Full Text of HB6400 96th General Assembly
HB6400 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB6400
Introduced 2/18/2010, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/21-14 |
from Ch. 122, par. 21-14 |
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Amends the Teacher Certification Article of the School Code. Makes a technical change in a provision concerning the registration and renewal of teaching
certificates.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 21-14 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/21-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-14)
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| Sec. 21-14. Registration and renewal of certificates.
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| (a) A limited
four-year certificate or a certificate issued | 9 |
| after July 1, 1955, shall
be renewable at its expiration or | 10 |
| within 60 days thereafter by the
the
county superintendent of | 11 |
| schools having supervision and control over the
school where | 12 |
| the teacher is teaching upon certified evidence of meeting
the | 13 |
| requirements for renewal as required by this Act and prescribed | 14 |
| by
the State Board of Education in consultation with the State
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| Teacher Certification Board. An elementary supervisory | 16 |
| certificate
shall not be renewed at the end of the first | 17 |
| four-year period covered by
the certificate unless the holder | 18 |
| thereof has filed certified evidence
with the State Teacher | 19 |
| Certification Board that he has a master's degree
or that he | 20 |
| has earned 8 semester hours of credit in the field of
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| educational administration and supervision in a recognized | 22 |
| institution
of higher learning. The holder shall continue to | 23 |
| earn 8 semester hours
of credit each four-year period until |
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| such time as he has earned a
master's degree. | 2 |
| All certificates not renewed or registered as herein | 3 |
| provided shall
lapse after a period of 5 years from the | 4 |
| expiration of the last year
of
registration. Such certificates | 5 |
| may be reinstated for a one year period
upon payment of all | 6 |
| accumulated registration fees. Such reinstated
certificates | 7 |
| shall only be renewed: (1) by earning 5 semester hours of
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| credit in a recognized institution of higher learning in the | 9 |
| field of
professional education or in courses related to the | 10 |
| holder's contractual
teaching duties; or (2) by presenting | 11 |
| evidence of holding a valid
regular certificate of some other | 12 |
| type. Any certificate may be
voluntarily surrendered by the | 13 |
| certificate holder. A voluntarily
surrendered certificate | 14 |
| shall be treated as a revoked certificate.
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| (b) When those teaching certificates issued before | 16 |
| February 15, 2000 are
renewed for the first time after February | 17 |
| 15, 2000, all
such
teaching
certificates
shall be exchanged for | 18 |
| Standard Teaching Certificates as provided in subsection
(c) of | 19 |
| Section 21-2. All Initial and Standard Teaching Certificates, | 20 |
| including
those issued to persons who previously held teaching | 21 |
| certificates issued before
February 15, 2000, shall be | 22 |
| renewable under the conditions
set forth
in this
subsection | 23 |
| (b).
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| Initial Teaching Certificates are valid for 4 years of | 25 |
| teaching, as provided in subsection (b) of Section 21-2 of this | 26 |
| Code, and are renewable every 4 years until the person |
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| completes 4 years of teaching. If the holder of an Initial | 2 |
| Certificate has completed 4 years of teaching but has not | 3 |
| completed the requirements set forth in paragraph (2) of | 4 |
| subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code, then the Initial | 5 |
| Certificate may be reinstated for one year, during which the | 6 |
| requirements must be met. A holder of an Initial Certificate | 7 |
| who has not completed 4 years of teaching may continuously | 8 |
| register the certificate for additional 4-year periods without | 9 |
| penalty. Initial Certificates that are not registered shall | 10 |
| lapse consistent with subsection (a) of this Section and may be | 11 |
| reinstated only in accordance with subsection (a).
Standard | 12 |
| Teaching Certificates are renewable every 5 years as provided
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| in
subsection (c) of Section 21-2
and subsection (c) of this | 14 |
| Section.
For purposes of this Section, "teaching" is defined as | 15 |
| employment and
performance of
services in an Illinois public or | 16 |
| State-operated elementary school, secondary
school, or
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| cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or board | 18 |
| of control, in a
certificated teaching position, or a charter | 19 |
| school operating in compliance
with the
Charter Schools Law.
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| (c) In compliance with subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of | 21 |
| this Code, which
provides that a
Standard
Teaching Certificate | 22 |
| may be renewed by the State Teacher Certification Board
based
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| upon proof of continuing professional development, the State | 24 |
| Board of Education
and
the State Teacher Certification Board | 25 |
| shall jointly:
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| (1) establish a procedure for renewing Standard |
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| Teaching Certificates,
which shall include but not be | 2 |
| limited to annual timelines for the renewal
process and the | 3 |
| components set forth in subsections (d) through (k) of this
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| Section;
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| (2) establish the standards for certificate renewal;
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| (3) approve or disapprove the providers of continuing | 7 |
| professional development
activities;
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| (4) determine the maximum credit for each category of | 9 |
| continuing
professional development activities, based upon | 10 |
| recommendations submitted by
a continuing professional
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| development
activity task force, which shall consist of 6 | 12 |
| staff members from the State
Board of
Education, appointed | 13 |
| by the State Superintendent of Education, and 6 teacher
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| representatives, 3 of whom are selected by the Illinois | 15 |
| Education Association
and 3 of
whom are selected by the | 16 |
| Illinois Federation of Teachers;
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| (5) designate the type and amount of documentation | 18 |
| required to show that
continuing professional development | 19 |
| activities have been completed; and
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| (6) provide, on a timely basis to all Illinois | 21 |
| teachers, certificate
holders, regional superintendents of | 22 |
| schools,
school districts, and others with an interest in | 23 |
| continuing professional
development, information about the | 24 |
| standards and requirements established
pursuant to this | 25 |
| subsection (c).
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| (d) Any Standard Teaching Certificate held by an individual |
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| employed and
performing services in an
Illinois public or | 2 |
| State-operated elementary school, secondary school, or
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| cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or board | 4 |
| of control in a
certificated teaching
position or a
charter | 5 |
| school in compliance with the Charter Schools Law must be | 6 |
| maintained
Valid
and
Active through certificate renewal | 7 |
| activities specified in the certificate
renewal procedure
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| established pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, | 9 |
| provided that
a holder of a Valid
and Active
certificate who is | 10 |
| only employed on either a part-time basis or day-to-day
basis | 11 |
| as a
substitute
teacher shall pay only the required | 12 |
| registration fee to renew his or her
certificate
and maintain | 13 |
| it as Valid and Active. All other Standard Teaching | 14 |
| Certificates
held may be
maintained as
Valid and Exempt through | 15 |
| the registration process provided for in the
certificate | 16 |
| renewal
procedure established pursuant to subsection (c) of | 17 |
| this Section. A Valid and
Exempt
certificate must
be | 18 |
| immediately activated, through procedures developed jointly by | 19 |
| the State
Board of
Education and the State Teacher | 20 |
| Certification Board, upon the certificate
holder
becoming | 21 |
| employed and performing services in an Illinois public or
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| State-operated elementary school,
secondary school, or | 23 |
| cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or
board | 24 |
| of control in a
certificated
teaching position or a charter | 25 |
| school operating in compliance with the Charter
Schools
Law. A | 26 |
| holder of a Valid and Exempt certificate may activate his or |
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| her
certificate
through procedures provided for in the | 2 |
| certificate renewal procedure
established pursuant to
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| subsection (c) of this Section.
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| (e)(1) A Standard Teaching Certificate that has been | 5 |
| maintained as Valid
and
Active for the 5 years of the | 6 |
| certificate's validity shall be renewed as Valid
and Active
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| upon the certificate holder: (i)
completing an advanced degree | 8 |
| from an approved institution in an
education-related field; | 9 |
| (ii)
completing at least
8 semester hours of
coursework as | 10 |
| described in
subdivision (B) of paragraph (3) of this | 11 |
| subsection (e);
(iii)
(blank); (iv) completing the National | 12 |
| Board for
Professional
Teaching Standards process as described | 13 |
| in subdivision (D) of
paragraph (3) of
this subsection (e); or | 14 |
| (v) earning 120 continuing professional
development
units | 15 |
| ("CPDU") as described in subdivision (E) of paragraph (3) of
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| this
subsection (e). The maximum continuing professional | 17 |
| development units for each
continuing professional development | 18 |
| activity identified in subdivisions
(F)
through (J) of | 19 |
| paragraph (3) of this subsection (e) shall be
jointly | 20 |
| determined
by the State Board of Education and the State | 21 |
| Teacher Certification Board.
If, however, the certificate | 22 |
| holder has maintained the certificate
as Valid and
Exempt for a | 23 |
| portion of the 5-year period of validity, the number of
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| continuing
professional development units needed to renew the | 25 |
| certificate as Valid and
Active shall
be proportionately | 26 |
| reduced by the amount of time the certificate was Valid and
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| Exempt.
Furthermore, if a certificate holder is employed and | 2 |
| performs teaching services
on a
part-time basis for all or a | 3 |
| portion of the certificate's 5-year period of
validity, the | 4 |
| number
of continuing professional development units needed to | 5 |
| renew the certificate as
Valid
and Active shall be reduced by | 6 |
| 50% for the amount of time the certificate
holder has
been | 7 |
| employed and performed teaching services on a part-time basis. | 8 |
| Part-time
shall
be defined as less than 50% of the school day | 9 |
| or school term.
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| Notwithstanding any other requirements to the contrary, if | 11 |
| a Standard
Teaching
Certificate has been maintained as Valid | 12 |
| and Active for the 5 years of the
certificate's validity and | 13 |
| the certificate holder has completed his or her
certificate | 14 |
| renewal plan before July 1, 2002, the certificate shall
be | 15 |
| renewed as Valid and Active.
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| (2) Beginning July 1, 2004, in order to satisfy the | 17 |
| requirements for continuing professional development provided | 18 |
| for in subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code, each
Valid | 19 |
| and Active Standard Teaching Certificate holder shall
complete | 20 |
| professional development activities that address the | 21 |
| certificate or those certificates that are required of his or | 22 |
| her
certificated
teaching position, if the certificate holder | 23 |
| is employed and performing
services in an Illinois public
or | 24 |
| State-operated elementary school,
secondary school, or | 25 |
| cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or
board | 26 |
| of control, or that certificate or those certificates most |
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| closely
related to his or
her teaching position, if the | 2 |
| certificate holder is employed in a charter
school. Except as | 3 |
| otherwise provided in this subsection (e), the certificate | 4 |
| holder's activities must address purposes (A), (B),
(C), or (D) | 5 |
| and must reflect purpose (E) of the following continuing | 6 |
| professional
development purposes:
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| (A) Advance both the certificate holder's knowledge | 8 |
| and skills as a
teacher consistent with the Illinois | 9 |
| Professional Teaching Standards and the
Illinois Content | 10 |
| Area Standards in the certificate holder's areas of
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| certification,
endorsement, or teaching assignment in | 12 |
| order to keep the certificate holder
current
in those | 13 |
| areas.
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| (B) Develop the certificate holder's knowledge and | 15 |
| skills in areas
determined
to be critical for all Illinois | 16 |
| teachers, as defined by the State Board of
Education, known | 17 |
| as "State priorities".
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| (C) Address the knowledge, skills, and goals of the | 19 |
| certificate holder's
local
school improvement plan, if the | 20 |
| teacher is employed in an Illinois public
or State-operated | 21 |
| elementary school, secondary school, or cooperative or | 22 |
| joint
agreement with a governing body or board of control.
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| (D) Expand the certificate holder's knowledge and | 24 |
| skills in an
additional teaching field or toward
the
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| acquisition of another teaching certificate, endorsement, | 26 |
| or relevant
education degree.
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| (E) Address the needs of serving students with | 2 |
| disabilities, including adapting and modifying the general | 3 |
| curriculum related to the Illinois Learning Standards to | 4 |
| meet the needs of students with disabilities and serving | 5 |
| such students in the least restrictive environment. | 6 |
| Teachers who hold certificates endorsed for special | 7 |
| education must devote at least 50% of their continuing | 8 |
| professional development activities to this purpose. | 9 |
| Teachers holding other certificates must devote at least | 10 |
| 20% of their activities to this purpose.
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| A speech-language pathologist or audiologist who is
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| licensed under the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and
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| Audiology Practice Act and who has met the continuing
education | 14 |
| requirements of that Act and the rules promulgated
under that | 15 |
| Act shall be deemed to have satisfied the continuing
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| professional development requirements established by the State
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| Board of Education and the Teacher Certification Board to renew
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| a Standard Certificate.
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| (3) Continuing professional development activities may | 20 |
| include, but are not limited to, the following activities:
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| (A) completion of an advanced degree from an approved | 22 |
| institution
in an education-related field;
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| (B) at
least 8 semester hours of coursework
in an | 24 |
| approved education-related program, of which at least 2 | 25 |
| semester
hours relate
to the continuing professional | 26 |
| development purpose set forth in purpose (A) of
paragraph |
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| (2) of this subsection (e), completion of which means no
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| other continuing professional development activities are | 3 |
| required;
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| (C) (blank);
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| (D) completion of the National Board for
Professional | 6 |
| Teaching
Standards
("NBPTS") process for certification or | 7 |
| recertification, completion of which means no other | 8 |
| continuing professional development activities are | 9 |
| required;
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| (E) completion of 120 continuing professional | 11 |
| development
units that
satisfy the continuing professional | 12 |
| development purposes set forth in
paragraph (2) of this | 13 |
| subsection (e) and may include without limitation
the | 14 |
| activities identified in subdivisions (F) through
(J) of | 15 |
| this paragraph
(3);
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| (F) collaboration and partnership activities related | 17 |
| to
improving the
teacher's knowledge and skills as a | 18 |
| teacher, including the following:
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| (i) participating on collaborative planning and | 20 |
| professional
improvement
teams and committees;
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| (ii) peer review and coaching;
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| (iii) mentoring in a formal mentoring program, | 23 |
| including service as a
consulting teacher | 24 |
| participating in a remediation
process formulated | 25 |
| under Section 24A-5 of this Code;
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| (iv) participating in site-based management or |
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| decision making teams,
relevant committees, boards, or | 2 |
| task forces directly related to school
improvement | 3 |
| plans;
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| (v) coordinating community resources in schools, | 5 |
| if the project is a
specific goal of the school | 6 |
| improvement plan;
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| (vi) facilitating parent education programs for a | 8 |
| school, school
district, or
regional office of | 9 |
| education directly related to student achievement or
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| school improvement plans;
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| (vii) participating in business, school, or | 12 |
| community partnerships
directly
related to student | 13 |
| achievement or school improvement plans; or
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| (viii) supervising a student teacher or teacher | 15 |
| education candidate in
clinical supervision, provided | 16 |
| that the supervision may only be counted
once during | 17 |
| the course of 5 years;
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| (G) college or university coursework related to | 19 |
| improving the
teacher's
knowledge and skills as a teacher | 20 |
| as follows:
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| (i) completing undergraduate or graduate credit | 22 |
| earned from a
regionally
accredited institution in | 23 |
| coursework relevant to the certificate area being
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| renewed,
including coursework that incorporates | 25 |
| induction activities and
development of a portfolio of | 26 |
| both student and teacher work that
provides experience |
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| in reflective practices,
provided the coursework meets | 2 |
| Illinois Professional Teaching Standards
or Illinois | 3 |
| Content Area Standards and
supports the essential | 4 |
| characteristics of quality professional development; | 5 |
| or
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| (ii) teaching college or university courses in | 7 |
| areas relevant to the
certificate area being renewed, | 8 |
| provided that the teaching may only be
counted once | 9 |
| during the course of 5 years;
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| (H) conferences, workshops, institutes, seminars, and
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| symposiums related
to improving the teacher's knowledge | 12 |
| and skills as a teacher, subject to disapproval of the | 13 |
| activity or event by the State Teacher Certification Board | 14 |
| acting jointly with the State Board of Education,
including
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| the following:
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| (i) completing non-university credit directly | 17 |
| related to student
achievement, school improvement | 18 |
| plans, or State priorities;
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| (ii) participating in or presenting at workshops, | 20 |
| seminars,
conferences,
institutes, and symposiums;
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| (iii) training as external reviewers for Quality | 22 |
| Assurance; or
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| (iv) training as reviewers of university teacher | 24 |
| preparation programs.
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| A teacher, however, may not receive credit for conferences, | 26 |
| workshops, institutes, seminars, or symposiums that are |
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| designed for entertainment, promotional, or commercial | 2 |
| purposes or that are solely inspirational or motivational. | 3 |
| The State Superintendent of Education and regional | 4 |
| superintendents of schools are authorized to review the | 5 |
| activities and events provided or to be provided under this | 6 |
| subdivision (H) and to investigate complaints regarding | 7 |
| those activities and events, and either the State | 8 |
| Superintendent of Education or a regional superintendent | 9 |
| of schools may recommend that the State Teacher | 10 |
| Certification Board and the State Board of Education | 11 |
| jointly disapprove those activities and events considered | 12 |
| to be inconsistent with this subdivision (H);
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| (I) other educational experiences related to improving | 14 |
| the
teacher's
knowledge and skills as a teacher, including | 15 |
| the following:
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| (i) participating in action research and inquiry | 17 |
| projects;
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| (ii) observing programs or teaching in schools, | 19 |
| related businesses, or
industry that is systematic, | 20 |
| purposeful, and relevant to certificate renewal;
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| (iii) traveling related to one's teaching | 22 |
| assignment, directly related to
student achievement or | 23 |
| school improvement plans and approved by the regional | 24 |
| superintendent of schools or his or her designee at | 25 |
| least
30 days prior to the travel experience,
provided | 26 |
| that the traveling shall not include time spent |
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| commuting to
destinations where the learning | 2 |
| experience will occur;
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| (iv) participating in study groups related to | 4 |
| student achievement or
school
improvement plans;
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| (v) serving on a statewide education-related | 6 |
| committee, including but
not
limited to the State | 7 |
| Teacher Certification Board, State Board of Education
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| strategic agenda teams, or the State Advisory Council | 9 |
| on Education of
Children with Disabilities;
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| (vi) participating in work/learn programs or | 11 |
| internships; or
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| (vii) developing a portfolio of student and | 13 |
| teacher work;
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| (J) professional leadership experiences related to | 15 |
| improving
the teacher's
knowledge and skills as a teacher, | 16 |
| including the following:
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| (i) participating in curriculum development or | 18 |
| assessment activities
at the
school, school district, | 19 |
| regional office of education, State, or national
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| level;
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| (ii) participating in team or department | 22 |
| leadership in a school or
school
district;
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| (iii) participating on external or internal school | 24 |
| or school district
review
teams;
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| (iv) publishing educational articles, columns, or | 26 |
| books relevant to
the
certificate area being renewed; |
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| or
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| (v) participating in non-strike related | 3 |
| professional association or
labor organization
service | 4 |
| or
activities related to professional development;
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| (K) receipt of a subsequent Illinois certificate or | 6 |
| endorsement pursuant to this Article;
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| (L) completion of requirements for meeting the | 8 |
| Illinois criteria for becoming "highly qualified" (for | 9 |
| purposes of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Public | 10 |
| Law 107-110) in an additional teaching area;
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| (M) successful completion of 4 semester hours of | 12 |
| graduate-level coursework on the assessment of one's own | 13 |
| performance in relation to the Illinois Teaching | 14 |
| Standards, as described in clause (B) of paragraph (2) of | 15 |
| subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code; or | 16 |
| (N) successful completion of a minimum of 4 semester | 17 |
| hours of graduate-level coursework addressing preparation | 18 |
| to meet the requirements for certification by the National | 19 |
| Board for Professional Teaching Standards, as described in | 20 |
| clause (C) of paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section | 21 |
| 21-2 of this Code.
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| (4) A person must complete the requirements of this | 23 |
| subsection (e) before the expiration of his or her Standard | 24 |
| Teaching Certificate and must submit assurance to the regional | 25 |
| superintendent of schools or, if applicable, a local | 26 |
| professional development committee authorized by the regional |
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| superintendent to submit recommendations to him or her for this | 2 |
| purpose. The statement of assurance shall contain a list of the | 3 |
| activities completed, the provider offering each activity, the | 4 |
| number of credits earned for each activity, and the purposes to | 5 |
| which each activity is attributed. The certificate holder shall | 6 |
| maintain the evidence of completion of each activity for at | 7 |
| least one certificate renewal cycle. The certificate holder | 8 |
| shall affirm under penalty of perjury that he or she has | 9 |
| completed the activities listed and will maintain the required | 10 |
| evidence of completion. The State Board of Education or the | 11 |
| regional superintendent of schools for each region shall | 12 |
| conduct random audits of assurance statements and supporting | 13 |
| documentation.
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| (5) (Blank).
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| (6) (Blank).
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| (f) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code, a | 17 |
| school district is authorized to enter into an agreement with | 18 |
| the exclusive bargaining representative, if any, to form a | 19 |
| local professional development committee (LPDC). The | 20 |
| membership and terms of members of the LPDC may be determined | 21 |
| by the agreement. Provisions regarding LPDCs contained in a | 22 |
| collective bargaining agreement in existence on the effective | 23 |
| date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly | 24 |
| between a school district and the exclusive bargaining | 25 |
| representative shall remain in full force and effect for the | 26 |
| term of the agreement, unless terminated by mutual agreement. |
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| The LPDC shall make recommendations to the regional | 2 |
| superintendent of schools on renewal of teaching certificates. | 3 |
| The regional superintendent of schools for each region shall
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| perform
the following functions:
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| (1)
review recommendations for certificate renewal, if | 6 |
| any, received from LPDCs;
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| (2) (blank);
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| (3) (blank);
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| (4) (blank);
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| (5) determine whether certificate holders have met the
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| requirements for certificate renewal and notify | 12 |
| certificate holders
if the decision is not to renew the | 13 |
| certificate;
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| (6) provide a certificate holder with the opportunity | 15 |
| to appeal a recommendation made by a LPDC, if any, not to | 16 |
| renew the certificate to the regional professional | 17 |
| development review committee;
| 18 |
| (7) issue and forward recommendations for renewal or | 19 |
| nonrenewal
of certificate holders' Standard Teaching | 20 |
| Certificates to the State Teacher Certification Board; and
| 21 |
| (8) (blank).
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| (g)(1) Each regional superintendent of schools shall | 23 |
| review and concur or
nonconcur
with each recommendation for | 24 |
| renewal or nonrenewal of a Standard Teaching
Certificate he or | 25 |
| she receives from a local professional development committee, | 26 |
| if any,
or, if
a certificate
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| to the regional professional development
review committee, the
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| recommendation for renewal or nonrenewal he or she receives | 3 |
| from a regional
professional
development review committee and, | 4 |
| within 14 days of receipt of the
recommendation,
shall
provide | 5 |
| the State Teacher Certification Board with verification of the
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| following, if applicable:
| 7 |
| (A) the certificate holder has satisfactorily | 8 |
| completed professional development and continuing | 9 |
| education activities set forth in paragraph (3) of | 10 |
| subsection (e) of this Section;
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| (B) the certificate holder has submitted the statement | 12 |
| of assurance required under paragraph (4) of subsection (e) | 13 |
| of this Section, and this statement has been attached to | 14 |
| the application for renewal;
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| (C) the local professional development committee, if | 16 |
| any, has recommended the
renewal of the certificate | 17 |
| holder's Standard Teaching Certificate and
forwarded the | 18 |
| recommendation to the regional superintendent of schools;
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| (D) the certificate holder has appealed his or her | 20 |
| local professional
development committee's recommendation | 21 |
| of nonrenewal, if any, to the regional
professional | 22 |
| development review committee and the result of that appeal;
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| (E) the regional superintendent of schools has | 24 |
| concurred or nonconcurred
with
the
local professional | 25 |
| development committee's or regional professional
| 26 |
| development review committee's recommendation, if any, to |
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| renew or nonrenew the
certificate holder's Standard | 2 |
| Teaching Certificate and made a
recommendation to that | 3 |
| effect; and
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| (F) the established registration fee for the Standard | 5 |
| Teaching
Certificate has
been paid.
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| If
the notice required by this subsection
(g) includes a | 7 |
| recommendation of certificate nonrenewal, then, at the same | 8 |
| time the regional superintendent of schools provides the State | 9 |
| Teacher Certification Board with the notice, he or she
shall
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| also notify the
certificate holder in writing, by certified | 11 |
| mail, return receipt requested, that
this notice has been | 12 |
| provided to the
State
Teacher
Certification Board.
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| (2) Each certificate holder shall have the right to appeal
| 14 |
| his or her
local
professional development committee's | 15 |
| recommendation of nonrenewal, if any, to the
regional
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| professional development review committee, within 14 days of | 17 |
| receipt of notice
that the
recommendation has
been sent to the | 18 |
| regional superintendent of schools. Each regional
| 19 |
| superintendent of schools shall
establish a regional | 20 |
| professional development review committee or committees
for | 21 |
| the
purpose of
advising the regional superintendent of schools, | 22 |
| upon request, and handling
certificate
holder appeals. This | 23 |
| committee shall
consist of at least 4 classroom teachers, one | 24 |
| non-administrative
certificated
educational
employee, 2 | 25 |
| administrators, and one at-large member who shall be either (i) | 26 |
| a
parent, (ii)
a member of the business community, (iii) a |
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| community member, or (iv) an
administrator, with preference | 2 |
| given to an individual chosen from among those
persons
listed | 3 |
| in items (i), (ii), and (iii) in order to secure representation | 4 |
| of an
interest not already
represented on the committee. The | 5 |
| teacher and non-administrative certificated
educational | 6 |
| employee members of the review committee shall be selected by | 7 |
| their
exclusive representative, if any, and the administrators | 8 |
| and at-large member
shall be
selected by the regional | 9 |
| superintendent of schools. A regional superintendent
of | 10 |
| schools
may add additional members to the committee, provided | 11 |
| that the same proportion
of
teachers to administrators and | 12 |
| at-large members on the committee is maintained. Any
additional | 13 |
| teacher and non-administrative certificated educational | 14 |
| employee members
shall be selected by their exclusive | 15 |
| representative, if any. Vacancies in positions on a
regional | 16 |
| professional development review committee shall be filled in | 17 |
| the same manner
as the original selections. Committee members | 18 |
| shall serve staggered 3-year terms. All
individuals selected to | 19 |
| serve on regional professional development review committees
| 20 |
| must be known to demonstrate the best practices in teaching or | 21 |
| their respective
field of
practice.
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| (h)(1) The State Teacher Certification Board shall review | 23 |
| the regional
superintendent of schools' recommendations to | 24 |
| renew or nonrenew Standard
Teaching Certificates
and notify | 25 |
| certificate holders in writing whether their certificates have
| 26 |
| been renewed or
nonrenewed within 90 days of receipt of the |
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| recommendations,
unless a certificate holder has appealed a | 2 |
| regional
superintendent of schools'
recommendation of | 3 |
| nonrenewal, as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection
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| (h). The State Teacher Certification Board shall verify that | 5 |
| the
certificate holder
has met the renewal criteria set forth | 6 |
| in paragraph (1) of subsection (g) of
this Section.
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| (2) Each certificate holder shall have the right to appeal | 8 |
| a regional
superintendent of school's recommendation to | 9 |
| nonrenew his or her Standard
Teaching Certificate
to
the State | 10 |
| Teacher Certification Board, within 14 days of receipt of | 11 |
| notice that
the
decision has been sent to the State Teacher | 12 |
| Certification Board, which shall
hold an
appeal hearing within | 13 |
| 60 days of receipt of the appeal. When such an appeal is
taken,
| 14 |
| the certificate holder's Standard Teaching Certificate shall | 15 |
| continue to be
valid until the
appeal is finally determined. | 16 |
| The State Teacher Certification Board shall
review the
regional | 17 |
| superintendent of school's recommendation, the regional | 18 |
| professional
development review committee's recommendation, if | 19 |
| any, and the local
professional
development committee's | 20 |
| recommendation, if any, and all relevant documentation to | 21 |
| verify
whether the certificate holder has met the renewal | 22 |
| criteria set forth in
paragraph (1) of
subsection (g) of this | 23 |
| Section. The State Teacher Certification Board may
request that
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| the certificate holder appear before it. All actions taken by | 25 |
| the State
Teacher
Certification Board shall require a quorum | 26 |
| and be by a simple majority of those
present and voting.
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| record of
all votes
shall be maintained. The State Teacher | 2 |
| Certification Board shall notify the
certificate
holder in | 3 |
| writing, within 7 days of completing the review, whether his or | 4 |
| her
Standard
Teaching Certificate has been renewed or | 5 |
| nonrenewed, provided that if the State
Teacher
Certification | 6 |
| Board determines to nonrenew a certificate, the written notice
| 7 |
| provided to
the certificate holder shall be by certified mail, | 8 |
| return receipt requested.
All certificate
renewal or | 9 |
| nonrenewal decisions of the State Teacher Certification Board | 10 |
| are
final and
subject to administrative review, as set forth in | 11 |
| Section 21-24 of this Code.
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| (i) Holders of Master Teaching Certificates shall meet the | 13 |
| same
requirements
and follow the same procedures as holders of | 14 |
| Standard Teaching Certificates,
except
that their renewal | 15 |
| cycle shall be as set forth in subsection (d) of Section
21-2 | 16 |
| of this
Code and their renewal requirements shall be subject to | 17 |
| paragraph (8) of subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code.
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| A holder of a
teaching certificate endorsed as a | 19 |
| speech-language pathologist who
has been granted the | 20 |
| Certificate of Clinical Competence by the
American | 21 |
| Speech-Language Hearing Association may renew his or her
| 22 |
| Standard Teaching Certificate pursuant to the 10-year renewal | 23 |
| cycle set
forth in subsection (d) of Section 21-2 of this Code.
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| (j) Holders of Valid and Exempt Standard and Master | 25 |
| Teaching Certificates
who are not employed and performing | 26 |
| services in an Illinois public or
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| school, secondary school, or cooperative or joint agreement | 2 |
| with a
governing body or board of control, in a certificated | 3 |
| teaching position,
may
voluntarily activate their certificates | 4 |
| through the regional superintendent of schools of the regional | 5 |
| office of
education for the geographic area where their | 6 |
| teaching is done. These certificate holders shall follow the | 7 |
| same renewal
criteria
and procedures as all other Standard and | 8 |
| Master Teaching Certificate holders,
except
that their | 9 |
| continuing professional development activities need not
| 10 |
| reflect or
address the knowledge, skills, and goals of a local | 11 |
| school improvement plan.
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| (k) (Blank).
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| (l) (Blank).
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| (m) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act | 15 |
| of the 93rd General Assembly that affect renewal of Standard | 16 |
| and Master Certificates shall apply to those persons who hold | 17 |
| Standard or Master Certificates on or after the effective date | 18 |
| of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly and shall | 19 |
| be given effect upon renewal of those certificates.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-793, eff. 1-1-09.)
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