| 4 | | - | AN ACT concerning education. |
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| 5 | | - | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| 6 | | - | represented in the General Assembly: |
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| 7 | | - | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
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| 8 | | - | 24-3.5 as follows: |
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| 9 | | - | (105 ILCS 5/24-3.5 new) |
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| 10 | | - | Sec. 24-3.5. Attendance for federal advocacy work. Any |
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| 11 | | - | teacher who is a member of a statewide association |
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| 12 | | - | representing teachers and who is elected by the association's |
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| 13 | | - | membership to represent the association in federal advocacy |
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| 14 | | - | work may spend up to 10 days during a school term representing |
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| 15 | | - | the association in federal advocacy work. No deduction of |
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| 16 | | - | wages may be made for such absence, and the statewide |
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| 17 | | - | association shall reimburse the employing school district for |
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| 18 | | - | the cost of the need for a substitute teacher as the result of |
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| 19 | | - | the teacher's absence. |
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| 3 | + | 1 AN ACT concerning education. |
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| 4 | + | 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| 5 | + | 3 represented in the General Assembly: |
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| 6 | + | 4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
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| 7 | + | 5 24-3.5 as follows: |
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| 8 | + | 6 (105 ILCS 5/24-3.5 new) |
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| 9 | + | 7 Sec. 24-3.5. Attendance for federal advocacy work. Any |
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| 10 | + | 8 teacher who is a member of a statewide association |
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| 11 | + | 9 representing teachers and who is elected by the association's |
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| 12 | + | 10 membership to represent the association in federal advocacy |
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| 13 | + | 11 work may spend up to 10 days during a school term representing |
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| 14 | + | 12 the association in federal advocacy work. No deduction of |
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| 15 | + | 13 wages may be made for such absence, and the statewide |
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| 16 | + | 14 association shall reimburse the employing school district for |
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| 17 | + | 15 the cost of the need for a substitute teacher as the result of |
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| 18 | + | 16 the teacher's absence. |
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