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105 ILCS 5/10-23.8a (2026)

Principal, assistant principal, and other administrator contracts

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(105 ILCS 5/10-23.8a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-23.8a)
    Sec. 10-23.8a. Principal, assistant principal, and other administrator contracts. After the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 and the expiration of contracts in effect on the effective date of this amendatory Act, school districts may only employ principals, assistant principals, and other school administrators under either a contract for a period not to exceed one year or a performance-based contract for a period not to exceed 5 years, unless the provisions of Section 10-23.8b of this Code or subsection (e) of Section 24A-15 of this Code otherwise apply.
    Performance-based contracts shall be linked to student performance and academic improvement attributable to the responsibilities and duties of the principal, assistant principal, or administrator. No performance-based contract shall be extended or rolled-over prior to its scheduled expiration unless all the performance and improvement goals contained in the contract have been met. Each performance-based contract shall include the goals and indicators of student performance and academic improvement determined and used by the local school board to measure the performance and effectiveness of the principal, assistant principal, or other administrator and such other information as the local school board may determine.
    By accepting the terms of a multi-year contract, the principal, assistant principal, or administrator waives all rights granted him or her under Sections 24-11 through 24-16 of this Act only for the term of the multi-year contract. Upon acceptance of a multi-year contract, the principal, assistant principal, or administrator shall not lose any previously acquired tenure credit with the district.
(Source: P.A. 97-217, eff. 7-28-11.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2013–2023 · leading case: The Bd. of Educ. of Schaumburg Cmty. Consol. Sch. Dist. No. 54 v. The Teachers' Ret. Sys., 2013 IL App (4th) 120419 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013).
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The Bd. of Educ. of Schaumburg Cmty. Consol. Sch. Dist. No. 54 v. The Teachers' Ret. Sys., 2013 IL App (4th) 120419 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). · cites it 4× “8a of the School Code (105 ILCS 5/10-23.8a (West 2008)), which governs the employment of administrators, by arguing the administrators were employed pursuant to employment policies and not employment contracts.”
Quintella Bounds v. Country Club Hills Sch. Dist. 160, 64 F.4th 926 (7th Cir. 2023). “In this regard, she argues that 105 ILCS 5/10-23.8a, which delineates a school district’s authority to enter into employment contracts for school ad- ministrators, does not require that agreements of a year or less be in writing.”
Tanner v. Freemont Sch. Dist. 79 (N.D. Ill. 2022). · cites it 6× “The Illinois School Code requires that performance-based contracts under 105 ILCS 5/10-23.8a “be linked to student performance and academic improvement attributable to the responsibilities and duties of the principal, assistant principal, or administrator,” and requires that…”
Bounds v. Country Club Hills Sch. Dist. 160 (N.D. Ill. 2022). “See 105 ILCS 5/10-23.8a; Bd. of Educ. v. Teachers’ Ret.”
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