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- Illinois requires collective bargaining by school districts if a majority of teachers vote for union representation.
- Teachers are AFT union members.
- 22,558 teachers
Student demographics
- 392,558 students
- 87% free/reduced lunch
School district teacher count, enrollment, and demographic data is from the 2014-2015 school year sourced from the National Center for Education Statistics. Due to data issues, teacher count for districts in six states (HI, MT, NE, OH, UT, and WI) is from 2013-2014.
Fast facts
| Days in student school year: | 178 |
| Additional teacher work days: | 15, including 2 floating professional development days to be determined by each school |
| Annual adjustment (reported as a percentage of change from the previous year): | -0.4% |
| Starting salary: | $50,653 |
| Maximum salary (salary, degree, years of experience): | $96,759; PhD; 25 |
| Student achievement data required for evaluation: | pre-k |
| Layoff criteria: | |
| Evaluations per year: | |
| Tenured | Once every two years |
| Non-tenured | Once a year |
| Sick and personal days per year: | 13-15 (10-12 sick [teachers w/ 13+ yrs. experience on step 13 of salary schedule - 1 additional day; those w/18+ yrs. experience and on step 14 - 2 additional days]; 3 personal) |
| Years to tenure: | 4 years |