Bill Text: IL SB0578 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Amends the Education for Homeless Children Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Act's application.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-12-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0610 [SB0578 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB0578-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Amends the Education for Homeless Children Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Act's application.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-12-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0610 [SB0578 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB0578-Enrolled.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, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | ||||||
5 | 21B-25, 21B-40, and 21B-45 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/21B-25) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 21B-25. Endorsement on licenses. All licenses issued | ||||||
8 | under paragraph (1) of Section 21B-20 of this Code shall be | ||||||
9 | specifically endorsed by the State Board of Education for each | ||||||
10 | content area, school support area, and administrative area for | ||||||
11 | which the holder of the license is qualified. Recognized | ||||||
12 | institutions approved to offer educator preparation programs | ||||||
13 | shall be trained to add endorsements to licenses issued to | ||||||
14 | applicants who meet all of the requirements for the endorsement | ||||||
15 | or endorsements, including passing any required tests. The | ||||||
16 | State Superintendent of Education shall randomly audit | ||||||
17 | institutions to ensure that all rules and standards are being | ||||||
18 | followed for entitlement or when endorsements are being | ||||||
19 | recommended. | ||||||
20 | (1) The State Board of Education, in consultation with | ||||||
21 | the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, shall | ||||||
22 | establish, by rule, the grade level and subject area | ||||||
23 | endorsements to be added to the Professional Educator |
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1 | License. These rules shall outline the requirements for | ||||||
2 | obtaining each endorsement. | ||||||
3 | (2) In addition to any and all grade level and content | ||||||
4 | area endorsements developed by rule, the State Board of | ||||||
5 | Education, in consultation with the State Educator | ||||||
6 | Preparation and Licensure Board, shall develop the | ||||||
7 | requirements for the following endorsements: | ||||||
8 | (A) General administrative endorsement. A general | ||||||
9 | administrative endorsement shall be added to a | ||||||
10 | Professional Educator License, provided that an | ||||||
11 | approved program has been completed. An individual | ||||||
12 | holding a general administrative endorsement may work | ||||||
13 | only as a principal or assistant principal or in a | ||||||
14 | related or similar position, as determined by the State | ||||||
15 | Superintendent of Education, in consultation with the | ||||||
16 | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. | ||||||
17 | Beginning on September 1, 2014, the general | ||||||
18 | administrative endorsement shall no longer be issued. | ||||||
19 | Individuals who hold a valid and registered | ||||||
20 | administrative certificate with a general | ||||||
21 | administrative endorsement issued under Section 21-7.1 | ||||||
22 | of this Code or a Professional Educator License with a | ||||||
23 | general administrative endorsement issued prior to | ||||||
24 | September 1, 2014 and who have served for at least one | ||||||
25 | full year during the 5 years prior in a position | ||||||
26 | requiring a general administrative endorsement shall, |
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1 | upon request to the State Board of Education and | ||||||
2 | through July 1, 2015, have their respective general | ||||||
3 | administrative endorsement converted to a principal | ||||||
4 | endorsement on the Professional Educator License. | ||||||
5 | Candidates shall not be admitted to an approved general | ||||||
6 | administrative preparation program after September 1, | ||||||
7 | 2012. | ||||||
8 | All other individuals holding a valid and | ||||||
9 | registered administrative certificate with a general | ||||||
10 | administrative endorsement issued pursuant to Section | ||||||
11 | 21-7.1 of this Code or a general administrative | ||||||
12 | endorsement on a Professional Educator License issued | ||||||
13 | prior to September 1, 2014 shall have the general | ||||||
14 | administrative endorsement converted to a principal | ||||||
15 | endorsement on a Professional Educator License upon | ||||||
16 | request to the State Board of Education and by | ||||||
17 | completing one of the following pathways: | ||||||
18 | (i) Passage of the State principal assessment | ||||||
19 | developed by the State Board of Education. | ||||||
20 | (ii) Through July 1, 2019, completion of an | ||||||
21 | Illinois Educators' Academy course designated by | ||||||
22 | the State Superintendent of Education. | ||||||
23 | (iii) Completion of a principal preparation | ||||||
24 | program established and approved pursuant to | ||||||
25 | Section 21B-60 of this Code and applicable rules. | ||||||
26 | Individuals who do not choose to convert the |
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1 | general administrative endorsement on the | ||||||
2 | administrative certificate issued pursuant to Section | ||||||
3 | 21-7.1 of this Code or on the Professional Educator | ||||||
4 | License shall continue to be able to serve in any | ||||||
5 | position previously allowed under paragraph (2) of | ||||||
6 | subsection (e) of Section 21-7.1 of this Code. | ||||||
7 | The general administrative endorsement on the | ||||||
8 | Professional Educator License is available only to | ||||||
9 | individuals who, prior to September 1, 2014, had such | ||||||
10 | an endorsement on the administrative certificate | ||||||
11 | issued pursuant to Section 21-7.1 of this Code or who | ||||||
12 | already have a Professional Educator License and have | ||||||
13 | completed a general administrative program and who do | ||||||
14 | not choose to convert the general administrative | ||||||
15 | endorsement to a principal endorsement pursuant to the | ||||||
16 | options in this Section. | ||||||
17 | (B) Principal endorsement. A principal endorsement | ||||||
18 | shall be affixed to a Professional Educator License of | ||||||
19 | any holder who qualifies by having all of the | ||||||
20 | following: | ||||||
21 | (i) Successful completion of a principal | ||||||
22 | preparation program approved in accordance with | ||||||
23 | Section 21B-60 of this Code and any applicable | ||||||
24 | rules. | ||||||
25 | (ii) Four years of teaching in a public school | ||||||
26 | or nonpublic school recognized by the State Board |
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1 | of Education; however, the State Board of | ||||||
2 | Education, in consultation with the State Educator | ||||||
3 | Preparation and Licensure Board, shall allow, by | ||||||
4 | rules, for fewer than 4 years of experience based | ||||||
5 | on meeting standards set forth in such rules, | ||||||
6 | including without limitation a review of | ||||||
7 | performance evaluations or other evidence of | ||||||
8 | demonstrated qualifications. | ||||||
9 | (iii) A master's degree or higher from a | ||||||
10 | regionally accredited college or university. | ||||||
11 | (C) Chief school business official endorsement. A | ||||||
12 | chief school business official endorsement shall be | ||||||
13 | affixed to the Professional Educator License of any | ||||||
14 | holder who qualifies by having a master's degree or | ||||||
15 | higher, 2 years of full-time administrative experience | ||||||
16 | in school business management or 2 years of | ||||||
17 | university-approved practical experience, and a | ||||||
18 | minimum of 24 semester hours of graduate credit in a | ||||||
19 | program approved by the State Board of Education for | ||||||
20 | the preparation of school business administrators and | ||||||
21 | by passage of the applicable State tests. The chief | ||||||
22 | school business official endorsement may also be | ||||||
23 | affixed to the Professional Educator License of any | ||||||
24 | holder who qualifies by having a master's degree in | ||||||
25 | business administration, finance, or accounting and | ||||||
26 | who completes an additional 6 semester hours of |
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1 | internship in school business management from a | ||||||
2 | regionally accredited institution of higher education | ||||||
3 | and passes the applicable State tests. This | ||||||
4 | endorsement shall be required for any individual | ||||||
5 | employed as a chief school business official. | ||||||
6 | (D) Superintendent endorsement. A superintendent | ||||||
7 | endorsement shall be affixed to the Professional | ||||||
8 | Educator License of any holder who has completed a | ||||||
9 | program approved by the State Board of Education for | ||||||
10 | the preparation of superintendents of schools, has had | ||||||
11 | at least 2 years of experience employed as a full-time | ||||||
12 | principal, director of special education, or chief | ||||||
13 | school business official in the public schools or in a | ||||||
14 | State-recognized nonpublic school in which the chief | ||||||
15 | administrator is required to have the licensure | ||||||
16 | necessary to be a principal in a public school in this | ||||||
17 | State and where a majority of the teachers are required | ||||||
18 | to have the licensure necessary to be instructors in a | ||||||
19 | public school in this State, and has passed the | ||||||
20 | required State tests; or of any holder who has | ||||||
21 | completed a program from out-of-state that has a | ||||||
22 | program with recognition standards comparable to those | ||||||
23 | approved by the State Superintendent of Education and | ||||||
24 | holds the general administrative, principal, or chief | ||||||
25 | school business official endorsement and who has had 2 | ||||||
26 | years of experience as a principal, director of special |
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1 | education, or chief school business official while | ||||||
2 | holding a valid educator license or certificate | ||||||
3 | comparable in validity and educational and experience | ||||||
4 | requirements and has passed the appropriate State | ||||||
5 | tests, as provided in Section 21B-30 of this Code. The | ||||||
6 | superintendent endorsement shall allow individuals to | ||||||
7 | serve only as a superintendent or assistant | ||||||
8 | superintendent. | ||||||
9 | (E) Teacher leader endorsement. It shall be the | ||||||
10 | policy of this State to improve the quality of | ||||||
11 | instructional leaders by providing a career pathway | ||||||
12 | for teachers interested in serving in leadership | ||||||
13 | roles, but not as principals. The State Board of | ||||||
14 | Education, in consultation with the State Educator | ||||||
15 | Preparation and Licensure Board, may issue a teacher | ||||||
16 | leader endorsement under this subdivision (E). Persons | ||||||
17 | who meet and successfully complete the requirements of | ||||||
18 | the endorsement shall be issued a teacher leader | ||||||
19 | endorsement on the Professional Educator License for | ||||||
20 | serving in schools in this State. Teacher leaders may | ||||||
21 | qualify to serve in such positions as department | ||||||
22 | chairs, coaches, mentors, curriculum and instruction | ||||||
23 | leaders, or other leadership positions as defined by | ||||||
24 | the district. The endorsement shall be available to | ||||||
25 | those teachers who (i) hold a Professional Educator | ||||||
26 | License, (ii) hold a master's degree or higher from a |
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1 | regionally accredited institution, (iii) have | ||||||
2 | completed a program of study that has been approved by | ||||||
3 | the State Board of Education, in consultation with the | ||||||
4 | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, and | ||||||
5 | (iv) have taken coursework in all of the following | ||||||
6 | areas: | ||||||
7 | (I) Leadership. | ||||||
8 | (II) Designing professional development to | ||||||
9 | meet teaching and learning needs. | ||||||
10 | (III) Building school culture that focuses on | ||||||
11 | student learning. | ||||||
12 | (IV) Using assessments to improve student | ||||||
13 | learning and foster school improvement. | ||||||
14 | (V) Building collaboration with teachers and | ||||||
15 | stakeholders. | ||||||
16 | A teacher who meets the requirements set forth in | ||||||
17 | this Section and holds a teacher leader endorsement may | ||||||
18 | evaluate teachers pursuant to Section 24A-5 of this | ||||||
19 | Code, provided that the individual has completed the | ||||||
20 | evaluation component required by Section 24A-3 of this | ||||||
21 | Code and a teacher leader is allowed to evaluate | ||||||
22 | personnel under the respective school district's | ||||||
23 | collective bargaining agreement. | ||||||
24 | The State Board of Education, in consultation with | ||||||
25 | the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, | ||||||
26 | may adopt such rules as may be necessary to establish |
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1 | and implement the teacher leader endorsement program | ||||||
2 | and to specify the positions for which this endorsement | ||||||
3 | shall be required. | ||||||
4 | (F) Special education endorsement. A special | ||||||
5 | education endorsement in one or more areas shall be | ||||||
6 | affixed to a Professional Educator License for any | ||||||
7 | individual that meets those requirements established | ||||||
8 | by the State Board of Education in rules. Special | ||||||
9 | education endorsement areas shall include without | ||||||
10 | limitation the following: | ||||||
11 | (i) Learning Behavior Specialist I; | ||||||
12 | (ii) Learning Behavior Specialist II; | ||||||
13 | (iii) Speech Language Pathologist; | ||||||
14 | (iv) Blind or Visually Impaired; | ||||||
15 | (v) Deaf-Hard of Hearing; and | ||||||
16 | (vi) Early Childhood Special Education. | ||||||
17 | Notwithstanding anything in this Code to the contrary, | ||||||
18 | the State Board of Education, in consultation with the | ||||||
19 | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may | ||||||
20 | add additional areas of special education by rule. | ||||||
21 | (G) School support personnel endorsement. School | ||||||
22 | support personnel endorsement areas shall include, but | ||||||
23 | are not limited to, school counselor, marriage and | ||||||
24 | family therapist, school psychologist, school speech | ||||||
25 | and language pathologist, school nurse, and school | ||||||
26 | social worker. This endorsement is for individuals who |
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1 | are not teachers or administrators, but still require | ||||||
2 | licensure to work in an instructional support position | ||||||
3 | in a public or State-operated elementary school, | ||||||
4 | secondary school, or cooperative or joint agreement | ||||||
5 | with a governing body or board of control or a charter | ||||||
6 | school operating in compliance with the Charter | ||||||
7 | Schools Law. The school support personnel endorsement | ||||||
8 | shall be affixed to the Professional Educator License | ||||||
9 | and shall meet all of the requirements established in | ||||||
10 | any rules adopted to implement this subdivision (G). | ||||||
11 | The holder of such an endorsement is entitled to all of | ||||||
12 | the rights and privileges granted holders of any other | ||||||
13 | Professional Educator License, including teacher | ||||||
14 | benefits, compensation, and working conditions.
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15 | Beginning on January 1, 2014 and ending on April | ||||||
16 | 30, 2014, a person holding a Professional Educator | ||||||
17 | License with a school speech and language pathologist | ||||||
18 | (teaching) endorsement may exchange his or her school | ||||||
19 | speech and language pathologist (teaching) endorsement | ||||||
20 | for a school speech and language pathologist | ||||||
21 | (non-teaching) endorsement through application to the | ||||||
22 | State Board of Education. There shall be no cost for | ||||||
23 | this exchange. | ||||||
24 | (Source: P.A. 97-607, eff. 8-26-11; 98-413, eff. 8-16-13.)
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25 | (105 ILCS 5/21B-40) |
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1 | Sec. 21B-40. Fees. | ||||||
2 | (a) Beginning with the start of the new licensure system | ||||||
3 | established pursuant to this Article, the following fees shall | ||||||
4 | be charged to applicants: | ||||||
5 | (1) A $75 application fee for a Professional Educator | ||||||
6 | License or an Educator License with Stipulations and for | ||||||
7 | individuals seeking a Substitute Teaching License. | ||||||
8 | However, beginning on January 1, 2015, the application fee | ||||||
9 | for a Professional Educator License, Educator License with | ||||||
10 | Stipulations, or Substitute Teaching License shall be | ||||||
11 | $100. | ||||||
12 | (2) A $150 application fee for individuals who have | ||||||
13 | completed an approved educator preparation program outside | ||||||
14 | of this State or who hold a valid, comparable credential | ||||||
15 | from another state or country and are seeking any of the | ||||||
16 | licenses set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection | ||||||
17 | (a). | ||||||
18 | (3) A $50 application fee for each endorsement or | ||||||
19 | approval an individual holding a license wishes to add to | ||||||
20 | that license. | ||||||
21 | (4) A $10 per year registration fee for the course of | ||||||
22 | the validity cycle to register the license, which shall be | ||||||
23 | paid to the regional office of education having supervision | ||||||
24 | and control over the school in which the individual holding | ||||||
25 | the license is to be employed. If the individual holding | ||||||
26 | the license is not yet employed, then the license may be |
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1 | registered in any county in this State. The registration | ||||||
2 | fee must be paid in its entirety the first time the | ||||||
3 | individual registers the license for a particular validity | ||||||
4 | period in a single region. No additional fee may be charged | ||||||
5 | for that validity period should the individual | ||||||
6 | subsequently register the license in additional regions. | ||||||
7 | An individual must register the license (i) immediately | ||||||
8 | after initial issuance of the license and (ii) at the | ||||||
9 | beginning of each renewal cycle if the individual has | ||||||
10 | satisfied the renewal requirements required under this | ||||||
11 | Code. | ||||||
12 | (b) All application fees paid pursuant to subdivisions (1) | ||||||
13 | through (3) of subsection (a) of this Section shall be | ||||||
14 | deposited into the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund and | ||||||
15 | shall be used, subject to appropriation, by the State Board of | ||||||
16 | Education to provide the technology and human resources | ||||||
17 | necessary for the timely and efficient processing of | ||||||
18 | applications and for the renewal of licenses . The Teacher | ||||||
19 | Certificate Fee Revolving Fund is not subject to administrative | ||||||
20 | charge transfers, authorized under Section 8h of the State | ||||||
21 | Finance Act, from the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund | ||||||
22 | into any other fund of this State, and moneys in the Teacher | ||||||
23 | Certificate Fee Revolving Fund shall not revert back to the | ||||||
24 | General Revenue Fund at any time. | ||||||
25 | The regional superintendent of schools shall deposit the | ||||||
26 | registration fees paid pursuant to subdivision (4) of |
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1 | subsection (a) of this Section into the institute fund | ||||||
2 | established pursuant to Section 3-11 of this Code. | ||||||
3 | (c) The State Board of Education and each regional office | ||||||
4 | of education are authorized to charge a service or convenience | ||||||
5 | fee for the use of credit cards for the payment of license | ||||||
6 | fees. This service or convenience fee shall not exceed the | ||||||
7 | amount required by the credit card processing company or vendor | ||||||
8 | that has entered into a contract with the State Board or | ||||||
9 | regional office of education for this purpose, and the fee must | ||||||
10 | be paid to that company or vendor. | ||||||
11 | (d) If, at the time a certificate issued under Article 21 | ||||||
12 | of this Code is exchanged for a license issued under this | ||||||
13 | Article, a person has paid registration fees for any years of | ||||||
14 | the validity period of the certificate and these years have not | ||||||
15 | expired when the certificate is exchanged, then those fees must | ||||||
16 | be applied to the registration of the new license.
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17 | (Source: P.A. 97-607, eff. 8-26-11.)
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18 | (105 ILCS 5/21B-45) | ||||||
19 | Sec. 21B-45. Professional Educator License Licensure | ||||||
20 | renewal. | ||||||
21 | (a) Individuals holding a Professional Educator License | ||||||
22 | All licenses with endorsements are required to complete the | ||||||
23 | licensure renewal requirements as specified in this Section, | ||||||
24 | unless otherwise provided in this Code. | ||||||
25 | Individuals holding a Professional Educator License |
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1 | endorsed in a teaching field shall meet the renewal | ||||||
2 | requirements set forth in this subsection (e) of Section , | ||||||
3 | unless otherwise provided in this Code 21-14 of this Code. An | ||||||
4 | individual holding a Professional Educator License with a | ||||||
5 | general administrative, principal, chief school business | ||||||
6 | official, or superintendent endorsement issued under this | ||||||
7 | Article who is also working in a position using or requiring | ||||||
8 | that endorsement is subject to the renewal requirements in | ||||||
9 | subsection (c-10) of Section 21-7.1 of this Code. An individual | ||||||
10 | holding a Professional Educator License with a school personnel | ||||||
11 | support endorsement and working in a position for which that | ||||||
12 | endorsement is required must complete the licensure renewal | ||||||
13 | requirements under Section 21-25 of this Code . If an individual | ||||||
14 | holds a license endorsed licensure in more than one area that | ||||||
15 | has different renewal requirements, that individual shall | ||||||
16 | follow the renewal requirements for the position for which he | ||||||
17 | or she spends the majority of his or her time working. | ||||||
18 | (b) All Professional Educator Licenses licenses not | ||||||
19 | renewed as provided in this Section shall lapse on September 1 | ||||||
20 | of that year or registered in accordance with Section 21B-40 of | ||||||
21 | this Code shall lapse after a period of 6 months from the | ||||||
22 | expiration of the last year of registration . Lapsed licenses | ||||||
23 | may be immediately reinstated upon (i) payment by the applicant | ||||||
24 | of a $500 penalty to the State Board of Education or, for | ||||||
25 | individuals holding an Educator License with Stipulations with | ||||||
26 | a paraprofessional educator endorsement only, payment by the |
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1 | applicant of a $150 penalty to the State Board of Education or | ||||||
2 | (ii) the demonstration of proficiency by completing 9 semester | ||||||
3 | hours of coursework from a regionally accredited institution of | ||||||
4 | higher education in the content area that most aligns with one | ||||||
5 | or more of the educator's endorsement areas. Any and all back | ||||||
6 | fees, including without limitation registration fees owed from | ||||||
7 | the time of expiration of the certificate until the date of | ||||||
8 | reinstatement, shall be paid and kept in accordance with the | ||||||
9 | provisions in Article 3 of this Code concerning an institute | ||||||
10 | fund and the provisions in Article 21B of this Code concerning | ||||||
11 | fees and requirements for registration. Licenses not | ||||||
12 | registered in accordance with Section 21B-40 of this Code shall | ||||||
13 | lapse after a period of 6 months from the expiration of the | ||||||
14 | last year of registration. An unregistered license is invalid | ||||||
15 | after September 1 for employment and performance of services in | ||||||
16 | an Illinois public or State-operated school or cooperative and | ||||||
17 | in a charter school. The license may be reinstated once the | ||||||
18 | applicant has demonstrated proficiency by completing 9 | ||||||
19 | semester hours of coursework from a regionally accredited | ||||||
20 | institution of higher education in the content area that most | ||||||
21 | aligns with the educator's endorsement area or areas. Before | ||||||
22 | the license may be reinstated, the applicant shall pay all back | ||||||
23 | fees owed from the time of expiration of the license until the | ||||||
24 | date of reinstatement. Any license or endorsement may be | ||||||
25 | voluntarily surrendered by the license holder. A voluntarily | ||||||
26 | surrendered license , except a substitute teaching license |
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1 | issued under Section 21B-20 of this Code, shall be treated as a | ||||||
2 | revoked license.
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3 | (c) From July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, in order to | ||||||
4 | satisfy the requirements for licensure renewal provided for in | ||||||
5 | this Section, each professional educator licensee with an | ||||||
6 | administrative endorsement who is working in a position | ||||||
7 | requiring such endorsement shall complete one Illinois | ||||||
8 | Administrators' Academy course, as described in Article 2 of | ||||||
9 | this Code, per fiscal year. | ||||||
10 | (d) Beginning July 1, 2014, in order to satisfy the | ||||||
11 | requirements for licensure renewal provided for in this | ||||||
12 | Section, each professional educator licensee may create a | ||||||
13 | professional development plan each year. The plan shall address | ||||||
14 | one or more of the endorsements that are required of his or her | ||||||
15 | educator position if the licensee is employed and performing | ||||||
16 | services in an Illinois public or State-operated school or | ||||||
17 | cooperative. If the licensee is employed in a charter school, | ||||||
18 | the plan shall address that endorsement or those endorsements | ||||||
19 | most closely related to his or her educator position. Licensees | ||||||
20 | employed and performing services in any other Illinois schools | ||||||
21 | may participate in the renewal requirements by adhering to the | ||||||
22 | same process. | ||||||
23 | Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the | ||||||
24 | licensee's professional development activities shall align | ||||||
25 | with one or more of the following criteria: | ||||||
26 | (1) activities are of a type that engage participants |
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1 | over a sustained period of time allowing for analysis, | ||||||
2 | discovery, and application as they relate to student | ||||||
3 | learning, social or emotional achievement, or well-being; | ||||||
4 | (2) professional development aligns to the licensee's | ||||||
5 | performance; | ||||||
6 | (3) outcomes for the activities must relate to student | ||||||
7 | growth or district improvement; | ||||||
8 | (4) activities align to State-approved standards;
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9 | (5) higher education coursework. | ||||||
10 | (e) For each renewal cycle, each professional educator | ||||||
11 | licensee shall engage in professional development activities. | ||||||
12 | Within 60 days after the conclusion of a professional | ||||||
13 | development activity, the licensee shall enter electronically | ||||||
14 | into the Educator Licensure Information System (ELIS) the name, | ||||||
15 | date, and location of the activity, the number of professional | ||||||
16 | development hours, and the provider's name. The following | ||||||
17 | provisions shall apply concerning professional development | ||||||
18 | activities: | ||||||
19 | (1) Each licensee shall complete a total of 120 hours | ||||||
20 | of professional development per 5-year renewal cycle in | ||||||
21 | order to renew the license, except as otherwise provided in | ||||||
22 | this Section. | ||||||
23 | (2) Beginning with his or her first full 5-year cycle, | ||||||
24 | any licensee with an administrative endorsement who is not | ||||||
25 | working in a position requiring such endorsement shall | ||||||
26 | complete one Illinois Administrators' Academy course, as |
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1 | described in Article 2 of this Code, in each 5-year renewal | ||||||
2 | cycle in which the administrative endorsement was held for | ||||||
3 | at least one year. The Illinois Administrators' Academy | ||||||
4 | course may count toward the total of 120 hours per 5-year | ||||||
5 | cycle. | ||||||
6 | (3) Any licensee with an administrative endorsement | ||||||
7 | who is working in a position requiring such endorsement or | ||||||
8 | an individual with a Teacher Leader endorsement serving in | ||||||
9 | an administrative capacity at least 50% of the day shall | ||||||
10 | complete one Illinois Administrators' Academy course, as | ||||||
11 | described in Article 2 of this Code, each fiscal year in | ||||||
12 | addition to 100 hours of professional development per | ||||||
13 | 5-year renewal cycle in accordance with this Code. | ||||||
14 | (4) Any licensee holding a current National Board for | ||||||
15 | Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) master teacher | ||||||
16 | designation shall complete a total of 60 hours of | ||||||
17 | professional development per 5-year renewal cycle in order | ||||||
18 | to renew the license. | ||||||
19 | (5) Licensees working in a position that does not | ||||||
20 | require educator licensure or working in a position for | ||||||
21 | less than 50% for any particular year are considered to be | ||||||
22 | exempt and shall be required to pay only the registration | ||||||
23 | fee in order to renew and maintain the validity of the | ||||||
24 | license. | ||||||
25 | (6) Licensees who are retired and qualify for benefits | ||||||
26 | from a State retirement system shall notify the State Board |
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1 | of Education using ELIS, and the license shall be | ||||||
2 | maintained in retired status. An individual with a license | ||||||
3 | in retired status shall not be required to complete | ||||||
4 | professional development activities or pay registration | ||||||
5 | fees until returning to a position that requires educator | ||||||
6 | licensure. Upon returning to work in a position that | ||||||
7 | requires the Professional Educator License, the licensee | ||||||
8 | shall immediately pay a registration fee and complete | ||||||
9 | renewal requirements for that year. A license in retired | ||||||
10 | status cannot lapse. | ||||||
11 | (7) For any renewal cycle in which professional | ||||||
12 | development hours were required, but not fulfilled, the | ||||||
13 | licensee shall complete any missed hours to total the | ||||||
14 | minimum professional development hours required in this | ||||||
15 | Section prior to September 1 of that year. For any fiscal | ||||||
16 | year or renewal cycle in which an Illinois Administrators' | ||||||
17 | Academy course was required but not completed, the licensee | ||||||
18 | shall complete any missed Illinois Administrators' Academy | ||||||
19 | courses prior to September 1 of that year. The licensee may | ||||||
20 | complete all deficient hours and Illinois Administrators' | ||||||
21 | Academy courses while continuing to work in a position that | ||||||
22 | requires that license until September 1 of that year. | ||||||
23 | (8) Any licensee who has not fulfilled the professional | ||||||
24 | development renewal requirements set forth in this Section | ||||||
25 | at the end of any 5-year renewal cycle is ineligible to | ||||||
26 | register his or her license and may submit an appeal to the |
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1 | State Superintendent of Education for reinstatement of the | ||||||
2 | license. | ||||||
3 | (9) If professional development opportunities were | ||||||
4 | unavailable to a licensee, proof that opportunities were | ||||||
5 | unavailable and request for an extension of time beyond | ||||||
6 | August 31 to complete the renewal requirements may be | ||||||
7 | submitted from April 1 through June 30 of that year to the | ||||||
8 | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. If an | ||||||
9 | extension is approved, the license shall remain valid | ||||||
10 | during the extension period. | ||||||
11 | (10) Individuals who hold exempt licenses prior to the | ||||||
12 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General | ||||||
13 | Assembly shall commence the annual renewal process with the | ||||||
14 | first scheduled registration due after the effective date | ||||||
15 | of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly. | ||||||
16 | (f) At the time of renewal, each licensee shall respond to | ||||||
17 | the required questions under penalty of perjury. | ||||||
18 | (g) The following entities shall be designated as approved | ||||||
19 | to provide professional development activities for the renewal | ||||||
20 | of Professional Educator Licenses: | ||||||
21 | (1) The State Board of Education. | ||||||
22 | (2) Regional offices of education and intermediate | ||||||
23 | service centers. | ||||||
24 | (3) Illinois professional associations representing | ||||||
25 | the following groups that are approved by the State | ||||||
26 | Superintendent of Education: |
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1 | (A) school administrators; | ||||||
2 | (B) principals; | ||||||
3 | (C) school business officials; | ||||||
4 | (D) teachers, including special education | ||||||
5 | teachers; | ||||||
6 | (E) school boards; | ||||||
7 | (F) school districts; | ||||||
8 | (G) parents; and | ||||||
9 | (H) school service personnel. | ||||||
10 | (4) Regionally accredited institutions of higher | ||||||
11 | education that offer Illinois-approved educator | ||||||
12 | preparation programs. | ||||||
13 | (5) Illinois public school districts, charter schools | ||||||
14 | authorized under Article 27A of this Code, and joint | ||||||
15 | educational programs authorized under Article 10 of this | ||||||
16 | Code for the purposes of providing career and technical | ||||||
17 | education or special education services. | ||||||
18 | (h) Approved providers under subsection (g) of this Section | ||||||
19 | shall make available professional development opportunities | ||||||
20 | that satisfy at least one of the following: | ||||||
21 | (1) increase the knowledge and skills of school and | ||||||
22 | district leaders who guide continuous professional | ||||||
23 | development; | ||||||
24 | (2) improve the learning of students; | ||||||
25 | (3) organize adults into learning communities whose | ||||||
26 | goals are aligned with those of the school and district; |
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1 | (4) deepen educator's content knowledge; | ||||||
2 | (5) provide educators with research-based | ||||||
3 | instructional strategies to assist students in meeting | ||||||
4 | rigorous academic standards; | ||||||
5 | (6) prepare educators to appropriately use various | ||||||
6 | types of classroom assessments; | ||||||
7 | (7) use learning strategies appropriate to the | ||||||
8 | intended goals; | ||||||
9 | (8) provide educators with the knowledge and skills to | ||||||
10 | collaborate; or | ||||||
11 | (9) prepare educators to apply research to | ||||||
12 | decision-making. | ||||||
13 | (i) Approved providers under subsection (g) of this Section | ||||||
14 | shall do the following: | ||||||
15 | (1) align professional development activities to the | ||||||
16 | State-approved national standards for professional | ||||||
17 | learning; | ||||||
18 | (2) meet the professional development criteria for | ||||||
19 | Illinois licensure renewal; | ||||||
20 | (3) produce a rationale for the activity that explains | ||||||
21 | how it aligns to State standards and identify the | ||||||
22 | assessment for determining the expected impact on student | ||||||
23 | learning or school improvement; | ||||||
24 | (4) maintain original documentation for completion of | ||||||
25 | activities; and | ||||||
26 | (5) provide license holders with evidence of |
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1 | completion of activities. | ||||||
2 | (j) The State Board of Education shall conduct annual | ||||||
3 | audits of approved providers, except for school districts, | ||||||
4 | which shall be audited by regional offices of education and | ||||||
5 | intermediate service centers. The State Board of Education | ||||||
6 | shall complete random audits of licensees. | ||||||
7 | (1) Approved providers shall annually submit to the | ||||||
8 | State Board of Education a list of subcontractors used for | ||||||
9 | delivery of professional development activities for which | ||||||
10 | renewal credit was issued and other information as defined | ||||||
11 | by rule. | ||||||
12 | (2) Approved providers shall annually submit data to | ||||||
13 | the State Board of Education demonstrating how the | ||||||
14 | professional development activities impacted one or more | ||||||
15 | of the following: | ||||||
16 | (A) educator and student growth in regards to | ||||||
17 | content knowledge or skills, or both; | ||||||
18 | (B) educator and student social and emotional | ||||||
19 | growth; or | ||||||
20 | (C) alignment to district or school improvement | ||||||
21 | plans. | ||||||
22 | (3) The State Superintendent of Education shall review | ||||||
23 | the annual data collected by the State Board of Education, | ||||||
24 | regional offices of education, and intermediate service | ||||||
25 | centers in audits to determine if the approved provider has | ||||||
26 | met the criteria and should continue to be an approved |
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1 | provider or if further action should be taken as provided | ||||||
2 | in rules. | ||||||
3 | (k) Registration fees shall be paid for the next renewal | ||||||
4 | cycle between April 1 and June 30 in the last year of each | ||||||
5 | 5-year renewal cycle using ELIS. If all required professional | ||||||
6 | development hours for the renewal cycle have been completed and | ||||||
7 | entered by the licensee, the licensee shall pay the | ||||||
8 | registration fees for the next cycle using a form of credit or | ||||||
9 | debit card. | ||||||
10 | (l) Beginning July 1, 2014, any professional educator | ||||||
11 | licensee endorsed for school support personnel who is employed | ||||||
12 | and performing services in Illinois public schools and who | ||||||
13 | holds an active and current professional license issued by the | ||||||
14 | Department of Financial and Professional Regulation related to | ||||||
15 | the endorsement areas on the Professional Educator License | ||||||
16 | shall be deemed to have satisfied the continuing professional | ||||||
17 | development requirements provided for in this Section. Such | ||||||
18 | individuals shall be required to pay only registration fees to | ||||||
19 | renew the Professional Educator License. An individual who does | ||||||
20 | not hold a license issued by the Department of Financial and | ||||||
21 | Professional Regulation shall complete professional | ||||||
22 | development requirements for the renewal of a Professional | ||||||
23 | Educator License provided for in this Section. | ||||||
24 | (m) Appeals to the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | ||||||
25 | Board
must be made within 30 days after receipt of notice from | ||||||
26 | the State Superintendent of Education that a license will not |
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1 | be renewed based upon failure to complete the requirements of | ||||||
2 | this Section. A licensee may appeal that decision to the State | ||||||
3 | Educator Preparation and Licensure Board in a manner prescribed | ||||||
4 | by rule. | ||||||
5 | (1) Each appeal shall state the reasons why the State | ||||||
6 | Superintendent's decision should be reversed and shall be | ||||||
7 | sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the | ||||||
8 | State Board of Education. | ||||||
9 | (2) The State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board | ||||||
10 | shall review each appeal regarding renewal of a license | ||||||
11 | within 90 days after receiving the appeal in order to | ||||||
12 | determine whether the licensee has met the requirements of | ||||||
13 | this Section. The State Educator Preparation and Licensure | ||||||
14 | Board may hold an appeal hearing or may make its | ||||||
15 | determination based upon the record of review, which shall | ||||||
16 | consist of the following: | ||||||
17 | (A) the regional superintendent of education's | ||||||
18 | rationale for recommending nonrenewal of the license, | ||||||
19 | if applicable; | ||||||
20 | (B) any evidence submitted to the State | ||||||
21 | Superintendent along with the individual's electronic | ||||||
22 | statement of assurance for renewal; and | ||||||
23 | (C) the State Superintendent's rationale for | ||||||
24 | nonrenewal of the license. | ||||||
25 | (3) The State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board | ||||||
26 | shall notify the licensee of its decision regarding license |
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1 | renewal by certified mail, return receipt requested, no | ||||||
2 | later than 30 days after reaching a decision. Upon receipt | ||||||
3 | of notification of renewal, the licensee, using ELIS, shall | ||||||
4 | pay the applicable registration fee for the next cycle | ||||||
5 | using a form of credit or debit card. | ||||||
6 | (n) The State Board of Education may adopt rules as may be | ||||||
7 | necessary to implement this Section. | ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 97-607, eff. 8-26-11.)
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9 | (105 ILCS 5/21-14 rep.) | ||||||
10 | Section 10. The School Code is amended by repealing Section | ||||||
11 | 21-14.
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12 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
13 | becoming law.
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