101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3053

 

Introduced 2/5/2020, by Sen. Robert F. Martwick

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
40 ILCS 5/17-105.1
40 ILCS 5/17-106  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-106
40 ILCS 5/17-132  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-132
40 ILCS 5/17-134.2 new
30 ILCS 805/8.44 new

    Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Adds to the definition of "employer" a contract school operating pursuant to an agreement with the Chicago Board of Education. Adds to the definition of "teacher" the educational staff employed by a contract school operating pursuant to an agreement with the Chicago Board of Education in a position requiring certification or licensure (excluding all managerial, supervisory, and confidential employees) and are required to or elect to participate. Provides that any educational staff of a contract school operating pursuant to an agreement with the Chicago Board of Education who is employed in a position requiring certification or licensure on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act (excluding all managerial, supervisory, and confidential employees) shall participate as a member, unless the person began employment with the contract school before the effective date of the amendatory Act. Authorizes educational staff who began employment with the contract school before the effective date of the amendatory Act to irrevocably elect to participate as a member for service accrued after the effective date of the election. Makes conforming and other changes. Effective July 1, 2021.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing
5Sections 17-105.1, 17-106, and 17-132 and by adding Section
617-134.2 as follows:
 
7    (40 ILCS 5/17-105.1)
8    Sec. 17-105.1. Employer. "Employer": The Board of
9Education, and a charter school as defined under the provisions
10of Section 27A-5 of the School Code, and a contract school
11operating pursuant to an agreement with the Board of Education.
12(Source: P.A. 90-566, eff. 1-2-98.)
 
13    (40 ILCS 5/17-106)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-106)
14    Sec. 17-106. Contributor, member or teacher.
15"Contributor", "member" or "teacher": All members of the
16teaching force of the city, including principals, assistant
17principals, the general superintendent of schools, deputy
18superintendents of schools, associate superintendents of
19schools, assistant and district superintendents of schools,
20members of the Board of Examiners, all other persons whose
21employment requires a teaching certificate issued under the
22laws governing the certification of teachers, any educational

 

 

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1staff employed in a contract school operating pursuant to an
2agreement with the Board of Education who is employed in a
3position requiring certification or licensure under the School
4Code (excluding all managerial, supervisory, and confidential
5employees) and is required to or elects to participate pursuant
6to Section 17-134.2, any educational, administrative,
7professional, or other staff employed in a charter school
8operating in compliance with the Charter Schools Law who is
9certified under the law governing the certification of
10teachers, and employees of the Board, but excluding persons
11contributing concurrently to any other public employee pension
12system in Illinois for the same employment or receiving
13retirement pensions under another Article of this Code for that
14same employment, persons employed on an hourly basis (provided
15that an Employer may not reclassify a non-hourly employee as an
16hourly employee for the purpose of evading or avoiding its
17obligations under this Article), and persons receiving
18pensions from the Fund who are employed temporarily by an
19Employer and not on an annual basis.
20    All teachers or staff regardless of their position shall
21presumptively be participants in the Fund, unless the Employer
22establishes to the satisfaction of the Board that an individual
23certified teacher or staff member is not working as a teacher
24or administrator directly or indirectly with the Charter
25School. Any certified teacher or staff employed by a corporate
26or non-profit entity engaged in the administration of a charter

 

 

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1school shall presumptively be a participant in the Fund, unless
2the organization establishes to the satisfaction of the Board
3that an individual certified teacher or staff member is not
4working as a teacher or administrator directly or indirectly
5with the Charter School.
6    In the case of a person who has been making contributions
7and otherwise participating in this Fund prior to the effective
8date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, and
9whose right to participate in the Fund is established or
10confirmed by this amendatory Act, such prior participation in
11the Fund, including all contributions previously made and
12service credits previously earned by the person, are hereby
13validated.
14    The changes made to this Section and Section 17-149 by this
15amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly apply without
16regard to whether the person was in service on or after the
17effective date of this amendatory Act, notwithstanding
18Sections 1-103.1 and 17-157.
19(Source: P.A. 98-427, eff. 8-16-13.)
 
20    (40 ILCS 5/17-132)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-132)
21    Sec. 17-132. Payments and certification of salary
22deductions.
23    (a) An Employer shall cause the Fund to receive all
24members' payroll records and pension contributions within 30
25calendar days after each predesignated payday. For purposes of

 

 

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1this Section, the predesignated payday shall be determined in
2accordance with each Employer's payroll schedule for
3contributions to the Fund.
4    (b) An Employer that fails to timely certify and submit
5payroll records to the Fund is subject to a statutory penalty
6in the amount of $100 per day for each day that a required
7certification and submission is late.
8    Amounts not received by the 30th calendar day after the
9predesignated payday shall be deemed delinquent and subject to
10a penalty consisting of interest, which shall accrue on a
11monthly basis at the Fund's then effective actuarial rate of
12return, and liquidated damages in the amount of $100 per day,
13not to exceed 20% of the principal contributions due, which
14shall be mandatory except for good cause shown and in the
15discretion of the Board.
16    An Employer in possession of member contributions deducted
17from payroll checks is holding Fund assets, and thus becomes a
18fiduciary over those assets.
19    (c) The payroll records shall report (1) all pensionable
20salary earned in that pay period, exclusive of salaries for
21overtime, extracurricular activities, or any employment on an
22optional basis, such as in summer school; (2) adjustments to
23pensionable salary, exclusive of salaries for overtime,
24extracurricular activities, or any employment on an optional
25basis, such as in summer school, made in a pay period for any
26prior pay periods; (3) pension contributions attributable to

 

 

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1pensionable salary earned in the reported pay period or the
2adjusted pay period as required by subsection (b) of Section
317-131; and (4) any salary paid by an Employer if that salary
4is compensation for validated service and is exclusive of
5salary for overtime, extracurricular activities, or any
6employment on an optional basis, such as in summer school.
7Payroll records required by item (4) of this paragraph shall
8identify the number of days of service rendered by the member
9and whether each day of service represents a partial or whole
10day of service.
11    (d) The appropriate officers of the Employer shall certify
12and submit the payroll records no later than 30 calendar days
13after each predesignated payday. The certification shall
14constitute a confirmation of the accuracy of such deductions
15according to the provisions of this Article.
16    Each Charter School and contract school shall designate an
17administrator as a "Pension Officer". The Pension Officer shall
18be responsible for certifying all payroll information,
19including contributions due and certified sick days payable
20pursuant to Section 17-134, and assuring resolution of reported
21payroll and contribution deficiencies.
22    (e) The Board has the authority to conduct payroll audits
23of a charter school or contract school to determine the
24existence of any delinquencies in contributions to the Fund,
25and such charter school or contract school shall be required to
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1the Board or its authorized representative may require. The
2Board is also authorized to collect delinquent contributions
3from charter schools and contract schools and develop
4procedures for the collection of such delinquencies.
5Collection procedures may include legal proceedings in the
6courts of the State of Illinois. Expenses, including reasonable
7attorneys' fees, incurred in the collection of delinquent
8contributions may be assessed by the Board against the charter
9school or contract school.
10(Source: P.A. 101-261, eff. 8-9-19.)
 
11    (40 ILCS 5/17-134.2 new)
12    Sec. 17-134.2. Employee of a contract school. Any
13educational staff of a contract school operating pursuant to an
14agreement with the Board of Education who is employed in a
15position requiring certification or licensure under the School
16Code on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
17the 101st General Assembly (excluding all managerial,
18supervisory, and confidential employees) shall participate as
19a member, unless the person began employment with the contract
20school before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
21101st General Assembly.
22    Any educational staff employed in a contract school
23operating pursuant to an agreement with the Board of Education
24who began employment in a position requiring certification or
25licensure under the School Code before the effective date of

 

 

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1this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly (excluding
2all managerial, supervisory, and confidential employees) may
3irrevocably elect, in a manner prescribed by the Board, to
4participate as a member for service accrued after the effective
5date of the election with the contract school or with another
6contract school. In no event shall a person accrue service for
7employment with a contract school that occurred before the
8effective date of the election to participate as a member.
 
9    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
10Section 8.44 as follows:
 
11    (30 ILCS 805/8.44 new)
12    Sec. 8.44. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
13of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
14implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
15the 101st General Assembly.
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
172021.