Illinois Senate Bill 2265

---

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on February 10 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-05-03 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish a teacher recruitment and retention program, which shall encourage both new and experienced teachers to seek employment with qualifying public schools by providing for a refundable income tax credit to each participating teacher in the amount of $3,000 per school year for no more than 5 consecutive school years. Contains requirements for participating school districts and participating teachers. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act establishing the $3,000 tax credit for individuals designated by the State Board of Education as a participating teacher in the teacher recruitment and retention program. Effective July 1, 2023.

SCH CD-RECRUITMENT & RETENTION

Sen. Jil Tracy [R]

Sen. Donald DeWitte [R]

Sen. Thomas Bennett [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-05-03	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2024-04-09	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Tom Bennett
2024-04-08	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Donald P. DeWitte
2024-04-05	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 3, 2024
2024-03-15	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 5, 2024
2024-01-10	Senate	Re-assigned to Revenue
2023-03-10	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2023-02-28	Senate	Assigned to Revenue
2023-02-10	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2023-02-10	Senate	First Reading
2023-02-10	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jil Tracy

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
105	5	2-3.196	New Code	See Bill Text
35	5	234	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2265&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB2265.htm