Full Text of SB0860 94th General Assembly
SB0860ham001 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
Adopted in House Comm. on Apr 05, 2006
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 860
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 860 immediately | 3 |
| below the title, by inserting the following: | 4 |
| "WHEREAS, The new principal mentoring program is intended | 5 |
| to exist as a statewide program in which different providers | 6 |
| around the State, including statewide organizations, regional | 7 |
| offices of education, higher education institutions, school | 8 |
| districts, and others, may be approved as providers by the | 9 |
| State Board of Education to offer mentoring programs if they | 10 |
| meet the standards and criteria of the new principal mentoring | 11 |
| program; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, Mentors must complete mentoring training offered | 13 |
| by the different providers approved by the State Board and work | 14 |
| with the new principals to identify areas for professional | 15 |
| growth that will assist the principal when making | 16 |
| Administrators' Academy and professional development choices, | 17 |
| allowing the new principals, with the approval of their | 18 |
| mentors, to select any appropriate Administrators' Academy | 19 |
| courses even though it might be a duplication of an Illinois | 20 |
| Professional Standards for School Leaders standard; | 21 |
| therefore"; and
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| by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 23 |
| following:
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| "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections | 2 |
| 2-3.53a, 21-5e, 21-7.5, 21-7.10, 21-7.15, 24A-15, and 34-18.33 | 3 |
| and by changing Section 10-23.8a as follows: | 4 |
| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.53a new)
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| Sec. 2-3.53a. New principal mentoring program. | 6 |
| (a) Beginning on July 1, 2007, and subject to an annual | 7 |
| appropriation by the General Assembly, to establish a new | 8 |
| principal mentoring program for new principals. Any individual | 9 |
| who is hired as a principal in the State of Illinois on or | 10 |
| after July 1, 2007 shall participate in a new principal | 11 |
| mentoring program for the duration of his or her first year as | 12 |
| a principal and must complete the program in accordance with | 13 |
| the requirements established by the State Board of Education by | 14 |
| rule or, for a school district created by Article 34 of this | 15 |
| Code, in accordance with the provisions of Section 34-18.27 of | 16 |
| this Code. School districts created by Article 34 are not | 17 |
| subject to the requirements of subsection (b), (c), (d), (e), | 18 |
| (f), or (g) of this Section. The new principal mentoring | 19 |
| program shall match an experienced principal who meets the | 20 |
| requirements of subsection (b) of this Section with each new | 21 |
| principal in his or her first year in that position in order to | 22 |
| assist the new principal in the development of his or her | 23 |
| professional growth and to provide guidance during the new | 24 |
| principal's first year of service. | 25 |
| (b) Any individual who has been a principal in Illinois for | 26 |
| 3 or more years and who has demonstrated success as an | 27 |
| instructional leader, as determined by the State Board by rule, | 28 |
| is eligible to apply to be a mentor under a new principal | 29 |
| mentoring program. Mentors shall complete mentoring training | 30 |
| by entities approved by the State Board and meet any other | 31 |
| requirements set forth by the State Board and by the school | 32 |
| district employing the mentor. |
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| (c) The State Board shall certify an entity or entities | 2 |
| approved to provide training of mentors. | 3 |
| (d) A mentor shall be assigned to a new principal based on | 4 |
| (i) similarity of grade level or type of school, (ii) learning | 5 |
| needs of the new principal, and (iii) geographical proximity of | 6 |
| the mentor to the new principal. The principal, in | 7 |
| collaboration with the mentor, shall identify areas for | 8 |
| improvement of the new principal's professional growth, | 9 |
| including, but not limited to, each of the following: | 10 |
| (1) Analyzing data and applying it to practice. | 11 |
| (2) Aligning professional development and | 12 |
| instructional programs. | 13 |
| (3) Building a professional learning community. | 14 |
| (4) Observing classroom practices and providing | 15 |
| feedback. | 16 |
| (5) Facilitating effective meetings. | 17 |
| (6) Developing distributive leadership practices. | 18 |
| (7) Facilitating organizational change. | 19 |
| The mentor shall not be required to provide an evaluation of | 20 |
| the new principal on the basis of the mentoring relationship. | 21 |
| (e) On or after January 1, 2008 and on or after January 1 | 22 |
| of each year thereafter, each mentor and each new principal | 23 |
| shall complete a survey of progress on a form developed by | 24 |
| their respective school districts. On or before July 1, 2008 | 25 |
| and on or after July 1 of each year thereafter, the State Board | 26 |
| shall facilitate a review and evaluate the mentoring training | 27 |
| program in collaboration with the approved providers. Each new | 28 |
| principal and his or her mentor must complete a verification | 29 |
| form developed by the State Board in order to certify their | 30 |
| completion of a new principal mentoring program. | 31 |
| (f) The requirements of this Section do not apply to any | 32 |
| individual who has previously served as an assistant principal | 33 |
| in Illinois acting under an administrative certificate for 5 or | 34 |
| more years and who is hired, on or after July 1, 2007, as a |
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| principal by the school district in which the individual last | 2 |
| served as an assistant principal, although such an individual | 3 |
| may choose to participate in this program or shall be required | 4 |
| to participate by the school district. | 5 |
| (g) The State Board may adopt any rules necessary for the | 6 |
| implementation of this Section.
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| (105 ILCS 5/10-23.8a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-23.8a)
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| Sec. 10-23.8a. Principal and other administrator | 9 |
| contracts. After the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 10 |
| 1997 and the expiration of
contracts in effect on the effective | 11 |
| date of this amendatory Act, school
districts may only employ | 12 |
| principals and other school administrators under either a
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| contract for a period not to exceed one year or a | 14 |
| performance-based contract for a period not to exceed 5
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| unless the provisions of Section 10-23.8b of this Code or | 16 |
| subsection (e) of Section 24A-15 of this Code otherwise apply .
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| Performance-based contracts shall be linked to student
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| performance and academic improvement attributable to the | 19 |
| responsibilities and
duties of the principal or administrator. | 20 |
| No performance-based
contract shall be extended or rolled-over | 21 |
| prior to its scheduled expiration
unless
all the performance | 22 |
| and improvement goals contained in the contract have been
met.
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| Each performance-based contract shall include the goals and
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| indicators of student performance and academic improvement | 25 |
| determined and used
by the local school board to measure the | 26 |
| performance and effectiveness of the
principal or other | 27 |
| administrator and such other information as the local school
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| board may determine.
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| By accepting the terms of a multi-year contract, the | 30 |
| principal or
administrator waives
all rights granted him or her | 31 |
| under Sections 24-11 through 24-16 of this
Act only for
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| term of the multi-year contract. Upon acceptance of a | 33 |
| multi-year
contract, the principal or administrator shall not |
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| lose any previously
acquired tenure credit with the district.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 91-314, eff. 1-1-00.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/21-5e new)
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| Sec. 21-5e. Alternative Route to Administrative | 5 |
| Certification for National Board Certified Teachers. | 6 |
| (a) It shall be the policy of the State of Illinois to | 7 |
| improve the recruitment and preparation of instructional | 8 |
| leaders. | 9 |
| (b) On or before July 1, 2007, the State Board of | 10 |
| Education, in consultation with the State Teacher | 11 |
| Certification Board, shall establish and implement an | 12 |
| alternative route to administrative certification for teacher | 13 |
| leaders, to be known as the Alternative Route to an | 14 |
| Administrative Certificate for National Board Certified | 15 |
| Teachers. "Teacher leader" means a certified teacher who has | 16 |
| already received National Board certification through the | 17 |
| National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and who has | 18 |
| a teacher leader endorsement under Section 21-7.5 of this Code. | 19 |
| Persons who meet the requirements of and successfully complete | 20 |
| the program established by this Section shall be issued a | 21 |
| standard administrative certificate for serving in schools in | 22 |
| this State. The State Board shall approve a course of study | 23 |
| that persons must successfully complete in order to satisfy one | 24 |
| criterion for issuance of the administrative certificate under | 25 |
| this Section. The Alternative Route to an Administrative | 26 |
| Certificate for National Board Certified Teachers must include | 27 |
| the current content and skills contained in a college's or | 28 |
| university's courses and the Illinois Professional School | 29 |
| Leader Standards for State certification, with the exception of | 30 |
| courses that contain the competency areas and the Illinois | 31 |
| Professional School Leader Standards that a candidate has | 32 |
| already met through National Board certification or through a | 33 |
| teacher leadership master's degree program. |
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| (c) The Alternative Route to an Administrative Certificate | 2 |
| for National Board Certified Teachers shall be comprised of the | 3 |
| following 4 phases: | 4 |
| (1) National Board certification and an endorsement in | 5 |
| teacher leadership in accordance with Section 21-7.5 of | 6 |
| this Code; | 7 |
| (2) a master's degree in a teacher leader program; | 8 |
| (3) 15 hours of coursework in which the candidate must | 9 |
| show evidence of meeting competencies for organizational | 10 |
| management and development, finance, supervision and | 11 |
| evaluation, policy and legal issues, and leadership, as | 12 |
| stated in the Illinois Professional School Leader | 13 |
| Standards for principals; and | 14 |
| (4) a passing score on the Illinois Administrator | 15 |
| Assessment. | 16 |
| (d) Successful completion of the Alternative Route to an | 17 |
| Administrative Certificate for National Board Certified | 18 |
| Teachers shall be deemed to satisfy all requirements to receive | 19 |
| an administrative certificate established by law.
The State | 20 |
| Board shall adopt rules that are consistent with this Section | 21 |
| and that the State Board deems necessary for the establishment | 22 |
| and implementation of the program. | 23 |
| (105 ILCS 5/21-7.5 new)
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| Sec. 21-7.5. Teacher leader endorsement. It shall be the | 25 |
| policy of the State of Illinois to improve the quality of | 26 |
| instructional leaders by providing a career pathway for | 27 |
| teachers interested in serving in leadership roles.
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| on July 1, 2007, the State Board, in consultation with the | 29 |
| State Teacher Certification Board, shall establish and | 30 |
| implement a teacher leader endorsement, to be known as a | 31 |
| teacher leader endorsement. Persons who meet the requirements | 32 |
| of and successfully complete the requirements of the | 33 |
| endorsement established under this Section shall be issued a |
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| teacher leader endorsement for serving in schools in this | 2 |
| State. The endorsement shall be a career path endorsement but | 3 |
| not a restrictive endorsement available to: (i) teachers who | 4 |
| are certified through the National Board for Professional | 5 |
| Teaching Standards and complete a specially designed strand of | 6 |
| teacher leadership courses; (ii) teachers who have completed a | 7 |
| master's degree program in teacher leadership; and (iii) proven | 8 |
| teacher leaders with a master's degree who complete a specially | 9 |
| designed strand of teacher leadership courses. Colleges and | 10 |
| universities shall have the authority to qualify the | 11 |
| proficiency of proven teacher leaders under clause (iii) of | 12 |
| this Section. A teacher who meets any of clauses (i) through | 13 |
| (iii) of this Section shall be deemed to satisfy the | 14 |
| requirements for the teacher leader endorsement.
The State | 15 |
| Board may adopt rules that are consistent with this Section and | 16 |
| that the State Board deems necessary to establish and implement | 17 |
| this teacher leadership endorsement program. | 18 |
| (105 ILCS 5/21-7.10 new)
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| Sec. 21-7.10. Master principal designation program. | 20 |
| (a) The General Assembly recognizes the important role a | 21 |
| principal serves as a school's instructional leader and | 22 |
| believes it is in the best interest of the State to establish a | 23 |
| mechanism for training and recognizing master level | 24 |
| principals. | 25 |
| (b) The State Board of Education shall certify statewide | 26 |
| organizations representing principals, institutions of higher | 27 |
| education, and regional offices of education and one school | 28 |
| district or organization representing principals in a school | 29 |
| district organized under Article 34 of this Code to establish a | 30 |
| master principal designation program if these entities meet the | 31 |
| criteria established by the State Board. These entities shall | 32 |
| work with a statewide design team made up of institutions of | 33 |
| higher education, regional offices of education, statewide |
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| organizations, and other appropriate entities, as determined | 2 |
| by the State Board, to conceptualize the master principal | 3 |
| designation program. The State Board shall adopt rules, in | 4 |
| consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board, for | 5 |
| entities seeking to provide a program under this Section, | 6 |
| including an approval process and other criteria.
A master | 7 |
| principal designation program aligned with the Illinois | 8 |
| Professional Leadership Standards shall include at least the | 9 |
| following components: | 10 |
| (1) Expansion of the principal's knowledge base and | 11 |
| leadership. | 12 |
| (2) Application of strategies and collection of | 13 |
| evidence of student learning and school processes. | 14 |
| (3) Demonstration of the ability and skills necessary | 15 |
| to lead sustained academic improvement in a school or | 16 |
| district. | 17 |
| (c) An individual serving as a principal for at least 3 | 18 |
| years is eligible for participation in a master principal | 19 |
| designation program.
Each year, those entities approved to | 20 |
| offer a master principal designation program must submit to the | 21 |
| State Board a report indicating the number of individuals | 22 |
| enrolled in the program, the progress of candidates, | 23 |
| anticipated changes to the program, and any other relevant | 24 |
| information requested by the State Board. All substantive | 25 |
| changes to an entity's master principal designation program | 26 |
| shall require prior written approval from the State Board.
An | 27 |
| entity that fails to meet the requirements of this Section or | 28 |
| any other criteria established by the State Board by rule shall | 29 |
| have its authority to offer a master principal designation | 30 |
| program revoked pursuant to procedures established by rule by | 31 |
| the State Board. | 32 |
| (105 ILCS 5/21-7.15 new)
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| Sec. 21-7.15. Illinois Administrators' Academy Review Task |
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| Force. The State Board of Education shall create a task force | 2 |
| to review the Illinois Administrators' Academy and recommend | 3 |
| revisions to the program. The goal of the task force shall be | 4 |
| to revise the Illinois Administrators' Academy so that it | 5 |
| offers professional development opportunities tailored to the | 6 |
| individual and collective needs of principals and other | 7 |
| administrators. The task force shall also examine the content | 8 |
| and duration of teacher evaluation courses required under | 9 |
| subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of subsection (c-10) of | 10 |
| Section 21-7.1 of this Act and make recommendations for | 11 |
| improvement. The task force shall consist of members appointed | 12 |
| by the State Superintendent of Education. The task force shall | 13 |
| include without limitation representatives from a statewide | 14 |
| organization representing principals, a statewide organization | 15 |
| representing school business officials, a statewide | 16 |
| organization representing school administrators, a statewide | 17 |
| organization representing education leadership, a statewide | 18 |
| organization representing school boards, regional offices of | 19 |
| education, and other appropriate stakeholders.
The task force | 20 |
| shall file a report of its findings with the General Assembly, | 21 |
| the Governor, and the State Board by July 1, 2007. A copy of | 22 |
| the report shall also be delivered to the Executive Committee | 23 |
| of the Illinois State Action for Education Leadership Project. | 24 |
| This Section is repealed on July 2, 2007. | 25 |
| (105 ILCS 5/24A-15 new)
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| Sec. 24A-15. Development and submission of evaluation plan | 27 |
| for principals. | 28 |
| (a) Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year and each | 29 |
| school year thereafter, each school district, except for a | 30 |
| school district organized under Article 34 of this Code, shall | 31 |
| establish a principal evaluation plan in accordance with this | 32 |
| Section. The plan must ensure that each principal is evaluated | 33 |
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| (1) For a principal on a single-year contract, the | 2 |
| evaluation must take place by February 1 of each year. | 3 |
| (2) For a principal on a multi-year contract under | 4 |
| Section 10-23.8a of this Code, the evaluation must take | 5 |
| place by February 1 of the final year of the contract. | 6 |
| Nothing in this Section prohibits a school district from | 7 |
| conducting additional evaluations of principals.
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| (b) The evaluation shall include a description of the | 9 |
| principal's duties and responsibilities and the standards to | 10 |
| which the principal is expected to conform. | 11 |
| (c) The evaluation must be performed by the district | 12 |
| superintendent, the superintendent's designee, or, in the | 13 |
| absence of the superintendent or his or her designee, an | 14 |
| individual appointed by the school board who holds a registered | 15 |
| Type 75 State administrative certificate. The evaluation must | 16 |
| be in writing and must at least do all of the following: | 17 |
| (1) Consider the principal's specific duties, | 18 |
| responsibilities, management, and competence as a | 19 |
| principal. | 20 |
| (2) Specify the principal's strengths and weaknesses, | 21 |
| with supporting reasons. | 22 |
| (3) Align with the Illinois Professional Standards for | 23 |
| School Leaders or research-based district standards.
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| (d) One copy of the evaluation must be included in the | 25 |
| principal's personnel file and one copy of the evaluation must | 26 |
| be provided to the principal. | 27 |
| (e) Failure by a district to evaluate a principal and to | 28 |
| provide the principal with a copy of the evaluation at least | 29 |
| once during the term of the principal's contract, in accordance | 30 |
| with this Section, is evidence that the principal is performing | 31 |
| duties and responsibilities in at least a satisfactory manner | 32 |
| and shall serve to automatically extend the principal's | 33 |
| contract for a period of one year after the contract would | 34 |
| otherwise expire, under the same terms and conditions as the |
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| prior year's contract. The requirements in this Section are in | 2 |
| addition to the right of a school board to reclassify a | 3 |
| principal pursuant to Section 10-23.8b of this Code. | 4 |
| (f) Nothing in this Section prohibits a school board from | 5 |
| ordering lateral transfers of principals to positions of | 6 |
| similar rank and salary.
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| (105 ILCS 5/34-18.33 new)
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| Sec. 34-18.33. Principal mentoring program. Beginning on | 9 |
| July 1, 2007, and subject to an annual appropriation by the | 10 |
| General Assembly, the school district shall develop a principal | 11 |
| mentoring program. The school district shall submit a copy of | 12 |
| its principal mentoring program to the State Board of Education | 13 |
| for its review and public comment. Whenever a substantive | 14 |
| change has been made by the school district to its principal | 15 |
| mentoring program, these changes must be submitted to the State | 16 |
| Board of Education for review and comment.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 |
| becoming law.".
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