Illinois Compiled Statutes
105 ILCS 5/34-2 (2026)
City to constitute district-Corporate status of board
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(105 ILCS 5/34-2)
(from Ch. 122, par. 34-2)
Sec. 34-2.
City
to constitute district-Corporate status of board.
Each city having a population exceeding 500,000 shall constitute one
school district which shall maintain a system of free schools under the
charge of a board of education. The district shall be a body politic and
corporate by the name of "Board of Education of the City of ...." and by
that name may sue and be sued in all courts and places where judicial
proceedings are had.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2002–2025 · leading case: Bartlett v. City of Chicago Sch. Dist. 299, 40 F. Supp. 3d 959 (N.D. Ill. 2014).
Bartlett v. City of Chicago Sch. Dist. 299, 40 F. Supp. 3d 959 (N.D. Ill. 2014). “2012); 105 ILCS 5/34-2 (West 2010). Plaintiff is employed by the Board of Education of the City'of Chicago.”
Chicago Teachers Union, Local 1 v. Bd. of Educ., 307 F.R.D. 475 (N.D. Ill. 2015). “Factual Overview Board, a “body politic and corporate” organized under the Illinois School Code (105 ILCS 5/34-2), maintains the Chicago Public Schools (CPS), a free public school system within the City of Chicago (Answer ¶ 34).”
Huggins v. Bd. of Educ. of the City of Chicago, 2024 IL App (1st) 230615-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). “They further argued that any claims against “Higgins School” should be dismissed pursuant to section 2-619 because there is no legal entity named “Higgins School” and, under section 34-2 of the School Code (105 ILCS 5/34-2 (West 2022)), lawsuits concerning public schools in…”
Starks v. City of Chicago Bd. of Educ. (N.D. Ill. 2018). “105 ILCS 5/34-2 (“The district shall be a body politic and corporate by the name of ‘Board of Education of the City of .”
Smith v. Lyons (N.D. Ill. 2018). “See 105 ILCS 5/34-2; Dass v. Chi. Bd. of Educ.”
Arrasheed v. Chicago Pub. Schs. (N.D. Ill. 2022). “See 105 ILCS 5/34-2; Burton v. Chicago Pub. Schs.”
Swearengin v. Bd. of Educ. of the City of Chicago (N.D. Ill. 2025). “Punitive Damages Finally, the defendants argue that because the Board of Education is a government agency and local government entity, it is immune from punitive damages on the plaintiff’s state law claims.”
Prato v. Vallas (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). “Plaintiff was charged with: (1) conduct unbecoming a principal; (2) gross dereliction of duties; (3) violation of her uniform performance contract; (4) improper recruitment activities for the Options for Knowledge program; (5) violations of student confidentially; (6)…”
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