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Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
Filed: 3/21/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1141
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1141 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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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. |
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| (a) In this Section "hard-to-staff school" means an |
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| elementary or secondary school that ranks in the top 5% of |
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| schools in this State in the number of teachers who leave their |
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| positions. The State Board of Education shall rank schools for |
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| this purpose based on mobility and teacher attrition over a |
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| 5-year average.
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| (b) The State Board of Education shall establish and |
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| administer a program that provides stipends to teachers who |
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| choose to teach at hard-to-staff public schools in this State. |