SCH CD-REGIONAL SUP VACANCY

Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB1935

Select Language

×

The Illinois General Assembly offers the Google Translate™ service for visitor convenience. In no way should it be considered accurate as to the translation of any content herein.

Visitors of the Illinois General Assembly website are encouraged to use other translation services available on the internet.

The English language version is always the official and authoritative version of this website.

NOTE: To return to the original English language version, select the "Show Original" button on the Google Translate™ menu bar at the top of the window.

Choose Language

English

Afrikaans

Albanian

Arabic

Armenian

Azerbaijani

Basque

Bengali

Bosnian

Catalan

Croatian

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Estonian

Filipino

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Gujarati

Haitian Creole

Hausa

Hawaiian

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Indonesian

Interlingua

Interlingue

Inuktitut

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Javanese

Kannada

Khmer

Korean

Latin

Latvian

Lithuanian

Luxembourgish

Macedonian

Malagasy

Malayalam

Maltese

Maori

Marathi

Myanmar

Nepali

Norwegian

Odia

Pashto

Punjabi

Romanian

Russian

Samoan

Sango

Sanskrit

Sardinian

Sindhi

Sinhala

Slovak

Slovenian

Somali

Southern Sotho

Spanish

Sundanese

Swahili

Swedish

Tamil

Telugu

Thai

Tigrinya

Tonga

Turkish

Ukrainian

Urdu

Vietnamese

Welsh

Xhosa

Yiddish

Yoruba

Zulu

Powered by
Translate

Close

Illinois General Assembly

Top Navigation Bar

Translate

Learn

Select General Assembly

Search the 104th General Assembly

Enter search terms for legislation, members, committees, or schedules.

ILGA.GOV

LEGISLATION & LAWS

Bills & Resolutions

Public Acts

Illinois Compiled Statutes

Illinois Constitution

Search Legislation

Glossary

Guide

Reports & Inquiry

Legislative Reports

Special Reports

FTP Site

Legislator Lookup

Capitol Complex Phone Numbers

Rules & Regulations

Illinois Register

Administrative Rules

Senate

Members

Schedules

Committees

Request for Remote Testimony

Journals

Transcripts

Rules

Audio/Video

FOIA Information

Senate Employment Opportunities

Media Guidelines

House

Members

Schedules

Committees

Submit testimony for House Committees

Journals

Transcripts

Rules

Audio/Video

FOIA Information

House Employment Opportunities

Log In

Mobile Top Bar

Search the 104th General Assembly

Enter keywords to search the Illinois General Assembly website.

Full Text of HB1935

Home

Legislation

Full Text

HB1935 - 104th General Assembly

Bill Status

Full Text

Votes

Witness Slips

Select Menu

Bill Status

Full Text

Votes

Witness Slips

Printer Friendly Version

Introduced

Printer Friendly Version

Introduced

Open PDF

104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB1935

Introduced 2/4/2025, by Rep. Maurice A. West, II

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/3A-6

from Ch. 122, par. 3A-6

Amends the Educational Service Regions Article of the School Code.
Provides that when a vacancy occurs in the office of regional
superintendent of schools and more than 28 months remain in that term and
the vacancy occurs at least 130 days before the next general election,
appointment to fill the vacancy shall be until the next general election
(rather than if more than 28 months remain in that term, the appointment
shall be until the next general election). Provides that if the vacancy
occurs during the time provided for filing nomination papers for county
offices for the primary in the next even-numbered year following
commencement of the term of office in which the vacancy occurs, the time
for filing nomination papers for the primary shall not be more than 120
(rather than 91) days nor less than 113 (rather than 85) days prior to the
date of the primary.
LRB104 06957 LNS 16994 b

A BILL FOR

HB1935
LRB104 06957 LNS 16994 b
1

AN ACT concerning education.

2

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3
represented in the General Assembly:

4

Section 5.
The School Code is amended by changing Section
5
3A-6 as follows:

6

(105 ILCS 5/3A-6)

(from Ch. 122, par. 3A-6)
7

Sec. 3A-6.
Election of Superintendent for consolidated
8
region - Bond - Vacancies in any educational service region.
9

(a) The regional superintendent to be elected under
10
Section 3A-5 shall be elected at the time provided in the
11
general election law and must possess the qualifications
12
described in Section 3-1 of this Act.
13

(b) The bond required under Section 3-2 shall be filed in
14
the office of the county clerk in the county where the regional
15
office is situated, and a certified copy of that bond shall be
16
filed in the office of the county clerk in each of the other
17
counties in the region.
18

(c) When a vacancy occurs in the office of regional
19
superintendent of schools of any educational service region
20
which is not located in a county which is a home rule unit,
21
such vacancy shall be filled within 60 days (i) by appointment
22
of the chairman of the county board, with the advice and
23
consent of the county board, when such vacancy occurs in a

HB1935
- 2 -
LRB104 06957 LNS 16994 b
1
single county educational service region; or (ii) by
2
appointment of a committee composed of the chairmen of the
3
county boards of those counties comprising the affected
4
educational service region when such vacancy occurs in a
5
multicounty educational service region, each committeeman to
6
be entitled to one vote for each vote that was received in the
7
county represented by such committeeman on the committee by
8
the regional superintendent of schools whose office is vacant
9
at the last election at which a regional superintendent was
10
elected to such office, and the person receiving the highest
11
number of affirmative votes from the committeemen for such
12
vacant office to be deemed the person appointed by such
13
committee to fill the vacancy. The appointee shall be a member
14
of the same political party as the regional superintendent of
15
schools the appointee succeeds was at the time such regional
16
superintendent of schools last was elected. The appointee
17
shall serve for the remainder of the term. However, if more
18
than 28 months remain in that term
and the vacancy occurs at
19
least 130 days before the next general election
, the
20
appointment shall be until the next general election, at which
21
time the vacated office shall be filled by election for the
22
remainder of the term. Nominations shall be made and any
23
vacancy in nomination shall be filled as follows:

24

(1) If the vacancy in office occurs before the first
25

date provided in Section 7-12 of the Election Code for
26

filing nomination papers for county offices for the

HB1935
- 3 -
LRB104 06957 LNS 16994 b
1

primary in the next even-numbered year following
2

commencement of the term of office in which the vacancy
3

occurs, nominations for the election for filling the
4

vacancy shall be made pursuant to Article 7 of the
5

Election Code.

6

(2) If the vacancy in office occurs during the time
7

provided in Section 7-12 of the Election Code for filing
8

nomination papers for county offices for the primary in
9

the next even-numbered year following commencement of the
10

term of office in which the vacancy occurs, the time for
11

filing nomination papers for the primary shall not be more
12

than
120

91
days nor less than
113

85
days prior to the
13

date of the primary.

14

(3) If the vacancy in office occurs after the last day
15

provided in Section 7-12 of the Election Code for filing
16

nomination papers for county offices for the primary in
17

the next even-numbered year following commencement of the
18

term of office in which the vacancy occurs, a vacancy in
19

nomination shall be deemed to have occurred and the county
20

central committee of each established political party (if
21

the vacancy occurs in a single county educational service
22

region) or the multi-county educational service region
23

committee of each established political party (if the
24

vacancy occurs in a multi-county educational service
25

region) shall nominate, by resolution, a candidate to fill
26

the vacancy in nomination for election to the office at

HB1935
- 4 -
LRB104 06957 LNS 16994 b
1

the general election. In the nomination proceedings to
2

fill the vacancy in nomination, each member of the county
3

central committee or the multi-county educational service
4

region committee, whichever applies, shall have the voting
5

strength as set forth in Section 7-8 or 7-8.02 of the
6

Election Code, respectively. The name of the candidate so
7

nominated shall not appear on the ballot at the general
8

primary election. The vacancy in nomination shall be
9

filled prior to the date of certification of candidates
10

for the general election.

11

(4) The resolution to fill the vacancy shall be duly
12

acknowledged before an officer qualified to take
13

acknowledgments of deeds and shall include, upon its face,
14

the following information: (A) the name of the original
15

nominee and the office vacated; (B) the date on which the
16

vacancy occurred; and (C) the name and address of the
17

nominee selected to fill the vacancy and the date of
18

selection. The resolution to fill the vacancy shall be
19

accompanied by a statement of candidacy, as prescribed in
20

Section 7-10 of the Election Code, completed by the
21

selected nominee, a certificate from the State Board of
22

Education, as prescribed in Section 3-1 of this Code, and
23

a receipt indicating that the nominee has filed a
24

statement of economic interests as required by the
25

Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
26
The provisions of Sections 10-8 through 10-10.1 of the

HB1935
- 5 -
LRB104 06957 LNS 16994 b
1
Election Code relating to objections to nomination papers,
2
hearings on objections, and judicial review shall also apply
3
to and govern objections to nomination papers and resolutions
4
for filling vacancies in nomination filed pursuant to this
5
Section. Unless otherwise specified in this Section, the
6
nomination and election provided for in this Section is
7
governed by the general election law.
8

Except as otherwise provided by applicable county
9
ordinance or by law, if a vacancy occurs in the office of
10
regional superintendent of schools of an educational service
11
region that is located in a county that is a home rule unit and
12
that has a population of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, that
13
vacancy shall be filled by the county board of such home rule
14
county.
15

Any person appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of
16
regional superintendent of schools of any educational service
17
region must possess the qualifications required to be elected
18
to the position of regional superintendent of schools, and
19
shall obtain a certificate of eligibility from the State
20
Superintendent of Education and file same with the county
21
clerk of the county in which the regional superintendent's
22
office is located.
23

If the regional superintendent of schools is called into
24
the active military service of the United States, his office
25
shall not be deemed to be vacant, but a temporary appointment
26
shall be made as in the case of a vacancy. The appointee shall

HB1935
- 6 -
LRB104 06957 LNS 16994 b
1
perform all the duties of the regional superintendent of
2
schools during the time the regional superintendent of schools
3
is in the active military service of the United States, and
4
shall be paid the same compensation apportioned as to the time
5
of service, and such appointment and all authority thereunder
6
shall cease upon the discharge of the regional superintendent
7
of schools from such active military service. The appointee
8
shall give the same bond as is required of a regularly elected
9
regional superintendent of schools.
10
(Source: P.A. 96-893, eff. 7-1-10.)

Footer

Disclaimer

This site is maintained for the Illinois General Assembly by the
Legislative Information System, 705 Stratton Building, Springfield, Illinois 62706.

Contact ILGA Webmaster

ILGA.gov uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. By continuing to browse ILGA.gov you consent to our use of cookies.
Read About Cookies

ILGA.GOV

2026 ILGA.gov | All Rights Reserved |
ADA

|
Disclaimers
|
Learn

This site is maintained for the Illinois General Assembly by the
Legislative Information System, 705 Stratton Building, Springfield, Illinois 62706.
Contact ILGA Webmaster

ILGA.gov uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. By continuing to browse ILGA.gov you consent to our use of cookies.
Read About Cookies

ILGA.GOV

2026 ILGA.gov | All Rights Reserved |
ADA

|
Disclaimers
|
Learn