Full Text of HB0513 98th General Assembly
HB0513sam001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson Filed: 4/29/2013
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 513
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 513 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | 5 | | 21-5b and 21-5c as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/21-5b) | 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2015) | 8 | | Sec. 21-5b.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 |
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| 1 | | Education, in cooperation with one or more not-for-profit | 2 | | organizations in the State that support excellence in teaching, | 3 | | which may be in partnership
with a university that offers | 4 | | 4-year baccalaureate and masters degree
programs and that is a | 5 | | recognized institution as defined in Section 21B-105 of this | 6 | | Code, may within
30 days after submission by the program | 7 | | sponsor approve
a course of study developed by the program | 8 | | sponsor that persons
in the program must successfully complete | 9 | | in order to satisfy one
criterion for issuance of an | 10 | | alternative certificate under this Section.
The Alternative | 11 | | Teacher Certification program course of study must include | 12 | | content and skills which have been approved by the State Board | 13 | | of Education,
in consultation with the State Teacher | 14 | | Certification Board, as meeting the requirement
for State | 15 | | teacher certification. | 16 | | The alternative certification program established under | 17 | | this Section shall be
known as the Alternative Teacher | 18 | | Certification program. The Alternative
Teacher Certification | 19 | | Program shall be offered by the submitting partnership,
and | 20 | | such partnership may be offered by one or more not-for-profit
| 21 | | organizations in the State which support excellence in | 22 | | teaching. The program
shall be
comprised of the following 3 | 23 | | phases: (a) the first phase is the
course of study offered on | 24 | | an intensive basis in education theory,
instructional methods, | 25 | | and
practice
teaching; (b) the second phase is the person's | 26 | | assignment to a full-time
teaching position for one school |
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| 1 | | year; and (c) the third phase is a
comprehensive assessment of | 2 | | the person's teaching performance by school
officials and the | 3 | | partnership participants
and a recommendation by the program | 4 | | sponsor to the
State Board of Education that the person be | 5 | | issued a standard alternative
teaching certificate. Successful | 6 | | completion of the Alternative Teacher
Certification program | 7 | | shall be deemed to satisfy any other
practice or student | 8 | | teaching and subject matter requirements established by
law. | 9 | | A provisional alternative teaching certificate, valid for | 10 | | one year of
teaching
in the common schools and not renewable, | 11 | | shall be issued under this Section
21-5b to persons who at the | 12 | | time of applying for the provisional alternative
teaching | 13 | | certificate under this Section: | 14 | | (1) have graduated from an accredited college or | 15 | | university with a
bachelor's degree; | 16 | | (2) have successfully completed the first phase of the | 17 | | Alternative Teacher
Certification program as provided in | 18 | | this Section; | 19 | | (3) have passed the tests of basic skills and subject | 20 | | matter knowledge
required by Section
21-1a; and | 21 | | (4) (i) have been employed for a period of at least 5 | 22 | | years in an area
requiring application of the individual's | 23 | | education or (ii) have attained at least a cumulative grade | 24 | | average of a "B" if the individual is assigned either to a | 25 | | school district that has not met the annual measurable | 26 | | objective for highly qualified teachers required by the |
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| 1 | | Illinois Revised Highly Qualified Teachers (HQT) Plan or to | 2 | | a school district whose data filed with the State Board of | 3 | | Education indicates that the district's poor and minority | 4 | | students are taught by teachers who are not highly | 5 | | qualified at a higher rate than other students; however, | 6 | | this item (4)
does not apply with respect to a provisional | 7 | | alternative teaching certificate
for
teaching in schools | 8 | | situated in a school district that is located in a city
| 9 | | having a
population in excess of 500,000 inhabitants. | 10 | | Assignment may be made under clause (ii) of this item (4) | 11 | | only if the district superintendent and the exclusive | 12 | | bargaining representative of the district's teachers, if | 13 | | any, jointly agree to permit the assignment.
| 14 | | A person possessing a provisional alternative certificate | 15 | | under this Section
shall be treated as a regularly certified | 16 | | teacher for purposes of compensation,
benefits, and other terms | 17 | | and conditions of employment afforded teachers in the
school | 18 | | who are members of a bargaining unit represented by an | 19 | | exclusive
bargaining representative, if any. | 20 | | Until February 15, 2000, a standard alternative teaching | 21 | | certificate,
valid for 4 years for teaching
in the schools and | 22 | | renewable as provided in
Section 21-14, shall be
issued under | 23 | | this Section 21-5b to persons who first complete the | 24 | | requirements
for the provisional alternative teaching | 25 | | certificate
and who at the time of applying for a standard | 26 | | alternative teaching certificate
under this Section have |
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| 1 | | successfully completed the second and third phases of
the | 2 | | Alternative Teacher Certification program as provided in this | 3 | | Section.
Alternatively, beginning February 15, 2000, at the end | 4 | | of the 4-year
validity
period,
persons who were issued a | 5 | | standard alternative teaching certificate shall be
eligible, | 6 | | on
the same basis as holders of an Initial Teaching Certificate | 7 | | issued under
subsection (b) of
Section 21-2 of this Code, to | 8 | | apply for a Standard Teaching Certificate,
provided they
meet | 9 | | the requirements of
subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of this Code | 10 | | and further provided that a
person who
does not
apply for and | 11 | | receive a Standard Teaching Certificate shall be able to teach
| 12 | | only in
schools situated in a school district that is located | 13 | | in a city having a
population in excess
of 500,000 inhabitants. | 14 | | Beginning February 15, 2000, persons who have completed the | 15 | | requirements for
a
standard alternative teaching certificate | 16 | | under this Section shall be issued an
Initial
Alternative | 17 | | Teaching Certificate valid for 4 years of teaching and not
| 18 | | renewable. At the end of the 4-year validity period, these | 19 | | persons shall be
eligible, on the same
basis as
holders of an | 20 | | Initial Teaching Certificate issued under subsection (b) of
| 21 | | Section 21-2 of
this Code, to apply for a Standard Teaching | 22 | | Certificate, provided they meet the
requirements of subsection | 23 | | (c) of Section 21-2. | 24 | | Such alternative certification program shall be | 25 | | implemented so that the first
provisional alternative teaching | 26 | | certificates issued under this Section are
effective upon the |
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| 1 | | commencement of the 1997-1998 academic year and the first
| 2 | | standard alternative teaching certificates issued under this | 3 | | Section are
effective upon the commencement of the 1998-1999 | 4 | | academic year. | 5 | | The State Board of Education, in cooperation with the | 6 | | partnership or partnerships
establishing such Alternative | 7 | | Teacher Certification programs, shall adopt rules
and | 8 | | regulations that are consistent with this Section and that the | 9 | | State Board
of Education deems necessary to establish and | 10 | | implement the program. | 11 | | No one may be admitted to an alternative certification | 12 | | program under this Section after September 1, 2013, and those | 13 | | candidates who are admitted on or before September 1, 2013 must | 14 | | complete the program before January 1, 2015 , except that | 15 | | candidates admitted to an alternative certification program at | 16 | | Governors State University and participants in the Teacher | 17 | | Quality Partnership Grant program must be admitted on or before | 18 | | March 31, 2014, complete their coursework on or before August | 19 | | 31, 2015, and be entitled to certification on or before | 20 | | September 31, 2015 . The alternative certification program at | 21 | | Governors State University shall provide the State Board of | 22 | | Education with the names of the candidates who will be eligible | 23 | | for certification under this exception. | 24 | | This Section is repealed on January 1, 2016 2015 . | 25 | | (Source: P.A. 96-862, eff. 1-15-10; 97-607, eff. 8-26-11; | 26 | | 97-702, eff. 6-25-12.) |
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| 1 | | (105 ILCS 5/21-5c) | 2 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2015) | 3 | | Sec. 21-5c. Alternative route to teacher certification. | 4 | | The State Board
of Education, in consultation with the State | 5 | | Teacher Certification Board, shall
establish and implement one | 6 | | or more alternative route to teacher certification programs
| 7 | | under which persons who meet the requirements of and | 8 | | successfully complete the programs
established by this Section | 9 | | shall be issued an initial teaching
certificate for teaching in | 10 | | schools in this State.
The State Board of Education may
approve | 11 | | a course of study
that persons in such programs must | 12 | | successfully complete in order to
satisfy one criterion for | 13 | | issuance of a certificate under this Section. The
Alternative | 14 | | Route to Teacher Certification programs course of study must | 15 | | include
content and skills which have been approved by the | 16 | | State Board of
Education, in consultation with the State | 17 | | Teacher Certification Board, as meeting the
requirement for | 18 | | State teacher certification. | 19 | | Programs established under this Section shall be
known as | 20 | | Alternative Route to Teacher Certification programs. The | 21 | | programs
may be offered by a university that offers 4-year | 22 | | baccalaureate and masters degree programs and that is a | 23 | | recognized institution as defined in Section 21B-105 of this | 24 | | Code, by one or more not-for-profit
organizations in the State, | 25 | | or a combination thereof. The programs shall be comprised of |
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| 1 | | the 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 to the
State Board of Education that the person | 10 | | be issued an initial
teaching certificate. Successful | 11 | | completion of Alternative Route to
Teacher
Certification | 12 | | programs shall be deemed to satisfy any other
practice or | 13 | | student teaching and subject matter requirements established | 14 | | 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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| 1 | | 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
| 13 | | 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 | | No one may be admitted to an alternative certification | 23 | | program under this Section after September 1, 2013, and those | 24 | | candidates who are admitted on or before September 1, 2013 must | 25 | | complete the program before January 1, 2015 , except that | 26 | | candidates admitted to an alternative certification program at |
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| 1 | | Governors State University and participants in the Teacher | 2 | | Quality Partnership Grant program must be admitted on or before | 3 | | March 31, 2014, complete their coursework on or before August | 4 | | 31, 2015, and be entitled to certification on or before | 5 | | September 31, 2015 . The alternative certification program at | 6 | | Governors State University shall provide the State Board of | 7 | | Education with the names of the candidates who will be eligible | 8 | | for certification under this exception. | 9 | | This Section is repealed on January 1, 2016 2015 . | 10 | | (Source: P.A. 96-862, eff. 1-15-10; 97-607, eff. 8-26-11; | 11 | | 97-702, eff. 6-25-12.)
| 12 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 13 | | becoming law.".
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