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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 Sections
5 10-22.39, 21-14, and 34-18.7 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/10-22.39)
7     Sec. 10-22.39. In-service training programs.
8     (a) To conduct in-service training programs for teachers.
9     (b) In addition to other topics at in-service training
10 programs, school guidance counselors, teachers, school social
11 workers, and other school personnel who work with pupils in
12 grades 7 through 12 shall be trained to identify the warning
13 signs of suicidal behavior in adolescents and teens and shall
14 be taught appropriate intervention and referral techniques.
15     (c) School guidance counselors, nurses, teachers and other
16 school personnel who work with pupils may be trained to have a
17 basic knowledge of matters relating to acquired
18 immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), including the nature of the
19 disease, its causes and effects, the means of detecting it and
20 preventing its transmission, and the availability of
21 appropriate sources of counseling and referral, and any other
22 information that may be appropriate considering the age and
23 grade level of such pupils. The School Board shall supervise

 

 

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1 such training. The State Board of Education and the Department
2 of Public Health shall jointly develop standards for such
3 training.
4     (d) In this subsection (d):
5     "Domestic violence" means abuse by a family or household
6 member, as "abuse" and "family or household members" are
7 defined in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of
8 1986.
9     "Sexual violence" means sexual assault, abuse, or stalking
10 of an adult or minor child proscribed in the Criminal Code of
11 1961 in Sections 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 12-12, 12-13, 12-14,
12 12-14.1, 12-15, and 12-16, including sexual violence committed
13 by perpetrators who are strangers to the victim and sexual
14 violence committed by perpetrators who are known or related by
15 blood or marriage to the victim.
16     At least once every 2 years, an in-service training program
17 for school personnel who work with pupils, including, but not
18 limited to, school and school district administrators,
19 teachers, school guidance counselors, school social workers,
20 school counselors, school psychologists, and school nurses,
21 must be conducted by persons with expertise in domestic and
22 sexual violence and the needs of expectant and parenting youth
23 and shall include training concerning (i) communicating with
24 and listening to youth victims of domestic or sexual violence
25 and expectant and parenting youth, (ii) connecting youth
26 victims of domestic or sexual violence and expectant and

 

 

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1 parenting youth to appropriate in-school services and other
2 agencies, programs, and services as needed, and (iii)
3 implementing the school district's policies, procedures, and
4 protocols with regard to such youth, including
5 confidentiality. At a minimum, school personnel must be trained
6 to understand, provide information and referrals, and address
7 issues pertaining to youth who are parents, expectant parents,
8 or victims of domestic or sexual violence.
9     (e) At least every 2 years, an in-service training program
10 for school personnel who work with pupils must be conducted by
11 persons with expertise in anaphylactic reactions and
12 management.
13     (f) (e) At least once every 2 years, a school board shall
14 conduct in-service training on educator ethics,
15 teacher-student conduct, and school employee-student conduct
16 for all personnel.
17 (Source: P.A. 95-558, eff. 8-30-07; 96-349, eff. 8-13-09;
18 96-431, eff. 8-13-09; revised 9-4-09.)
 
19     (105 ILCS 5/21-14)  (from Ch. 122, par. 21-14)
20     Sec. 21-14. Registration and renewal of certificates.
21     (a) A limited four-year certificate or a certificate issued
22 after July 1, 1955, shall be renewable at its expiration or
23 within 60 days thereafter by the county superintendent of
24 schools having supervision and control over the school where
25 the teacher is teaching upon certified evidence of meeting the

 

 

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1 requirements for renewal as required by this Act and prescribed
2 by the State Board of Education in consultation with the State
3 Teacher Certification Board. An elementary supervisory
4 certificate shall not be renewed at the end of the first
5 four-year period covered by the certificate unless the holder
6 thereof has filed certified evidence with the State Teacher
7 Certification Board that he has a master's degree or that he
8 has earned 8 semester hours of credit in the field of
9 educational administration and supervision in a recognized
10 institution of higher learning. The holder shall continue to
11 earn 8 semester hours of credit each four-year period until
12 such time as he has earned a master's degree.
13     All certificates not renewed or registered as herein
14 provided shall lapse after a period of 5 years from the
15 expiration of the last year of registration. Such certificates
16 may be reinstated for a one year period upon payment of all
17 accumulated registration fees. Such reinstated certificates
18 shall only be renewed: (1) by earning 5 semester hours of
19 credit in a recognized institution of higher learning in the
20 field of professional education or in courses related to the
21 holder's contractual teaching duties; or (2) by presenting
22 evidence of holding a valid regular certificate of some other
23 type. Any certificate may be voluntarily surrendered by the
24 certificate holder. A voluntarily surrendered certificate
25 shall be treated as a revoked certificate.
26     (b) When those teaching certificates issued before

 

 

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1 February 15, 2000 are renewed for the first time after February
2 15, 2000, all such teaching certificates shall be exchanged for
3 Standard Teaching Certificates as provided in subsection (c) of
4 Section 21-2. All Initial and Standard Teaching Certificates,
5 including those issued to persons who previously held teaching
6 certificates issued before February 15, 2000, shall be
7 renewable under the conditions set forth in this subsection
8 (b).
9     Initial Teaching Certificates are valid for 4 years of
10 teaching, as provided in subsection (b) of Section 21-2 of this
11 Code, and are renewable every 4 years until the person
12 completes 4 years of teaching. If the holder of an Initial
13 Certificate has completed 4 years of teaching but has not
14 completed the requirements set forth in paragraph (2) of
15 subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code, then the Initial
16 Certificate may be reinstated for one year, during which the
17 requirements must be met. A holder of an Initial Certificate
18 who has not completed 4 years of teaching may continuously
19 register the certificate for additional 4-year periods without
20 penalty. Initial Certificates that are not registered shall
21 lapse consistent with subsection (a) of this Section and may be
22 reinstated only in accordance with subsection (a). Standard
23 Teaching Certificates are renewable every 5 years as provided
24 in subsection (c) of Section 21-2 and subsection (c) of this
25 Section. For purposes of this Section, "teaching" is defined as
26 employment and performance of services in an Illinois public or

 

 

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1 State-operated elementary school, secondary school, or
2 cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or board
3 of control, in a certificated teaching position, or a charter
4 school operating in compliance with the Charter Schools Law.
5     (c) In compliance with subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of
6 this Code, which provides that a Standard Teaching Certificate
7 may be renewed by the State Teacher Certification Board based
8 upon proof of continuing professional development, the State
9 Board of Education and the State Teacher Certification Board
10 shall jointly:
11         (1) establish a procedure for renewing Standard
12     Teaching Certificates, which shall include but not be
13     limited to annual timelines for the renewal process and the
14     components set forth in subsections (d) through (k) of this
15     Section;
16         (2) establish the standards for certificate renewal;
17         (3) approve or disapprove the providers of continuing
18     professional development activities;
19         (4) determine the maximum credit for each category of
20     continuing professional development activities, based upon
21     recommendations submitted by a continuing professional
22     development activity task force, which shall consist of 6
23     staff members from the State Board of Education, appointed
24     by the State Superintendent of Education, and 6 teacher
25     representatives, 3 of whom are selected by the Illinois
26     Education Association and 3 of whom are selected by the

 

 

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1     Illinois Federation of Teachers;
2         (5) designate the type and amount of documentation
3     required to show that continuing professional development
4     activities have been completed; and
5         (6) provide, on a timely basis to all Illinois
6     teachers, certificate holders, regional superintendents of
7     schools, school districts, and others with an interest in
8     continuing professional development, information about the
9     standards and requirements established pursuant to this
10     subsection (c).
11     (d) Any Standard Teaching Certificate held by an individual
12 employed and performing services in an Illinois public or
13 State-operated elementary school, secondary school, or
14 cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or board
15 of control in a certificated teaching position or a charter
16 school in compliance with the Charter Schools Law must be
17 maintained Valid and Active through certificate renewal
18 activities specified in the certificate renewal procedure
19 established pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section,
20 provided that a holder of a Valid and Active certificate who is
21 only employed on either a part-time basis or day-to-day basis
22 as a substitute teacher shall pay only the required
23 registration fee to renew his or her certificate and maintain
24 it as Valid and Active. All other Standard Teaching
25 Certificates held may be maintained as Valid and Exempt through
26 the registration process provided for in the certificate

 

 

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1 renewal procedure established pursuant to subsection (c) of
2 this Section. A Valid and Exempt certificate must be
3 immediately activated, through procedures developed jointly by
4 the State Board of Education and the State Teacher
5 Certification Board, upon the certificate holder becoming
6 employed and performing services in an Illinois public or
7 State-operated elementary school, secondary school, or
8 cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or board
9 of control in a certificated teaching position or a charter
10 school operating in compliance with the Charter Schools Law. A
11 holder of a Valid and Exempt certificate may activate his or
12 her certificate through procedures provided for in the
13 certificate renewal procedure established pursuant to
14 subsection (c) of this Section.
15     (e)(1) A Standard Teaching Certificate that has been
16 maintained as Valid and Active for the 5 years of the
17 certificate's validity shall be renewed as Valid and Active
18 upon the certificate holder: (i) completing an advanced degree
19 from an approved institution in an education-related field;
20 (ii) completing at least 8 semester hours of coursework as
21 described in subdivision (B) of paragraph (3) of this
22 subsection (e); (iii) (blank); (iv) completing the National
23 Board for Professional Teaching Standards process as described
24 in subdivision (D) of paragraph (3) of this subsection (e); or
25 (v) earning 120 continuing professional development units
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1 this subsection (e). The maximum continuing professional
2 development units for each continuing professional development
3 activity identified in subdivisions (F) through (J) of
4 paragraph (3) of this subsection (e) shall be jointly
5 determined by the State Board of Education and the State
6 Teacher Certification Board. If, however, the certificate
7 holder has maintained the certificate as Valid and Exempt for a
8 portion of the 5-year period of validity, the number of
9 continuing professional development units needed to renew the
10 certificate as Valid and Active shall be proportionately
11 reduced by the amount of time the certificate was Valid and
12 Exempt. Furthermore, if a certificate holder is employed and
13 performs teaching services on a part-time basis for all or a
14 portion of the certificate's 5-year period of validity, the
15 number of continuing professional development units needed to
16 renew the certificate as Valid and Active shall be reduced by
17 50% for the amount of time the certificate holder has been
18 employed and performed teaching services on a part-time basis.
19 Part-time shall be defined as less than 50% of the school day
20 or school term.
21     Notwithstanding any other requirements to the contrary, if
22 a Standard Teaching Certificate has been maintained as Valid
23 and Active for the 5 years of the certificate's validity and
24 the certificate holder has completed his or her certificate
25 renewal plan before July 1, 2002, the certificate shall be
26 renewed as Valid and Active.

 

 

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1     (2) Beginning July 1, 2004, in order to satisfy the
2 requirements for continuing professional development provided
3 for in subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code, each Valid
4 and Active Standard Teaching Certificate holder shall complete
5 professional development activities that address the
6 certificate or those certificates that are required of his or
7 her certificated teaching position, if the certificate holder
8 is employed and performing services in an Illinois public or
9 State-operated elementary school, secondary school, or
10 cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or board
11 of control, or that certificate or those certificates most
12 closely related to his or her teaching position, if the
13 certificate holder is employed in a charter school. Except as
14 otherwise provided in this subsection (e), the certificate
15 holder's activities must address purposes (A), (B), (C), or (D)
16 and must reflect purpose (E) of the following continuing
17 professional development purposes:
18         (A) Advance both the certificate holder's knowledge
19     and skills as a teacher consistent with the Illinois
20     Professional Teaching Standards and the Illinois Content
21     Area Standards in the certificate holder's areas of
22     certification, endorsement, or teaching assignment in
23     order to keep the certificate holder current in those
24     areas.
25         (B) Develop the certificate holder's knowledge and
26     skills in areas determined to be critical for all Illinois

 

 

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1     teachers, as defined by the State Board of Education, known
2     as "State priorities".
3         (C) Address the knowledge, skills, and goals of the
4     certificate holder's local school improvement plan, if the
5     teacher is employed in an Illinois public or State-operated
6     elementary school, secondary school, or cooperative or
7     joint agreement with a governing body or board of control.
8         (D) Expand the certificate holder's knowledge and
9     skills in an additional teaching field or toward the
10     acquisition of another teaching certificate, endorsement,
11     or relevant education degree.
12         (E) Address the needs of serving students with
13     disabilities, including adapting and modifying the general
14     curriculum related to the Illinois Learning Standards to
15     meet the needs of students with disabilities and serving
16     such students in the least restrictive environment.
17     Teachers who hold certificates endorsed for special
18     education must devote at least 50% of their continuing
19     professional development activities to this purpose.
20     Teachers holding other certificates must devote at least
21     20% of their activities to this purpose.
22     A speech-language pathologist or audiologist who is
23 licensed under the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and
24 Audiology Practice Act and who has met the continuing education
25 requirements of that Act and the rules promulgated under that
26 Act shall be deemed to have satisfied the continuing

 

 

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1 professional development requirements established by the State
2 Board of Education and the Teacher Certification Board to renew
3 a Standard Certificate.
4     (3) Continuing professional development activities may
5 include, but are not limited to, the following activities:
6         (A) completion of an advanced degree from an approved
7     institution in an education-related field;
8         (B) at least 8 semester hours of coursework in an
9     approved education-related program, of which at least 2
10     semester hours relate to the continuing professional
11     development purpose set forth in purpose (A) of paragraph
12     (2) of this subsection (e), completion of which means no
13     other continuing professional development activities are
14     required;
15         (C) (blank);
16         (D) completion of the National Board for Professional
17     Teaching Standards ("NBPTS") process for certification or
18     recertification, completion of which means no other
19     continuing professional development activities are
20     required;
21         (E) completion of 120 continuing professional
22     development units that satisfy the continuing professional
23     development purposes set forth in paragraph (2) of this
24     subsection (e) and may include without limitation the
25     activities identified in subdivisions (F) through (J) of
26     this paragraph (3);

 

 

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1         (F) collaboration and partnership activities related
2     to improving the teacher's knowledge and skills as a
3     teacher, including the following:
4             (i) participating on collaborative planning and
5         professional improvement teams and committees;
6             (ii) peer review and coaching;
7             (iii) mentoring in a formal mentoring program,
8         including service as a consulting teacher
9         participating in a remediation process formulated
10         under Section 24A-5 of this Code;
11             (iv) participating in site-based management or
12         decision making teams, relevant committees, boards, or
13         task forces directly related to school improvement
14         plans;
15             (v) coordinating community resources in schools,
16         if the project is a specific goal of the school
17         improvement plan;
18             (vi) facilitating parent education programs for a
19         school, school district, or regional office of
20         education directly related to student achievement or
21         school improvement plans;
22             (vii) participating in business, school, or
23         community partnerships directly related to student
24         achievement or school improvement plans; or
25             (viii) supervising a student teacher or teacher
26         education candidate in clinical supervision, provided

 

 

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1         that the supervision may only be counted once during
2         the course of 5 years;
3         (G) college or university coursework related to
4     improving the teacher's knowledge and skills as a teacher
5     as follows:
6             (i) completing undergraduate or graduate credit
7         earned from a regionally accredited institution in
8         coursework relevant to the certificate area being
9         renewed, including coursework that incorporates
10         induction activities and development of a portfolio of
11         both student and teacher work that provides experience
12         in reflective practices, provided the coursework meets
13         Illinois Professional Teaching Standards or Illinois
14         Content Area Standards and supports the essential
15         characteristics of quality professional development;
16         or
17             (ii) teaching college or university courses in
18         areas relevant to the certificate area being renewed,
19         provided that the teaching may only be counted once
20         during the course of 5 years;
21         (H) conferences, workshops, institutes, seminars, and
22     symposiums related to improving the teacher's knowledge
23     and skills as a teacher, subject to disapproval of the
24     activity or event by the State Teacher Certification Board
25     acting jointly with the State Board of Education, including
26     the following:

 

 

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1             (i) completing non-university credit directly
2         related to student achievement, school improvement
3         plans, or State priorities;
4             (ii) participating in or presenting at workshops,
5         seminars, conferences, institutes, and symposiums;
6             (iii) training as external reviewers for Quality
7         Assurance; or
8             (iv) training as reviewers of university teacher
9         preparation programs; or .
10             (v) participating in or presenting at in-service
11         training programs on suicide prevention.
12     A teacher, however, may not receive credit for conferences,
13     workshops, institutes, seminars, or symposiums that are
14     designed for entertainment, promotional, or commercial
15     purposes or that are solely inspirational or motivational.
16     The State Superintendent of Education and regional
17     superintendents of schools are authorized to review the
18     activities and events provided or to be provided under this
19     subdivision (H) and to investigate complaints regarding
20     those activities and events, and either the State
21     Superintendent of Education or a regional superintendent
22     of schools may recommend that the State Teacher
23     Certification Board and the State Board of Education
24     jointly disapprove those activities and events considered
25     to be inconsistent with this subdivision (H);
26         (I) other educational experiences related to improving

 

 

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1     the teacher's knowledge and skills as a teacher, including
2     the following:
3             (i) participating in action research and inquiry
4         projects;
5             (ii) observing programs or teaching in schools,
6         related businesses, or industry that is systematic,
7         purposeful, and relevant to certificate renewal;
8             (iii) traveling related to one's teaching
9         assignment, directly related to student achievement or
10         school improvement plans and approved by the regional
11         superintendent of schools or his or her designee at
12         least 30 days prior to the travel experience, provided
13         that the traveling shall not include time spent
14         commuting to destinations where the learning
15         experience will occur;
16             (iv) participating in study groups related to
17         student achievement or school improvement plans;
18             (v) serving on a statewide education-related
19         committee, including but not limited to the State
20         Teacher Certification Board, State Board of Education
21         strategic agenda teams, or the State Advisory Council
22         on Education of Children with Disabilities;
23             (vi) participating in work/learn programs or
24         internships; or
25             (vii) developing a portfolio of student and
26         teacher work;

 

 

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1         (J) professional leadership experiences related to
2     improving the teacher's knowledge and skills as a teacher,
3     including the following:
4             (i) participating in curriculum development or
5         assessment activities at the school, school district,
6         regional office of education, State, or national
7         level;
8             (ii) participating in team or department
9         leadership in a school or school district;
10             (iii) participating on external or internal school
11         or school district review teams;
12             (iv) publishing educational articles, columns, or
13         books relevant to the certificate area being renewed;
14         or
15             (v) participating in non-strike related
16         professional association or labor organization service
17         or activities related to professional development;
18         (K) receipt of a subsequent Illinois certificate or
19     endorsement pursuant to this Article;
20         (L) completion of requirements for meeting the
21     Illinois criteria for becoming "highly qualified" (for
22     purposes of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Public
23     Law 107-110) in an additional teaching area;
24         (M) successful completion of 4 semester hours of
25     graduate-level coursework on the assessment of one's own
26     performance in relation to the Illinois Teaching

 

 

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1     Standards, as described in clause (B) of paragraph (2) of
2     subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code; or
3         (N) successful completion of a minimum of 4 semester
4     hours of graduate-level coursework addressing preparation
5     to meet the requirements for certification by the National
6     Board for Professional Teaching Standards, as described in
7     clause (C) of paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section
8     21-2 of this Code.
9     (4) A person must complete the requirements of this
10 subsection (e) before the expiration of his or her Standard
11 Teaching Certificate and must submit assurance to the regional
12 superintendent of schools or, if applicable, a local
13 professional development committee authorized by the regional
14 superintendent to submit recommendations to him or her for this
15 purpose. The statement of assurance shall contain a list of the
16 activities completed, the provider offering each activity, the
17 number of credits earned for each activity, and the purposes to
18 which each activity is attributed. The certificate holder shall
19 maintain the evidence of completion of each activity for at
20 least one certificate renewal cycle. The certificate holder
21 shall affirm under penalty of perjury that he or she has
22 completed the activities listed and will maintain the required
23 evidence of completion. The State Board of Education or the
24 regional superintendent of schools for each region shall
25 conduct random audits of assurance statements and supporting
26 documentation.

 

 

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1     (5) (Blank).
2     (6) (Blank).
3     (f) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code, a
4 school district is authorized to enter into an agreement with
5 the exclusive bargaining representative, if any, to form a
6 local professional development committee (LPDC). The
7 membership and terms of members of the LPDC may be determined
8 by the agreement. Provisions regarding LPDCs contained in a
9 collective bargaining agreement in existence on the effective
10 date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly
11 between a school district and the exclusive bargaining
12 representative shall remain in full force and effect for the
13 term of the agreement, unless terminated by mutual agreement.
14 The LPDC shall make recommendations to the regional
15 superintendent of schools on renewal of teaching certificates.
16 The regional superintendent of schools for each region shall
17 perform the following functions:
18         (1) review recommendations for certificate renewal, if
19     any, received from LPDCs;
20         (2) (blank);
21         (3) (blank);
22         (4) (blank);
23         (5) determine whether certificate holders have met the
24     requirements for certificate renewal and notify
25     certificate holders if the decision is not to renew the
26     certificate;

 

 

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1         (6) provide a certificate holder with the opportunity
2     to appeal a recommendation made by a LPDC, if any, not to
3     renew the certificate to the regional professional
4     development review committee;
5         (7) issue and forward recommendations for renewal or
6     nonrenewal of certificate holders' Standard Teaching
7     Certificates to the State Teacher Certification Board; and
8         (8) (blank).
9     (g)(1) Each regional superintendent of schools shall
10 review and concur or nonconcur with each recommendation for
11 renewal or nonrenewal of a Standard Teaching Certificate he or
12 she receives from a local professional development committee,
13 if any, or, if a certificate holder appeals the recommendation
14 to the regional professional development review committee, the
15 recommendation for renewal or nonrenewal he or she receives
16 from a regional professional development review committee and,
17 within 14 days of receipt of the recommendation, shall provide
18 the State Teacher Certification Board with verification of the
19 following, if applicable:
20         (A) the certificate holder has satisfactorily
21     completed professional development and continuing
22     education activities set forth in paragraph (3) of
23     subsection (e) of this Section;
24         (B) the certificate holder has submitted the statement
25     of assurance required under paragraph (4) of subsection (e)
26     of this Section, and this statement has been attached to

 

 

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1     the application for renewal;
2         (C) the local professional development committee, if
3     any, has recommended the renewal of the certificate
4     holder's Standard Teaching Certificate and forwarded the
5     recommendation to the regional superintendent of schools;
6         (D) the certificate holder has appealed his or her
7     local professional development committee's recommendation
8     of nonrenewal, if any, to the regional professional
9     development review committee and the result of that appeal;
10         (E) the regional superintendent of schools has
11     concurred or nonconcurred with the local professional
12     development committee's or regional professional
13     development review committee's recommendation, if any, to
14     renew or nonrenew the certificate holder's Standard
15     Teaching Certificate and made a recommendation to that
16     effect; and
17         (F) the established registration fee for the Standard
18     Teaching Certificate has been paid.
19     If the notice required by this subsection (g) includes a
20 recommendation of certificate nonrenewal, then, at the same
21 time the regional superintendent of schools provides the State
22 Teacher Certification Board with the notice, he or she shall
23 also notify the certificate holder in writing, by certified
24 mail, return receipt requested, that this notice has been
25 provided to the State Teacher Certification Board.
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1 his or her local professional development committee's
2 recommendation of nonrenewal, if any, to the regional
3 professional development review committee, within 14 days of
4 receipt of notice that the recommendation has been sent to the
5 regional superintendent of schools. Each regional
6 superintendent of schools shall establish a regional
7 professional development review committee or committees for
8 the purpose of advising the regional superintendent of schools,
9 upon request, and handling certificate holder appeals. This
10 committee shall consist of at least 4 classroom teachers, one
11 non-administrative certificated educational employee, 2
12 administrators, and one at-large member who shall be either (i)
13 a parent, (ii) a member of the business community, (iii) a
14 community member, or (iv) an administrator, with preference
15 given to an individual chosen from among those persons listed
16 in items (i), (ii), and (iii) in order to secure representation
17 of an interest not already represented on the committee. The
18 teacher and non-administrative certificated educational
19 employee members of the review committee shall be selected by
20 their exclusive representative, if any, and the administrators
21 and at-large member shall be selected by the regional
22 superintendent of schools. A regional superintendent of
23 schools may add additional members to the committee, provided
24 that the same proportion of teachers to administrators and
25 at-large members on the committee is maintained. Any additional
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1 employee members shall be selected by their exclusive
2 representative, if any. Vacancies in positions on a regional
3 professional development review committee shall be filled in
4 the same manner as the original selections. Committee members
5 shall serve staggered 3-year terms. All individuals selected to
6 serve on regional professional development review committees
7 must be known to demonstrate the best practices in teaching or
8 their respective field of practice.
9     (h)(1) The State Teacher Certification Board shall review
10 the regional superintendent of schools' recommendations to
11 renew or nonrenew Standard Teaching Certificates and notify
12 certificate holders in writing whether their certificates have
13 been renewed or nonrenewed within 90 days of receipt of the
14 recommendations, unless a certificate holder has appealed a
15 regional superintendent of schools' recommendation of
16 nonrenewal, as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection
17 (h). The State Teacher Certification Board shall verify that
18 the certificate holder has met the renewal criteria set forth
19 in paragraph (1) of subsection (g) of this Section.
20     (2) Each certificate holder shall have the right to appeal
21 a regional superintendent of school's recommendation to
22 nonrenew his or her Standard Teaching Certificate to the State
23 Teacher Certification Board, within 14 days of receipt of
24 notice that the decision has been sent to the State Teacher
25 Certification Board, which shall hold an appeal hearing within
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1 the certificate holder's Standard Teaching Certificate shall
2 continue to be valid until the appeal is finally determined.
3 The State Teacher Certification Board shall review the regional
4 superintendent of school's recommendation, the regional
5 professional development review committee's recommendation, if
6 any, and the local professional development committee's
7 recommendation, if any, and all relevant documentation to
8 verify whether the certificate holder has met the renewal
9 criteria set forth in paragraph (1) of subsection (g) of this
10 Section. The State Teacher Certification Board may request that
11 the certificate holder appear before it. All actions taken by
12 the State Teacher Certification Board shall require a quorum
13 and be by a simple majority of those present and voting. A
14 record of all votes shall be maintained. The State Teacher
15 Certification Board shall notify the certificate holder in
16 writing, within 7 days of completing the review, whether his or
17 her Standard Teaching Certificate has been renewed or
18 nonrenewed, provided that if the State Teacher Certification
19 Board determines to nonrenew a certificate, the written notice
20 provided to the certificate holder shall be by certified mail,
21 return receipt requested. All certificate renewal or
22 nonrenewal decisions of the State Teacher Certification Board
23 are final and subject to administrative review, as set forth in
24 Section 21-24 of this Code.
25     (i) Holders of Master Teaching Certificates shall meet the
26 same requirements and follow the same procedures as holders of

 

 

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1 Standard Teaching Certificates, except that their renewal
2 cycle shall be as set forth in subsection (d) of Section 21-2
3 of this Code and their renewal requirements shall be subject to
4 paragraph (8) of subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code.
5     A holder of a teaching certificate endorsed as a
6 speech-language pathologist who has been granted the
7 Certificate of Clinical Competence by the American
8 Speech-Language Hearing Association may renew his or her
9 Standard Teaching Certificate pursuant to the 10-year renewal
10 cycle set forth in subsection (d) of Section 21-2 of this Code.
11     (j) Holders of Valid and Exempt Standard and Master
12 Teaching Certificates who are not employed and performing
13 services in an Illinois public or State-operated elementary
14 school, secondary school, or cooperative or joint agreement
15 with a governing body or board of control, in a certificated
16 teaching position, may voluntarily activate their certificates
17 through the regional superintendent of schools of the regional
18 office of education for the geographic area where their
19 teaching is done. These certificate holders shall follow the
20 same renewal criteria and procedures as all other Standard and
21 Master Teaching Certificate holders, except that their
22 continuing professional development activities need not
23 reflect or address the knowledge, skills, and goals of a local
24 school improvement plan.
25     (k) (Blank).
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1     (m) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act
2 of the 93rd General Assembly that affect renewal of Standard
3 and Master Certificates shall apply to those persons who hold
4 Standard or Master Certificates on or after the effective date
5 of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly and shall
6 be given effect upon renewal of those certificates.
7 (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-793, eff. 1-1-09.)
 
8     (105 ILCS 5/34-18.7)  (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.7)
9     Sec. 34-18.7. Adolescent and teen suicide detection and
10 intervention. School guidance counselors, teachers, school
11 social workers, and other school personnel who work with pupils
12 in grades 7 through 12 shall be trained to identify the warning
13 signs of suicidal behavior in adolescents and teens and shall
14 be taught various intervention techniques. Such training shall
15 be provided within the framework of existing in-service
16 training programs offered by the Board or as part of the
17 professional development activities required under Section
18 21-14 of this Code.
19 (Source: P.A. 85-297.)
 
20     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21 becoming law.