Full Text of HB4278 97th General Assembly
HB4278ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Jehan A. Gordon Filed: 5/17/2012
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4278
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4278 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 21-14 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/21-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-14) | 7 | | Sec. 21-14. Registration and renewal of certificates. | 8 | | (a) A limited
four-year certificate or a certificate issued | 9 | | after July 1, 1955, shall
be renewable at its expiration or | 10 | | within 60 days thereafter by the
county superintendent of | 11 | | schools having supervision and control over the
school where | 12 | | the teacher is teaching upon certified evidence of meeting
the | 13 | | requirements for renewal as required by this Act and prescribed | 14 | | by
the State Board of Education in consultation with the State
| 15 | | Teacher Certification Board. An elementary supervisory | 16 | | certificate
shall not be renewed at the end of the first |
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| 1 | | four-year period covered by
the certificate unless the holder | 2 | | thereof has filed certified evidence
with the State Teacher | 3 | | Certification Board that he has a master's degree
or that he | 4 | | has earned 8 semester hours of credit in the field of
| 5 | | educational administration and supervision in a recognized | 6 | | institution
of higher learning. The holder shall continue to | 7 | | earn 8 semester hours
of credit each four-year period until | 8 | | such time as he has earned a
master's degree. | 9 | | All certificates not renewed as provided in this Section or | 10 | | registered in accordance with this Code shall lapse after a | 11 | | period of 6 months from the expiration of the last year of | 12 | | registration. Such certificates may be immediately reinstated | 13 | | upon payment by the applicant to the State Board of Education | 14 | | of (1) any and all back fees, including without limitation | 15 | | registration fees, owed from the time of expiration of the | 16 | | certificate until the date of reinstatement; and (2) a $500 | 17 | | penalty or the demonstration of proficiency by completing 9 | 18 | | semester hours of coursework from a regionally accredited | 19 | | institution of higher education in the content area that most | 20 | | aligns with the educator's endorsement area or areas; provided | 21 | | that, until September 1, 2012, certificates that have lapsed | 22 | | solely for the failure to pay a registration fee may be | 23 | | immediately reinstated upon payment only of any and all back | 24 | | fees, including without limitation registration fees, owed | 25 | | from the time of expiration of the certificate until the date | 26 | | of reinstatement. Penalty Any and all back fees and penalty |
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| 1 | | amounts shall be deposited by the State Board of Education into | 2 | | the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund. Beginning on the | 3 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General | 4 | | Assembly, all back fees for registration must be paid and kept | 5 | | in accordance with Sections 3-12 and 21-16 of this Code. Any | 6 | | certificate may be voluntarily surrendered by the certificate | 7 | | holder. A voluntarily surrendered certificate shall be treated | 8 | | as a revoked certificate. | 9 | | (b) When those teaching certificates issued before | 10 | | February 15, 2000 are
renewed for the first time after February | 11 | | 15, 2000, all
such
teaching
certificates
shall be exchanged for | 12 | | Standard Teaching Certificates as provided in subsection
(c) of | 13 | | Section 21-2. All Initial and Standard Teaching Certificates, | 14 | | including
those issued to persons who previously held teaching | 15 | | certificates issued before
February 15, 2000, shall be | 16 | | renewable under the conditions
set forth
in this
subsection | 17 | | (b). | 18 | | Initial Teaching Certificates are valid for 4 years of | 19 | | teaching, as provided in subsection (b) of Section 21-2 of this | 20 | | Code, and are renewable every 4 years until the person | 21 | | completes 4 years of teaching. If the holder of an Initial | 22 | | Certificate has completed 4 years of teaching but has not | 23 | | completed the requirements set forth in paragraph (2) of | 24 | | subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code, then the Initial | 25 | | Certificate may be reinstated for one year, during which the | 26 | | requirements must be met. A holder of an Initial Certificate |
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| 1 | | who has not completed 4 years of teaching may continuously | 2 | | register the certificate for additional 4-year periods without | 3 | | penalty. Initial Certificates that are not registered shall | 4 | | lapse consistent with subsection (a) of this Section and may be | 5 | | reinstated only in accordance with subsection (a).
Standard | 6 | | Teaching Certificates are renewable every 5 years as provided
| 7 | | in
subsection (c) of Section 21-2
and subsection (c) of this | 8 | | Section.
For purposes of this Section, "teaching" is defined as | 9 | | employment and
performance of
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 operating in compliance
with the
Charter Schools Law. | 14 | | (c) In compliance with subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of | 15 | | this Code, which
provides that a
Standard
Teaching Certificate | 16 | | may be renewed by the State Teacher Certification Board
based
| 17 | | upon proof of continuing professional development, the State | 18 | | Board of Education
and
the State Teacher Certification Board | 19 | | shall jointly: | 20 | | (1) establish a procedure for renewing Standard | 21 | | Teaching Certificates,
which shall include but not be | 22 | | limited to annual timelines for the renewal
process and the | 23 | | components set forth in subsections (d) through (k) of this
| 24 | | Section; | 25 | | (2) establish the standards for certificate renewal; | 26 | | (3) approve or disapprove the providers of continuing |
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| 1 | | professional development
activities; | 2 | | (4) determine the maximum credit for each category of | 3 | | continuing
professional development activities, based upon | 4 | | recommendations submitted by
a continuing professional
| 5 | | development
activity task force, which shall consist of 6 | 6 | | staff members from the State
Board of
Education, appointed | 7 | | by the State Superintendent of Education, and 6 teacher
| 8 | | representatives, 3 of whom are selected by the Illinois | 9 | | Education Association
and 3 of
whom are selected by the | 10 | | Illinois Federation of Teachers; | 11 | | (5) designate the type and amount of documentation | 12 | | required to show that
continuing professional development | 13 | | activities have been completed; and | 14 | | (6) provide, on a timely basis to all Illinois | 15 | | teachers, certificate
holders, regional superintendents of | 16 | | schools,
school districts, and others with an interest in | 17 | | continuing professional
development, information about the | 18 | | standards and requirements established
pursuant to this | 19 | | subsection (c). | 20 | | (d) Any Standard Teaching Certificate held by an individual | 21 | | employed and
performing services in an
Illinois public or | 22 | | State-operated elementary school, secondary school, or
| 23 | | cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or board | 24 | | of control in a
certificated teaching
position or a
charter | 25 | | school in compliance with the Charter Schools Law must be | 26 | | maintained
Valid
and
Active through certificate renewal |
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| 1 | | activities specified in the certificate
renewal procedure
| 2 | | established pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, | 3 | | provided that
a holder of a Valid
and Active
certificate who is | 4 | | only employed on either a part-time basis or day-to-day
basis | 5 | | as a
substitute
teacher shall pay only the required | 6 | | registration fee to renew his or her
certificate
and maintain | 7 | | it as Valid and Active. All other Standard Teaching | 8 | | Certificates
held may be
maintained as
Valid and Exempt through | 9 | | the registration process provided for in the
certificate | 10 | | renewal
procedure established pursuant to subsection (c) of | 11 | | this Section. A Valid and
Exempt
certificate must
be | 12 | | immediately activated, through procedures developed jointly by | 13 | | the State
Board of
Education and the State Teacher | 14 | | Certification Board, upon the certificate
holder
becoming | 15 | | employed and performing services in an Illinois public or
| 16 | | State-operated elementary school,
secondary school, or | 17 | | cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or
board | 18 | | of control in a
certificated
teaching position or a charter | 19 | | school operating in compliance with the Charter
Schools
Law. A | 20 | | holder of a Valid and Exempt certificate may activate his or | 21 | | her
certificate
through procedures provided for in the | 22 | | certificate renewal procedure
established pursuant to
| 23 | | subsection (c) of this Section. | 24 | | (e)(1) A Standard Teaching Certificate that has been | 25 | | maintained as Valid
and
Active for the 5 years of the | 26 | | certificate's validity shall be renewed as Valid
and Active
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| 1 | | upon the certificate holder: (i)
completing an advanced degree | 2 | | from an approved institution in an
education-related field; | 3 | | (ii)
completing at least
8 semester hours of
coursework as | 4 | | described in
subdivision (B) of paragraph (3) of this | 5 | | subsection (e);
(iii)
(blank); (iv) completing the National | 6 | | Board for
Professional
Teaching Standards process as described | 7 | | in subdivision (D) of
paragraph (3) of
this subsection (e); or | 8 | | (v) earning 120 continuing professional
development
units | 9 | | ("CPDU") as described in subdivision (E) of paragraph (3) of
| 10 | | this
subsection (e). The maximum continuing professional | 11 | | development units for each
continuing professional development | 12 | | activity identified in subdivisions
(F)
through (J) of | 13 | | paragraph (3) of this subsection (e) shall be
jointly | 14 | | determined
by the State Board of Education and the State | 15 | | Teacher Certification Board.
If, however, the certificate | 16 | | holder has maintained the certificate
as Valid and
Exempt for a | 17 | | portion of the 5-year period of validity, the number of
| 18 | | continuing
professional development units needed to renew the | 19 | | certificate as Valid and
Active shall
be proportionately | 20 | | reduced by the amount of time the certificate was Valid and
| 21 | | Exempt.
Furthermore, if a certificate holder is employed and | 22 | | performs teaching services
on a
part-time basis for all or a | 23 | | portion of the certificate's 5-year period of
validity, the | 24 | | number
of continuing professional development units needed to | 25 | | renew the certificate as
Valid
and Active shall be reduced by | 26 | | 50% for the amount of time the certificate
holder has
been |
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| 1 | | employed and performed teaching services on a part-time basis. | 2 | | Part-time
shall
be defined as less than 50% of the school day | 3 | | or school term. | 4 | | Notwithstanding any other requirements to the contrary, if | 5 | | a Standard
Teaching
Certificate has been maintained as Valid | 6 | | and Active for the 5 years of the
certificate's validity and | 7 | | the certificate holder has completed his or her
certificate | 8 | | renewal plan before July 1, 2002, the certificate shall
be | 9 | | renewed as Valid and Active. | 10 | | (2) Beginning July 1, 2004, in order to satisfy the | 11 | | requirements for continuing professional development provided | 12 | | for in subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code, each
Valid | 13 | | and Active Standard Teaching Certificate holder shall
complete | 14 | | professional development activities that address the | 15 | | certificate or those certificates that are required of his or | 16 | | her
certificated
teaching position, if the certificate holder | 17 | | is employed and performing
services in an Illinois public
or | 18 | | State-operated elementary school,
secondary school, or | 19 | | cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or
board | 20 | | of control, or that certificate or those certificates most | 21 | | closely
related to his or
her teaching position, if the | 22 | | certificate holder is employed in a charter
school. Except as | 23 | | otherwise provided in this subsection (e), the certificate | 24 | | holder's activities must address purposes (A), (B),
(C), or (D) | 25 | | and must reflect purpose (E) of the following continuing | 26 | | professional
development purposes: |
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| 1 | | (A) Advance both the certificate holder's knowledge | 2 | | and skills as a
teacher consistent with the Illinois | 3 | | Professional Teaching Standards and the
Illinois Content | 4 | | Area Standards in the certificate holder's areas of
| 5 | | certification,
endorsement, or teaching assignment in | 6 | | order to keep the certificate holder
current
in those | 7 | | areas. | 8 | | (B) Develop the certificate holder's knowledge and | 9 | | skills in areas
determined
to be critical for all Illinois | 10 | | teachers, as defined by the State Board of
Education, known | 11 | | as "State priorities". | 12 | | (C) Address the knowledge, skills, and goals of the | 13 | | certificate holder's
local
school improvement plan, if the | 14 | | teacher is employed in an Illinois public
or State-operated | 15 | | elementary school, secondary school, or cooperative or | 16 | | joint
agreement with a governing body or board of control. | 17 | | (D) Expand the certificate holder's knowledge and | 18 | | skills in an
additional teaching field or toward
the
| 19 | | acquisition of another teaching certificate, endorsement, | 20 | | or relevant
education degree. | 21 | | (E) Address the needs of serving students with | 22 | | disabilities, including adapting and modifying the general | 23 | | curriculum related to the Illinois Learning Standards to | 24 | | meet the needs of students with disabilities and serving | 25 | | such students in the least restrictive environment. | 26 | | Teachers who hold certificates endorsed for special |
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| 1 | | education must devote at least 50% of their continuing | 2 | | professional development activities to this purpose. | 3 | | Teachers holding other certificates must devote at least | 4 | | 20% of their activities to this purpose.
| 5 | | A speech-language pathologist or audiologist who is
| 6 | | licensed under the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and
| 7 | | Audiology Practice Act and who has met the continuing
education | 8 | | requirements of that Act and the rules promulgated
under that | 9 | | Act shall be deemed to have satisfied the continuing
| 10 | | professional development requirements established by the State
| 11 | | Board of Education and the Teacher Certification Board to renew
| 12 | | a Standard Certificate. | 13 | | (3) Continuing professional development activities may | 14 | | include, but are not limited to, the following activities: | 15 | | (A) completion of an advanced degree from an approved | 16 | | institution
in an education-related field; | 17 | | (B) at
least 8 semester hours of coursework
in an | 18 | | approved education-related program, of which at least 2 | 19 | | semester
hours relate
to the continuing professional | 20 | | development purpose set forth in purpose (A) of
paragraph | 21 | | (2) of this subsection (e), completion of which means no
| 22 | | other continuing professional development activities are | 23 | | required; | 24 | | (C) (blank); | 25 | | (D) completion of the National Board for
Professional | 26 | | Teaching
Standards
("NBPTS") process for certification or |
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| 1 | | recertification, completion of which means no other | 2 | | continuing professional development activities are | 3 | | required; | 4 | | (E) completion of 120 continuing professional | 5 | | development
units that
satisfy the continuing professional | 6 | | development purposes set forth in
paragraph (2) of this | 7 | | subsection (e) and may include without limitation
the | 8 | | activities identified in subdivisions (F) through
(J) of | 9 | | this paragraph
(3); | 10 | | (F) collaboration and partnership activities related | 11 | | to
improving the
teacher's knowledge and skills as a | 12 | | teacher, including the following: | 13 | | (i) participating on collaborative planning and | 14 | | professional
improvement
teams and committees; | 15 | | (ii) peer review and coaching; | 16 | | (iii) mentoring in a formal mentoring program, | 17 | | including service as a
consulting teacher | 18 | | participating in a remediation
process formulated | 19 | | under Section 24A-5 of this Code; | 20 | | (iv) participating in site-based management or | 21 | | decision making teams,
relevant committees, boards, or | 22 | | task forces directly related to school
improvement | 23 | | plans; | 24 | | (v) coordinating community resources in schools, | 25 | | if the project is a
specific goal of the school | 26 | | improvement plan; |
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| 1 | | (vi) facilitating parent education programs for a | 2 | | school, school
district, or
regional office of | 3 | | education directly related to student achievement or
| 4 | | school improvement plans; | 5 | | (vii) participating in business, school, or | 6 | | community partnerships
directly
related to student | 7 | | achievement or school improvement plans; or | 8 | | (viii) supervising a student teacher or teacher | 9 | | education candidate in
clinical supervision, provided | 10 | | that the supervision may only be counted
once during | 11 | | the course of 5 years; | 12 | | (G) college or university coursework related to | 13 | | improving the
teacher's
knowledge and skills as a teacher | 14 | | as follows: | 15 | | (i) completing undergraduate or graduate credit | 16 | | earned from a
regionally
accredited institution in | 17 | | coursework relevant to the certificate area being
| 18 | | renewed,
including coursework that incorporates | 19 | | induction activities and
development of a portfolio of | 20 | | both student and teacher work that
provides experience | 21 | | in reflective practices,
provided the coursework meets | 22 | | Illinois Professional Teaching Standards
or Illinois | 23 | | Content Area Standards and
supports the essential | 24 | | characteristics of quality professional development; | 25 | | or | 26 | | (ii) teaching college or university courses in |
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| 1 | | areas relevant to the
certificate area being renewed, | 2 | | provided that the teaching may only be
counted once | 3 | | during the course of 5 years; | 4 | | (H) conferences, workshops, institutes, seminars, and
| 5 | | symposiums related
to improving the teacher's knowledge | 6 | | and skills as a teacher, subject to disapproval of the | 7 | | activity or event by the State Teacher Certification Board | 8 | | acting jointly with the State Board of Education,
including
| 9 | | the following: | 10 | | (i) completing non-university credit directly | 11 | | related to student
achievement, school improvement | 12 | | plans, or State priorities; | 13 | | (ii) participating in or presenting at workshops, | 14 | | seminars,
conferences,
institutes, and symposiums; | 15 | | (iii) training as external reviewers for Quality | 16 | | Assurance; | 17 | | (iv) training as reviewers of university teacher | 18 | | preparation programs; or | 19 | | (v) participating in or presenting at in-service | 20 | | training programs on suicide prevention. | 21 | | A teacher, however, may not receive credit for conferences, | 22 | | workshops, institutes, seminars, or symposiums that are | 23 | | designed for entertainment, promotional, or commercial | 24 | | purposes or that are solely inspirational or motivational. | 25 | | The State Superintendent of Education and regional | 26 | | superintendents of schools are authorized to review the |
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| 1 | | activities and events provided or to be provided under this | 2 | | subdivision (H) and to investigate complaints regarding | 3 | | those activities and events, and either the State | 4 | | Superintendent of Education or a regional superintendent | 5 | | of schools may recommend that the State Teacher | 6 | | Certification Board and the State Board of Education | 7 | | jointly disapprove those activities and events considered | 8 | | to be inconsistent with this subdivision (H);
| 9 | | (I) other educational experiences related to improving | 10 | | the
teacher's
knowledge and skills as a teacher, including | 11 | | 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 certificate renewal; | 17 | | (iii) traveling related to one's teaching | 18 | | assignment, directly related to
student achievement or | 19 | | school improvement plans and approved by the regional | 20 | | superintendent of schools or his or her designee at | 21 | | least
30 days prior to the travel experience,
provided | 22 | | that the traveling shall not include time spent | 23 | | commuting to
destinations where the learning | 24 | | experience will occur; | 25 | | (iv) participating in study groups related to | 26 | | student achievement or
school
improvement plans; |
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| 1 | | (v) serving on a statewide education-related | 2 | | committee, including but
not
limited to the State | 3 | | Teacher Certification Board, State Board of Education
| 4 | | strategic agenda teams, or the State Advisory Council | 5 | | on Education of
Children with Disabilities; | 6 | | (vi) participating in work/learn programs or | 7 | | internships; or | 8 | | (vii) developing a portfolio of student and | 9 | | teacher work; | 10 | | (J) professional leadership experiences related to | 11 | | improving
the teacher's
knowledge and skills as a teacher, | 12 | | including the following: | 13 | | (i) participating in curriculum development or | 14 | | assessment activities
at the
school, school district, | 15 | | regional office of education, State, or national
| 16 | | level; | 17 | | (ii) participating in team or department | 18 | | leadership in a school or
school
district; | 19 | | (iii) participating on external or internal school | 20 | | or school district
review
teams; | 21 | | (iv) publishing educational articles, columns, or | 22 | | books relevant to
the
certificate area being renewed; | 23 | | or | 24 | | (v) participating in non-strike related | 25 | | professional association or
labor organization
service | 26 | | or
activities related to professional development; |
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| 1 | | (K) receipt of a subsequent Illinois certificate or | 2 | | endorsement pursuant to this Article;
| 3 | | (L) completion of requirements for meeting the | 4 | | Illinois criteria for becoming "highly qualified" (for | 5 | | purposes of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Public | 6 | | Law 107-110) in an additional teaching area;
| 7 | | (M) successful completion of 4 semester hours of | 8 | | graduate-level coursework on the assessment of one's own | 9 | | performance in relation to the Illinois Teaching | 10 | | Standards, as described in clause (B) of paragraph (2) of | 11 | | subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code; or | 12 | | (N) successful completion of a minimum of 4 semester | 13 | | hours of graduate-level coursework addressing preparation | 14 | | to meet the requirements for certification by the National | 15 | | Board for Professional Teaching Standards, as described in | 16 | | clause (C) of paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of Section | 17 | | 21-2 of this Code.
| 18 | | (4) A person must complete the requirements of this | 19 | | subsection (e) before the expiration of his or her Standard | 20 | | Teaching Certificate and must submit assurance to the regional | 21 | | superintendent of schools or, if applicable, a local | 22 | | professional development committee authorized by the regional | 23 | | superintendent to submit recommendations to him or her for this | 24 | | purpose. The statement of assurance shall contain a list of the | 25 | | activities completed, the provider offering each activity, the | 26 | | number of credits earned for each activity, and the purposes to |
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| 1 | | which each activity is attributed. The certificate holder shall | 2 | | maintain the evidence of completion of each activity for at | 3 | | least one certificate renewal cycle. The certificate holder | 4 | | shall affirm under penalty of perjury that he or she has | 5 | | completed the activities listed and will maintain the required | 6 | | evidence of completion. The State Board of Education or the | 7 | | regional superintendent of schools for each region shall | 8 | | conduct random audits of assurance statements and supporting | 9 | | documentation. | 10 | | (5) (Blank). | 11 | | (6) (Blank). | 12 | | (f) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code, a | 13 | | school district is authorized to enter into an agreement with | 14 | | the exclusive bargaining representative, if any, to form a | 15 | | local professional development committee (LPDC). The | 16 | | membership and terms of members of the LPDC may be determined | 17 | | by the agreement. Provisions regarding LPDCs contained in a | 18 | | collective bargaining agreement in existence on the effective | 19 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly | 20 | | between a school district and the exclusive bargaining | 21 | | representative shall remain in full force and effect for the | 22 | | term of the agreement, unless terminated by mutual agreement. | 23 | | The LPDC shall make recommendations to the regional | 24 | | superintendent of schools on renewal of teaching certificates. | 25 | | The regional superintendent of schools for each region shall
| 26 | | perform
the following functions: |
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| 1 | | (1)
review recommendations for certificate renewal, if | 2 | | any, received from LPDCs; | 3 | | (2) (blank); | 4 | | (3) (blank); | 5 | | (4) (blank); | 6 | | (5) determine whether certificate holders have met the
| 7 | | requirements for certificate renewal and notify | 8 | | certificate holders
if the decision is not to renew the | 9 | | certificate; | 10 | | (6) provide a certificate holder with the opportunity | 11 | | to appeal a recommendation made by a LPDC, if any, not to | 12 | | renew the certificate to the regional professional | 13 | | development review committee; | 14 | | (7) issue and forward recommendations for renewal or | 15 | | nonrenewal
of certificate holders' Standard Teaching | 16 | | Certificates to the State Teacher Certification Board; and | 17 | | (8) (blank). | 18 | | (g)(1) Each regional superintendent of schools shall | 19 | | review and concur or
nonconcur
with each recommendation for | 20 | | renewal or nonrenewal of a Standard Teaching
Certificate he or | 21 | | she receives from a local professional development committee, | 22 | | if any,
or, if
a certificate
holder appeals the recommendation | 23 | | to the regional professional development
review committee, the
| 24 | | recommendation for renewal or nonrenewal he or she receives | 25 | | from a regional
professional
development review committee and, | 26 | | within 14 days of receipt of the
recommendation,
shall
provide |
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| 1 | | the State Teacher Certification Board with verification of the
| 2 | | following, if applicable: | 3 | | (A) the certificate holder has satisfactorily | 4 | | completed professional development and continuing | 5 | | education activities set forth in paragraph (3) of | 6 | | subsection (e) of this Section; | 7 | | (B) the certificate holder has submitted the statement | 8 | | of assurance required under paragraph (4) of subsection (e) | 9 | | of this Section, and this statement has been attached to | 10 | | the application for renewal; | 11 | | (C) the local professional development committee, if | 12 | | any, has recommended the
renewal of the certificate | 13 | | holder's Standard Teaching Certificate and
forwarded the | 14 | | recommendation to the regional superintendent of schools; | 15 | | (D) the certificate holder has appealed his or her | 16 | | local professional
development committee's recommendation | 17 | | of nonrenewal, if any, to the regional
professional | 18 | | development review committee and the result of that appeal; | 19 | | (E) the regional superintendent of schools has | 20 | | concurred or nonconcurred
with
the
local professional | 21 | | development committee's or regional professional
| 22 | | development review committee's recommendation, if any, to | 23 | | renew or nonrenew the
certificate holder's Standard | 24 | | Teaching Certificate and made a
recommendation to that | 25 | | effect; and | 26 | | (F) the established registration fee for the Standard |
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| 1 | | Teaching
Certificate has
been paid. | 2 | | If
the notice required by this subsection
(g) includes a | 3 | | recommendation of certificate nonrenewal, then, at the same | 4 | | time the regional superintendent of schools provides the State | 5 | | Teacher Certification Board with the notice, he or she
shall
| 6 | | also notify the
certificate holder in writing, by certified | 7 | | mail, return receipt requested, that
this notice has been | 8 | | provided to the
State
Teacher
Certification Board. | 9 | | (2) Each certificate holder shall have the right to appeal
| 10 | | his or her
local
professional development committee's | 11 | | recommendation of nonrenewal, if any, to the
regional
| 12 | | professional development review committee, within 14 days of | 13 | | receipt of notice
that the
recommendation has
been sent to the | 14 | | regional superintendent of schools. Each regional
| 15 | | superintendent of schools shall
establish a regional | 16 | | professional development review committee or committees
for | 17 | | the
purpose of
advising the regional superintendent of schools, | 18 | | upon request, and handling
certificate
holder appeals. This | 19 | | committee shall
consist of at least 4 classroom teachers, one | 20 | | non-administrative
certificated
educational
employee, 2 | 21 | | administrators, and one at-large member who shall be either (i) | 22 | | a
parent, (ii)
a member of the business community, (iii) a | 23 | | community member, or (iv) an
administrator, with preference | 24 | | given to an individual chosen from among those
persons
listed | 25 | | in items (i), (ii), and (iii) in order to secure representation | 26 | | of an
interest not already
represented on the committee. The |
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| 1 | | teacher and non-administrative certificated
educational | 2 | | employee members of the review committee shall be selected by | 3 | | their
exclusive representative, if any, and the administrators | 4 | | and at-large member
shall be
selected by the regional | 5 | | superintendent of schools. A regional superintendent
of | 6 | | schools
may add additional members to the committee, provided | 7 | | that the same proportion
of
teachers to administrators and | 8 | | at-large members on the committee is maintained. Any
additional | 9 | | teacher and non-administrative certificated educational | 10 | | employee members
shall be selected by their exclusive | 11 | | representative, if any. Vacancies in positions on a
regional | 12 | | professional development review committee shall be filled in | 13 | | the same manner
as the original selections. Committee members | 14 | | shall serve staggered 3-year terms. All
individuals selected to | 15 | | serve on regional professional development review committees
| 16 | | must be known to demonstrate the best practices in teaching or | 17 | | their respective
field of
practice. | 18 | | (h)(1) The State Teacher Certification Board shall review | 19 | | the regional
superintendent of schools' recommendations to | 20 | | renew or nonrenew Standard
Teaching Certificates
and notify | 21 | | certificate holders in writing whether their certificates have
| 22 | | been renewed or
nonrenewed within 90 days of receipt of the | 23 | | recommendations,
unless a certificate holder has appealed a | 24 | | regional
superintendent of schools'
recommendation of | 25 | | nonrenewal, as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection
| 26 | | (h). The State Teacher Certification Board shall verify that |
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| 1 | | the
certificate holder
has met the renewal criteria set forth | 2 | | in paragraph (1) of subsection (g) of
this Section. | 3 | | (2) Each certificate holder shall have the right to appeal | 4 | | a regional
superintendent of school's recommendation to | 5 | | nonrenew his or her Standard
Teaching Certificate
to
the State | 6 | | Teacher Certification Board, within 14 days of receipt of | 7 | | notice that
the
decision has been sent to the State Teacher | 8 | | Certification Board, which shall
hold an
appeal hearing within | 9 | | 60 days of receipt of the appeal. When such an appeal is
taken,
| 10 | | the certificate holder's Standard Teaching Certificate shall | 11 | | continue to be
valid until the
appeal is finally determined. | 12 | | The State Teacher Certification Board shall
review the
regional | 13 | | superintendent of school's recommendation, the regional | 14 | | professional
development review committee's recommendation, if | 15 | | any, and the local
professional
development committee's | 16 | | recommendation, if any, and all relevant documentation to | 17 | | verify
whether the certificate holder has met the renewal | 18 | | criteria set forth in
paragraph (1) of
subsection (g) of this | 19 | | Section. The State Teacher Certification Board may
request that
| 20 | | the certificate holder appear before it. All actions taken by | 21 | | the State
Teacher
Certification Board shall require a quorum | 22 | | and be by a simple majority of those
present and voting.
A | 23 | | record of
all votes
shall be maintained. The State Teacher | 24 | | Certification Board shall notify the
certificate
holder in | 25 | | writing, within 7 days of completing the review, whether his or | 26 | | her
Standard
Teaching Certificate has been renewed or |
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| 1 | | nonrenewed, provided that if the State
Teacher
Certification | 2 | | Board determines to nonrenew a certificate, the written notice
| 3 | | provided to
the certificate holder shall be by certified mail, | 4 | | return receipt requested.
All certificate
renewal or | 5 | | nonrenewal decisions of the State Teacher Certification Board | 6 | | are
final and
subject to administrative review. | 7 | | (i) Holders of Master Teaching Certificates shall meet the | 8 | | same
requirements
and follow the same procedures as holders of | 9 | | Standard Teaching Certificates,
except
that their renewal | 10 | | cycle shall be as set forth in subsection (d) of Section
21-2 | 11 | | of this
Code and their renewal requirements shall be subject to | 12 | | paragraph (8) of subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code. | 13 | | A holder of a
teaching certificate endorsed as a | 14 | | speech-language pathologist who
has been granted the | 15 | | Certificate of Clinical Competence by the
American | 16 | | Speech-Language Hearing Association may renew his or her
| 17 | | Standard Teaching Certificate pursuant to the 10-year renewal | 18 | | cycle set
forth in subsection (d) of Section 21-2 of this Code. | 19 | | (j) Holders of Valid and Exempt Standard and Master | 20 | | Teaching Certificates
who are not employed and performing | 21 | | services in an Illinois public or
State-operated
elementary | 22 | | school, secondary school, or cooperative or joint agreement | 23 | | with a
governing body or board of control, in a certificated | 24 | | teaching position,
may
voluntarily activate their certificates | 25 | | through the regional superintendent of schools of the regional | 26 | | office of
education for the geographic area where their |
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| 1 | | teaching is done. These certificate holders shall follow the | 2 | | same renewal
criteria
and procedures as all other Standard and | 3 | | Master Teaching Certificate holders,
except
that their | 4 | | continuing professional development activities need not
| 5 | | reflect or
address the knowledge, skills, and goals of a local | 6 | | school improvement plan. | 7 | | (k) (Blank). | 8 | | (l) (Blank). | 9 | | (m) The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act | 10 | | of the 93rd General Assembly that affect renewal of Standard | 11 | | and Master Certificates shall apply to those persons who hold | 12 | | Standard or Master Certificates on or after the effective date | 13 | | of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly and shall | 14 | | be given effect upon renewal of those certificates.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 96-951, eff. 6-28-10; 97-607, eff. 8-26-11; | 16 | | 97-682, eff. 5-8-12.)
| 17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 | | becoming law.".
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