Date Changes for School Board Candidates

Future school board candidates should be advised that with the approval of Public Act 103-600 by Governor Pritzker on July 1, 2024, the filing period for petitions with the local county clerk to become a candidate for school board has changed. The filing period has moved up in the calendar to 141 to 134 days before the consolidated election on April 1, 2025. Candidates will now have from November 12-18, 2024, to file petitions for office with the local election authority.  Candidates can start circulating petitions for the April 1, 2025 election on August 20, 2024. 

Additional information from IASB about other key dates for the school board election will be released when available from the Illinois State Board of Elections. For more information, the Illinois State Board of Elections has published a 2025 Abbreviated Election Calendar.