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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB3941 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning licensure of educators.
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1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
5 | | 21B-40 as follows: |
6 | | (105 ILCS 5/21B-40) |
7 | | Sec. 21B-40. Fees. |
8 | | (a) Beginning with the the start of the new licensure |
9 | | system established pursuant to this Article, the following fees |
10 | | shall be charged to applicants: |
11 | | (1) A $75 application fee for a Professional Educator |
12 | | License or an Educator License with Stipulations and for |
13 | | individuals seeking a Substitute Teaching License. |
14 | | However, beginning on January 1, 2015, the application fee |
15 | | for a Professional Educator License, Educator License with |
16 | | Stipulations, or Substitute Teaching License shall be |
17 | | $100. |
18 | | (2) A $150 application fee for individuals who have |
19 | | completed an approved educator preparation program outside |
20 | | of this State or who hold a valid, comparable credential |
21 | | from another state or country and are seeking any of the |
22 | | licenses set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection |
23 | | (a). |
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1 | | (3) A $50 application fee for each endorsement or |
2 | | approval an individual holding a license wishes to add to |
3 | | that license. |
4 | | (4) A $10 per year registration fee for the course of |
5 | | the validity cycle to register the license, which shall be |
6 | | paid to the regional office of education having supervision |
7 | | and control over the school in which the individual holding |
8 | | the license is to be employed. If the individual holding |
9 | | the license is not yet employed, then the license may be |
10 | | registered in any county in this State. The registration |
11 | | fee must be paid in its entirety the first time the |
12 | | individual registers the license for a particular validity |
13 | | period in a single region. No additional fee may be charged |
14 | | for that validity period should the individual |
15 | | subsequently register the license in additional regions. |
16 | | An individual must register the license (i) immediately |
17 | | after initial issuance of the license and (ii) at the |
18 | | beginning of each renewal cycle if the individual has |
19 | | satisfied the renewal requirements required under this |
20 | | Code. |
21 | | (b) All application fees paid pursuant to subdivisions (1) |
22 | | through (3) of subsection (a) of this Section shall be |
23 | | deposited into the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund and |
24 | | shall be used, subject to appropriation, by the State Board of |
25 | | Education to provide the technology and human resources |
26 | | necessary for the timely and efficient processing of |
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1 | | applications. The Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund is not |
2 | | subject to administrative charge transfers, authorized under |
3 | | Section 8h of the State Finance Act, from the Teacher |
4 | | Certificate Fee Revolving Fund into any other fund of this |
5 | | State, and moneys in the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund |
6 | | shall not revert back to the General Revenue Fund at any time. |
7 | | The regional superintendent of schools shall deposit the |
8 | | registration fees paid pursuant to subdivision (4) of |
9 | | subsection (a) of this Section into the institute fund |
10 | | established pursuant to Section 3-11 of this Code. |
11 | | (c) The State Board of Education and each regional office |
12 | | of education are authorized to charge a service or convenience |
13 | | fee for the use of credit cards for the payment of license |
14 | | fees. This service or convenience fee shall not exceed the |
15 | | amount required by the credit card processing company or vendor |
16 | | that has entered into a contract with the State Board or |
17 | | regional office of education for this purpose, and the fee must |
18 | | be paid to that company or vendor. |
19 | | (d) If, at the time a certificate issued under Article 21 |
20 | | of this Code is exchanged for a license issued under this |
21 | | Article, a person has paid registration fees for any years of |
22 | | the validity period of the certificate and these years have not |
23 | | expired when the certificate is exchanged, then those fees must |
24 | | be applied to the registration of the new license.
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25 | | (Source: P.A. 97-607, eff. 8-26-11.)
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