Sen. Terry Link
Filed: 11/8/2011
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3375




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3375 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
524-1 as follows:
 



6    (105 ILCS 5/24-1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 24-1)



7    Sec. 24-1. 
Appointment-Salaries-Payment-School 
8month-School term.)
School boards shall appoint all teachers, 
9determine qualifications of
employment
and fix the amount of 
10their
salaries subject to limitation set forth in this Act.  
11They shall pay
the wages of teachers monthly, subject, however, 
12to the provisions of
Section 24-21.  The school month shall be 
13the same as the calendar month
but by resolution the school 
14board may adopt for its use a month of 20
days, including 
15holidays.  The school term shall consist of at least the
minimum 
16number of pupil attendance days required by Section 10-19, any

 
 
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1additional legal school holidays, days of teachers' 
2institutes, or
equivalent professional educational 
3experiences, and one or two days at
the beginning of the school 
4term when used as a teachers' workshop. 
5    A school board is prohibited from hiring multiple people 
6who are retired and are receiving a retirement annuity under 
7the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois in 
8order to fill, as a group, a teaching position that would 
9ordinarily be occupied by a single, full-time teacher.  However, 
10this prohibition does not apply if the school board determines 
11that there is a subject or administrative position shortage 
12that would require action, in which case the school board must 
13apply for an exemption under Section 16-150.1 of the Illinois 
14Pension Code. 

15(Source: P.A. 80-249.)".