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LRB094 08683 RAS 38894 b |
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 10-23.8b as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/10-23.8b) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-23.8b)
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| Sec. 10-23.8b. Reclassification of principals. Upon |
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| non-renewal of a principal's administrative contract, the |
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| principal shall be reclassified pursuant to this Section. No |
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| principal who has
completed 2 or more years of administrative |
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| service in the school
district may be reclassified by demotion |
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| or reduction in rank from one
position within a school district |
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| to another for which a lower salary is
paid without written |
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| notice from the board of the proposed reclassification
by April |
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| 1 of the year in which the contract expires.
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| Within 10 days of the principal's receipt of this notice,
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| the school board shall provide the principal with a written |
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| statement of
the facts regarding reclassification, and the |
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| principal may
request and receive a private hearing with the |
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| board to discuss the
reasons for the reclassification. If the |
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| principal is not satisfied with
the results of the private |
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| hearing, he may, within 5 days thereafter,
request and receive |
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| a public hearing on the reclassification. Any
principal may be |
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| represented by counsel at a private or public hearing
conducted |
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| under this Section.
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| If the board decides to proceed with the reclassification, |
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| it shall
give the principal written notice of its decision |
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| within 15 days of the
private hearing or within 15 days of the |
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| public hearing held under this
Section whichever is later. The |
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| decision of the board thereupon becomes
final.
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| Nothing in this Section prohibits a board from ordering |
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| lateral
transfers of principals to positions of similar rank |