Full Text of SB0860 94th General Assembly
SB0860sam001 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Deanna Demuzio
Filed: 2/28/2006
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 860
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 860 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections | 5 |
| 2-3.53a, 21-5e, 21-7.5, 21-7.10, 21-7.15, 24A-15, and 34-18.33 | 6 |
| and by changing Sections 10-23.8a and 21-7.1 as follows: | 7 |
| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.53a new)
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| Sec. 2-3.53a. New principal mentoring program. | 9 |
| (a) Beginning on July 1, 2007, and subject to an annual | 10 |
| appropriation by the General Assembly, to establish a new | 11 |
| principal mentoring program for new principals. Any individual | 12 |
| who is hired as a principal in the State of Illinois on or | 13 |
| after July 1, 2007 must participate in the new principal | 14 |
| mentoring program for the duration of his or her first year as | 15 |
| a principal and must complete the program in accordance with | 16 |
| the requirements established by the State Board of Education by | 17 |
| rule or, for a school district created by Article 34 of this | 18 |
| Code, in accordance with the provisions of Section 34-18.27 of | 19 |
| this Code. School districts created by Article 34 are not | 20 |
| subject to the requirements of subsection (b), (c), (d), (e), | 21 |
| (f), or (g) of this Section. The new principal mentoring | 22 |
| program shall match an experienced principal who meets the | 23 |
| requirements of subsection (b) of this Section with each new | 24 |
| principal in his or her first year in that position in order to |
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| assist the new principal in the development of his or her | 2 |
| professional practice and to provide guidance during the new | 3 |
| principal's first year of service. | 4 |
| (b) Any individual who has been a principal in Illinois for | 5 |
| 3 or more years and who has demonstrated success as an | 6 |
| instructional leader, as determined by the State Board by rule, | 7 |
| is eligible to apply to be a mentor under the new principal | 8 |
| mentoring program. Mentors must complete mentoring training by | 9 |
| an entity approved by the State Board, attend an annual | 10 |
| training session, and meet any other requirements set forth by | 11 |
| the State Board and by the school district employing the | 12 |
| mentor. | 13 |
| (c) The State Board shall certify an entity approved to | 14 |
| provide training of mentors. | 15 |
| (d) A mentor shall be assigned to a new principal based on | 16 |
| (i) similarity of grade level or type of school, (ii) learning | 17 |
| needs of the new principal, and (iii) geographical proximity of | 18 |
| the mentor to the new principal.
A mentor must identify areas | 19 |
| for improvement of the new principal's professional practice, | 20 |
| including, but not limited to, each of the following: | 21 |
| (1) Analyzing data and applying it to practice. | 22 |
| (2) Aligning professional development and | 23 |
| instructional programs. | 24 |
| (3) Building a professional learning community. | 25 |
| (4) Observing classroom practices and providing | 26 |
| feedback. | 27 |
| (5) Facilitating effective meetings. | 28 |
| (6) Developing distributive leadership practices. | 29 |
| (7) Facilitating organizational change. | 30 |
| The mentor shall not be required to provide an evaluation of | 31 |
| the new principal on the basis of the mentoring relationship. | 32 |
| (e) On or after January 1, 2008 and on or after January 1 | 33 |
| of each year thereafter, each mentor and each new principal | 34 |
| must complete a survey of progress on a form developed by their |
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| respective school districts. On or after July 1, 2008 and on or | 2 |
| after July 1 of each year thereafter, the State Board must | 3 |
| review and evaluate the mentoring training program. Each new | 4 |
| principal and his or her mentor must complete a verification | 5 |
| form developed by the State Board in order to certify their | 6 |
| completion of the new principal mentoring program. | 7 |
| (f) The requirements of this Section do not apply to any | 8 |
| individual who has previously served as an assistant principal | 9 |
| in Illinois acting under an administrative certificate for 5 or | 10 |
| more years and who is hired, on or after July 1, 2007, as a | 11 |
| principal by the school district in which the individual last | 12 |
| served as an assistant principal, although such an individual | 13 |
| may choose to participate in this program or may be required to | 14 |
| participate by the school district. | 15 |
| (g) The State Board may adopt any rules necessary for the | 16 |
| 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 | 19 |
| contracts. After the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 20 |
| 1997 and the expiration of
contracts in effect on the effective | 21 |
| date of this amendatory Act, school
districts may only employ | 22 |
| principals and other school administrators under either a
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| contract for a period not to exceed one year or a | 24 |
| performance-based contract for a period not to exceed 5
years , | 25 |
| unless the provisions of Section 10-23.8b of this Code or | 26 |
| 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 | 29 |
| responsibilities and
duties of the principal or administrator. | 30 |
| No performance-based
contract shall be extended or rolled-over | 31 |
| prior to its scheduled expiration
unless
all the performance | 32 |
| 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 | 2 |
| determined and used
by the local school board to measure the | 3 |
| performance and effectiveness of the
principal or other | 4 |
| 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 | 7 |
| principal or
administrator waives
all rights granted him or her | 8 |
| 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 | 10 |
| multi-year
contract, the principal or administrator shall not | 11 |
| 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 | 15 |
| Certification for National Board Certified Teachers. | 16 |
| (a) It shall be the policy of the State of Illinois to | 17 |
| improve the recruitment and preparation of instructional | 18 |
| leaders. | 19 |
| (b) On or before July 1, 2007, the State Board of | 20 |
| Education, in consultation with the State Teacher | 21 |
| Certification Board, shall establish and implement an | 22 |
| alternative route to administrative certification for teacher | 23 |
| leaders, to be known as the Alternative Route to an | 24 |
| Administrative Certificate for National Board Certified | 25 |
| Teachers. "Teacher leader" means a certified teacher who has | 26 |
| already received National Board certification through the | 27 |
| National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and who has | 28 |
| a teacher leader endorsement under Section 21-7.5 of this Code. | 29 |
| Persons who meet the requirements of and successfully complete | 30 |
| the program established by this Section shall be issued a | 31 |
| standard administrative certificate for serving in schools in | 32 |
| this State. The State Board shall approve a course of study | 33 |
| that persons must successfully complete in order to satisfy one |
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| criterion for issuance of the administrative certificate under | 2 |
| this Section. The Alternative Route to an Administrative | 3 |
| Certificate for National Board Certified Teachers must include | 4 |
| the current content and skills contained in a college's or | 5 |
| university's courses and the Illinois Professional School | 6 |
| Leader Standards for State certification, with the exception of | 7 |
| courses that contain the competency areas and the Illinois | 8 |
| Professional School Leader Standards that a candidate has | 9 |
| already met through National Board certification or through a | 10 |
| teacher leadership master's degree program. | 11 |
| (c) The Alternative Route to an Administrative Certificate | 12 |
| for National Board Certified Teachers shall be comprised of the | 13 |
| following 4 phases: | 14 |
| (1) National Board certification and an endorsement in | 15 |
| teacher leadership in accordance with Section 21-7.5 of | 16 |
| this Code; | 17 |
| (2) a master's degree in a teacher leader program; | 18 |
| (3) 15 hours of coursework in which the candidate must | 19 |
| show evidence of meeting competencies for organizational | 20 |
| management and development, finance, supervision and | 21 |
| evaluation, policy and legal issues, and leadership, as | 22 |
| stated in the Illinois Professional School Leader | 23 |
| Standards for principals; and | 24 |
| (4) a passing score on the Illinois Administrator | 25 |
| Assessment. | 26 |
| (d) Successful completion of the Alternative Route to an | 27 |
| Administrative Certificate for National Board Certified | 28 |
| Teachers shall be deemed to satisfy all requirements to receive | 29 |
| an administrative certificate established by law.
The State | 30 |
| Board may adopt rules that are consistent with this Section and | 31 |
| that the State Board deems necessary for the establishment and | 32 |
| implementation of the program.
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| (105 ILCS 5/21-7.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-7.1)
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| Sec. 21-7.1. Administrative certificate.
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| (a) After July 1, 1999, an administrative
certificate valid | 3 |
| for 5
years of supervising and administering in the public | 4 |
| common schools (unless
changed under subsection (a-5) of this | 5 |
| Section) may be
issued to persons who have graduated from a | 6 |
| regionally accredited institution
of higher learning with a | 7 |
| master's degree and who have been recommended by a
recognized | 8 |
| institution of higher learning as having completed a program of
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| preparation for one or more of these endorsements. Such | 10 |
| programs of
academic and professional preparation required for | 11 |
| endorsement shall be
administered by the institution in | 12 |
| accordance with standards set forth by
the State Superintendent | 13 |
| of Education in consultation with the State
Teacher | 14 |
| Certification Board.
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| (a-5) Beginning July 1, 2003, if an administrative | 16 |
| certificate holder
holds a Standard Teaching Certificate, the | 17 |
| validity period of the
administrative certificate shall be | 18 |
| changed, if necessary, so that the
validity period of the | 19 |
| administrative certificate coincides with the validity
period | 20 |
| of the Standard Teaching Certificate. Beginning July 1, 2003, | 21 |
| if
an administrative certificate holder holds a Master Teaching | 22 |
| Certificate,
the validity period of the administrative | 23 |
| certificate shall be changed so
that the validity period of the | 24 |
| administrative certificate coincides with the
validity period | 25 |
| of the Master Teaching Certificate.
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| (b) No administrative certificate shall be issued for the | 27 |
| first time
after June 30, 1987 and no endorsement provided for | 28 |
| by this Section shall
be made or affixed to an administrative | 29 |
| certificate for the first time
after June 30, 1987 unless the | 30 |
| person to whom such administrative
certificate is to be issued | 31 |
| or to whose administrative certificate such
endorsement is to | 32 |
| be affixed has been required to demonstrate as a part of
a | 33 |
| program of academic or professional preparation for such | 34 |
| certification or
endorsement: (i) an understanding of the |
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| knowledge called for in
establishing productive parent-school | 2 |
| relationships and of the procedures
fostering the involvement | 3 |
| which such relationships demand; and (ii) an
understanding of | 4 |
| the knowledge required for establishing a high quality
school | 5 |
| climate and promoting good classroom organization and | 6 |
| management,
including rules of conduct and instructional | 7 |
| procedures appropriate to
accomplishing the tasks of | 8 |
| schooling; and (iii) a demonstration of the
knowledge and | 9 |
| skills called for in providing instructional leadership. The
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| standards for demonstrating an understanding of such knowledge | 11 |
| shall be set
forth by the State Board of Education in | 12 |
| consultation with the
State Teacher Certification Board, and | 13 |
| shall be administered by the
recognized institutions of higher | 14 |
| learning as part of the programs of
academic and professional | 15 |
| preparation required for certification and
endorsement under | 16 |
| this Section. As used in this subsection: "establishing
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| productive parent-school relationships" means the ability to | 18 |
| maintain
effective communication between parents and school | 19 |
| personnel, to encourage
parental involvement in schooling, and | 20 |
| to motivate school personnel to
engage parents in encouraging | 21 |
| student achievement, including the
development of programs and | 22 |
| policies which serve to accomplish this
purpose; and | 23 |
| "establishing a high quality school climate" means the ability
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| to promote academic achievement, to maintain discipline, to | 25 |
| recognize
substance abuse problems among students and utilize | 26 |
| appropriate law
enforcement and other community resources to | 27 |
| address these problems, to support
teachers and students in | 28 |
| their education endeavors, to establish learning
objectives | 29 |
| and to provide instructional leadership, including the
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| development of policies and programs which serve to accomplish | 31 |
| this
purpose; and "providing instructional leadership" means | 32 |
| the ability to
effectively evaluate school personnel, to | 33 |
| possess general communication and
interpersonal skills, and to | 34 |
| establish and maintain appropriate classroom
learning |
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| environments. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply | 2 |
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or affect the initial issuance or making on or before June | 3 |
| 30, 1987 of any
administrative certificate or endorsement | 4 |
| provided for under this Section,
nor shall such provisions | 5 |
| apply to or affect the renewal after June 30, 1987
of any such | 6 |
| certificate or endorsement initially issued or made on or | 7 |
| before
June 30, 1987.
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| (c) Administrative certificates shall be renewed every 5 | 9 |
| years
with
the first renewal being 5 years following the | 10 |
| initial receipt of
an
administrative certificate, unless the | 11 |
| validity period for the administrative
certificate has been
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| changed under subsection (a-5) of this Section, in which case | 13 |
| the
certificate shall be renewed at the same time that the | 14 |
| Standard or Master
Teaching Certificate is renewed.
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| (c-5) Before July 1, 2003, renewal requirements for | 16 |
| administrators
whose
positions require certification shall be | 17 |
| based upon evidence of continuing
professional education which | 18 |
| promotes the following goals: (1)
improving
administrators' | 19 |
| knowledge of instructional practices and administrative
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| procedures; (2) maintaining the basic level of competence | 21 |
| required
for
initial certification; and (3) improving the | 22 |
| mastery of skills and
knowledge regarding the improvement of | 23 |
| teaching performance in clinical
settings and assessment of the | 24 |
| levels of student performance in their schools.
Evidence of | 25 |
| continuing professional education must include verification of
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| biennial attendance in a program developed by the Illinois | 27 |
| Administrators'
Academy and verification of annual | 28 |
| participation in a school district approved
activity which | 29 |
| contributes to continuing professional education.
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| (c-10) Beginning July 1, 2003, except as otherwise provided | 31 |
| in subsection
(c-15) of this Section, persons holding | 32 |
| administrative
certificates must follow the certificate | 33 |
| renewal procedure set forth in this
subsection (c-10), provided | 34 |
| that those persons holding administrative
certificates on June |
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| 30, 2003 who are renewing those certificates on or
after July | 2 |
| 1, 2003 shall be issued new administrative certificates valid | 3 |
| for
5 years (unless changed under subsection (a-5) of this | 4 |
| Section), which
may be renewed thereafter as set forth in this | 5 |
| subsection (c-10).
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| A person holding an administrative certificate and
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| employed in a position requiring administrative certification,
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| including a regional superintendent of schools, must satisfy | 9 |
| the continuing
professional development requirements of this | 10 |
| Section to renew his or her
administrative certificate. The | 11 |
| continuing professional development must include without
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| limitation the following continuing professional development
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| purposes:
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| (1) To improve the administrator's knowledge of
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| instructional practices and administrative procedures in
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| accordance with the Illinois Professional School Leader
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| Standards.
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| (2) To maintain the basic level of competence required
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| for initial certification.
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| (3) To improve the administrator's mastery of skills
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| and knowledge regarding the improvement of teaching
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| performance in clinical settings and assessment of the | 23 |
| levels
of student performance in the schools.
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| The continuing professional development must
include the | 25 |
| following in order for the certificate to be renewed:
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| (A) Participation in continuing professional
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| development activities, which must total a minimum of 100
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| hours of continuing professional development. The | 29 |
| participation must consist of a minimum
of 5 activities per | 30 |
| validity period of the certificate, and the certificate | 31 |
| holder must maintain documentation of completion of each | 32 |
| activity.
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| (B) Participation every year in an Illinois
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| Administrators' Academy course, which participation must
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| total a minimum of 30 continuing professional development
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| hours during the period of the certificate's validity and | 3 |
| which
must include completion of applicable required
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| coursework, including completion of a communication, | 5 |
| dissemination, or application component, as defined by the | 6 |
| State Board of
Education. A certificate holder first | 7 |
| employed as an administrator on or after July 1, 2007 must | 8 |
| complete the required Administrators' Academy course in | 9 |
| each of the 6 Interstate School Leaders Licensure | 10 |
| Consortium (ISLLC) standard areas within the first 5 years | 11 |
| of service as an administrator in a position that requires | 12 |
| certification.
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| (C) In addition to the 30 continuing professional | 14 |
| development hours, certificate holders who evaluate | 15 |
| certified staff must complete a one-day teacher evaluation | 16 |
| course and participate in an additional 6 hours of | 17 |
| Administrators' Academy-approved coursework, which may be | 18 |
| part of a multi-day Administrators' Academy.
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| The certificate holder must complete a verification form | 20 |
| developed by the State Board of Education and certify that 100 | 21 |
| hours of continuing professional development activities and 5 | 22 |
| Administrators' Academy courses have been completed. The | 23 |
| regional superintendent of schools shall review and
validate | 24 |
| the verification form for a certificate holder. Based on
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| compliance with all of the requirements for renewal, the | 26 |
| regional
superintendent of schools shall forward a | 27 |
| recommendation for
renewal or non-renewal to the State | 28 |
| Superintendent of Education
and shall notify the certificate | 29 |
| holder of the recommendation. The
State Superintendent of | 30 |
| Education shall review the
recommendation to renew or non-renew | 31 |
| and shall notify, in writing,
the certificate holder of a | 32 |
| decision denying renewal of his or her
certificate. Any | 33 |
| decision regarding non-renewal of an
administrative | 34 |
| certificate may be appealed to the State Teacher
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| Board.
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| The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | 3 |
| State
Teacher Certification Board, shall adopt rules to | 4 |
| implement this
subsection (c-10).
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| The regional superintendent of schools shall monitor the | 6 |
| process
for renewal of administrative certificates established | 7 |
| in this subsection
(c-10).
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| (c-15) This subsection (c-15) applies to the first period | 9 |
| of an
administrative certificate's validity during which the | 10 |
| holder becomes
subject to the requirements of subsection (c-10) | 11 |
| of this Section if the
certificate has less than 5 years' | 12 |
| validity or has less than 5 years' validity
remaining when the | 13 |
| certificate holder becomes subject to the
requirements of | 14 |
| subsection (c-10) of this Section. With respect to this
period, | 15 |
| the 100 hours of continuing professional development and 5
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| activities per validity period specified in clause (A) of
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| subsection (c-10) of this Section shall instead be deemed to | 18 |
| mean 20
hours of continuing professional development and one | 19 |
| activity per year of
the certificate's validity or remaining | 20 |
| validity and the 30 continuing
professional development hours | 21 |
| specified in clause (B) of
subsection (c-10) of this Section | 22 |
| shall instead be deemed to mean
completion of at least one | 23 |
| course per year of the certificate's validity or
remaining | 24 |
| validity. Certificate holders who evaluate certified staff | 25 |
| must complete a 2-day teacher evaluation course, in addition to | 26 |
| the 30 continuing professional development hours.
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| (c-20) The State
Board of Education, in consultation with | 28 |
| the State Teacher Certification Board,
shall develop | 29 |
| procedures for implementing this Section and shall administer | 30 |
| the
renewal of administrative certificates. Failure to submit | 31 |
| satisfactory evidence
of continuing professional education | 32 |
| which contributes to promoting the goals
of this Section shall | 33 |
| result in a loss of administrative certification.
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| (d) Any limited or life supervisory certificate issued |
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| prior to July 1, 1968
shall continue to be valid for all | 2 |
| administrative and supervisory positions
in the public schools | 3 |
| for which it is valid as of that date as long as its
holder | 4 |
| meets the requirements for registration or renewal as set forth | 5 |
| in
the statutes or until revoked according to law.
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| (e) The administrative or supervisory positions for which | 7 |
| the certificate
shall be valid shall be determined by one or | 8 |
| more of 3 endorsements: general
supervisory, general | 9 |
| administrative and superintendent.
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| Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, endorsements | 11 |
| shall be
made under conditions set forth in this Section. The | 12 |
| State Board of
Education shall, in consultation with the State | 13 |
| Teacher Certification
Board, adopt rules pursuant to the | 14 |
| Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,
establishing | 15 |
| requirements for obtaining administrative certificates where
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| the minimum administrative or supervisory requirements surpass | 17 |
| those set
forth in this Section.
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| The State Teacher Certification Board shall file with the | 19 |
| State Board of
Education a written recommendation when | 20 |
| considering additional
administrative or supervisory | 21 |
| requirements. All additional requirements
shall be based upon | 22 |
| the requisite knowledge necessary to perform those
tasks | 23 |
| required by the certificate. The State Board of Education shall | 24 |
| in
consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board, | 25 |
| establish
standards within its rules which shall include the | 26 |
| academic and
professional requirements necessary for | 27 |
| certification. These standards
shall at a minimum contain, but | 28 |
| not be limited to, those used by the State
Board of Education | 29 |
| in determining whether additional knowledge will be
required. | 30 |
| Additionally, the State Board of Education shall in | 31 |
| consultation
with the State Teacher Certification Board, | 32 |
| establish provisions within its
rules whereby any member of the | 33 |
| educational community or the public may
file a formal written | 34 |
| recommendation or inquiry regarding requirements.
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| (1) Until July 1, 2003, the general supervisory | 2 |
| endorsement shall be
affixed to the
administrative | 3 |
| certificate of any holder who has at least 16 semester | 4 |
| hours
of graduate credit in professional education | 5 |
| including 8 semester hours of
graduate credit in curriculum | 6 |
| and research and who has at least 2 years of
full-time | 7 |
| teaching experience or school service personnel experience | 8 |
| in
public schools, schools under the supervision of the | 9 |
| Department of Corrections,
schools under the | 10 |
| administration of the Department of
Rehabilitation | 11 |
| Services, or nonpublic schools meeting the standards
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| established by the State Superintendent of Education or | 13 |
| comparable out-of-state
recognition standards approved by | 14 |
| the State Superintendent of Education.
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| Such endorsement shall be required for supervisors, | 16 |
| curriculum directors
and for such similar and related | 17 |
| positions as determined by the State
Superintendent of | 18 |
| Education in consultation with the State Teacher
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| Certification Board.
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| (2) The general administrative endorsement shall be | 21 |
| affixed to the
administrative certificate of any holder who | 22 |
| has at least 20 semester hours
of graduate credit in | 23 |
| educational administration and supervision and who
has at | 24 |
| least 2 years of full-time teaching experience or school | 25 |
| service
personnel experience in public schools, schools | 26 |
| under the supervision of
the Department of Corrections, | 27 |
| schools under the administration of
the Department of | 28 |
| Rehabilitation Services, or
nonpublic schools meeting the | 29 |
| standards
established by the State Superintendent of | 30 |
| Education or comparable
out-of-state recognition standards | 31 |
| approved by the State Superintendent
of Education.
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| Such endorsement shall be required for principal, | 33 |
| assistant principal,
assistant or associate | 34 |
| superintendent, junior college dean and for related
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| similar positions as determined by the State | 2 |
| Superintendent of Education
in consultation with the State | 3 |
| Teacher Certification Board.
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| Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, | 5 |
| after January 1,
1990 and until January 1, 1991, any | 6 |
| teacher employed by a district subject
to Article 34 shall | 7 |
| be entitled to receive an administrative certificate
with a | 8 |
| general administrative endorsement affixed thereto if he | 9 |
| or she: (i)
had at least 3 years of experience as a | 10 |
| certified teacher for such district
prior to August 1, | 11 |
| 1985; (ii) obtained a Master's degree prior to August 1,
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| 1985; (iii) completed at least 20 hours of graduate credit | 13 |
| in education
courses (including at least 12 hours in | 14 |
| educational administration and
supervision) prior to | 15 |
| September 1, 1987; and (iv) has received a rating of
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| superior for at least each of the last 5 years. Any person | 17 |
| who obtains an
administrative certificate with a general | 18 |
| administrative endorsement
affixed thereto under this | 19 |
| paragraph shall not be qualified to serve in any
| 20 |
| administrative position except assistant principal.
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| (3) The chief school business official endorsement | 22 |
| shall be affixed to
the administrative certificate of any | 23 |
| holder who qualifies by having
a Master's degree, two years | 24 |
| of administrative experience in school business
| 25 |
| management, and a minimum of 20 semester hours of graduate | 26 |
| credit in a program
established by the State Superintendent | 27 |
| of Education in consultation with the
State Teacher | 28 |
| Certification Board for the preparation of school business
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| administrators. Such endorsement shall also be affixed to | 30 |
| the administrative
certificate of any holder who qualifies | 31 |
| by having a Master's Degree in Business
Administration, | 32 |
| Finance or Accounting from a regionally accredited | 33 |
| institution
of higher education.
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| After June 30, 1977, such endorsement shall be required |
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| for any individual
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| business official.
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| (4) The superintendent endorsement shall be affixed to | 4 |
| the administrative
certificate of any holder who has | 5 |
| completed 30 semester hours of graduate
credit beyond the | 6 |
| master's degree in a program for the preparation of
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| superintendents of schools including 16 semester hours of | 8 |
| graduate credit
in professional education and who has at | 9 |
| least 2 years experience as an
administrator or supervisor | 10 |
| in the public schools or the State Board of
Education or | 11 |
| education service regions or in nonpublic schools meeting | 12 |
| the
standards established by the State Superintendent of | 13 |
| Education or
comparable out-of-state recognition standards | 14 |
| approved by the State
Superintendent of Education and holds | 15 |
| general supervisory or general
administrative endorsement, | 16 |
| or who has had 2 years of experience as a
supervisor or | 17 |
| administrator while holding an all-grade supervisory
| 18 |
| certificate or a certificate comparable in validity and | 19 |
| educational and
experience requirements.
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| After June 30, 1968, such endorsement shall be required | 21 |
| for a
superintendent of schools, except as provided in the | 22 |
| second paragraph of this
Section and in Section 34-6.
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| Any person appointed to the position of superintendent | 24 |
| between the
effective date of this Act and June 30, 1993 in | 25 |
| a school district organized
pursuant to Article 32 with an | 26 |
| enrollment of at least 20,000 pupils shall
be exempt from | 27 |
| the provisions of this paragraph (4) until
June 30, 1996.
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| (f) All official interpretations or acts of issuing or | 29 |
| denying
administrative certificates or endorsements by the | 30 |
| State Teacher's
Certification Board, State Board of Education | 31 |
| or the State Superintendent
of Education, from the passage of | 32 |
| P.A. 81-1208 on November 8, 1979 through
September 24, 1981 are | 33 |
| hereby declared valid and legal acts in all respects and
| 34 |
| further that the purported repeal of the provisions of this |
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| void.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-796, eff. 8-10-02; 93-679, eff. 6-30-04.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/21-7.5 new)
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| Sec. 21-7.5. Teacher leader endorsement. It shall be the | 6 |
| policy of the State of Illinois to improve the quality of | 7 |
| instructional leaders by providing a career pathway for | 8 |
| teachers interested in serving in leadership roles.
Beginning | 9 |
| on July 1, 2007, the State Board, in consultation with the | 10 |
| State Teacher Certification Board, shall establish and | 11 |
| implement a teacher leader endorsement, to be known as a | 12 |
| teacher leader endorsement. Persons who meet the requirements | 13 |
| of and successfully complete the requirements of the | 14 |
| endorsement established under this Section shall be issued a | 15 |
| teacher leader endorsement for serving in schools in this | 16 |
| State. The endorsement shall be a career path endorsement but | 17 |
| not a restrictive endorsement available to: (i) teachers who | 18 |
| are certified through the National Board for Professional | 19 |
| Teaching Standards and complete a specially-designed strand of | 20 |
| teacher leadership courses; (ii) teachers who have completed a | 21 |
| master's degree program in teacher leadership; and (iii) proven | 22 |
| teacher leaders with a master's degree who complete a | 23 |
| specially-designed strand of teacher leadership courses. | 24 |
| Colleges and universities shall have the authority to qualify | 25 |
| the proficiency of proven teacher leaders under clause (iii) of | 26 |
| this Section. A teacher who meets any of clauses (i) through | 27 |
| (iii) of this Section shall be deemed to satisfy the | 28 |
| requirements for the teacher leader endorsement.
The State | 29 |
| Board may adopt rules that are consistent with this Section and | 30 |
| that the State Board deems necessary to establish and implement | 31 |
| this teacher leadership endorsement program. | 32 |
| (105 ILCS 5/21-7.10 new)
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| Sec. 21-7.10. Master principal designation program. | 2 |
| (a) The General Assembly recognizes the important role a | 3 |
| principal serves as a school's instructional leader and | 4 |
| believes it is in the best interest of the State to establish a | 5 |
| mechanism for training and recognizing master level | 6 |
| principals. | 7 |
| (b) One statewide organization representing principals, | 8 |
| with input from institutions of higher education, and one | 9 |
| school district or organization representing principals in a | 10 |
| school district organized under Article 34 of this Code, with | 11 |
| input from institutions of higher education, shall be certified | 12 |
| by the State Board of Education to establish a master principal | 13 |
| designation program. The State Board shall adopt rules, in | 14 |
| consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board, for | 15 |
| entities seeking to provide a program under this Section, | 16 |
| including an approval process and other criteria.
A master | 17 |
| principal designation program shall include at least the | 18 |
| following components: | 19 |
| (1) Expansion of the principal's knowledge base and | 20 |
| leadership. | 21 |
| (2) Application of strategies and collection of | 22 |
| evidence of student learning and school processes. | 23 |
| (3) Demonstration of the ability and skills necessary | 24 |
| to lead sustained academic improvement in a school or | 25 |
| district. | 26 |
| (c) An individual serving as a principal for at least 3 | 27 |
| years is eligible for participation in a master principal | 28 |
| designation program.
Each year, those entities approved to | 29 |
| offer a master principal designation program must submit to the | 30 |
| State Board a report indicating the number of individuals | 31 |
| enrolled in the program, the progress of candidates, | 32 |
| anticipated changes to the program, and any other relevant | 33 |
| information requested by the State Board. All substantive | 34 |
| changes to an entity's master principal designation program |
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| shall require prior written approval from the State Board.
An | 2 |
| entity that fails to meet the requirements of this Section or | 3 |
| any other criteria established by the State Board by rule shall | 4 |
| have its authority to offer a master principal designation | 5 |
| program revoked pursuant to procedures established by rule by | 6 |
| the State Board. | 7 |
| (105 ILCS 5/21-7.15 new)
| 8 |
| Sec. 21-7.15. Illinois Administrators' Academy Review Task | 9 |
| Force. The State Board of Education shall create a task force | 10 |
| to review the Illinois Administrators' Academy and recommend | 11 |
| revisions to the program. The goal of the task force shall be | 12 |
| to revise the Illinois Administrators' Academy so that it | 13 |
| offers professional development opportunities tailored to the | 14 |
| individual and collective needs of principals. The task force | 15 |
| shall consist of members appointed by the State Superintendent | 16 |
| of Education. The task force shall file a report of its | 17 |
| findings with the General Assembly, the Governor, and the State | 18 |
| Board by July 1, 2007. A copy of the report shall also be | 19 |
| delivered to the Executive Committee of the Illinois State | 20 |
| Action for Education Leadership Project. This Section is | 21 |
| repealed on July 2, 2007. | 22 |
| (105 ILCS 5/24A-15 new)
| 23 |
| Sec. 24A-15. Development and submission of evaluation plan | 24 |
| for principals. | 25 |
| (a) Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year and each | 26 |
| school year thereafter, each school district, except for a | 27 |
| school district organized under Article 34 of this Code, must | 28 |
| establish a principal evaluation plan in accordance with this | 29 |
| Section. The plan must ensure that each principal is evaluated | 30 |
| as follows: | 31 |
| (1) For a principal on a single-year contract, the | 32 |
| evaluation must take place by February 1 of each year. |
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| (2) For a principal on a multi-year contract under | 2 |
| Section 10-23.8a of this Code, the evaluation must take | 3 |
| place by February 1 of the final year of the contract. | 4 |
| Nothing in this Section prohibits a school district from | 5 |
| conducting additional evaluations of principals.
| 6 |
| (b) The evaluation must include a description of the | 7 |
| principal's duties and responsibilities and the standards to | 8 |
| which the principal is expected to conform. | 9 |
| (c) The evaluation must be performed by the district | 10 |
| superintendent, the superintendent's designee, or an | 11 |
| individual appointed by the school board. The evaluation must | 12 |
| be in writing and must at least do all of the following: | 13 |
| (1) Consider the principal's specific duties, | 14 |
| responsibilities, management, and competence as a | 15 |
| principal. | 16 |
| (2) Align to State or district research-based | 17 |
| standards. | 18 |
| (3) Rate the principal's performance based on criteria | 19 |
| established by the State Board of Education. | 20 |
| (4) Specify the principal's strengths and weaknesses, | 21 |
| with supporting reasons. | 22 |
| (d) One copy of the evaluation must be included in the | 23 |
| principal's personnel file and one copy of the evaluation must | 24 |
| be provided to the principal. | 25 |
| (e) Failure by a district to evaluate a principal at least | 26 |
| once during the term of the principal's contract, in accordance | 27 |
| with this Section, is evidence that the principal is performing | 28 |
| duties and responsibilities in at least a satisfactory manner | 29 |
| and shall serve to automatically extend the principal's | 30 |
| contract for a period of one year after the contract would | 31 |
| otherwise expire, under the same terms and conditions as the | 32 |
| prior year's contract. The requirements in this Section are in | 33 |
| addition to the right of a school board to reclassify a | 34 |
| principal pursuant to Section 10-23.8b of this Code. |
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| (f) Nothing in this Section prohibits a school board from | 2 |
| ordering lateral transfers of principals to positions of | 3 |
| similar rank and salary.
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| (105 ILCS 5/34-18.33 new)
| 5 |
| Sec. 34-18.33. Principal mentoring program. Beginning on | 6 |
| July 1, 2007, and subject to an annual appropriation by the | 7 |
| General Assembly, the school district shall develop a principal | 8 |
| mentoring program. The school district shall submit a copy of | 9 |
| its principal mentoring program to the State Board of Education | 10 |
| for its review and public comment. Whenever a substantive | 11 |
| change has been made by the school district to its principal | 12 |
| mentoring program, these changes must be submitted to the State | 13 |
| Board of Education for review and comment.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 15 |
| becoming law.".
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