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| | HB2392 Enrolled | | LRB103 29836 NHT 56244 b |
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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,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 24-3.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/24-3.5 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 24-3.5. Attendance for federal advocacy work. Any |
| 8 | | teacher who is a member of a statewide association |
| 9 | | representing teachers and who is elected by the association's |
| 10 | | membership to represent the association in federal advocacy |
| 11 | | work may spend up to 10 days during a school term representing |
| 12 | | the association in federal advocacy work. No deduction of |
| 13 | | wages may be made for such absence, and the statewide |
| 14 | | association shall reimburse the employing school district for |
| 15 | | the cost of the need for a substitute teacher as the result of |
| 16 | | the teacher's absence.
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