95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1141


 
Introduced , by Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













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    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.
















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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
















 


 


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HB1141

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    AN ACT concerning education.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by adding Section 
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21-29 as follows:
 
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    (105 ILCS 5/21-29  new)
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    Sec. 21-29. Stipend; hard-to-staff school.  The State Board 
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of Education shall establish and administer a program that 
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provides stipends to teachers who choose to teach at 
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hard-to-staff public schools in this State.  Under the program, 
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if a teacher agrees to teach at a hard-to-staff school for 5 
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years, the teacher is entitled to a $20,000 stipend each year 
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for those 5 years.  The stipend may be paid out each year the 
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teacher teaches at a hard-to-staff school or may be paid as a 
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lump sum after the teacher has completed 5 years of teaching at 
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a hard-to-staff school.  The State Board of Education may adopt 
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any rules that are necessary to carry out its responsibilities 
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under this Section.