(Contact
Marsha Smyser for more information 847-540-4963)
How to get on the Ballot
Those who may be interested in running for election,
secure the necessary forms from the clerk of the the Board (Marsha
Smyser - 847-540-4963) or from the
County Clerk, either in person at the County Building or from the County
Clerk Web-site. The Lake County Clerk will announce the date on
which any interested member of the community may begin circulating
nominating petitions. The circulator of petitions must be a
registered voter in Lake County. The signor of a petition must be a
registered voter within this school district.
After the required number of signatures of registered
voters living in the district has been secured on nominating petitions,
those petitions must be filed with the Clerk of the Board at the
District office between 8:00am on the first day of filing and at 5pm. on
the last day of filing. These dates are announced by the county
clerk. For information, please call
Marsha at 847-540-4963
Board Member Term of
Office
The term of office for a Board of Education
member begins within 30 days after the consolidated election held on the
first Tuesday in April in the odd‑numbered years and
ends 4 years later when the successor assumes office.
School District
Governance
The District is governed by a Board of
Education consisting of seven members. The Board's powers and
duties include the broad authority to adopt and enforce all necessary
policies for the management and government of the public schools.
Board of Education
Elections
Elections
conducted by the School District are non-partisan elections governed by
the general election laws of the State and include the election of Board
of Education members, various public policy propositions, and advisory
questions. Board of Education members are elected at the
consolidated election held on odd-numbered
years.
The
following is from the Illinois Association for School Boards on
Elections
HOW TO RUN FOR YOUR SCHOOL
BOARD
A
review of nominating procedures
for School Board Elections
In most
Illinois school districts, three or four seats on a seven-member Board
of Education are filled at each biennial election in April of
odd-numbered years.
To be
eligible to serve, a school board member must be, on the date of
election, a citizen of the United States, at least 18 years of age, a
resident of the State of Illinois and the school district for at least
one year immediately preceding the election, and a registered voter. The
school board election is nonpartisan, and board candidates do not run
under political party affiliation.
Candidates should be aware of financial conflict-of-interest
prohibitions and exceptions set forth in the School Code of Illinois
(105 ILCS 5/10-9). School board candidates are nominated by petitions
filed with the Local Election Official (the school board secretary).
Forms and instructions necessary for filing nominations may be available
from your school board secretary, your county clerk's office, or the
Illinois State Board of Elections.
You will
be provided four forms to be completed by you and returned to the proper
official. Illinois law requires that any candidate seeking election to a
board of education must file:
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A nominating
petition for a board of education candidate must bear the signatures
of at least 50 registered voters who reside in the school district or
10 percent of the registered voters in the district, whichever is
less. Petitions must be securely bound together with pages numbered
consecutively, and each page must carry the notarized signature of the
petition circulator.
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Statement of
candidacy, which includes a request that the candidate's name be
placed on the official ballot, the address of the candidate, the
office sought, and a statement that the candidate is qualified for the
office and has filed (or will file before the close of the petition
filing period) a statement of economic interests as required by the
Illinois Governmental Ethics Act.
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A receipt from the
County Clerk showing that you have filed a Statement of Economic
Interests for the calendar year of the election.
The
fourth form - a loyalty oath - is optional. You may file it or not, as
you wish.
These
documents must be delivered (by you or
someone else) or mailed to your school board secretary. Your nominating
papers must be filed during a specified time period. They cannot be
accepted at any other time.
For more
information, contact your school board secretary, county clerk or visit
the
State Board of Elections homepage.
Powers and Duties of
The Board of Education
The powers and duties of the Board of Education
generally include:
1.
Formulating, adopting, and modifying District policies, at its sole
discretion, subject only to mandatory collective bargaining agreements;
2.
Employing a superintendent and other personnel, determining their
compensation, and dismissing personnel;
3.
Approving the annual budget, tax levies, major expenditures, payment of
obligation20s, annual audit, and other aspects of the District’s financial
operation;
4.
Letting contracts utilizing the public bidding procedure when required;
5.
Providing, constructing, controlling, supervising, and maintaining
adequate physical facilities;
6.
Approving the curriculum, textbooks, and educational services;
7.
Evaluating the educational program;
8.
Establishing student discipline policies and expelling students;
9.
Establishing attendance units within the District and assigning students
to the schools;
10. Establishing the school year;
11.
Visiting and inspecting the District's schools;
12. Providing student transportation services;
13. Entering into joint agreements with other Boards of Education to
establish cooperative educational programs or provide educational
facilities; and
14. Communicating the schools’ activities and operations to the
community and representing the needs and desires of the community in
educational matters.
