Bill Text: IL HB5463 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Board of Higher Education Act and the Public Community College Act. Provides that the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board shall require each board of trustees of public universities and community colleges in this State to establish a minimum salary for instructors that is not less than $1,333.33 per credit hour taught. Allows the minimum salary to be subject to an increase based upon a cost of living adjustment. Requires an annual report concerning compliance with minimum salary requirements. Provides that nothing in the provisions shall prevent the paying of instructors at a higher rate than the required minimum salary. Defines "public university board of trustees". Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5463 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB5463-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB5463 Introduced , by Rep. Will Guzzardi SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 205/17 new
110 ILCS 805/2-27 new
30 ILCS 805/8.44 new
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act and the Public Community College Act. Provides that the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board shall require each board of trustees of public universities and community colleges in this State to establish a minimum salary for instructors that is not less than $1,333.33 per credit hour taught. Allows the minimum salary to be subject to an increase based upon a cost of living adjustment. Requires an annual report concerning compliance with minimum salary requirements. Provides that nothing in the provisions shall prevent the paying of instructors at a higher rate than the required minimum salary. Defines "public university board of trustees". Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
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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 Board of Higher Education Act is amended by
adding Section 17 as follows:
(110 ILCS 205/17 new)
Sec. 17. Public university minimum salary.
(a) For the purposes of this Section, "public university
board of trustees" means the Board of Trustees of the
University of Illinois, the Board of Trustees of Southern
Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Chicago State
University, the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois
University, the Board of Trustees of Governors State
University, the Board of Trustees of Illinois State University,
the Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois University, the
Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University, the Board of
Trustees of Western Illinois University, and any other board of
trustees of a public university now or hereafter established or
authorized by the General Assembly.
(b) The Board of Higher Education shall require each public
university board of trustees in this State to establish a
minimum salary for instructors at public institutions of higher
education that is not less than $1,333.33 per credit hour

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taught. The minimum salary set under this Section may, from
time to time, be subject to an increase based upon a cost of
living adjustment.
(c) Each public university board of trustees shall annually
report to the Board its compliance with the minimum salary
requirements of this Section, including a detailed listing of
the salary of each instructor employed by that public
institution of higher education.
(d) Nothing in this Section shall prevent a public
university board of trustees from paying instructors employed
by those public institutions of higher education at a higher
rate than the minimum salary established under this Section.
Section 10. The Public Community College Act is amended by
adding Section 2-27 as follows:
(110 ILCS 805/2-27 new)
Sec. 2-27. Community college minimum salary.
(a) The Illinois Community College Board shall require each
board of trustees of a public community college district in
this State to establish a minimum salary for instructors at
community colleges that is not less than $1,333.33 per credit
hour taught. The minimum salary set under this Section may,
from time to time, be subject to an increase based upon a cost
of living adjustment.
(b) Each Board shall annually report to the State Board its

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compliance with the minimum salary requirements of this
Section, including a detailed listing of the salary of each
instructor employed by that community college.
(c) Nothing in this Section shall prevent a Board from
paying instructors employed by those community colleges at a
higher rate than the minimum salary established under this
Section.
Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
Section 8.44 as follows:
(30 ILCS 805/8.44 new)
Sec. 8.44. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
the 101st General Assembly.