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Code · Illinois · Chapter 105 — SCHOOLS · Act 5

Sec. 28-14. Free textbooks - Referendum - Ballot.

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Sec. 28-14. Free textbooks - Referendum - Ballot. Any school board may, and whenever petitioned so to do by 5% or more of the voters of such district shall order submitted to the voters thereof at a regular scheduled election the question of furnishing free school textbooks or electronic textbooks for the use of pupils attending the public schools of the district, and the secretary shall certify the proposition to the proper election authorities for submission in accordance with the general election law. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
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FOR furnishing free textbooks or electronic textbooks in
the public schools.
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AGAINST furnishing free textbooks or electronic textbooks
in the public schools.
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If a majority of the votes cast upon the proposition is in favor of furnishing free textbooks or electronic textbooks, the governing body shall provide, furnish and sell them as provided in Section 28-15, but no such books shall be sold until at least 1 year after the election. The furnishing of free textbooks or electronic textbooks when so adopted shall not be discontinued within 4 years, and thereafter only by a vote of the voters of the district upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner as the vote for the adoption of free textbooks or electronic textbooks.
No textbook or electronic textbook furnished under the provisions of this Article shall contain any denominational or sectarian matter.
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