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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 21-27 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/21-27)
7     Sec. 21-27. The Illinois Teaching Excellence Program. The
8 Illinois Teaching Excellence Program is hereby established to
9 provide categorical funding for monetary incentives and
10 bonuses for teachers and school counselors who are employed by
11 school districts and who hold a Master Certificate. The State
12 Board of Education shall allocate and distribute to each school
13 district an amount as annually appropriated by the General
14 Assembly from federal funds for the Illinois Teaching
15 Excellence Program. The State Board of Education's annual
16 budget must set out by separate line item the appropriation for
17 the program. Unless otherwise provided by appropriation, each
18 school district's annual allocation shall be the sum of the
19 amounts earned for the following incentives and bonuses:
20         (1) An annual payment of $3,000 to be paid to (A) each
21     teacher who successfully completes the program leading to
22     and who receives a Master Certificate and is employed as a
23     teacher by a school district and (B) each school counselor
24     who successfully completes the program leading to and who
25     receives a Master Certificate and is employed as a school
26     counselor by a school district. The school district shall
27     distribute this payment to each eligible teacher or school
28     counselor as a single payment or in not more than 3
29     payments.
30         (2) An annual incentive equal to $1,000 shall be paid
31     to each teacher who holds a Master Certificate, who is
32     employed as a teacher by a school district, and who agrees,

 

 

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1     in writing, to provide 60 hours of mentoring during that
2     year to classroom teachers. This mentoring may include,
3     either singly or in combination, (i) providing high quality
4     professional development for new and experienced teachers,
5     and (ii) assisting National Board for Professional
6     Teaching Standards (NBPTS) candidates through the NBPTS
7     certification process. The school district shall
8     distribute 50% of each annual incentive payment upon
9     completion of 30 hours of the required mentoring and the
10     remaining 50% of the incentive upon completion of the
11     required 60 hours of mentoring. Credit may not be granted
12     by a school district for mentoring or related services
13     provided during a regular school day or during the total
14     number of days of required service for the school year.
15         (3) An annual incentive equal to $3,000 shall be paid
16     to each teacher who holds a Master Certificate, who is
17     employed as a teacher by a school district, and who agrees,
18     in writing, to provide 60 hours of mentoring during that
19     year to classroom teachers in schools on academic early
20     warning status or in schools in which 50% or more of the
21     students receive free or reduced price lunches, or both.
22     The school district shall distribute 50% of each annual
23     incentive payment upon completion of 30 hours of the
24     required mentoring and the remaining 50% of the incentive
25     upon completion of the required 60 hours of mentoring.
26     Credit may not be granted by a school district for
27     mentoring or related services provided during a regular
28     school day or during the total number of days of required
29     service for the school year.
30     Each regional superintendent of schools shall provide
31 information about the Master Certificate Program of the
32 National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) and
33 this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly to each
34 individual seeking to register or renew a certificate under
35 Section 21-14 of this Code.
36 (Source: P.A. 93-470, eff. 8-8-03; 94-105, eff. 7-1-05.)
 

 

 

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1     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2 becoming law.