Full Text of SB3610 96th General Assembly
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Rep. Roger L. Eddy
Filed: 5/5/2010
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3610
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3610 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | 5 |
| 21-7.6 as follows: | 6 |
| (105 ILCS 5/21-7.6 new) | 7 |
| Sec. 21-7.6. Principal endorsement. | 8 |
| (a) It is the policy of this State that an essential | 9 |
| element of improving student learning is supporting and | 10 |
| employing highly effective school principals in leadership | 11 |
| roles who improve teaching and learning and increase academic | 12 |
| achievement and the development of all students. | 13 |
| (b) Beginning on July 1, 2014, all institutions of higher | 14 |
| education wishing to offer principal preparation programs must | 15 |
| do all of the following: | 16 |
| (1) Meet the standards and requirements for such |
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| programs in accordance with this Section and any rules | 2 |
| adopted by the State Board of Education. | 3 |
| (2) Prepare candidates to meet approved standards for | 4 |
| principal skills, knowledge, and responsibilities, which | 5 |
| shall include a focus on instruction and student learning | 6 |
| and which must be used for principal professional | 7 |
| development, mentoring, and evaluation. | 8 |
| (3) Include specific requirements for the selection | 9 |
| and assessment of candidates, partnerships with public | 10 |
| schools in this State, training in the evaluation of staff, | 11 |
| and an internship. | 12 |
| (c) In order to obtain the principal endorsement | 13 |
| established under this Section, an individual must | 14 |
| successfully complete an approved principal preparation | 15 |
| program established pursuant to this Section, hold a master's | 16 |
| degree or higher, and have a minimum of 4 years of teaching or | 17 |
| school service personnel experience on a valid certificate; | 18 |
| however, the State Board of Education may, by rule, allow for | 19 |
| fewer than 4 years of experience based on performance | 20 |
| evaluations. | 21 |
| (d) No candidates may be admitted to an approved general | 22 |
| administrative preparation program after September 1, 2012. | 23 |
| Institutions of higher education currently offering general | 24 |
| administrative preparation programs may no longer entitle | 25 |
| principals with a general administrative endorsement after | 26 |
| June 30, 2014. |
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| (e) Candidates successfully completing principal | 2 |
| preparation programs established pursuant to this Section | 3 |
| shall obtain a principal endorsement on an administrative | 4 |
| certificate and are eligible to serve as a principal or | 5 |
| assistant principal. Beginning on July 1, 2014, the current | 6 |
| general administrative endorsement must no longer be issued for | 7 |
| principals. Individuals holding the general administrative | 8 |
| endorsement prior to July 1, 2014 shall continue to be able to | 9 |
| serve as principals or assistant principals or hold any | 10 |
| positions that they were qualified to hold prior to the | 11 |
| principal endorsement taking effect under this Section. If an | 12 |
| individual holding a valid and registered general | 13 |
| administrative endorsement wishes to receive the principal | 14 |
| endorsement established pursuant to this Section, he or she may | 15 |
| complete one of the following pathways: | 16 |
| (1) Take a State principal assessment developed by the | 17 |
| State Board of Education. If such an individual passes the | 18 |
| State principal assessment, he or she shall receive the new | 19 |
| principal endorsement and does not need to complete a new | 20 |
| principal preparation program. | 21 |
| (2) Through July 1, 2018, complete an Illinois | 22 |
| Administrators' Academy course designated by the State | 23 |
| Board of Education upon the recommendation of the State | 24 |
| Superintendent of Education. If such an individual | 25 |
| successfully completes the Illinois Administrators' | 26 |
| Academy course, he or she shall receive the new principal |
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| endorsement and does not need to complete a new principal | 2 |
| preparation program. | 3 |
| (3) Complete the new principal preparation program. | 4 |
| (f) To the extent that any provision in this Section | 5 |
| conflicts with Section 21-7.1 of this Code, this Section shall | 6 |
| govern. | 7 |
| (g) The State Board of Education may adopt rules necessary | 8 |
| to implement and administer principal preparation programs | 9 |
| under this Section.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 11 |
| becoming law.".
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