Illinois Senate Bill 1489 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on January 7 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Election Code and the School Code. Provides for 5 new members of the State Board of Education to be elected at the general election in 2024 and every 4 years thereafter (now, the Board consists of 8 members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate). Provides that one member shall be elected from each judicial district. Provides that the 5 members shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis. Provides that each of these members shall serve for a term of 4 years. Specifies qualifications to be an elected member. Makes related changes. Effective immediately.

ST BD EDUCATION-ELECT MEMBERS

Sen. Thomas Bennett [R]

Sen. Terri Bryant [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-07	Senate	Session Sine Die
2023-02-15	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Terri Bryant
2023-02-07	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2023-02-07	Senate	First Reading
2023-02-07	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Tom Bennett

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	5	10-6	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	10-9	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	22-1	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	22-7	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	2A-1.2	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	2A-56	New Code	See Bill Text
105	5	1A-1	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	1A-2	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	1A-2.1	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	1A-4	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1489&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB1489.htm