{"data":{"id":"us-il/105-ilcs-5-7-4","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"105 ILCS 5/7-4","heading":"Requirements for granting petitions.","body":"No petition shall be granted under Section 7-1 of this Code:\n(a) If there will be any non-high school territory resulting from the granting of the petition.\n(b) (Blank).\n(c) Unless the territory within 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 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:\n(1) the distance between each district administrative office is documented as no more than 30 miles;\n(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 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\n(3) documentation of meeting these requirements are presented as evidence at the hearing required under Section 7-6 of this Code.\n(d) (Blank).","path":["CHAPTER 105 SCHOOLS","School Code."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=1005\u0026ChapterID=17\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:25Z","sha256":"f7473bc30a16463793a093920ffbbfcf936910b5aed6fc2709cbd8542620f3e5","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/105-ilcs-5-7-3","next":"us-il/105-ilcs-5-7-4.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}