Illinois 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1924 Engrossed / Bill

Filed 03/24/2023

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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 Pension Code is amended by
5  changing Section 7-139 as follows:
6  (40 ILCS 5/7-139) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-139)
7  Sec. 7-139. Credits and creditable service to employees.
8  (a) Each participating employee shall be granted credits
9  and creditable service, for purposes of determining the amount
10  of any annuity or benefit to which he or a beneficiary is
11  entitled, as follows:
12  1. For prior service: Each participating employee who
13  is an employee of a participating municipality or
14  participating instrumentality on the effective date shall
15  be granted creditable service, but no credits under
16  paragraph 2 of this subsection (a), for periods of prior
17  service for which credit has not been received under any
18  other pension fund or retirement system established under
19  this Code, as follows:
20  If the effective date of participation for the
21  participating municipality or participating
22  instrumentality is on or before January 1, 1998,
23  creditable service shall be granted for the entire period

 

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1  of prior service with that employer without any employee
2  contribution.
3  If the effective date of participation for the
4  participating municipality or participating
5  instrumentality is after January 1, 1998, creditable
6  service shall be granted for the last 20% of the period of
7  prior service with that employer, but no more than 5
8  years, without any employee contribution. A participating
9  employee may establish creditable service for the
10  remainder of the period of prior service with that
11  employer by making an application in writing, accompanied
12  by payment of an employee contribution in an amount
13  determined by the Fund, based on the employee contribution
14  rates in effect at the time of application for the
15  creditable service and the employee's salary rate on the
16  effective date of participation for that employer, plus
17  interest at the effective rate from the date of the prior
18  service to the date of payment. Application for this
19  creditable service may be made at any time while the
20  employee is still in service.
21  A municipality that (i) has at least 35 employees;
22  (ii) is located in a county with at least 2,000,000
23  inhabitants; and (iii) maintains an independent defined
24  benefit pension plan for the benefit of its eligible
25  employees may restrict creditable service in whole or in
26  part for periods of prior service with the employer if the

 

 

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1  governing body of the municipality adopts an irrevocable
2  resolution to restrict that creditable service and files
3  the resolution with the board before the municipality's
4  effective date of participation.
5  Any person who has withdrawn from the service of a
6  participating municipality or participating
7  instrumentality prior to the effective date, who reenters
8  the service of the same municipality or participating
9  instrumentality after the effective date and becomes a
10  participating employee is entitled to creditable service
11  for prior service as otherwise provided in this
12  subdivision (a)(1) only if he or she renders 2 years of
13  service as a participating employee after the effective
14  date. Application for such service must be made while in a
15  participating status. The salary rate to be used in the
16  calculation of the required employee contribution, if any,
17  shall be the employee's salary rate at the time of first
18  reentering service with the employer after the employer's
19  effective date of participation.
20  2. For current service, each participating employee
21  shall be credited with:
22  a. Additional credits of amounts equal to each
23  payment of additional contributions received from him
24  under Section 7-173, as of the date the corresponding
25  payment of earnings is payable to him.
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1  of normal contributions received from him, as of the
2  date the corresponding payment of earnings is payable
3  to him, and normal contributions made for the purpose
4  of establishing out-of-state service credits as
5  permitted under the conditions set forth in paragraph
6  6 of this subsection (a).
7  c. Municipality credits in an amount equal to 1.4
8  times the normal credits, except those established by
9  out-of-state service credits, as of the date of
10  computation of any benefit if these credits would
11  increase the benefit.
12  d. Survivor credits equal to each payment of
13  survivor contributions received from the participating
14  employee as of the date the corresponding payment of
15  earnings is payable, and survivor contributions made
16  for the purpose of establishing out-of-state service
17  credits.
18  3. For periods of temporary and total and permanent
19  disability benefits, each employee receiving disability
20  benefits shall be granted creditable service for the
21  period during which disability benefits are payable.
22  Normal and survivor credits, based upon the rate of
23  earnings applied for disability benefits, shall also be
24  granted if such credits would result in a higher benefit
25  to any such employee or his beneficiary.
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1  participating employee shall be granted credits and
2  creditable service for periods of authorized leave of
3  absence without pay under the following conditions:
4  a. An application for credits and creditable
5  service is submitted to the board while the employee
6  is in a status of active employment.
7  b. Not more than 12 complete months of creditable
8  service for authorized leave of absence without pay
9  shall be counted for purposes of determining any
10  benefits payable under this Article.
11  c. Credits and creditable service shall be granted
12  for leave of absence only if such leave is approved by
13  the governing body of the municipality, including
14  approval of the estimated cost thereof to the
15  municipality as determined by the fund, and employee
16  contributions, plus interest at the effective rate
17  applicable for each year from the end of the period of
18  leave to date of payment, have been paid to the fund in
19  accordance with Section 7-173. The contributions shall
20  be computed upon the assumption earnings continued
21  during the period of leave at the rate in effect when
22  the leave began.
23  d. Benefits under the provisions of Sections
24  7-141, 7-146, 7-150 and 7-163 shall become payable to
25  employees on authorized leave of absence, or their
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1  is creditable hereunder, and if the employee has at
2  least one year of creditable service other than the
3  service granted for leave of absence. Any employee
4  contributions due may be deducted from any benefits
5  payable.
6  e. No credits or creditable service shall be
7  allowed for leave of absence without pay during any
8  period of prior service.
9  5. For military service: The governing body of a
10  municipality or participating instrumentality may elect to
11  allow creditable service to participating employees who
12  leave their employment to serve in the armed forces of the
13  United States for all periods of such service, provided
14  that the person returns to active employment within 90
15  days after completion of full time active duty, but no
16  creditable service shall be allowed such person for any
17  period that can be used in the computation of a pension or
18  any other pay or benefit, other than pay for active duty,
19  for service in any branch of the armed forces of the United
20  States. If necessary to the computation of any benefit,
21  the board shall establish municipality credits for
22  participating employees under this paragraph on the
23  assumption that the employee received earnings at the rate
24  received at the time he left the employment to enter the
25  armed forces. A participating employee in the armed forces
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1  service and no additional death and no disability benefits
2  are payable for death or disability during such period.
3  Any participating employee who left his employment
4  with a municipality or participating instrumentality to
5  serve in the armed forces of the United States and who
6  again became a participating employee within 90 days after
7  completion of full time active duty by entering the
8  service of a different municipality or participating
9  instrumentality, which has elected to allow creditable
10  service for periods of military service under the
11  preceding paragraph, shall also be allowed creditable
12  service for his period of military service on the same
13  terms that would apply if he had been employed, before
14  entering military service, by the municipality or
15  instrumentality which employed him after he left the
16  military service and the employer costs arising in
17  relation to such grant of creditable service shall be
18  charged to and paid by that municipality or
19  instrumentality.
20  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any participating
21  employee shall be entitled to creditable service as
22  required by any federal law relating to re-employment
23  rights of persons who served in the United States Armed
24  Services. Such creditable service shall be granted upon
25  payment by the member of an amount equal to the employee
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1  employee continued in service at the same rate of earnings
2  during the military leave period, plus interest at the
3  effective rate.
4  5.1. In addition to any creditable service established
5  under paragraph 5 of this subsection (a), creditable
6  service may be granted for up to 48 months of service in
7  the armed forces of the United States.
8  In order to receive creditable service for military
9  service under this paragraph 5.1, a participating employee
10  must (1) apply to the Fund in writing and provide evidence
11  of the military service that is satisfactory to the Board;
12  (2) obtain the written approval of the current employer;
13  and (3) make contributions to the Fund equal to (i) the
14  employee contributions that would have been required had
15  the service been rendered as a member, plus (ii) an amount
16  determined by the board to be equal to the employer's
17  normal cost of the benefits accrued for that military
18  service, plus (iii) interest on items (i) and (ii) from
19  the date of first membership in the Fund to the date of
20  payment. The required interest shall be calculated at the
21  regular interest rate.
22  The changes made to this paragraph 5.1 by Public Acts
23  95-483 and 95-486 apply only to participating employees in
24  service on or after August 28, 2007 (the effective date of
25  those Public Acts).
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1  be granted for service rendered to an out-of-state local
2  governmental body under the following conditions: The
3  employee had participated and has irrevocably forfeited
4  all rights to benefits in the out-of-state public
5  employees pension system; the governing body of his
6  participating municipality or instrumentality authorizes
7  the employee to establish such service; the employee has 2
8  years current service with this municipality or
9  participating instrumentality; the employee makes a
10  payment of contributions, which shall be computed at 8%
11  (normal) plus 2% (survivor) times length of service
12  purchased times the average rate of earnings for the first
13  2 years of service with the municipality or participating
14  instrumentality whose governing body authorizes the
15  service established plus interest at the effective rate on
16  the date such credits are established, payable from the
17  date the employee completes the required 2 years of
18  current service to date of payment. In no case shall more
19  than 120 months of creditable service be granted under
20  this provision.
21  7. For retroactive service: Any employee who could
22  have but did not elect to become a participating employee,
23  or who should have been a participant in the Municipal
24  Public Utilities Annuity and Benefit Fund before that fund
25  was superseded, may receive creditable service for the
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1  current or former elected or appointed official of a
2  participating municipality may establish credit under this
3  paragraph 7 for more than 50 months of service as an
4  official of that municipality, if the excess over 50
5  months is approved by resolution of the governing body of
6  the affected municipality filed with the Fund before
7  January 1, 2002.
8  Any employee who is a participating employee on or
9  after September 24, 1981 and who was excluded from
10  participation by the age restrictions removed by Public
11  Act 82-596 may receive creditable service for the period,
12  on or after January 1, 1979, excluded by the age
13  restriction and, in addition, if the governing body of the
14  participating municipality or participating
15  instrumentality elects to allow creditable service for all
16  employees excluded by the age restriction prior to January
17  1, 1979, for service during the period prior to that date
18  excluded by the age restriction. Any employee who was
19  excluded from participation by the age restriction removed
20  by Public Act 82-596 and who is not a participating
21  employee on or after September 24, 1981 may receive
22  creditable service for service after January 1, 1979.
23  Creditable service under this paragraph shall be granted
24  upon payment of the employee contributions which would
25  have been required had he participated, with interest at
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1  of service established to date of payment.
2  8. For accumulated unused sick leave: A participating
3  employee who is applying for a retirement annuity shall be
4  entitled to creditable service for that portion of the
5  employee's accumulated unused sick leave for which payment
6  is not received, as follows:
7  a. Sick leave days shall be limited to those
8  accumulated under a sick leave plan established by a
9  participating municipality or participating
10  instrumentality which is available to all employees or
11  a class of employees.
12  b. Except as provided in item b-1, only sick leave
13  days accumulated with a participating municipality or
14  participating instrumentality with which the employee
15  was in service within 60 days of the effective date of
16  his retirement annuity shall be credited; If the
17  employee was in service with more than one employer
18  during this period only the sick leave days with the
19  employer with which the employee has the greatest
20  number of unpaid sick leave days shall be considered.
21  b-1. If the employee was in the service of more
22  than one employer as defined in item (2) of paragraph
23  (a) of subsection (A) of Section 7-132 or regional
24  office of education, then the sick leave days from all
25  such employers shall be credited, as long as the
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1  does not exceed the limitation in item d of this
2  paragraph 8. If the employee was in the service of more
3  than one employer described in paragraph (c) of
4  subsection (B) of Section 7-132 on or after the
5  effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st
6  General Assembly, then the sick leave days from all
7  such employers, except for employers from which the
8  employee terminated service before the effective date
9  of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly,
10  shall be credited, as long as the creditable service
11  attributed to those sick leave days does not exceed
12  the limitation in item d of this paragraph 8. In
13  calculating the creditable service under this item
14  b-1, the sick leave days from the last employer shall
15  be considered first, then the remaining sick leave
16  days shall be considered until there are no more days
17  or the maximum creditable sick leave threshold under
18  item d of this paragraph 8 has been reached.
19  c. The creditable service granted shall be
20  considered solely for the purpose of computing the
21  amount of the retirement annuity and shall not be used
22  to establish any minimum service period required by
23  any provision of the Illinois Pension Code, the
24  effective date of the retirement annuity, or the final
25  rate of earnings.
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1  1/20 of a month for each full sick day, provided that
2  no more than 12 months may be credited under this
3  subdivision 8.
4  e. Employee contributions shall not be required
5  for creditable service under this subdivision 8.
6  f. Each participating municipality and
7  participating instrumentality with which an employee
8  has service within 60 days of the effective date of his
9  retirement annuity shall certify to the board the
10  number of accumulated unpaid sick leave days credited
11  to the employee at the time of termination of service.
12  9. For service transferred from another system:
13  Credits and creditable service shall be granted for
14  service under Article 4, 5, 8, 14, or 16 of this Act, to
15  any active member of this Fund, and to any inactive member
16  who has been a county sheriff, upon transfer of such
17  credits pursuant to Section 4-108.3, 5-235, 8-226.7,
18  14-105.6, or 16-131.4, and payment by the member of the
19  amount by which (1) the employer and employee
20  contributions that would have been required if he had
21  participated in this Fund as a sheriff's law enforcement
22  employee during the period for which credit is being
23  transferred, plus interest thereon at the effective rate
24  for each year, compounded annually, from the date of
25  termination of the service for which credit is being
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1  actually transferred to the Fund. Such transferred service
2  shall be deemed to be service as a sheriff's law
3  enforcement employee for the purposes of Section 7-142.1.
4  10. (Blank).
5  11. For service transferred from an Article 3 system
6  under Section 3-110.3: Credits and creditable service
7  shall be granted for service under Article 3 of this Act as
8  provided in Section 3-110.3, to any active member of this
9  Fund, upon transfer of such credits pursuant to Section
10  3-110.3. If the board determines that the amount
11  transferred is less than the true cost to the Fund of
12  allowing that creditable service to be established, then
13  in order to establish that creditable service, the member
14  must pay to the Fund an additional contribution equal to
15  the difference, as determined by the board in accordance
16  with the rules and procedures adopted under this
17  paragraph. If the member does not make the full additional
18  payment as required by this paragraph prior to termination
19  of his participation with that employer, then his or her
20  creditable service shall be reduced by an amount equal to
21  the difference between the amount transferred under
22  Section 3-110.3, including any payments made by the member
23  under this paragraph prior to termination, and the true
24  cost to the Fund of allowing that creditable service to be
25  established, as determined by the board in accordance with
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1  The board shall establish by rule the manner of making
2  the calculation required under this paragraph 11, taking
3  into account the appropriate actuarial assumptions; the
4  member's service, age, and salary history, and any other
5  factors that the board determines to be relevant.
6  12. For omitted service: Any employee who was employed
7  by a participating employer in a position that required
8  participation, but who was not enrolled in the Fund, may
9  establish such credits under the following conditions:
10  a. Application for such credits is received by the
11  Board while the employee is an active participant of
12  the Fund or a reciprocal retirement system.
13  b. Eligibility for participation and earnings are
14  verified by the Authorized Agent of the participating
15  employer for which the service was rendered.
16  Creditable service under this paragraph shall be
17  granted upon payment of the employee contributions that
18  would have been required had he participated, which shall
19  be calculated by the Fund using the member contribution
20  rate in effect during the period that the service was
21  rendered.
22  (b) Creditable service - amount:
23  1. One month of creditable service shall be allowed
24  for each month for which a participating employee made
25  contributions as required under Section 7-173, or for
26  which creditable service is otherwise granted hereunder.

 

 

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1  Not more than 1 month of service shall be credited and
2  counted for 1 calendar month, and not more than 1 year of
3  service shall be credited and counted for any calendar
4  year. A calendar month means a nominal month beginning on
5  the first day thereof, and a calendar year means a year
6  beginning January 1 and ending December 31.
7  2. A seasonal employee shall be given 12 months of
8  creditable service if he renders the number of months of
9  service normally required by the position in a 12-month
10  period and he remains in service for the entire 12-month
11  period. Otherwise a fractional year of service in the
12  number of months of service rendered shall be credited.
13  3. An intermittent employee shall be given creditable
14  service for only those months in which a contribution is
15  made under Section 7-173.
16  (c) No application for correction of credits or creditable
17  service shall be considered unless the board receives an
18  application for correction while (1) the applicant is a
19  participating employee and in active employment with a
20  participating municipality or instrumentality, or (2) while
21  the applicant is actively participating in a pension fund or
22  retirement system which is a participating system under the
23  Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act. A participating employee or
24  other applicant shall not be entitled to credits or creditable
25  service unless the required employee contributions are made in
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1  rule. Payments made to establish service credit under
2  paragraph 1, 4, 5, 5.1, 6, 7, or 12 of subsection (a) of this
3  Section must be received by the Board while the applicant is an
4  active participant in the Fund or a reciprocal retirement
5  system, except that an applicant may make one payment after
6  termination of active participation in the Fund or a
7  reciprocal retirement system.
8  (d) Upon the granting of a retirement, surviving spouse or
9  child annuity, a death benefit or a separation benefit, on
10  account of any employee, all individual accumulated credits
11  shall thereupon terminate. Upon the withdrawal of additional
12  contributions, the credits applicable thereto shall thereupon
13  terminate. Terminated credits shall not be applied to increase
14  the benefits any remaining employee would otherwise receive
15  under this Article.
16  (Source: P.A. 100-148, eff. 8-18-17; 101-492, eff. 8-23-19.)
17  Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing
18  Sections 3-2.5 and 3-12 as follows:
19  (105 ILCS 5/3-2.5)
20  Sec. 3-2.5. Salaries.
21  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the
22  regional superintendents of schools shall receive for their
23  services an annual salary according to the population, as
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1  they serve, as set out in the following schedule:
2SALARIES OF REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS OF 3SCHOOLS   4 POPULATION OF REGION   ANNUAL SALARY   5 61,000 to 99,999  $78,000   6 100,000 to 999,999  $81,500   7 1,000,000 and over  $83,500 2  SALARIES OF REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS OF 3  SCHOOLS  4  POPULATION OF REGION ANNUAL SALARY 5  61,000 to 99,999 $78,000 6  100,000 to 999,999 $81,500 7  1,000,000 and over $83,500
2  SALARIES OF REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS OF
3  SCHOOLS
4  POPULATION OF REGION ANNUAL SALARY
5  61,000 to 99,999 $78,000
6  100,000 to 999,999 $81,500
7  1,000,000 and over $83,500
8  Beginning July 1, 2023, all regional superintendents of
9  schools shall receive the same salary regardless of the
10  population of the region they serve. The salary shall be equal
11  to the middle annual salary tier.
12  The changes made by Public Act 86-98 in the annual salary
13  that the regional superintendents of schools shall receive for
14  their services shall apply to the annual salary received by
15  the regional superintendents of schools during each of their
16  elected terms of office that commence after July 26, 1989 and
17  before the first Monday of August, 1995.
18  The changes made by Public Act 89-225 in the annual salary
19  that regional superintendents of schools shall receive for
20  their services shall apply to the annual salary received by
21  the regional superintendents of schools during their elected
22  terms of office that commence after August 4, 1995 and end on
23  August 1, 1999.
24  The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 91st
25  General Assembly in the annual salary that the regional
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2  SALARIES OF REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS OF
3  SCHOOLS
4  POPULATION OF REGION ANNUAL SALARY
5  61,000 to 99,999 $78,000
6  100,000 to 999,999 $81,500
7  1,000,000 and over $83,500


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1  shall apply to the annual salary received by the regional
2  superintendents of schools during each of their elected terms
3  of office that commence on or after August 2, 1999.
4  Beginning July 1, 2000, the salary that the regional
5  superintendent of schools receives for his or her services
6  shall be adjusted annually to reflect the percentage increase,
7  if any, in the most recent Consumer Price Index, as defined and
8  officially reported by the United States Department of Labor,
9  Bureau of Labor Statistics, except that no annual increment
10  may exceed 2.9%. If the percentage of change in the Consumer
11  Price Index is a percentage decrease, the salary that the
12  regional superintendent of schools receives shall not be
13  adjusted for that year.
14  When regional superintendents are authorized by the School
15  Code to appoint assistant regional superintendents, the
16  assistant regional superintendent shall receive an annual
17  salary based on his or her qualifications and computed as a
18  percentage of the salary of the regional superintendent to
19  whom he or she is assistant, as set out in the following
20  schedule:
21SALARIES OF ASSISTANT REGIONAL 22SUPERINTENDENTS   23 QUALIFICATIONS OF  PERCENTAGE OF SALARY   24 ASSISTANT REGIONAL  OF REGIONAL   25 SUPERINTENDENT  SUPERINTENDENT    26 Bachelor's degree plus 21  SALARIES OF ASSISTANT REGIONAL 22  SUPERINTENDENTS  23  QUALIFICATIONS OF PERCENTAGE OF SALARY 24  ASSISTANT REGIONAL OF REGIONAL 25  SUPERINTENDENT SUPERINTENDENT 26  Bachelor's degree plus
21  SALARIES OF ASSISTANT REGIONAL
22  SUPERINTENDENTS
23  QUALIFICATIONS OF PERCENTAGE OF SALARY
24  ASSISTANT REGIONAL OF REGIONAL
25  SUPERINTENDENT SUPERINTENDENT
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21  SALARIES OF ASSISTANT REGIONAL
22  SUPERINTENDENTS
23  QUALIFICATIONS OF PERCENTAGE OF SALARY
24  ASSISTANT REGIONAL OF REGIONAL
25  SUPERINTENDENT SUPERINTENDENT
26  Bachelor's degree plus


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1 State license valid  2 for supervising.  75%        3 Master's degree plus 4 State license valid  5 for supervising.  90% 1  State license valid  2  for supervising. 75% 3  Master's degree plus  4  State license valid  5  for supervising. 90%
1  State license valid
2  for supervising. 75%
3  Master's degree plus
4  State license valid
5  for supervising. 90%
6  However, in any region in which the appointment of more
7  than one assistant regional superintendent is authorized,
8  whether by Section 3-15.10 of this Code or otherwise, not more
9  than one assistant may be compensated at the 90% rate and any
10  other assistant shall be paid at not exceeding the 75% rate, in
11  each case depending on the qualifications of the assistant.
12  The salaries provided in this Section plus an amount for
13  other employment-related compensation or benefits for regional
14  superintendents and assistant regional superintendents are
15  payable monthly by the State Board of Education out of the
16  Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund through a specific
17  appropriation to that effect in the State Board of Education
18  budget. The State Comptroller in making his or her warrant to
19  any county for the amount due it from the Personal Property Tax
20  Replacement Fund shall deduct from it the several amounts for
21  which warrants have been issued to the regional
22  superintendent, and any assistant regional superintendent, of
23  the educational service region encompassing the county since
24  the preceding apportionment from the Personal Property Tax
25  Replacement Fund.
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1  State license valid
2  for supervising. 75%
3  Master's degree plus
4  State license valid
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1  the regional superintendent or the assistant regional
2  superintendents, or for each of them, to be paid quarterly
3  from the county treasury.
4  (b) (Blank).
5  (c) If the State pays all or any portion of the employee
6  contributions required under Section 16-152 of the Illinois
7  Pension Code for employees of the State Board of Education, it
8  shall also, subject to appropriation in the State Board of
9  Education budget for such payments to Regional Superintendents
10  and Assistant Regional Superintendents, pay the employee
11  contributions required of regional superintendents of schools
12  and assistant regional superintendents of schools on the same
13  basis, but excluding any contributions based on compensation
14  that is paid by the county rather than the State.
15  This subsection (c) applies to contributions based on
16  payments of salary earned after the effective date of this
17  amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, except that in
18  the case of an elected regional superintendent of schools,
19  this subsection does not apply to contributions based on
20  payments of salary earned during a term of office that
21  commenced before the effective date of this amendatory Act.
22  (d) References to "regional superintendent" in this
23  Section shall also include the chief administrative officer of
24  the educational service centers established under Section
25  2-3.62 of this Code and serving that portion of a Class II
26  county school unit outside of a city with a population of

 

 

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1  500,000 or more inhabitants. References to "assistant regional
2  superintendent" in this Section shall include one assistant
3  appointed by the chief administrative officer of the
4  educational service centers established under Section 2-3.62
5  of this Code and serving that portion of a Class II county
6  school unit outside of a city with a population of 500,000 or
7  more inhabitants. For the purposes of calculating regional
8  superintendent and assistant regional superintendent salaries
9  for educational service centers established under Section
10  2-3.62 of this Code, populations shall be established by
11  subtracting from the total county population the population of
12  a city with 500,000 or more inhabitants, divided by the number
13  of educational service centers in the county.
14  (Source: P.A. 99-30, eff. 7-10-15; 100-294, eff. 1-1-18.)
15  (105 ILCS 5/3-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-12)
16  Sec. 3-12. Institute fund.
17  (a) All license registration fees and a portion of renewal
18  and duplicate fees shall be kept by the regional
19  superintendent as described in Section 21-16 or 21B-40 of this
20  Code, together with a record of the names of the persons paying
21  them. Such fees shall be deposited into the institute fund and
22  shall be used by the regional superintendent to defray
23  expenses associated with the work of the regional professional
24  development review committees established pursuant to
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1  to advise the regional superintendent, upon his or her
2  request, and to hear appeals relating to the renewal of
3  teaching licenses, in accordance with Section 21-14 of this
4  Code; to defray expenses connected with improving the
5  technology necessary for the efficient processing of licenses;
6  to defray all costs associated with the administration of
7  teaching licenses; to defray expenses incidental to teachers'
8  institutes, workshops or meetings of a professional nature
9  that are designed to promote the professional growth of
10  teachers or for the purpose of defraying the expense of any
11  general or special meeting of teachers or school personnel of
12  the region, which has been approved by the regional
13  superintendent.
14  (b) In addition to the use of moneys in the institute fund
15  to defray expenses under subsection (a) of this Section, the
16  State Superintendent of Education, as authorized under Section
17  2-3.105 of this Code, shall use moneys in the institute fund to
18  defray all costs associated with the administration of
19  teaching licenses within a city having a population exceeding
20  500,000. Moneys in the institute fund may also be used by the
21  State Superintendent of Education to support educator
22  recruitment and retention programs within a city having a
23  population exceeding 500,000, to support educator preparation
24  programs within a city having a population exceeding 500,000
25  as those programs seek national accreditation, and to provide
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1  forth in Section 21B-45 of this Code within a city having a
2  population exceeding 500,000. A majority of the moneys in the
3  institute fund must be dedicated to the timely and efficient
4  processing of applications and for the renewal of licenses.
5  (c) The regional superintendent shall on or before January
6  1 of each year post on the regional office of education's
7  website publish in a newspaper of general circulation
8  published in the region or shall post in each school building
9  under his jurisdiction an accounting of (1) the balance on
10  hand in the institute fund at the beginning of the previous
11  year; (2) all receipts within the previous year deposited in
12  the fund, with the sources from which they were derived; (3)
13  the amount distributed from the fund and the purposes for
14  which such distributions were made; and (4) the balance on
15  hand in the fund.
16  (Source: P.A. 99-58, eff. 7-16-15.)
17  (105 ILCS 5/3-3 rep.)
18  Section 15. The School Code is amended by repealing
19  Section 3-3.
20  Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
21  Section 8.47 as follows:
22  (30 ILCS 805/8.47 new)
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1  8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for
2  the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory
3  Act of the 103rd General Assembly.
4  Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5  becoming law.

 

 

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