Bill Text: IL HB5090 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-08 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5090 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB5090-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
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6 | (115 ILCS 5/1) (from Ch. 48, par. 1701) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 1. Policy. It is the the public policy of this State | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | and the purpose of this Act to promote orderly and | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | constructive relationships between all educational employees | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | and their employers. Unresolved disputes between the | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | educational employees and their employers are injurious to the | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | public, and the General Assembly is therefore aware that | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | adequate means must be established for minimizing them and | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | providing for their resolution. It is the purpose of this Act | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | to regulate labor relations between educational employers and | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | educational employees, including the designation of | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | educational employee representatives, negotiation of wages, | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | hours and other conditions of employment and resolution of | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | disputes arising under collective bargaining agreements. The | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | General Assembly recognizes that substantial differences exist | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | between educational employees and other public employees as a | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | result of the uniqueness of the educational work calendar and | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | educational work duties and the traditional and historical |
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