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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1244

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill  1244  on  page  1,
 3    line 5, by replacing "Section 24-11" with "Sections 24-11 and
 4    34-84"; and

 5    on  page  5,  immediately  below  line  25,  by inserting the
 6    following:

 7        "(105 ILCS 5/34-84) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-84)
 8        Sec. 34-84.  Appointments  and  promotions  of  teachers.
 9    Appointments  and  promotions  of  teachers shall be made for
10    merit only, and after satisfactory service for a probationary
11    period of (i) 3 years with respect to probationary  employees
12    employed as full-time teachers in the public school system of
13    the  district  before  January 1, 1998; (ii) and 4 years with
14    respect to probationary employees who are first  employed  as
15    full-time  teachers  in  the  public  school  system  of  the
16    district on or after January 1, 1998 but before the effective
17    date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly; and
18    (iii)  2 years with respect to probationary employees who are
19    first employed as full-time teachers  in  the  public  school
20    system of the district on or after the effective date of this
21    amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd General Assembly (during which
22    period  the  board  may  dismiss  or   discharge   any   such
 
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 1    probationary employee upon the recommendation, accompanied by
 2    the  written  reasons therefor, of the general superintendent
 3    of schools) appointments of teachers shall become  permanent,
 4    subject  to  removal  for  cause  in  the  manner provided by
 5    Section 34-85. For a teacher first employed on or  after  the
 6    effective  date  of  this  amendatory Act of the 93rd General
 7    Assembly who is dismissed or discharged  during  his  or  her
 8    probationary period, the notice of dismissal or discharge and
 9    the general superintendent's written reasons for recommending
10    the  dismissal  or discharge shall be sent by certified mail,
11    return receipt requested, by  the  board  at  least  45  days
12    before the end of the probationary period.
13        If  a  teacher  who  is  first  employed  on or after the
14    effective date of this amendatory Act  of  the  93rd  General
15    Assembly   has   not  had  one  year  of  full-time  teaching
16    experience before the beginning of the probationary period of
17    2 years, the board may at its option extend the  probationary
18    period  for one additional year by giving the teacher written
19    notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, at  least
20    45 days before the end of the second year of the probationary
21    period.  This  notice must state the reasons for the one-year
22    extension and must outline the corrective  actions  that  the
23    teacher must take to satisfactorily complete probation.
24        As  used  in  this Article, "teachers" means and includes
25    all members of  the  teaching  force  excluding  the  general
26    superintendent and principals.
27        There  shall  be  no  reduction  in teachers because of a
28    decrease  in  student  membership  or  a  change  in  subject
29    requirements within the attendance center organization  after
30    the  20th  day  following  the  first day of the school year,
31    except  that:   (1)  this  provision  shall  not   apply   to
32    desegregation  positions, special education positions, or any
33    other positions funded by State or federal categorical funds,
34    and (2) at attendance centers maintaining  any  of  grades  9
 
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 1    through  12,  there  may be a second reduction in teachers on
 2    the first day of the second semester of  the  regular  school
 3    term  because of a decrease in student membership or a change
 4    in  subject  requirements  within   the   attendance   center
 5    organization.
 6        The school principal shall make the decision in selecting
 7    teachers  to  fill  new  and vacant positions consistent with
 8    Section 34-8.1.
 9    (Source: P.A. 89-15, eff. 5-30-95; 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)".