Bill Sponsors: IL HB3907 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

Bill Title: Amends the School Boards and Chicago School District Articles of the School Code. Provides that school boards shall allow all educators to have daily continuous uninterrupted individual classroom planning time. Provides that the planning period shall be equal to one class period but no less than 45 minutes in duration. Provides that this time requirement applies to educators who are in contact with students for 50% or more of their contracted workday. Provides that, during this planning period, educators may not be forced to substitute in other areas of the building or district when another educator is absent or a vacancy exists and may not be forced to attend meetings, trainings, or conferences of any kind. Provides that if an educator chooses to substitute or attend a meeting, training, or conference during their guaranteed planning period of their own free will, the educator shall be compensated at a rate of pay that is negotiated between the local Board of Education and local association of a state teacher association.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-19 - House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3907 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Sponsors

NameTypeSponsorshipDistrictFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Representative Katie Stuart [D]PrimarySponsored BillsHD-112FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Sue Scherer [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-096FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Laura Faver Dias [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-062FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Natalie Manley [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-098FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Dagmara Avelar [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-085FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Jenn Ladisch Douglass [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-045FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaN/A
Representative Suzanne Ness [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-066FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Elizabeth Hernandez [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-002FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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