Full Text of HB3907 103rd General Assembly
HB3907ham001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Katie Stuart Filed: 3/25/2024 | | 10300HB3907ham001 | | LRB103 30123 RJT 70322 a |
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3907
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3907 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | 5 | | 24-9.5 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/24-9.5 new) | 7 | | Sec. 24-9.5. Teacher planning time. | 8 | | (a) In this Section: | 9 | | "Clinician" means a related service provider, including, | 10 | | but not limited to, a school social worker, school | 11 | | psychologist, school counselor, school nurse, school | 12 | | speech-language pathologist, or school physical or | 13 | | occupational therapist. | 14 | | "Duty-free" means the time during which a teacher or | 15 | | clinician is not required to supervise students, collaborate | 16 | | with other school district employees, or attend meetings, |
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| 1 | | trainings, or conferences of any kind. | 2 | | (b) Every teacher or clinician of a school district who is | 3 | | in contact with students at least 50% of the teacher's or | 4 | | clinician's contracted workday is entitled to daily, | 5 | | duty-free, self-directed plan time. However, an alternative | 6 | | duty-free, self-directed plan time schedule may be | 7 | | collectively bargained for to accommodate alternative | 8 | | school-schedule formats, such as block schedules, or to | 9 | | accommodate other educational needs, as agreed upon by the | 10 | | exclusive bargaining representative of the teachers or | 11 | | clinicians and the school district. | 12 | | (c) If a school district and the exclusive bargaining | 13 | | representative of the teachers or clinicians entitled to | 14 | | daily, duty-free, self-directed plan time under subsection (b) | 15 | | cannot reach an agreement on a defined amount of daily, | 16 | | duty-free, self-directed plan time, then the school district | 17 | | shall provide each of those teachers or clinicians with 45 | 18 | | consecutive minutes of daily, duty-free, self-directed plan | 19 | | time. | 20 | | (d) If a teacher or clinician chooses to relinquish the | 21 | | teacher's or clinician's entitlement to daily, duty-free, | 22 | | self-directed plan time under subsection (b), then the teacher | 23 | | or clinician shall be compensated for that relinquishment at a | 24 | | collectively bargained rate of pay. ". |
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