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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 533
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 533 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Article
5 21A as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/Art. 21A heading new)
7 ARTICLE 21A. NEW TEACHER INDUCTION AND MENTORING
8 (105 ILCS 5/21A-5 new)
9 Sec. 21A-5. Definitions. In this Article:
10 "New teacher" means the holder of an Initial Teaching
11 Certificate, as set forth in Section 21-2 of this Code, who
12 is employed by a public school and who has not previously
13 participated in a new teacher induction and mentoring program
14 required by this Article, except as provided in Section
15 21A-25 of this Code.
16 "Public school" means any school operating pursuant to
17 the authority of this Code, including without limitation a
18 school district, a charter school, a cooperative or joint
19 agreement with a governing body or board of control, and a
20 school operated by a regional office of education or State
21 agency.
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1 (105 ILCS 5/21A-10 new)
2 Sec. 21A-10. Development of program required. During
3 the 2003-2004 school year, each public school or 2 or more
4 public schools acting jointly shall develop, in conjunction
5 with its exclusive representative or their exclusive
6 representatives, if any, a new teacher induction and
7 mentoring program that meets the requirements set forth in
8 Section 21A-20 of this Code to assist new teachers in
9 developing the skills and strategies necessary for
10 instructional excellence, provided that funding is made
11 available by the State Board of Education from an
12 appropriation made for this purpose. A public school that has
13 an existing induction and mentoring program that does not
14 meet the requirements set forth in Section 21A-20 of this
15 Code may have school years 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 to develop
16 a program that does meet those requirements and may receive
17 funding as described in Section 21A-25 of this Code, provided
18 that the funding is made available by the State Board of
19 Education from an appropriation made for this purpose. A
20 public school with such an existing induction and mentoring
21 program may receive funding for the 2005-2006 school year for
22 each new teacher in the second year of a 2-year program that
23 does not meet the requirements set forth in Section 21A-20,
24 as long as the public school has established the required new
25 program by the beginning of that school year as described in
26 Section 21A-15 and provided that funding is made available by
27 the State Board of Education from an appropriation made for
28 this purpose as described in Section 21A-25.
29 (105 ILCS 5/21A-15 new)
30 Sec. 21A-15. When program is to be established and
31 implemented. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
32 Code, by the beginning of the 2004-2005 school year (or by
33 the beginning of the 2005-2006 school year for a public
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1 school that has been given an extension of time to develop a
2 program under Section 21A-10 of this Code), each public
3 school or 2 or more public schools acting jointly shall
4 establish and implement, in conjunction with its exclusive
5 representative or their exclusive representatives, if any,
6 the new teacher induction and mentoring program required to
7 be developed under Section 21A-10 of this Code, provided that
8 funding is made available by the State Board of Education,
9 from an appropriation made for this purpose, as described in
10 Section 21A-25 of this Code. A public school may contract
11 with an institution of higher education or other independent
12 party to assist in implementing the program.
13 (105 ILCS 5/21A-20 new)
14 Sec. 21A-20. Program requirements. Each new teacher
15 induction and mentoring program must be based on a plan that
16 at least does all of the following:
17 (1) Assigns a mentor teacher to each new teacher
18 for a period of at least 2 school years.
19 (2) Aligns with the Illinois Professional Teaching
20 Standards, content area standards, and applicable local
21 school improvement and professional development plans, if
22 any.
23 (3) Addresses all of the following elements and how
24 they will be provided:
25 (A) Mentoring and support of the new teacher.
26 (B) Professional development specifically
27 designed to ensure the growth of the new teacher's
28 knowledge and skills.
29 (C) Formative assessment designed to ensure
30 feedback and reflection, which must not be used in
31 any evaluation of the new teacher.
32 (4) Describes the role of mentor teachers, the
33 criteria and process for their selection, and how they
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1 will be trained, provided that each mentor teacher shall
2 demonstrate the best practices in teaching his or her
3 respective field of practice. A mentor teacher may not
4 directly or indirectly participate in the evaluation of a
5 new teacher pursuant to Article 24A of this Code or the
6 evaluation procedure of the public school.
7 (105 ILCS 5/21A-25 new)
8 Sec. 21A-25. Funding. From a separate appropriation
9 made for the purposes of this Article, for each new teacher
10 participating in a new teacher induction and mentoring
11 program that meets the requirements set forth in Section
12 21A-20 of this Code or in an existing program that is in the
13 process of transition to a program that meets those
14 requirements, the State Board of Education shall pay the
15 public school $1,200 annually for each of 2 school years for
16 the purpose of providing one or more of the following:
17 (1) Mentor teacher compensation.
18 (2) Mentor teacher training or new teacher training
19 or both.
20 (3) Release time.
21 However, if a new teacher, after participating in the new
22 teacher induction and mentoring program for one school year,
23 becomes employed by another public school, the State Board of
24 Education shall pay the teacher's new school $1,200 for the
25 second school year and the teacher shall continue to be a
26 new teacher as defined in this Article. Each public school
27 shall determine, in conjunction with its exclusive
28 representative, if any, how the $1,200 per school year for
29 each new teacher shall be used, provided that if a mentor
30 teacher receives additional release time to support a new
31 teacher, the total workload of other teachers regularly
32 employed by the public school shall not increase in any
33 substantial manner. If the appropriation is insufficient to
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1 cover the $1,200 per school year for each new teacher, public
2 schools are not required to develop or implement the program
3 established by this Article. In the event of an insufficient
4 appropriation, a public school or 2 or more schools acting
5 jointly may submit an application for a grant administered by
6 the State Board of Education and awarded on a competitive
7 basis to establish a new teacher induction and mentoring
8 program that meets the criteria set forth in Section 21A-20
9 of this Code. The State Board of Education may retain up to
10 $1,000,000 of the appropriation for new teacher induction and
11 mentoring programs to train mentor teachers, administrators,
12 and other personnel, to provide best practices information,
13 and to conduct an evaluation of these programs' impact and
14 effectiveness.
15 (105 ILCS 5/21A-30 new)
16 Sec. 21A-30. Evaluation of programs. The State Board of
17 Education and the State Teacher Certification Board shall
18 jointly contract with an independent party to conduct a
19 comprehensive evaluation of new teacher induction and
20 mentoring programs established pursuant to this Article. The
21 first report of this evaluation shall be presented to the
22 General Assembly on or before January 1, 2009. Subsequent
23 evaluations shall be conducted and reports presented to the
24 General Assembly on or before January 1 of every third year
25 thereafter.
26 (105 ILCS 5/21A-35 new)
27 Sec. 21A-35. Rules. The State Board of Education, in
28 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board,
29 shall adopt rules for the implementation of this Article.".