HB1141 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1141

Introduced , by Rep. Charles E. Jefferson

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/21-29 new

Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to establish and administer a program that provides stipends to teachers who choose to teach at hard-to-staff public schools in this State. Provides that under the program, if a teacher agrees to teach at a hard-to-staff school for 5 years, the teacher is entitled to a $20,000 stipend each year for those 5 years. Provides that 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.

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 adding Section 21-29 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/21-29 new)

Sec. 21-29. Stipend; hard-to-staff school. 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 agrees to teach at a hard-to-staff school for 5 years, the teacher is entitled to a $20,000 stipend each year for those 5 years. The stipend may be paid out each year 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. The State Board of Education may adopt any rules that are necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this Section.