Illinois Compiled Statutes
105 ILCS 5/10-20 (2026)
Powers of school board
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20)
(from Ch. 122, par. 10-20)
Sec. 10-20.
Powers of school board.
The school board has the
powers enumerated in the Sections of this Article following
this Section. This enumeration of powers is
not exclusive, but the board may exercise all other powers not inconsistent
with this Act that may be requisite or proper for the maintenance, operation,
and development of any school or schools under the jurisdiction of the board.
This grant of powers does not release a school board from any duty imposed upon
it by this Act or any other law.
(Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-159, eff. 1-1-96.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2005–2021 · leading case: Bd. of Educ. of the City of Chicago v. Moore, 2021 IL 125785 (Ill. 2021).
Bd. of Educ. of the City of Chicago v. Moore, 2021 IL 125785 (Ill. 2021). “See 105 ILCS 5/10-20 (West 2016) (powers of the school board); id.”
Clarke v. Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. 303, 2012 IL App (2d) 110705 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “” 105 ILCS 5/10-20 (West 2010). These duties and powers include the authority: “[t]o adopt and enforce all necessary rules for the management and government of the public schools” (105 ILCS 5/10-20.”
Niles Twp. High Sch. Dist. 219 v. Illinois Educ. Labor Relations Bd., 883 N.E.2d 29 (Ill. App. Ct. 2007). “A school board's statutory authority to dismiss a nontenured teacher during the probationary period is discretionary and does not require a showing of just cause.”
Sean Gschwind v. Linda Heiden, 692 F.3d 844 (7th Cir. 2012). “It can be held liable only for its own conduct or that of its highest official or officials charged with responsibility for making the kind of decision, in this case a termination of employment, that is challenged.”
Gurba v. Cmty. High Sch. Dist. No. 155, 2014 IL App (2d) 140098 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “The Attorney General also considered that, in the relevant statutes, there is nothing exempting local school boards or school districts from compliance with local zoning regulations, while section 10-20 of the School Code (105 ILCS 5/10-20 (West 2010)) subjects the local school…”
Clarke v. Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. 303, 2014 IL App (2d) 131016 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “¶ 28 The School Code contains both general, discretionary powers granted to school boards by the legislature (see 105 ILCS 5/10-20 (West 2010)) and mandatory regulations that specifically address a school district’s duties as required by the NCLB (see 105 ILCS 5/2-3.”
Clarke v. Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. 303, 2014 IL App (2d) 131016 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “¶ 28 The School Code contains both general, discretionary powers granted to school boards by the legislature (see 105 ILCS 5/10-20 (West 2010)) and mandatory regulations that specifically - 10 - 2014 IL App (2d) 131016 address a school district’s duties as required by the NCLB…”
1001 Ogden Avenue Partners v. Henry, 2017 IL App (2d) 160838 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “105 ILCS 5/10-20 (West 2002). In that vein, a board had the power to visit, inspect, and “maintain” the public schools under its jurisdiction.”
Earl v. Decatur Pub. Schs. Bd. of Educ., 2015 IL App (4th) 141111 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “It cited section 10-20 of the Code (105 ILCS 5/10-20 (West 2014)) as authority for authorizing defendant to undertake any action not prohibited by law.”
1001 Ogden Avenue Partners v. Henry, 2017 IL App (2d) 160838 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “¶ 22 A school district’s board of education was considered a “body politic and corporate” (105 ILCS 5/10-2 (West 2002)) and had the powers specifically enumerated in article 10 of the School Code (105 ILCS 5/10-20 (West 2002)). A board was empowered to exercise “all other…”
Gurba v. Cmty. High Sch. Dist. No. 155, 2014 IL App (2d) 140098 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “The Attorney General also considered that, in the relevant statutes, there is nothing exempting local school boards or school districts from compliance with local zoning regulations, while section 10-20 of the School Code (105 ILCS 5/10-20 (West 2010)) subjects the local school…”
Gurba v. Cmty. High Sch. Dist. No. 155, 2014 IL App (2d) 140098 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “The Attorney General also considered that, in the relevant statutes, there is nothing exempting local school boards or school districts from compliance with local zoning regulations, while section 10-20 of the School Code (105 ILCS 5/10-20 (West 2010)) subjects the local school…”
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