Board of Education District 204 v. Board of Education District 210

State: Illinois

Court: Illinois Southern District Court

Docket No: 3060278

Case Date: 04/19/2007

Plaintiff: Board of Education District 204

Defendant: Board of Education District 210

Preview:No. 3-06-0278 ______________________________________________________________________________ Filed April 19, 2007. IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS THIRD DISTRICT A.D., 2007 ______________________________________________________________________________ THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, JOLIET TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 204, County of Will, State of Illinois, a body politic, ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff-Appellant, ) ) v. ) ) THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, LINCOLN) WAY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL ) DISTRICT NO. 210, County of Will, ) State of Illinois, a Body of Politic, ) ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF ) EDUCATION, RANDY J. DUNN, an ) Individual, JESSE H. RUIZ, an ) Individual, CHRISTOPHER WARD an, ) Individual, VINNI M. HALL, an ) Individual, JOYCE E. KARON, an ) Individual, ANDREA S. BROWN, an ) Individual, DEAN E. CLARK, an ) Individual, DAVID L. FIELDS, an ) Individual, EDWARD J. GEPPERT, JR., an ) Individual, BRENDA J. HOLMES, an ) Individual, HARRY A. BLACKBURN, an ) Individual, JUDY J. JACOBS, an ) Individual, WIBUR H. BROOKMAN, an ) Individual, MARYANN BROOKMAN, an, ) Individual, TERRY L. JACOBS, an ) Individual, and PRAIRIE BANK AND ) TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee under ) Trust 95072, ) ) Appeal from the Circuit Court for the 12th Judicial Circuit Will County, Illinois,

No. 05 MR 225

Honorable Herman Haase

Defendants-Appellees. ) Judge, Presiding. ____________________________________________________________________________ JUSTICE McDADE delivered the opinion of the court: _____________________________________________________________________________ Respondent, the Joliet Township Board of Education1, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Will County, which affirmed a decision of the Illinois State Board of Education granting a petition to detach certain property from the Joliet Township district and annex it to the Lincoln Way district pursuant to section 7-2b of the Illinois School Code (Code). (105 ILCS 5/72b (West 1998)). Respondent's appeal from the circuit court's order challenges the State Board's decision on the grounds that: (1) the State Board of Education lacked jurisdiction to hear petitioners' petition; (2) petitioners failed to comply with the procedures set forth under section 7-6 of the Code (105 ILCS 5/7-6 (West 1998)); and (3) section 7-2b violates the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974. 20 U.S.C.

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