Rep. Jay Hoffman

Filed: 4/18/2018

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5175

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5175 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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

 

 

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1on a full-time basis a rate not less than $40,000 per year.
2    Based upon previous public school experience in this State
3or any other state, territory, dependency or possession of the
4United States, or in schools operated by or under the auspices
5of the United States, teachers who serve on a full-time basis
6shall have their salaries increased to at least the following
7amounts above the starting salary for a teacher in such
8district in the same classification: with less than a
9bachelor's degree, $750 after 5 years; with 120 semester hours
10or more and a bachelor's degree, $1,000 after 5 years and
11$1,600 after 8 years; with 150 semester hours or more and a
12master's degree, $1,250 after 5 years, $2,000 after 8 years and
13$2,750 after 13 years.
14    For the purpose of this Section a teacher's salary shall
15include any amount paid by the school district on behalf of the
16teacher, as teacher contributions, to the Teachers' Retirement
17System of the State of Illinois.
18    If a school board establishes a schedule for teachers'
19salaries based on education and experience, not inconsistent
20with this Section, all certificated nurses employed by that
21board shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of such
22schedule.
23    For purposes of this Section, a teacher who submits a
24certificate of completion to the school office prior to the
25first day of the school term shall be considered to have the
26degree stated in such certificate.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 83-913.)".