HB3907ham001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Katie Stuart

Filed: 3/25/2024

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3907

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3907 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section 24-9.5 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/24-9.5 new)

Sec. 24-9.5. Teacher planning time.

(a) In this Section:

"Clinician" means a related service provider, including, but not limited to, a school social worker, school psychologist, school counselor, school nurse, school speech-language pathologist, or school physical or occupational therapist.

"Duty-free" means the time during which a teacher or clinician is not required to supervise students, collaborate with other school district employees, or attend meetings, trainings, or conferences of any kind.

(b) Every teacher or clinician of a school district who is in contact with students at least 50% of the teacher's or clinician's contracted workday is entitled to daily, duty-free, self-directed plan time. However, an alternative duty-free, self-directed plan time schedule may be collectively bargained for to accommodate alternative school-schedule formats, such as block schedules, or to accommodate other educational needs, as agreed upon by the exclusive bargaining representative of the teachers or clinicians and the school district.

(c) If a school district and the exclusive bargaining representative of the teachers or clinicians entitled to daily, duty-free, self-directed plan time under subsection (b) cannot reach an agreement on a defined amount of daily, duty-free, self-directed plan time, then the school district shall provide each of those teachers or clinicians with 45 consecutive minutes of daily, duty-free, self-directed plan time.

(d) If a teacher or clinician chooses to relinquish the teacher's or clinician's entitlement to daily, duty-free, self-directed plan time under subsection (b), then the teacher or clinician shall be compensated for that relinquishment at a collectively bargained rate of pay.".