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HB1141 Engrossed |
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LRB095 07590 NHT 27740 b |
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
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| 21-29 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/21-29 new) |
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| Sec. 21-29. Stipend; hard-to-staff school. |
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| (a) In this Section "hard-to-staff school" means an |
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| elementary or secondary school that ranks in the top 5% of |
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| schools in this State in the number of teachers who leave their |
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| positions. The State Board of Education shall rank schools for |
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| this purpose based on mobility and teacher attrition over a |
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| 5-year average.
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| (b) Subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education |
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| shall establish and administer a program that provides stipends |
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| to teachers who choose to teach at hard-to-staff public schools |
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| in this State. Under the program, if a teacher who has at least |
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| 4 years of experience at a recognized school agrees to teach at |
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| a hard-to-staff school for 5 years, the teacher is entitled to |
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| a total $20,000 stipend over those 5 years. The stipend may be |
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| paid out each year that the teacher teaches at a hard-to-staff |
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| school or may be paid as a lump sum after the teacher has |
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| completed 5 years of teaching at a hard-to-staff school. The |