Full Text of HB0513 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 21-5b as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/21-5b) | 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2015) | 8 | | Sec. 21-5b. Alternative certification. The State Board of | 9 | | Education, in
consultation with the State Teacher | 10 | | Certification Board, shall
establish and implement an | 11 | | alternative certification program under which
persons who meet | 12 | | the requirements of and successfully complete the program
| 13 | | established by this Section shall be issued an alternative | 14 | | teaching certificate
for teaching in the schools. The program | 15 | | shall be
limited to not more than 260 new participants during | 16 | | each year that the program
is in effect. The State Board of | 17 | | Education, in cooperation with one or more not-for-profit | 18 | | organizations in the State that support excellence in teaching, | 19 | | which may be in partnership
with a university that offers | 20 | | 4-year baccalaureate and masters degree
programs and that is a | 21 | | recognized institution as defined in Section 21B-105 of this | 22 | | Code, may within
30 days after submission by the program | 23 | | sponsor approve
a course of study developed by the program |
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| 1 | | sponsor that persons
in the program must successfully complete | 2 | | in order to satisfy one
criterion for issuance of an | 3 | | alternative certificate under this Section.
The Alternative | 4 | | Teacher Certification program course of study must include | 5 | | content and skills which have been approved by the State Board | 6 | | of Education,
in consultation with the State Teacher | 7 | | Certification Board, as meeting the requirement
for State | 8 | | teacher certification. | 9 | | The alternative certification program established under | 10 | | this Section shall be
known as the Alternative Teacher | 11 | | Certification program. The Alternative
Teacher Certification | 12 | | Program shall be offered by the submitting partnership,
and | 13 | | such partnership may be offered by one or more not-for-profit
| 14 | | organizations in the State which support excellence in | 15 | | teaching. The program
shall be
comprised of the following 3 | 16 | | phases: (a) the first phase is the
course of study offered on | 17 | | an intensive basis in education theory,
instructional methods, | 18 | | and
practice
teaching; (b) the second phase is the person's | 19 | | assignment to a full-time
teaching position for one school | 20 | | year; and (c) the third phase is a
comprehensive assessment of | 21 | | the person's teaching performance by school
officials and the | 22 | | partnership participants
and a recommendation by the program | 23 | | sponsor to the
State Board of Education that the person be | 24 | | issued a standard alternative
teaching certificate. Successful | 25 | | completion of the Alternative Teacher
Certification program | 26 | | shall be deemed to satisfy any other
practice or student |
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| 1 | | teaching and subject matter requirements established by
law. | 2 | | A provisional alternative teaching certificate, valid for | 3 | | one year of
teaching
in the common schools and not renewable, | 4 | | shall be issued under this Section
21-5b to persons who at the | 5 | | time of applying for the provisional alternative
teaching | 6 | | certificate under this Section: | 7 | | (1) have graduated from an accredited college or | 8 | | university with a
bachelor's degree; | 9 | | (2) have successfully completed the first phase of the | 10 | | Alternative Teacher
Certification program as provided in | 11 | | this Section; | 12 | | (3) have passed the tests of basic skills and subject | 13 | | matter knowledge
required by Section
21-1a; and | 14 | | (4) (i) have been employed for a period of at least 5 | 15 | | years in an area
requiring application of the individual's | 16 | | education or (ii) have attained at least a cumulative grade | 17 | | average of a "B" if the individual is assigned either to a | 18 | | school district that has not met the annual measurable | 19 | | objective for highly qualified teachers required by the | 20 | | Illinois Revised Highly Qualified Teachers (HQT) Plan or to | 21 | | a school district whose data filed with the State Board of | 22 | | Education indicates that the district's poor and minority | 23 | | students are taught by teachers who are not highly | 24 | | qualified at a higher rate than other students; however, | 25 | | this item (4)
does not apply with respect to a provisional | 26 | | alternative teaching certificate
for
teaching in schools |
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| 1 | | situated in a school district that is located in a city
| 2 | | having a
population in excess of 500,000 inhabitants. | 3 | | Assignment may be made under clause (ii) of this item (4) | 4 | | only if the district superintendent and the exclusive | 5 | | bargaining representative of the district's teachers, if | 6 | | any, jointly agree to permit the assignment.
| 7 | | A person possessing a provisional alternative certificate | 8 | | under this Section
shall be treated as a regularly certified | 9 | | teacher for purposes of compensation,
benefits, and other terms | 10 | | and conditions of employment afforded teachers in the
school | 11 | | who are members of a bargaining unit represented by an | 12 | | exclusive
bargaining representative, if any. | 13 | | Until February 15, 2000, a standard alternative teaching | 14 | | certificate,
valid for 4 years for teaching
in the schools and | 15 | | renewable as provided in
Section 21-14, shall be
issued under | 16 | | this Section 21-5b to persons who first complete the | 17 | | requirements
for the provisional alternative teaching | 18 | | certificate
and who at the time of applying for a standard | 19 | | alternative teaching certificate
under this Section have | 20 | | successfully completed the second and third phases of
the | 21 | | Alternative Teacher Certification program as provided in this | 22 | | Section.
Alternatively, beginning February 15, 2000, at the end | 23 | | of the 4-year
validity
period,
persons who were issued a | 24 | | standard alternative teaching certificate shall be
eligible, | 25 | | on
the same basis as holders of an Initial Teaching Certificate | 26 | | issued under
subsection (b) of
Section 21-2 of this Code, to |
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| 1 | | apply for a Standard Teaching Certificate,
provided they
meet | 2 | | the requirements of
subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code | 3 | | and further provided that a
person who
does not
apply for and | 4 | | receive a Standard Teaching Certificate shall be able to teach
| 5 | | only in
schools situated in a school district that is located | 6 | | in a city having a
population in excess
of 500,000 inhabitants. | 7 | | Beginning February 15, 2000, persons who have completed the | 8 | | requirements for
a
standard alternative teaching certificate | 9 | | under this Section shall be issued an
Initial
Alternative | 10 | | Teaching Certificate valid for 4 years of teaching and not
| 11 | | renewable. At the end of the 4-year validity period, these | 12 | | persons shall be
eligible, on the same
basis as
holders of an | 13 | | Initial Teaching Certificate issued under subsection (b) of
| 14 | | Section 21-2 of
this Code, to apply for a Standard Teaching | 15 | | Certificate, provided they meet the
requirements of subsection | 16 | | (c) of Section 21-2. | 17 | | Such alternative certification program shall be | 18 | | implemented so that the first
provisional alternative teaching | 19 | | certificates issued under this Section are
effective upon the | 20 | | commencement of the 1997-1998 academic year and the first
| 21 | | standard alternative teaching certificates issued under this | 22 | | Section are
effective upon the commencement of the 1998-1999 | 23 | | academic year. | 24 | | The State Board of Education, in cooperation with the | 25 | | partnership or partnerships
establishing such Alternative | 26 | | Teacher Certification programs, shall adopt rules
and |
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| 1 | | regulations that are consistent with this Section and that the | 2 | | State Board
of Education deems necessary to establish and | 3 | | implement the program. | 4 | | No one may be admitted to an alternative certification | 5 | | program under this Section after September 1, 2013, and those | 6 | | candidates who are admitted on or before September 1, 2013 must | 7 | | complete the program before January 1, 2016 2015 . | 8 | | This Section is repealed on January 1, 2016 2015 . | 9 | | (Source: P.A. 96-862, eff. 1-15-10; 97-607, eff. 8-26-11; | 10 | | 97-702, eff. 6-25-12.)
| 11 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 12 | | becoming law.
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