Illinois Senate Bill 2259 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Amends the School Code. Provides that teachers must be provided with and a teacher must annually complete 20 hours of inservice training, 10 hours of which a teacher may complete through online learning if the online learning requires proof of proficiency. With respect to the opening date of a school term, provides that student instruction may begin no earlier than the day after Labor Day. Requires the calendar for a school term to provide for a minimum of 880 instructional hours in no more than 176 days of actual pupil attendance and at least 45 professional development hours for teachers, to be scheduled as any collective bargaining agreement allows; makes related changes. Provides that as part of its calendar for the school term, a school board shall schedule 5 emergency closure days, and the school board shall adopt a contingency plan for when emergency closure days are used during a school year to make up for a minimum of 25 lost instructional hours. Effective July 1, 2013.

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Sen. William McCann [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2013-03-22	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2013-03-22	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2013-03-19	Senate	To Subcommittee on Special Issues (ED)
2013-03-12	Senate	Postponed - Education
2013-03-12	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education
2013-03-07	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2013-03-07	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann
2013-03-05	Senate	Assigned to Education
2013-02-15	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2013-02-15	Senate	First Reading
2013-02-15	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
105	5	10-19	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	10-19.1	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	3-11	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	34-18	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2259&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/SB/09800SB2259.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/SB/09800SB2259sam001.htm