Gov. Pat Quinn displays the just signed school reform legislation (Photo: Paul Klenck)
Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday signed into law Senate Bill 7 (SB7), education reform legislation developed during four months of negotiations involving education employee unions, school administrators, legislators, reform advocacy groups and other education stakeholders.
In the end, the three major education employee unions, IEA, the Illinois Federation of Teachers and the Chicago Teachers Union all backed the reform bill which sailed through the General Assembly.
Here are video highlights from IEA President Ken Swanson’s remarks at the bill signing, which took place in Maywood on Monday morning.
Illinois Education Association is an association of more than 130,000 members composed of Illinois elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty and staff, educational support professionals, retired educators and college students preparing to become teachers.