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Rep. Suzanne Bassi
Filed: 3/27/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2871
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2871 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 21-1b as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/21-1b) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1b)
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| Sec. 21-1b. Subject endorsement on certificates. All |
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| certificates
initially issued under this Article after June 30, |
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| 1986, shall be
specifically endorsed by the State Board of |
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| Education for each subject the
holder of the certificate is |
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| legally qualified to teach, such endorsements
to be made in |
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| accordance with standards promulgated by the State Board of
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| Education in consultation with the State Teacher Certification |
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| Board. The regional superintendent of schools, however, has the |
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| duty, after appropriate training, to accept and review all |
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| transcripts for new initial certificate applications and |
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| ensure that each applicant has met all of the criteria |
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| established by the State Board of Education in consultation |
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| with with the State Teacher Certification Board. All
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| certificates which are issued under this Article prior to July |
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| 1, 1986 may,
by application to the State Board of Education, be |
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| specifically endorsed
for each subject the holder is legally |
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| qualified to teach. Endorsements
issued under this Section |
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| shall not apply to substitute teacher's
certificates issued |
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| under Section 21-9 of this Code.
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| Commencing July 1, 1999, each application for endorsement |
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| of an existing
teaching certificate shall be accompanied by a |
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| $30 nonrefundable fee. There is hereby created a Teacher |
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| Certificate
Fee
Revolving Fund as a special fund within the |
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| State Treasury. The proceeds of
each $30 fee shall be paid into |
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| the Teacher
Certificate Fee Revolving
Fund; and the moneys in |
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| that Fund shall be appropriated and used to provide the
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| technology and other resources necessary for the timely and |
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| efficient
processing of certification requests. The Teacher |
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| Certificate Fee Revolving Fund is not subject to sweeps, |
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| administrative charges, or charge backs, including, but not |
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| limited to, those authorized under Section 8h of the State |
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| Finance Act, or any other fiscal or budgetary maneuver that |
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| would in any way transfer any funds from the Teacher |
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| Certificate Fee Revolving Fund into any other fund of this |
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| State.
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| The State Board of Education and each regional office of |
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| education are authorized to charge a service or convenience fee |
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| for the use of credit cards for the payment of certification |
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| fees. This service or convenience fee may not exceed the amount |
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| required by the credit card processing company or vendor that |
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| has entered into a contract with the State Board or regional |
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| office of education for this purpose, and the fee must be paid |
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| to that company or vendor.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.".
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