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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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section 
534-4 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/34-4)  (from Ch. 122, par. 34-4)
7    Sec. 34-4. Eligibility. To be eligible for election or 
8appointment to the board, a person shall be a citizen of the 
9United States, shall be a registered voter as provided in the 
10Election Code, shall have been a resident of the city and, if 
11applicable, the electoral district, for at least one year 
12immediately preceding his or her election or appointment, and 
13shall not be a child sex offender as defined in Section 11-9.3 
14of the Criminal Code of 2012. A person is ineligible for 
15election or appointment to the board if that person is an 
16employee of the school district. All persons eligible for 
17election to the board shall be nominated by a petition signed 
18by no less than 250 voters residing within the electoral 
19district on a petition in order to be placed on the ballot, 
20except that persons eligible for election to the board at 
21large shall be nominated by a petition signed by no less than 
222,500 voters residing within the city. Permanent removal from 
23the city by any member of the board during his term of office 
 
 
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1constitutes a resignation therefrom and creates a vacancy in 
2the board. The board may, by resolution, provide for the 
3compensation of board members. The compensation provided for 
4board members may include, but is not limited to, 
5reimbursement Board members shall serve without any 
6compensation; however, board members shall be reimbursed for 
7expenses incurred while in the performance of their duties 
8upon submission of proper receipts or upon submission of a 
9signed voucher in the case of an expense allowance evidencing 
10the amount of such reimbursement or allowance to the president 
11of the board for verification and approval. Board members 
12shall not hold other public office under the Federal, State or 
13any local government other than that of Director of the 
14Regional Transportation Authority, member of the economic 
15development commission of a city having a population exceeding 
16500,000, notary public or member of the National Guard, and by 
17accepting any such office while members of the board, or by not 
18resigning any such office held at the time of being elected or 
19appointed to the board within 30 days after such election or 
20appointment, shall be deemed to have vacated their membership 
21in the board.
22(Source: P.A. 102-177, eff. 6-1-22; 102-691, eff. 12-17-21.)