Full Text of HB0513 98th General Assembly
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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by changing Sections | 5 | | 21-5b and 21-5c as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/21-5b) | 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2015) | 8 | | Sec. 21-5b. Alternative certification. The State Board of | 9 | | Education, in
consultation with the State Teacher | 10 | | Certification Board, shall
establish and implement an | 11 | | alternative certification program under which
persons who meet | 12 | | the requirements of and successfully complete the program
| 13 | | established by this Section shall be issued an alternative | 14 | | teaching certificate
for teaching in the schools. The program | 15 | | shall be
limited to not more than 260 new participants during | 16 | | each year that the program
is in effect. The State Board of | 17 | | Education, in cooperation with one or more not-for-profit | 18 | | organizations in the State that support excellence in teaching, | 19 | | which may be in partnership
with a university that offers | 20 | | 4-year baccalaureate and masters degree
programs and that is a | 21 | | recognized institution as defined in Section 21B-105 of this | 22 | | Code, may within
30 days after submission by the program | 23 | | sponsor approve
a course of study developed by the program |
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| 1 | | sponsor that persons
in the program must successfully complete | 2 | | in order to satisfy one
criterion for issuance of an | 3 | | alternative certificate under this Section.
The Alternative | 4 | | Teacher Certification program course of study must include | 5 | | content and skills which have been approved by the State Board | 6 | | of Education,
in consultation with the State Teacher | 7 | | Certification Board, as meeting the requirement
for State | 8 | | teacher certification. | 9 | | The alternative certification program established under | 10 | | this Section shall be
known as the Alternative Teacher | 11 | | Certification program. The Alternative
Teacher Certification | 12 | | Program shall be offered by the submitting partnership,
and | 13 | | such partnership may be offered by one or more not-for-profit
| 14 | | organizations in the State which support excellence in | 15 | | teaching. The program
shall be
comprised of the following 3 | 16 | | phases: (a) the first phase is the
course of study offered on | 17 | | an intensive basis in education theory,
instructional methods, | 18 | | and
practice
teaching; (b) the second phase is the person's | 19 | | assignment to a full-time
teaching position for one school | 20 | | year; and (c) the third phase is a
comprehensive assessment of | 21 | | the person's teaching performance by school
officials and the | 22 | | partnership participants
and a recommendation by the program | 23 | | sponsor to the
State Board of Education that the person be | 24 | | issued a standard alternative
teaching certificate. Successful | 25 | | completion of the Alternative Teacher
Certification program | 26 | | shall be deemed to satisfy any other
practice or student |
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| 1 | | teaching and subject matter requirements established by
law. | 2 | | A provisional alternative teaching certificate, valid for | 3 | | one year of
teaching
in the common schools and not renewable, | 4 | | shall be issued under this Section
21-5b to persons who at the | 5 | | time of applying for the provisional alternative
teaching | 6 | | certificate under this Section: | 7 | | (1) have graduated from an accredited college or | 8 | | university with a
bachelor's degree; | 9 | | (2) have successfully completed the first phase of the | 10 | | Alternative Teacher
Certification program as provided in | 11 | | this Section; | 12 | | (3) have passed the tests of basic skills and subject | 13 | | matter knowledge
required by Section
21-1a; and | 14 | | (4) (i) have been employed for a period of at least 5 | 15 | | years in an area
requiring application of the individual's | 16 | | education or (ii) have attained at least a cumulative grade | 17 | | average of a "B" if the individual is assigned either to a | 18 | | school district that has not met the annual measurable | 19 | | objective for highly qualified teachers required by the | 20 | | Illinois Revised Highly Qualified Teachers (HQT) Plan or to | 21 | | a school district whose data filed with the State Board of | 22 | | Education indicates that the district's poor and minority | 23 | | students are taught by teachers who are not highly | 24 | | qualified at a higher rate than other students; however, | 25 | | this item (4)
does not apply with respect to a provisional | 26 | | alternative teaching certificate
for
teaching in schools |
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| 1 | | situated in a school district that is located in a city
| 2 | | having a
population in excess of 500,000 inhabitants. | 3 | | Assignment may be made under clause (ii) of this item (4) | 4 | | only if the district superintendent and the exclusive | 5 | | bargaining representative of the district's teachers, if | 6 | | any, jointly agree to permit the assignment.
| 7 | | A person possessing a provisional alternative certificate | 8 | | under this Section
shall be treated as a regularly certified | 9 | | teacher for purposes of compensation,
benefits, and other terms | 10 | | and conditions of employment afforded teachers in the
school | 11 | | who are members of a bargaining unit represented by an | 12 | | exclusive
bargaining representative, if any. | 13 | | Until February 15, 2000, a standard alternative teaching | 14 | | certificate,
valid for 4 years for teaching
in the schools and | 15 | | renewable as provided in
Section 21-14, shall be
issued under | 16 | | this Section 21-5b to persons who first complete the | 17 | | requirements
for the provisional alternative teaching | 18 | | certificate
and who at the time of applying for a standard | 19 | | alternative teaching certificate
under this Section have | 20 | | successfully completed the second and third phases of
the | 21 | | Alternative Teacher Certification program as provided in this | 22 | | Section.
Alternatively, beginning February 15, 2000, at the end | 23 | | of the 4-year
validity
period,
persons who were issued a | 24 | | standard alternative teaching certificate shall be
eligible, | 25 | | on
the same basis as holders of an Initial Teaching Certificate | 26 | | issued under
subsection (b) of
Section 21-2 of this Code, to |
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| 1 | | apply for a Standard Teaching Certificate,
provided they
meet | 2 | | the requirements of
subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code | 3 | | and further provided that a
person who
does not
apply for and | 4 | | receive a Standard Teaching Certificate shall be able to teach
| 5 | | only in
schools situated in a school district that is located | 6 | | in a city having a
population in excess
of 500,000 inhabitants. | 7 | | Beginning February 15, 2000, persons who have completed the | 8 | | requirements for
a
standard alternative teaching certificate | 9 | | under this Section shall be issued an
Initial
Alternative | 10 | | Teaching Certificate valid for 4 years of teaching and not
| 11 | | renewable. At the end of the 4-year validity period, these | 12 | | persons shall be
eligible, on the same
basis as
holders of an | 13 | | Initial Teaching Certificate issued under subsection (b) of
| 14 | | Section 21-2 of
this Code, to apply for a Standard Teaching | 15 | | Certificate, provided they meet the
requirements of subsection | 16 | | (c) of Section 21-2. | 17 | | Such alternative certification program shall be | 18 | | implemented so that the first
provisional alternative teaching | 19 | | certificates issued under this Section are
effective upon the | 20 | | commencement of the 1997-1998 academic year and the first
| 21 | | standard alternative teaching certificates issued under this | 22 | | Section are
effective upon the commencement of the 1998-1999 | 23 | | academic year. | 24 | | The State Board of Education, in cooperation with the | 25 | | partnership or partnerships
establishing such Alternative | 26 | | Teacher Certification programs, shall adopt rules
and |
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| 1 | | regulations that are consistent with this Section and that the | 2 | | State Board
of Education deems necessary to establish and | 3 | | implement the program. | 4 | | No one may be admitted to an alternative certification | 5 | | program under this Section after September 1, 2013, and those | 6 | | candidates who are admitted on or before September 1, 2013 must | 7 | | complete the program before January 1, 2015 , except that | 8 | | candidates admitted to an alternative certification program at | 9 | | Governors State University and participants in the Teacher | 10 | | Quality Partnership Grant program must be admitted on or before | 11 | | March 31, 2014, complete their coursework on or before August | 12 | | 31, 2015, and be entitled to certification on or before | 13 | | September 31, 2015 . The alternative certification program at | 14 | | Governors State University shall provide the State Board of | 15 | | Education with the names of the candidates who will be eligible | 16 | | for certification under this exception. | 17 | | This Section is repealed on January 1, 2016 2015 . | 18 | | (Source: P.A. 96-862, eff. 1-15-10; 97-607, eff. 8-26-11; | 19 | | 97-702, eff. 6-25-12.) | 20 | | (105 ILCS 5/21-5c) | 21 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2015) | 22 | | Sec. 21-5c. Alternative route to teacher certification. | 23 | | The State Board
of Education, in consultation with the State | 24 | | Teacher Certification Board, shall
establish and implement one | 25 | | or more alternative route to teacher certification programs
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| 1 | | under which persons who meet the requirements of and | 2 | | successfully complete the programs
established by this Section | 3 | | shall be issued an initial teaching
certificate for teaching in | 4 | | schools in this State.
The State Board of Education may
approve | 5 | | a course of study
that persons in such programs must | 6 | | successfully complete in order to
satisfy one criterion for | 7 | | issuance of a certificate under this Section. The
Alternative | 8 | | Route to Teacher Certification programs course of study must | 9 | | include
content and skills which have been approved by the | 10 | | State Board of
Education, in consultation with the State | 11 | | Teacher Certification Board, as meeting the
requirement for | 12 | | State teacher certification. | 13 | | Programs established under this Section shall be
known as | 14 | | Alternative Route to Teacher Certification programs. The | 15 | | programs
may be offered by a university that offers 4-year | 16 | | baccalaureate and masters degree programs and that is a | 17 | | recognized institution as defined in Section 21B-105 of this | 18 | | Code, by one or more not-for-profit
organizations in the State, | 19 | | or a combination thereof. The programs shall be comprised of | 20 | | the following 3
phases: (a) a
course of study offered on an | 21 | | intensive basis in education theory,
instructional methods, | 22 | | and
practice teaching; (b) the person's assignment to a | 23 | | full-time
teaching position for one school year, including the | 24 | | designation of a
mentor teacher to advise and assist the person | 25 | | with that
teaching assignment; and (c) a comprehensive | 26 | | assessment of the person's
teaching performance by school |
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| 1 | | officials and program participants
and a recommendation by the | 2 | | program sponsor to the
State Board of Education that the person | 3 | | be issued an initial
teaching certificate. Successful | 4 | | completion of Alternative Route to
Teacher
Certification | 5 | | programs shall be deemed to satisfy any other
practice or | 6 | | student teaching and subject matter requirements established | 7 | | by
law. | 8 | | A provisional alternative teaching certificate, valid for | 9 | | one year of
teaching
in the common schools and not renewable, | 10 | | shall be issued under this Section
21-5c to persons who at the | 11 | | time of applying for the provisional alternative
teaching | 12 | | certificate under this Section: | 13 | | (1) have graduated from an accredited college or | 14 | | university with a
bachelor's degree; | 15 | | (2) have been employed for a period of at least 5 years | 16 | | in an area
requiring application of the individual's | 17 | | education; | 18 | | (3) have successfully completed the first phase of the | 19 | | Alternative Teacher
Certification program as provided in | 20 | | this Section; and | 21 | | (4) have passed the tests of basic skills and subject | 22 | | matter knowledge
required by Section 21-1a. | 23 | | An initial teaching certificate, valid for teaching
in the | 24 | | common schools,
shall be
issued under Section 21-3 or 21-5 to | 25 | | persons who first complete the
requirements
for the provisional | 26 | | alternative teaching certificate
and who at the time of |
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| 1 | | applying for an initial teaching certificate
have successfully | 2 | | completed the second and third phases of
the Alternative Route | 3 | | to Teacher Certification program as provided in this
Section. | 4 | | A person possessing a provisional alternative certificate | 5 | | or an initial
teaching certificate earned under this Section
| 6 | | shall be treated as a regularly certified teacher for purposes | 7 | | of compensation,
benefits, and other terms and conditions of | 8 | | employment afforded teachers in the
school who are members of a | 9 | | bargaining unit represented by an exclusive
bargaining | 10 | | representative, if any. | 11 | | The State Board of Education may adopt rules
and | 12 | | regulations that are consistent with this Section and that the | 13 | | State Board
deems necessary to establish and implement the | 14 | | program. | 15 | | No one may be admitted to an alternative certification | 16 | | program under this Section after September 1, 2013, and those | 17 | | candidates who are admitted on or before September 1, 2013 must | 18 | | complete the program before January 1, 2015 , except that | 19 | | candidates admitted to an alternative certification program at | 20 | | Governors State University and participants in the Teacher | 21 | | Quality Partnership Grant program must be admitted on or before | 22 | | March 31, 2014, complete their coursework on or before August | 23 | | 31, 2015, and be entitled to certification on or before | 24 | | September 31, 2015 . The alternative certification program at | 25 | | Governors State University shall provide the State Board of | 26 | | Education with the names of the candidates who will be eligible |
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| 1 | | for certification under this exception. | 2 | | This Section is repealed on January 1, 2016 2015 . | 3 | | (Source: P.A. 96-862, eff. 1-15-10; 97-607, eff. 8-26-11; | 4 | | 97-702, eff. 6-25-12.)
| 5 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 | | becoming law.
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