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Public Act 102-0275 Public Act 0275 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
Public Act 102-0275 | HB0816 Enrolled | LRB102 14827 CMG 20180 b |
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| AN ACT concerning education.
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | represented in the General Assembly:
| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 24-6 as follows:
| (105 ILCS 5/24-6)
| Sec. 24-6. Sick leave. The school boards of all school | districts, including special charter
districts, but not | including school districts in municipalities of 500,000
or | more, shall grant their full-time teachers, and also shall | grant
such of their other employees as are eligible to | participate in the
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund under | the "600-Hour Standard"
established, or under such other | eligibility participation standard as may
from time to time be | established, by rules and regulations now or hereafter
| promulgated by the Board of that Fund under Section 7-198 of | the Illinois
Pension Code, as now or hereafter amended, sick | leave
provisions not less in amount than 10 days at full pay in | each school year.
If any such teacher or employee does not use | the full amount of annual leave
thus allowed, the unused | amount shall be allowed to accumulate to a minimum
available | leave of 180 days at full pay, including the leave of the | current
year. Sick leave shall be interpreted to mean personal |
| illness, quarantine
at home, or serious illness or death in | the immediate family or household , or
birth, adoption, or | placement for adoption .
The school board may require a | certificate from a physician licensed in Illinois to practice | medicine and surgery in all its branches, a chiropractic | physician licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, a | licensed advanced practice registered nurse, a licensed | physician assistant, or, if the treatment
is by prayer or | spiritual means, a spiritual adviser or
practitioner of the | teacher's or employee's faith as a basis for pay during leave | after
an absence of 3 days for personal illness or 30 days for | birth or as the school board may deem necessary in
other cases. | If the school board does require a
certificate
as a basis for | pay during leave of
less than 3 days for personal illness, the | school board shall pay, from school funds, the
expenses | incurred by the teachers or other employees in obtaining the | certificate. For paid leave for adoption or placement for | adoption, the school board may require that the teacher or | other employee provide evidence that the formal adoption | process is underway, and such leave is limited to 30 days | unless a longer leave has been negotiated with the exclusive | bargaining representative.
| Sick leave shall also be interpreted to mean birth, | adoption, placement for adoption, and the acceptance of a | child in need of foster care. Teachers and other employees to | which this Section applies are entitled to use up to 30 days of |
| paid sick leave because of the birth of a child that is not | dependent on the need to recover from childbirth. Paid sick | leave because of the birth of a child may be used absent | medical certification for up to 30 working school days, which | days may be used at any time within the 12-month period | following the birth of the child. The use of up to 30 working | school days of paid sick leave because of the birth of a child | may not be diminished as a result of any intervening period of | nonworking days or school not being in session, such as for | summer, winter, or spring break or holidays, that may occur | during the use of the paid sick leave. For paid sick leave for | adoption, placement for adoption, or the acceptance of a child | in need of foster care, the school board may require that the | teacher or other employee to which this Section applies | provide evidence that the formal adoption process or the | formal foster care process is underway, and such sick leave is | limited to 30 days unless a longer leave has been negotiated | with the exclusive bargaining representative. Paid sick leave | for adoption, placement for adoption, or the acceptance of a | child in need of foster care need not be used consecutively | once the formal adoption process or the formal foster care | process is underway, and such sick leave may be used for | reasons related to the formal adoption process or the formal | foster care process prior to taking custody of the child or | accepting the child in need of foster care, in addition to | using such sick leave upon taking custody of the child or |
| accepting the child in need of foster care. | If, by reason of any change in the boundaries of school | districts, or by
reason of the creation of a new school | district, the employment of a
teacher is transferred to a new | or different board, the accumulated sick
leave of such teacher | is not thereby lost, but is transferred to such new
or | different district.
| For purposes of this Section, "immediate family" shall | include parents,
spouse, brothers, sisters, children, | grandparents, grandchildren,
parents-in-law, brothers-in-law, | sisters-in-law, and legal guardians.
| (Source: P.A. 99-173, eff. 7-29-15; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18 .)
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | becoming law.
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Effective Date: 8/6/2021
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