Full Text of SB3143 102nd General Assembly
SB3143 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 SB3143 Introduced 1/12/2022, by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/24-8 | from Ch. 122, par. 24-8 |
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Amends the Employment of Teachers Article of the School Code. With respect to minimum salaries, provides that if a school board establishes a schedule for teachers' salaries based on education and experience, then all licensed paraprofessionals employed by that board shall be paid at least one-half of the teacher's rate in accordance with the provisions of such schedule. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 24-8 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/24-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-8)
| 7 | | Sec. 24-8. Minimum salary. In fixing the salaries of | 8 | | teachers, school boards shall pay those who
serve on a | 9 | | full-time basis not less than a rate for the school year that
| 10 | | is based upon training completed in a recognized institution | 11 | | of higher
learning, as follows: for the school year beginning | 12 | | July 1, 1980 and
until the 2020-2021 school year, less than a | 13 | | bachelor's degree, $9,000; 120 semester hours or
more and a | 14 | | bachelor's degree, $10,000; 150 semester hours or more and a
| 15 | | master's degree, $11,000. In fixing the salaries of teachers, | 16 | | a school board shall pay those who serve on a full-time basis a | 17 | | rate not less than (i) $32,076 for the 2020-2021 school year, | 18 | | (ii) $34,576 for the 2021-2022 school year, (iii) $37,076 for | 19 | | the 2022-2023 school year, and (iv) $40,000 for the 2023-2024 | 20 | | school year. The minimum salary rate for each school year | 21 | | thereafter, subject to review by the General Assembly, shall | 22 | | equal the minimum salary rate for the previous school year | 23 | | increased by a percentage equal to the percentage increase, if |
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| 1 | | any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for | 2 | | all items published by the United States Department of Labor | 3 | | for the previous school year.
| 4 | | On or before January 31, 2020, the Professional Review | 5 | | Panel created under Section 18-8.15 must submit a report to | 6 | | the General Assembly on how State funds and funds distributed | 7 | | under the evidence-based funding formula under Section 18-8.15 | 8 | | may aid the financial effects of the changes made by this | 9 | | amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly. | 10 | | Based upon previous public school
experience in this State | 11 | | or any other state, territory, dependency or
possession of the | 12 | | United States, or in schools operated by or under the
auspices | 13 | | of the United States, teachers who serve on a full-time basis
| 14 | | shall have their salaries increased to at least the following | 15 | | amounts
above the starting salary for a teacher in such | 16 | | district in the same
classification: with less than a | 17 | | bachelor's degree, $750 after 5 years;
with 120 semester hours | 18 | | or more and a bachelor's degree, $1,000 after 5
years and | 19 | | $1,600 after 8 years; with 150 semester hours or more and a | 20 | | master's
degree, $1,250 after 5 years, $2,000 after 8 years | 21 | | and $2,750 after 13 years.
| 22 | | For the purpose of this Section a teacher's salary shall | 23 | | include any amount
paid by the school district on behalf of the | 24 | | teacher, as teacher contributions,
to the Teachers' Retirement | 25 | | System of the State of Illinois.
| 26 | | If a school board establishes a schedule for teachers' |
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| 1 | | salaries based
on education and experience, not inconsistent | 2 | | with this Section, all certificated
nurses employed by that | 3 | | board shall be paid in accordance with the provisions
of such | 4 | | schedule. If a school board establishes a schedule for | 5 | | teachers' salaries based on education and experience, not | 6 | | inconsistent with this Section, then all licensed | 7 | | paraprofessionals employed by that board shall be paid at | 8 | | least one-half of the teacher's rate in accordance with the | 9 | | provisions of such schedule.
| 10 | | For purposes of this Section, a teacher who submits a | 11 | | certificate of
completion to the school office prior to the | 12 | | first day of the school
term shall be considered to have the | 13 | | degree stated in such certificate.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 101-443, eff. 6-1-20 .)
| 15 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 16 | | becoming law.
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