95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5611


 
Introduced , by Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













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    Amends the School Code. Subject to appropriation, requires the State Board of Education to establish and administer a program that provides stipends to teachers who choose to teach at hard-to-staff public schools in this State. Provides that under the program, if a teacher who has at least 4 years of experience agrees to teach at a hard-to-staff school for 5 years, the teacher is entitled to a $20,000 stipend over those 5 years. Provides that the stipend may be paid out each year that the teacher teaches at a hard-to-staff school or may be paid as a lump sum after the teacher has completed 5 years of teaching at a hard-to-staff school.
















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    AN ACT concerning education.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by adding Section 
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21-30 as follows:
 
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    (105 ILCS 5/21-30  new)
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    Sec. 21-30. Stipend; hard-to-staff school.
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    (a) In this Section "hard-to-staff school" means an 
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elementary or secondary school that ranks in the top 5% of 
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schools in this State in the number of teachers who leave their 
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positions. The State Board of Education shall rank schools for 
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this purpose based on mobility and teacher attrition over a 
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5-year average.

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    (b) Subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education 
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shall establish and administer a program that provides stipends 
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to teachers who choose to teach at hard-to-staff public schools 
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in this State.  Under the program, if a teacher who has at least 
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4 years of experience at a recognized school agrees to teach at 
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a hard-to-staff school for 5 years, the teacher is entitled to 
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a total $20,000 stipend over those 5 years.  The stipend may be 
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paid out each year that the teacher teaches at a hard-to-staff 
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school or may be paid as a lump sum after the teacher has 
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completed 5 years of teaching at a hard-to-staff school.  The 
 


 






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State Board of Education may adopt any rules that are necessary 
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for the implementation of this Section.