Bill Text: IL SB2721 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that school boards shall allow all educators to have daily continuous uninterrupted individual classroom planning time. Provides that the planning period shall be equal to one class period but no less than 45 minutes in duration. Provides that this time requirement applies to educators who are in contact with students for 50% or more of their contracted workday. Provides that, during this planning period, educators may not be forced to substitute in other areas of the building or district when another educator is absent or a vacancy exists and may not be forced to attend meetings, trainings, or conferences of any kind. Provides that if an educator chooses to substitute or attend a meeting, training, or conference during their guaranteed planning period of their own free will, the educator shall be compensated at a rate of pay that is negotiated between the local board of education and local association of a state teacher association.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-23 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura [SB2721 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB2721-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2721 Introduced 1/12/2024, by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/10-20.87 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.85 new
Amends the School Code. Provides that school boards shall allow all educators to have daily continuous uninterrupted individual classroom planning time. Provides that the planning period shall be equal to one class period but no less than 45 minutes in duration. Provides that this time requirement applies to educators who are in contact with students for 50% or more of their contracted workday. Provides that, during this planning period, educators may not be forced to substitute in other areas of the building or district when another educator is absent or a vacancy exists and may not be forced to attend meetings, trainings, or conferences of any kind. Provides that if an educator chooses to substitute or attend a meeting, training, or conference during their guaranteed planning period of their own free will, the educator shall be compensated at a rate of pay that is negotiated between the local board of education and local association of a state teacher association.
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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY
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 adding Sections
10-20.87 and 34-18.85 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/10-20.87 new)
Sec. 10-20.87. Educator planning time. School boards shall
allow all educators to have daily continuous uninterrupted
individual classroom planning time. The planning period shall
be equal to one class period but no less than 45 minutes in
duration. This Section applies to educators who are in contact
with students for 50% or more of their contracted workday.
During this planning period, educators may not be forced to
substitute in other areas of the building or district when
another educator is absent or a vacancy exists and may not be
forced to attend meetings, trainings, or conferences of any
kind. If an educator chooses to substitute or attend a
meeting, training, or conference during their guaranteed
planning period of their own free will, the educator shall be
compensated at a rate of pay that is negotiated between the
local board of education and local association of a state
teacher association.

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