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Public Act 96-0299: Cumulative sick leave service credit for school district employees

Public Act 96-0299 was signed into law on August 11, 2009. This new legislation provides that members retiring from a school district may qualify for a maximum of one year of additional service credit for unused, unpaid sick leave accumulated with any prior school district employers.

This new law applies only to employees of school districts and only to sick leave accumulated with a school district. Employees of other educational entities, such as special education cooperatives, and employees of all other non-school district units of government are not eligible.

Teachers retiring with IMRF service credit are eligible if the reciprocal pension will be effective within 60 days of termination and the sick leave was earned in an IMRF-covered position with a school district.

To report unused, unpaid sick leave, the previous school district employer may submit a corrected Notice of Termination of Participation via Employer Access. If the school district does not submit a corrected termination notice, the member may provide IMRF with evidence of the unused, unpaid sick leave. Acceptable evidence must have originated on or before the date the previous employment ended.