HB2012 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB2012

Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Michael K. Smith

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/2-3.11c

Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education's teacher supply and demand report shall be made every 2 years on or before February 1 (instead of annually on or before January 1). Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section 2-3.11c as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.11c)

Sec. 2-3.11c. Teacher supply and demand report. To report every 2 years annually, on or before February January 1, on the relative supply and demand for education staff of the public schools to the Governor, to the General Assembly, and to institutions of higher education that prepare teachers, administrators, school service personnel, other certificated individuals, and other professionals employed by school districts or joint agreements. The report shall contain the following information:

(1) the relative supply and demand for teachers, administrators, and other certificated and non-certificated personnel by field, content area, and levels;

(2) State and regional analyses of fields, content areas, and levels with an over-supply or under-supply of educators; and

(3) projections of likely high demand and low demand for educators, in a manner sufficient to advise the public, individuals, and institutions regarding career opportunities in education.

(Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.