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105 ILCS 5/10-22.4 (2026)

Dismissal of teachers

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(105 ILCS 5/10-22.4) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.4)
    Sec. 10-22.4. Dismissal of teachers. To dismiss a teacher for incompetency, cruelty, negligence, immorality or other sufficient cause, to dismiss any teacher on the basis of performance and to dismiss any teacher whenever, in its opinion, he is not qualified to teach, or whenever, in its opinion, the interests of the schools require it, subject, however, to the provisions of Sections 24-10 to 24-16.5, inclusive. Temporary mental or physical incapacity to perform teaching duties, as found by a medical examination, is not a cause for dismissal. Marriage is not a cause of removal.
(Source: P.A. 97-8, eff. 6-13-11.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2000–2023 · leading case: Niles Twp. High Sch. Dist. 219 v. Illinois Educ. Labor Relations Bd., 883 N.E.2d 29 (Ill. App. Ct. 1st Dist. 2007).
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Niles Twp. High Sch. Dist. 219 v. Illinois Educ. Labor Relations Bd., 883 N.E.2d 29 (Ill. App. Ct. 1st Dist. 2007). · cites it 2× “See 105 ILCS 5/10-22.4 (West 2004) (granting school board authority "to dismiss any teacher whenever, in its opinion, he is not qualified to teach, or whenever, in its opinion, the interests of the schools require it"); Midwest, 277 Ill.”
Cobden Unit Sch. Dist. No. 17 v. Illinois Educ. Labor Relations Bd., 2012 IL App (1st) 101716, 966 N.E.2d 503. · cites it 5× “4 of the Illinois School Code (Code) (105 ILCS 5/10-22.4 (West 2006)) to dismiss a nontenured teacher when it determines the interest of the school requires it.”
Pacernick v. Bd. of Educ. of the Waukegan Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No. 60, 2020 IL App (2d) 190959. · cites it 2× “) 105 ILCS 5/10-22.4 (West 2018). The School Code does not define “immorality.”
Bd. of Educ. of the City of Chicago v. Illinois Educ. Labor Relations Bd., 2015 IL 118043. “” 105 ILCS 5/10-22.4 (West 2010). This provision includes the power to terminate the employment of probationary teachers by the nonrenewal of their teachers’ contracts.”
Wagner v. Bd. of Educ. of North Shore Sch. Dist. 112, 2023 IL App (2d) 220453, 228 N.E.3d 996. “” 105 ILCS 5/10-22.4 (West 2020). We hold that the Board’s determination that Wagner’s conduct established sufficient cause for dismissal was not erroneous.”
Bd. of Educ. of the City of Chicago v. Illinois Educ. Labor Relations Bd., 2014 IL App (1st) 130285. “” 105 ILCS 5/10-22.4 (West 2010). The grievances in this case seek to force the Board to hire probationary teachers it determined were not qualified to teach, which conflicts with the Board’s statutory authority under section 10-22.”
The Bd. of Educ. of the City of Chicago v. The Illinois Educ. Labor Relations Bd., 2014 IL App (1st) 130285, 14 N.E.3d 1092. · cites it 3× “¶ 23 Here, the issue is whether the Board is required to arbitrate grievances filed in response to its policy of designating probationary appointed teachers as ineligible for rehire after being nonrenewed twice or given an unsatisfactory performance rating.”
Pacernick v. Bd. of Educ. of the Waukegan Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No. 60, 2020 IL App (2d) 190959. · cites it 2× “) 105 ILCS 5/10-22.4 (West 2018). The School Code does not define “immorality.”
Panzella v. RIver Trails Sch. Dist. 26, No. 1-99-1923 (Ill. App. Ct. 1st Dist. May 18, 2000). · cites it 3× “The District Board voted to dismiss Panzella and served him with a copy of the resolution and bill of particulars pursuant to the School Code (see 105 ILCS 5/10-22.4 and 105 ILCS 5/24-12 (West 1998)), which prompted Panzella to file a request for an administrative hearing (see…”
Kelleher v. Illinois State Bd. of Educ., 2023 IL App (1st) 220058-U. “See 105 ILCS 5/10-22.4 (West 2018) (authorizing dismissal for “incompetency, cruelty, negligence, immorality or other sufficient cause”).”
Davis v. Bd. of Educ. of Waukegan Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No. 60, No. 1:19-cv-04293 (N.D. Ill. Apr. 13, 2020). “It confirmed plaintiff’s termination and entered a memo stating that it is the recommendation of the superintendent, that is, Plascencia, that plaintiff’s contract with District 60 “conclude under 105 ILCS 5/10-22.4 effective naturally at the end of the current school year” and…”
Bd. of Educ. of Cmty. Consol. Sch. Dist. No. 54 v. Spangler, No. 1-00-3720 Rel (Ill. App. Ct. 1st Dist. Mar. 19, 2002). “) 105 ILCS 5/10-22.4 (West 1998). 2: This section is similar to section 24-12, although it relates to cities over 500,000.”
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