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Committee opts not to move teachers from Group 2 into Group 3 under SB7 rules
Summary
The Rankin CSD 98 SB7 committee decided Oct. 7, 2024, not to adopt criteria to exclude certain teachers from Group 2 and place them into Group 3, leaving Section 24-12(b) of the School Code in effect.
The Rankin CSD 98 joint committee considered whether to adopt criteria allowing certain teachers to be excluded from Group 2 and moved into Group 3 based on recent performance evaluations. The committee marked the questionnaire option indicating it had "considered the foregoing, but did not reach agreement on the matter," and the minutes record that "the committee agreed not to move teachers from group 2 to group 3." Section 24-12(b) of the School Code therefore remains applicable to the district's sequence-of-dismissal procedures.
The discussion reflects a choice to retain the statutory default rather than create district-specific exclusion criteria. Committee members reviewed the implications under the code and recorded the decision in the questionnaire submitted to the Regional Office of Education.
