HB6937 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6937

Introduced 02/09/04, by Lou Lang

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/2-3.11	from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.11
105 ILCS 5/2-3.11b	from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.11b
105 ILCS 5/2-3.11c
105 ILCS 5/2-3.103	from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.103
105 ILCS 5/10-22.40	from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.40
105 ILCS 5/2-3.10 rep.

Amends the School Code. Provides that in the State Board of Education's latch key report, the Board shall report the total number of pupils participating in before and after school programs (instead of the number participating by school district). Provides that the Board's teacher supply and demand report shall be made every 3 years on or before February 1 (instead of annually on or before January 1). Removes a provision that requires the Board to conduct a school district salary and benefits survey covering each district's educational support personnel. Removes a provision that requires interscholastic athletic associations to submit an annual report to the Board dealing with trends in female participation in athletic competition. Repeals a Section requiring the Board to visit charitable educational institutions. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

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 Sections 2-3.11, 2-3.11b, 2-3.11c, 2-3.103, and 10-22.40 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.11) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.11)

Sec. 2-3.11. Report to Governor and General Assembly. To report to the Governor and General Assembly annually on or before January 14 the condition of the schools of the State for the preceding year, ending on June 30.

Such annual report shall contain reports of the State Teacher Certification Board; the schools of the State charitable institutions; reports on driver education, special education, and transportation; and for such year the annual statistical reports of the State Board of Education, including the number and kinds of school districts; number of school attendance centers; number of men and women teachers; enrollment by grades; total enrollment; total days attendance; total days absence; average daily attendance; number of elementary and secondary school graduates; assessed valuation; tax levies and tax rates for various purposes; amount of teachers' orders, anticipation warrants, and bonds outstanding; and number of men and women teachers and total enrollment of private schools. The report shall give for all school districts receipts from all sources and expenditures for all purposes for each fund; the total operating expense and the per capita cost; federal and state aids and reimbursements; new school buildings, and recognized schools; together with such other information and suggestions as the State Board of Education may deem important in relation to the schools and school laws and the means of promoting education throughout the state.

(Source: P.A. 84-1308; 84-1424.)

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.11b) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.11b)

Sec. 2-3.11b. Latch key reports. To report to the General Assembly and Governor annually on or before January 14, the following information for the preceding year ending on June 30: the general nature and manner of operation of before and after school programs conducted for pupils by the public schools in the several school districts of the State; a brief description of the types of programs offered and the most common age and grade range of pupil benefited thereby; the source and sufficiency of the funding available to and used by school districts to conduct and operate such programs; the number of pupils participating, by school district, in before and after school programs offered by each such district; and the number of certified employees, the number of uncertified employees and the number of independent contractors used by districts each such district to conduct and operate its before and after school programs.

(Source: P.A. 84-1419.)

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.11c)

Sec. 2-3.11c. Teacher supply and demand report. To report every 3 years annually, on or before February January 1, on the relative supply and demand for education staff of the public schools to the Governor, to the General Assembly, and to institutions of higher education that prepare teachers, administrators, school service personnel, other certificated individuals, and other professionals employed by school districts or joint agreements. The report shall contain the following information:

(1) the relative supply and demand for teachers, administrators, and other certificated and non-certificated personnel by field, content area, and levels;

(2) State and regional analyses of fields, content areas, and levels with an over-supply or under-supply of educators; and

(3) projections of likely high demand and low demand for educators, in a manner sufficient to advise the public, individuals, and institutions regarding career opportunities in education.

(Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.103) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.103)

Sec. 2-3.103. Salary and benefit survey. For each school year commencing on or after January 1, 1992, the State Board of Education shall conduct, in each school district, a school district salary and benefits survey covering the district's certificated and educational support personnel.

A survey form shall be developed and furnished by the State Board of Education to each school district within 30 days after the commencement of the school year covered by the survey, and each school district shall complete and return the survey form to the State Board of Education within the succeeding 30 day period.

The State Board of Education shall compile, by April 30 of the school year covered by the survey, a statewide salary and benefit survey report based upon the survey forms completed and returned for that school year by the individual school districts as required by this Section, and shall make the survey report available to all school districts and to all "employee organizations" as defined in Section 2 of the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.

The data required to be reported by each school district on the salary and benefits survey form developed and furnished under this Section for the school year covered by the survey shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:

(1) the district's estimated fall enrollment;

(2) with respect to both its certificated and educational support personnel employees:

(A) whether the district has a salary schedule, salary policy but no salary schedule, or no salary policy and no salary schedule;

(B) when each such salary schedule or policy of the district was or will be adopted;

(C) whether there is a negotiated agreement between the school board and any teacher,educational support personnel or other employee organization and, if so, the affiliation of the local of such organization, together with the month and year of expiration of the negotiated agreement and whether it contains a fair share provision; and if there is no such negotiated agreement but the district does have a salary schedule or policy, a brief explanation of the manner in which each such salary schedule or policy was developed prior to its adoption by the school board, including a statement of whether any meetings between the school board and the superintendent leading up to adoption of the salary schedule or policy were based upon, or were conducted without any discussions between the superintendent and the affected teachers, educational support personnel or other employees;

(D) whether the district's salary program, policies or provisions are based upon merit or performance evaluation of individual teachers, educational support personnel or other employees, and whether they include: severance pay provisions; early retirement incentives; sick leave bank provisions; sick leave accumulation provisions and, if so, to how many days; personal, business or emergency leave with pay and, if so, the number of days; or direct reimbursement in whole or in part for expenses, such as tuition and materials, incurred in acquiring additional college credit;

(E) whether school board paid or tax sheltered retirement contributions are included in any existing salary schedule or policy of the school district; what percent (if any) of the salary of each different certified and educational support personnel employee classification (using the employee salary which reflects the highest regularly scheduled step in that classification on the salary schedule or policy of the district) is school board paid to an employee retirement system; the highest scheduled salary and the level of education or training required to reach the highest scheduled salary in each certified and educational support personnel employee classification; using annual salaries from the school board's salary schedule or policy for each certified and educational support personnel employee classification (and excluding from such salaries items of individual compensation resulting from extra-curricular duties, employment beyond the regular school year and longevity service pay, but including additional compensation such as grants and cost of living bonuses that are received by all employees in a classification or by all employees in a classification who are at the maximum experience level), the beginning, maximum and specified intermediate salaries reported to an employee retirement system (including school board paid or tax sheltered retirement contributions, but excluding fringe benefits) for each educational or training category within each certified and educational support personnel employee classification; and the completed years of experience required to reach such maximum regularly scheduled and highest scheduled salaries;

(F) whether the school district provides longevity pay beyond the last annual regular salary increase available under the district's salary schedule or policy; and if so, the maximum earnings with longevity for each educational or training category specified by the State Board of Education in its survey form (based on salary reported to an employee's retirement system, including school board paid and tax sheltered retirement contributions, but excluding fringe benefits, and with maximum longevity step numbers and completed years of experience computed as provided in the survey form);

(G) for each dental, disability, hospitalization, life, prescription or vision insurance plan, cafeteria plan or other fringe benefit plan sponsored by the school board: (i) a statement of whether such plan is available to full time teachers or other certificated personnel covered by a district salary schedule or policy, whether such plan is available to full time educational support personnel covered by a district salary schedule or policy, and whether all full time employees to whom coverage under such plan is available are entitled to receive the same benefits under that plan; and (ii) the total annual cost of coverage under that plan for a covered full time employee who is at the highest regularly scheduled step on the salary schedule or policy of the district applicable to such employee, the percent of that total annual cost paid by the school board, the total annual cost of coverage under that plan for the family of that employee, and the percent of that total annual cost for family coverage paid by the school board.

In addition, each school district shall attach to the completed survey form which it returns to the State Board of Education as required by this Section a copy of each salary schedule, salary policy and negotiated agreement which is identified or otherwise referred to in the completed survey form.

(Source: P.A. 87-547; 87-895.)

(105 ILCS 5/10-22.40) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.40)

Sec. 10-22.40. Membership dues. To pay State and national association membership dues to school associations which benefit students by participation or accreditation. Any association subject to Article 23 of this Act must be in current compliance with the reporting requirements of Section 23-6 in order to qualify as a recipient of membership dues under this Section. No dues may be paid to any association which has as one of its purposes providing for athletic and other competition among schools and students unless that association:

A. permits a post audit by the Auditor General under the Illinois State Auditing Act;

B. (blank); and submits an annual report to the State Board of Education dealing with trends in female participation in athletic competition, including the numbers of female and male participants from each member school and details on programs by the association to increase female participation; and

C. is either subject to, or voluntarily complies with, the public access provisions set forth for State agencies in Sections 3 and 4 of The State Records Act.

(Source: P.A. 84-1308.)

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.10 rep.)

Section 10. The School Code is amended by repealing Section 2-3.10.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.