Rep. Katie Stuart
Filed: 5/21/2019
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1213
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1213 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | ||||||
5 | 24A-5.5 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (105 ILCS 5/24A-5.5 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 24A-5.5. Local appeal process for unsatisfactory | ||||||
8 | ratings. Beginning with the first school year following the | ||||||
9 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General | ||||||
10 | Assembly, each school district shall, in good faith cooperation | ||||||
11 | with its teachers or, if applicable, through good faith | ||||||
12 | bargaining with the exclusive bargaining representative of its | ||||||
13 | teachers, develop and implement an appeals process for | ||||||
14 | "unsatisfactory" ratings under Section 24A-5 that includes, | ||||||
15 | but is not limited to, an assessment of the original rating by | ||||||
16 | a panel of qualified evaluators agreed to by the joint |
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1 | committee referred to in subsection (b) of Section 24A-4 that | ||||||
2 | has the power to revoke the "unsatisfactory" rating it deems to | ||||||
3 | be erroneous. The joint committee shall determine the criteria | ||||||
4 | for successful appeals; however, the issuance of a rating to | ||||||
5 | replace an "unsatisfactory" rating must be determined through | ||||||
6 | bargaining between the exclusive bargaining representative, if | ||||||
7 | any, and the school district.
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8 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
9 | becoming law.".
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