Illinois Compiled Statutes
105 ILCS 5/9-5 (2026)
Election dates and terms of offices
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(105 ILCS 5/9-5)
(from Ch. 122, par. 9-5)
Sec. 9-5.
Election dates and terms of offices.
The dates
upon which school officer elections shall be held are
as established in the general election law. Members of boards of education
shall unless otherwise provided serve terms of 4 years.
If, at a regularly scheduled election, a proposition
is submitted to the voters of a district, as provided by a resolution
of the board, on the question of
whether board members should serve for 6 year terms and the proposition
receives the affirmative vote of those voting thereon, members of the board
of education shall thereafter serve for terms of 6 years.
(Source: P.A. 82-1014.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2019–2019 · leading case: Earnest v. Bd. of Educ. of Jasper Cnty. Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No. 1, 371 F. Supp. 3d 459 (S.D. Ill. 2019).
Earnest v. Bd. of Educ. of Jasper Cnty. Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No. 1, 371 F. Supp. 3d 459 (S.D. Ill. 2019). “No reasonable factfinder could find, based on these facts, that Earnest was effectively removed from his position on the Board.”
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