101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1748

 

Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Dan McConchie

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/10-20.69 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.61 new

    Amends the School Code. Provides that an applicant for employment with a school district must obtain school board approval at a public hearing prior to being hired if he or she is the relative of a person already employed by the school district and that person would have supervisory authority over the applicant; defines "relative". Provides that if a school board member is a relative of an applicant, he or she may not participate in any employment decisions concerning the applicant, including, but not limited to, decisions regarding hiring, employment status, reappointment, placement, evaluations, salary and salary increases, promotion, tenure, and awards. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
510-20.69 and 34-18.61 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.69 new)
7    Sec. 10-20.69. Hiring employees; nepotism.
8    (a) In this Section, "relative" means a spouse or a child,
9parent, grandparent, sibling, cousin, or spouse of any of those
10persons.
11    (b) An applicant for employment with a school district must
12obtain school board approval at a public hearing prior to being
13hired if he or she is the relative of a person already employed
14by the school district and that person would have supervisory
15authority over the applicant. This subsection applies only to
16applicants hired on or after the effective date of this
17amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly.
18    (c) If a school board member is a relative of an applicant
19for employment with the school district, the board member may
20not participate in any employment decisions concerning the
21applicant, including, but not limited to, decisions regarding
22hiring, employment status, reappointment, placement,
23evaluations, salary and salary increases, promotion, tenure,

 

 

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1and awards.
 
2    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.61 new)
3    Sec. 34-18.61. Hiring employees; nepotism.
4    (a) In this Section, "relative" means a spouse or a child,
5parent, grandparent, sibling, cousin, or spouse of any of those
6persons.
7    (b) An applicant for employment with the school district
8must obtain school board approval at a public hearing prior to
9being hired if he or she is the relative of a person already
10employed by the school district and that person would have
11supervisory authority over the applicant. This subsection
12applies only to applicants hired on or after the effective date
13of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly.
14    (c) If a board member is a relative of an applicant for
15employment with the school district, the board member may not
16participate in any employment decisions concerning the
17applicant, including, but not limited to, decisions regarding
18hiring, employment status, reappointment, placement,
19evaluations, salary and salary increases, promotion, tenure,
20and awards.
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22becoming law.