Rep. David Reis
Filed: 3/27/2009
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2881




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2881 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 changing Section 
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10-22.32 as follows:
 



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    (105 ILCS 5/10-22.32)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.32)



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    Sec. 10-22.32. 
To authorize the advancement to school board 
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members
the anticipated actual and necessary expenses incurred

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in attending the following
meetings:

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        1. Meetings sponsored by the State Board of Education 
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    or by the
regional superintendents of schools,

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        2. County or regional meetings and the annual meeting 
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    sponsored by
any school board association complying with 
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    the provisions of Article 23
of this Act, and

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        3. Meetings sponsored by a national organization in the 
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    field of
public school education; and .

 


 






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        4.  Regular board meetings held in compliance with the 
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    Open Meetings Act and events regarding school district 
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    staff.  Mileage reimbursements may be paid up to the 
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    federally allowable travel reimbursement rate. 
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    The school board may advance to teachers and other 
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certified
employees the  anticipated actual and necessary 
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expenses
incurred in attending
meetings which are related to 
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that employee's duties and will contribute
to the professional 
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development of that employee.

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    Such advanced actual and necessary expenses are those

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reasonably anticipated to
be incurred on  the days necessary for 
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travel to and from and for
attendance at such meetings.

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    After a meeting for which money was advanced to a school 
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board member
or teacher or other certified employee for actual 
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and necessary expenses, such
member or employee shall submit an 
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itemized verified expense voucher
showing the amount of his 
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actual expenses.  Receipts shall be attached
where possible.  If 
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the actual and necessary expenses exceed the amount
advanced, 
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the member or employee shall be reimbursed for the amount not

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advanced. If the actual and necessary expenses are less than 
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the amount
advanced, the
member or employee shall refund the 
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excess amount.

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    For purposes of this Section only, a person elected at the 
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consolidated
election held in April of 1999 or April of 2001 to 
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serve as a school board
member for a term commencing upon the 
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termination of his or her predecessor's
term of office shall be 
 


 






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deemed to be a school board member for whom moneys of
the 
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school district may be advanced and expended under this Section 
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in order to
provide, or to arrange for a school board 
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association that complies with
Article
23 to provide, to that 
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person, after he or she has been elected and before his
or her 
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term of office as a school board member commences, training in 
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matters
relating to the powers, duties, and responsibilities of 
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school board
membership.

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    Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 
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10-22.32, no
money for expenses shall be  advanced nor shall any 
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member or employee
be reimbursed, for any expenses incurred on 
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behalf of any person other
than such member, employee, or 
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person deemed to be a school board
member for purposes of this 
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Section.

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(Source: P.A. 90-637, eff. 7-24-98.)".