Full Text of HB2913 101st General Assembly
HB2913 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB2913 Introduced , by Rep. Thaddeus Jones SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 105 ILCS 5/10-16.7 | | 105 ILCS 5/10-16.8 new | |
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Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, for an elementary school district that is designated by the State Board of Education as having a teacher shortage, each district superintendent shall receive for his or her services an annual salary of $175,000. Provides that an elementary school district may, by referendum approval of the school district's voters, provide a district superintendent a salary of more than $175,000 per year. Provides that if the referendum fails, the school district may not propose another referendum for at least 2 years after the date of the failed referendum.
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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 | | 10-16.7 and by adding Section 10-16.8 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-16.7)
| 7 | | Sec. 10-16.7. School board duties with respect to | 8 | | superintendent. In addition to all other powers and duties | 9 | | enumerated in this Article, the school board shall make all | 10 | | employment decisions pertaining to the superintendent , subject | 11 | | to any salary limitation under Section 10-16.8 . The school | 12 | | board shall direct, through policy, the superintendent in his | 13 | | or her charge of the administration of the school district, | 14 | | including without limitation considering the recommendations | 15 | | of the superintendent concerning the budget, building plans, | 16 | | the locations of sites, the selection, retention, and dismissal | 17 | | of employees, and the selection of textbooks, instructional | 18 | | material, and courses of study. The school board shall evaluate | 19 | | the superintendent in his or her administration of school board | 20 | | policies and his or her stewardship of the assets of the | 21 | | district.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 94-881, eff. 6-20-06.) |
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| 1 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-16.8 new) | 2 | | Sec. 10-16.8. District superintendent; salary. | 3 | | (a) This Section applies only to an elementary school | 4 | | district that is designated by the State Board of Education as | 5 | | having a teacher shortage and, in such a case, only to an | 6 | | employment contract entered into, modified, or renewed on or | 7 | | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st | 8 | | General Assembly. | 9 | | (b) Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, a district | 10 | | superintendent shall receive for his or her services an annual | 11 | | salary of $175,000. An elementary school district may, by | 12 | | referendum approval of the school district's voters, provide a | 13 | | district superintendent a salary of more than $175,000 per | 14 | | year. The question of authorizing the school board to provide | 15 | | the district superintendent a salary of more than $175,000 a | 16 | | year must be submitted to the electors of the school district | 17 | | at a regular election and approved by a majority of the | 18 | | electors voting on the question. The school board must certify | 19 | | the question to the proper election authority, which must | 20 | | submit the question at an election in accordance with the | 21 | | Election Code. The election authority must submit the question | 22 | | in substantially the following form: | 23 | | Shall the school board of (name of school district) be | 24 | | authorized to provide the district superintendent a salary | 25 | | of more than $175,000 per year? | 26 | | The election authority must record the votes as "Yes" or "No". |
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| 1 | | If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote in | 2 | | the affirmative, the school district may thereafter provide the | 3 | | district superintendent a salary of more than $175,000 per | 4 | | year. If the referendum fails, the school district may not | 5 | | propose another referendum under this Section for at least 2 | 6 | | years after the date of the failed referendum.
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