Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB1347

Amends the School Code. Provides that a board of education may enter into a contract with a third party for non-instructional services currently performed by an employee or bargaining unit member or lay off those educational support personnel employees upon 90 (instead of 30) days written notice. Adds conditions on the entering of such a contract, including providing that: (1) a contract must not be entered into during the term of a collective bargaining agreement; (2) any third party that submits a bid to perform the services shall provide comparable liability insurance, a comparable benefits package, a list of the number of employees who will provide the services and the wages the third party will pay those employees, a minimum 3-year cost projection, and information about the criminal and disciplinary records of the employees; (3) a contract must not be entered into unless the school board provides a cost comparison; (4) a minimum of 2 public hearings to discuss the school board's proposal to contract with a third party must be held; (5) a contract shall contain provisions requiring the contractor to offer available employee positions pursuant to the contract to qualified school district employees whose employment is terminated because of the contract; and (6) a contract shall contain provisions requiring the contractor to comply with a policy of nondiscrimination and equal employment opportunity. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Makes changes concerning the conditions for allowing a board of education to enter into a contract with a third party for non-instructional services currently performed by an employee or bargaining unit member or to lay off those educational support personnel employees, including providing that a contract must not become effective during the term of a collective bargaining agreement, providing that a contract may only take effect upon the expiration of an existing collective bargaining agreement (instead of at the beginning of a fiscal year), changing what a third party that submits a bid to perform the non-instructional services must provide, providing for an exception to the requirement that the review and consideration of bids take place in open session of a regularly scheduled school board meeting, providing for a minimum of one hearing (instead of 2) to discuss the school board's proposal to contract with a third party to perform the non-instructional services, and changing when the notice of the hearing must be provided. Provides that a board of education may enter into a contract, of no longer than 3 months in duration, with a third party for non-instructional services currently performed by an employee or bargaining unit member for the purpose of augmenting the current workforce in an emergency situation that threatens the safety or health of the school district's students or staff. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act are not applicable to non-instructional services of a school district that on the effective date of the amendatory Act are performed for the school district by a third party.

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