HB 2612

Abstract

Amends the Boundary Changes Article of the School Code. Makes changes concerning the purpose and applicability of the Article; a definition of "legal resident voter"; school districts in educational service regions of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants; changes to boundaries by detachment or dissolution; petitions for dissolution; the requirements for granting petitions; copies of a petition; a detachment set aside upon petition; petition filing, notices, hearings, and decisions; the Administrative Review Law; a limitation on successive petitions; the effective date of a change; maps showing changes; teacher transfer; the annexation of dissolved non-operating districts; the termination of offices; a limitation on contesting boundary changes; and the applicability of the amendatory Act. Repeals provisions concerning county references, a change of boundaries in 2 or more counties, special charter districts, an election ordered by the regional superintendent of schools, the annexation of territory eliminated from a non-high school district, the title to school sites and buildings, and the distribution of accumulated funds. Makes related changes in other Articles of the School Code. Effective July 1, 2017.