House Committee Roll Call Votes

Amends the Public School Code of 1949 (School Code) to (1) provide that a temporary professional employee will become a professional employee if the employee's work has been certified as satisfactory; (2) provide that a temporary professional employee who is not tendered a regular employment contract after 5 years of service must be given a written statement setting forth the reason for such refusal; (3) provide for tenure after 5 years of service and a rating of distinguished or proficient on the employee's two most recent performance evaluations; (4) allow suspension of professional employees for economic reasons; (5) require suspension determinations to be made based upon a professional employee's performance; and (6) require that an appeal by a professional employee aggrieved by an action of the board of school directors be filed with the Secretary of Education within 15 days of the employee's receipt of written notice of the board's decision.