103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1774 Introduced , by Rep. Tony M. McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 115 ILCS 5/1 from Ch. 48, par. 1701 Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act. LRB103 27998 RJT 54377 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1774 Introduced , by Rep. Tony M. McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 115 ILCS 5/1 from Ch. 48, par. 1701 115 ILCS 5/1 from Ch. 48, par. 1701 Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act. LRB103 27998 RJT 54377 b LRB103 27998 RJT 54377 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1774 Introduced , by Rep. Tony M. McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 115 ILCS 5/1 from Ch. 48, par. 1701 115 ILCS 5/1 from Ch. 48, par. 1701 115 ILCS 5/1 from Ch. 48, par. 1701 Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act. LRB103 27998 RJT 54377 b LRB103 27998 RJT 54377 b LRB103 27998 RJT 54377 b A BILL FOR HB1774LRB103 27998 RJT 54377 b HB1774 LRB103 27998 RJT 54377 b HB1774 LRB103 27998 RJT 54377 b 1 AN ACT concerning education. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act is 5 amended by changing Section 1 as follows: 6 (115 ILCS 5/1) (from Ch. 48, par. 1701) 7 Sec. 1. Policy. It is the the public policy of this State 8 and the purpose of this Act to promote orderly and 9 constructive relationships between all educational employees 10 and their employers. Unresolved disputes between the 11 educational employees and their employers are injurious to the 12 public, and the General Assembly is therefore aware that 13 adequate means must be established for minimizing them and 14 providing for their resolution. It is the purpose of this Act 15 to regulate labor relations between educational employers and 16 educational employees, including the designation of 17 educational employee representatives, negotiation of wages, 18 hours and other conditions of employment and resolution of 19 disputes arising under collective bargaining agreements. The 20 General Assembly recognizes that substantial differences exist 21 between educational employees and other public employees as a 22 result of the uniqueness of the educational work calendar and 23 educational work duties and the traditional and historical 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1774 Introduced , by Rep. Tony M. McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 115 ILCS 5/1 from Ch. 48, par. 1701 115 ILCS 5/1 from Ch. 48, par. 1701 115 ILCS 5/1 from Ch. 48, par. 1701 Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act. LRB103 27998 RJT 54377 b LRB103 27998 RJT 54377 b LRB103 27998 RJT 54377 b A BILL FOR 115 ILCS 5/1 from Ch. 48, par. 1701 LRB103 27998 RJT 54377 b HB1774 LRB103 27998 RJT 54377 b HB1774- 2 -LRB103 27998 RJT 54377 b HB1774 - 2 - LRB103 27998 RJT 54377 b HB1774 - 2 - LRB103 27998 RJT 54377 b 1 patterns of collective bargaining between educational 2 employers and educational employees and that such differences 3 demand statutory regulation of collective bargaining between 4 educational employers and educational employees in a manner 5 that recognizes these differences. Recognizing that harmonious 6 relationships are required between educational employees and 7 their employers, the General Assembly has determined that the 8 overall policy may best be accomplished by (a) granting to 9 educational employees the right to organize and choose freely 10 their representatives; (b) requiring educational employers to 11 negotiate and bargain with employee organizations representing 12 educational employees and to enter into written agreements 13 evidencing the result of such bargaining; and (c) establishing 14 procedures to provide for the protection of the rights of the 15 educational employee, the educational employer and the public. 16 (Source: P.A. 83-1014.) HB1774 - 2 - LRB103 27998 RJT 54377 b