Bill Text: IL HB5298 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Regional Superintendent of Schools Article of the School Code. Provides that whenever an elementary, high school, or unit school district (rather than just a unit school district) is located in more than one educational service region, a qualified elector residing in that school district but outside of the educational service region administered by the regional superintendent of schools having supervision and control over that school district shall be eligible to vote in any election held to elect the regional superintendent of schools who has supervision and control over that school district. Removes a provision that provides that the elector shall not also be eligible to vote in the election held to elect the regional superintendent of schools of the educational service region in which the elector resides. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-18 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5298 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB5298-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 3-1.1 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/3-1.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-1.1)
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7 | Sec. 3-1.1. Eligible voters. Whenever an elementary, high | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | school, or a unit school district is located
in
more than one | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | educational service region, a qualified
elector residing in
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10 | that elementary, high school, or unit school district but | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | outside of the educational service region
administered by the | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | regional superintendent of schools having supervision and
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13 | control over that elementary, high school, or unit school | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | district shall be eligible to vote in any election held to
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15 | elect the regional superintendent of schools of the | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | educational service
region that is administered by the | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | regional superintendent of schools who has
supervision and | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | control over that elementary, high school, or unit school
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19 | district , but the elector shall not also be
eligible to vote in | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | the
election held to elect the regional superintendent of | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | schools of the
educational service region in which the elector | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | resides .
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23 | Not less than 100 days before each general primary |
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1 | election, the regional
superintendent of schools shall certify | ||||||
2 | to the State Board of Elections a list
of each elementary, high | ||||||
3 | school, or unit school district under his or her supervision | ||||||
4 | and control and each
county in which all or any part of each of | ||||||
5 | those districts is located. The
State
Board of
Elections shall | ||||||
6 | certify each of those elementary, high school, or unit school | ||||||
7 | districts and counties to the
appropriate election authorities | ||||||
8 | within 20 days after receiving the list
certified by the | ||||||
9 | regional superintendent of schools.
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10 | The election authority in a single county educational | ||||||
11 | service region whose
regional superintendent of schools | ||||||
12 | exercises supervision and control over an elementary, high | ||||||
13 | school, or a unit school district that is located in that | ||||||
14 | single county educational service
region and in one or more | ||||||
15 | other educational service regions shall certify to
the
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16 | election authority of each of those other educational service | ||||||
17 | regions in which
the elementary, high school, or unit school | ||||||
18 | district is located the candidates for the office of the
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19 | regional superintendent of schools exercising supervision and | ||||||
20 | control over that elementary, high school, or
unit school | ||||||
21 | district.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 87-328; 88-535.)
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23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
24 | becoming law.
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