Phillips v. Special Hearing Board of Boone-Winnebago Counties

This appeal concerns a petition to detach certain territory from Rockford Charter School District No. 205 and annex it to Meridian Community Unit School District No. 223. The petition was filed pursuant to section 7 — 2.4 of the School Code (Code) (HI. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 122, par. 7 — 2.4), which governs petitions to detach territory from special charter school districts. Because the Rockford board of education opposed the petition, a hearing was held before a special hearing board as provided by section 7 — 2.5 of the Code (111. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 122, par. 7 — 2.5). The hearing board…