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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 changing Section 
524-8 as follows:
 



6    (105 ILCS 5/24-8)  (from Ch. 122, par. 24-8)



7    Sec. 24-8. Minimum salary. In fixing the salaries of 
8teachers, school boards shall pay those who
serve on a 
9full-time basis not less than a rate for the school year that

10is based upon training completed in a recognized institution of 
11higher
learning, as follows: for the school year beginning July 
121, 1980 and until June 30, 2019
thereafter, less than a 
13bachelor's degree, $9,000; 120 semester hours or
more and a 
14bachelor's degree, $10,000; 150 semester hours or more and a

15master's degree, $11,000. Beginning July 1, 2019, in fixing the 
16salaries of teachers, a school board shall pay those who serve 
17on a full-time basis a rate not less than $40,000 per year. 

18    Based upon previous public school
experience in this State 
19or any other state, territory, dependency or
possession of the 
20United States, or in schools operated by or under the
auspices 
21of the United States, teachers who serve on a full-time basis

22shall have their salaries increased to at least the following 
23amounts
above the starting salary for a teacher in such 
 
 
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1district in the same
classification: with less than a 
2bachelor's degree, $750 after 5 years;
with 120 semester hours 
3or more and a bachelor's degree, $1,000 after 5
years and 
4$1,600 after 8 years; with 150 semester hours or more and a 
5master's
degree, $1,250 after 5 years, $2,000 after 8 years and 
6$2,750 after 13 years.

7    For the purpose of this Section a teacher's salary shall 
8include any amount
paid by the school district on behalf of the 
9teacher, as teacher contributions,
to the Teachers' Retirement 
10System of the State of Illinois.

11    If a school board establishes a schedule for teachers' 
12salaries based
on education and experience, not inconsistent 
13with this Section, all certificated
nurses employed by that 
14board shall be paid in accordance with the provisions
of such 
15schedule.

16    For purposes of this Section, a teacher who submits a 
17certificate of
completion to the school office prior to the 
18first day of the school
term shall be considered to have the 
19degree stated in such certificate.

20(Source: P.A. 83-913.)