Chapter 105, SCHOOLS

(105 ILCS 230/5-30) Sec. 5-30. Priority of school construction projects. The State Board of Education shall develop standards for the determination of priority needs concerning school construction projects based upon approved district facilities plans. Such standards shall call f…

(105 ILCS 5/5-31) (from Ch. 122, par. 5-31) Sec. 5-31. Division of township into districts - Territory taken from special charter district. The trustees of schools in newly organized townships shall divide the township into school districts to suit the wishes or convenience of a …

(105 ILCS 5/5-32) (from Ch. 122, par. 5-32) Sec. 5-32. Failure to maintain schools - Transportation and tuition. If any school district other than a non-high school district shall for 1 year fail to maintain within the boundaries of the school district a recognized public school …

(105 ILCS 5/5-34) (from Ch. 122, par. 5-34) Sec. 5-34. Evidence of indebtedness not in proper form-Securities insufficient- Action taken. When any county superintendent of schools notifies the trustees of schools of a township, in writing, that the notes, bonds, mortgages or othe…

(105 ILCS 230/5-35) Sec. 5-35. School construction project grant award amounts; permitted use; prohibited use. (a) The grant award percentage is equal to one minus the required local match percentage. The grant award amount is equal to the grant award percentage multiplied by the…

(105 ILCS 5/5-35) (from Ch. 122, par. 5-35) Sec. 5-35. Liability of trustees for sufficiency of securities taken from township treasurer. Trustees of schools shall be liable, jointly and severally, for the sufficiency of securities taken from township treasurers; and in case of j…

(105 ILCS 5/5-36) (from Ch. 122, par. 5-36) Sec. 5-36. Failure to follow law as to distribution when new district formed. If the trustees of schools fail to observe the provisions of this Act in reference to the distribution of funds and property when a new district is formed, th…

(105 ILCS 5/5-37) (from Ch. 122, par. 5-37) Sec. 5-37. Returns of children-Penalty for failure or false return. Any trustee of schools who fails or refuses to make returns of children in his township according to the provisions of this Act, or who knowingly makes a false return t…

(105 ILCS 5/5-38) Sec. 5-38. Publication of information. (a) As used in this Section: "Accounting book value" means the value carried on the accounting records of the township school treasurer as of the last day of a calendar quarter. "Annual total compensation" means the total c…

(105 ILCS 230/5-40) Sec. 5-40. Supervision of school construction projects; green projects. The Capital Development Board shall exercise general supervision over school construction projects financed pursuant to this Article. School districts, however, must be allowed to choose t…

(105 ILCS 230/5-400) Sec. 5-400. Charter school construction grants. (a) The Capital Development Board is authorized to make grants to charter schools, as authorized by Article 27A of the School Code, 105 ILCS 5/Art. 27A, for construction projects. The grants shall be paid out of…

(105 ILCS 230/5-5) Sec. 5-5. Definitions. As used in this Article: "Conditional grant award" means the formal notification by the Capital Development Board to a school district of its conditional intent to award a grant to a school district to pay a portion of the recognized proj…

(105 ILCS 230/5-50) Sec. 5-50. Referendum requirements. A school district may submit a school construction project or the financing of a school construction project to referendum at any time. However, the proposition may include a reference to the school district's expectation of…

(105 ILCS 230/5-500) Sec. 5-500. Emergency funding eligibility. (a) The State Board of Education shall classify destruction or disrepair of a public school as an emergency that is eligible for emergency funding if the public school (i) does not otherwise meet the minimum enrollme…

(105 ILCS 230/5-55) Sec. 5-55. Rules. (a) The Capital Development Board shall promulgate such rules as it deems necessary for carrying out its responsibilities under the provisions of this Article. (b) The State Board of Education shall promulgate such rules as it deems necessary…

(105 ILCS 230/5-60) Sec. 5-60. School capital needs assessment. The State Board of Education and the Capital Development Board shall file with the General Assembly a comprehensive assessment report of the capital needs of all school districts in this State before January 1, 2005 …

(105 ILCS 230/5-900) Sec. 5-900. The Capital Development Board Act is amended by repealing Article 1A. (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)

(105 ILCS 230/5-905) Sec. 5-905. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; text omitted.)

(105 ILCS 230/5-910) Sec. 5-910. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 12-4-97; text omitted.)

(105 ILCS 230/5-915) Sec. 5-915. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; text omitted.)

(105 ILCS 230/5-920) Sec. 5-920. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; text omitted.)

(105 ILCS 5/6-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 6-1) Sec. 6-1. Fractional townships of less than 200 persons. Each congressional township is a township for school purposes. When a fractional congressional township contains fewer than 200 persons under 21 years of age and has not heretofore …

(105 ILCS 5/6-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 6-10) Sec. 6-10. Nominating petition. The nomination of candidates for members of the regional board of school trustees in single county or multi-county educational service regions shall be made by a petition filed with the county clerk, in t…

(105 ILCS 5/6-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 6-12) Sec. 6-12. Ballot form. The ballots for members of the regional board of school trustees shall be in substantially one of the following forms: OFFICIAL BALLOT FOR SINGLE COUNTY REGIONS For members of the Regional Board of School Trustee…

(105 ILCS 5/6-17) (from Ch. 122, par. 6-17) Sec. 6-17. Election of president - Terms of members. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2A-54 of the Election Code, on the third Monday in May, following the first election, or if such day is a holiday then the next day, the region…

(105 ILCS 5/6-18) (from Ch. 122, par. 6-18) Sec. 6-18. Meeting dates - Place - Quorum. The regional board of school trustees shall hold a regular meeting in July, October, January and April. With appropriate public notice, the board may cancel its regular quarterly meeting if no …

(105 ILCS 5/6-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 6-19) Sec. 6-19. Vacancy on regional board. Any vacancy on the regional board of school trustees shall be filled from the same territory by the remaining members until the next regular election for members of the regional board of school trus…

(105 ILCS 5/6-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 6-2) Sec. 6-2. Regional board; creation; membership; abolition and transfer of duties. (a) There is created a regional board of school trustees for that territory in each educational service region exclusive of any school district organized un…

(105 ILCS 5/6-2.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 6-2.1) Sec. 6-2.1. On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act, the provisions of Sections 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 6-10, 6-11 (now repealed), 6-12, 6-17, 6-18, 6-19, 6-20, and 6-21 of this School Code shall have no application in any educa…

(105 ILCS 5/6-20) (from Ch. 122, par. 6-20) Sec. 6-20. Expenses of members. Members of the regional board of school trustees shall serve without remuneration; however, the necessary expenses including travel attendant upon any meeting of the board shall be paid from the fund from…

(105 ILCS 5/6-21) (from Ch. 122, par. 6-21) Sec. 6-21. Legal Representation. Upon request, the State's Attorney of the county, other than a county of over 3,000,000 inhabitants, where the regional superintendent's office is located shall act as the legal representative of the reg…

(105 ILCS 5/6-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 6-3) Sec. 6-3. Eligibility for trustee's office. No person shall be eligible to the office of member of the regional board of school trustees who is not a voter of the educational service region and qualified to vote in the election for member…

(105 ILCS 5/6-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 6-4) Sec. 6-4. Election date. Members of the regional board of school trustees shall be elected at the regular election specified in the general election law in each odd-numbered year. (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)

(105 ILCS 5/6-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 6-5) Sec. 6-5. Qualifications and eligibility of voters. A person is qualified to vote at an election for members of the regional board of school trustees who is a registered voter as provided in the Election Code and has resided within the St…

(105 ILCS 5/7-01a) Sec. 7-01a. Purpose and applicability. The purpose of this Article is to permit greater flexibility and efficiency in the detachment and dissolution of school districts for the improvement of the administration and quality of educational services and for the be…

(105 ILCS 5/7-01b) Sec. 7-01b. Definition. In this Article, "legal resident voter" means a person who is registered to vote at the time a circulated petition is filed and when the regional board of school trustees renders a decision, at the address shown opposite his or her signa…

(105 ILCS 5/7-02) (from Ch. 122, par. 7-02) Sec. 7-02. Limitations. The provisions of this Article providing for the change in school district boundaries by detachment, annexation, division or dissolution, or by any combination of those methods, are subject to the provisions of t…

(105 ILCS 5/7-04) (from Ch. 122, par. 7-04) Sec. 7-04. Districts in educational service regions of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants. (a) In all proceedings under this Article to change by detachment, annexation, division, dissolution, or any combination of those methods the boundari…

(105 ILCS 5/7-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 7-1) Sec. 7-1. Changing boundaries by detachment or dissolution. (a) School district boundaries may be changed by detachment, annexation, division or dissolution or any combination thereof by the regional board of school trustees or by the Sta…

(105 ILCS 5/7-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 7-10) Sec. 7-10. Map showing change; filed. Within 30 days after the boundaries of any school district have been changed, the regional superintendent of schools shall make and file with the county clerk or clerks a map of any detaching, disso…

(105 ILCS 5/7-10.5) Sec. 7-10.5. Teacher transfer. When dissolution and annexation become effective for purposes of administration and attendance as determined pursuant to Section 7-9 or 7-11 of this Code, as applicable, the positions of teachers in contractual continued service …

(105 ILCS 5/7-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 7-11) Sec. 7-11. Annexation of dissolved non-operating districts. If any school district has become dissolved as provided in Section 5-32 of this Code, or if a petition for dissolution is filed under Section 7-2a of this Code, the regional bo…

(105 ILCS 5/7-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 7-12) Sec. 7-12. Termination of office. Upon the close of the then current school year during which any school district is annexed to another school district under any of the provisions of this Article, the terms of office of the school direc…

(105 ILCS 5/7-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 7-14) Sec. 7-14. Bonded indebtedness-Tax rate. (a) Beginning on January 1, 2015, whenever the boundaries of any school district are changed by the attachment or detachment of territory, the territory that is detached shall remain liable for i…

(105 ILCS 5/7-14A) (from Ch. 122, par. 7-14A) Sec. 7-14A. Annexation compensation. There shall be no accounting made after a mere change in boundaries when no new district is created, except that those districts whose enrollment increases by 90% or more as a result of annexing te…

(105 ILCS 5/7-2.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 7-2.3) Sec. 7-2.3. Annexation to special charter district. (a) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in any special act or special charter of any school district, annexation of territory to any city or village under the Ill…

(105 ILCS 5/7-2.4) (from Ch. 122, par. 7-2.4) Sec. 7-2.4. A petition for detachment of territory from a special charter district with annexation to another school district, for detachment of territory from a school district with annexation to a special charter district, or for di…

(105 ILCS 5/7-2.5) (from Ch. 122, par. 7-2.5) Sec. 7-2.5. If no objection to the dissolution or detachment of territory prayed for in a petition under Section 7-2.4 of this Code is filed with the special charter school district or with the regional board of school trustees within…

(105 ILCS 5/7-2.6) (from Ch. 122, par. 7-2.6) Sec. 7-2.6. At its organization meeting, the Hearing Board shall choose from its membership a chairman and a secretary. The secretary shall cause a copy of such petition to be sent to the president of the school board of each detachin…

(105 ILCS 5/7-2.7) (from Ch. 122, par. 7-2.7) Sec. 7-2.7. The decision of the Hearing Board under Section 7-2.6 is an "administrative decision" as defined in Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and any resident, petitioner, or board of education entitled to receive a ce…