Full Text of HB2478 101st General Assembly
HB2478 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB2478 Introduced , by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/24-8 | from Ch. 122, par. 24-8 |
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Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, in fixing the salaries of pre-kindergarten teachers, school boards shall pay those who serve full-time an annual salary of not less than $35,000. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 24-8 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/24-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-8)
| 7 | | Sec. 24-8. Minimum salary. Except as otherwise provided in | 8 | | this Section, in In fixing the salaries of teachers, school | 9 | | boards shall pay those who
serve on a full-time basis not less | 10 | | than a rate for the school year that
is based upon training | 11 | | completed in a recognized institution of higher
learning, as | 12 | | follows: for the school year beginning July 1, 1980 and
| 13 | | thereafter, less than a bachelor's degree, $9,000; 120 semester | 14 | | hours or
more and a bachelor's degree, $10,000; 150 semester | 15 | | hours or more and a
master's degree, $11,000. Beginning with | 16 | | the 2019-2020 school year, in fixing the salaries of | 17 | | pre-kindergarten teachers, school boards shall pay those who | 18 | | serve on a full-time basis an annual salary of not less than | 19 | | $35,000.
| 20 | | Based upon previous public school
experience in this State | 21 | | or any other state, territory, dependency or
possession of the | 22 | | United States, or in schools operated by or under the
auspices | 23 | | of the United States, teachers who serve on a full-time basis
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| 1 | | shall have their salaries increased to at least the following | 2 | | amounts
above the starting salary for a teacher in such | 3 | | district in the same
classification: with less than a | 4 | | bachelor's degree, $750 after 5 years;
with 120 semester hours | 5 | | or more and a bachelor's degree, $1,000 after 5
years and | 6 | | $1,600 after 8 years; with 150 semester hours or more and a | 7 | | master's
degree, $1,250 after 5 years, $2,000 after 8 years and | 8 | | $2,750 after 13 years.
| 9 | | For the purpose of this Section a teacher's salary shall | 10 | | include any amount
paid by the school district on behalf of the | 11 | | teacher, as teacher contributions,
to the Teachers' Retirement | 12 | | System of the State of Illinois.
| 13 | | If a school board establishes a schedule for teachers' | 14 | | salaries based
on education and experience, not inconsistent | 15 | | with this Section, all certificated
nurses employed by that | 16 | | board shall be paid in accordance with the provisions
of such | 17 | | schedule.
| 18 | | For purposes of this Section, a teacher who submits a | 19 | | certificate of
completion to the school office prior to the | 20 | | first day of the school
term shall be considered to have the | 21 | | degree stated in such certificate.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 83-913 .)
| 23 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 24 | | becoming law.
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