105 ILCS 5/3-0.01
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 3 - Regional Superintendent of Schools

 (from Ch. 122, par. 3-0.01)Sec. 3-0.01. "County superintendent of schools" and  "regional superintendent of schools" defined - Application of Article.(a) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (b), after the  effective date of this amendatory Act of 1975, the chief administrative  officer of an educational service region shall be designated and referred  to as the "regional superintendent of schools" or the "regional  superintendent" and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1993  the office held by the chief administrative officer shall be designated and  referred to as the "regional office of education". For purposes of the School  Code and except as otherwise provided by subsection (b), any reference to  "county superintendent of schools" or "county superintendent" means the  regional superintendent of schools.(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article, but subject to subsection (b-1), in educational service regions containing  2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the office of regional superintendent of schools  is abolished. Subject to Section 2-3.105 of this Code, all rights, powers, duties and responsibilities theretofore vested by  law in, and exercised and performed by the regional superintendent of schools  and by any assistant regional superintendents or other assistants or employees  in the office of the regional superintendent of schools being abolished shall be  vested in, exercised and performed by the chief administrative officer of the educational service centers established pursuant to Section 2-3.62 of this Code for any educational service region containing 2,000,000 or more inhabitants.  Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, in an educational service region  containing 2,000,000 or more inhabitants: (i) all books, records, maps, papers  and other documents belonging to or subject to the control or disposition of  the former regional superintendent of schools by virtue of his office shall be  transferred and delivered to the State Board of Education; (ii) possession or  control over all moneys, deposits and accounts in the possession or  subject to the control or disposition of the former regional superintendent  of schools by virtue of his office, including but not limited to  undistributed or unexpended moneys drawn from, and all amounts on deposit  in, the county, institute and supervisory expense funds, shall be  transferred to and placed under the control and disposition of the State Board  of Education, excepting only those moneys or accounts, if any, the source of  which is the county treasury, for proper redistribution to the educational service centers; and (iii) all other equipment, furnishings,  supplies and other personal property belonging to or subject to the control or  disposition of the former regional superintendent of schools by virtue of his  office, excepting only those items which were provided by the county board,  shall be transferred and delivered to the State Board of Education. Any reference in this Code to "regional superintendent of schools" or "regional superintendent", or  "county superintendent of schools" or "county superintendent" shall mean, with  respect to any educational service region containing 2,000,000 or more  inhabitants in which the office of regional superintendent of schools is  abolished, the chief administrative officer of the educational service centers established pursuant to Section 2-3.62 of this Code for the educational service region. Upon and after the first Monday of August 1995,  references in this Code and elsewhere to educational service regions of  2,000,000 or fewer inhabitants shall exclude any educational service region  containing a city of 500,000 or more inhabitants and references in this Code  and elsewhere to educational service regions of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants  shall mean an educational service region containing a city of 500,000 or more  inhabitants regardless of the actual population of the region.(b-1) References to "regional superintendent" shall also include the chief administrative officer of the educational service centers established under Section 2-3.62 of this Code and   serving that portion of a Class  II county outside a city of 500,000 or more population.(c) This Article applies to the regional superintendent of a multicounty  educational service region formed under Article 3A as well as to a single  county or partial county region, except that in case of conflict between  the provisions of this Article and of Article 3A in the case of a multicounty  region, the provisions of Article 3A shall apply.  Any reference to "county" or  to "educational service region" in this Article means a regional office of  education.  (Source: P.A. 98-647, eff. 6-13-14.)