Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
Filed: 3/28/2023
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1352
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1352 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
5 | 24-14 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/24-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-14)
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7 | Sec. 24-14. Termination of contractual continued service | ||||||
8 | by teacher. As used in this Section, "teaching assignment" | ||||||
9 | means any full-time position that requires licensure under | ||||||
10 | Article 21B of this Code. | ||||||
11 | A teacher, as defined in Section 24-11 of this Code, who
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12 | has entered into contractual continued service may resign
at | ||||||
13 | any time by obtaining concurrence of the board or by serving at | ||||||
14 | least 30
days' written notice upon the secretary of the board . | ||||||
15 | During the school term, However, no teacher
may resign during | ||||||
16 | the school term , without the concurrence of the board,
in |
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1 | order to accept another teaching assignment. Outside of a | ||||||
2 | school term, a resignation submitted by any teacher after the | ||||||
3 | completion of the school year must be submitted in writing to | ||||||
4 | the secretary of the board a minimum of 30 calendar days prior | ||||||
5 | to the first student attendance day of the following school | ||||||
6 | year or else the teacher will be deemed to have resigned during | ||||||
7 | the school term. Any teacher
terminating said service not in | ||||||
8 | accordance with this Section may be referred by the board to | ||||||
9 | the State Superintendent of Education. A referral to the State | ||||||
10 | Superintendent for an alleged violation of this Section must | ||||||
11 | include (i) a dated copy of the teacher's resignation letter, | ||||||
12 | (ii) a copy of the reporting district's current school year | ||||||
13 | calendar, (iii) proof of employment for the school year at | ||||||
14 | issue, (iv) documentation showing that the district's board | ||||||
15 | did not accept the teacher's resignation, and (v) evidence | ||||||
16 | that the teacher left the district in order to accept another | ||||||
17 | teaching assignment. If the district intends to submit a | ||||||
18 | referral to the State Superintendent, the district shall | ||||||
19 | submit the referral to the State Superintendent within 10 | ||||||
20 | business days after the board denies acceptance of the | ||||||
21 | resignation. The district shall notify the teacher that it | ||||||
22 | submitted the referral to the State Superintendent within 5 | ||||||
23 | business days after submitting the referral to the State | ||||||
24 | Superintendent. The State Superintendent or his or her | ||||||
25 | designee shall convene an informal evidentiary hearing no | ||||||
26 | later than 90 days after receipt of the required documentation |
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1 | from the school district as required in this Section of a | ||||||
2 | resolution by the board . The teacher shall receive a written | ||||||
3 | determination from the State Superintendent or his or her | ||||||
4 | designee no later than 14 days after the hearing is completed. | ||||||
5 | If the State Superintendent or his or her designee finds that | ||||||
6 | the teacher resigned during the school term without the | ||||||
7 | concurrence of the board to accept another teaching | ||||||
8 | assignment, the State Superintendent must suspend the | ||||||
9 | teacher's license for one calendar year. In lieu of a hearing | ||||||
10 | and finding, the teacher may agree to a lesser licensure | ||||||
11 | sanction at the discretion of the State Superintendent or his | ||||||
12 | or her designee .
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13 | (Source: P.A. 101-531, eff. 8-23-19; 102-552, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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14 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
15 | becoming law.".
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