Bill Text: IL HB5005 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Chaptered


Bill Title: Amends the Personnel Code. Provides that the Department of Central Management Services is not required to verify the State educator license of a teacher employed by the Department of Juvenile Justice if the license is verified by the State Board of Education. Provides that the provision shall become inoperative when the consent decree entered into on December 6, 2012 (as has been or may be corrected, amended, or modified in the action entitled R.J., et al. v. Mueller, case no. 12-cv-07289, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division) is no longer in force. Amends the Department of Juvenile Justice School District Article of the School Code. Provides that the salary of a teacher employed by the Department of Juvenile Justice shall be comparable to the salary of a teacher employed by a school district in the same geographical area in which the institution or facility is located. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2018-08-19 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0953 [HB5005 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB5005-Chaptered.html



Public Act 100-0953
HB5005 EnrolledLRB100 18125 AXK 33320 b
AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Personnel Code is amended by adding Section
12g as follows:
(20 ILCS 415/12g new)
Sec. 12g. Department of Juvenile Justice; teachers.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
contrary, the Department of Central Management Services is not
required to verify the State educator license of a teacher
employed by the Department of Juvenile Justice if the license
is verified by the State Board of Education.
(b) This Section shall become inoperative when the consent
decree entered into on December 6, 2012 (as has been or may be
corrected, amended, or modified in the action entitled R.J., et
al. v. Mueller, case no. 12-cv-07289, in the United States
District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern
Division) is no longer in force.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
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