Illinois Compiled Statutes

105 ILCS 5/7-7 (2026)

Administrative Review Law

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(105 ILCS 5/7-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 7-7)
    Sec. 7-7. Administrative Review Law. The decision of the regional board of school trustees or the decision of the State Superintendent of Education in cases determined pursuant to subsection (l) of Section 7-6 of this Code shall be deemed 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 certified copy of the regional board of school trustees' order may, within 35 days after a copy of the decision sought to be reviewed was served by certified mail, return receipt requested, upon the resident, petitioner, or board of education, thereby file a complaint for a judicial review of such decision in accordance with the Administrative Review Law and the rules adopted pursuant thereto. The commencement of any action for judicial review shall operate as a stay of enforcement, and no further proceedings shall be had until final disposition of such review. The circuit court of the county in which the dissolving district or detaching territory is located shall have sole jurisdiction to entertain a complaint for such review. In instances in which the dissolving district or detaching territory overlies more than one county, the circuit court of the county where a majority of the territory of the dissolving district or a majority of the territory of the detaching territory is located shall have sole jurisdiction to entertain a complaint for such review.
(Source: P.A. 100-374, eff. 8-25-17.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2004–2018 · leading case: Collinsville Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No. 10 v. Reg'l Bd. of Sch. Trs., 843 N.E.2d 273 (Ill. 2006).
Collinsville Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No. 10 v. Reg'l Bd. of Sch. Trs., 843 N.E.2d 273 (Ill. 2006). “Louis were required to comply strictly with its provisions: "Unless review is sought of an administrative decision within the time and in the manner herein provided, the parties to the proceeding before the administrative agency shall be barred from obtaining judicial review of…”
Shephard v. Reg'l Bd. of Sch. Trs. of De Kalb Cnty., 2018 IL App (2d) 170407 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “The plaintiffs insist that the Board's finding that there would be no significant direct educational benefit to the plaintiffs' children if the petition were granted was against the manifest weight of the evidence.”
Shephard v. Reg'l Bd. of Sch. Trs. of De Kalb Cnty., 2018 IL App (2d) 170407 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “¶ 16 A regional board’s decision to grant or deny a petition to detach and annex pursuant to section 7-6 of the School Code (id.”
Collinsville Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No. 10 v. Reg'l Bd. of Sch. Trs., 810 N.E.2d 510 (Ill. App. Ct. 2004). “" 105 ILCS 5/7-7 (West 2000). The court explained that if the school district maintained the right to appeal the decision of the regional school board without having participated at the hearing, then "it should be considered a party of record for administrative review…”
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