Illinois Compiled Statutes
105 ILCS 5/10-7 (2026)
Secretary or clerk to record official acts - yeas and nays on expenditures
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(105 ILCS 5/10-7)
(from Ch. 122, par. 10-7)
Sec. 10-7. Secretary or clerk to record official acts - yeas and nays
on expenditures. The secretary or clerk shall keep in a punctual, orderly
and reliable manner a record of the official acts of the board which
shall be signed by the president and the secretary or clerk, and
submitted to the treasurer having custody of the funds of the district
for his inspection and approval at such times as the treasurer may require. On all
questions involving the expenditure of money, the yeas and nays shall be
taken and entered on the records of the proceedings of the board. The
secretary or clerk shall keep the minutes and, if the district is not
required to employ a superintendent, keep or cause to be kept the
financial records of the school district.
(Source: P.A. 96-998, eff. 7-2-10.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2006–2024 · leading case: 1 v. Bd. of Educ. of Lake Forest High Sch. Dist. 115, 2024 IL App (2d) 230173 (Ill. App. Ct. 2024).
1 v. Bd. of Educ. of Lake Forest High Sch. Dist. 115, 2024 IL App (2d) 230173 (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). “Pursuant to section 10-7 of the School Code (105 ILCS 5/10-7 (West 2020)), any contract involving the expenditure of public funds requires approval at a public meeting, and that public meeting and approval did not take place until June 14, 2022.”
Bd. of Educ. v. Sered (Ill. App. Ct. 2006). “" 105 ILCS 5/10-7 (West 2002). The District maintains that these sections together prohibit the enforcement of an agreement against a school district unless actual authoirty has been so given by the district.”
The Bd. of Educ. of Bremen High Sch. Dist. No. 228 v. Mitchell (Ill. App. Ct. 2008). “, 105 ILCS 5/10-7 (West 2006) (requiring that all expenditures be voted on by the members of the board and their votes recorded); 105 ILCS 5/10-18 (West 2006) (requiring that every order for payment made by the board be in the form indicated); 105 ILCS 5/10-20.”
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