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105 ILCS 5/27A-1 (2026)

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(105 ILCS 5/27A-1)
    Sec. 27A-1. Short title and application. This Article may be cited as the Charter Schools Law. This Article applies in all school districts, including special charter districts and school districts located in cities having a population of more than 500,000.
(Source: P.A. 89-450, eff. 4-10-96.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1999–2024 · leading case: Bd. of Educ. of Waukegan Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. 60 v. Illinois State Charter Sch. Comm'n, 2018 IL App (1st) 162084 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018).
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Bd. of Educ. of Waukegan Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. 60 v. Illinois State Charter Sch. Comm'n, 2018 IL App (1st) 162084 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). · cites it 2× “LEARN appealed the denial to defendant, the Illinois State Charter School Commission (Commission), who concluded that LEARN's proposal was in compliance with the requirements of the Charter Schools Law ( 105 ILCS 5/27A-1 et seq. (West 2014) ) and in the best interests of the…”
Bd. of Educ. of Waukegan Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. 60 v. Illinois State Charter Sch. Comm'n, 2018 IL App (1st) 162084 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). · cites it 2× “LEARN appealed the denial to defendant, the Illinois State Charter School Commission (Commission), who concluded that LEARN’s proposal was in compliance with the requirements of the Charter Schools Law (105 ILCS 5/27A-1 et seq. (West 2014)) and in the best interests of the…”
Jones v. Sabis Educ. Sys., Inc., 52 F. Supp. 2d 868 (N.D. Ill. 1999). “As noted, the Foundation is an authorized charter -school under the Illinois Charter School Law, 105 ILCS 5/27A-1 et seq. The statute describes a charter school as “a public, nonsectarian, nonreligious, non-home based, and nonprofit school.”
Bd. of Educ. of Woodland Cmty. Consol. Sch. Dist. 50 v. Illinois State Charter Sch. Comm'n, 2016 IL App (1st) 151372 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “OPINION ¶1 Plaintiff, the Board of Education of Woodland Community Consolidated School District 50 (Woodland) filed a complaint for, inter alia, administrative review of the decision of defendant, the Illinois State Charter School Commission (Commission) to renew the charter of…”
Bd. of Educ. of Rich Twp. High Sch. Dist. No. 227 v. Illinois State Bd. of Educ., 2011 IL App (1st) 110182 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). “Pursuant to the Illinois Charter Schools Law (105 ILCS 5/27A-1 et seq. (West 2008)), Southland appealed the denial to the defendant Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).”
The Bd. of Educ. of Woodland Cmty. Consol. Sch. Dist. 50 v. The Illinois State Charter Sch. Comm'n, 2016 IL App (1st) 151372 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “OPINION ¶1 Plaintiff, the Board of Education of Woodland Community Consolidated School District 50 (Woodland) filed a complaint for, inter alia, administrative review of the decision of defendant, the Illinois State Charter School Commission (Commission) to renew the charter of…”
Bd. of Educ. of Rich Tp. v. State Bd., 965 N.E.2d 13 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). “Pursuant to the Illinois Charter Schools Law (105 ILCS 5/27A-1 et seq. (West 2008)), Southland appealed the denial to the defendant Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).”
Bd. of Educ. of Woodlawn Cmty. Consol. Sch. Dist. 50 v. ISBE, 2023 IL App (1st) 221723-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). · cites it 2× “65 (2014), to the State Superintendent alleging that the Commission, as authorizer, violated a requirement of either the Charter Schools Law (105 ILCS 5/27A-1 et seq. (West 2014)) or the Illinois Administrative Code (23 Ill.”
Bd. of Educ. of Woodland Cmty. Consol. Sch. Dist. 50 v. Illinois State Bd. of Educ., 2018 IL App (1st) 162900 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “Prairie Crossing Charter School (Prairie Crossing) is a charter school organized and existing pursuant to the Charter Schools Law (105 ILCS 5/27A-1 et seq. (West 2012)). ¶3 Over the objection of the School Districts, the State Board authorized the creation of Prairie Crossing in…”
Bd. of Educ. of Cmty. Consol. Sch. Dist. No. 59 v. Illinois State Bd. of Educ. (Ill. App. Ct. 2000). · cites it 2× “Pursuant to the Charter Schools Law (105 ILCS 5/27A-1 et seq . (West 1996 and 1997 Supp.”
Urban Prep Academies v. Bd. of Educ. of Chicago Sch. Dist. 299, 2024 IL App (1st) 231325 (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). “” 105 ILCS 5/27A-2(c) (West 2022). Illinois legislators intended to -2- 1-23-1325 “improve pupil learning by creating schools with high, rigorous standards for pupil performance” (id.”
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