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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB1141
Introduced , by Rep. Charles E. Jefferson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to establish and administer a program that provides stipends to teachers who choose to teach at hard-to-staff public schools in this State. Provides that under the program, if a teacher agrees to teach at a hard-to-staff school for 5 years, the teacher is entitled to a $20,000 stipend each year for those 5 years. Provides that the stipend may be paid out each year that the teacher teaches at a hard-to-staff school or may be paid as a lump sum after the teacher has completed 5 years of teaching at a hard-to-staff school.
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HB1141 |
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LRB095 07590 NHT 27740 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 adding Section |
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| 21-29 as follows: |
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| (105 ILCS 5/21-29 new) |
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| Sec. 21-29. Stipend; hard-to-staff school. The State Board |
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| of Education shall establish and administer a program that |
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| provides stipends to teachers who choose to teach at |
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| hard-to-staff public schools in this State. Under the program, |
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| if a teacher agrees to teach at a hard-to-staff school for 5 |
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| years, the teacher is entitled to a $20,000 stipend each year |
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| for those 5 years. The stipend may be paid out each year the |
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| teacher teaches at a hard-to-staff school or may be paid as a |
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| lump sum after the teacher has completed 5 years of teaching at |
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| a hard-to-staff school. The State Board of Education may adopt |
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| any rules that are necessary to carry out its responsibilities |
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| under this Section.
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