(105 ILCS 5/7-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 7-4)
Sec. 7-4. Requirements for granting petitions. No petition shall be granted under Section 7-1 or 7-2 of this Code:
(a) If there will be any non-high school territory resulting from the granting of the petition.
(b) Unless after granting the petition any community unit district, community consolidated district, elementary district or high school district created shall have a population of at least 2,000 and an equalized assessed valuation of at least $6,000,000 based upon the last value as equalized by the Department of Revenue as of the date of filing of the petition.
(c) Unless the territory within any district so created or any district whose boundaries are affected by the granting of a petition shall after the granting thereof be compact and contiguous, except as provided in Section 7-6 of this Code or as otherwise provided in this subdivision (c). The fact that a district is divided by territory lying within the corporate limits of the city of Chicago shall not render it non-compact or non-contiguous. If, pursuant to a petition filed under Section 7-1 or 7-2 of this Code, all of the territory of a district is to be annexed to another district, then the annexing district and the annexed district need not be contiguous if the following requirements are met and documented within 2 calendar years prior to the petition filing date:
(1) the distance between each district administrative
office is documented as no more than 30 miles;
(2) every district contiguous to the district wishing
to be annexed determines that it is not interested in participating in a petition filed under Section 7-1 or 7-2 of this Code, through a vote of its school board, and documents that non-interest in a letter to the regional board of school trustees containing approved minutes that record the school board vote; and
(3) documentation of meeting these requirements are
presented as evidence at the hearing required under Section 7-6 of this Code.
(d) To create any school district with a population of less than 2,000 unless the State Board of Education and the regional superintendent of schools for the region in which the proposed district will lie shall certify to the regional board or boards of school trustees that the creation of such new district will not interfere with the ultimate reorganization of the territory of such proposed district as a part of a district having a population of 2,000 or more. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article, the granting or approval by a regional board or regional boards of school trustees or by the State Superintendent of Education of a petition that under subsection (b-5) of Section 7-6 is required to request the submission of a proposition at a regular scheduled election for the purpose of voting for or against the annexation of the territory described in the petition to the school district proposing to annex that territory is subject to, and any change in school district boundaries pursuant to the granting of the petition shall not be made except upon, approval of the proposition at the election in the manner provided by Section 7-7.7.
(Source: P.A. 98-125, eff. 8-2-13.)
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