Bill > HB0297

This bill amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act to establish mandatory arbitration procedures specifically for educational employees in the Chicago school district who are legally forbidden from striking. The bill introduces a comprehensive arbitration process for resolving collective bargaining disputes, which includes several key stages: mediation, selection of an arbitration panel, hearings, and a detailed decision-making process. For educational employees who cannot strike, the bill provides a right to submit all negotiation disputes, including mid-term and impact bargaining disputes, to mandatory arbitration. The arbitration panel must consider multiple factors when making decisions, such as the employer's financial ability, economic conditions, comparison of wages with similar positions, and the impact on educational goals. The bill also includes provisions for how arbitration decisions are reviewed, ratified by the school district's governing body, and potentially modified. Importantly, the changes only apply to collective bargaining agreements entered into, modified, extended, or renewed after the bill's effective date, and the educational employees covered by these provisions are explicitly prohibited from withholding services during the arbitration process.

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https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=297&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103