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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