HB3375sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Terry Link

Filed: 11/8/2011

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3375

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3375 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section 24-1 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/24-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-1)

Sec. 24-1. Appointment-Salaries-Payment-School month-School term.) School boards shall appoint all teachers, determine qualifications of employment and fix the amount of their salaries subject to limitation set forth in this Act. They shall pay the wages of teachers monthly, subject, however, to the provisions of Section 24-21. The school month shall be the same as the calendar month but by resolution the school board may adopt for its use a month of 20 days, including holidays. The school term shall consist of at least the minimum number of pupil attendance days required by Section 10-19, any additional legal school holidays, days of teachers' institutes, or equivalent professional educational experiences, and one or two days at the beginning of the school term when used as a teachers' workshop.

A school board is prohibited from hiring multiple people who are retired and are receiving a retirement annuity under the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois in order to fill, as a group, a teaching position that would ordinarily be occupied by a single, full-time teacher. However, this prohibition does not apply if the school board determines that there is a subject or administrative position shortage that would require action, in which case the school board must apply for an exemption under Section 16-150.1 of the Illinois Pension Code.

(Source: P.A. 80-249.)".