Full Text of SB3394 97th General Assembly
SB3394sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Iris Y. Martinez Filed: 3/2/2012
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3394
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3394 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 34-84 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-84) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-84)
| 7 | | Sec. 34-84. Appointments and promotions of teachers. | 8 | | Appointments and
promotions of teachers shall be made for merit
| 9 | | only, and after satisfactory service for a probationary period | 10 | | of 3 years
with respect to probationary employees employed as | 11 | | full-time teachers in the
public school system of the district | 12 | | before January 1, 1998 and 4 years with
respect to probationary | 13 | | employees who are first employed as full-time teachers
in the | 14 | | public school system of the district on or after January 1, | 15 | | 1998,
during which period the board may dismiss or discharge | 16 | | any
such probationary employee upon the recommendation, |
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| 1 | | accompanied by the
written reasons therefor, of the general | 2 | | superintendent of schools and after which period
appointments | 3 | | of teachers shall become permanent, subject to removal for | 4 | | cause
in the manner provided by Section 34-85.
| 5 | | For a probationary-appointed teacher in full-time service | 6 | | who is appointed on or after July 1, 2013 and who receives | 7 | | ratings of "excellent" during his or her first 3 school terms | 8 | | of full-time service, the probationary period shall be 3 school | 9 | | terms of full-time service.
For a probationary-appointed | 10 | | teacher in full-time service who is appointed on or after July | 11 | | 1, 2013 and who had previously entered into contractual | 12 | | continued service in another school district in this State or a | 13 | | program of a special education joint agreement in this State, | 14 | | as defined in Section 24-11 of this Code, the probationary | 15 | | period shall be 2 school terms of full-time service, provided | 16 | | that (i) the teacher voluntarily resigned or was honorably | 17 | | dismissed from the prior district or program within the 3-month | 18 | | period preceding his or her appointment date, (ii) the | 19 | | teacher's last 2 ratings in the prior district or program were | 20 | | at least "proficient" and were issued after the prior | 21 | | district's or program's PERA implementation date, as defined in | 22 | | Section 24-11 of this Code, and (iii) the teacher receives | 23 | | ratings of "excellent" during his or her first 2 school terms | 24 | | of full-time service. | 25 | | For a probationary-appointed teacher in full-time service | 26 | | who is appointed on or after July 1, 2013 and who has not |
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| 1 | | entered into contractual continued service after 2 or 3 school | 2 | | terms of full-time service as provided in this Section, the | 3 | | probationary period shall be 4 school terms of full-time | 4 | | service, provided that the teacher receives a rating of at | 5 | | least "proficient" in the last school term and a rating of at | 6 | | least "proficient" in either the second or third school term. | 7 | | As used in this Section, "school term" means the school | 8 | | term established by the board pursuant to Section 10-19 of this | 9 | | Code, and "full-time service" means the teacher has actually | 10 | | worked at least 150 days during the school term. As used in | 11 | | this Article, "teachers" means and includes all members of
the | 12 | | teaching force excluding the general superintendent and | 13 | | principals. | 14 | | There shall be no reduction in teachers because of a | 15 | | decrease in
student membership or a change in subject | 16 | | requirements within the
attendance center organization after | 17 | | the 5th 20th day following the first day
of the school year, | 18 | | except that: (1) this provision shall not apply to
| 19 | | desegregation positions, special education positions, or any | 20 | | other positions
funded by State or federal categorical funds, | 21 | | and (2) at attendance centers
maintaining any of grades 9 | 22 | | through 12, there may be a second reduction in
teachers on the | 23 | | first day of the second semester of the regular school
term | 24 | | because of a decrease in student membership or a change in | 25 | | subject
requirements within the attendance center | 26 | | organization.
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| 1 | | The school principal shall make the decision
in selecting | 2 | | teachers to fill new and vacant positions consistent with
| 3 | | Section 34-8.1.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 97-8, eff. 6-13-11.)".
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