Student teacher; salary

(105 ILCS 5/24-8.5)     Sec. 24-8.5. Student teacher; salary. Each school district may provide a salary to a student teacher employed by the district. A school district may fix the amount of salary to pay a student teacher under this Section. No institution of higher education shall establish or maintain any policy which requires student teaching for preservice teachers to be unpaid. (Source: P.A. 104-316, eff. 8-15-25.)