Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish a teacher recruitment and retention program, which shall encourage both new and experienced teachers to seek employment with qualifying public schools by providing for a refundable income tax credit to each participating teacher in the amount of $3,000 per school year for no more than 5 consecutive school years. Provides that the number of participating teachers in the program in any school year shall be limited to 1,000. Contains requirements for participating school districts and participating teachers. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act establishing the $3,000 tax credit for individuals designated by the State Board of Education as a participating teacher in the teacher recruitment and retention program. Effective July 1, 2023.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-03 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2265 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Jil Tracy [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-050	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Donald DeWitte [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-033	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Thomas Bennett [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-053	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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