Bill Text: IL HB3112 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that a Professional Educator License with a National Board for Professional Teaching Standards designation shall be automatically renewed for a period of time equal to the remaining period of validity of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification. Effective July 1, 2013.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0474 [HB3112 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB3112-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that a Professional Educator License with a National Board for Professional Teaching Standards designation shall be automatically renewed for a period of time equal to the remaining period of validity of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification. Effective July 1, 2013.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0474 [HB3112 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB3112-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
| 5 | 21B-65 as follows:
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| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/21B-65) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 21B-65. National Board for Professional Teaching | ||||||
| 8 | Standards. Individuals holding certification issued by the | ||||||
| 9 | National Board for Professional Teaching Standards shall be | ||||||
| 10 | issued a National Board for Professional Teaching Standards | ||||||
| 11 | designation on an existing Professional Educator License. The | ||||||
| 12 | designation shall be issued automatically and added to an | ||||||
| 13 | individual's Professional Educator License, and individuals | ||||||
| 14 | need not submit an application. | ||||||
| 15 | The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards | ||||||
| 16 | designation must be issued only for the same validity period as | ||||||
| 17 | the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards | ||||||
| 18 | certification, and the designation must be removed from the | ||||||
| 19 | Professional Educator License when the educator no longer holds | ||||||
| 20 | the certification from the National Board for Professional | ||||||
| 21 | Teaching Standards. | ||||||
| 22 | Any licensee holding a current National Board for | ||||||
| 23 | Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) Master Teacher | ||||||
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| 1 | designation during any particular fiscal year shall complete a | ||||||
| 2 | minimum of 5 hours of professional development, which may | ||||||
| 3 | include providing professional development that aligns to | ||||||
| 4 | NBPTS standards, for each year of the renewal cycle. A total of | ||||||
| 5 | 50 hours of professional development per 5-year renewal cycle | ||||||
| 6 | must be completed in order to renew a license. | ||||||
| 7 | Beginning on July 1, 2013, individuals holding an Illinois | ||||||
| 8 | National Board for Professional Teaching Standards endorsement | ||||||
| 9 | issued pursuant to the requirements of Section 21-2 of this | ||||||
| 10 | Code must have a current certificate issued by the National | ||||||
| 11 | Board for Professional Teaching Standards in order to maintain | ||||||
| 12 | the Illinois National Board for Professional Teaching | ||||||
| 13 | Standards endorsement. | ||||||
| 14 | Any individual who, on or after July 1, 2012, has been | ||||||
| 15 | issued a Master Certificate pursuant to Section 21-2 of this | ||||||
| 16 | Code or a National Board for Professional Teaching Standards | ||||||
| 17 | designation on a Professional Educator License pursuant to this | ||||||
| 18 | Section may work as a teacher only in an area for which he or | ||||||
| 19 | she holds the required Illinois endorsement. Any individual | ||||||
| 20 | who, prior to June 30, 2012, has been issued an endorsement for | ||||||
| 21 | a particular area on a Master Certificate may work as a teacher | ||||||
| 22 | in that area even without having been issued the required | ||||||
| 23 | Illinois endorsement.
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| 24 | (Source: P.A. 97-607, eff. 8-26-11.)
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| 25 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
| 26 | 2013.
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