Full Text of SB2482 95th General Assembly
SB2482 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB2482
Introduced 2/15/2008, by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the School Code. Makes changes concerning the Professional Development Block Grant; a census for special education; the missing child program; the school technology program; special education transition goals, supports, and services; the definition of "children of limited English-speaking ability"; a school board's power to levy a tax or to borrow money and issue bonds for fire prevention, safety, energy conservation, disabled accessibility, school security, and specified repair purposes; tuition of children from orphanages and children's homes; renewal of a standard teaching certificate; a course dealing with the content of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and driver education reimbursement. Repeals provisions concerning remitting the forfeiture of the school fund by a township that has failed to make required reports, summer school grants for remedial education, arts program grants, recognition of drug-free schools and communities, grants for drug-free schools, scientific literacy, young parents program grants, liability coverage for certificated school employees, supplementary State aid for districts with an increasing weighted average daily attendance, a fee for a life teaching certificate, teacher education trend and certification studies, and a curriculum for reduction of self-destructive behavior.
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | 5 |
| 1C-2, 2-3.30, 2-3.73, 2-3.117, 14-8.03, 14C-2, 17-2.11, 18-3, | 6 |
| 21-2, 21-14, 27-23, and 27-24.4 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/1C-2)
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| Sec. 1C-2. Block grants.
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| (a) For fiscal year 1999, and each fiscal year thereafter, | 10 |
| the State Board
of Education shall award to school districts | 11 |
| block grants as described in subsection
subsections (b) and | 12 |
| (c) . The State Board of Education may adopt
rules and | 13 |
| regulations necessary to implement this Section. In accordance | 14 |
| with
Section 2-3.32, all state block grants are subject to an | 15 |
| audit. Therefore,
block grant receipts and block grant | 16 |
| expenditures shall be recorded to the
appropriate fund code.
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| (b) (Blank). | |
| A Professional Development Block Grant shall | 18 |
| be created by combining the
existing School Improvement Block | 19 |
| Grant and the REI Initiative.
These funds shall be distributed | 20 |
| to school districts based on the number of
full-time certified | 21 |
| instructional staff employed in the district.
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| (c) An Early Childhood Education Block Grant shall be | 23 |
| created by combining
the following programs: Preschool |
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| Education, Parental Training and Prevention
Initiative. These | 2 |
| funds shall be distributed to school districts and other
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| entities on a competitive basis. Eleven percent of this grant
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| shall be used to
fund programs for children ages 0-3.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-396, eff. 7-29-03.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.30) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.30)
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| Sec. 2-3.30. Census for special education. To require on or | 8 |
| before
December 22 of each year reports as to the census of all | 9 |
| children 3 years of age birth
through 21 years of
age inclusive | 10 |
| of the types described in definitions under the rules | 11 |
| authorized
in Section 14-1.02 who were receiving special | 12 |
| education and related services on
December 1 of the current | 13 |
| school year.
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| To require an annual report, on or before December 22 of | 15 |
| each year , from
the Department of Children and Family Services, | 16 |
| Department of Corrections , and
Department of Human Services | 17 |
| containing a census of all
children 3 years of age birth | 18 |
| through 21 years of age inclusive , of the types
described in | 19 |
| Section 14-1.02 who were receiving special education services | 20 |
| on
December 1 of the current school year within State | 21 |
| facilities. Such report
shall be submitted pursuant to rules | 22 |
| and regulations issued by the State Board
of Education.
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| The State Board of Education shall ascertain and report | 24 |
| annually, on or
before January 15, the number of children of | 25 |
| non-English background, birth
through 21 years of age, |
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| inclusive of (a) types described in definitions
under rules | 2 |
| authorized in Section 14-1.02 who were receiving special
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| education and related services on December of the previous year | 4 |
| and (b)
inclusive of those served within State facilities | 5 |
| administered by the
Department of Children and Family Services
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| and the Department of Human Services. The report
shall classify | 7 |
| such children according to their language background, age,
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| category of exceptionality and level of severity, least | 9 |
| restrictive
placement and achievement level.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-764, eff. 6-9-00.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.73) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.73)
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| Sec. 2-3.73. Missing child program. The State Board of | 13 |
| Education shall
administer and implement a missing child | 14 |
| program in accordance with the
provisions of this Section. Upon | 15 |
| receipt of each periodic information
bulletin from the | 16 |
| Department of State Police pursuant
to Section 6 of
the | 17 |
| Intergovernmental Missing Child Recovery Act of 1984, the State | 18 |
| Board
of Education shall promptly disseminate the information | 19 |
| to make copies of the same and mail one copy to
the school | 20 |
| board of each school district in this State and to the | 21 |
| principal
or chief administrative officer of every each | 22 |
| nonpublic elementary and
secondary school in this State | 23 |
| registered with the State Board of Education . Upon receipt of | 24 |
| such information, each school board shall
compare the names on | 25 |
| the bulletin to the names of all students presently
enrolled in |
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| the schools of the district. If a school board or its designee
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| determines that a missing child is
attending one of the schools | 3 |
| within the
school district, or if the principal or chief | 4 |
| administrative officer of a
nonpublic school is notified by | 5 |
| school personnel that a missing child is
attending that school, | 6 |
| the school board or the principal or chief
administrative | 7 |
| officer of the nonpublic school shall immediately give
notice | 8 |
| of this fact to the State Board of Education, the Department of | 9 |
| State
Police, and the law enforcement agency having | 10 |
| jurisdiction in the area
where the missing child resides or | 11 |
| attends school.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.117)
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| Sec. 2-3.117. School Technology Program.
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| (a) The State Board of Education is authorized to provide | 16 |
| technology-based
learning resources , including matching | 17 |
| grants, to school districts to improve
educational | 18 |
| opportunities and student achievement throughout the State. | 19 |
| School
districts may use grants for technology-related | 20 |
| investments, including
computer hardware, software, optical | 21 |
| media networks, and related wiring, to
educate staff to use | 22 |
| that equipment in a learning context, and for other items
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| defined under rules adopted by the State Board of Education .
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| (b) The State Board of Education is authorized, to the | 25 |
| extent funds are
available, to establish a statewide support |
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| system for information,
professional development, technical | 2 |
| assistance, network design consultation,
leadership, | 3 |
| technology planning consultation, and information exchange; to
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| expand school district connectivity; and to increase the | 5 |
| quantity and quality
of student and educator access to on-line | 6 |
| resources, experts, and
communications avenues from moneys | 7 |
| appropriated for the purposes of this
Section.
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| (b-5) The State Board of Education may enter into | 9 |
| intergovernmental
contracts or agreements with other State | 10 |
| agencies, public community colleges,
public libraries, public | 11 |
| and private colleges and universities, museums on
public land, | 12 |
| and other public
agencies in the areas of technology, | 13 |
| telecommunications, and information
access, under such terms | 14 |
| as the parties may agree, provided that those
contracts and | 15 |
| agreements are in compliance with the Department of Central
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| Management Services' mandate to provide telecommunications | 17 |
| services to all
State agencies.
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| (c) (Blank). The State Board of Education shall adopt all | 19 |
| rules necessary for the
administration of the School Technology | 20 |
| Program, including but not limited to
rules defining the | 21 |
| technology-related investments that qualify for funding, the
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| content of grant applications and reports, and the requirements | 23 |
| for the local
match.
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| (d) (Blank). The State Board of Education may establish by | 25 |
| rule provisions
to waive the local matching requirement for | 26 |
| school districts determined unable
to finance the local match.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-21, eff. 7-1-95; 90-388, eff. 8-15-97; 90-566, | 2 |
| eff. 1-2-98.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/14-8.03) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-8.03)
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| Sec. 14-8.03. Transition goals, supports, and services.
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| (a) A school district shall consider, and develop when | 6 |
| needed, the
transition goals and supports for eligible students | 7 |
| with
disabilities not later than the school
year in which the | 8 |
| student reaches age 14 1/2 at the individualized education
plan | 9 |
| meeting and provide services as identified on the
student's | 10 |
| individualized
education plan. Transition goals shall
be based | 11 |
| on appropriate
evaluation procedures and information, take | 12 |
| into consideration the
preferences of the student and his or | 13 |
| her parents or guardian, be
outcome-oriented, and include | 14 |
| employment,
post-secondary
education, and community living | 15 |
| alternatives. Consideration of these goals
shall result in the | 16 |
| clarification of a school district's responsibility to
deliver | 17 |
| specific educational services such as vocational training and | 18 |
| community
living skills instruction.
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| (b) To appropriately assess and plan for the student's | 20 |
| transition needs,
additional individualized education plan | 21 |
| team members may be
necessary
and may be asked by the school | 22 |
| district to assist in the planning process.
Additional | 23 |
| individualized education plan team members
may include a
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| representative from the Department of Human Services,
a case | 25 |
| coordinator, or persons representing other community agencies |
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| or
services. The individualized education plan shall specify
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| each person
responsible for coordinating and
delivering | 3 |
| transition services. The public school's responsibility for
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| delivering educational services does not extend beyond the time | 5 |
| the student
leaves school or when the student reaches age 21 | 6 |
| inclusive, which for purposes of this Article means the day | 7 |
| before the student's 22nd birthday .
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| (c) A school district shall submit annually a summary of | 9 |
| each eligible
student's transition goals and needed supports | 10 |
| resulting from the
individualized education plan
team
meeting | 11 |
| to the appropriate local Transition Planning Committee. If
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| students with disabilities who are ineligible for special | 13 |
| education services
request transition services, local public | 14 |
| school districts shall assist those
students by identifying | 15 |
| post-secondary school goals, delivering appropriate
education | 16 |
| services, and coordinating with other agencies and services for
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| assistance.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-452, eff. 8-21-01.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/14C-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 14C-2)
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| Sec. 14C-2. Definitions. Unless the context indicates | 21 |
| otherwise, the terms used in this
Article have the following | 22 |
| meanings:
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| (a) "State Board" means the State Board of Education.
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| (b) "Certification Board" means the State Teacher | 25 |
| Certification
Board.
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| (c) "School District" means any school district | 2 |
| established under
this Code.
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| (d) "Children of limited English-speaking ability" means | 4 |
| (1)
all children in grades pre-K through 12 who were not born | 5 |
| in the United States , whose native tongue is a
language other | 6 |
| than English , and who are incapable of performing ordinary
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| classwork in English; and (2) all children in grades pre-K | 8 |
| through 12 who were born in the United
States of parents | 9 |
| possessing no or limited English-speaking ability and
who are | 10 |
| incapable of performing ordinary classwork in English.
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| (e) "Teacher of transitional bilingual education" means a | 12 |
| teacher
with a speaking and reading ability in a language other | 13 |
| than English in
which transitional bilingual education is | 14 |
| offered and with communicative
skills in English.
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| (f) "Program in transitional bilingual education" means a | 16 |
| full-time
program of instruction (1) in all those courses or | 17 |
| subjects which a
child is required by law to receive and which | 18 |
| are required by the
child's school district which shall be | 19 |
| given in the native language of
the children of limited | 20 |
| English-speaking ability who are enrolled in the
program and | 21 |
| also in English, (2) in the reading and writing of the
native | 22 |
| language of the children of limited English-speaking ability | 23 |
| who
are enrolled in the program and in the oral comprehension, | 24 |
| speaking,
reading and writing of English, and (3) in the | 25 |
| history and culture of
the country, territory or geographic | 26 |
| area which is the native land of
the parents of children of |
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| limited English-speaking ability who are
enrolled in the | 2 |
| program and in the history and culture of the United
States; or | 3 |
| a part-time program of instruction based on the educational
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| needs of those children of limited English-speaking ability who | 5 |
| do not
need a full-time program of instruction.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-1028.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/17-2.11) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-2.11)
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| Sec. 17-2.11. School board power to levy a tax or to borrow | 9 |
| money and
issue bonds for fire prevention, safety, energy | 10 |
| conservation, disabled
accessibility, school security, and | 11 |
| specified repair purposes. | 12 |
| (a) Whenever, as a
result of any lawful order of any | 13 |
| agency,
other than a school board, having authority to enforce | 14 |
| any school building code
applicable to any facility that houses | 15 |
| students, or any law or regulation for
the protection and | 16 |
| safety of the environment, pursuant to the Environmental
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| Protection Act, any school district having a population of less | 18 |
| than 500,000
inhabitants is required to alter or reconstruct | 19 |
| any school building or
permanent, fixed equipment; the district | 20 |
| may, by proper resolution, levy a tax for the purpose of making | 21 |
| such alteration or reconstruction, based on a survey report by | 22 |
| an architect or engineer licensed in this State, upon all of | 23 |
| the taxable property of the district at the value as assessed | 24 |
| by the Department of Revenue and at a rate not to exceed 0.05% | 25 |
| per year for a period sufficient to finance such alteration or |
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| reconstruction, upon the following conditions: | 2 |
| (1) When there are not sufficient funds available in | 3 |
| the operations and maintenance fund of the school district, | 4 |
| the school facility occupation tax fund of the district, or | 5 |
| the fire prevention and safety fund of the district, as | 6 |
| determined by the district on the basis of rules adopted by | 7 |
| the State Board of Education, to make such alteration or | 8 |
| reconstruction or to purchase and install such permanent, | 9 |
| fixed equipment so ordered or determined as necessary. | 10 |
| Appropriate school district records must be made available | 11 |
| to the State Superintendent of Education, upon request, to | 12 |
| confirm this insufficiency. | 13 |
| (2) When a certified estimate of an architect or | 14 |
| engineer licensed in this State stating the estimated | 15 |
| amount necessary to make the alteration or reconstruction | 16 |
| or to purchase and install the equipment so ordered has | 17 |
| been secured by the school district, and the estimate has | 18 |
| been approved by the regional superintendent of schools | 19 |
| having jurisdiction over the district and the State | 20 |
| Superintendent of Education. Approval must not be granted | 21 |
| for any work that has already started without the prior | 22 |
| express authorization of the State Superintendent of | 23 |
| Education. If the estimate is not approved or is denied | 24 |
| approval by the regional superintendent of schools within 3 | 25 |
| months after the date on which it is submitted to him or | 26 |
| her, the school board of the district may submit the |
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| estimate directly to the State Superintendent of Education | 2 |
| for approval or denial. | 3 |
| (b) Whenever or whenever any such district determines that
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| it is necessary for energy conservation purposes that any | 5 |
| school building
or permanent, fixed equipment should be altered | 6 |
| or reconstructed and
that such alterations or reconstruction | 7 |
| will be made with funds not necessary
for the completion of | 8 |
| approved and recommended projects contained in any safety
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| survey report or amendments thereto authorized by Section | 10 |
| 2-3.12 of this Act; the district may levy a tax or issue bonds | 11 |
| as provided in subsection (a) of this Section. | 12 |
| (c) Whenever
or whenever any such district determines that | 13 |
| it is necessary for disabled accessibility purposes and to | 14 |
| comply with the school building
code that any
school building | 15 |
| or equipment should be altered or reconstructed and that such
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| alterations or reconstruction will be made with
funds not | 17 |
| necessary for the completion of approved and recommended | 18 |
| projects
contained in any safety survey report or amendments | 19 |
| thereto authorized under
Section 2-3.12 of this Act , the | 20 |
| district may levy a tax or issue bonds as provided in | 21 |
| subsection (a) of this Section. ; or whenever | 22 |
| (d) Whenever any such district determines that it is
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| necessary for school
security purposes and the related | 24 |
| protection and safety of pupils and school
personnel that any | 25 |
| school building or property should be altered or
reconstructed | 26 |
| or that security systems and equipment (including but not |
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| limited
to intercom, early detection and warning, access | 2 |
| control and television
monitoring systems) should be purchased | 3 |
| and installed, and that such
alterations, reconstruction or | 4 |
| purchase and installation of equipment will be
made with funds | 5 |
| not necessary for the completion of approved and recommended
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| projects contained in any safety survey report or amendment | 7 |
| thereto authorized
by Section 2-3.12 of this Act and will deter | 8 |
| and prevent unauthorized entry or
activities upon school | 9 |
| property by unknown or dangerous persons, assure early
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| detection and advance warning of any such actual or attempted | 11 |
| unauthorized
entry or activities and help assure the continued | 12 |
| safety of pupils and school
staff if any such unauthorized | 13 |
| entry or activity is attempted or occurs;
the district may levy | 14 |
| a tax or issue bonds as provided in subsection (a) of this | 15 |
| Section. | 16 |
| (e) If or if a school district does not need funds for | 17 |
| other fire prevention and
safety projects, including the | 18 |
| completion of approved and recommended projects
contained in | 19 |
| any safety survey report or amendments thereto authorized by
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| Section 2-3.12 of this Act, and it is determined after a public | 21 |
| hearing (which
is preceded by at least one published notice (i) | 22 |
| occurring at least 7 days
prior to the hearing in a newspaper | 23 |
| of general circulation within the school
district and (ii) | 24 |
| setting forth the time, date, place, and general subject
matter | 25 |
| of the hearing) that there is a
substantial, immediate, and | 26 |
| otherwise unavoidable threat to the health, safety,
or welfare |
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| of pupils due to disrepair of school sidewalks, playgrounds, | 2 |
| parking
lots, or school bus turnarounds and repairs must be | 3 |
| made ; then the district may levy a tax or issue bonds as | 4 |
| provided in subsection (a) of this Section. : then
in any such | 5 |
| event, such district may, by proper resolution, levy a tax for | 6 |
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purpose of making such alteration or reconstruction, based | 7 |
| on a survey report
by an architect or engineer licensed in the | 8 |
| State of Illinois, upon all the
taxable property of the | 9 |
| district at the value as assessed by the Department of
Revenue | 10 |
| at a rate not to exceed .05% per year for a period sufficient | 11 |
| to
finance such alterations, repairs, or reconstruction, upon | 12 |
| the following
conditions:
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| (a) When there are not sufficient funds available in | 14 |
| the operations
and maintenance fund of the district, the | 15 |
| school facility occupation tax fund of the district, or the | 16 |
| fire prevention and safety fund of
the district as | 17 |
| determined by the district on the basis of regulations | 18 |
| adopted
by the State Board of Education to make such | 19 |
| alterations, repairs, or
reconstruction, or to purchase | 20 |
| and install such permanent fixed equipment so
ordered or | 21 |
| determined as necessary. Appropriate school district | 22 |
| records shall
be made available to the State Superintendent | 23 |
| of Education upon request to
confirm such insufficiency.
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| (b) When a certified estimate of an architect or | 25 |
| engineer licensed in the
State of Illinois stating the | 26 |
| estimated amount necessary to make the
alterations or |
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| repairs, or to purchase and install such equipment so | 2 |
| ordered
has been secured by the district, and the estimate | 3 |
| has been approved by the
regional superintendent of | 4 |
| schools, having jurisdiction of the district, and
the State | 5 |
| Superintendent of Education. Approval shall not be granted | 6 |
| for any
work that has already started without the prior | 7 |
| express authorization of the
State Superintendent of | 8 |
| Education. If such estimate is not approved or denied
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| approval by the regional superintendent of schools within 3 | 10 |
| months after the
date on which it is submitted to him or | 11 |
| her, the school board of the district
may submit such | 12 |
| estimate directly to the State Superintendent of Education | 13 |
| for
approval or denial.
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| (f) For purposes of this Section a school district may | 15 |
| replace a school
building or build additions to replace | 16 |
| portions of a building when it is
determined that the | 17 |
| effectuation of the recommendations for the existing
building | 18 |
| will cost more than the replacement costs. Such determination | 19 |
| shall
be based on a comparison of estimated costs made by an | 20 |
| architect or engineer
licensed in the State of Illinois. The | 21 |
| new building or addition shall be
equivalent in area (square | 22 |
| feet) and comparable in purpose and grades served
and may be on | 23 |
| the same site or another site. Such replacement may only be | 24 |
| done
upon order of the regional superintendent of schools and | 25 |
| the approval of the
State Superintendent of Education.
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| (g) The filing of a certified copy of the resolution |
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| levying the tax when
accompanied by the certificates of the | 2 |
| regional superintendent of schools and
State Superintendent of | 3 |
| Education shall be the authority of the county clerk to
extend | 4 |
| such tax.
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| (h) The county clerk of the county in which any school | 6 |
| district levying a
tax under the authority of this Section is | 7 |
| located, in reducing raised
levies, shall not consider any such | 8 |
| tax as a part of the general levy
for school purposes and shall | 9 |
| not include the same in the limitation of
any other tax rate | 10 |
| which may be extended.
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| Such tax shall be levied and collected in like manner as | 12 |
| all other
taxes of school districts, subject to the provisions | 13 |
| contained in this Section.
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| (i) The tax rate limit specified in this Section may be | 15 |
| increased to .10%
upon the approval of a proposition to effect | 16 |
| such increase by a majority
of the electors voting on that | 17 |
| proposition at a regular scheduled election.
Such proposition | 18 |
| may be initiated by resolution of the school board and
shall be | 19 |
| certified by the secretary to the proper election authorities | 20 |
| for
submission in accordance with the general election law.
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| (j) When taxes are levied by any school district for fire | 22 |
| prevention,
safety, energy conservation, and school security | 23 |
| purposes as specified in this
Section, and the purposes for | 24 |
| which the taxes have been
levied are accomplished and paid in | 25 |
| full, and there remain funds on hand in
the Fire Prevention and | 26 |
| Safety Fund from the proceeds of the taxes levied,
including |
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| interest earnings thereon, the school board by resolution shall | 2 |
| use
such excess and other board restricted funds , excluding | 3 |
| bond proceeds and
earnings from such proceeds , as follows: | 4 |
| (1) for other authorized fire prevention,
safety, | 5 |
| energy conservation, and school security purposes ;
or | 6 |
| (2) for transfer to the Operations and Maintenance Fund
| 7 |
| for the purpose of abating an equal amount of operations | 8 |
| and maintenance
purposes taxes. | 9 |
| (k) If any transfer is made to the Operation and | 10 |
| Maintenance
Fund, the secretary of the school board shall | 11 |
| within 30 days notify
the county clerk of the amount of that | 12 |
| transfer and direct the clerk to
abate the taxes to be extended | 13 |
| for the purposes of operations and
maintenance authorized under | 14 |
| Section 17-2 of this Act by an amount equal
to such transfer.
| 15 |
| (l) If the proceeds from the tax levy authorized by this
| 16 |
| Section are insufficient to complete the work approved under | 17 |
| this
Section, the school board is authorized to sell bonds | 18 |
| without referendum
under the provisions of this Section in an | 19 |
| amount that, when added to the
proceeds of the tax levy | 20 |
| authorized by this Section, will allow completion
of the | 21 |
| approved work.
| 22 |
| (m) Any Such bonds issued pursuant to this Section shall | 23 |
| bear interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate
| 24 |
| authorized by law at the time of the making of the contract, | 25 |
| shall mature
within 20 years from date, and shall be signed by | 26 |
| the president of the school
board and the treasurer of the |
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| (n) In order to authorize and issue such bonds, the school | 3 |
| board shall adopt
a resolution fixing the amount of bonds, the | 4 |
| date thereof, the maturities
thereof, rates of interest | 5 |
| thereof, place of payment and denomination,
which shall be in | 6 |
| denominations of not less than $100 and not more than
$5,000, | 7 |
| and provide for the levy and collection of a direct annual tax | 8 |
| upon
all the taxable property in the school district sufficient | 9 |
| to pay the
principal and interest on such bonds to maturity. | 10 |
| Upon the filing in the
office of the county clerk of the county | 11 |
| in which the school district is
located of a certified copy of | 12 |
| the resolution, it is the duty of the
county clerk to extend | 13 |
| the tax therefor in addition to and in excess of all
other | 14 |
| taxes heretofore or hereafter authorized to be
levied by such | 15 |
| school district.
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| (o) After the time such bonds are issued as provided for by | 17 |
| this Section, if
additional alterations or reconstructions are | 18 |
| required to be made because
of surveys conducted by an | 19 |
| architect or engineer licensed in the State of
Illinois, the | 20 |
| district may levy a tax at a rate not to exceed .05% per year
| 21 |
| upon all the taxable property of the district or issue | 22 |
| additional bonds,
whichever action shall be the most feasible.
| 23 |
| (p) This Section is cumulative and constitutes complete | 24 |
| authority for the
issuance of bonds as provided in this Section | 25 |
| notwithstanding any other
statute or law to the contrary.
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| (q) With respect to instruments for the payment of money |
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| issued under this
Section either before, on, or after the | 2 |
| effective date of Public Act 86-004
(June 6, 1989), it is, and | 3 |
| always has been, the intention of the General
Assembly (i) that | 4 |
| the Omnibus Bond Acts are, and always have been,
supplementary | 5 |
| grants of power to issue instruments in accordance with the
| 6 |
| Omnibus Bond Acts, regardless of any provision of this Act that | 7 |
| may appear
to be or to have been more restrictive than those | 8 |
| Acts, (ii) that the
provisions of this Section are not a | 9 |
| limitation on the supplementary
authority granted by the | 10 |
| Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii) that instruments
issued under this | 11 |
| Section within the supplementary authority granted by the
| 12 |
| Omnibus Bond Acts are not invalid because of any provision of | 13 |
| this Act that
may appear to be or to have been more restrictive | 14 |
| than those Acts.
| 15 |
| (r) When the purposes for which the bonds are issued have | 16 |
| been accomplished
and paid for in full and there remain funds | 17 |
| on hand from the proceeds of
the bond sale and interest | 18 |
| earnings therefrom, the board shall, by
resolution, use such | 19 |
| excess funds in accordance with the provisions of
Section | 20 |
| 10-22.14 of this Act.
| 21 |
| (s) Whenever any tax is levied or bonds issued for fire | 22 |
| prevention, safety,
energy conservation, and school security | 23 |
| purposes, such proceeds shall be
deposited and accounted for | 24 |
| separately within the Fire Prevention and Safety
Fund.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-675, eff. 10-11-07.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/18-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 18-3)
| 2 |
| Sec. 18-3. Tuition of children from orphanages and | 3 |
| children's homes.
| 4 |
| When the children from any home for orphans, dependent, | 5 |
| abandoned or
maladjusted children maintained by any | 6 |
| organization or association
admitting to such home children | 7 |
| from the State in general or when children
residing in a school | 8 |
| district wherein the State of Illinois maintains and
operates | 9 |
| any welfare or penal institution on property owned by
the State | 10 |
| of Illinois, which contains houses, housing units or housing
| 11 |
| accommodations within a school district, attend grades | 12 |
| kindergarten through
12 of the public schools maintained by | 13 |
| that school district, the
State Superintendent of Education | 14 |
| shall direct the State Comptroller to
pay a specified amount | 15 |
| sufficient to pay the annual tuition cost of such
children who | 16 |
| attended such public schools during the regular school year
| 17 |
| ending on June 30 . The or the summer term for that school year, | 18 |
| and the
Comptroller shall pay the amount after receipt of a | 19 |
| voucher
submitted by the State Superintendent of Education.
| 20 |
| The amount of the tuition for such children attending the | 21 |
| public schools
of the district shall be determined by the State | 22 |
| Superintendent of
Education by multiplying the number of such | 23 |
| children in average daily
attendance in such schools by 1.2 | 24 |
| times the total annual per capita cost of
administering the | 25 |
| schools of the district. Such total annual per capita
cost | 26 |
| shall be determined by totaling all expenses of the school |
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| district in
the educational, operations and maintenance, bond | 2 |
| and interest,
transportation, Illinois municipal retirement, | 3 |
| and rent funds for the
school year preceding the filing of such | 4 |
| tuition claims less expenditures
not applicable to the regular | 5 |
| K-12 program, less offsetting revenues from
State sources | 6 |
| except those from the common school fund, less offsetting
| 7 |
| revenues from federal sources except those from federal | 8 |
| impaction aid, less
student and community service revenues, | 9 |
| plus a depreciation allowance; and
dividing such total by the | 10 |
| average daily attendance for the year.
| 11 |
| Annually on or before June 30 the superintendent of the | 12 |
| district upon forms
prepared by the State Superintendent of | 13 |
| Education shall certify to the regional
superintendent the | 14 |
| following:
| 15 |
| 1. The name of the home and of the organization or | 16 |
| association
maintaining it; or the legal description of the | 17 |
| real estate upon which the
house, housing units, or housing | 18 |
| accommodations are located and that no
taxes or service | 19 |
| charges or other payments authorized by law to be made in
| 20 |
| lieu of taxes were collected therefrom or on account | 21 |
| thereof during either
of the calendar years included in the | 22 |
| school year for which claim is being
made;
| 23 |
| 2. The number of children from the home or living in | 24 |
| such houses,
housing units or housing accommodations and | 25 |
| attending the schools of the
district;
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| 3. The total number of children attending the schools |
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| of the district;
| 2 |
| 4. The per capita tuition charge of the district; and
| 3 |
| 5. The computed amount of the tuition payment claimed | 4 |
| as due.
| 5 |
| Whenever the persons in charge of such home for orphans, | 6 |
| dependent, abandoned
or maladjusted children have received | 7 |
| from the parent or guardian of any such
child or by virtue of | 8 |
| an order of court a specific allowance for educating
such | 9 |
| child, such persons shall pay to the school board in the | 10 |
| district
where the child attends school such amount of the | 11 |
| allowance as is necessary
to pay the tuition required by such | 12 |
| district for the education of the
child. If the allowance is | 13 |
| insufficient to pay the tuition in full the
State | 14 |
| Superintendent of Education shall direct the Comptroller to pay | 15 |
| to
the district the difference between the total tuition | 16 |
| charged and the
amount of the allowance.
| 17 |
| Whenever the facilities of a school district in which such | 18 |
| house,
housing units or housing accommodations are located, are | 19 |
| limited, pupils
may be assigned by that district to the schools | 20 |
| of any adjacent district to
the limit of the facilities of the | 21 |
| adjacent district to properly educate
such pupils as shall be | 22 |
| determined by the school board of the adjacent
district, and | 23 |
| the State Superintendent of Education shall direct the
| 24 |
| Comptroller to pay a specified amount sufficient to pay the | 25 |
| annual tuition
of the children so assigned to and attending | 26 |
| public schools in the adjacent
districts and the Comptroller |
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| shall draw his warrant upon the State
Treasurer for the payment | 2 |
| of such amount for the benefit of the adjacent
school districts | 3 |
| in the same manner as for districts in which the houses,
| 4 |
| housing units or housing accommodations are located.
| 5 |
| The school district shall certify to the State | 6 |
| Superintendent of Education
the report of claims due for such | 7 |
| tuition payments on or before
July 15 31 . Failure on the part | 8 |
| of the school board to certify its claim on
July 31 shall | 9 |
| constitute a forfeiture by the district of its right to the
| 10 |
| payment of any such tuition claim for the school year. The
| 11 |
| State Superintendent of Education shall direct the Comptroller | 12 |
| to pay to the
district, on or before August 15, the amount due | 13 |
| the district for the school
year in accordance with the | 14 |
| calculation of the claim as set forth in this
Section.
| 15 |
| Summer session costs shall be reimbursed based on the | 16 |
| actual expenditures for providing these services. On or before | 17 |
| November 1 of each year, the superintendent of each eligible | 18 |
| school district shall certify to the State Superintendent of | 19 |
| Education the claim of the district for the summer session | 20 |
| following the regular school year just ended. The State | 21 |
| Superintendent of Education shall transmit to the Comptroller | 22 |
| no later than December 15th of each year vouchers for payment | 23 |
| of amounts due to school districts for summer session. | 24 |
| Claims for tuition for children from any home for orphans | 25 |
| or dependent,
abandoned, or maladjusted children beginning | 26 |
| with the 1993-1994 school year
shall be paid on a current year |
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| basis. On September 30, December 31, and
March 31, the State | 2 |
| Board of Education shall voucher payments for districts
with | 3 |
| those students based on an estimated cost calculated from the | 4 |
| prior
year's claim. Final claims for those students for the | 5 |
| regular school term
and summer term must be received at the | 6 |
| State Board of Education by July 15 31
following the end of the | 7 |
| regular school year. Final claims for those students
shall be | 8 |
| vouchered by August 15. During fiscal year 1994 both the | 9 |
| 1992-1993
school year and the 1993-1994 school year shall be | 10 |
| paid in order to change the
cycle of payment from a | 11 |
| reimbursement basis to a current year funding basis of
payment. | 12 |
| However, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section | 13 |
| or the
School Code, beginning with fiscal year 1994 and each | 14 |
| fiscal year thereafter, if the amount appropriated for any | 15 |
| fiscal year is
less than the amount required for purposes of | 16 |
| this Section, the amount required
to eliminate any insufficient | 17 |
| reimbursement for each district claim under this
Section shall | 18 |
| be reimbursed on August 30 of the next fiscal year. Payments | 19 |
| required to eliminate any insufficiency for prior fiscal
year | 20 |
| claims shall be made before any claims are paid for the current | 21 |
| fiscal
year.
| 22 |
| If a school district makes a claim for reimbursement under | 23 |
| Section 18-4
or 14-7.03 it shall not include in any claim filed | 24 |
| under this Section
children residing on the property of State | 25 |
| institutions included in its
claim under Section 18-4 or | 26 |
| 14-7.03.
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| Any child who is not a resident of Illinois who is placed | 2 |
| in a child
welfare institution, private facility, State | 3 |
| operated program, orphanage
or children's home shall have the | 4 |
| payment for his educational tuition and
any related services | 5 |
| assured by the placing agent.
| 6 |
| In order to provide services appropriate to allow a student | 7 |
| under the legal
guardianship or custodianship of the State to | 8 |
| participate in local school
district educational programs, | 9 |
| costs may be incurred in appropriate cases by
the
district that | 10 |
| are in excess of 1.2 times the district per capita tuition | 11 |
| charge
allowed under the provisions of this Section. In the | 12 |
| event such excess costs
are incurred, they must be documented | 13 |
| in accordance with cost rules established
under the authority | 14 |
| of this Section and may then be claimed for reimbursement
under | 15 |
| this Section.
| 16 |
| Planned services for students eligible for this funding | 17 |
| must be a
collaborative effort between the appropriate State | 18 |
| agency or the student's
group home or institution and the local | 19 |
| school district.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-94, eff. 1-1-02; 92-597, eff. 7-1-02; 93-609, | 21 |
| eff. 11-20-03.)
| 22 |
| (105 ILCS 5/21-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2)
| 23 |
| Sec. 21-2. Grades of certificates.
| 24 |
| (a) All certificates issued under this Article shall be | 25 |
| State certificates
valid, except as limited in Section 21-1, in |
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| every school district coming
under the provisions of this Act | 2 |
| and shall be limited in time and designated
as follows: | 3 |
| Provisional vocational certificate, temporary provisional
| 4 |
| vocational certificate, early childhood certificate, | 5 |
| elementary school
certificate, special certificate, secondary | 6 |
| certificate, school service
personnel certificate, | 7 |
| administrative certificate, provisional
certificate, and | 8 |
| substitute certificate. The requirement of student teaching
| 9 |
| under close and competent supervision for obtaining a teaching | 10 |
| certificate
may be waived by the State Teacher Certification | 11 |
| Board upon presentation to
the Board by the teacher of evidence | 12 |
| of 5 years successful teaching
experience on a valid | 13 |
| certificate and graduation from
a recognized institution of | 14 |
| higher learning with a bachelor's degree.
| 15 |
| (b) Initial Teaching Certificate.
Persons who (1) have | 16 |
| completed an approved teacher preparation program,
(2) are | 17 |
| recommended by an
approved teacher preparation program, (3) | 18 |
| have successfully completed the
Initial Teaching Certification | 19 |
| examinations required by the State Board of
Education, and (4) | 20 |
| have met all other criteria established by the State Board
of | 21 |
| Education in consultation with the State Teacher Certification | 22 |
| Board, shall
be issued an Initial Teaching Certificate valid | 23 |
| for 4 years of teaching, as
defined in Section 21-14 of this | 24 |
| Code. Initial Teaching Certificates shall be
issued for | 25 |
| categories corresponding to Early Childhood, Elementary, | 26 |
| Secondary,
and Special K-12, with special certification |
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| designations for Special
Education, Bilingual Education, | 2 |
| fundamental learning areas (including Language
Arts, Reading, | 3 |
| Mathematics, Science, Social Science, Physical Development and
| 4 |
| Health, Fine Arts, and Foreign Language), and other areas
| 5 |
| designated by the State Board of Education, in consultation | 6 |
| with the State
Teacher Certification Board. Notwithstanding | 7 |
| any other provision of this Article, an Initial Teaching | 8 |
| Certificate shall be automatically extended for one year for | 9 |
| all persons who (i) have been issued an Initial Teaching | 10 |
| Certificate that expires on June 30, 2004 and (ii) have not | 11 |
| met, prior to July 1, 2004, the Standard Certificate | 12 |
| requirements under paragraph (c) of this Section. An | 13 |
| application and fee shall not be required for this extension.
| 14 |
| (b-5) A person who holds an out-of-state certificate and | 15 |
| who is otherwise eligible for a comparable Illinois certificate | 16 |
| may be issued an Initial Certificate if that person has not | 17 |
| completed 4 years of teaching. Upon completion of 4 years of | 18 |
| teaching, the person is eligible for a Standard Certificate. | 19 |
| Beginning July 1, 2004, an out-of-state candidate who has | 20 |
| already earned a second-tier certificate in another state is | 21 |
| not subject to any Standard Certificate eligibility | 22 |
| requirements stated in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of this | 23 |
| Section other than completion of the 4 years of teaching. An | 24 |
| out-of-state candidate who has completed less than 4 years of | 25 |
| teaching and does not hold a second-tier certificate from | 26 |
| another state must meet the requirements stated in paragraph |
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| (2) of subsection (c) of this Section, proportionately reduced | 2 |
| by the amount of time remaining to complete the 4 years of | 3 |
| teaching.
| 4 |
| (c) Standard Certificate.
| 5 |
| (1) Persons who (i)
have completed 4 years of teaching, as | 6 |
| defined in Section 21-14 of this Code,
with an Initial | 7 |
| Certificate or an Initial Alternative Teaching Certificate and
| 8 |
| have met all other criteria established by the State Board of | 9 |
| Education in
consultation with the State Teacher Certification | 10 |
| Board, (ii) have
completed 4
years of teaching on a valid | 11 |
| equivalent certificate in another State or
territory of the | 12 |
| United States, or have completed 4 years of teaching in a
| 13 |
| nonpublic Illinois elementary or secondary school with an | 14 |
| Initial Certificate
or an Initial Alternative Teaching | 15 |
| Certificate, and have met all other criteria
established by the | 16 |
| State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
| 17 |
| Teacher Certification Board, or (iii) were issued teaching
| 18 |
| certificates prior to
February 15, 2000 and are renewing those | 19 |
| certificates after February 15, 2000,
shall be issued a | 20 |
| Standard Certificate valid for 5 years, which may be renewed
| 21 |
| thereafter every 5 years by the State Teacher Certification | 22 |
| Board based on
proof of continuing education or professional | 23 |
| development.
Beginning July 1,
2003, persons who have completed | 24 |
| 4 years of teaching, as described in clauses
(i) and (ii) of | 25 |
| this paragraph (1), have successfully completed the
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| requirements of paragraphs (2) through (4) of this subsection |
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| (c),
and have met all other criteria
established by the State | 2 |
| Board of Education, in consultation with the State
Teacher | 3 |
| Certification Board, shall be issued Standard Certificates. | 4 |
| Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, | 5 |
| beginning July 1, 2004, persons who hold valid out-of-state | 6 |
| certificates and have completed 4 years of teaching on a valid | 7 |
| equivalent certificate in another State or territory of the | 8 |
| United States shall be issued comparable Standard | 9 |
| Certificates. Beginning July 1, 2004, persons who hold valid | 10 |
| out-of-state certificates as described in subsection (b-5) of | 11 |
| this Section are subject to the requirements of paragraphs (2) | 12 |
| through (4) of this subsection (c), as required in subsection | 13 |
| (b-5) of this Section, in order to receive a Standard | 14 |
| Certificate. Standard
Certificates shall be issued for | 15 |
| categories corresponding to Early Childhood,
Elementary, | 16 |
| Secondary, and Special K-12, with special certification
| 17 |
| designations for Special Education, Bilingual Education,
| 18 |
| fundamental learning areas (including Language Arts, Reading, | 19 |
| Mathematics,
Science, Social Science, Physical Development and | 20 |
| Health, Fine Arts, and
Foreign Language), and other areas | 21 |
| designated by the State Board of
Education, in consultation | 22 |
| with the State
Teacher Certification Board.
| 23 |
| (2) This paragraph (2) applies only to those persons | 24 |
| required to
successfully complete the requirements of this | 25 |
| paragraph under paragraph (1)
of this subsection (c). In order | 26 |
| to receive a Standard Teaching Certificate,
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| satisfy one of the following requirements:
| 2 |
| (A) Completion of a program of induction and mentoring | 3 |
| for new teachers
that is
based upon a specific plan | 4 |
| approved by the State Board of Education, in
consultation | 5 |
| with the State Teacher Certification Board. Nothing in this | 6 |
| Section, however, prohibits an induction or mentoring | 7 |
| program from operating prior to approval. Holders of | 8 |
| Initial Certificates issued before September 1, 2007 must | 9 |
| complete, at a minimum, an approved one-year induction and | 10 |
| mentoring program. Holders of Initial Certificates issued | 11 |
| on or after September 1, 2007 must complete an approved | 12 |
| 2-year induction and mentoring program. The plan must
| 13 |
| describe the role of mentor teachers, the criteria and | 14 |
| process for their
selection, and how all the following | 15 |
| components are to be provided:
| 16 |
| (i) Assignment of a formally trained mentor | 17 |
| teacher to each new
teacher
for a specified period of | 18 |
| time, which shall be established by the employing
| 19 |
| school or school district,
provided that a mentor | 20 |
| teacher may not directly or indirectly participate in
| 21 |
| the evaluation of a new teacher pursuant to Article 24A | 22 |
| of this Code or the
evaluation procedure of the school.
| 23 |
| (ii) Formal mentoring for each new teacher.
| 24 |
| (iii) Support for each new teacher in relation to | 25 |
| the Illinois
Professional Teaching Standards, the | 26 |
| content-area standards applicable to
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| area of certification, and any applicable local school
| 2 |
| improvement and professional development plans.
| 3 |
| (iv) Professional development specifically | 4 |
| designed to foster the
growth of each new teacher's | 5 |
| knowledge and skills.
| 6 |
| (v) Formative assessment that is based on the | 7 |
| Illinois Professional
Teaching Standards and designed | 8 |
| to provide feedback to the new teacher and
| 9 |
| opportunities for reflection on his or her | 10 |
| performance, which must not
be used directly or | 11 |
| indirectly in any evaluation of a new teacher
pursuant | 12 |
| to Article 24A of this Code or the evaluation procedure | 13 |
| of the
school and which must include the activities | 14 |
| specified
in clauses (B)(i), (B)(ii), and (B)(iii) of | 15 |
| this paragraph (2).
| 16 |
| (vi) Assignment of responsibility for coordination | 17 |
| of the induction
and mentoring program within each | 18 |
| school district participating in the program.
| 19 |
| (B) Successful completion of 4 semester hours of | 20 |
| graduate-level
coursework on the assessment of one's own | 21 |
| performance in relation to the
Illinois Professional | 22 |
| Teaching Standards. The coursework must be approved
by the | 23 |
| State Board of Education, in consultation with the State | 24 |
| Teacher
Certification Board; must be offered either by an | 25 |
| institution of higher
education, by such an institution in | 26 |
| partnership with a teachers' association
or union or with a |
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| regional office of education, or by another entity
| 2 |
| authorized to issue college credit; and must include | 3 |
| demonstration of
performance through all of the following | 4 |
| activities for each of the Illinois
Professional Teaching | 5 |
| Standards:
| 6 |
| (i) Observation, by the course instructor or | 7 |
| another experienced
teacher, of the new teacher's | 8 |
| classroom practice (the observation may be
recorded | 9 |
| for later viewing) for the purpose of identifying and | 10 |
| describing how
the new teacher made content meaningful | 11 |
| for students; how the teacher motivated
individuals | 12 |
| and the group and created an environment conducive to | 13 |
| positive
social interactions, active learning, and | 14 |
| self-motivation; what instructional
strategies the | 15 |
| teacher used to encourage students' development of | 16 |
| critical
thinking, problem solving, and performance; | 17 |
| how the teacher communicated using
written, verbal, | 18 |
| nonverbal, and visual communication techniques; and | 19 |
| how the
teacher maintained standards of professional | 20 |
| conduct and provided leadership to
improve students' | 21 |
| learning.
| 22 |
| (ii) Review and analysis, by the course instructor | 23 |
| or another
experienced
teacher, of written | 24 |
| documentation (i.e., lesson plans, assignments, | 25 |
| assessment
instruments, and samples of students' work) | 26 |
| prepared by the new teacher for
at least 2 lessons. The |
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| documentation must provide evidence of classroom
| 2 |
| performance related to Illinois Professional Teaching | 3 |
| Standards 1 through 9,
with an emphasis on how the | 4 |
| teacher used his or her understanding of students,
| 5 |
| assessment data, and subject matter to decide on | 6 |
| learning goals; how the
teacher designed or selected | 7 |
| activities and instructional materials and
aligned | 8 |
| instruction to the relevant Illinois Learning | 9 |
| Standards; how the
teacher adapted or modified | 10 |
| curriculum to meet individual students' needs;
and how | 11 |
| the teacher sequenced instruction and designed or | 12 |
| selected student
assessment strategies.
| 13 |
| (iii) Demonstration of professional expertise on | 14 |
| the part of the new
teacher in reflecting on his or her | 15 |
| practice, which was observed under clause
(B)(i) of | 16 |
| this paragraph (2) and documented under clause (B)(ii) | 17 |
| of this
paragraph (2), in terms of teaching strengths, | 18 |
| weaknesses, and implications
for improvement according | 19 |
| to the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards.
| 20 |
| (C) Successful completion of a minimum of 4 semester | 21 |
| hours of
graduate-level coursework addressing preparation | 22 |
| to meet the requirements
for certification by the National | 23 |
| Board for Professional Teaching Standards
(NBPTS). The | 24 |
| coursework must be approved by the State Board of | 25 |
| Education, in
consultation with the State Teacher | 26 |
| Certification Board, and must be offered
either by an |
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| institution of higher education, by such an institution in
| 2 |
| partnership with a teachers' association or union or with a | 3 |
| regional office
of education, or by another entity | 4 |
| authorized to issue college credit. The
course must address | 5 |
| the 5 NBPTS Core Propositions and relevant standards
| 6 |
| through such means as the following:
| 7 |
| (i) Observation, by the course instructor or | 8 |
| another experienced
teacher, of the new teacher's | 9 |
| classroom practice (the observation may be
recorded | 10 |
| for later viewing) for the purpose of identifying and | 11 |
| describing how
the new teacher made content meaningful | 12 |
| for students; how the teacher motivated
individuals | 13 |
| and the group and created an environment conducive to | 14 |
| positive
social interactions, active learning, and | 15 |
| self-motivation; what instructional
strategies the | 16 |
| teacher used to encourage students' development of | 17 |
| critical
thinking, problem solving, and
performance; | 18 |
| how the teacher communicated using written, verbal, | 19 |
| nonverbal, and
visual communication techniques; and | 20 |
| how the teacher maintained standards of
professional | 21 |
| conduct and provided leadership to improve students' | 22 |
| learning.
| 23 |
| (ii) Review and analysis, by the course instructor | 24 |
| or another
experienced
teacher, of written | 25 |
| documentation (i.e., lesson plans, assignments, | 26 |
| assessment
instruments, and samples of students' work) |
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| prepared by the new teacher for
at least 2 lessons. The | 2 |
| documentation must provide evidence of classroom
| 3 |
| performance, including how the teacher used his or her | 4 |
| understanding of
students, assessment data, and | 5 |
| subject matter to decide on learning goals;
how the | 6 |
| teacher designed or selected activities and | 7 |
| instructional materials
and aligned instruction to the | 8 |
| relevant Illinois Learning Standards; how
the teacher | 9 |
| adapted or modified curriculum to meet individual | 10 |
| students' needs;
and how the teacher sequenced | 11 |
| instruction and designed or selected student
| 12 |
| assessment strategies.
| 13 |
| (iii) Demonstration of professional expertise on | 14 |
| the part of the new
teacher in reflecting on his or her | 15 |
| practice, which was observed under clause
(C)(i) of | 16 |
| this paragraph (2) and documented under clause (C)(ii) | 17 |
| of this
paragraph (2), in terms of teaching strengths, | 18 |
| weaknesses, and implications
for improvement.
| 19 |
| (C-5) Satisfactory completion of a minimum of 12 | 20 |
| semester hours of graduate credit towards an advanced | 21 |
| degree in an education-related field from an accredited | 22 |
| institution of higher education.
| 23 |
| (D)
Receipt of an advanced degree from an accredited | 24 |
| institution of
higher education in an education-related | 25 |
| field that is earned by a person either while he or she | 26 |
| holds an Initial Teaching Certificate or prior to his or |
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| her receipt of that certificate.
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| (E) Accumulation of 60 continuing professional | 3 |
| development units
(CPDUs), earned by completing selected | 4 |
| activities that comply with paragraphs
(3) and (4) of this | 5 |
| subsection (c). However, for an individual who holds an
| 6 |
| Initial Teaching Certificate on the effective date of this | 7 |
| amendatory Act of
the 92nd General Assembly, the number of | 8 |
| CPDUs shall be reduced to reflect the
teaching time | 9 |
| remaining on the Initial Teaching Certificate.
| 10 |
| (F) Completion of a nationally normed, | 11 |
| performance-based assessment, if
made available by the | 12 |
| State Board of Education in consultation with the State
| 13 |
| Teacher Certification Board, provided that the cost to the | 14 |
| person shall not
exceed the cost of the coursework | 15 |
| described in clause (B) of this paragraph
(2).
| 16 |
| (G) Completion of requirements for meeting the | 17 |
| Illinois criteria for becoming "highly qualified" (for | 18 |
| purposes of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Public | 19 |
| Law 107-110) in an additional teaching area. | 20 |
| (H) Receipt of a minimum 12-hour, post-baccalaureate, | 21 |
| education-related professional development certificate | 22 |
| issued by an Illinois institution of higher education and | 23 |
| developed in accordance with rules adopted by the State | 24 |
| Board of Education in consultation with the State Teacher | 25 |
| Certification Board. | 26 |
| (I) Completion of the National Board for Professional |
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| Teaching Standards (NBPTS) process.
| 2 |
| (J) Receipt of a subsequent Illinois certificate or | 3 |
| endorsement pursuant to Article 21 of this Code.
| 4 |
| (3) This paragraph (3) applies only to those persons | 5 |
| required to
successfully complete the requirements of this | 6 |
| paragraph under paragraph (1)
of this subsection (c). Persons | 7 |
| who seek to satisfy the requirements of clause (E) of paragraph | 8 |
| (2) of this subsection (c) through accumulation of CPDUs may | 9 |
| earn credit through
completion of coursework, workshops, | 10 |
| seminars, conferences, and other similar
training events that | 11 |
| are pre-approved by the State Board of Education, in
| 12 |
| consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board, for | 13 |
| the purpose of
reflection on teaching practices in order to | 14 |
| address all of the Illinois
Professional Teaching Standards | 15 |
| necessary to obtain a Standard Teaching
Certificate. These | 16 |
| activities must meet all of the following requirements:
| 17 |
| (A) Each activity must be designed to advance a | 18 |
| person's knowledge and
skills in relation to one or more of | 19 |
| the Illinois Professional Teaching
Standards or in | 20 |
| relation to the content-area standards applicable to the
| 21 |
| teacher's field of certification.
| 22 |
| (B) Taken together, the activities completed must | 23 |
| address each of the
Illinois Professional Teaching | 24 |
| Standards as provided in clauses (B)(i),
(B)(ii), and | 25 |
| (B)(iii) of paragraph (2) of this subsection (c).
| 26 |
| (C) Each activity must be provided by an entity |
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| approved by the State
Board of Education, in consultation | 2 |
| with the State Teacher Certification Board,
for this | 3 |
| purpose.
| 4 |
| (D) Each activity, integral to its successful | 5 |
| completion, must require
participants to demonstrate the | 6 |
| degree to which they have acquired new
knowledge or skills, | 7 |
| such as through performance, through preparation of a
| 8 |
| written product, through assembling samples of students' | 9 |
| or teachers' work, or
by some other means that is | 10 |
| appropriate to the subject matter of the activity.
| 11 |
| (E) One CPDU shall be available for each hour of direct | 12 |
| participation
by a holder of an Initial Teaching | 13 |
| Certificate in a qualifying activity.
An activity may be | 14 |
| attributed to more than one of the Illinois Professional
| 15 |
| Teaching Standards, but credit for any activity shall be | 16 |
| counted only once.
| 17 |
| (4) This paragraph (4) applies only to those persons | 18 |
| required to
successfully complete the requirements of this | 19 |
| paragraph under paragraph (1) of
this subsection (c). Persons | 20 |
| who seek to satisfy the requirements of clause (E) of paragraph | 21 |
| (2) of this subsection (c) through accumulation of CPDUs may | 22 |
| earn credit from the following, provided that each activity is | 23 |
| designed to advance a person's
knowledge and skills in relation | 24 |
| to one or more of the Illinois
Professional Teaching Standards | 25 |
| or in relation to the content-area
standards applicable to the | 26 |
| person's field or fields of certification:
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| (A) Collaboration and partnership activities related | 2 |
| to improving a
person's knowledge and skills as a teacher, | 3 |
| including all of the following:
| 4 |
| (i) Peer review and coaching.
| 5 |
| (ii) Mentoring in a formal mentoring program, | 6 |
| including service as a
consulting teacher | 7 |
| participating in a remediation process formulated | 8 |
| under
Section 24A-5 of this Code.
| 9 |
| (iii) Facilitating parent education programs | 10 |
| directly related to
student achievement for a school, | 11 |
| school district, or regional office of
education.
| 12 |
| (iv) Participating in business, school, or | 13 |
| community partnerships
directly related to student | 14 |
| achievement.
| 15 |
| (B) Teaching college or university courses in areas | 16 |
| relevant to a
teacher's field of certification, provided | 17 |
| that the teaching may only be
counted once during the | 18 |
| course of 4 years.
| 19 |
| (C) Conferences, workshops, institutes, seminars, and | 20 |
| symposiums related
to improving a person's knowledge and | 21 |
| skills as a teacher, including all of the
following:
| 22 |
| (i) Completing non-university credit directly | 23 |
| related to student
achievement, the Illinois | 24 |
| Professional Teaching Standards, or content-area
| 25 |
| standards.
| 26 |
| (ii) Participating in or presenting at workshops, |
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| seminars,
conferences, institutes, and symposiums.
| 2 |
| (iii) (Blank).
| 3 |
| (iv) Training as reviewers of university teacher | 4 |
| preparation programs.
| 5 |
| An activity listed in this clause (C) is creditable
| 6 |
| only if its provider is approved for this purpose by the | 7 |
| State Board of
Education, in consultation with the State | 8 |
| Teacher Certification Board.
| 9 |
| (D) Other educational experiences related to improving | 10 |
| a person's
knowledge and skills as a teacher, including all | 11 |
| of the following:
| 12 |
| (i) Participating in action research and inquiry | 13 |
| projects.
| 14 |
| (ii) Observing programs or teaching in schools, | 15 |
| related businesses, or
industry that is systematic, | 16 |
| purposeful, and relevant to a teacher's field of
| 17 |
| certification.
| 18 |
| (iii)
Participating in study groups related to | 19 |
| student achievement,
the Illinois Professional | 20 |
| Teaching Standards, or content-area standards.
| 21 |
| (iv) Participating in work/learn programs or | 22 |
| internships.
| 23 |
| (v) Developing a portfolio of students' and | 24 |
| teacher's work.
| 25 |
| (E) Professional leadership experiences related to | 26 |
| improving a person's
knowledge and skills as a teacher, |
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| including all of the following:
| 2 |
| (i) Participating in curriculum development or | 3 |
| assessment activities
at the school, school district, | 4 |
| regional office of education, State, or
national level.
| 5 |
| (ii) Participating in team or department | 6 |
| leadership in a school or
school district.
| 7 |
| (iii) (Blank).
| 8 |
| (iv) Publishing educational articles, columns, or | 9 |
| books relevant to
a teacher's field of certification.
| 10 |
| (v) Participating in non-strike related activities | 11 |
| of a professional
association or labor organization | 12 |
| that are related to professional development.
| 13 |
| (5) A person must complete the requirements of this | 14 |
| subsection (c) before the expiration of his or her Initial
| 15 |
| Teaching Certificate and must submit assurance of having done | 16 |
| so to the regional superintendent of schools or a local
| 17 |
| professional development committee authorized by the regional | 18 |
| superintendent to submit recommendations to him or her for this | 19 |
| purpose.
| 20 |
| Within 30 days after receipt, the regional superintendent | 21 |
| of schools shall review the assurance
of
completion submitted | 22 |
| by a person and, based upon compliance with all of the
| 23 |
| requirements for receipt of a Standard Teaching Certificate, | 24 |
| shall forward to
the State Board of Education a recommendation | 25 |
| for issuance of the Standard Certificate or non-issuance.
The | 26 |
| regional superintendent of schools shall notify the affected |
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| person
if the recommendation is for non-issuance of the | 2 |
| Standard Certificate. A person who is considered not to be | 3 |
| eligible for a Standard Certificate and who has received the | 4 |
| notice of non-issuance may appeal this determination to the | 5 |
| Regional Professional Development Review Committee (RPDRC). | 6 |
| The recommendation of the regional superintendent and the | 7 |
| RPDRC, along with all supporting materials, must then be | 8 |
| forwarded to the State Board of Education for a final | 9 |
| determination.
| 10 |
| Upon review of a regional superintendent of school's | 11 |
| recommendations, the
State Board of Education shall issue | 12 |
| Standard Teaching Certificates to those
who qualify and shall | 13 |
| notify a person, in writing, of a decision denying a
Standard | 14 |
| Teaching Certificate. Any decision denying issuance of a | 15 |
| Standard
Teaching Certificate to a person may be appealed to | 16 |
| the State Teacher
Certification Board.
| 17 |
| (6) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | 18 |
| State Teacher
Certification Board, may adopt rules to implement | 19 |
| this subsection (c) and may
periodically evaluate any of the | 20 |
| methods of qualifying for a Standard Teaching
Certificate | 21 |
| described in this subsection (c).
| 22 |
| (7) The changes made to paragraphs (1) through (5) of this | 23 |
| subsection (c) by this amendatory Act of the 93rd General | 24 |
| Assembly shall apply to those persons who hold or are eligible | 25 |
| to hold an Initial Certificate on or after the effective date | 26 |
| of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly and shall |
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| be given effect upon their application for a Standard | 2 |
| Certificate.
| 3 |
| (8) Beginning July 1, 2004, persons who hold a Standard | 4 |
| Certificate and have acquired one master's degree in an | 5 |
| education-related field are eligible for certificate renewal | 6 |
| upon completion of two-thirds of the continuing education units | 7 |
| specified in subdivision (C) of paragraph (3) of subsection (e) | 8 |
| of Section 21-14 of this Code or of the continuing professional | 9 |
| development units specified in subdivision (E) of paragraph (3) | 10 |
| of subsection (e) of Section 21-14 of this Code. Persons who | 11 |
| hold a Standard Certificate and have acquired a second master's | 12 |
| degree, an education specialist, or a doctorate in an | 13 |
| education-related field or hold a Master Certificate are | 14 |
| eligible for certificate renewal upon completion of one-third | 15 |
| of the continuing education units specified in subdivision (C) | 16 |
| of paragraph (3) of subsection (e) of Section 21-14 of this | 17 |
| Code or of the continuing professional development units | 18 |
| specified in subdivision (E) of paragraph (3) of subsection (e) | 19 |
| of Section 21-14 of this Code.
| 20 |
| (d) Master Certificate. Persons who have
successfully | 21 |
| achieved National Board certification through the National | 22 |
| Board
for Professional Teaching Standards shall be issued a | 23 |
| Master Certificate, valid
for 10 years and renewable thereafter | 24 |
| every 10 years through compliance with
requirements set forth | 25 |
| by the State Board of Education, in consultation with
the State | 26 |
| Teacher Certification Board. However, each teacher who holds a
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| Master Certificate shall be eligible for a teaching position in | 2 |
| this State in
the areas for which he or she holds a Master | 3 |
| Certificate without satisfying any
other requirements of this | 4 |
| Code, except for those requirements pertaining to
criminal | 5 |
| background checks. A holder of a Master Certificate in an area | 6 |
| of science or social science is eligible to teach in any of the | 7 |
| subject areas within those fields, including those taught at | 8 |
| the advanced level, as defined by the State Board of Education | 9 |
| in consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board. A | 10 |
| teacher who holds a Master Certificate shall be
deemed to meet | 11 |
| State certification renewal requirements in the area or areas
| 12 |
| for which he or she holds a Master Certificate for the 10-year | 13 |
| term of the
teacher's Master Certificate.
| 14 |
| (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-796, eff. 8-10-02; | 15 |
| 93-679, eff. 6-30-04.)
| 16 |
| (105 ILCS 5/21-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-14)
| 17 |
| Sec. 21-14. Registration and renewal of certificates.
| 18 |
| (a) A limited
four-year certificate or a certificate issued | 19 |
| after July 1, 1955, shall
be renewable at its expiration or | 20 |
| within 60 days thereafter by the
county superintendent of | 21 |
| schools having supervision and control over the
school where | 22 |
| the teacher is teaching upon certified evidence of meeting
the | 23 |
| requirements for renewal as required by this Act and prescribed | 24 |
| by
the State Board of Education in consultation with the State
| 25 |
| Teacher Certification Board. An elementary supervisory |
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| certificate
shall not be renewed at the end of the first | 2 |
| four-year period covered by
the certificate unless the holder | 3 |
| thereof has filed certified evidence
with the State Teacher | 4 |
| Certification Board that he has a master's degree
or that he | 5 |
| has earned 8 semester hours of credit in the field of
| 6 |
| educational administration and supervision in a recognized | 7 |
| institution
of higher learning. The holder shall continue to | 8 |
| earn 8 semester hours
of credit each four-year period until | 9 |
| such time as he has earned a
master's degree.
| 10 |
| All certificates not renewed or registered as herein | 11 |
| provided shall
lapse after a period of 5 years from the | 12 |
| expiration of the last year
of
registration. Such certificates | 13 |
| may be reinstated for a one year period
upon payment of all | 14 |
| accumulated registration fees. Such reinstated
certificates | 15 |
| shall only be renewed: (1) by earning 5 semester hours of
| 16 |
| credit in a recognized institution of higher learning in the | 17 |
| field of
professional education or in courses related to the | 18 |
| holder's contractual
teaching duties; or (2) by presenting | 19 |
| evidence of holding a valid
regular certificate of some other | 20 |
| type. Any certificate may be
voluntarily surrendered by the | 21 |
| certificate holder. A voluntarily
surrendered certificate | 22 |
| shall be treated as a revoked certificate.
| 23 |
| (b) When those teaching certificates issued before | 24 |
| February 15, 2000 are
renewed for the first time after February | 25 |
| 15, 2000, all
such
teaching
certificates
shall be exchanged for | 26 |
| Standard Teaching Certificates as provided in subsection
(c) of |
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| Section 21-2. All Initial and Standard Teaching Certificates, | 2 |
| including
those issued to persons who previously held teaching | 3 |
| certificates issued before
February 15, 2000, shall be | 4 |
| renewable under the conditions
set forth
in this
subsection | 5 |
| (b).
| 6 |
| Initial Teaching Certificates are valid for 4 years of | 7 |
| teaching, as provided in subsection (b) of Section 21-2 of this | 8 |
| Code, and are renewable every 4 years until the person | 9 |
| completes 4 years of teaching. If the holder of an Initial | 10 |
| Certificate has completed 4 years of teaching but has not | 11 |
| completed the requirements set forth in paragraph (2) of | 12 |
| subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code, then the Initial | 13 |
| Certificate may be reinstated for one year, during which the | 14 |
| requirements must be met. A holder of an Initial Certificate | 15 |
| who has not completed 4 years of teaching may continuously | 16 |
| register the certificate for additional 4-year periods without | 17 |
| penalty. Initial Certificates that are not registered shall | 18 |
| lapse consistent with subsection (a) of this Section and may be | 19 |
| reinstated only in accordance with subsection (a).
Standard | 20 |
| Teaching Certificates are renewable every 5 years as provided
| 21 |
| in
subsection (c) of Section 21-2
and subsection (c) of this | 22 |
| Section.
For purposes of this Section, "teaching" is defined as | 23 |
| employment and
performance of
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, in a
certificated teaching position, or a charter |
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| school operating in compliance
with the
Charter Schools Law.
| 2 |
| (c) In compliance with subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of | 3 |
| this Code, which
provides that a
Standard
Teaching Certificate | 4 |
| may be renewed by the State Teacher Certification Board
based
| 5 |
| upon proof of continuing professional development, the State | 6 |
| Board of Education
and
the State Teacher Certification Board | 7 |
| shall jointly:
| 8 |
| (1) establish a procedure for renewing Standard | 9 |
| Teaching Certificates,
which shall include but not be | 10 |
| limited to annual timelines for the renewal
process and the | 11 |
| components set forth in subsections (d) through (k) of this
| 12 |
| Section;
| 13 |
| (2) establish the standards for certificate renewal;
| 14 |
| (3) approve or disapprove the providers of continuing | 15 |
| professional development
activities;
| 16 |
| (4) determine the maximum credit for each category of | 17 |
| continuing
professional development activities, based upon | 18 |
| recommendations submitted by
a continuing professional
| 19 |
| development
activity task force, which shall consist of 6 | 20 |
| staff members from the State
Board of
Education, appointed | 21 |
| by the State Superintendent of Education, and 6 teacher
| 22 |
| representatives, 3 of whom are selected by the Illinois | 23 |
| Education Association
and 3 of
whom are selected by the | 24 |
| Illinois Federation of Teachers;
| 25 |
| (5) designate the type and amount of documentation | 26 |
| required to show that
continuing professional development |
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| activities have been completed; and
| 2 |
| (6) provide, on a timely basis to all Illinois | 3 |
| teachers, certificate
holders, regional superintendents of | 4 |
| schools,
school districts, and others with an interest in | 5 |
| continuing professional
development, information about the | 6 |
| standards and requirements established
pursuant to this | 7 |
| subsection (c).
| 8 |
| (d) Any Standard Teaching Certificate held by an individual | 9 |
| employed and
performing services in an
Illinois public or | 10 |
| State-operated elementary school, secondary school, or
| 11 |
| cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or board | 12 |
| of control in a
certificated teaching
position or a
charter | 13 |
| school in compliance with the Charter Schools Law must be | 14 |
| maintained
Valid
and
Active through certificate renewal | 15 |
| activities specified in the certificate
renewal procedure
| 16 |
| established pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, | 17 |
| provided that
a holder of a Valid
and Active
certificate who is | 18 |
| only employed on either a part-time basis or day-to-day
basis | 19 |
| as a
substitute
teacher shall pay only the required | 20 |
| registration fee to renew his or her
certificate
and maintain | 21 |
| it as Valid and Active. All other Standard Teaching | 22 |
| Certificates
held may be
maintained as
Valid and Exempt through | 23 |
| the registration process provided for in the
certificate | 24 |
| renewal
procedure established pursuant to subsection (c) of | 25 |
| this Section. A Valid and
Exempt
certificate must
be | 26 |
| immediately activated, through procedures developed jointly by |
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| the State
Board of
Education and the State Teacher | 2 |
| Certification Board, upon the certificate
holder
becoming | 3 |
| employed and performing services in an Illinois public or
| 4 |
| State-operated elementary school,
secondary school, or | 5 |
| cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or
board | 6 |
| of control in a
certificated
teaching position or a charter | 7 |
| school operating in compliance with the Charter
Schools
Law. A | 8 |
| holder of a Valid and Exempt certificate may activate his or | 9 |
| her
certificate
through procedures provided for in the | 10 |
| certificate renewal procedure
established pursuant to
| 11 |
| subsection (c) of this Section.
| 12 |
| (e)(1) A Standard Teaching Certificate that has been | 13 |
| maintained as Valid
and
Active for the 5 years of the | 14 |
| certificate's validity shall be renewed as Valid
and Active
| 15 |
| upon the certificate holder: (i)
completing an advanced degree | 16 |
| from an approved institution in an
education-related field; | 17 |
| (ii)
completing at least
8 semester hours of
coursework as | 18 |
| described in
subdivision (B) of paragraph (3) of this | 19 |
| subsection (e);
(iii)
(blank); earning at least
24 continuing | 20 |
| education units as described in subdivision (C) of
paragraph | 21 |
| (3)
of this subsection (e); (iv) completing the National Board | 22 |
| for
Professional
Teaching Standards process as described in | 23 |
| subdivision (D) of
paragraph (3) of
this subsection (e); or (v) | 24 |
| earning 120 continuing professional
development
units ("CPDU") | 25 |
| as described in subdivision (E) of paragraph (3) of
this
| 26 |
| subsection (e). The maximum continuing professional |
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| development units for each
continuing professional development | 2 |
| activity identified in subdivisions
(F)
through (J) of | 3 |
| paragraph (3) of this subsection (e) shall be
jointly | 4 |
| determined
by the State Board of Education and the State | 5 |
| Teacher Certification Board.
If, however, the certificate | 6 |
| holder has maintained the certificate
as Valid and
Exempt for a | 7 |
| portion of the 5-year period of validity, the number of
| 8 |
| continuing
professional development units needed to renew the | 9 |
| certificate as Valid and
Active shall
be proportionately | 10 |
| reduced by the amount of time the certificate was Valid and
| 11 |
| Exempt.
Furthermore, if a certificate holder is employed and | 12 |
| performs teaching services
on a
part-time basis for all or a | 13 |
| portion of the certificate's 5-year period of
validity, the | 14 |
| number
of continuing professional development units needed to | 15 |
| renew the certificate as
Valid
and Active shall be reduced by | 16 |
| 50% for the amount of time the certificate
holder has
been | 17 |
| employed and performed teaching services on a part-time basis. | 18 |
| Part-time
shall
be defined as less than 50% of the school day | 19 |
| or school term.
| 20 |
| Notwithstanding any other requirements to the contrary, if | 21 |
| a Standard
Teaching
Certificate has been maintained as Valid | 22 |
| and Active for the 5 years of the
certificate's validity and | 23 |
| the certificate holder has completed his or her
certificate | 24 |
| renewal plan before July 1, 2002, the certificate shall
be | 25 |
| renewed as Valid and Active.
| 26 |
| (2) Beginning July 1, 2004, in order to satisfy the |
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| requirements for continuing professional development provided | 2 |
| for in subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code, each
Valid | 3 |
| and Active Standard Teaching Certificate holder shall
complete | 4 |
| professional development activities that address the | 5 |
| certificate or those certificates that are required of his or | 6 |
| her
certificated
teaching position, if the certificate holder | 7 |
| is employed and performing
services in an Illinois public
or | 8 |
| State-operated elementary school,
secondary school, or | 9 |
| cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or
board | 10 |
| of control, or that certificate or those certificates most | 11 |
| closely
related to his or
her teaching position, if the | 12 |
| certificate holder is employed in a charter
school. Except as | 13 |
| otherwise provided in this subsection (e), the certificate | 14 |
| holder's activities must address purposes (A), (B),
(C), or (D) | 15 |
| and must reflect purpose (E) of the following continuing | 16 |
| professional
development purposes:
| 17 |
| (A) Advance both the certificate holder's knowledge | 18 |
| and skills as a
teacher consistent with the Illinois | 19 |
| Professional Teaching Standards and the
Illinois Content | 20 |
| Area Standards in the certificate holder's areas of
| 21 |
| certification,
endorsement, or teaching assignment in | 22 |
| order to keep the certificate holder
current
in those | 23 |
| areas.
| 24 |
| (B) Develop the certificate holder's knowledge and | 25 |
| skills in areas
determined
to be critical for all Illinois | 26 |
| teachers, as defined by the State Board of
Education, known |
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| as "State priorities".
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| (C) Address the knowledge, skills, and goals of the | 3 |
| certificate holder's
local
school improvement plan, if the | 4 |
| teacher is employed in an Illinois public
or State-operated | 5 |
| elementary school, secondary school, or cooperative or | 6 |
| joint
agreement with a governing body or board of control.
| 7 |
| (D) Expand the certificate holder's knowledge and | 8 |
| skills in an
additional teaching field or toward
the
| 9 |
| acquisition of another teaching certificate, endorsement, | 10 |
| or relevant
education degree.
| 11 |
| (E) Address the needs of serving students with | 12 |
| disabilities, including adapting and modifying the general | 13 |
| curriculum related to the Illinois Learning Standards to | 14 |
| meet the needs of students with disabilities and serving | 15 |
| such students in the least restrictive environment. | 16 |
| Teachers who hold certificates endorsed for special | 17 |
| education must devote at least 50% of their continuing | 18 |
| professional development activities to this purpose. | 19 |
| Teachers holding other certificates must devote at least | 20 |
| 20% of their activities to this purpose.
| 21 |
| A speech-language pathologist or audiologist who is
| 22 |
| licensed under the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and
| 23 |
| Audiology Practice Act and who has met the continuing
education | 24 |
| requirements of that Act and the rules promulgated
under that | 25 |
| Act shall be deemed to have satisfied the continuing
| 26 |
| professional development requirements established by the State
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| Board of Education and the Teacher Certification Board to renew
| 2 |
| a Standard Certificate.
| 3 |
| (3) Continuing professional development activities may | 4 |
| include, but are not limited to, the following activities:
| 5 |
| (A) completion of an advanced degree from an approved | 6 |
| institution
in an education-related field;
| 7 |
| (B) at
least 8 semester hours of coursework
in an | 8 |
| approved education-related program, of which at least 2 | 9 |
| semester
hours relate
to the continuing professional | 10 |
| development purpose set forth in purpose (A) of
paragraph | 11 |
| (2) of this subsection (e), completion of which means no
| 12 |
| other continuing professional development activities are | 13 |
| required;
| 14 |
| (C) (blank); continuing education units that satisfy | 15 |
| the continuing
professional
development purposes set forth | 16 |
| in paragraph (2) of this subsection (e), with
each | 17 |
| continuing education unit equal to 5
clock
hours, provided | 18 |
| that a plan that includes at least 24 continuing
education | 19 |
| units (or 120 clock/contact hours) need not
include any | 20 |
| other continuing professional development activities;
| 21 |
| (D) completion of the National Board for
Professional | 22 |
| Teaching
Standards
("NBPTS") process for certification or | 23 |
| recertification, completion of which means no other | 24 |
| continuing professional development activities are | 25 |
| required;
| 26 |
| (E) completion of 120 continuing professional |
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| development
units that
satisfy the continuing professional | 2 |
| development purposes set forth in
paragraph (2) of this | 3 |
| subsection (e) and may include without limitation
the | 4 |
| activities identified in subdivisions (F) through
(J) of | 5 |
| this paragraph
(3);
| 6 |
| (F) collaboration and partnership activities related | 7 |
| to
improving the
teacher's knowledge and skills as a | 8 |
| teacher, including the following:
| 9 |
| (i) participating on collaborative planning and | 10 |
| professional
improvement
teams and committees;
| 11 |
| (ii) peer review and coaching;
| 12 |
| (iii) mentoring in a formal mentoring program, | 13 |
| including service as a
consulting teacher | 14 |
| participating in a remediation
process formulated | 15 |
| under Section 24A-5 of this Code;
| 16 |
| (iv) participating in site-based management or | 17 |
| decision making teams,
relevant committees, boards, or | 18 |
| task forces directly related to school
improvement | 19 |
| plans;
| 20 |
| (v) coordinating community resources in schools, | 21 |
| if the project is a
specific goal of the school | 22 |
| improvement plan;
| 23 |
| (vi) facilitating parent education programs for a | 24 |
| school, school
district, or
regional office of | 25 |
| education directly related to student achievement or
| 26 |
| school improvement plans;
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| (vii) participating in business, school, or | 2 |
| community partnerships
directly
related to student | 3 |
| achievement or school improvement plans; or
| 4 |
| (viii) supervising a student teacher or teacher | 5 |
| education candidate in
clinical supervision, provided | 6 |
| that the supervision may only be counted
once during | 7 |
| the course of 5 years;
| 8 |
| (G) college or university coursework related to | 9 |
| improving the
teacher's
knowledge and skills as a teacher | 10 |
| as follows:
| 11 |
| (i) completing undergraduate or graduate credit | 12 |
| earned from a
regionally
accredited institution in | 13 |
| coursework relevant to the certificate area being
| 14 |
| renewed,
including coursework that incorporates | 15 |
| induction activities and
development of a portfolio of | 16 |
| both student and teacher work that
provides experience | 17 |
| in reflective practices,
provided the coursework meets | 18 |
| Illinois Professional Teaching Standards
or Illinois | 19 |
| Content Area Standards and
supports the essential | 20 |
| characteristics of quality professional development; | 21 |
| or
| 22 |
| (ii) teaching college or university courses in | 23 |
| areas relevant to the
certificate area being renewed, | 24 |
| provided that the teaching may only be
counted once | 25 |
| during the course of 5 years;
| 26 |
| (H) conferences, workshops, institutes, seminars, and
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| symposiums related
to improving the teacher's knowledge | 2 |
| and skills as a teacher, subject to disapproval of the | 3 |
| activity or event by the State Teacher Certification Board | 4 |
| acting jointly with the State Board of Education,
including
| 5 |
| the following:
| 6 |
| (i) completing non-university credit directly | 7 |
| related to student
achievement, school improvement | 8 |
| plans, or State priorities;
| 9 |
| (ii) participating in or presenting at workshops, | 10 |
| seminars,
conferences,
institutes, and symposiums;
| 11 |
| (iii) training as external reviewers for Quality | 12 |
| Assurance; or
| 13 |
| (iv) training as reviewers of university teacher | 14 |
| preparation programs.
| 15 |
| A teacher, however, may not receive credit for conferences, | 16 |
| workshops, institutes, seminars, or symposiums that are | 17 |
| designed for entertainment, promotional, or commercial | 18 |
| purposes or that are solely inspirational or motivational. | 19 |
| The State Superintendent of Education and regional | 20 |
| superintendents of schools are authorized to review the | 21 |
| activities and events provided or to be provided under this | 22 |
| subdivision (H) and to investigate complaints regarding | 23 |
| those activities and events, and either the State | 24 |
| Superintendent of Education or a regional superintendent | 25 |
| of schools may recommend that the State Teacher | 26 |
| Certification Board and the State Board of Education |
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| jointly disapprove those activities and events considered | 2 |
| to be inconsistent with this subdivision (H);
| 3 |
| (I) other educational experiences related to improving | 4 |
| the
teacher's
knowledge and skills as a teacher, including | 5 |
| the following:
| 6 |
| (i) participating in action research and inquiry | 7 |
| projects;
| 8 |
| (ii) observing programs or teaching in schools, | 9 |
| related businesses, or
industry that is systematic, | 10 |
| purposeful, and relevant to certificate renewal;
| 11 |
| (iii) traveling related to one's teaching | 12 |
| assignment, directly related to
student achievement or | 13 |
| school improvement plans and approved by the regional | 14 |
| superintendent of schools or his or her designee at | 15 |
| least
30 days prior to the travel experience,
provided | 16 |
| that the traveling shall not include time spent | 17 |
| commuting to
destinations where the learning | 18 |
| experience will occur;
| 19 |
| (iv) participating in study groups related to | 20 |
| student achievement or
school
improvement plans;
| 21 |
| (v) serving on a statewide education-related | 22 |
| committee, including but
not
limited to the State | 23 |
| Teacher Certification Board, State Board of Education
| 24 |
| strategic agenda teams, or the State Advisory Council | 25 |
| on Education of
Children with Disabilities;
| 26 |
| (vi) participating in work/learn programs or |
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| internships; or
| 2 |
| (vii) developing a portfolio of student and | 3 |
| teacher work;
| 4 |
| (J) professional leadership experiences related to | 5 |
| improving
the teacher's
knowledge and skills as a teacher, | 6 |
| including the following:
| 7 |
| (i) participating in curriculum development or | 8 |
| assessment activities
at the
school, school district, | 9 |
| regional office of education, State, or national
| 10 |
| level;
| 11 |
| (ii) participating in team or department | 12 |
| leadership in a school or
school
district;
| 13 |
| (iii) participating on external or internal school | 14 |
| or school district
review
teams;
| 15 |
| (iv) publishing educational articles, columns, or | 16 |
| books relevant to
the
certificate area being renewed; | 17 |
| or
| 18 |
| (v) participating in non-strike related | 19 |
| professional association or
labor organization
service | 20 |
| or
activities related to professional development;
| 21 |
| (K) receipt of a subsequent Illinois certificate or | 22 |
| endorsement pursuant to this Article;
| 23 |
| (L) completion of requirements for meeting the | 24 |
| Illinois criteria for becoming "highly qualified" (for | 25 |
| purposes of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Public | 26 |
| Law 107-110) in an additional teaching area;
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| (M) successful completion of 4 semester hours of | 2 |
| graduate-level coursework on the assessment of one's own | 3 |
| performance in relation to the Illinois Teaching | 4 |
| Standards, as described in clause (B) of paragraph (2) of | 5 |
| subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code; or | 6 |
| (N) successful completion of a minimum of 4 semester | 7 |
| hours of graduate-level coursework addressing preparation | 8 |
| to meet the requirements for certification by the National | 9 |
| Board for Professional Teaching Standards, as described in | 10 |
| clause (C) of paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section | 11 |
| 21-2 of this Code.
| 12 |
| (4) A person must complete the requirements of this | 13 |
| subsection (e) before the expiration of his or her Standard | 14 |
| Teaching Certificate and must submit assurance to the regional | 15 |
| superintendent of schools or, if applicable, a local | 16 |
| professional development committee authorized by the regional | 17 |
| superintendent to submit recommendations to him or her for this | 18 |
| purpose. The statement of assurance shall contain a list of the | 19 |
| activities completed, the provider offering each activity, the | 20 |
| number of credits earned for each activity, and the purposes to | 21 |
| which each activity is attributed. The certificate holder shall | 22 |
| maintain the evidence of completion of each activity for at | 23 |
| least one certificate renewal cycle. The certificate holder | 24 |
| shall affirm under penalty of perjury that he or she has | 25 |
| completed the activities listed and will maintain the required | 26 |
| evidence of completion. The State Board of Education or the |
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| regional superintendent of schools for each region shall | 2 |
| conduct random audits of assurance statements and supporting | 3 |
| documentation.
| 4 |
| (5) (Blank).
| 5 |
| (6) (Blank).
| 6 |
| (f) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code, a | 7 |
| school district is authorized to enter into an agreement with | 8 |
| the exclusive bargaining representative, if any, to form a | 9 |
| local professional development committee (LPDC). The | 10 |
| membership and terms of members of the LPDC may be determined | 11 |
| by the agreement. Provisions regarding LPDCs contained in a | 12 |
| collective bargaining agreement in existence on the effective | 13 |
| date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly | 14 |
| between a school district and the exclusive bargaining | 15 |
| representative shall remain in full force and effect for the | 16 |
| term of the agreement, unless terminated by mutual agreement. | 17 |
| The LPDC shall make recommendations to the regional | 18 |
| superintendent of schools on renewal of teaching certificates. | 19 |
| The regional superintendent of schools for each region shall
| 20 |
| perform
the following functions:
| 21 |
| (1)
review recommendations for certificate renewal, if | 22 |
| any, received from LPDCs;
| 23 |
| (2) (blank);
| 24 |
| (3) (blank);
| 25 |
| (4) (blank);
| 26 |
| (5) determine whether certificate holders have met the
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| requirements for certificate renewal and notify | 2 |
| certificate holders
if the decision is not to renew the | 3 |
| certificate;
| 4 |
| (6) provide a certificate holder with the opportunity | 5 |
| to appeal a recommendation made by a LPDC, if any, not to | 6 |
| renew the certificate to the regional professional | 7 |
| development review committee;
| 8 |
| (7) issue and forward recommendations for renewal or | 9 |
| nonrenewal
of certificate holders' Standard Teaching | 10 |
| Certificates to the State Teacher Certification Board; and
| 11 |
| (8) (blank).
| 12 |
| (g)(1) Each regional superintendent of schools shall | 13 |
| review and concur or
nonconcur
with each recommendation for | 14 |
| renewal or nonrenewal of a Standard Teaching
Certificate he or | 15 |
| she receives from a local professional development committee, | 16 |
| if any,
or, if
a certificate
holder appeals the recommendation | 17 |
| to the regional professional development
review committee, the
| 18 |
| recommendation for renewal or nonrenewal he or she receives | 19 |
| from a regional
professional
development review committee and, | 20 |
| within 14 days of receipt of the
recommendation,
shall
provide | 21 |
| the State Teacher Certification Board with verification of the
| 22 |
| following, if applicable:
| 23 |
| (A) the certificate holder has satisfactorily | 24 |
| completed professional development and continuing | 25 |
| education activities set forth in paragraph (3) of | 26 |
| subsection (e) of this Section;
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| (B) the certificate holder has submitted the statement | 2 |
| of assurance required under paragraph (4) of subsection (e) | 3 |
| of this Section, and this statement has been attached to | 4 |
| the application for renewal;
| 5 |
| (C) the local professional development committee, if | 6 |
| any, has recommended the
renewal of the certificate | 7 |
| holder's Standard Teaching Certificate and
forwarded the | 8 |
| recommendation to the regional superintendent of schools;
| 9 |
| (D) the certificate holder has appealed his or her | 10 |
| local professional
development committee's recommendation | 11 |
| of nonrenewal, if any, to the regional
professional | 12 |
| development review committee and the result of that appeal;
| 13 |
| (E) the regional superintendent of schools has | 14 |
| concurred or nonconcurred
with
the
local professional | 15 |
| development committee's or regional professional
| 16 |
| development review committee's recommendation, if any, to | 17 |
| renew or nonrenew the
certificate holder's Standard | 18 |
| Teaching Certificate and made a
recommendation to that | 19 |
| effect; and
| 20 |
| (F) the established registration fee for the Standard | 21 |
| Teaching
Certificate has
been paid.
| 22 |
| If
the notice required by this subsection
(g) includes a | 23 |
| recommendation of certificate nonrenewal, then, at the same | 24 |
| time the regional superintendent of schools provides the State | 25 |
| Teacher Certification Board with the notice, he or she
shall
| 26 |
| also notify the
certificate holder in writing, by certified |
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| mail, return receipt requested, that
this notice has been | 2 |
| provided to the
State
Teacher
Certification Board.
| 3 |
| (2) Each certificate holder shall have the right to appeal
| 4 |
| his or her
local
professional development committee's | 5 |
| recommendation of nonrenewal, if any, to the
regional
| 6 |
| professional development review committee, within 14 days of | 7 |
| receipt of notice
that the
recommendation has
been sent to the | 8 |
| regional superintendent of schools. Each regional
| 9 |
| superintendent of schools shall
establish a regional | 10 |
| professional development review committee or committees
for | 11 |
| the
purpose of
advising the regional superintendent of schools, | 12 |
| upon request, and handling
certificate
holder appeals. This | 13 |
| committee shall
consist of at least 4 classroom teachers, one | 14 |
| non-administrative
certificated
educational
employee, 2 | 15 |
| administrators, and one at-large member who shall be either (i) | 16 |
| a
parent, (ii)
a member of the business community, (iii) a | 17 |
| community member, or (iv) an
administrator, with preference | 18 |
| given to an individual chosen from among those
persons
listed | 19 |
| in items (i), (ii), and (iii) in order to secure representation | 20 |
| of an
interest not already
represented on the committee. The | 21 |
| teacher and non-administrative certificated
educational | 22 |
| employee members of the review committee shall be selected by | 23 |
| their
exclusive representative, if any, and the administrators | 24 |
| and at-large member
shall be
selected by the regional | 25 |
| superintendent of schools. A regional superintendent
of | 26 |
| schools
may add additional members to the committee, provided |
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| that the same proportion
of
teachers to administrators and | 2 |
| at-large members on the committee is maintained. Any
additional | 3 |
| teacher and non-administrative certificated educational | 4 |
| employee members
shall be selected by their exclusive | 5 |
| representative, if any. Vacancies in positions on a
regional | 6 |
| professional development review committee shall be filled in | 7 |
| the same manner
as the original selections. Committee members | 8 |
| shall serve staggered 3-year terms. All
individuals selected to | 9 |
| serve on regional professional development review committees
| 10 |
| must be known to demonstrate the best practices in teaching or | 11 |
| their respective
field of
practice.
| 12 |
| (h)(1) The State Teacher Certification Board shall review | 13 |
| the regional
superintendent of schools' recommendations to | 14 |
| renew or nonrenew Standard
Teaching Certificates
and notify | 15 |
| certificate holders in writing whether their certificates have
| 16 |
| been renewed or
nonrenewed within 90 days of receipt of the | 17 |
| recommendations,
unless a certificate holder has appealed a | 18 |
| regional
superintendent of schools'
recommendation of | 19 |
| nonrenewal, as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection
| 20 |
| (h). The State Teacher Certification Board shall verify that | 21 |
| the
certificate holder
has met the renewal criteria set forth | 22 |
| in paragraph (1) of subsection (g) of
this Section.
| 23 |
| (2) Each certificate holder shall have the right to appeal | 24 |
| a regional
superintendent of school's recommendation to | 25 |
| nonrenew his or her Standard
Teaching Certificate
to
the State | 26 |
| Teacher Certification Board, within 14 days of receipt of |
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| notice that
the
decision has been sent to the State Teacher | 2 |
| Certification Board, which shall
hold an
appeal hearing within | 3 |
| 60 days of receipt of the appeal. When such an appeal is
taken,
| 4 |
| the certificate holder's Standard Teaching Certificate shall | 5 |
| continue to be
valid until the
appeal is finally determined. | 6 |
| The State Teacher Certification Board shall
review the
regional | 7 |
| superintendent of school's recommendation, the regional | 8 |
| professional
development review committee's recommendation, if | 9 |
| any, and the local
professional
development committee's | 10 |
| recommendation, if any, and all relevant documentation to | 11 |
| verify
whether the certificate holder has met the renewal | 12 |
| criteria set forth in
paragraph (1) of
subsection (g) of this | 13 |
| Section. The State Teacher Certification Board may
request that
| 14 |
| the certificate holder appear before it. All actions taken by | 15 |
| the State
Teacher
Certification Board shall require a quorum | 16 |
| and be by a simple majority of those
present and voting.
A | 17 |
| record of
all votes
shall be maintained. The State Teacher | 18 |
| Certification Board shall notify the
certificate
holder in | 19 |
| writing, within 7 days of completing the review, whether his or | 20 |
| her
Standard
Teaching Certificate has been renewed or | 21 |
| nonrenewed, provided that if the State
Teacher
Certification | 22 |
| Board determines to nonrenew a certificate, the written notice
| 23 |
| provided to
the certificate holder shall be by certified mail, | 24 |
| return receipt requested.
All certificate
renewal or | 25 |
| nonrenewal decisions of the State Teacher Certification Board | 26 |
| are
final and
subject to administrative review, as set forth in |
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| Section 21-24 of this Code.
| 2 |
| (i) Holders of Master Teaching Certificates shall meet the | 3 |
| same
requirements
and follow the same procedures as holders of | 4 |
| Standard Teaching Certificates,
except
that their renewal | 5 |
| cycle shall be as set forth in subsection (d) of Section
21-2 | 6 |
| of this
Code and their renewal requirements shall be subject to | 7 |
| paragraph (8) of subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code.
| 8 |
| A holder of a
teaching certificate endorsed as a | 9 |
| speech-language pathologist who
has been granted the | 10 |
| Certificate of Clinical Competence by the
American | 11 |
| Speech-Language Hearing Association may renew his or her
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| Standard Teaching Certificate pursuant to the 10-year renewal | 13 |
| 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 | 15 |
| Teaching Certificates
who are not employed and performing | 16 |
| services in an Illinois public or
State-operated
elementary | 17 |
| school, secondary school, or cooperative or joint agreement | 18 |
| with a
governing body or board of control, in a certificated | 19 |
| teaching position,
may
voluntarily activate their certificates | 20 |
| through the regional superintendent of schools of the regional | 21 |
| office of
education for the geographic area where their | 22 |
| teaching is done. These certificate holders shall follow the | 23 |
| same renewal
criteria
and procedures as all other Standard and | 24 |
| Master Teaching Certificate holders,
except
that their | 25 |
| continuing professional development activities need not
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| reflect or
address the knowledge, skills, and goals of a local |
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| 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 | 5 |
| of the 93rd General Assembly that affect renewal of Standard | 6 |
| and Master Certificates shall apply to those persons who hold | 7 |
| Standard or Master Certificates on or after the effective date | 8 |
| of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly and shall | 9 |
| be given effect upon renewal of those certificates.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/27-23) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-23)
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| Sec. 27-23. Motor Vehicle Code. The curriculum in all | 13 |
| public schools
shall include a course dealing with the content | 14 |
| of Chapters 11, 12, 13, 15,
and 16 of the Illinois Vehicle | 15 |
| Code, the rules and regulations adopted pursuant
to those | 16 |
| Chapters insofar as they pertain to the operation of motor | 17 |
| vehicles,
and the portions of the Litter Control Act relating | 18 |
| to the operation of motor
vehicles. Instruction shall be given | 19 |
| in safety education in each grade, 1
through 8, equivalent to 1 | 20 |
| class period each week, and in at least 1 of the
years in | 21 |
| grades 10 through 12. The course of instruction required of | 22 |
| each
eligible student at the high school level shall consist of | 23 |
| a minimum of 30
clock hours of classroom instruction taught by | 24 |
| a certified high school teacher
who has acquired special | 25 |
| qualifications as required for participation under the
terms of |
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| Section 27-24.2 of this Act. Each school district maintaining
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| grades 9 through 12: (i) shall provide the classroom course for | 3 |
| each public
and non-public high school student resident of the | 4 |
| school district who either
has received a passing grade in at | 5 |
| least 8 courses during the previous 2
semesters or has received | 6 |
| a waiver of that requirement from the local
superintendent of | 7 |
| schools (with respect to a public high school student) or
chief | 8 |
| school administrator (with respect to a non-public high school | 9 |
| student),
as provided in Section 27-24.2, and for each | 10 |
| out-of-school resident of the
district between the age of 15 | 11 |
| and 21 years who requests the classroom course,
and (ii) may | 12 |
| provide such classroom course for any resident of the district
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| over age 55 who requests the classroom course, but only if | 14 |
| space therein
remains available after all eligible public and | 15 |
| non-public high school student
residents and out-of-school | 16 |
| residents between the age of 15 and 21 who request
such course | 17 |
| have registered therefor, and only if such resident of the | 18 |
| district
over age 55 has not previously been licensed as a | 19 |
| driver under the laws of this
or any other state or country. | 20 |
| Each school district (i) shall provide an
approved course in | 21 |
| practice driving consisting of a minimum of 6 clock hours of
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| individual behind-the-wheel instruction or its equivalent in a | 23 |
| car, as
determined by the State Board of Education, for each | 24 |
| eligible resident of the
district between the age of 15 and 21 | 25 |
| years who has started an approved high
school classroom driver | 26 |
| education course on request, and (ii) may provide such
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| course in practice driving for any resident of the district | 2 |
| over age
55 on request and without regard to whether or not | 3 |
| such resident has started
any high school classroom driver | 4 |
| education course, but only if space therein
remains available | 5 |
| after all eligible residents of the district between the ages
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| of 15 and 21 years who have started an approved classroom | 7 |
| driver education
course and who request such course in practice | 8 |
| driving have registered
therefor, and only if such resident of | 9 |
| the district over age 55 has not
previously been licensed as a | 10 |
| driver under the laws of this or any other state
or country. | 11 |
| Subject to rules and regulations of the State Board of | 12 |
| Education,
the district may charge a reasonable fee, not to | 13 |
| exceed
$50, to students who
participate in the course, unless a | 14 |
| student is unable to pay for such a course,
in which event the | 15 |
| fee for such a student shall be waived. The total amount from | 16 |
| driver education fees and reimbursement from the State for | 17 |
| driver education must not exceed the total cost of the driver | 18 |
| education program in any year and must be deposited into the | 19 |
| school district's driver education fund as a separate line item | 20 |
| budget entry. All moneys deposited into the school district's | 21 |
| driver education fund must be used solely for the funding of a | 22 |
| high school driver education program approved by the State | 23 |
| Board of Education that uses instructors certified by the State | 24 |
| Board of Education. If a
district provides the classroom or | 25 |
| practice driving course or both of such
courses to any | 26 |
| residents of the district over age 55, the district may charge
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| such residents a fee in any amount up to but not exceeding the | 2 |
| actual cost of
the course or courses in which such residents | 3 |
| participate. The course of
instruction given in grades 10 | 4 |
| through 12 shall include an emphasis on the
development of | 5 |
| knowledge, attitudes, habits and skills necessary for the safe
| 6 |
| operation of motor vehicles including motorcycles insofar as | 7 |
| they can be taught
in the classroom, and in addition the course | 8 |
| shall include instruction on
special hazards existing at, and | 9 |
| required extra safety and driving precautions
that must be | 10 |
| observed at, emergency situations, highway construction and
| 11 |
| maintenance zones, and
railroad crossings and the approaches | 12 |
| thereto.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-426, eff. 1-1-06.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/27-24.4) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-24.4)
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| Sec. 27-24.4. Reimbursement amount. Each school district | 16 |
| shall be entitled
to reimbursement, for each pupil, excluding | 17 |
| each resident of the district
over age 55, who finishes either | 18 |
| the classroom instruction
part or the practice driving part of | 19 |
| a
driver education course that meets the minimum requirements | 20 |
| of this Act.
However, if a school district has adopted a policy | 21 |
| to permit proficiency examinations for the practice driving | 22 |
| part of the driver education course as provided under Section | 23 |
| 27-24.3, then the school district is entitled to only one-half | 24 |
| of the reimbursement amount for the practice driving part for | 25 |
| each pupil who has passed the proficiency examination, and the |
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| State Board of Education shall adjust the reimbursement formula | 2 |
| accordingly. Reimbursement under this Act is payable from
the | 3 |
| Drivers Education Fund in the State treasury.
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| Each year all funds appropriated from the Drivers
Education | 5 |
| Fund to the
State Board of Education, with the exception of | 6 |
| those funds necessary for
administrative purposes of the State | 7 |
| Board of Education, shall be distributed
in the manner provided | 8 |
| in this paragraph to school districts by the State Board of | 9 |
| Education for reimbursement of
claims from the previous school | 10 |
| year. As soon as may be after each quarter of the year, if | 11 |
| moneys are available in the Drivers
Education Fund in the State | 12 |
| treasury for payments under this Section, the State Comptroller | 13 |
| shall draw his or her warrants upon the State Treasurer as | 14 |
| directed by the State Board of Education. The warrant for each | 15 |
| quarter shall be in an amount equal to one-fourth of the total | 16 |
| amount to be distributed to school districts for the year. | 17 |
| Payments shall be made to school districts as soon as may be | 18 |
| after receipt of the warrants.
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| The base reimbursement amount shall be calculated by the | 20 |
| State Board by
dividing the total amount appropriated for | 21 |
| distribution by the total of:
(a) the number of students, | 22 |
| excluding residents of the district over age
55, who have | 23 |
| completed the classroom instruction
part for whom valid claims | 24 |
| have been made times 0.2; plus (b) the number
of students, | 25 |
| excluding residents of the district over age 55, who have
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| completed the practice driving instruction part for whom valid |
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| claims have
been made times 0.8.
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| The amount of reimbursement to be distributed on each claim | 3 |
| shall be 0.2
times the base reimbursement amount for each | 4 |
| validly claimed student,
excluding residents of the district | 5 |
| over age 55, who
has completed the classroom instruction part, | 6 |
| plus 0.8 times the base reimbursement
amount for each validly | 7 |
| claimed student, excluding residents of the
district over age | 8 |
| 55, who has completed the practice driving
instruction part. | 9 |
| The school district which is the residence of
a pupil who | 10 |
| attends a nonpublic school in another district that has | 11 |
| furnished the driver
education course shall reimburse the | 12 |
| district offering the course, the
difference between the actual | 13 |
| per capita cost of giving the course the
previous school year | 14 |
| and the amount reimbursed by the State.
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| By April 1 the
nonpublic school shall notify the district | 16 |
| offering the course of the
names and district numbers of the | 17 |
| nonresident students desiring to take
such course the next | 18 |
| school year. The district offering such course shall
notify the | 19 |
| district of residence of those students affected by April 15.
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| The school district furnishing the course may claim the | 21 |
| nonresident pupil
for the purpose of making a claim for State | 22 |
| reimbursement under this Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-440, eff. 8-4-05; 94-525, eff. 1-1-06; 95-331, | 24 |
| eff. 8-21-07.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.21 rep.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.61 rep.)
| 2 |
| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.65 rep.)
| 3 |
| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.92 rep.)
| 4 |
| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.93 rep.)
| 5 |
| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.94 rep.)
| 6 |
| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.99 rep.)
| 7 |
| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.124 rep.)
| 8 |
| (105 ILCS 5/18-8.4 rep.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/21-18 rep.)
| 10 |
| (105 ILCS 5/21-26 rep.)
| 11 |
| (105 ILCS 5/27-23.2 rep.)
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| Section 10. The School Code is amended by repealing | 13 |
| Sections 2-3.21, 2-3.61, 2-3.65, 2-3.92, 2-3.93, 2-3.94, | 14 |
| 2-3.99, 2-3.124, 18-8.4, 21-18, 21-26, and 27-23.2.
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INDEX
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Statutes amended in order of appearance
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| 3 |
| 105 ILCS 5/1C-2 |
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| 4 |
| 105 ILCS 5/2-3.30 |
from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.30 |
| 5 |
| 105 ILCS 5/2-3.73 |
from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.73 |
| 6 |
| 105 ILCS 5/2-3.117 |
|
| 7 |
| 105 ILCS 5/14-8.03 |
from Ch. 122, par. 14-8.03 |
| 8 |
| 105 ILCS 5/14C-2 |
from Ch. 122, par. 14C-2 |
| 9 |
| 105 ILCS 5/17-2.11 |
from Ch. 122, par. 17-2.11 |
| 10 |
| 105 ILCS 5/18-3 |
from Ch. 122, par. 18-3 |
| 11 |
| 105 ILCS 5/21-2 |
from Ch. 122, par. 21-2 |
| 12 |
| 105 ILCS 5/21-14 |
from Ch. 122, par. 21-14 |
| 13 |
| 105 ILCS 5/27-23 |
from Ch. 122, par. 27-23 |
| 14 |
| 105 ILCS 5/27-24.4 |
from Ch. 122, par. 27-24.4 |
| 15 |
| 105 ILCS 5/2-3.21 rep. |
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| 16 |
| 105 ILCS 5/2-3.61 rep. |
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| 17 |
| 105 ILCS 5/2-3.65 rep. |
|
| 18 |
| 105 ILCS 5/2-3.92 rep. |
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| 19 |
| 105 ILCS 5/2-3.93 rep. |
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| 20 |
| 105 ILCS 5/2-3.94 rep. |
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| 21 |
| 105 ILCS 5/2-3.99 rep. |
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| 22 |
| 105 ILCS 5/2-3.124 rep. |
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| 23 |
| 105 ILCS 5/18-8.4 rep. |
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| 24 |
| 105 ILCS 5/21-18 rep. |
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| 25 |
| 105 ILCS 5/21-26 rep. |
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