Bill Text: IL HB0353 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code with respect to school districts other than the Chicago school district. Prohibits any post-retirement educator bonus not required by a valid contract entered into before the effective date of the amendatory Act, and prohibits a school district from entering into a contract on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act that provides for a post-retirement educator bonus or bonuses. Defines "post-retirement educator bonus" as any payment made by a school district to an educator licensed under the School Code who has commenced his or her retirement and is collecting a retirement annuity from the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois, other than compensation for current employment with the school district. Requires each school district to annually report to all residents of the school district the status of all contracts requiring the payment of a post-retirement educator bonus and all post-retirement educator bonuses paid during the previous school year. Sets forth what the report must contain. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0353 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB0353-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB0353 Introduced , by Rep. David McSweeney SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/10-20.60 new
Amends the School Code with respect to school districts other than the Chicago school district. Prohibits any post-retirement educator bonus not required by a valid contract entered into before the effective date of the amendatory Act, and prohibits a school district from entering into a contract on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act that provides for a post-retirement educator bonus or bonuses. Defines "post-retirement educator bonus" as any payment made by a school district to an educator licensed under the School Code who has commenced his or her retirement and is collecting a retirement annuity from the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois, other than compensation for current employment with the school district. Requires each school district to annually report to all residents of the school district the status of all contracts requiring the payment of a post-retirement educator bonus and all post-retirement educator bonuses paid during the previous school year. Sets forth what the report must contain. Effective immediately.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
10-20.60 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/10-20.60 new)
Sec. 10-20.60. Prohibition on post-retirement educator
bonuses.
(a) In this Section, "post-retirement educator bonus"
means any payment made by a school district to an educator
licensed under Article 21B of this Code who has commenced his
or her retirement and is collecting a retirement annuity from
the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois, other
than compensation for current employment with the school
district.
(b) Any post-retirement educator bonus not required by a
valid contract entered into before the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly is prohibited, and
a school district may not enter into a contract on or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General
Assembly that provides for a post-retirement educator bonus or
bonuses.
(c) Each school district shall report annually, no later

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than January 31 of each year, to all residents of the school
district the status of all contracts requiring the payment of a
post-retirement educator bonus and all post-retirement
educator bonuses paid during the previous school year. The
report shall contain both of the following tables:
(1) A table summarizing all of the post-retirement
educator bonuses paid during the previous school year. This
table shall contain the name of each recipient of a
post-retirement educator bonus, together with the job
title he or she held upon retirement or termination of his
or her service with the school district.
(2) A table summarizing all contractual obligations of
the school district to provide post-retirement educator
bonuses in the future.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.