105 ILCS 5/7-2b
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 7 - Boundary Change

 (from Ch. 122, par. 7-2b)Sec. 7-2b.         Annexation of non-coterminous territory from an elementary  or high school district.(a) Any contiguous portion of a high school  district that constitutes 5% or less of the equalized assessed  value of the  district and 5% or less of the territory of the district shall upon  petition  of  two-thirds of the registered voters of the  territory proposed to be detached and annexed be so detached and annexed by  the regional board of school trustees if  granting such petition shall make  the affected segment of the boundaries of the high school district the  territory is  proposed to be annexed to identical, for the entirety of  such affected segment, to the boundaries of the elementary school district in  which the territory is located.Any contiguous portion of an elementary school district that constitutes  5% or less of the equalized assessed value of the district and 5%  or less of the territory of the district shall  upon petition  of two-thirds of the registered voters of the territory proposed to be detached  and annexed be so detached and annexed by the regional board of school  trustees  if granting such petition shall make the affected segment of the boundaries of  the elementary school district the territory is proposed to be annexed to  identical, for the entirety of such affected segment, to the boundaries of the  high school district in which the territory is located.The regional board of school trustees shall  have no authority or discretion  to hear any evidence or consider any issues except those that may be necessary  to determine whether the limitations and conditions of this Section have been  met.No district may lose more than 5% of its equalized assessed value or more  than 5% of its territory through  petitions filed under this Section.  If a petition seeks to detach territory  that would result in a cumulative total of more than 5% of a district's  equalized  assessed value or more than 5% of the district's territory being detached under  this Section, the petition shall be denied  without prejudice to its being filed pursuant to Section 7-6 of this Code.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, this paragraph shall  apply to any detachments effected pursuant to the provisions of this Section as  they existed prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st  General Assembly.(b) At any time prior to the granting of the petition calling for the  detachment and annexation of non-coterminous territory under this Section, the  Committee of Ten designated in the petition may amend the petition to withdraw  the detachment and annexation proposal and substitute in its place a proposal  to require the school district from which the territory would have been  detached to pay the per capita tuition costs for each pupil residing in the  non-coterminous territory to attend the school district to which the territory  would have been annexed.  If such amended petition is granted, the school  district from which the territory would have been detached shall pay to the  school district to which the territory would have been annexed the per capita  tuition costs as determined under Section 10-20.12a for each pupil residing in  the territory who chooses to attend the school district to which the territory  would have been annexed.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10-22.5,  the school district to which the territory would have been annexed shall admit  any pupil that resides in the non-coterminous territory and provide such pupils  with any services of the school.  The payment and collection of tuition and any  other such matters as may need to be resolved shall be established by an  intergovernmental agreement developed between the two affected school  districts.  Section 7-6 of this Code shall apply to petitions filed under this Section  except as otherwise provided in this Section.The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly shall  not apply to petitions pending on the effective date of this amendatory Act of  the 91st General Assembly.    (Source: P.A. 91-46, eff. 6-30-99.)