Full Text of SB0616 96th General Assembly
SB0616ham001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
Filed: 1/11/2010
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 616
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 616 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | 5 |
| 21-5a, 21-5b, 21-5c, 21-5d, and 21-5e as follows: | 6 |
| (105 ILCS 5/21-5a) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-5a) | 7 |
| Sec. 21-5a. Alternative math-science certification. The | 8 |
| State Board of
Education, in consultation with the State | 9 |
| Teacher Certification Board, may
shall establish and implement | 10 |
| an alternative certification program under
which persons who | 11 |
| qualify for admission to, and who successfully complete
the | 12 |
| program and meet the additional requirements established by | 13 |
| this
Section shall be issued an initial teaching certificate | 14 |
| for
teaching
mathematics, science or mathematics and science in | 15 |
| grades 9 through 12 of
the common schools. In establishing an | 16 |
| alternative certification program
under this Section, the |
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| State Board of Education shall designate an
appropriate area | 2 |
| within the State where the program shall be offered and
made | 3 |
| available to persons qualified for admission to the program. In
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| addition, the State Board of Education, in cooperation with one | 5 |
| or more
recognized institutions of higher learning, one or more | 6 |
| non-profit entities, or a combination thereof, shall develop a | 7 |
| comprehensive
course of study that persons admitted to the | 8 |
| program must successfully
complete in order to satisfy one | 9 |
| criterion for issuance of an initial
certificate under this | 10 |
| Section. The comprehensive course of study so
developed shall | 11 |
| include one semester of practice teaching. | 12 |
| An initial teaching certificate, valid for 4 years for
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| teaching
mathematics, science or mathematics and science in | 14 |
| grades 9 through 12 of
the common schools and renewable as | 15 |
| provided in Section 21-14, shall be
issued under this Section | 16 |
| 21-5a to persons who qualify for admission to the
alternative | 17 |
| certification program and who at the time of applying for an
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| initial teaching certificate under this Section: | 19 |
| (1) have graduated with a master's degree in | 20 |
| mathematics or any science
discipline from an institution | 21 |
| of higher learning whose scholarship
standards are | 22 |
| approved by the State Board of Education for purposes of | 23 |
| the
alternative certification program; | 24 |
| (2) have been employed for at least 10 years in an area | 25 |
| requiring
knowledge and practical application of their | 26 |
| academic background in
mathematics or a science |
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| discipline; | 2 |
| (3) have successfully completed the alternative | 3 |
| certification program and
the course of comprehensive | 4 |
| study, including one semester of practice
teaching, | 5 |
| developed as part of the program as provided in this | 6 |
| Section and
approved by the State Board of Education; and | 7 |
| (4) have passed the examinations required by Section | 8 |
| 21-1a. | 9 |
| The alternative certification program shall be implemented | 10 |
| at the
commencement of the 1992-1993 academic year. | 11 |
| The State Board of Education shall establish criteria for | 12 |
| admission to
the alternative certification program and shall | 13 |
| adopt rules and regulations
that are consistent with this | 14 |
| Section and that the State Board of Education
deems necessary | 15 |
| to establish and implement the program. | 16 |
| Alternative certification programs under Sections 21-5a | 17 |
| through 21-5e may be provided by various types of qualified | 18 |
| providers, including both institutions of higher education and | 19 |
| other providers operating independently from institutions of | 20 |
| higher education; provided however, that any and all programs | 21 |
| must be approved by the State Board of Education in accordance | 22 |
| with rules and regulations. | 23 |
| (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.) | 24 |
| (105 ILCS 5/21-5b) | 25 |
| Sec. 21-5b. Alternative certification. The State Board of |
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| Education, in
consultation with the State Teacher | 2 |
| Certification Board, shall
establish and implement an | 3 |
| alternative certification program under which
persons who meet | 4 |
| the requirements of and successfully complete the program
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| established by this Section shall be issued an alternative | 6 |
| teaching certificate
for teaching in the schools. The program | 7 |
| shall be
limited to not more than 260 new participants during | 8 |
| each year that the program
is in effect. The State Board of | 9 |
| Education, in cooperation with one or more not-for-profit | 10 |
| organizations in the State that support excellence in teaching, | 11 |
| which may be in a partnership
formed with a university that | 12 |
| offers 4-year baccalaureate and masters degree
programs and | 13 |
| that is a recognized institution as defined in Section 21-21 , | 14 |
| may and
one or more
not-for-profit
organizations in the State | 15 |
| which support excellence in teaching, shall within
30 days | 16 |
| after submission by the program sponsor partnership approve
a | 17 |
| course of study developed by the program sponsor partnership | 18 |
| that persons
in the program must successfully complete in order | 19 |
| to satisfy one
criterion for issuance of an alternative | 20 |
| certificate under this Section.
The Alternative Teacher | 21 |
| Certification program course of study must include the
current | 22 |
| content and skills contained in the university's current | 23 |
| courses for
State certification which have been approved by the | 24 |
| State Board of Education,
in consultation with the State | 25 |
| Teacher Certification Board, as meeting the requirement
for | 26 |
| State teacher certification. |
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| The alternative certification program established under | 2 |
| this Section shall be
known as the Alternative Teacher | 3 |
| Certification program. The Alternative
Teacher Certification | 4 |
| Program shall be offered by the submitting partnership ,
and | 5 |
| such partnership may be offered by in conjunction with one or | 6 |
| more not-for-profit
organizations in the State which support | 7 |
| excellence in teaching. The program
shall be
comprised of the | 8 |
| following 3 phases: (a) the first phase is the
course of study | 9 |
| offered on an intensive basis in education theory,
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| instructional methods, and
practice
teaching; (b) the second | 11 |
| phase is the person's assignment to a full-time
teaching | 12 |
| position for one school year; and (c) the third phase is a
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| comprehensive assessment of the person's teaching performance | 14 |
| by school
officials and the partnership participants
and a | 15 |
| recommendation by the program sponsor partner institution of | 16 |
| higher education to the
State Board of Education that the | 17 |
| person be issued a standard alternative
teaching certificate. | 18 |
| Successful completion of the Alternative Teacher
Certification | 19 |
| program shall be deemed to satisfy any other
practice or | 20 |
| student teaching and subject matter requirements established | 21 |
| by
law. | 22 |
| A provisional alternative teaching certificate, valid for | 23 |
| one year of
teaching
in the common schools and not renewable, | 24 |
| shall be issued under this Section
21-5b to persons who at the | 25 |
| time of applying for the provisional alternative
teaching | 26 |
| certificate under this Section: |
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| (1) have graduated from an accredited college or | 2 |
| university with a
bachelor's degree; | 3 |
| (2) have successfully completed the first phase of the | 4 |
| Alternative Teacher
Certification program as provided in | 5 |
| this Section; | 6 |
| (3) have passed the tests of basic skills and subject | 7 |
| matter knowledge
required by Section
21-1a; and | 8 |
| (4) (i) have been employed for a period of at least 5 | 9 |
| years in an area
requiring application of the individual's | 10 |
| education or (ii) have attained at least a cumulative grade | 11 |
| average of a "B" if the individual is assigned either to a | 12 |
| school district that has not met the annual measurable | 13 |
| objective for highly qualified teachers required by the | 14 |
| Illinois Revised Highly Qualified Teachers (HQT) Plan or to | 15 |
| a school district whose data filed with the State Board of | 16 |
| Education indicates that the district's poor and minority | 17 |
| students are taught by teachers who are not highly | 18 |
| qualified at a higher rate than other students; however, | 19 |
| this item (4)
does not apply with respect to a provisional | 20 |
| alternative teaching certificate
for
teaching in schools | 21 |
| situated in a school district that is located in a city
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| having a
population in excess of 500,000 inhabitants. | 23 |
| Assignment may be made under clause (ii) of this item (4) | 24 |
| only if the district superintendent and the exclusive | 25 |
| bargaining representative of the district's teachers, if | 26 |
| any, jointly agree to permit the assignment.
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| A person possessing a provisional alternative certificate | 2 |
| under this Section
shall be treated as a regularly certified | 3 |
| teacher for purposes of compensation,
benefits, and other terms | 4 |
| and conditions of employment afforded teachers in the
school | 5 |
| who are members of a bargaining unit represented by an | 6 |
| exclusive
bargaining representative, if any. | 7 |
| Until February 15, 2000, a standard alternative teaching | 8 |
| certificate,
valid for 4 years for teaching
in the schools and | 9 |
| renewable as provided in
Section 21-14, shall be
issued under | 10 |
| this Section 21-5b to persons who first complete the | 11 |
| requirements
for the provisional alternative teaching | 12 |
| certificate
and who at the time of applying for a standard | 13 |
| alternative teaching certificate
under this Section have | 14 |
| successfully completed the second and third phases of
the | 15 |
| Alternative Teacher Certification program as provided in this | 16 |
| Section.
Alternatively, beginning February 15, 2000, at the end | 17 |
| of the 4-year
validity
period,
persons who were issued a | 18 |
| standard alternative teaching certificate shall be
eligible, | 19 |
| on
the same basis as holders of an Initial Teaching Certificate | 20 |
| issued under
subsection (b) of
Section 21-2 of this Code, to | 21 |
| apply for a Standard Teaching Certificate,
provided they
meet | 22 |
| the requirements of
subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code | 23 |
| and further provided that a
person who
does not
apply for and | 24 |
| receive a Standard Teaching Certificate shall be able to teach
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| only in
schools situated in a school district that is located | 26 |
| in a city having a
population in excess
of 500,000 inhabitants. |
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| Beginning February 15, 2000, persons who have completed the | 2 |
| requirements for
a
standard alternative teaching certificate | 3 |
| under this Section shall be issued an
Initial
Alternative | 4 |
| Teaching Certificate valid for 4 years of teaching and not
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| renewable. At the end of the 4-year validity period, these | 6 |
| persons shall be
eligible, on the same
basis as
holders of an | 7 |
| Initial Teaching Certificate issued under subsection (b) of
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| Section 21-2 of
this Code, to apply for a Standard Teaching | 9 |
| Certificate, provided they meet the
requirements of subsection | 10 |
| (c) of Section 21-2. | 11 |
| Such This alternative certification program shall be | 12 |
| implemented so that the first
provisional alternative teaching | 13 |
| certificates issued under this Section are
effective upon the | 14 |
| commencement of the 1997-1998 academic year and the first
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| standard alternative teaching certificates issued under this | 16 |
| Section are
effective upon the commencement of the 1998-1999 | 17 |
| academic year. | 18 |
| The State Board of Education, in cooperation with the | 19 |
| partnership or partnerships
establishing such the Alternative | 20 |
| Teacher Certification programs program , shall adopt rules
and | 21 |
| regulations that are consistent with this Section and that the | 22 |
| State Board
of Education deems necessary to establish and | 23 |
| implement the program. | 24 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-270, eff. 8-17-07.) | 25 |
| (105 ILCS 5/21-5c) |
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| Sec. 21-5c. Alternative route to teacher certification. | 2 |
| The State Board
of Education, in consultation with the State | 3 |
| Teacher Certification Board, shall
establish and implement one | 4 |
| or more an alternative route to teacher certification programs | 5 |
| program
under which persons who meet the requirements of and | 6 |
| successfully complete the programs
program established by this | 7 |
| Section shall be issued an initial teaching
certificate for | 8 |
| teaching in schools in this State.
The State Board of Education | 9 |
| may shall
approve a course of study
that persons in such | 10 |
| programs the program must successfully complete in order to
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| satisfy one criterion for issuance of a certificate under this | 12 |
| Section. The
Alternative Route to Teacher Certification | 13 |
| programs program course of study must include
the current | 14 |
| content and skills contained in a university's current courses
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| for State certification which have been approved by the State | 16 |
| Board of
Education, in consultation with the State Teacher | 17 |
| Certification Board, as meeting the
requirement for State | 18 |
| teacher certification. | 19 |
| Programs The program established under this Section shall | 20 |
| be
known as the Alternative Route to Teacher Certification | 21 |
| programs program . The programs program
may be offered by a | 22 |
| university that offers 4-year baccalaureate and masters degree | 23 |
| programs and that is a recognized institution as defined in | 24 |
| Section 21-21, by in conjunction with one or more | 25 |
| not-for-profit
organizations in the State , or a combination | 26 |
| thereof . The programs program shall be comprised of the |
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| following 3
phases: (a) a
course of study offered on an | 2 |
| intensive basis in education theory,
instructional methods, | 3 |
| and
practice teaching; (b) the person's assignment to a | 4 |
| full-time
teaching position for one school year, including the | 5 |
| designation of a
mentor teacher to advise and assist the person | 6 |
| with that
teaching assignment; and (c) a comprehensive | 7 |
| assessment of the person's
teaching performance by school | 8 |
| officials and program participants
and a recommendation by the | 9 |
| program sponsor institution of higher education to the
State | 10 |
| Board of Education that the person be issued an initial
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| teaching certificate. Successful completion of the Alternative | 12 |
| Route to
Teacher
Certification programs program shall be deemed | 13 |
| to satisfy any other
practice or student teaching and subject | 14 |
| matter requirements established by
law. | 15 |
| A provisional alternative teaching certificate, valid for | 16 |
| one year of
teaching
in the common schools and not renewable, | 17 |
| shall be issued under this Section
21-5c to persons who at the | 18 |
| time of applying for the provisional alternative
teaching | 19 |
| certificate under this Section: | 20 |
| (1) have graduated from an accredited college or | 21 |
| university with a
bachelor's degree; | 22 |
| (2) have been employed for a period of at least 5 years | 23 |
| in an area
requiring application of the individual's | 24 |
| education; | 25 |
| (3) have successfully completed the first phase of the | 26 |
| Alternative Teacher
Certification program as provided in |
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| this Section; and | 2 |
| (4) have passed the tests of basic skills and subject | 3 |
| matter knowledge
required by Section 21-1a. | 4 |
| An initial teaching certificate, valid for teaching
in the | 5 |
| common schools,
shall be
issued under Section 21-3 or 21-5 to | 6 |
| persons who first complete the
requirements
for the provisional | 7 |
| alternative teaching certificate
and who at the time of | 8 |
| applying for an initial teaching certificate
have successfully | 9 |
| completed the second and third phases of
the Alternative Route | 10 |
| to Teacher Certification program as provided in this
Section. | 11 |
| A person possessing a provisional alternative certificate | 12 |
| or an initial
teaching certificate earned under this Section
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| shall be treated as a regularly certified teacher for purposes | 14 |
| of compensation,
benefits, and other terms and conditions of | 15 |
| employment afforded teachers in the
school who are members of a | 16 |
| bargaining unit represented by an exclusive
bargaining | 17 |
| representative, if any. | 18 |
| The State Board of Education may adopt rules
and | 19 |
| regulations that are consistent with this Section and that the | 20 |
| State Board
deems necessary to establish and implement the | 21 |
| program. | 22 |
| (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.) | 23 |
| (105 ILCS 5/21-5d) | 24 |
| Sec. 21-5d. Alternative route to administrative | 25 |
| certification. The State
Board of Education, in consultation |
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| with the State Teacher Certification Board
and an advisory | 2 |
| panel consisting of no less than 7 administrators appointed by
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| the State Superintendent of Education,
shall establish and | 4 |
| implement one or more an alternative route to administrative
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| certification program under which persons who meet the | 6 |
| requirements of and
successfully complete the program | 7 |
| established by this Section shall be issued a
standard | 8 |
| administrative certificate for serving as an administrator
in | 9 |
| schools in this State. For the purposes of this Section only,
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| "administrator" means a person holding any administrative | 11 |
| position for which a
standard administrative certificate with a | 12 |
| general administrative endorsement,
chief school business | 13 |
| official endorsement, or superintendent endorsement
is | 14 |
| required, except a principal or an assistant principal. The | 15 |
| State Board of
Education may shall approve a course of study | 16 |
| that persons in the program must
successfully complete in order | 17 |
| to satisfy one criterion for issuance of a
certificate under | 18 |
| this Section. The Alternative Route to Administrative
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| Certification program course of study must include the current | 20 |
| content and
skills contained in a university's current courses | 21 |
| for State certification
which have been approved by the State | 22 |
| Board of Education, in consultation with
the State Teacher | 23 |
| Certification Board, as meeting the requirement for | 24 |
| administrative
certification. | 25 |
| Programs The program established under this Section shall | 26 |
| be known as the Alternative
Route to Administrative |
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| Certification programs program . The programs The program shall | 2 |
| be comprised
of the following 3 phases: (a) a course of study | 3 |
| offered on an intensive basis
in education management, | 4 |
| governance, organization, and planning; (b) the
person's | 5 |
| assignment to a full-time position for one school year as an
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| administrator; and (c) a comprehensive
assessment of the | 7 |
| person's performance by school officials and a recommendation
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| to the State Board of Education
that the person be issued a | 9 |
| standard administrative certificate. Successful
completion of | 10 |
| an the Alternative Route to Administrative Certification | 11 |
| program
shall be deemed to satisfy any other supervisory, | 12 |
| administrative, or management
experience requirements | 13 |
| established by law. | 14 |
| A provisional alternative administrative certificate, | 15 |
| valid for one year of
serving as an administrator in the common
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| schools and not renewable, shall be issued under this Section | 17 |
| 21-5d to persons
who at the time of applying for the | 18 |
| provisional alternative administrative
certificate under this | 19 |
| Section: | 20 |
| (1) have graduated from an accredited college or | 21 |
| university with a
master's degree in a management field or | 22 |
| with a bachelor's degree and the life
experience equivalent | 23 |
| of a master's degree in a management field as determined
by | 24 |
| the State Board of Education; | 25 |
| (2) have been employed for a period of at least 5 years | 26 |
| in
a management level position; |
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| (3) have successfully completed the first phase of the | 2 |
| Alternative Route
to Administrative Certification program | 3 |
| as provided in this Section; and | 4 |
| (4) have passed any examination required by the State | 5 |
| Board of Education. | 6 |
| A standard administrative certificate with a general | 7 |
| administrative
endorsement, chief school business official | 8 |
| endorsement, or superintendent
endorsement,
renewable as | 9 |
| provided in Section
21-14, shall be issued under Section 21-7.1 | 10 |
| to persons who first complete the
requirements for the | 11 |
| provisional alternative administrative certificate and who
at | 12 |
| the time of applying for a standard administrative certificate | 13 |
| have
successfully completed the second and third phases of an | 14 |
| the Alternative Route to
Administrative Certification program | 15 |
| as provided in this Section. | 16 |
| The State Board of Education may adopt rules and | 17 |
| regulations that are
consistent with this Section and that the | 18 |
| State Board deems necessary to
establish and implement those | 19 |
| programs the program . | 20 |
| (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.) | 21 |
| (105 ILCS 5/21-5e) | 22 |
| Sec. 21-5e. Alternative Route to Administrative | 23 |
| Certification for National Board Certified Teachers. | 24 |
| (a) It shall be the policy of the State of Illinois to | 25 |
| improve the recruitment and preparation of instructional |
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| leaders. | 2 |
| (b) On or before July 1, 2007, the State Board of | 3 |
| Education, in consultation with the State Teacher | 4 |
| Certification Board, may shall establish and implement one or | 5 |
| more an alternative route to administrative certification for | 6 |
| teacher leaders, to be known as the Alternative Route to an | 7 |
| Administrative Certificate for National Board Certified | 8 |
| Teachers. "Teacher leader" means a certified teacher who has | 9 |
| already received National Board certification through the | 10 |
| National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and who has | 11 |
| a teacher leader endorsement under Section 21-7.5 of this Code. | 12 |
| Persons who meet the requirements of and successfully complete | 13 |
| a the program established by this Section shall be issued a | 14 |
| standard administrative certificate for serving in schools in | 15 |
| this State. The State Board may shall approve a course of study | 16 |
| that persons must successfully complete in order to satisfy one | 17 |
| criterion for issuance of the administrative certificate under | 18 |
| this Section. The Alternative Route to an Administrative | 19 |
| Certificate for National Board Certified Teachers must include | 20 |
| the current content and skills contained in a college's or | 21 |
| university's courses and the Illinois Professional School | 22 |
| Leader Standards for State certification, with the exception of | 23 |
| content and skills courses that contain the competency areas | 24 |
| and the Illinois Professional School Leader Standards that a | 25 |
| candidate has already demonstrated meeting met through | 26 |
| National Board certification or through a teacher leadership |
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| master's degree program. | 2 |
| (c) The Alternative Route to an Administrative Certificate | 3 |
| for National Board Certified Teachers shall be comprised of the | 4 |
| following 4 phases: | 5 |
| (1) National Board certification and an endorsement in | 6 |
| teacher leadership in accordance with Section 21-7.5 of | 7 |
| this Code; | 8 |
| (2) a master's degree in a teacher leader program; | 9 |
| (3) 15 hours of coursework in which the candidate must | 10 |
| show evidence of meeting competencies for organizational | 11 |
| management and development, finance, supervision and | 12 |
| evaluation, policy and legal issues, and leadership, as | 13 |
| stated in the Illinois Professional School Leader | 14 |
| Standards for principals; and | 15 |
| (4) a passing score on the Illinois Administrator | 16 |
| Assessment. | 17 |
| (d) Successful completion of the Alternative Route to an | 18 |
| Administrative Certificate for National Board Certified | 19 |
| Teachers shall be deemed to satisfy all requirements to receive | 20 |
| an administrative certificate established by law.
The State | 21 |
| Board shall adopt rules that are consistent with this Section | 22 |
| and that the State Board deems necessary for the establishment | 23 |
| and implementation of the program. | 24 |
| (Source: P.A. 94-1039, eff. 7-20-06.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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