Bill Text: IL SB2610 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Authorizes the Chicago Board of Education, by resolution, to provide for the compensation of its members.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-11-03 - Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes [SB2610 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB2610-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2610 Introduced 10/18/2023, by Sen. Robert F. Martwick SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/34-4 from Ch. 122, par. 34-4
Amends the School Code. Authorizes the Chicago Board of Education, by resolution, to provide for the compensation of its members.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
34-4 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/34-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-4)
Sec. 34-4. Eligibility. To be eligible for election or
appointment to the board, a person shall be a citizen of the
United States, shall be a registered voter as provided in the
Election Code, shall have been a resident of the city and, if
applicable, the electoral district, for at least one year
immediately preceding his or her election or appointment, and
shall not be a child sex offender as defined in Section 11-9.3
of the Criminal Code of 2012. A person is ineligible for
election or appointment to the board if that person is an
employee of the school district. All persons eligible for
election to the board shall be nominated by a petition signed
by no less than 250 voters residing within the electoral
district on a petition in order to be placed on the ballot,
except that persons eligible for election to the board at
large shall be nominated by a petition signed by no less than
2,500 voters residing within the city. Permanent removal from
the city by any member of the board during his term of office

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