Board Member Qualifications
A member of the Board must be, on the date of election or appointment, a United States citizen, at least 18 years of age, a resident of Illinois and the District for at least one year immediately preceding the election, and a registered voter.
Reasons making an individual ineligible for Board membership include holding an incompatible office, certain types of state or federal employment and conviction of an infamous crime. A child sex offender, as defined in state law, is ineligible for Board membership.
Adopted: March 20, 2006
Revised: November 16, 2015; December 13, 2021; September 23, 2024
Legal Reference: Ill. Constitution, Art. II, §1; Art. IV, §2(e); Art. VI, §13(b).
105 ILCS 5/10-3 and 5/10-10.