The Education Support Professional Council consists of Thirteen (13) people all of whom are Education Support Professional school employees and members of the Illinois Education Association-NEA.
All members of the ESP Council are eligible for two (2) three (3) year terms of office. All members of the ESP Council are elected by secret mail ballot. These elections are run in the spring of each year for all positions which expire that year.
Four (4) members of the ESP Council are also voting members of the IEA Board of Directors, and one (1) of these four (4) is elected annually by the IEA Board of Directors to serve on the twelve (12) member IEA Executive Committee. These four (4) members are the Chairperson, ESP Southern Central Sectional Representative, ESP Suburban Sectional Representative, and ESP Northern Central Sectional Representative. The ESP Council Chairperson is elected by all IEA-ESP members. The three (3) Sectional Representatives are elected by all IEA members within that particular area of the state.
Like the ESP Council Chairperson, the nine (9) remaining members of the ESP Council are elected for three (3) years terms by all IEA-ESP members.