HJ0078 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The Illinois passed House Bill 1347 on May 22, 2007; and

WHEREAS, On August 17, 2007, House Bill 1347, having passed both the Illinois House and Senate and having been signed and approved by the Governor, became effective as Public Act 95-241; and

WHEREAS, The intent of Public Act 95-241 is to ensure that a board of education does not outsource a school district's hourly employees to a contractor or disrupt an existing collective bargaining agreement in order to reduce wages or benefits; and

WHEREAS, Public Act 95-241 is not intended to apply to a situation in which a board of education enters into a contract with a third party for management or consulting services where the hourly employees remain covered by the terms of the existing collective bargaining agreement; and

WHEREAS, In such a situation where a board of education is contracting only for management and professional services, the school district would continue to be the employer of the hourly employees; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that it is the intent of the legislature that Public Act 95-241 does not apply to situations where a board of education contracts only for management or professional expertise and the hourly employees remain school district employees.