Bill Text: IL HB2478 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, in fixing the salaries of pre-kindergarten teachers, school boards shall pay those who serve full-time an annual salary of not less than $35,000. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2478 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB2478-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB2478 Introduced , by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/24-8 from Ch. 122, par. 24-8
Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, in fixing the salaries of pre-kindergarten teachers, school boards shall pay those who serve full-time an annual salary of not less than $35,000. Effective immediately.
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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 changing Section
24-8 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/24-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-8)
Sec. 24-8. Minimum salary. Except as otherwise provided in
this Section, in In fixing the salaries of teachers, school
boards shall pay those who serve on a full-time basis not less
than a rate for the school year that is based upon training
completed in a recognized institution of higher learning, as
follows: for the school year beginning July 1, 1980 and
thereafter, less than a bachelor's degree, $9,000; 120 semester
hours or more and a bachelor's degree, $10,000; 150 semester
hours or more and a master's degree, $11,000. Beginning with
the 2019-2020 school year, in fixing the salaries of
pre-kindergarten teachers, school boards shall pay those who
serve on a full-time basis an annual salary of not less than
$35,000.
Based upon previous public school experience in this State
or any other state, territory, dependency or possession of the
United States, or in schools operated by or under the auspices
of the United States, teachers who serve on a full-time basis

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shall have their salaries increased to at least the following
amounts above the starting salary for a teacher in such
district in the same classification: with less than a
bachelor's degree, $750 after 5 years; with 120 semester hours
or more and a bachelor's degree, $1,000 after 5 years and
$1,600 after 8 years; with 150 semester hours or more and a
master's degree, $1,250 after 5 years, $2,000 after 8 years and
$2,750 after 13 years.
For the purpose of this Section a teacher's salary shall
include any amount paid by the school district on behalf of the
teacher, as teacher contributions, to the Teachers' Retirement
System of the State of Illinois.
If a school board establishes a schedule for teachers'
salaries based on education and experience, not inconsistent
with this Section, all certificated nurses employed by that
board shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of such
schedule.
For purposes of this Section, a teacher who submits a
certificate of completion to the school office prior to the
first day of the school term shall be considered to have the
degree stated in such certificate.
(Source: P.A. 83-913.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.