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4		-	AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
5		-	Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
6		-	represented in the General Assembly:
7		-	Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
8		-	changing Section 16-127 as follows:
9		-	(40 ILCS 5/16-127) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-127)
10		-	Sec. 16-127. Computation of creditable service.
11		-	(a) Each member shall receive regular credit for all
12		-	service as a teacher from the date membership begins, for
13		-	which satisfactory evidence is supplied and all contributions
14		-	have been paid.
15		-	(b) The following periods of service shall earn optional
16		-	credit and each member shall receive credit for all such
17		-	service for which satisfactory evidence is supplied and all
18		-	contributions have been paid as of the date specified:
19		-	(1) Prior service as a teacher.
20		-	(2) Service in a capacity essentially similar or
21		-	equivalent to that of a teacher, in the public common
22		-	schools in school districts in this State not included
23		-	within the provisions of this System, or of any other
24		-	State, territory, dependency or possession of the United
25		-	States, or in schools operated by or under the auspices of
26		-	the United States, or under the auspices of any agency or
	3	+	1 AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
	4	+	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
	5	+	3 represented in the General Assembly:
	6	+	4 Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
	7	+	5 changing Section 16-127 as follows:
	8	+	6 (40 ILCS 5/16-127) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-127)
	9	+	7 Sec. 16-127. Computation of creditable service.
	10	+	8 (a) Each member shall receive regular credit for all
	11	+	9 service as a teacher from the date membership begins, for
	12	+	10 which satisfactory evidence is supplied and all contributions
	13	+	11 have been paid.
	14	+	12 (b) The following periods of service shall earn optional
	15	+	13 credit and each member shall receive credit for all such
	16	+	14 service for which satisfactory evidence is supplied and all
	17	+	15 contributions have been paid as of the date specified:
	18	+	16 (1) Prior service as a teacher.
	19	+	17 (2) Service in a capacity essentially similar or
	20	+	18 equivalent to that of a teacher, in the public common
	21	+	19 schools in school districts in this State not included
	22	+	20 within the provisions of this System, or of any other
	23	+	21 State, territory, dependency or possession of the United
	24	+	22 States, or in schools operated by or under the auspices of
	25	+	23 the United States, or under the auspices of any agency or
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33		-	department of any other State, and service during any
34		-	period of professional speech correction or special
35		-	education experience for a public agency within this State
36		-	or any other State, territory, dependency or possession of
37		-	the United States, and service prior to February 1, 1951
38		-	as a recreation worker for the Illinois Department of
39		-	Public Safety, for a period not exceeding the lesser of
40		-	2/5 of the total creditable service of the member or 10
41		-	years. The maximum service of 10 years which is allowable
42		-	under this paragraph shall be reduced by the service
43		-	credit which is validated by other retirement systems
44		-	under paragraph (i) of Section 15-113 and paragraph 1 of
45		-	Section 17-133. Credit granted under this paragraph may
46		-	not be used in determination of a retirement annuity or
47		-	disability benefits unless the member has at least 5 years
48		-	of creditable service earned subsequent to this employment
49		-	with one or more of the following systems: Teachers'
50		-	Retirement System of the State of Illinois, State
51		-	Universities Retirement System, and the Public School
52		-	Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago. Whenever
53		-	such service credit exceeds the maximum allowed for all
54		-	purposes of this Article, the first service rendered in
55		-	point of time shall be considered. The changes to this
56		-	subdivision (b)(2) made by Public Act 86-272 shall apply
57		-	not only to persons who on or after its effective date
58		-	(August 23, 1989) are in service as a teacher under the
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	34	+	1 department of any other State, and service during any
	35	+	2 period of professional speech correction or special
	36	+	3 education experience for a public agency within this State
	37	+	4 or any other State, territory, dependency or possession of
	38	+	5 the United States, and service prior to February 1, 1951
	39	+	6 as a recreation worker for the Illinois Department of
	40	+	7 Public Safety, for a period not exceeding the lesser of
	41	+	8 2/5 of the total creditable service of the member or 10
	42	+	9 years. The maximum service of 10 years which is allowable
	43	+	10 under this paragraph shall be reduced by the service
	44	+	11 credit which is validated by other retirement systems
	45	+	12 under paragraph (i) of Section 15-113 and paragraph 1 of
	46	+	13 Section 17-133. Credit granted under this paragraph may
	47	+	14 not be used in determination of a retirement annuity or
	48	+	15 disability benefits unless the member has at least 5 years
	49	+	16 of creditable service earned subsequent to this employment
	50	+	17 with one or more of the following systems: Teachers'
	51	+	18 Retirement System of the State of Illinois, State
	52	+	19 Universities Retirement System, and the Public School
	53	+	20 Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago. Whenever
	54	+	21 such service credit exceeds the maximum allowed for all
	55	+	22 purposes of this Article, the first service rendered in
	56	+	23 point of time shall be considered. The changes to this
	57	+	24 subdivision (b)(2) made by Public Act 86-272 shall apply
	58	+	25 not only to persons who on or after its effective date
	59	+	26 (August 23, 1989) are in service as a teacher under the
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61		-	System, but also to persons whose status as such a teacher
62		-	terminated prior to such effective date, whether or not
63		-	such person is an annuitant on that date.
64		-	(3) Any periods immediately following teaching
65		-	service, under this System or under Article 17, (or
66		-	immediately following service prior to February 1, 1951 as
67		-	a recreation worker for the Illinois Department of Public
68		-	Safety) spent in active service with the military forces
69		-	of the United States; periods spent in educational
70		-	programs that prepare for return to teaching sponsored by
71		-	the federal government following such active military
72		-	service; if a teacher returns to teaching service within
73		-	one calendar year after discharge or after the completion
74		-	of the educational program, a further period, not
75		-	exceeding one calendar year, between time spent in
76		-	military service or in such educational programs and the
77		-	return to employment as a teacher under this System; and a
78		-	period of up to 2 years of active military service not
79		-	immediately following employment as a teacher.
80		-	The changes to this Section and Section 16-128
81		-	relating to military service made by P.A. 87-794 shall
82		-	apply not only to persons who on or after its effective
83		-	date are in service as a teacher under the System, but also
84		-	to persons whose status as a teacher terminated prior to
85		-	that date, whether or not the person is an annuitant on
86		-	that date. In the case of an annuitant who applies for
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89		-	credit allowable under this Section for a period of
90		-	military service that did not immediately follow
91		-	employment, and who has made the required contributions
92		-	for such credit, the annuity shall be recalculated to
93		-	include the additional service credit, with the increase
94		-	taking effect on the date the System received written
95		-	notification of the annuitant's intent to purchase the
96		-	credit, if payment of all the required contributions is
97		-	made within 60 days of such notice, or else on the first
98		-	annuity payment date following the date of payment of the
99		-	required contributions. In calculating the automatic
100		-	annual increase for an annuity that has been recalculated
101		-	under this Section, the increase attributable to the
102		-	additional service allowable under P.A. 87-794 shall be
103		-	included in the calculation of automatic annual increases
104		-	accruing after the effective date of the recalculation.
105		-	Credit for military service shall be determined as
106		-	follows: if entry occurs during the months of July,
107		-	August, or September and the member was a teacher at the
108		-	end of the immediately preceding school term, credit shall
109		-	be granted from July 1 of the year in which he or she
110		-	entered service; if entry occurs during the school term
111		-	and the teacher was in teaching service at the beginning
112		-	of the school term, credit shall be granted from July 1 of
113		-	such year. In all other cases where credit for military
114		-	service is allowed, credit shall be granted from the date
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117		-	of entry into the service.
118		-	The total period of military service for which credit
119		-	is granted shall not exceed 5 years for any member unless
120		-	the service: (A) is validated before July 1, 1964, and (B)
121		-	does not extend beyond July 1, 1963. Credit for military
122		-	service shall be granted under this Section only if not
123		-	more than 5 years of the military service for which credit
124		-	is granted under this Section is used by the member to
125		-	qualify for a military retirement allotment from any
126		-	branch of the armed forces of the United States. The
127		-	changes to this subdivision (b)(3) made by Public Act
128		-	86-272 shall apply not only to persons who on or after its
129		-	effective date (August 23, 1989) are in service as a
130		-	teacher under the System, but also to persons whose status
131		-	as such a teacher terminated prior to such effective date,
132		-	whether or not such person is an annuitant on that date.
133		-	(4) Any periods served as a member of the General
134		-	Assembly.
135		-	(5)(i) Any periods for which a teacher, as defined in
136		-	Section 16-106, is granted a leave of absence, provided he
137		-	or she returns to teaching service creditable under this
138		-	System or the State Universities Retirement System
139		-	following the leave; (ii) periods during which a teacher
140		-	is involuntarily laid off from teaching, provided he or
141		-	she returns to teaching following the lay-off; (iii)
142		-	periods prior to July 1, 1983 during which a teacher
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	71	+	2 terminated prior to such effective date, whether or not
	72	+	3 such person is an annuitant on that date.
	73	+	4 (3) Any periods immediately following teaching
	74	+	5 service, under this System or under Article 17, (or
	75	+	6 immediately following service prior to February 1, 1951 as
	76	+	7 a recreation worker for the Illinois Department of Public
	77	+	8 Safety) spent in active service with the military forces
	78	+	9 of the United States; periods spent in educational
	79	+	10 programs that prepare for return to teaching sponsored by
	80	+	11 the federal government following such active military
	81	+	12 service; if a teacher returns to teaching service within
	82	+	13 one calendar year after discharge or after the completion
	83	+	14 of the educational program, a further period, not
	84	+	15 exceeding one calendar year, between time spent in
	85	+	16 military service or in such educational programs and the
	86	+	17 return to employment as a teacher under this System; and a
	87	+	18 period of up to 2 years of active military service not
	88	+	19 immediately following employment as a teacher.
	89	+	20 The changes to this Section and Section 16-128
	90	+	21 relating to military service made by P.A. 87-794 shall
	91	+	22 apply not only to persons who on or after its effective
	92	+	23 date are in service as a teacher under the System, but also
	93	+	24 to persons whose status as a teacher terminated prior to
	94	+	25 that date, whether or not the person is an annuitant on
	95	+	26 that date. In the case of an annuitant who applies for
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145		-	ceased covered employment due to pregnancy, provided that
146		-	the teacher returned to teaching service creditable under
147		-	this System or the State Universities Retirement System
148		-	following the pregnancy and submits evidence satisfactory
149		-	to the Board documenting that the employment ceased due to
150		-	pregnancy; and (iv) periods prior to July 1, 1983 during
151		-	which a teacher ceased covered employment for the purpose
152		-	of adopting an infant under 3 years of age or caring for a
153		-	newly adopted infant under 3 years of age, provided that
154		-	the teacher returned to teaching service creditable under
155		-	this System or the State Universities Retirement System
156		-	following the adoption and submits evidence satisfactory
157		-	to the Board documenting that the employment ceased for
158		-	the purpose of adopting an infant under 3 years of age or
159		-	caring for a newly adopted infant under 3 years of age.
160		-	However, total credit under this paragraph (5) may not
161		-	exceed 3 years.
162		-	Any qualified member or annuitant may apply for credit
163		-	under item (iii) or (iv) of this paragraph (5) without
164		-	regard to whether service was terminated before the
165		-	effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997. In the case
166		-	of an annuitant who establishes credit under item (iii) or
167		-	(iv), the annuity shall be recalculated to include the
168		-	additional service credit. The increase in annuity shall
169		-	take effect on the date the System receives written
170		-	notification of the annuitant's intent to purchase the
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173		-	credit, if the required evidence is submitted and the
174		-	required contribution paid within 60 days of that
175		-	notification, otherwise on the first annuity payment date
176		-	following the System's receipt of the required evidence
177		-	and contribution. The increase in an annuity recalculated
178		-	under this provision shall be included in the calculation
179		-	of automatic annual increases in the annuity accruing
180		-	after the effective date of the recalculation.
181		-	Optional credit may be purchased under this subsection
182		-	(b)(5) for periods during which a teacher has been granted
183		-	a leave of absence pursuant to Section 24-13 of the School
184		-	Code. A teacher whose service under this Article
185		-	terminated prior to the effective date of P.A. 86-1488
186		-	shall be eligible to purchase such optional credit. If a
187		-	teacher who purchases this optional credit is already
188		-	receiving a retirement annuity under this Article, the
189		-	annuity shall be recalculated as if the annuitant had
190		-	applied for the leave of absence credit at the time of
191		-	retirement. The difference between the entitled annuity
192		-	and the actual annuity shall be credited to the purchase
193		-	of the optional credit. The remainder of the purchase cost
194		-	of the optional credit shall be paid on or before April 1,
195		-	1992.
196		-	The change in this paragraph made by Public Act 86-273
197		-	shall be applicable to teachers who retire after June 1,
198		-	1989, as well as to teachers who are in service on that
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202		-	(6) Any days of unused and uncompensated accumulated
203		-	sick leave earned by a teacher. The service credit granted
204		-	under this paragraph shall be the ratio of the number of
205		-	unused and uncompensated accumulated sick leave days to
206		-	170 days, subject to a maximum of 2 years of service
207		-	credit. Prior to the member's retirement, each former
208		-	employer shall certify to the System the number of unused
209		-	and uncompensated accumulated sick leave days credited to
210		-	the member at the time of termination of service. The
211		-	period of unused sick leave shall not be considered in
212		-	determining the effective date of retirement. A member is
213		-	not required to make contributions in order to obtain
214		-	service credit for unused sick leave.
215		-	Credit for sick leave shall, at retirement, be granted
216		-	by the System for any retiring regional or assistant
217		-	regional superintendent of schools at the rate of 6 days
218		-	per year of creditable service or portion thereof
219		-	established while serving as such superintendent or
220		-	assistant superintendent.
221		-	(7) Periods prior to February 1, 1987 served as an
222		-	employee of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
223		-	for which credit has not been terminated under Section
224		-	15-113.9 of this Code.
225		-	(8) Service as a substitute teacher for work performed
226		-	prior to July 1, 1990.
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	106	+	1 credit allowable under this Section for a period of
	107	+	2 military service that did not immediately follow
	108	+	3 employment, and who has made the required contributions
	109	+	4 for such credit, the annuity shall be recalculated to
	110	+	5 include the additional service credit, with the increase
	111	+	6 taking effect on the date the System received written
	112	+	7 notification of the annuitant's intent to purchase the
	113	+	8 credit, if payment of all the required contributions is
	114	+	9 made within 60 days of such notice, or else on the first
	115	+	10 annuity payment date following the date of payment of the
	116	+	11 required contributions. In calculating the automatic
	117	+	12 annual increase for an annuity that has been recalculated
	118	+	13 under this Section, the increase attributable to the
	119	+	14 additional service allowable under P.A. 87-794 shall be
	120	+	15 included in the calculation of automatic annual increases
	121	+	16 accruing after the effective date of the recalculation.
	122	+	17 Credit for military service shall be determined as
	123	+	18 follows: if entry occurs during the months of July,
	124	+	19 August, or September and the member was a teacher at the
	125	+	20 end of the immediately preceding school term, credit shall
	126	+	21 be granted from July 1 of the year in which he or she
	127	+	22 entered service; if entry occurs during the school term
	128	+	23 and the teacher was in teaching service at the beginning
	129	+	24 of the school term, credit shall be granted from July 1 of
	130	+	25 such year. In all other cases where credit for military
	131	+	26 service is allowed, credit shall be granted from the date
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229		-	(9) Service as a part-time teacher for work performed
230		-	prior to July 1, 1990.
231		-	(10) Up to 2 years of employment with Southern
232		-	Illinois University - Carbondale from September 1, 1959 to
233		-	August 31, 1961, or with Governors State University from
234		-	September 1, 1972 to August 31, 1974, for which the
235		-	teacher has no credit under Article 15. To receive credit
236		-	under this item (10), a teacher must apply in writing to
237		-	the Board and pay the required contributions before May 1,
238		-	1993 and have at least 12 years of service credit under
239		-	this Article.
240		-	(b-1) A member may establish optional credit for up to 2
241		-	years of service as a teacher or administrator employed by a
242		-	private school recognized by the Illinois State Board of
243		-	Education, provided that the teacher (i) was certified under
244		-	the law governing the certification of teachers at the time
245		-	the service was rendered, (ii) applies in writing on or before
246		-	June 30, 2028 2023, (iii) supplies satisfactory evidence of
247		-	the employment, (iv) completes at least 10 years of
248		-	contributing service as a teacher as defined in Section
249		-	16-106, and (v) pays the contribution required in subsection
250		-	(d-5) of Section 16-128. The member may apply for credit under
251		-	this subsection and pay the required contribution before
252		-	completing the 10 years of contributing service required under
253		-	item (iv), but the credit may not be used until the item (iv)
254		-	contributing service requirement has been met.
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257		-	(c) The service credits specified in this Section shall be
258		-	granted only if: (1) such service credits are not used for
259		-	credit in any other statutory tax-supported public employee
260		-	retirement system other than the federal Social Security
261		-	program; and (2) the member makes the required contributions
262		-	as specified in Section 16-128. Except as provided in
263		-	subsection (b-1) of this Section, the service credit shall be
264		-	effective as of the date the required contributions are
265		-	completed.
266		-	Any service credits granted under this Section shall
267		-	terminate upon cessation of membership for any cause.
268		-	Credit may not be granted under this Section covering any
269		-	period for which an age retirement or disability retirement
270		-	allowance has been paid.
271		-	Credit may not be granted under this Section for service
272		-	as an employee of an entity that provides substitute teaching
273		-	services under Section 2-3.173 of the School Code and is not a
274		-	school district.
275		-	(Source: P.A. 102-525, eff. 8-20-21.)
276		-	Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
277		-	becoming law.
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	142	+	1 of entry into the service.
	143	+	2 The total period of military service for which credit
	144	+	3 is granted shall not exceed 5 years for any member unless
	145	+	4 the service: (A) is validated before July 1, 1964, and (B)
	146	+	5 does not extend beyond July 1, 1963. Credit for military
	147	+	6 service shall be granted under this Section only if not
	148	+	7 more than 5 years of the military service for which credit
	149	+	8 is granted under this Section is used by the member to
	150	+	9 qualify for a military retirement allotment from any
	151	+	10 branch of the armed forces of the United States. The
	152	+	11 changes to this subdivision (b)(3) made by Public Act
	153	+	12 86-272 shall apply not only to persons who on or after its
	154	+	13 effective date (August 23, 1989) are in service as a
	155	+	14 teacher under the System, but also to persons whose status
	156	+	15 as such a teacher terminated prior to such effective date,
	157	+	16 whether or not such person is an annuitant on that date.
	158	+	17 (4) Any periods served as a member of the General
	159	+	18 Assembly.
	160	+	19 (5)(i) Any periods for which a teacher, as defined in
	161	+	20 Section 16-106, is granted a leave of absence, provided he
	162	+	21 or she returns to teaching service creditable under this
	163	+	22 System or the State Universities Retirement System
	164	+	23 following the leave; (ii) periods during which a teacher
	165	+	24 is involuntarily laid off from teaching, provided he or
	166	+	25 she returns to teaching following the lay-off; (iii)
	167	+	26 periods prior to July 1, 1983 during which a teacher
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	178	+	1 ceased covered employment due to pregnancy, provided that
	179	+	2 the teacher returned to teaching service creditable under
	180	+	3 this System or the State Universities Retirement System
	181	+	4 following the pregnancy and submits evidence satisfactory
	182	+	5 to the Board documenting that the employment ceased due to
	183	+	6 pregnancy; and (iv) periods prior to July 1, 1983 during
	184	+	7 which a teacher ceased covered employment for the purpose
	185	+	8 of adopting an infant under 3 years of age or caring for a
	186	+	9 newly adopted infant under 3 years of age, provided that
	187	+	10 the teacher returned to teaching service creditable under
	188	+	11 this System or the State Universities Retirement System
	189	+	12 following the adoption and submits evidence satisfactory
	190	+	13 to the Board documenting that the employment ceased for
	191	+	14 the purpose of adopting an infant under 3 years of age or
	192	+	15 caring for a newly adopted infant under 3 years of age.
	193	+	16 However, total credit under this paragraph (5) may not
	194	+	17 exceed 3 years.
	195	+	18 Any qualified member or annuitant may apply for credit
	196	+	19 under item (iii) or (iv) of this paragraph (5) without
	197	+	20 regard to whether service was terminated before the
	198	+	21 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997. In the case
	199	+	22 of an annuitant who establishes credit under item (iii) or
	200	+	23 (iv), the annuity shall be recalculated to include the
	201	+	24 additional service credit. The increase in annuity shall
	202	+	25 take effect on the date the System receives written
	203	+	26 notification of the annuitant's intent to purchase the
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	214	+	1 credit, if the required evidence is submitted and the
	215	+	2 required contribution paid within 60 days of that
	216	+	3 notification, otherwise on the first annuity payment date
	217	+	4 following the System's receipt of the required evidence
	218	+	5 and contribution. The increase in an annuity recalculated
	219	+	6 under this provision shall be included in the calculation
	220	+	7 of automatic annual increases in the annuity accruing
	221	+	8 after the effective date of the recalculation.
	222	+	9 Optional credit may be purchased under this subsection
	223	+	10 (b)(5) for periods during which a teacher has been granted
	224	+	11 a leave of absence pursuant to Section 24-13 of the School
	225	+	12 Code. A teacher whose service under this Article
	226	+	13 terminated prior to the effective date of P.A. 86-1488
	227	+	14 shall be eligible to purchase such optional credit. If a
	228	+	15 teacher who purchases this optional credit is already
	229	+	16 receiving a retirement annuity under this Article, the
	230	+	17 annuity shall be recalculated as if the annuitant had
	231	+	18 applied for the leave of absence credit at the time of
	232	+	19 retirement. The difference between the entitled annuity
	233	+	20 and the actual annuity shall be credited to the purchase
	234	+	21 of the optional credit. The remainder of the purchase cost
	235	+	22 of the optional credit shall be paid on or before April 1,
	236	+	23 1992.
	237	+	24 The change in this paragraph made by Public Act 86-273
	238	+	25 shall be applicable to teachers who retire after June 1,
	239	+	26 1989, as well as to teachers who are in service on that
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	251	+	2 (6) Any days of unused and uncompensated accumulated
	252	+	3 sick leave earned by a teacher. The service credit granted
	253	+	4 under this paragraph shall be the ratio of the number of
	254	+	5 unused and uncompensated accumulated sick leave days to
	255	+	6 170 days, subject to a maximum of 2 years of service
	256	+	7 credit. Prior to the member's retirement, each former
	257	+	8 employer shall certify to the System the number of unused
	258	+	9 and uncompensated accumulated sick leave days credited to
	259	+	10 the member at the time of termination of service. The
	260	+	11 period of unused sick leave shall not be considered in
	261	+	12 determining the effective date of retirement. A member is
	262	+	13 not required to make contributions in order to obtain
	263	+	14 service credit for unused sick leave.
	264	+	15 Credit for sick leave shall, at retirement, be granted
	265	+	16 by the System for any retiring regional or assistant
	266	+	17 regional superintendent of schools at the rate of 6 days
	267	+	18 per year of creditable service or portion thereof
	268	+	19 established while serving as such superintendent or
	269	+	20 assistant superintendent.
	270	+	21 (7) Periods prior to February 1, 1987 served as an
	271	+	22 employee of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
	272	+	23 for which credit has not been terminated under Section
	273	+	24 15-113.9 of this Code.
	274	+	25 (8) Service as a substitute teacher for work performed
	275	+	26 prior to July 1, 1990.
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	286	+	1 (9) Service as a part-time teacher for work performed
	287	+	2 prior to July 1, 1990.
	288	+	3 (10) Up to 2 years of employment with Southern
	289	+	4 Illinois University - Carbondale from September 1, 1959 to
	290	+	5 August 31, 1961, or with Governors State University from
	291	+	6 September 1, 1972 to August 31, 1974, for which the
	292	+	7 teacher has no credit under Article 15. To receive credit
	293	+	8 under this item (10), a teacher must apply in writing to
	294	+	9 the Board and pay the required contributions before May 1,
	295	+	10 1993 and have at least 12 years of service credit under
	296	+	11 this Article.
	297	+	12 (b-1) A member may establish optional credit for up to 2
	298	+	13 years of service as a teacher or administrator employed by a
	299	+	14 private school recognized by the Illinois State Board of
	300	+	15 Education, provided that the teacher (i) was certified under
	301	+	16 the law governing the certification of teachers at the time
	302	+	17 the service was rendered, (ii) applies in writing on or before
	303	+	18 June 30, 2028 2023, (iii) supplies satisfactory evidence of
	304	+	19 the employment, (iv) completes at least 10 years of
	305	+	20 contributing service as a teacher as defined in Section
	306	+	21 16-106, and (v) pays the contribution required in subsection
	307	+	22 (d-5) of Section 16-128. The member may apply for credit under
	308	+	23 this subsection and pay the required contribution before
	309	+	24 completing the 10 years of contributing service required under
	310	+	25 item (iv), but the credit may not be used until the item (iv)
	311	+	26 contributing service requirement has been met.
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	322	+	1 (c) The service credits specified in this Section shall be
	323	+	2 granted only if: (1) such service credits are not used for
	324	+	3 credit in any other statutory tax-supported public employee
	325	+	4 retirement system other than the federal Social Security
	326	+	5 program; and (2) the member makes the required contributions
	327	+	6 as specified in Section 16-128. Except as provided in
	328	+	7 subsection (b-1) of this Section, the service credit shall be
	329	+	8 effective as of the date the required contributions are
	330	+	9 completed.
	331	+	10 Any service credits granted under this Section shall
	332	+	11 terminate upon cessation of membership for any cause.
	333	+	12 Credit may not be granted under this Section covering any
	334	+	13 period for which an age retirement or disability retirement
	335	+	14 allowance has been paid.
	336	+	15 Credit may not be granted under this Section for service
	337	+	16 as an employee of an entity that provides substitute teaching
	338	+	17 services under Section 2-3.173 of the School Code and is not a
	339	+	18 school district.
	340	+	19 (Source: P.A. 102-525, eff. 8-20-21.)
	341	+	20 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
	342	+	21 becoming law.
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