Minimum teacher salary for the 2025-2026 school year has been set by the Illinois Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability pursuant to Illinois Public Act 103-515. Minimum salary for the year is $42,411, which represents a 2.97% increase (consistent with CPI-U over the prior 12 months ending June 30, 2024) over the minimum salary for the 2024-2025 school year of $41,188.
Effective January 1, 2024, Public Act 103-0008
Illinois Public Act 103-500 was signed by Governor Pritzker on August 4, 2023 with an immediate effective date. It revises tenure acquisition rules.
On June 27, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States issued an opinion in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, in which a football coach challenged discipline after he disregarded directives not to pray at mid-field.
In December, the Department of Education notified the public that the proposed new Title IX regulations would be made public in April 2022. The Department of Education recently provided an update on the process, explaining that drafts of the new rules have been sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to be reviewed internally.
