SB1748 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections 10-20.69 and 34-18.61 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/10-20.69 new)

Sec. 10-20.69. Hiring employees; nepotism.

(a) In this Section, "relative" means a spouse or a child, parent, grandparent, sibling, cousin, or spouse of any of those persons.

(b) 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. This subsection applies only to applicants hired on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly.

(c) If a school board member is a relative of an applicant for employment with the school district, the board member 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.

(105 ILCS 5/34-18.61 new)

Sec. 34-18.61. Hiring employees; nepotism.

(a) In this Section, "relative" means a spouse or a child, parent, grandparent, sibling, cousin, or spouse of any of those persons.

(b) An applicant for employment with the 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. This subsection applies only to applicants hired on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly.

(c) If a board member is a relative of an applicant for employment with the school district, the board member 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.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.