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105 ILCS 5/9-11.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 9 - Elections

 (from Ch. 122, par. 9-11.1)Sec. 9-11.1.   The county clerk or the board of election commissioners, as the case may be, of the jurisdiction in which the principal office of the school district is located shall conduct a lottery to  determine the ballot order of candidates for full terms in the event of  any simultaneous petition filings.  Such candidate lottery shall be conducted as follows:All petitions filed by persons waiting in line as of 8:00 a.m. on the  first day for filing, or as of the normal opening hour of the office  involved on such day, shall be deemed simultaneously filed as of 8:00 a.m.  or the normal opening hour, as the case may be.  Petitions filed by mail  and received after midnight of the first day for filing and in the first  mail delivery or pickup of that day shall be deemed simultaneously filed  as of 8:00 a.m. of that day or as of the normal opening hour of such day,  as the case may be.  All petitions received thereafter shall be deemed  filed in the order of actual receipt. However, 2 or more petitions filed within the last hour of the filing deadline shall be deemed filed simultaneously.Where 2 or more petitions are received simultaneously for the same office  as of 8:00 a.m. on the first day for petition filing, or as of the normal  opening hour of the office of the county clerk or the board of election commissioners, as the case may be, the county clerk or the board of election commissioners with whom such petitions are filed shall break ties and  determine the order of filing by means of a lottery or other fair and  impartial method of random selection.  Such lottery shall be conducted  within 9 days following the last day for petition filing and shall be open  to the public.  Seven days written notice of the time and place of conducting  such random selection shall be given  by the county clerk or the board of election commissioners to all candidates who filed their petitions  simultaneously and to each organization of citizens within the election  jurisdiction which was entitled, under the general election law, at the  next preceding election, to have pollwatchers present on  the day of election.  The county clerk or the board of election commissioners shall post in a  conspicuous, open and public place, at the entrance of his or her office,  notice of the time and place of such lottery.All candidates shall be certified in the order in which their petitions  have been filed and in the manner prescribed by Section 10-15 of the  general election law.  Where candidates have filed simultaneously, they  shall be certified in the order prescribed by this Section and prior to  candidates who filed for the same office at a later time.Where elections are conducted for unexpired terms, a second lottery to  determine ballot order shall be conducted for candidates who simultaneously  file petitions for such unexpired terms.  Such lottery shall be conducted  in the same manner as prescribed by this Section for full term candidates.  (Source: P.A. 98-691, eff. 7-1-14.)
105 ILCS 5/9-11.2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 9 - Elections

 (from Ch. 122, par. 9-11.2)Sec. 9-11.2. For all school districts electing candidates to a board  of education in a manner other than at large, candidates not elected at  large who file  nominating petitions for a full term shall be grouped together by area of  residence as follows:(1) by congressional townships, or(2) according to incorporated or unincorporated areas.For all school districts electing candidates to a board of education in a  manner other than at large, candidates not elected at large who file  nominating petitions for an  unexpired term shall be grouped together by area of residence as follows:(1) by congressional townships, or(2) according to incorporated or unincorporated areas.Candidate  groupings by area of residence for unexpired terms shall precede the  candidate groupings by area of residence for full terms on the ballot.  In all instances, however,  the ballot order of each candidate grouping shall be determined by the  order of petition filing or lottery held pursuant to Section 9-11.1 in the  following manner:The area of residence of the candidate determined to be first by order of  petition filing or by lottery shall be listed first among the candidate  groupings on the ballot.  All other candidates from the same area of  residence will follow according to order of petition filing or the lottery.   The area of residence of the candidate determined to be second by the  order of petition filing or the  lottery shall be listed second among the candidate groupings on the ballot.  All other candidates from the same area of residence will follow according  to the order of petition filing or the lottery.  The ballot order of  additional candidate groupings by area of residence shall be established in a  like manner.In any school district that elects its board members according to area of  residence and that has one or more unexpired terms to be filled at an election,  the winner or winners of the unexpired term or terms shall be determined first  and independently of those running for full terms.  The winners of the full  terms shall then be determined taking into consideration the areas of residence  of those elected to fill the unexpired term or terms."Area of Residence" means congressional township and  incorporated and  unincorporated territories."Affected school district" means either of the 2 entire elementary school  districts that are formed into a combined school district.       (Source: P.A. 93-1079, eff. 1-21-05; 94-1019, eff. 7-10-06.)
105 ILCS 5/9-12.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 9 - Elections

 (from Ch. 122, par. 9-12.1)Sec. 9-12.1.         (a) On the reverse side of each ballot contained in Section  9-12, except the ballot under Format 6, shall be printed the following:    OFFICIAL BALLOT ..... County, Illinois School District No. ...., ...... County, Illinois Election Tuesday, (insert date) (facsimile signature of the election authority)(b) If 6-year terms have been adopted under Section 9-5, or if a ballot is  to be used to elect a member or members of a board of school directors or board  of education at the consolidated election held in April of 1999 or April of  2001 to a full term that is less than a 4-year term, appropriate  adjustments should be made to each ballot in Section 9-12.  In the case of any  unexpired term each ballot format must indicate whether it is a 4-year or a  2-year unexpired term.    (Source: P.A. 90-637, eff. 7-24-98; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
105 ILCS 5/9-13
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 9 - Elections

 (from Ch. 122, par. 9-13)Sec. 9-13.     Public measure - Ballot.     More than one public measure may be submitted upon the same ballot.  The proposition of purchasing one or more schoolhouse sites, building one  or more new schoolhouses, and issuing bonds for the purpose of borrowing  money to purchase one or more schoolhouse sites and to build one or more  new schoolhouses or make additions and improvements to existing school  buildings, may be combined into one or more propositions on the ballot.  No proposition under this Section which is substantially the same  shall be submitted more than once every 2 months, except where the  proposition is submitted as a consequence of a disaster, calamity or  other Act of God.    (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
105 ILCS 5/9-18
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 9 - Elections

Sec. 9-18. (Repealed).        (Source: P.A. 93-1079, eff. 1-21-05. Repealed by P.A. 95-141, eff. 8-13-07.)
105 ILCS 5/Art. 10 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 10 - School Boards

 ARTICLE 10.     SCHOOL BOARDS
105 ILCS 5/10-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 10 - School Boards

 (from Ch. 122, par. 10-1)Sec. 10-1. Board  of school directors.(a) School districts having a population of fewer than 1000 inhabitants  and  not governed by any special act shall be governed by a board of school  directors to consist of 3 members who shall be elected in the manner  provided in Article 9 of this Act. In consolidated districts and in districts  in which the membership of the board of school directors is increased as  provided in subsection (b), 7 members  shall be so elected.(b) Upon presentment to the board of school directors of a school district  having a population of fewer than 1,000 inhabitants of a petition signed by the  lesser of 5% or 25 of the registered voters of the district to increase the  membership of the district's board of school directors to 7 directors and to  elect a new 7-member board of school directors to replace the district's  existing board of 3 school directors, the clerk or secretary of the board of  school directors shall certify the proposition to the proper election  authorities for submission to the electors of the district at a regular  scheduled election in accordance with the general election law.  If the  proposition is approved by a majority of those voting on the proposition, the  members of the board of school directors of that district thereafter shall be  elected in the manner provided by subsection (c) of Section 10-4.(c)  A board of school directors 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.)
105 ILCS 5/10-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 10 - School Boards

 (from Ch. 122, par. 10-2)Sec. 10-2.     Corporate powers.The directors of each district shall be a body politic and corporate, by  the name of "school directors of district No. ...., county of .... and  State of Illinois," and by that name may sue and be sued in all courts and  places where judicial proceedings are had.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
105 ILCS 5/10-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 10 - School Boards

 (from Ch. 122, par. 10-3)Sec. 10-3. Eligibility of directors. Any person who, on the date of his  or her election, is a citizen of the United States, of the age of 18 years or  over, is a resident of the State and of the territory of the district for at  least one year immediately preceding his or her election, is a registered voter  as provided in the general election law, is not a school trustee or a school  treasurer, and is not a child sex offender as defined in Section 11-9.3 of the  Criminal Code of 2012 shall be eligible to the office of school director.  (Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
105 ILCS 5/10-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 10 - School Boards

 (from Ch. 122, par. 10-4)Sec. 10-4.     Election of directors.(a) In all districts, directors shall be elected in each odd-numbered  year, each for a term of 4 years.(b) In consolidated districts where 5 directors  are elected in 1981 pursuant to the extension of terms provided by law for  transition to the consolidated election schedule under the general election  law, those directors elected shall, by lot, determine  2 of their number to serve 2 years and 3 to serve 4 years; their successors  shall serve for a 4 year term.(c) If a proposition to increase the membership of a school district's  board of school directors to 7 directors and to elect a new 7-member board of  school directors to replace the district's existing board of 3 school directors  is approved by the electors of the district at a regular scheduled election as  provided in subsection (b) of Section 10-1, 7 members shall be elected at the  next regular school election, in the manner provided by Article 9, to serve as  the board of school directors of that district.  The terms of office of the 3  members of the board of school directors serving at the time of the election of  the initial 7-member board of school directors shall expire when the 7 newly  elected members of the initial 7-member board of school directors assume office  and are organized as provided in Section 10-5.  At their organizational  meeting, the initial members of the 7-member board of school directors shall by  lot determine 4 of their number to serve 4 year terms and 3 of their number to  serve 2 year terms.  Their successors shall serve for a 4 year term.(d) In all other districts, one school director  shall be elected in each district every  other odd-numbered year, and two school directors shall be elected in the  intervening odd-numbered years.(e) When a vacancy occurs in the membership of any board  of school directors the remaining members shall,  within 30  days, fill the vacancy by appointment until the next regular school  election, or, upon their failure so to do, the regional superintendent  shall make such appointment within the next 30 days to fill the  vacancy as herein provided.  Upon the regional superintendent's failure  to fill the vacancy, the vacancy shall be filled at the next regularly  scheduled  election.    (Source: P.A. 90-757, eff. 8-14-98.)
105 ILCS 5/10-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 10 - School Boards

 (from Ch. 122, par. 10-5)Sec. 10-5. Organization of board - Report to treasurer and regional  superintendent of schools.  Within 28 days after the regular election of  directors, the directors shall meet and organize by appointing one  of their number president and another as clerk, except that when directors  are elected at the consolidated elections in April of 1999 and April of 2001,  the directors shall meet and organize, in the manner provided by this Section,  within 7 days after the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in  each of those 2 years.  The clerk shall at once report  to the treasurer and regional superintendent of schools the names of the  president and clerk so appointed.  Upon organizing itself as provided in this  Section, the board of school directors shall enter upon the discharge of its  duties.  Terms of members are subject to Section 2A-54 of the Election Code,  except as otherwise limited by subsection (c) of Section 10-4.       (Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
105 ILCS 5/10-6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 10 - School Boards

 (from Ch. 122, par. 10-6)Sec. 10-6.     Regular and special meetings.     The directors shall hold regular meetings at such times as they may  designate, and special meetings at the call of the president or of any 2  members. Public notice of meetings must be given as prescribed in  Sections 2.02 and 2.03 of the Open Meetings Act. No official business  shall be transacted by the directors except at a regular or a special  meeting. In consolidated districts and in districts electing a 7-member board  of school directors under subsection (c) of Section 10-4, 4 directors shall  constitute a  quorum for the transaction of business. In all other districts 2  directors shall constitute a quorum for  the transaction of business. If the president or clerk is absent from  any meeting or refuses to perform his duties, a president or clerk pro  tempore shall be appointed.  At each regular and special meeting which  is open to the public, members of the public and employees of the district  shall be afforded time, subject to reasonable constraints, to comment to  or ask questions of the board.  When the president or district superintendent  of schools receives a written correspondence from a resident within the  school district's territory, requesting the consideration of a matter before  the board, the author of the correspondence shall receive a formal written  statement from an appointed official of the board stating the board's position  on their request, no later than 60 days from the receipt of the correspondence  by the president or district superintendent of schools.  The formal written  response from the board shall establish a meeting before the board or list  the reasons for denying the request.    (Source: P.A. 90-757, eff. 8-14-98.)
105 ILCS 5/10-7
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 10 - School Boards

 (from Ch. 122, par. 10-7)Sec. 10-7. Secretary or clerk to record official acts - yeas and nays  on expenditures.  The secretary or clerk shall keep in a punctual, orderly  and reliable manner a record of the official acts of the board which  shall be signed by the president and the secretary or clerk, and  submitted to the treasurer having custody of the funds of the district  for his inspection and approval at such times as the treasurer may require. On all  questions involving the expenditure of money, the yeas and nays shall be  taken and entered on the records of the proceedings of the board. The  secretary or clerk shall keep the minutes and, if the district is not  required to employ a superintendent, keep or cause to be kept the  financial records of the school district.  (Source: P.A. 96-998, eff. 7-2-10.)
105 ILCS 5/10-8
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 10 - School Boards

 (from Ch. 122, par. 10-8)Sec. 10-8.     Report by secretary or clerk to treasurer.On or before July 7 annually, the secretary or clerk shall report to  the treasurer having the custody of the funds of his district, such  statistics and other information in relation to the schools of his  district as the treasurer is required to include in his report to the  regional superintendent of schools.    (Source: P.A. 80-279.)
105 ILCS 5/10-11
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 10 - School Boards

 (from Ch. 122, par. 10-11)Sec. 10-11. Vacancies. Elective offices become vacant within the meaning of the Act, unless the  context indicates otherwise, on the happening of any of the following  events, before the expiration of the term of such office:1. The death of the incumbent.2. His or her resignation in writing filed with the     Secretary or Clerk of the Board.3. His or her becoming a person under legal     disability.4. His or her ceasing to be an inhabitant of the     district for which he or she was elected.5. His or her conviction of an infamous crime, of any     offense involving a violation of official oath, or of a violent crime against a child.6. His or her removal from office.7. The decision of a competent tribunal declaring his     or her election void.8. His ceasing to be an inhabitant of a particular     area from which he was elected, if the residential requirements contained in Section 10-10.5, 11E-35, or 12-2 of this Code are violated.No elective office except as herein otherwise provided becomes vacant  until the successor of the incumbent of such office has been appointed or  elected, as the case may be, and qualified. The successor shall have the  same type of residential qualifications as his or her predecessor and, if the  residential requirements contained in Section 10-10.5, 11E-35, or 12-2 of this Code          apply, the successor, whether elected or appointed by the remaining members or  a regional superintendent, shall be an inhabitant of the particular area from  which his or her predecessor was elected.       (Source: P.A. 94-1019, eff. 7-10-06.)
105 ILCS 5/10-12
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 10 - School Boards

 (from Ch. 122, par. 10-12)Sec. 10-12.     Quorum.A majority of the full membership of the board of education shall  constitute a quorum. Unless otherwise provided, when a vote is taken upon  any measure before the board, a quorum being present, a majority of the  votes of the members voting on the measure shall determine the outcome  thereof.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
105 ILCS 5/10-13
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 10 - School Boards

 (from Ch. 122, par. 10-13)Sec. 10-13.     President of board of education.     The president of the board of education shall be elected by the  members thereof from among their number and serve for 2 years, except  that the board by resolution may establish a policy for the term of office  to be one year.He shall preside at all meetings and shall perform such duties as are  imposed upon him by law or by action of the board of education. If he is  absent from any meeting or refuses to perform his duties, a president  pro tempore shall be appointed. The vice-president of the board, if the  board elects such officer, shall be appointed the president pro tempore.    (Source: P.A. 84-497.)
105 ILCS 5/10-13.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 10 - School Boards

 (from Ch. 122, par. 10-13.1)Sec. 10-13.1.     Vice-President of the board of education.     A  vice-president of the board of education shall be elected by the members  thereof from among their number and serve for 2 years, except that the  board by resolution may establish a policy for the term of office to be  one year.The vice-president shall perform the duties of the president if there is  a vacancy in the office of president or in case of the president's absence  or inability to act, and other duties imposed upon him by the rules of  the board.    (Source: P.A. 85-839.)
105 ILCS 5/10-14
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 10 - School Boards

 (from Ch. 122, par. 10-14)Sec. 10-14.     Secretary of board of education.     The secretary of the board of education shall be elected by the board  of education and may be a member thereof, who shall serve for 2 years,  except that the board by resolution may establish a policy for the term  of office to be one year. The secretary, if not a member of the board,  may receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the board of education  prior to the election of the secretary.  If the secretary is a member of  the board, he or she may receive such compensation not to exceed $500 per  year as shall be fixed by the board and may vote on all questions coming before the board.He shall perform the duties usually pertaining to his office, or to  the clerk of a board of directors, and such as are imposed on him by  law, or by action of the board of education. If he is absent from any  meeting or refuses to perform his duties, a secretary pro tempore who  may but need not be a member of the board shall be appointed.    (Source: P.A. 86-682.)