HB5005 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5005

Introduced , by Rep. Keith R. Wheeler

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 415/12g new
105 ILCS 5/13-43.17	from Ch. 122, par. 13-43.17

Amends the Personnel Code. Provides that the Department of Central Management Services is not required to verify the State educator license of a teacher employed by the Department of Juvenile Justice if the license is verified by the State Board of Education. Provides that the provision shall become inoperative when the consent decree entered into on December 6, 2012 (as has been or may be corrected, amended, or modified in the action entitled R.J., et al. v. Mueller, case no. 12-cv-07289, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division) is no longer in force. Amends the Department of Juvenile Justice School District Article of the School Code. Provides that the salary of a teacher employed by the Department of Juvenile Justice shall be comparable to the salary of a teacher employed by a school district in the same geographical area in which the institution or facility is located. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

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 Personnel Code is amended by adding Section 12g as follows:

(20 ILCS 415/12g new)

Sec. 12g. Department of Juvenile Justice; teachers.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Department of Central Management Services is not required to verify the State educator license of a teacher employed by the Department of Juvenile Justice if the license is verified by the State Board of Education.

(b) This Section shall become inoperative when the consent decree entered into on December 6, 2012 (as has been or may be corrected, amended, or modified in the action entitled R.J., et al. v. Mueller, case no. 12-cv-07289, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division) is no longer in force.

Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing Section 13-43.17 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/13-43.17) (from Ch. 122, par. 13-43.17)

Sec. 13-43.17. To employ teacher personnel in accordance with the Personnel Code, of the State of Illinois, including Provisional Appointments, and such teacher personnel will be subject to Article 16 of the "Illinois Pension Code" and shall not be subject to Article 14 of that Code; and shall be subject to the "Personnel Code." The Board may also utilize personnel as set forth in Section 10-22.34 of this Act as well as vocational and occupational instructors. The salary of a teacher employed by the Department of Juvenile Justice shall be comparable to the salary of a teacher employed by a school district in the same geographical area in which the institution or facility is located.

(Source: P.A. 77-1779.)

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