Bill Text: IL HB2913 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, for an elementary school district that is designated by the State Board of Education as having a teacher shortage, each district superintendent shall receive for his or her services an annual salary of $175,000. Provides that an elementary school district may, by referendum approval of the school district's voters, provide a district superintendent a salary of more than $175,000 per year. Provides that if the referendum fails, the school district may not propose another referendum for at least 2 years after the date of the failed referendum.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2913 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB2913-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB2913 Introduced , by Rep. Thaddeus Jones SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/10-16.7
105 ILCS 5/10-16.8 new
Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, for an elementary school district that is designated by the State Board of Education as having a teacher shortage, each district superintendent shall receive for his or her services an annual salary of $175,000. Provides that an elementary school district may, by referendum approval of the school district's voters, provide a district superintendent a salary of more than $175,000 per year. Provides that if the referendum fails, the school district may not propose another referendum for at least 2 years after the date of the failed referendum.
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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
10-16.7 and by adding Section 10-16.8 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/10-16.7)
Sec. 10-16.7. School board duties with respect to
superintendent. In addition to all other powers and duties
enumerated in this Article, the school board shall make all
employment decisions pertaining to the superintendent, subject
to any salary limitation under Section 10-16.8. The school
board shall direct, through policy, the superintendent in his
or her charge of the administration of the school district,
including without limitation considering the recommendations
of the superintendent concerning the budget, building plans,
the locations of sites, the selection, retention, and dismissal
of employees, and the selection of textbooks, instructional
material, and courses of study. The school board shall evaluate
the superintendent in his or her administration of school board
policies and his or her stewardship of the assets of the
district.
(Source: P.A. 94-881, eff. 6-20-06.)

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(105 ILCS 5/10-16.8 new)
Sec. 10-16.8. District superintendent; salary.
(a) This Section applies only to an elementary school
district that is designated by the State Board of Education as
having a teacher shortage and, in such a case, only to an
employment contract entered into, modified, or renewed on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st
General Assembly.
(b) Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, a district
superintendent shall receive for his or her services an annual
salary of $175,000. An elementary school district may, by
referendum approval of the school district's voters, provide a
district superintendent a salary of more than $175,000 per
year. The question of authorizing the school board to provide
the district superintendent a salary of more than $175,000 a
year must be submitted to the electors of the school district
at a regular election and approved by a majority of the
electors voting on the question. The school board must certify
the question to the proper election authority, which must
submit the question at an election in accordance with the
Election Code. The election authority must submit the question
in substantially the following form:
Shall the school board of (name of school district) be
authorized to provide the district superintendent a salary
of more than $175,000 per year?
The election authority must record the votes as "Yes" or "No".

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If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote in
the affirmative, the school district may thereafter provide the
district superintendent a salary of more than $175,000 per
year. If the referendum fails, the school district may not
propose another referendum under this Section for at least 2
years after the date of the failed referendum.