99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB0229
 
Introduced 1/28/2015, by Sen. John J. Cullerton
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 


  
115 ILCS 5/1  from Ch. 48, par. 1701
    Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act.



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A BILL FOR
 


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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 Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act is 
5amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
 



6    (115 ILCS 5/1)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1701)



7    Sec. 1. Policy. It is the
the public policy of this State 
8and the purpose
of this Act to promote orderly and constructive 
9relationships between all
educational employees and their 
10employers. Unresolved disputes between the
educational 
11employees and their employers are injurious to the public, and

12the General Assembly is therefore aware that adequate means 
13must be established
for minimizing them and providing for their 
14resolution.
It is the purpose of this Act to regulate labor 
15relations between
educational employers and educational 
16employees, including the designation
of educational employee 
17representatives, negotiation of wages, hours and
other 
18conditions of employment and resolution of disputes arising 
19under
collective bargaining agreements.  The General Assembly 
20recognizes that
substantial differences exist between 
21educational employees and other
public employees as a result of 
22the uniqueness of the educational work
calendar and educational 
23work duties and the traditional and historical
patterns of 
 
 
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1collective bargaining between educational employers and

2educational employees and that such differences demand 
3statutory regulation
of collective bargaining between 
4educational employers and educational
employees in a manner 
5that recognizes these differences.  Recognizing that
harmonious 
6relationships are required between educational employees and

7their employers, the General Assembly has determined that the 
8overall policy
may best be accomplished by (a) granting to 
9educational employees the right
to organize and choose freely 
10their representatives; (b) requiring educational
employers to 
11negotiate and bargain with employee organizations representing

12educational employees and to enter into written agreements 
13evidencing the
result of such bargaining; and (c) establishing 
14procedures to provide for
the protection of the rights of the 
15educational employee, the educational
employer and the public.
16(Source: P.A. 83-1014.)