93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6019

 

Introduced 2/6/2004, by Tom Cross

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/21-12   from Ch. 122, par. 21-12

    Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning teacher certification.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning education.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
5 21-12 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/21-12)  (from Ch. 122, par. 21-12)
7     Sec. 21-12. Printing; Seal; Signature; Credentials. All
8 certificates shall be printed by and bear the signatures of the
9 chairperson chairman and of the secretary of the State Teacher
10 Certification Board. Each certificate shall show the
11 integrally printed seal of the State Teacher Certification
12 Board. All college credentials offered as the basis of a
13 certificate shall be presented to the secretary of the State
14 Teacher Certification Board for inspection and approval.
15     Commencing July 1, 1999, each application for a certificate
16 or evaluation of credentials shall be accompanied by an
17 evaluation fee of $30 payable to the State Superintendent of
18 Education, which is not refundable, except that no application
19 or evaluation fee shall be required for a Master Certificate
20 issued pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 21-2 of this Code.
21 The proceeds of each $30 fee shall be paid into the Teacher
22 Certificate Fee Revolving Fund, created under Section 21-1b of
23 this Code; and the moneys in that Fund shall be appropriated
24 and used to provide the technology and other resources
25 necessary for the timely and efficient processing of
26 certification requests.
27     When evaluation verifies the requirements for a valid
28 certificate, the applicant shall be issued an entitlement card
29 that may be presented to a regional superintendent of schools
30 for issuance of a certificate.
31     The applicant shall be notified of any deficiencies.
32 (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)