Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB2936 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2936 Introduced , by Rep. Rita Mayfield SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/17-1.5 Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district shall not enter into an agreement that rescinds an employment contract entered into with an administrative employee in exchange for a payment that exceeds an amount greater than 6 time the monthly salary of the employee, due to the unsatisfactory performance of the employee's duties. LRB104 11939 LNS 22032 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2936 Introduced , by Rep. Rita Mayfield SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/17-1.5 105 ILCS 5/17-1.5 Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district shall not enter into an agreement that rescinds an employment contract entered into with an administrative employee in exchange for a payment that exceeds an amount greater than 6 time the monthly salary of the employee, due to the unsatisfactory performance of the employee's duties. LRB104 11939 LNS 22032 b LRB104 11939 LNS 22032 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2936 Introduced , by Rep. Rita Mayfield SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district shall not enter into an agreement that rescinds an employment contract entered into with an administrative employee in exchange for a payment that exceeds an amount greater than 6 time the monthly salary of the employee, due to the unsatisfactory performance of the employee's duties.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning education.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
15	15	5 17-1.5 as follows:
16	16	6 (105 ILCS 5/17-1.5)
17	17	7 Sec. 17-1.5. Limitation of administrative costs.
18	18	8 (a) It is the purpose of this Section to establish
19	19	9 limitations on the growth of administrative expenditures in
20	20	10 order to maximize the proportion of school district resources
21	21	11 available for the instructional program, building maintenance,
22	22	12 and safety services for the students of each district.
23	23	13 (b) Definitions. For the purposes of this Section:
24	24	14 "Administrative expenditures" mean the annual expenditures
25	25	15 of school districts properly attributable to expenditure
26	26	16 functions defined by the rules of the State Board of Education
27	27	17 as: 2320 (Executive Administration Services); 2330 (Special
28	28	18 Area Administration Services); 2490 (Other Support Services -
29	29	19 School Administration); 2510 (Direction of Business Support
30	30	20 Services); 2570 (Internal Services); and 2610 (Direction of
31	31	21 Central Support Services); provided, however, that
32	32	22 "administrative expenditures" shall not include early
33	33	23 retirement or other pension system obligations required by
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37	37	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2936 Introduced , by Rep. Rita Mayfield SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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40	40	Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district shall not enter into an agreement that rescinds an employment contract entered into with an administrative employee in exchange for a payment that exceeds an amount greater than 6 time the monthly salary of the employee, due to the unsatisfactory performance of the employee's duties.
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68	68	1 State law.
69	69	2 "School district" means all school districts having a
70	70	3 population of less than 500,000.
71	71	4 (c) For the 1998-99 school year and each school year
72	72	5 thereafter, each school district shall undertake budgetary and
73	73	6 expenditure control actions so that the increase in
74	74	7 administrative expenditures for that school year over the
75	75	8 prior school year does not exceed 5%. School districts with
76	76	9 administrative expenditures per pupil in the 25th percentile
77	77	10 and below for all districts of the same type, as defined by the
78	78	11 State Board of Education, may waive the limitation imposed
79	79	12 under this Section for any year following a public hearing and
80	80	13 with the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the
81	81	14 members of the school board of the district. Any district
82	82	15 waiving the limitation shall notify the State Board within 45
83	83	16 days of such action.
84	84	17 (c-5) A school district shall not enter into an agreement
85	85	18 that rescinds an employment contract entered into with an
86	86	19 administrative employee in exchange for a payment that exceeds
87	87	20 an amount greater than 6 time the monthly salary of the
88	88	21 employee, due to the unsatisfactory performance of the
89	89	22 employee's duties.
90	90	23 (d) School districts shall file with the State Board of
91	91	24 Education by November 15, 1998 and by each November 15th
92	92	25 thereafter a one-page report that lists (i) the actual
93	93	26 administrative expenditures for the prior year from the
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104	104	1 district's audited Annual Financial Report, and (ii) the
105	105	2 projected administrative expenditures for the current year
106	106	3 from the budget adopted by the school board pursuant to
107	107	4 Section 17-1 of this Code.
108	108	5 If a school district that is ineligible to waive the
109	109	6 limitation imposed by subsection (c) of this Section by board
110	110	7 action exceeds the limitation solely because of circumstances
111	111	8 beyond the control of the district and the district has
112	112	9 exhausted all available and reasonable remedies to comply with
113	113	10 the limitation, the district may request a waiver pursuant to
114	114	11 Section 2-3.25g. The waiver application shall specify the
115	115	12 amount, nature, and reason for the relief requested, as well
116	116	13 as all remedies the district has exhausted to comply with the
117	117	14 limitation. Any emergency relief so requested shall apply only
118	118	15 to the specific school year for which the request is made. The
119	119	16 State Board of Education shall analyze all such waivers
120	120	17 submitted and shall recommend that the General Assembly
121	121	18 disapprove any such waiver requested that is not due solely to
122	122	19 circumstances beyond the control of the district and for which
123	123	20 the district has not exhausted all available and reasonable
124	124	21 remedies to comply with the limitation. The State
125	125	22 Superintendent shall have no authority to impose any sanctions
126	126	23 pursuant to this Section for any expenditures for which a
127	127	24 waiver has been requested until such waiver has been reviewed
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140	140	1 subsection (d) are not provided by the school district in a
141	141	2 timely manner, or are subsequently determined by the State
142	142	3 Superintendent of Education to be incomplete or inaccurate,
143	143	4 the State Superintendent shall notify the district in writing
144	144	5 of reporting deficiencies. The school district shall, within
145	145	6 60 days of the notice, address the reporting deficiencies
146	146	7 identified.
147	147	8 (e) If the State Superintendent determines that a school
148	148	9 district has failed to comply with the administrative
149	149	10 expenditure limitation imposed in subsection (c) of this
150	150	11 Section, the State Superintendent shall notify the district of
151	151	12 the violation and direct the district to undertake corrective
152	152	13 action to bring the district's budget into compliance with the
153	153	14 administrative expenditure limitation. The district shall,
154	154	15 within 60 days of the notice, provide adequate assurance to
155	155	16 the State Superintendent that appropriate corrective actions
156	156	17 have been or will be taken. If the district fails to provide
157	157	18 adequate assurance or fails to undertake the necessary
158	158	19 corrective actions, the State Superintendent may impose
159	159	20 progressive sanctions against the district that may culminate
160	160	21 in withholding all subsequent payments of general State aid
161	161	22 due the district under Section 18-8.05 of this Code or
162	162	23 evidence-based funding due the district under Section 18-8.15
163	163	24 of this Code until the assurance is provided or the corrective
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165	165	26 (f) The State Superintendent shall publish a list each
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