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
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
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.
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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 School Code is amended by changing Section
5 17-1.5 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/17-1.5)
7 Sec. 17-1.5. Limitation of administrative costs.
8 (a) It is the purpose of this Section to establish
9 limitations on the growth of administrative expenditures in
10 order to maximize the proportion of school district resources
11 available for the instructional program, building maintenance,
12 and safety services for the students of each district.
13 (b) Definitions. For the purposes of this Section:
14 "Administrative expenditures" mean the annual expenditures
15 of school districts properly attributable to expenditure
16 functions defined by the rules of the State Board of Education
17 as: 2320 (Executive Administration Services); 2330 (Special
18 Area Administration Services); 2490 (Other Support Services -
19 School Administration); 2510 (Direction of Business Support
20 Services); 2570 (Internal Services); and 2610 (Direction of
21 Central Support Services); provided, however, that
22 "administrative expenditures" shall not include early
23 retirement or other pension system obligations required by
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
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.
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1 State law.
2 "School district" means all school districts having a
3 population of less than 500,000.
4 (c) For the 1998-99 school year and each school year
5 thereafter, each school district shall undertake budgetary and
6 expenditure control actions so that the increase in
7 administrative expenditures for that school year over the
8 prior school year does not exceed 5%. School districts with
9 administrative expenditures per pupil in the 25th percentile
10 and below for all districts of the same type, as defined by the
11 State Board of Education, may waive the limitation imposed
12 under this Section for any year following a public hearing and
13 with the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the
14 members of the school board of the district. Any district
15 waiving the limitation shall notify the State Board within 45
16 days of such action.
17 (c-5) A school district shall not enter into an agreement
18 that rescinds an employment contract entered into with an
19 administrative employee in exchange for a payment that exceeds
20 an amount greater than 6 time the monthly salary of the
21 employee, due to the unsatisfactory performance of the
22 employee's duties.
23 (d) School districts shall file with the State Board of
24 Education by November 15, 1998 and by each November 15th
25 thereafter a one-page report that lists (i) the actual
26 administrative expenditures for the prior year from the
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1 district's audited Annual Financial Report, and (ii) the
2 projected administrative expenditures for the current year
3 from the budget adopted by the school board pursuant to
4 Section 17-1 of this Code.
5 If a school district that is ineligible to waive the
6 limitation imposed by subsection (c) of this Section by board
7 action exceeds the limitation solely because of circumstances
8 beyond the control of the district and the district has
9 exhausted all available and reasonable remedies to comply with
10 the limitation, the district may request a waiver pursuant to
11 Section 2-3.25g. The waiver application shall specify the
12 amount, nature, and reason for the relief requested, as well
13 as all remedies the district has exhausted to comply with the
14 limitation. Any emergency relief so requested shall apply only
15 to the specific school year for which the request is made. The
16 State Board of Education shall analyze all such waivers
17 submitted and shall recommend that the General Assembly
18 disapprove any such waiver requested that is not due solely to
19 circumstances beyond the control of the district and for which
20 the district has not exhausted all available and reasonable
21 remedies to comply with the limitation. The State
22 Superintendent shall have no authority to impose any sanctions
23 pursuant to this Section for any expenditures for which a
24 waiver has been requested until such waiver has been reviewed
25 by the General Assembly.
26 If the report and information required under this
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1 subsection (d) are not provided by the school district in a
2 timely manner, or are subsequently determined by the State
3 Superintendent of Education to be incomplete or inaccurate,
4 the State Superintendent shall notify the district in writing
5 of reporting deficiencies. The school district shall, within
6 60 days of the notice, address the reporting deficiencies
7 identified.
8 (e) If the State Superintendent determines that a school
9 district has failed to comply with the administrative
10 expenditure limitation imposed in subsection (c) of this
11 Section, the State Superintendent shall notify the district of
12 the violation and direct the district to undertake corrective
13 action to bring the district's budget into compliance with the
14 administrative expenditure limitation. The district shall,
15 within 60 days of the notice, provide adequate assurance to
16 the State Superintendent that appropriate corrective actions
17 have been or will be taken. If the district fails to provide
18 adequate assurance or fails to undertake the necessary
19 corrective actions, the State Superintendent may impose
20 progressive sanctions against the district that may culminate
21 in withholding all subsequent payments of general State aid
22 due the district under Section 18-8.05 of this Code or
23 evidence-based funding due the district under Section 18-8.15
24 of this Code until the assurance is provided or the corrective
25 actions taken.
26 (f) The State Superintendent shall publish a list each
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