HB5611eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB5611 Engrossed LRB095 19777 NHT 46155 b

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 adding Section 21-30 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/21-30 new)

Sec. 21-30. Stipend; hard-to-staff school.

(a) In this Section "hard-to-staff school" means an elementary or secondary school that ranks in the top 5% of schools in this State in the number of teachers who leave their positions. The State Board of Education shall rank schools for this purpose based on mobility and teacher attrition over a 5-year average.

(b) Subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall establish and administer a program that provides stipends to teachers who choose to teach at hard-to-staff public schools in this State. Under the program, if a teacher who has at least 4 years of experience at a recognized school agrees to teach at a hard-to-staff school for 5 years, the teacher is entitled to a total $20,000 stipend over those 5 years. The stipend may be paid out each year that the teacher teaches at a hard-to-staff school or may be paid as a lump sum after the teacher has completed 5 years of teaching at a hard-to-staff school.

(c) Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that may exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If, however, the Governor believes that rules are necessary to implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the jurisdiction of the Governor.