2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS › 105 ILCS 5/ - School Code. › Article 4 - Duties of County Board

(105 ILCS 5/Art. 4 heading)
ARTICLE 4.  
		DUTIES OF COUNTY BOARD
(105 ILCS 5/4-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 4-1)
Sec. 4-1. 
		Duties
of county board. 
		The county board of each county shall perform the duties prescribed in
this article.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
(105 ILCS 5/4-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 4-2)
Sec. 4-2. 
		Office and supplies. 
		Provide for the county superintendent of
schools a suitable office with necessary furniture and office supplies.
On and after July 1, 1994, the provisions of this Section shall have
no application in any county having a population of 2,000,000 or more
inhabitants.
(Source: P.A. 87-654; 87-1251.)
(105 ILCS 5/4-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 4-3)
Sec. 4-3. 
		
		Report
of county superintendent.
Examine and approve or reject the report of the county superintendent of
schools made to it.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
(105 ILCS 5/4-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 4-4)
Sec. 4-4. 
		Traveling expenses. 
		Allow, when they deem it proper, reasonable
traveling expenses for the office of county superintendent of schools.
On and after July 1, 1994, the provisions of this Section shall have
no application in any county having a population of 2,000,000 or more
inhabitants.
(Source: P.A. 87-654; 87-1251.)
(105 ILCS 5/4-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 4-5)
Sec. 4-5. 
		
		Audit of
bills.
Audit at the regular meeting in September, and as near quarterly
thereafter as it may have regular or special meetings, the itemized bills
of the county superintendent of schools for his office and traveling
expenses.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
(105 ILCS 5/4-6) (from Ch. 122, par. 4-6)
Sec. 4-6. 
		Employment of assistants. 
		Authorize the county superintendent
of schools to employ such assistants as he needs for the discharge of his
duties and fix the compensation thereof, which compensation shall be paid
out of the county treasury.
On and after July 1, 1994, the provisions of this Section shall have no
application in any county having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants.
(Source: P.A. 87-654; 87-1251.)
(105 ILCS 5/4-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 4-7)
Sec. 4-7. 
		Examination of financial statements.
(a) Examine the financial statements of the county superintendent of
schools required by Section 15-21 and compare them with vouchers.
(b) The county board, or so many thereof as are present at
its meeting, shall be liable individually to the fund injured and to the
sureties of the county superintendent, if judgment is recovered from the
sureties, for all damages occasioned by neglect of the duties, or any of
them, required of the board by this section; but nothing herein shall be
construed to exempt the sureties and they shall remain liable to the fund
injured the same as if the members of the county board were not liable to
them for neglect of their duty. On and after July 1, 1994, the
provisions of this subsection (b) shall have no application in any county
having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants.
(Source: P.A. 87-654; 87-1251.)
(105 ILCS 5/4-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 4-8)
Sec. 4-8. 
		Bond -- approval -- increase. 
		Approve the bond of the county
superintendent of schools, and increase the penalty thereof if, in its
judgment the penalty should be increased.
On and after July 1, 1994, the provisions of this Section shall have no
application in any county having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants.
(Source: P.A. 87-654; 87-1251.)
(105 ILCS 5/4-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 4-9)
Sec. 4-9. 
		New bond. 
		Require the county superintendent of schools, after
notice given, to execute a new bond, conditioned and approved as the first
bond, whenever it deems a new bond necessary, but the execution of such new
bond shall not affect the old bond or the liability of the sureties thereon.
On and after July 1, 1994, the provisions of this Section shall have no
application in any county having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants.
(Source: P.A. 87-654; 87-1251.)
(105 ILCS 5/4-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 4-10)
Sec. 4-10. 
		Reports -- Removal from office.
(a) Require the county superintendent of schools to make the reports
to it provided for by law.
(b) Remove the county superintendent of schools from
office in case of neglect or refusal so to do, or for any palpable
violation of law or omission of duty. On and after July 1, 1994, the
provisions of this subsection (b) shall have no application in any county
having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants.
(Source: P.A. 87-654; 87-1251.)
(105 ILCS 5/4-10.5)
Sec. 4-10.5. Expenses for life-skills programs.  Allow, when the county board deems it proper, reasonable expenses of the regional superintendent of schools to administer life-skills programs related to the healthy social and emotional development of children.
(Source: P.A. 95-391, eff. 8-23-07.)
(105 ILCS 5/4-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 4-11)
Sec. 4-11. 
		Depositories. 
		The county board, when requested by the county superintendent of
schools, shall designate one or more banks or savings and loan associations
in which the
funds and moneys received by him by virtue of his office may be deposited.
When a bank or savings and loan association has been designated as a
depository, it shall continue as such
until 10 days have elapsed after a new depository is designated and
qualified by furnishing the statement of resources and liabilities required
by this Section. When a new depository is designated, the county board
shall notify the sureties of the county superintendent of that fact, in
writing, at least 5 days before the transfer of funds. The county
superintendent of schools shall be discharged from responsibility for all
funds and moneys deposited in the banks or savings and loan association
so designated while
such funds and moneys are so deposited.
No bank or savings and loan association shall receive public funds as
permitted by this Section, unless it has complied with the requirements
established pursuant to Section 6 of "An Act relating to certain investments
of public funds by public agencies", approved July 23, 1943, as now or hereafter amended.
(Source: P.A. 83-541.)
(105 ILCS 5/4-12)
Sec. 4-12. Educational service center support. Notwithstanding Sections 4-2, 4-4, 4-6, 4-7, 4-8, 4-9, and 4-10 of this Code, a county having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants may provide financial or in-kind support to the educational service centers serving that county.
(Source: P.A. 96-893, eff. 7-1-10.)