (105 ILCS 5/34-3)  (from Ch. 122, par. 34-3)


    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-177)

    Sec. 34-3. Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees; new 
Chicago Board of
Education; members; term; vacancies. 

    (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this 
amendatory Act of
1995, the terms of all members of the Chicago 
Board of Education
holding office on that date are abolished 
and the Mayor shall appoint,
without the consent or approval 
of the City Council, a 5 member
Chicago School Reform Board of 
Trustees which shall take office upon the
appointment of the 
fifth member.  The Chicago School
Reform Board of Trustees and 
its members
shall serve until, and the terms of all members of 
the Chicago School
Reform Board of Trustees shall expire on, 
June 30, 1999 or upon the
appointment of a new Chicago Board of 
Education as provided
in subsection (b), whichever is later.  
Any vacancy in the membership of
the Trustees shall be filled 
through appointment by the Mayor,
without the consent or 
approval of the City Council, for the unexpired term.
One of 
the members appointed by the Mayor to the Trustees shall
be 
designated by the Mayor to serve as President of the Trustees.  
The
Mayor shall appoint a full-time, compensated
chief 
executive officer, and his or her compensation as such chief 
executive
officer shall be determined by the Mayor.  The Mayor, 
at his or her discretion,
may appoint the President to serve 
simultaneously as the chief executive
officer. 

    (b) Within 30 days before the expiration of the terms of 
the members of
the Chicago Reform Board of Trustees as 
provided in subsection (a), a new
Chicago Board of Education 
consisting of 7 members shall be appointed by the
Mayor to take 
office on the later of July 1, 1999 or the appointment of the

seventh member.  Three of the members initially so appointed 
under this
subsection shall serve for terms ending June 30, 
2002, 4 of the members
initially so appointed under this 
subsection shall serve for terms ending
June 30, 2003, and 
each member initially so appointed shall continue to hold

office until his or her successor is appointed and qualified.  
Thereafter at
the expiration of the term of any member a 
successor
shall be appointed by the Mayor and shall hold 
office for a term of 4 years,
from July 1 of the year in which 
the term commences and until a successor
is appointed and 
qualified.  Any vacancy in the membership of the Chicago Board

of Education shall be filled through appointment by the Mayor 
for the
unexpired term.  No appointment to membership on the

Chicago Board of Education that is made by the Mayor under
this 
subsection shall require the approval of the City
Council, 
whether the appointment is made for a full term or to fill a 
vacancy
for an unexpired term on the Board.  The board shall 
elect annually from its
number a president and vice-president, 
in such
manner and at such
time as the board determines by its 
rules.  The officers so elected shall each
perform the duties 
imposed upon their respective office by the rules of the

board, provided that (i) the president shall preside at 
meetings of the board
and vote as any other member but have no 
power of veto, and (ii) the vice
president shall perform the 
duties of the president if that office is vacant or
the 
president is absent or unable to act.
The secretary of the 
Board shall be selected by the Board and shall be an
employee 
of the Board rather than a member of the Board, 
notwithstanding
subsection (d) of Section 34-3.3.  The duties 
of the secretary shall be
imposed by the rules of the Board.

    (c) The board may appoint a student to the board to serve 
in an advisory capacity.  The student member shall serve for a 
term as determined by the board.  The board may not grant the 
student member any voting privileges, but shall consider the 
student member as an advisor. The student member may not 
participate in or attend any executive session of the board.

(Source: P.A. 94-231, eff. 7-14-05.)

 
    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-177)

    Sec. 34-3. Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees; new 
Chicago Board of
Education; members; term; vacancies. 

    (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this 
amendatory Act of
1995, the terms of all members of the Chicago 
Board of Education
holding office on that date are abolished 
and the Mayor shall appoint,
without the consent or approval 
of the City Council, a 5 member
Chicago School Reform Board of 
Trustees which shall take office upon the
appointment of the 
fifth member.  The Chicago School
Reform Board of Trustees and 
its members
shall serve until, and the terms of all members of 
the Chicago School
Reform Board of Trustees shall expire on, 
June 30, 1999 or upon the
appointment of a new Chicago Board of 
Education as provided
in subsection (b), whichever is later.  
Any vacancy in the membership of
the Trustees shall be filled 
through appointment by the Mayor,
without the consent or 
approval of the City Council, for the unexpired term.
One of 
the members appointed by the Mayor to the Trustees shall
be 
designated by the Mayor to serve as President of the Trustees.  
The
Mayor shall appoint a full-time, compensated
chief 
executive officer, and his or her compensation as such chief 
executive
officer shall be determined by the Mayor.  The Mayor, 
at his or her discretion,
may appoint the President to serve 
simultaneously as the chief executive
officer. 

    (b) This subsection applies until January 15, 2025. Within 
30 days before the expiration of the terms of the members of

the Chicago Reform Board of Trustees as provided in subsection 
(a), a new
Chicago Board of Education consisting of 7 members 
shall be appointed by the
Mayor to take office on the later of 
July 1, 1999 or the appointment of the
seventh member.  Three of 
the members initially so appointed under this
subsection shall 
serve for terms ending June 30, 2002, 4 of the members

initially so appointed under this subsection shall serve for 
terms ending
June 30, 2003, and each member initially so 
appointed shall continue to hold
office until his or her 
successor is appointed and qualified.
    (b-5)  On January 15, 2025, the terms of all members of the

Chicago Board of Education appointed under subsection (b) are

abolished when the new board, consisting of 21 members, is 
appointed by the Mayor and elected by the electors of the 
school district as provided under subsections (b-10) and  
(b-15) and takes office. 
    (b-10) By December 16, 2024 for a term of office beginning 
on January 15, 2025, the Mayor shall appoint 10 Chicago Board 
of Education members, with the advice and consent of the City 
Council, to serve terms of 2 years.  All appointed members 
shall serve until a successor is appointed or elected  and 
qualified.  Thereafter at
the expiration of the term of any 
member a successor
shall be elected and shall hold office for a 
term of 4 years,
from January 15 of the year in which the term 
commences and until a successor
is appointed or elected and 
qualified.  Any vacancy in the appointed membership of the 
Chicago Board
of Education shall be filled through appointment 
by the Mayor, with the consent of the Board, for the
unexpired 
term. The terms of the 10 appointed members under this 
subsection shall end on January 14, 2027.
By December 16, 2024 
for a term of office beginning
on January 15, 2025, the Mayor 
shall appoint a President of the Board, with the advice and 
consent of the City Council, for a term of 2 years.  The board 
shall elect annually from its
number a vice-president, in such

manner and at such
time as the board determines by its rules.  
The president appointed by the Mayor elected by the voters and 
vice-president elected by the board shall each
perform the 
duties imposed upon their respective office by the rules of 
the
board, provided that (i) the president shall preside at 
meetings of the board
and shall only
have voting rights to 
break a voting tie of the other Chicago
Board of Education 
elected and appointed members and (ii) the vice
president 
shall perform the duties of the president if that office is 
vacant or
the president is absent or unable to act. Beginning 
with the 2026 general election, one member shall be elected at 
large and serve as the president of the board.
After January 
15, 2027, the president shall preside at meetings of the board 
and vote as any other member but have no power of veto.
The 
secretary of the Board shall be selected by the Board and shall 
be an
employee of the Board rather than a member of the Board, 
notwithstanding
subsection (d) of Section 34-3.3.  The duties 
of the secretary shall be
imposed by the rules of the Board.

    (b-15) Beginning with the 2024 general election, 10 
members of the Chicago Board of Education shall be elected to 
serve a term of 4 years in office beginning on January 15, 
2025. Beginning with the 2026 general election, 10 members of 
the Chicago Board of Education shall be elected to serve a term 
of 4 years in office beginning on January 15, 2027. Whenever a 
vacancy of a Chicago Board of Education elected board member 
occurs, the President of the Board shall notify the Mayor of 
the vacancy within 7 days after its occurrence and shall, 
within 30 days, fill the vacancy for the remainder of the 
unexpired term by majority vote of the remaining board 
members.  The successor shall have the same qualifications as 
his or her predecessor.
    For purposes of elections conducted under this subsection, 
the City of Chicago shall be subdivided into  electoral 
districts as provided under subsection (a) of Section 34-21.10 
34-21.9.  From January 15, 2025 to January 14, 2027, each 
district shall be represented by one elected member and one 
appointed member. After January 15, 2027, each district shall 
be represented by one elected member.
    (b-30) No member shall have, or be an employee or owner of 
a company that has, a contract with the school district.  No 
former officer, member, or employee of the board shall, within 
a period of one year immediately after termination of service 
on the board, knowingly accept employment or receive 
compensation or fees for services from a person or entity if 
the officer, member, or employee, during the year immediately 
preceding termination of service on the board, participated 
personally and substantially in the award of contracts with 
the board or the school district, or the issuance of contract 
change orders with the board or the school district, with a 
cumulative value of $25,000 or more to the person or entity, or 
its parent or subsidiary.
    (c) The board may appoint a student to the board to serve 
in an advisory capacity.  The student member shall serve for a 
term as determined by the board.  The board may not grant the 
student member any voting privileges, but shall consider the 
student member as an advisor. The student member may not 
participate in or attend any executive session of the board.

(Source: P.A. 102-177, eff. 6-1-22; revised 10-20-21.)

 


    (105 ILCS 5/34-4)  (from Ch. 122, par. 34-4)



    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-177)

    Sec. 34-4. Eligibility. To be eligible for appointment to 
the board, a
person shall be a citizen of the United States, 
shall be a registered voter
as provided in the Election Code, 
shall have been a resident of the city for at
least 3 years 
immediately
preceding his or her appointment, and shall not be 
a child sex offender
as defined in Section 11-9.3 of the

Criminal Code of 2012. Permanent removal from the city by any 
member of
the board during his term of office constitutes a 
resignation therefrom and
creates a vacancy in the board. 
Except for the President of the Chicago
School Reform Board of 
Trustees who may be paid compensation for his or her
services 
as chief executive officer as determined by the Mayor as 
provided in
subsection (a) of Section 34-3, board members 
shall serve without any
compensation; provided, that board 
members shall be reimbursed for expenses
incurred while in the 
performance of their duties upon submission of proper
receipts 
or upon submission of a signed voucher in the case of an 
expense
allowance evidencing the amount of such reimbursement 
or allowance to the
president of the board for verification 
and approval. The board of
education may continue to provide 
health care insurance coverage, employer
pension 
contributions, employee pension contributions, and life 
insurance
premium payments for an employee required to resign 
from
an administrative, teaching, or career service position 
in order to qualify
as a member of the board of education. They 
shall not hold other public
office under the Federal, State or 
any local government other than that of
Director of the 
Regional Transportation Authority, member of the economic

development commission of a city having a population exceeding 
500,000,
notary public or member of the National Guard, and by 
accepting any such
office while members of the board, or by not 
resigning any such office held
at the time of being appointed 
to the board within 30 days after such
appointment, shall be 
deemed to have vacated their membership in the board.

(Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)

 
    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-177)

    Sec. 34-4. Eligibility. To be eligible for election or 
appointment to the board, a
person shall be a citizen of the 
United States, shall be a registered voter
as provided in the 
Election Code, shall have been a resident of the city and, if 
applicable, the electoral district, for at
least one year 
immediately
preceding his or her election or appointment, and 
shall not be a child sex offender
as defined in Section 11-9.3 
of the
Criminal Code of 2012. A person is ineligible for 
election or appointment to the board if that person is an 
employee of the school district. All persons eligible for 
election to the board shall be nominated by a petition signed 
by no less than 250 voters residing within the electoral 
district on a petition in order to be placed on the ballot, 
except that persons eligible for election to the board at 
large shall be nominated by a petition signed by no less than 
2,500 voters residing within the city. Permanent removal from 
the city by any member of
the board during his term of office 
constitutes a resignation therefrom and
creates a vacancy in 
the board. Board members shall serve without any
compensation; 
however, board members shall be reimbursed for expenses

incurred while in the performance of their duties upon 
submission of proper
receipts or upon submission of a signed 
voucher in the case of an expense
allowance evidencing the 
amount of such reimbursement or allowance to the
president of 
the board for verification and approval. Board members shall 
not hold other public
office under the Federal, State or any 
local government other than that of
Director of the Regional 
Transportation Authority, member of the economic
development 
commission of a city having a population exceeding 500,000,

notary public or member of the National Guard, and by 
accepting any such
office while members of the board, or by not 
resigning any such office held
at the time of being elected or 
appointed to the board within 30 days after such election or

appointment, shall be deemed to have vacated their membership 
in the board.

(Source: P.A. 102-177, eff. 6-1-22.)

 
    (105 ILCS 5/34-4.1)
    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a 
delayed effective date)
    Sec. 34-4.1. Nomination petitions. In addition to the 
requirements of the general election law, the form of 
petitions under Section 34-4 of this Code shall be 
substantially as follows:
NOMINATING PETITIONS 
(LEAVE OUT THE INAPPLICABLE PART.) 
    To the Board of Election Commissioners for the City of 
Chicago: 
    We the undersigned, being (.... or more) of the voters 
residing within said district, hereby petition that .... who 
resides at .... in the City of Chicago shall be a candidate for 
the office of .... of the board of education  (full term) 
(vacancy) to be voted for at the election to be held on (insert 
date). 
    Name: .................. Address: ................... 
    In the designation of the name of a candidate on a petition 
for nomination, the candidate's given name or names, initial 
or initials, a nickname by which the candidate is commonly 
known, or a combination thereof may be used in addition to the 
candidate's surname. If a candidate has changed his or her 
name, whether by a statutory or common law procedure in 
Illinois or any other jurisdiction, within 3 years before the 
last day for filing the petition, then (i) the candidate's 
name on the petition must be followed by "formerly known as 
(list all prior names during the 3-year period) until name 
changed on (list date of each such name change)" and (ii) the 
petition must be accompanied by the candidate's affidavit 
stating the candidate's previous names during the period 
specified in clause (i) and the date or dates each of those 
names was changed; failure to meet these requirements shall be 
grounds for denying certification of the candidate's name for 
the ballot, but these requirements do not apply to name 
changes resulting from adoption to assume an adoptive parent's 
or parents' surname, marriage to assume a spouse's surname, or 
dissolution of marriage or declaration of invalidity of 
marriage to assume a former surname. No other designation, 
such as a political slogan, as defined by Section 7-17 of the 
Election Code, title or degree, or nickname suggesting or 
implying possession of a title, degree or professional status, 
or similar information may be used in connection with the 
candidate's surname.
    All petitions for the nomination of members of a board of 
education shall be filed with the board of election 
commissioners of the jurisdiction in which the principal 
office of the school district is located within the time 
provided for by the general election law, except that 
petitions for the nomination of members of the board of 
education for the 2024 general primary March 15, 2022 election 
shall be prepared and certified on the same schedule as the 
petition schedule for the candidates for the General Assembly. 
The board of election commissioners shall receive and file 
only those petitions that include a statement of candidacy, 
the required number of voter signatures, the notarized 
signature of the petition circulator, and a receipt from the 
county clerk showing that the candidate has filed a statement 
of economic interest on or before the last day to file as 
required by the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. The board of 
election commissioners may have petition forms available for 
issuance to potential candidates and may give notice of the 
petition filing period by publication in a newspaper of 
general circulation within the school district not less than 
10 days prior to the first day of filing. The board of election 
commissioners shall make certification to the proper election 
authorities in accordance with the general election law.
    The board of election commissioners of the jurisdiction in 
which the principal office of the school district is located 
shall notify the candidates for whom a petition for nomination 
is filed or the appropriate committee of the obligations under 
the Campaign Financing Act as provided in the general election 
law. Such notice shall be given on a form prescribed by the 
State Board of Elections and in accordance with the 
requirements of the general election law. The board of 
election commissioners shall within 7 days of filing or on the 
last day for filing, whichever is earlier, acknowledge to the 
petitioner in writing the office's acceptance of the petition.
    A candidate for membership on the board of education 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 full term or 
the vacant term by written declaration. 
    Nomination petitions are not valid unless the candidate 
named therein files with the board of election commissioners a 
receipt from the county clerk showing that the candidate has 
filed 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 
or her nomination papers were filed or within the period for 
the filing of nomination papers in accordance with the general 
election law. 

(Source: P.A. 102-177, eff. 6-1-22.)
 
 

    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.70)

 
    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a 
delayed effective date)
    Sec. 34-18.70 34-18.67. Independent financial review 
Financial Review.   The Chicago Board of Education shall 
commission an independent review and report of the district's 
finances and entanglements with the City of Chicago. No later 
than October 31, 2022 June 30, 2025, the report shall be 
provided to the Governor, the Illinois State Board of 
Education, the Illinois General Assembly, the Mayor of the 
City of Chicago, and the Chicago Board of Education. No later 
than July 1, 2023, the The Illinois State Board of Education 
shall review the independent review and report and make 
recommendations to the legislature on the Chicago Board of 
Education's ability to operate with the financial resources 
available to it as an independent unit of local government.

(Source: P.A. 102-177, eff. 6-1-22; revised 10-19-21.)
  
 
 

    (105 ILCS 5/34-21.10)

 
    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a 
delayed effective date)
    Sec. 34-21.10 34-21.9. 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 July 1, 2023 February 1, 2022. 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; revised 10-20-21.)
  

 
    Section 15. "An Act concerning elections", approved July 
29, 2021, Public Act 102-177, is amended by adding Section 99 
as follows:
 
    (P.A. 102-177, Sec. 99 new)
    Sec. 99. Effective date. This Section and the provisions 
changing Section 34-18.69 of the School Code take effect upon 
becoming law.
 
    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes 
changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text 
that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section 
represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does 
not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes 
made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other 
Public Act.
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on June 
1, 2022, except that this Section and Section 15 take effect 
upon becoming law.

Effective Date:  6/1/2022