Bill Text: IL HB6299 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Veto Message
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that if an educational support personnel employee is removed or dismissed as a result of a decision of the school board to decrease the number of educational support personnel employed by the board or to discontinue some particular type of educational support service and he or she accepts the tender of a vacancy within one calendar year from the beginning of the following school term, then that employee shall maintain any rights accrued during his or her previous service with the school district.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-11-17 - Total Veto Stands - No Positive Action Taken [HB6299 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB6299-Veto_Message.html
August 19, 2016
To the Honorable Members of
The Illinois House of Representatives,
99th General Assembly:
Today I return House Bill 6299.
House Bill 6299 would impose another mandate on school districts in how they manage their personnel. The bill would require a school district to restore the rights of an employee who is rehired within a year after being laid-off.
I appreciate the important role that educational support personnel have in our schools. Those employees and their school district employers may negotiate for job protections, like the protections that would be mandated by this bill. But those decisions should be made at the local level, not mandated by statute. Our taxpayers are already suffering from the cost of unfunded Springfield mandates.
Therefore, pursuant to Section 9(b) of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, I hereby return House Bill 6299 entitled “AN ACT concerning education”, with the foregoing objections, vetoed in its entirety.
Sincerely,
Bruce Rauner GOVERNOR
