Sen. Terry Link

Filed: 11/8/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3375

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3375 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
524-1 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/24-1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 24-1)
7    Sec. 24-1. Appointment-Salaries-Payment-School
8month-School term.) School boards shall appoint all teachers,
9determine qualifications of employment and fix the amount of
10their salaries subject to limitation set forth in this Act.
11They shall pay the wages of teachers monthly, subject, however,
12to the provisions of Section 24-21. The school month shall be
13the same as the calendar month but by resolution the school
14board may adopt for its use a month of 20 days, including
15holidays. The school term shall consist of at least the minimum
16number of pupil attendance days required by Section 10-19, any

 

 

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1additional legal school holidays, days of teachers'
2institutes, or equivalent professional educational
3experiences, and one or two days at the beginning of the school
4term when used as a teachers' workshop.
5    A school board is prohibited from hiring multiple people
6who are retired and are receiving a retirement annuity under
7the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois in
8order to fill, as a group, a teaching position that would
9ordinarily be occupied by a single, full-time teacher. However,
10this prohibition does not apply if the school board determines
11that there is a subject or administrative position shortage
12that would require action, in which case the school board must
13apply for an exemption under Section 16-150.1 of the Illinois
14Pension Code.
15(Source: P.A. 80-249.)".