Illinois Senate Bill 1740 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: Failed on January 9 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the School Code and the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Provides that, on and after September 1, 2018, all teacher evaluation ratings on record as "excellent", "proficient", or "needs improvement" are considered "effective", and all teacher evaluation ratings on record as "unsatisfactory" are considered "ineffective" for the purposes of the Employment of Teachers Article. Makes other changes concerning the waiver or modification of mandates; school report cards; license suspension or revocation; contractual continued service; removal or dismissal of teachers; an optional alternative evaluative dismissal process; evaluation plans; a local appeal process for ineffective ratings; rules; the appointment and promotion of teachers in Chicago; alternative procedures for teacher evaluation, remediation, and removal in Chicago; and the Open Meetings Act.

SCH CD-TEACHERS-EVALUATIONS

Sen. Kimberly Lightford [D]

Sen. Ira Silverstein [D]

Sen. Jacqueline Collins [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-09	Senate	Session Sine Die
2017-05-05	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2017-04-07	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 5, 2017
2017-04-05	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
2017-03-17	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 7, 2017
2017-03-16	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
2017-02-28	Senate	Assigned to Education
2017-02-09	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2017-02-09	Senate	First Reading
2017-02-09	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
105	5	10-17a	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	2-3.25g	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	21B-75	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	24-11	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	24-12	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	24-16.5	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	24-9.5	New Code	See Bill Text
105	5	24A-4	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	24A-5	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	24A-5.5	New Code	See Bill Text
105	5	24A-7	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	34-84	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	34-85c	Amended Code	Citation Text
115	5	18	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1740&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/10000SB1740.htm