Bill Text: IL SB2892 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2019, in fixing the salaries of teachers, a school board shall pay those who serve on a full-time basis a rate not less than $40,000 per year. Removes a provision providing for a periodic teacher salary increase schedule. Makes conforming changes.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-2)

Status: (Failed) 2018-11-28 - Total Veto Stands [SB2892 Detail]

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB2892 Introduced 2/14/2018, by Sen. Andy Manar SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/24-8 from Ch. 122, par. 24-8
Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2019, in fixing the salaries of teachers, a school board shall pay those who serve on a full-time basis a rate not less than $40,000 per year. Removes a provision providing for a periodic teacher salary increase schedule. Makes conforming changes.
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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 changing Section
24-8 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/24-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-8)
Sec. 24-8. Minimum salary. 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 until June 30, 2019 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 July 1, 2019, in fixing the
salaries of teachers, a school board shall pay those who serve
on a full-time basis a rate not less than $40,000 per year.
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
shall have their salaries increased to at least the following
amounts above the starting salary for a teacher in such

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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.)