HB0075 EngrossedLRB102 03790 CMG 13803 b 1 AN ACT concerning education. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section 524-6 as follows: 6 (105 ILCS 5/24-6) 7 Sec. 24-6. Sick leave. The school boards of all school 8districts, including special charter districts, but not 9including school districts in municipalities of 500,000 or 10more, shall grant their full-time teachers, and also shall 11grant such of their other employees as are eligible to 12participate in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund under 13the "600-Hour Standard" established, or under such other 14eligibility participation standard as may from time to time be 15established, by rules and regulations now or hereafter 16promulgated by the Board of that Fund under Section 7-198 of 17the Illinois Pension Code, as now or hereafter amended, sick 18leave provisions not less in amount than 10 days at full pay in 19each school year. If any such teacher or employee does not use 20the full amount of annual leave thus allowed, the unused 21amount shall be allowed to accumulate to a minimum available 22leave of 180 days at full pay, including the leave of the 23current year. Sick leave shall be interpreted to mean personal

HB0075 Engrossed- 2 -LRB102 03790 CMG 13803 b 1illness, quarantine at home, serious illness or death in the 2immediate family or household, or birth, adoption, or 3placement for adoption. The school board may require a 4certificate from a physician licensed in Illinois to practice 5medicine and surgery in all its branches, a chiropractic 6physician licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, a 7licensed advanced practice registered nurse, a licensed 8physician assistant, or, if the treatment is by prayer or 9spiritual means, a spiritual adviser or practitioner of the 10teacher's or employee's faith as a basis for pay during leave 11after an absence of 3 days for personal illness or 30 days for 12birth or as the school board may deem necessary in other cases. 13If the school board does require a certificate as a basis for 14pay during leave of less than 3 days for personal illness, the 15school board shall pay, from school funds, the expenses 16incurred by the teachers or other employees in obtaining the 17certificate. For paid leave for adoption or placement for 18adoption, the school board may require that the teacher or 19other employee provide evidence that the formal adoption 20process is underway, and such leave is limited to 30 days 21unless a longer leave has been negotiated with the exclusive 22bargaining representative. 23 For the purposes of calculating paid sick leave for the 24birth of a child or the adoption or placement for adoption of a 25child:26 (1) the days do not have to be taken immediately after

HB0075 Engrossed- 3 -LRB102 03790 CMG 13803 b 1 the birth of the child or the adoption or placement of the 2 child;3 (2) the days do not have to be taken consecutively; 4 and5 (3) the school board may not count any day in which 6 school is not in session, including an extended break. 7 If, by reason of any change in the boundaries of school 8districts, or by reason of the creation of a new school 9district, the employment of a teacher is transferred to a new 10or different board, the accumulated sick leave of such teacher 11is not thereby lost, but is transferred to such new or 12different district. 13 For purposes of this Section, "immediate family" shall 14include parents, spouse, brothers, sisters, children, 15grandparents, grandchildren, parents-in-law, brothers-in-law, 16sisters-in-law, and legal guardians. 17(Source: P.A. 99-173, eff. 7-29-15; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18.)