Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
Filed: 3/21/2007
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1141




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

 
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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.
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    (a) In this Section "hard-to-staff school" means an 
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elementary or secondary school that ranks in the top 5% of 
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schools in this State in the number of teachers who leave their 
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positions. The State Board of Education shall rank schools for 
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this purpose based on mobility and teacher attrition over a 
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5-year average.

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    (b) The State Board of Education shall establish and 
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administer a program that provides stipends to teachers who 
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choose to teach at hard-to-staff public schools in this State.  
 


 






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Under the program, if a teacher who has at least 2 years of 
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experience at a recognized school agrees to teach at a 
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hard-to-staff school for 5 years, the teacher is entitled to a 
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total $20,000 stipend over those 5 years.  The stipend may be 
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paid out each year that the teacher teaches at a hard-to-staff 
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school or may be paid as a lump sum after the teacher has 
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completed 5 years of teaching at a hard-to-staff school.  The 
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State Board of Education may adopt any rules that are necessary 
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for the implementation of this Section.".