Article III - Community College Districts; Organization; Powers And Duties; Elections
(110 ILCS 805/Art. III heading) ARTICLE III. COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS; ORGANIZATION; POWERS AND DUTIES; ELECTIONS
(110 ILCS 805/3‑1) (from Ch. 122, par. 103‑1)
Sec. 3‑1. Any contiguous and compact territory, no part of which is included within any community college district, unless all of such district is included which has an equalized assessed valuation of not less than $150,000,000 and contains a population of not less than 60,000 persons may be organized into a community college district within the State system.
For the purpose of this section and Sections 6‑5.3, 6‑5.5, and 6‑6.1 any territory which is completely surrounded by a community college district governed by the provisions of Article 7 of this Act, shall be considered contiguous to any territory beyond the boundaries of such community college district governed by the provisions of Article 7, the closest boundary of which is not more than 5 miles from the boundary of such territory so surrounded. Any territory which comprises a special charter school district and which is completely surrounded by a non‑district territory shall be considered contiguous to any community college district beyond the boundaries of such non‑district territory, the closest boundary of which is not more than 20 miles from the boundary of such territory so surrounded. The contiguity of such territory shall not be affected by any subsequent change in the status of the surrounding non‑district territory, including the inclusion of such non‑district territory in a community college district other than the district to which the original territory was annexed.
A petition signed by at least 500 or more voters residing in the territory described in the petition shall be filed with the State Board. The petition shall:
(1) Request the calling of an election for the purpose of voting for or against the establishment of a community college district.
(2) Describe the territory comprising the proposed district.
(3) Describe the extent to which educational programs will be provided by contract with existing public or private educational institutions.
(4) Set forth the maximum tax rates for educational purposes and for operations and maintenance of facilities purposes. The proposed district shall be authorized to levy rates which shall not exceed .75 per cent of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, for educational purposes, and .1 per cent for operations and maintenance of facilities purposes.
(Source: P.A. 85‑1335.) |
(110 ILCS 805/3‑1.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 103‑1.1)
Sec. 3‑1.1. Any petition filed under this Act, which bears the signatures of 25 or more persons, may designate a committee of 5 of the petitioners as attorney in fact for all the petitioners, who may amend the petition to correct errors in the description of the territory included in the petition prior to the public hearing, or if no hearing is required, prior to approval or disapproval of the petition by the State Board. The petition must after amendment comply with the requirements for such a petition under this Act.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3308.) |
(110 ILCS 805/3‑2) (from Ch. 122, par. 103‑2)
Sec. 3‑2. Upon the receipt of such a petition, the State Board shall, in cooperation with the regional superintendent of the county or counties in which the territory of the proposed district is located, cause a study to be made of the territory of the proposed district and the community college needs and condition thereof and the area within and adjacent thereto in relation to existing facilities for general education, including pre‑professional curricula and for training in occupational activities, and in relation to a factual survey of the possible enrollment, assessed valuation, industrial business, agricultural and other conditions reflecting educational needs in the area to be served, in order to determine whether in its judgment the proposed district may adequately maintain a community college in accordance with such desirable standards. In reviewing the application the State Board shall consider the feasibility of any proposed utilization of existing public or private educational facilities and land within or in near proximity to the boundary of the proposed district, and of contracting with such public or private institutions for the provision of educational programs. If the State Board finds as the result of its study that it is not possible for the proposed district to produce a desirable program of community college education at a reasonable cost, it shall provide a brief statement of the reasons for this decision and shall thereupon cause a copy of the statement to be published in a newspaper or newspapers having a general circulation in the territory of the proposed district and no election shall be held or further proceedings had on said petition to establish such a community college district. If approved the State Board shall submit its findings to the Board of Higher Education for a determination as to whether or not the proposal is in conformity with a comprehensive community college program. When the Board of Higher Education approves the request for a new community college, the State Board shall prepare a report of such action on the petition. The report shall contain a brief statement of the reasons for the decision and a resume stating why the State Board deems it possible for the proposed district to provide a desirable two‑year college program at reasonable cost, the conditions under which such operation would be possible, the estimated results of such operation in terms of local taxes, the nature and probable cost of alternative methods of providing adequate community college educational opportunities for students in the territory involved and such other information as the State Board believes may be helpful to the voters in such territory in voting on the proposition to establish a community college district.
(Source: P.A. 84‑509.) |
(110 ILCS 805/3‑3) (from Ch. 122, par. 103‑3)
Sec. 3‑3.
If the Board of Higher Education disapproves the request for a new community college, no election shall be held or further proceedings had on such petition to establish a community college district. If the Board of Higher Education approves the request to establish a community college district, the State Board shall cause notice of a hearing on the petition to be given by publishing a notice thereof at least once each week for 3 successive weeks in at least one newspaper having general circulation within the territory of the proposed district, and if no such newspaper exists, then the publication shall be made in 2 or more newspapers which together cover the territory with general circulation. The notice shall state when and to whom the petition was presented, the description of the territory of the proposed district, and the day on which the hearing upon the petition and the report of the State Board will be held. On such day or on a day to which the State Board shall continue said hearing, the State Board or a hearing officer appointed by it shall hear the petition, present the report and determine the sufficiency of the petition as herein prescribed, and may adjourn the hearing from time to time or continue the matter for want of sufficient notice or for other good cause. The State Board or a hearing officer appointed by it shall hear any additional evidence as to the school needs and conditions of the territory and in the area within and adjacent thereto and if a hearing officer is appointed he shall report a summary of the testimony to the State Board. Whereupon the State Board shall determine whether it is for the best interests of the schools of such area and the educational welfare of the students therein that such district be organized, and shall determine also whether the territory described in the petition is compact and contiguous for college purposes.
(Source: P. A. 78‑669.) |
(110 ILCS 805/3‑4) (from Ch. 122, par. 103‑4)
Sec. 3‑4. At the hearing, any resident in the proposed district or any district affected thereby may appear in support of the petition or to object thereto. At the conclusion of the hearing the State Board shall make a decision either granting or denying the petition. If the State Board denies the petition no election shall be held or further proceedings had unless its decision is reversed upon review. If the State Board approves the petition or if its denial of the petition is reversed on review, the regional superintendent of the county in which the territory described in the petition is situated or if the petition describes territory consisting of one county and all or a part of several counties, the regional superintendent of the county having the greater number of people included in the territory described in the petition, shall certify the proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit such proposition at a regular scheduled election as provided in the general election law for the purpose of voting for or against the proposition of establishing a community college district. The decision of the State Board after the hearing shall be deemed an "administrative decision" as defined in Section 3‑101 of the Code of Civil Procedure and any petitioner or resident who appears at the hearing may file a complaint for a judicial review of such decision in accordance with the Administrative Review Law, and all amendments and modifications thereof and the rules adopted pursuant thereto. The commencement of any action for review shall operate as a stay of enforcement, and no referendum shall be held pending final disposition of such review.
(Source: P.A. 84‑551.) |
(110 ILCS 805/3‑4.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 103‑4.1)
Sec. 3‑4.1. The costs of any referendum conducted under this Act shall be borne by the county or counties in which the territory involved in the election is located.
(Source: P.A. 81‑1489.) |
(110 ILCS 805/3‑5) (from Ch. 122, par. 103‑5)
Sec. 3‑5. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
FOR the establishment of a community college district with authority to levy taxes at the rate of.... per cent for educational purposes, and.... per cent for operations and maintenance of facilities purposes.
AGAINST the establishment of a community college district with authority to levy taxes at the rate of.... per cent for educational purposes, and.... per cent for operations and maintenance of facilities purposes.
In order for the proposition to be approved, a majority of the votes cast in the territory at the election must be in favor of the proposition of establishing a community college district; provided, however, that if the territory described in the petition includes one or more community college districts, the proposition has not received a majority of the votes cast on the proposition unless it also receives a majority of the votes cast on the proposition within the territory included within each such district, the count to be taken separately within such districts.
(Source: P.A. 85‑1335.) |
(110 ILCS 805/3‑6) (from Ch. 122, par. 103‑6)
Sec. 3‑6. If a majority of the votes cast at the election, as determined in the manner provided in Section 3‑5, is in favor of the establishment of a community college district, the regional superintendent who ordered that election shall forthwith order an election to be held at the time and in the manner provided in the general election law for the purpose of selecting the board for that community college district, to consist of 7 members.
(Source: P.A. 81‑1490.) |
(110 ILCS 805/3‑7) (from Ch. 122, par. 103‑7)
Sec. 3‑7. (a) The election of the members of the board of trustees shall be nonpartisan and shall be held at the time and in the manner provided in the general election law.
(b) Unless otherwise provided in this Act, members shall be elected to serve 6 year terms. The term of members elected in 1985 and thereafter shall be from the date the member is officially determined to be elected to the board by a canvass conducted pursuant to the Election Code, to the date that the winner of the seat is officially determined by the canvass conducted pursuant to the Election Code the next time the seat on the board is to be filled by election.
(c) A board of trustees of a community college district which is contiguous or has been contiguous to an experimental community college district as authorized and defined by Article IV of this Act may, on its own motion, or shall, upon the petition of the lesser of 1/10 or 2,000 of the voters registered in the district, order submitted to the voters of the district at the next general election the proposition for the election of board members by trustee district rather than at large, and such proposition shall thereupon be certified by the secretary of the board to the proper election authority in accordance with the general election law for submission.
If the proposition is approved by a majority of those voting on the proposition, the State Board of Elections, in 1991, shall reapportion the trustee districts to reflect the results of the last decennial census, and shall divide the community college district into 7 trustee districts, each of which shall be compact, contiguous and substantially equal in population to each other district. In 2001, and in the year following each decennial census thereafter, the board of trustees of community college District #522 shall reapportion the trustee districts to reflect the results of the census, and shall divide the community college district into 7 trustee districts, each of which shall be compact, contiguous, and substantially equal in population to each other district. The division of the community college district into trustee districts shall be completed and formally approved by a majority of the members of the board of trustees of community college District #522 in 2001 and in the year following each decennial census. At the same meeting of the board of trustees, the board shall, publicly by lot, divide the trustee districts as equally as possible into 2 groups. Beginning in 2003 and every 10 years thereafter, trustees or their successors from one group shall be elected for successive terms of 4 years and 6 years; and members or their successors from the second group shall be elected for successive terms of 6 years and 4 years. One member shall be elected from each such trustee district. Each member elected in 2001 shall be elected at the 2001 consolidated election from the trustee districts established in 1991. The term of each member elected in 2001 shall end on the date that the trustees elected in 2003 are officially determined by a canvass conducted pursuant to the Election Code.
(d) In Community College District No. 526, the election of board members shall be by trustee district rather than at large beginning with the consolidated election in 2005.
For the 2005, 2007, and 2009 consolidated elections, the community college district is divided into 7 trustee districts as follows:
TRUSTEE DISTRICT 1
Sangamon County (pt)
Capital CCD (pt)
Tract 0001.00
Tract 0002.01 (pt)
BG 1 (pt)
Block 1010
Block 1011
Block 1013
Block 1014
Block 1015
Block 1016
Block 1017
Block 1018
BG 2 (pt)
Block 2002
Block 2003
Block 2004
Block 2005
Block 2008
Block 2013
Block 2014
Block 2015
Block 2016
Block 2017
Block 2018
Block 2019
Block 2020
Block 2021
BG 3 (pt)
Block 3000
Block 3001
Block 3008
Block 3009
Tract 0002.02
Tract 0003.00
Tract 0004.00
Tract 0005.01
Tract 0005.03
Tract 0005.04
Tract 0006.00 (pt)
BG 1
BG 2 (pt)
Block 2000
Block 2001
Block 2002
Block 2003
Block 2004
Block 2005
Block 2006
Block 2008
Block 2011
Block 2012
Block 2015
Block 2017
Block 2018
Block 2020
Block 2021
Block 2022
Block 2023
Block 2024
Block 2025
Block 2027
Block 2028
Block 2029
Block 2030
BG 3
BG 4 (pt)
Block 4000
Block 4002
Block 4003
Block 4004
Block 4005
Block 4006
Block 4007
Block 4010
Block 4018
Block 4019
BG 5 (pt)
Block 5001
Block 5004
Block 5006
Block 5007
Block 5015
Block 5016
Block 5018
Tract 0007.00 (pt)
BG 1 (pt)
Block 1033
Block 1036
BG 2 (pt)
Block 2000
Block 2001
Block 2002
Block 2003
Block 2004
Block 2005
Block 2006
Block 2007
Block 2008
Block 2009
Block 2010
Block 2011
Block 2012
Block 2013
Block 2014
Block 2015
Block 2016
Block 2017
Block 2018
Block 2019
Block 2020
Block 2021
Tract 0008.00 (pt)
BG 1 (pt)
Block 1000
Block 1001
Block 1002
Block 1003
Block 1004
Block 1005
Block 1006
Block 1007
Block 1008
Block 1009
Block 1010
Block 1011
Block 1012
Block 1013
Block 1014
Block 1015
Block 1016
Block 1017
Block 1018
Block 1019
Block 1020
Block 1021
Block 1023
Block 1024
Block 1025
Block 1026
Block 1027
Block 1028
BG 2 (pt)
Block 2000
Block 2001
Block 2002
Block 2003
Block 2004
Block 2005
Block 2006
Block 2010
Block 2011
Block 2012
BG 3 (pt)
Block 3003
Tract 0009.00
Tract 0010.01 (pt)
BG 2 (pt)
Block 2000
Block 2002
Block 2016
Block 2017
Block 2018
Tract 0010.02 (pt)
BG 1 (pt)
Block 1016
BG 2
BG 3
BG 4 (pt)
Block 4000
BG 5 (pt)
Block 5000
BG 6 (pt)
Block 6000
Block 6001
Block 6002
Block 6003