Illinois Senate Bill 1285

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-02-03 - Referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In provisions that limit the number of days and hours an annuitant may accept employment for without impairing retirement status, provides that the limitation does not apply to an annuitant who returns to teaching as a substitute teacher in a school district that has been granted a waiver by the System. Provides that a school district may apply for a waiver by providing to the System sufficient evidence that there is a substitute teacher shortage in the school district and an estimate of the number of paid hours in the school year that the annuitant will work. Effective immediately.

PEN CD-TRS-SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS

Sen. Jil Tracy [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-03	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2023-02-03	Senate	First Reading
2023-02-03	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jil Tracy

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	5	16-118	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1285&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB1285.htm