SB1213ham001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Katie Stuart

Filed: 5/21/2019

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1213

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1213 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section 24A-5.5 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/24A-5.5 new)

Sec. 24A-5.5. Local appeal process for unsatisfactory ratings. Beginning with the first school year following the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, each school district shall, in good faith cooperation with its teachers or, if applicable, through good faith bargaining with the exclusive bargaining representative of its teachers, develop and implement an appeals process for "unsatisfactory" ratings under Section 24A-5 that includes, but is not limited to, an assessment of the original rating by a panel of qualified evaluators agreed to by the joint committee referred to in subsection (b) of Section 24A-4 that has the power to revoke the "unsatisfactory" rating it deems to be erroneous. The joint committee shall determine the criteria for successful appeals; however, the issuance of a rating to replace an "unsatisfactory" rating must be determined through bargaining between the exclusive bargaining representative, if any, and the school district.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".