PENCD-TRS-NONPUBLIC SPECIAL ED

Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that "teacher" includes any educational, administrative, professional, or other staff in a position requiring certification under the law governing the certification of teachers who is employed by a nonpublic special education facility located within the boundaries of the State and whose income from that employment is derived entirely from public funding through local school districts, payments from the Department of Human Services, or payments from the Department of Children and Family Services.