Bill Text: IL HR0135 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: States that meaningful reform of education in Illinois requires structural changes at all levels, including increases to paid teacher preparation and collaboration time, staffing models, and systems for recognition and incentives for educators. Urges school districts across the state to provide adequate paid planning time for teachers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-11 - Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Katie Stuart [HR0135 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2025-HR0135-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The ongoing teacher shortage and declining | ||||||
| 3 | student performance in Illinois could be mitigated by | ||||||
| 4 | increasing preparation time for educators; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Adequate preparation time allows teachers to | ||||||
| 6 | enhance their effectiveness in the classroom, which | ||||||
| 7 | contributes to improved student performance and academic | ||||||
| 8 | success; currently, on average, teachers receive approximately | ||||||
| 9 | half an hour of prep time within their contract hours; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Teachers consistently report that increased | ||||||
| 11 | planning and collaboration time is a key factor in improving | ||||||
| 12 | both retention and job satisfaction as well as effective | ||||||
| 13 | instruction; research suggests that the ideal | ||||||
| 14 | preparation-to-teaching time ratio should be 1:1 to 2:1, | ||||||
| 15 | meaning that for each hour of classroom instruction, a teacher | ||||||
| 16 | should have one to two hours for preparation; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, With an ongoing shortage of substitute teachers, | ||||||
| 18 | educators across the state are often asked and even coerced to | ||||||
| 19 | forgo their own planning time in order to cover the education | ||||||
| 20 | of students of other teachers, often with short notice, | ||||||
| 21 | forcing them to spend uncompensated hours to prepare for their | ||||||
| 22 | own student's instruction, adding to burn out and increasing | ||||||
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| 1 | the rate of individuals leaving the profession; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, If teachers had adequate paid preparation time | ||||||
| 3 | within the contracted school day, Illinois would benefit with | ||||||
| 4 | improved student outcomes and the mitigation of a cause of | ||||||
| 5 | early departure of teachers from classrooms; therefore, be it
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| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 7 | HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 8 | meaningful reform of education in Illinois requires structural | ||||||
| 9 | changes at all levels, including increases to paid teacher | ||||||
| 10 | preparation and collaboration time, staffing models, and | ||||||
| 11 | systems for recognition and incentives for educators; and be | ||||||
| 12 | it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That we urge school districts across the state | ||||||
| 14 | to provide adequate paid planning time for teachers; and be it | ||||||
| 15 | further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 17 | presented to the appropriate education stakeholders as an | ||||||
| 18 | expression of our support for meaningful educational reforms. | ||||||