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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3801 Introduced , by Rep. William "Will" Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the Illinois Teaching Excellence Program, provides that in addition to other monetary assistance and incentives, if adequate funds are available, retention bonuses of $4,000 per year for 2 consecutive years shall be awarded to National Board certified teachers employed in hard-to-staff schools. This bonus shall be distributed to the respective school district or directly to the qualified educators.
Provides that the State Board of Education's annual budget shall set out a separate line item for the appropriation of this bonus.
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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-70 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/21B-70) |
| 7 | | Sec. 21B-70. Illinois Teaching Excellence Program. |
| 8 | | (a) As used in this Section: |
| 9 | | "Diverse candidate" means a candidate who identifies with |
| 10 | | any of the ethnicities reported on the Illinois Report Card |
| 11 | | other than White. |
| 12 | | "Hard-to-staff school" means a public school in which no |
| 13 | | less than 30% of the student enrollment is considered |
| 14 | | low-income as reported by the report card under Section 10-17a |
| 15 | | of this Code. |
| 16 | | "National Board certified teacher candidate cohort |
| 17 | | facilitator" means a National Board certified teacher who |
| 18 | | collaborates to advance the goal of supporting all other |
| 19 | | candidate cohorts other than diverse candidate cohorts through |
| 20 | | the Illinois National Board for Professional Teaching |
| 21 | | Standards Comprehensive Support System. |
| 22 | | "National Board certified teacher diverse candidate cohort |
| 23 | | facilitator" means a National Board certified teacher who |
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| 1 | | collaborates to advance the goal of supporting racially and |
| 2 | | ethnically diverse candidates through the Illinois National |
| 3 | | Board for Professional Teaching Standards Comprehensive |
| 4 | | Support System. |
| 5 | | "National Board certified teacher diverse liaison" means |
| 6 | | an individual or entity that supports the National Board |
| 7 | | certified teacher leading a diverse candidate cohort. |
| 8 | | "National Board certified teacher liaison" means an |
| 9 | | individual or entity that supports the National Board |
| 10 | | certified teacher leading candidate cohorts other than diverse |
| 11 | | candidate cohorts. |
| 12 | | "National Board certified teacher rural or remote or |
| 13 | | distant candidate cohort facilitator" means a National Board |
| 14 | | certified teacher who collaborates to advance the goal of |
| 15 | | supporting rural or remote candidates through the Illinois |
| 16 | | National Board for Professional Teaching Standards |
| 17 | | Comprehensive Support System. |
| 18 | | "National Board certified teacher rural or remote or |
| 19 | | distant liaison" means an individual or entity that supports |
| 20 | | the National Board certified teacher leading a rural or remote |
| 21 | | candidate cohort. |
| 22 | | "Qualified educator" means a teacher or school counselor |
| 23 | | currently employed in a school district who is in the process |
| 24 | | of obtaining certification through the National Board for |
| 25 | | Professional Teaching Standards or who has completed |
| 26 | | certification and holds a current Professional Educator |
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| 1 | | License with a National Board for Professional Teaching |
| 2 | | Standards designation or a retired teacher or school counselor |
| 3 | | who holds a Professional Educator License with a National |
| 4 | | Board for Professional Teaching Standards designation. |
| 5 | | "Rural or remote" or "rural or remote or distant" means |
| 6 | | local codes 32, 33, 41, 42, and 43 of the New Urban-Centric |
| 7 | | Locale Codes, as defined by the National Center for Education |
| 8 | | Statistics. |
| 9 | | "Tier 1" has the meaning given to that term under Section |
| 10 | | 18-8.15. |
| 11 | | "Tier 2" has the meaning given to that term under Section |
| 12 | | 18-8.15. |
| 13 | | (b) Any funds appropriated for the Illinois Teaching |
| 14 | | Excellence Program must be used to provide monetary assistance |
| 15 | | and incentives for qualified educators who are employed by or |
| 16 | | retired from school districts and who have or are in the |
| 17 | | process of obtaining licensure through the National Board for |
| 18 | | Professional Teaching Standards. The goal of the program is to |
| 19 | | improve instruction and student performance. |
| 20 | | The State Board of Education shall allocate an amount as |
| 21 | | annually appropriated by the General Assembly for the Illinois |
| 22 | | Teaching Excellence Program for (i) application or re-take |
| 23 | | fees for each qualified educator seeking to complete |
| 24 | | certification through the National Board for Professional |
| 25 | | Teaching Standards, to be paid directly to the National Board |
| 26 | | for Professional Teaching Standards, and (ii) incentives under |
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| 1 | | paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (c) for each |
| 2 | | qualified educator, to be distributed to the respective school |
| 3 | | district, and incentives under paragraph (5) of subsection |
| 4 | | (c), to be distributed to the respective school district or |
| 5 | | directly to the qualified educator. The school district shall |
| 6 | | distribute this payment to each eligible teacher or school |
| 7 | | counselor as a single payment. |
| 8 | | The State Board of Education's annual budget must set out |
| 9 | | by separate line item the appropriation for the program. |
| 10 | | Unless otherwise provided by appropriation, qualified |
| 11 | | educators are eligible for monetary assistance and incentives |
| 12 | | outlined in subsections (c) and (d) of this Section. |
| 13 | | (c) When there are adequate funds available, monetary |
| 14 | | assistance and incentives shall include the following: |
| 15 | | (1) A maximum of $2,000 towards the application or |
| 16 | | re-take fee for teachers or school counselors in a Tier 1 |
| 17 | | school district who apply on a first-come, first-serve |
| 18 | | basis for National Board certification. |
| 19 | | (2) A maximum of $2,000 towards the application or |
| 20 | | re-take fee for teachers or school counselors in a school |
| 21 | | district other than a Tier 1 school district who apply on a |
| 22 | | first-come, first-serve basis for National Board |
| 23 | | certification. |
| 24 | | (3) A maximum of $1,000 towards the National Board for |
| 25 | | Professional Teaching Standards' renewal application fee. |
| 26 | | (4) (Blank). |
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| 1 | | (5) An annual incentive of no more than $1,500 |
| 2 | | prorated at $50 per hour, which shall be paid to each |
| 3 | | qualified educator currently employed in a school district |
| 4 | | who holds both a National Board for Professional Teaching |
| 5 | | Standards designation and a current corresponding |
| 6 | | certificate issued by the National Board for Professional |
| 7 | | Teaching Standards and who agrees, in writing, to provide |
| 8 | | up to 30 hours of mentoring or National Board for |
| 9 | | Professional Teaching Standards professional development |
| 10 | | or both during the school year to classroom teachers or |
| 11 | | school counselors, as applicable. Funds must be disbursed |
| 12 | | on a first-come, first-serve basis, with priority given to |
| 13 | | Tier 1 school districts. Mentoring shall include, either |
| 14 | | singly or in combination, the following: |
| 15 | | (A) National Board for Professional Teaching |
| 16 | | Standards certification candidates. |
| 17 | | (B) National Board for Professional Teaching |
| 18 | | Standards re-take candidates. |
| 19 | | (C) National Board for Professional Teaching |
| 20 | | Standards renewal candidates. |
| 21 | | (D) (Blank).
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| 22 | | Funds may also be used for instructional leadership |
| 23 | | training for qualified educators interested in supporting |
| 24 | | implementation of the Illinois Learning Standards or teaching |
| 25 | | and learning priorities of the State Board of Education or |
| 26 | | both. |
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| 1 | | (d) In addition to the monetary assistance and incentives |
| 2 | | provided under subsection (c), if adequate funds are |
| 3 | | available, incentives shall include the following incentives |
| 4 | | for the program in rural or remote schools or school districts |
| 5 | | or for programs working with diverse candidates, to be |
| 6 | | distributed to the respective school district or directly to |
| 7 | | the qualified educator or entity: |
| 8 | | (1) A one-time incentive of $3,000 payable to National |
| 9 | | Board certified teachers teaching in Tier 1 or Tier 2 |
| 10 | | rural or remote school districts or rural or remote |
| 11 | | schools in Tier 1 or Tier 2 school districts, with |
| 12 | | priority given to teachers teaching in Tier 1 rural or |
| 13 | | remote school districts or rural or remote schools in Tier |
| 14 | | 1 school districts. |
| 15 | | (2) An annual incentive of $3,200 for National Board |
| 16 | | certified teacher rural or remote or distant candidate |
| 17 | | cohort facilitators, diverse candidate cohort |
| 18 | | facilitators, and candidate cohort facilitators. Priority |
| 19 | | shall be given to rural or remote candidate cohort |
| 20 | | facilitators and diverse candidate cohort facilitators. |
| 21 | | (3) An annual incentive of $2,500 for National Board |
| 22 | | certified teacher rural or remote or distant liaisons, |
| 23 | | diverse liaisons, and liaisons. Priority shall be given to |
| 24 | | rural or remote liaisons and diverse liaisons. |
| 25 | | (e) In addition to the monetary assistance and incentives |
| 26 | | provided under subsections (c) and (d), if adequate funds are |
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| 1 | | available, retention bonuses of $4,000 per year for 2 |
| 2 | | consecutive years shall be awarded to National Board certified |
| 3 | | teachers employed in hard-to-staff schools. This bonus shall |
| 4 | | be distributed to the respective school district or directly |
| 5 | | to the qualified educators.
The State Board of Education's |
| 6 | | annual budget shall set out a separate line item for the |
| 7 | | appropriation of the bonuses described in this subsection. |
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 101-333, eff. 1-1-20; |
| 9 | | 101-654, eff. 3-8-21.)
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