Bill Text: IL SB0456 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Provides that, every 2 years, each school district must review all existing policies and procedures concerning sexual abuse investigations at schools (rather than must adopt and implement a policy addressing sexual abuse investigations at schools) to ensure consistency with policies adopted under the School Code. Provides that, as a condition of employment, each school board must consider the status of a person who has been issued an indicated finding of abuse or neglect of a child by the Department of Children and Family Services under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act or by a child welfare agency of another jurisdiction (rather than no school board shall knowingly employ a person who has been issued those indicated findings). Changes the definition of "alleged incident of sexual abuse". Makes changes to what a school must comply with after an alleged incident of sexual abuse is accepted for investigation by the Department of Children and Family Services or a law enforcement agency and while the investigations are being conducted by the local multidisciplinary team. With regard to the Personnel Record Review Act, provides that certain disclosure requirements under the Act do not apply to a school district who is sharing information related to an incident or an attempted incident of sexual abuse or severe physical abuse (rather than a school district responding to an inquiry from a prospective employer). Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-6)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0531 [SB0456 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB0456-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB0456 Introduced 1/31/2019, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
115 ILCS 5/1 from Ch. 48, par. 1701
Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act.
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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 Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act is
amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
(115 ILCS 5/1) (from Ch. 48, par. 1701)
Sec. 1. Policy. It is the the public policy of this State
and the purpose of this Act to promote orderly and constructive
relationships between all educational employees and their
employers. Unresolved disputes between the educational
employees and their employers are injurious to the public, and
the General Assembly is therefore aware that adequate means
must be established for minimizing them and providing for their
resolution. It is the purpose of this Act to regulate labor
relations between educational employers and educational
employees, including the designation of educational employee
representatives, negotiation of wages, hours and other
conditions of employment and resolution of disputes arising
under collective bargaining agreements. The General Assembly
recognizes that substantial differences exist between
educational employees and other public employees as a result of
the uniqueness of the educational work calendar and educational
work duties and the traditional and historical patterns of

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collective bargaining between educational employers and
educational employees and that such differences demand
statutory regulation of collective bargaining between
educational employers and educational employees in a manner
that recognizes these differences. Recognizing that harmonious
relationships are required between educational employees and
their employers, the General Assembly has determined that the
overall policy may best be accomplished by (a) granting to
educational employees the right to organize and choose freely
their representatives; (b) requiring educational employers to
negotiate and bargain with employee organizations representing
educational employees and to enter into written agreements
evidencing the result of such bargaining; and (c) establishing
procedures to provide for the protection of the rights of the
educational employee, the educational employer and the public.
(Source: P.A. 83-1014.)