103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1473

 

Introduced 2/7/2023, by Sen. Rachel Ventura

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/2-3.196 new
105 ILCS 5/24-27 new

    Amends the School Code. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, provides that, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, the State Board of Education shall administer all public schools in this State instead of school districts, and each school district shall remit to the State Board an amount of money sufficient to administer the district's schools. Provides that any amount in taxes levied by the school district in excess of the amount required to be remitted to the State Board shall be returned to the district's taxpayers. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, provides that, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, all public school teachers in this State are State employees instead of school district employees. Provides that, for the 2024-2025 school year, the starting salary for public school teachers serving on a full-time basis shall be $45,000, and, for each school year thereafter, the starting salary shall equal the starting salary for the previous school year increased by a percentage equal to one-half of the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United States Department of Labor for the previous school year.


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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
52-3.196 and 24-27 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.196 new)
7    Sec. 2-3.196. Administration of public schools.
8Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning with the
92024-2025 school year, the State Board of Education shall
10administer all public schools in this State instead of school
11districts, and each school district shall remit to the State
12Board an amount of money sufficient to administer the
13district's schools. Any amount in taxes levied by the school
14district in excess of the amount required to be remitted to the
15State Board shall be returned to the district's taxpayers.
 
16    (105 ILCS 5/24-27 new)
17    Sec. 24-27. State employment of teachers. Notwithstanding
18any other provision of law, beginning with the 2024-2025
19school year, all public school teachers in this State are
20State employees instead of school district employees. For the
212024-2025 school year, the starting salary for public school
22teachers serving on a full-time basis shall be $45,000. For

 

 

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1each school year thereafter, the starting salary for public
2school teachers serving on a full-time basis shall equal the
3starting salary for the previous school year increased by a
4percentage equal to one-half of the percentage increase, if
5any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for
6all items published by the United States Department of Labor
7for the previous school year.
8