HB1141ham001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Elementary & Secondary Education Committee

Filed: 3/21/2007

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1141

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1141 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"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.

(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) 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 2 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. The State Board of Education may adopt any rules that are necessary for the implementation of this Section.".