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Full Text of SB0456  101st General Assembly

SB0456sam001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

Filed: 4/5/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 456

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 456 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
510-21.9, 21B-45, 21B-80, 24-14, 34-18.5, and 34-84b as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/10-21.9)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.9)
7    Sec. 10-21.9. Criminal history records checks and checks of
8the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Murderer and
9Violent Offender Against Youth Database.
10    (a) Licensed and nonlicensed Certified and noncertified
11applicants for employment with a school district, except school
12bus driver applicants, are required as a condition of
13employment to authorize a fingerprint-based criminal history
14records check to determine if such applicants have been
15convicted of any disqualifying, of the enumerated criminal or
16drug offenses in subsection (c) of this Section or have been

 

 

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1convicted, within 7 years of the application for employment
2with the school district, of any other felony under the laws of
3this State or of any offense committed or attempted in any
4other state or against the laws of the United States that, if
5committed or attempted in this State, would have been
6punishable as a felony under the laws of this State.
7Authorization for the check shall be furnished by the applicant
8to the school district, except that if the applicant is a
9substitute teacher seeking employment in more than one school
10district, a teacher seeking concurrent part-time employment
11positions with more than one school district (as a reading
12specialist, special education teacher or otherwise), or an
13educational support personnel employee seeking employment
14positions with more than one district, any such district may
15require the applicant to furnish authorization for the check to
16the regional superintendent of the educational service region
17in which are located the school districts in which the
18applicant is seeking employment as a substitute or concurrent
19part-time teacher or concurrent educational support personnel
20employee. Upon receipt of this authorization, the school
21district or the appropriate regional superintendent, as the
22case may be, shall submit the applicant's name, sex, race, date
23of birth, social security number, fingerprint images, and other
24identifiers, as prescribed by the Department of State Police,
25to the Department. The regional superintendent submitting the
26requisite information to the Department of State Police shall

 

 

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1promptly notify the school districts in which the applicant is
2seeking employment as a substitute or concurrent part-time
3teacher or concurrent educational support personnel employee
4that the check of the applicant has been requested. The
5Department of State Police and the Federal Bureau of
6Investigation shall furnish, pursuant to a fingerprint-based
7criminal history records check, records of convictions,
8forever and hereinafter, until expunged, to the president of
9the school board for the school district that requested the
10check, or to the regional superintendent who requested the
11check. The Department shall charge the school district or the
12appropriate regional superintendent a fee for conducting such
13check, which fee shall be deposited in the State Police
14Services Fund and shall not exceed the cost of the inquiry; and
15the applicant shall not be charged a fee for such check by the
16school district or by the regional superintendent, except that
17those applicants seeking employment as a substitute teacher
18with a school district may be charged a fee not to exceed the
19cost of the inquiry. Subject to appropriations for these
20purposes, the State Superintendent of Education shall
21reimburse school districts and regional superintendents for
22fees paid to obtain criminal history records checks under this
23Section.
24    (a-5) The school district or regional superintendent shall
25further perform a check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database,
26as authorized by the Sex Offender Community Notification Law,

 

 

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1for each applicant. The check of the Statewide Sex Offender
2Database must be conducted by the school district or regional
3superintendent once for every 5 years that an applicant remains
4employed by the school district.
5    (a-6) The school district or regional superintendent shall
6further perform a check of the Statewide Murderer and Violent
7Offender Against Youth Database, as authorized by the Murderer
8and Violent Offender Against Youth Community Notification Law,
9for each applicant. The check of the Statewide Murderer and
10Violent Offender Against Youth Database must be conducted by
11the school district or regional superintendent once for every 5
12years that an applicant remains employed by the school
13district.
14    (b) Any information concerning the record of convictions
15obtained by the president of the school board or the regional
16superintendent shall be confidential and may only be
17transmitted to the superintendent of the school district or his
18designee, the appropriate regional superintendent if the check
19was requested by the school district, the presidents of the
20appropriate school boards if the check was requested from the
21Department of State Police by the regional superintendent, the
22State Superintendent of Education, the State Educator
23Preparation and Licensure State Teacher Certification Board,
24any other person necessary to the decision of hiring the
25applicant for employment, or for clarification purposes the
26Department of State Police or Statewide Sex Offender Database,

 

 

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1or both. A copy of the record of convictions obtained from the
2Department of State Police shall be provided to the applicant
3for employment. Upon the check of the Statewide Sex Offender
4Database, the school district or regional superintendent shall
5notify an applicant as to whether or not the applicant has been
6identified in the Database as a sex offender. If a check of an
7applicant for employment as a substitute or concurrent
8part-time teacher or concurrent educational support personnel
9employee in more than one school district was requested by the
10regional superintendent, and the Department of State Police
11upon a check ascertains that the applicant has not been
12convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug offenses in
13subsection (c) of this Section or has not been convicted,
14within 7 years of the application for employment with the
15school district, of any other felony under the laws of this
16State or of any offense committed or attempted in any other
17state or against the laws of the United States that, if
18committed or attempted in this State, would have been
19punishable as a felony under the laws of this State and so
20notifies the regional superintendent and if the regional
21superintendent upon a check ascertains that the applicant has
22not been identified in the Sex Offender Database as a sex
23offender, then the regional superintendent shall issue to the
24applicant a certificate evidencing that as of the date
25specified by the Department of State Police the applicant has
26not been convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug

 

 

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1offenses in subsection (c) of this Section or has not been
2convicted, within 7 years of the application for employment
3with the school district, of any other felony under the laws of
4this State or of any offense committed or attempted in any
5other state or against the laws of the United States that, if
6committed or attempted in this State, would have been
7punishable as a felony under the laws of this State and
8evidencing that as of the date that the regional superintendent
9conducted a check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database, the
10applicant has not been identified in the Database as a sex
11offender. The school board of any school district may rely on
12the certificate issued by any regional superintendent to that
13substitute teacher, concurrent part-time teacher, or
14concurrent educational support personnel employee or may
15initiate its own criminal history records check of the
16applicant through the Department of State Police and its own
17check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database as provided in
18subsection (a). Any unauthorized release of confidential
19information may be a violation of Section 7 of the Criminal
20Identification Act.
21    (c) No school board shall knowingly employ a person who has
22been convicted of any offense that would subject him or her to
23license suspension or revocation pursuant to Section 21B-80 of
24this Code, except as provided under subsection (b) of Section
2521B-80. Further, no school board shall knowingly employ a
26person who has been found to be the perpetrator of sexual or

 

 

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1physical abuse of any minor under 18 years of age pursuant to
2proceedings under Article II of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
3No school board shall knowingly employ a person who has been
4issued an indicated finding of abuse or neglect of a child by
5the Department of Children and Family Services under the Abused
6and Neglected Child Reporting Act or by a child welfare agency
7of another jurisdiction.
8    (d) No school board shall knowingly employ a person for
9whom a criminal history records check and a Statewide Sex
10Offender Database check has not been initiated.
11    (e) No later than 15 business days after receipt of a
12record of conviction or of checking the Statewide Murderer and
13Violent Offender Against Youth Database or the Statewide Sex
14Offender Database and finding a registration, the
15superintendent of the employing school board or the applicable
16regional superintendent shall, in writing, notify the State
17Superintendent of Education of any license holder who has been
18convicted of a crime set forth in Section 21B-80 of this Code.
19Upon receipt of the record of a conviction of or a finding of
20child abuse by a holder of any license certificate issued
21pursuant to Article 21B 21 or Section 34-8.1 or 34-83 of the
22School Code, the State Superintendent of Education may initiate
23licensure certificate suspension and revocation proceedings as
24authorized by law. If the receipt of the record of conviction
25or finding of child abuse is received within 6 months after the
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1Superintendent of Education may rescind the license holder's
2license.
3    (e-5) The superintendent of the employing school board
4shall, in writing, notify the State Superintendent of Education
5and the applicable regional superintendent of schools of any
6license certificate holder whom he or she has reasonable cause
7to believe has committed an intentional act of abuse or neglect
8with the result of making a child an abused child or a
9neglected child, as defined in Section 3 of the Abused and
10Neglected Child Reporting Act, and that act resulted in the
11license certificate holder's dismissal or resignation from the
12school district. This notification must be submitted within 30
13days after the dismissal or resignation. The license
14certificate holder must also be contemporaneously sent a copy
15of the notice by the superintendent. All correspondence,
16documentation, and other information so received by the
17regional superintendent of schools, the State Superintendent
18of Education, the State Board of Education, or the State
19Educator Preparation and Licensure State Teacher Certification
20Board under this subsection (e-5) is confidential and must not
21be disclosed to third parties, except (i) as necessary for the
22State Superintendent of Education or his or her designee to
23investigate and prosecute pursuant to Article 21B 21 of this
24Code, (ii) pursuant to a court order, (iii) for disclosure to
25the license certificate holder or his or her representative, or
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1any such information admitted into evidence in a hearing is
2exempt from this confidentiality and non-disclosure
3requirement. Except for an act of willful or wanton misconduct,
4any superintendent who provides notification as required in
5this subsection (e-5) shall have immunity from any liability,
6whether civil or criminal or that otherwise might result by
7reason of such action.
8    (f) After January 1, 1990 the provisions of this Section
9shall apply to all employees of persons or firms holding
10contracts with any school district including, but not limited
11to, food service workers, school bus drivers and other
12transportation employees, who have direct, daily contact with
13the pupils of any school in such district. For purposes of
14criminal history records checks and checks of the Statewide Sex
15Offender Database on employees of persons or firms holding
16contracts with more than one school district and assigned to
17more than one school district, the regional superintendent of
18the educational service region in which the contracting school
19districts are located may, at the request of any such school
20district, be responsible for receiving the authorization for a
21criminal history records check prepared by each such employee
22and submitting the same to the Department of State Police and
23for conducting a check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database
24for each employee. Any information concerning the record of
25conviction and identification as a sex offender of any such
26employee obtained by the regional superintendent shall be

 

 

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1promptly reported to the president of the appropriate school
2board or school boards.
3    (f-5) Upon request of a school or school district, any
4information obtained by a school district pursuant to
5subsection (f) of this Section within the last year must be
6made available to the requesting school or school district.
7    (g) Prior to the commencement of any student teaching
8experience or required internship (which is referred to as
9student teaching in this Section) in the public schools, a
10student teacher is required to authorize a fingerprint-based
11criminal history records check. Authorization for and payment
12of the costs of the check must be furnished by the student
13teacher to the school district where the student teaching is to
14be completed. Upon receipt of this authorization and payment,
15the school district shall submit the student teacher's name,
16sex, race, date of birth, social security number, fingerprint
17images, and other identifiers, as prescribed by the Department
18of State Police, to the Department of State Police. The
19Department of State Police and the Federal Bureau of
20Investigation shall furnish, pursuant to a fingerprint-based
21criminal history records check, records of convictions,
22forever and hereinafter, until expunged, to the president of
23the school board for the school district that requested the
24check. The Department shall charge the school district a fee
25for conducting the check, which fee must not exceed the cost of
26the inquiry and must be deposited into the State Police

 

 

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1Services Fund. The school district shall further perform a
2check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database, as authorized by
3the Sex Offender Community Notification Law, and of the
4Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth
5Database, as authorized by the Murderer and Violent Offender
6Against Youth Registration Act, for each student teacher. No
7school board may knowingly allow a person to student teach for
8whom a criminal history records check, a Statewide Sex Offender
9Database check, and a Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender
10Against Youth Database check have not been completed and
11reviewed by the district.
12    A copy of the record of convictions obtained from the
13Department of State Police must be provided to the student
14teacher. Any information concerning the record of convictions
15obtained by the president of the school board is confidential
16and may only be transmitted to the superintendent of the school
17district or his or her designee, the State Superintendent of
18Education, the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board,
19or, for clarification purposes, the Department of State Police
20or the Statewide Sex Offender Database or Statewide Murderer
21and Violent Offender Against Youth Database. Any unauthorized
22release of confidential information may be a violation of
23Section 7 of the Criminal Identification Act.
24    No school board shall may knowingly allow a person to
25student teach who has been convicted of any offense that would
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1to subsection (c) of Section 21B-80 of this Code, except as
2provided under subsection (b) of Section 21B-80. Further, no
3school board shall allow a person to student teach if he or she
4or who has been found to be the perpetrator of sexual or
5physical abuse of a minor under 18 years of age pursuant to
6proceedings under Article II of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
7No school board shall knowingly allow a person to student teach
8who has been issued an indicated finding of abuse or neglect of
9a child by the Department of Children and Family Services under
10the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act or by a child
11welfare agency of another jurisdiction.
12    (h) (Blank).
13(Source: P.A. 99-21, eff. 1-1-16; 99-667, eff. 7-29-16.)
 
14    (105 ILCS 5/21B-45)
15    Sec. 21B-45. Professional Educator License renewal.
16    (a) Individuals holding a Professional Educator License
17are required to complete the licensure renewal requirements as
18specified in this Section, unless otherwise provided in this
19Code.
20    Individuals holding a Professional Educator License shall
21meet the renewal requirements set forth in this Section, unless
22otherwise provided in this Code. If an individual holds a
23license endorsed in more than one area that has different
24renewal requirements, that individual shall follow the renewal
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1majority of his or her time working.
2    (b) All Professional Educator Licenses not renewed as
3provided in this Section shall lapse on September 1 of that
4year. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, if
5a license holder's electronic mail address is available, the
6State Board of Education shall send him or her notification
7electronically that his or her license will lapse if not
8renewed, to be sent no more than 6 months prior to the license
9lapsing. Lapsed licenses may be immediately reinstated upon (i)
10payment by the applicant of a $500 penalty to the State Board
11of Education or (ii) the demonstration of proficiency by
12completing 9 semester hours of coursework from a regionally
13accredited institution of higher education in the content area
14that most aligns with one or more of the educator's endorsement
15areas. Any and all back fees, including without limitation
16registration fees owed from the time of expiration of the
17license until the date of reinstatement, shall be paid and kept
18in accordance with the provisions in Article 3 of this Code
19concerning an institute fund and the provisions in Article 21B
20of this Code concerning fees and requirements for registration.
21Licenses not registered in accordance with Section 21B-40 of
22this Code shall lapse after a period of 6 months from the
23expiration of the last year of registration or on January 1 of
24the fiscal year following initial issuance of the license. An
25unregistered license is invalid after September 1 for
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1State-operated school or cooperative and in a charter school.
2Any license or endorsement may be voluntarily surrendered by
3the license holder. A voluntarily surrendered license, except a
4substitute teaching license issued under Section 21B-20 of this
5Code, shall be treated as a revoked license. An Educator
6License with Stipulations with only a paraprofessional
7endorsement does not lapse.
8    (c) From July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, in order to
9satisfy the requirements for licensure renewal provided for in
10this Section, each professional educator licensee with an
11administrative endorsement who is working in a position
12requiring such endorsement shall complete one Illinois
13Administrators' Academy course, as described in Article 2 of
14this Code, per fiscal year.
15    (d) Beginning July 1, 2014, in order to satisfy the
16requirements for licensure renewal provided for in this
17Section, each professional educator licensee may create a
18professional development plan each year. The plan shall address
19one or more of the endorsements that are required of his or her
20educator position if the licensee is employed and performing
21services in an Illinois public or State-operated school or
22cooperative. If the licensee is employed in a charter school,
23the plan shall address that endorsement or those endorsements
24most closely related to his or her educator position. Licensees
25employed and performing services in any other Illinois schools
26may participate in the renewal requirements by adhering to the

 

 

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1same process.
2    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the
3licensee's professional development activities shall align
4with one or more of the following criteria:
5        (1) activities are of a type that engage participants
6    over a sustained period of time allowing for analysis,
7    discovery, and application as they relate to student
8    learning, social or emotional achievement, or well-being;
9        (2) professional development aligns to the licensee's
10    performance;
11        (3) outcomes for the activities must relate to student
12    growth or district improvement;
13        (4) activities align to State-approved standards; and
14        (5) higher education coursework.
15    (e) For each renewal cycle, each professional educator
16licensee shall engage in professional development activities.
17Prior to renewal, the licensee shall enter electronically into
18the Educator Licensure Information System (ELIS) the name,
19date, and location of the activity, the number of professional
20development hours, and the provider's name. The following
21provisions shall apply concerning professional development
22activities:
23        (1) Each licensee shall complete a total of 120 hours
24    of professional development per 5-year renewal cycle in
25    order to renew the license, except as otherwise provided in
26    this Section.

 

 

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1        (2) Beginning with his or her first full 5-year cycle,
2    any licensee with an administrative endorsement who is not
3    working in a position requiring such endorsement is not
4    required to complete Illinois Administrators' Academy
5    courses, as described in Article 2 of this Code. Such
6    licensees must complete one Illinois Administrators'
7    Academy course within one year after returning to a
8    position that requires the administrative endorsement.
9        (3) Any licensee with an administrative endorsement
10    who is working in a position requiring such endorsement or
11    an individual with a Teacher Leader endorsement serving in
12    an administrative capacity at least 50% of the day shall
13    complete one Illinois Administrators' Academy course, as
14    described in Article 2 of this Code, each fiscal year in
15    addition to 100 hours of professional development per
16    5-year renewal cycle in accordance with this Code.
17        (4) Any licensee holding a current National Board for
18    Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) master teacher
19    designation shall complete a total of 60 hours of
20    professional development per 5-year renewal cycle in order
21    to renew the license.
22        (5) Licensees working in a position that does not
23    require educator licensure or working in a position for
24    less than 50% for any particular year are considered to be
25    exempt and shall be required to pay only the registration
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1    license.
2        (6) Licensees who are retired and qualify for benefits
3    from a State of Illinois retirement system shall notify the
4    State Board of Education using ELIS, and the license shall
5    be maintained in retired status. For any renewal cycle in
6    which a licensee retires during the renewal cycle, the
7    licensee must complete professional development activities
8    on a prorated basis depending on the number of years during
9    the renewal cycle the educator held an active license. If a
10    licensee retires during a renewal cycle, the licensee must
11    notify the State Board of Education using ELIS that the
12    licensee wishes to maintain the license in retired status
13    and must show proof of completion of professional
14    development activities on a prorated basis for all years of
15    that renewal cycle for which the license was active. An
16    individual with a license in retired status shall not be
17    required to complete professional development activities
18    or pay registration fees until returning to a position that
19    requires educator licensure. Upon returning to work in a
20    position that requires the Professional Educator License,
21    the licensee shall immediately pay a registration fee and
22    complete renewal requirements for that year. A license in
23    retired status cannot lapse. Beginning on January 6, 2017
24    (the effective date of Public Act 99-920) through December
25    31, 2017, any licensee who has retired and whose license
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1    may reinstate that license and maintain it in retired
2    status upon providing proof to the State Board of Education
3    using ELIS that the licensee is retired and is not working
4    in a position that requires a Professional Educator
5    License.
6        (7) For any renewal cycle in which professional
7    development hours were required, but not fulfilled, the
8    licensee shall complete any missed hours to total the
9    minimum professional development hours required in this
10    Section prior to September 1 of that year. Professional
11    development hours used to fulfill the minimum required
12    hours for a renewal cycle may be used for only one renewal
13    cycle. For any fiscal year or renewal cycle in which an
14    Illinois Administrators' Academy course was required but
15    not completed, the licensee shall complete any missed
16    Illinois Administrators' Academy courses prior to
17    September 1 of that year. The licensee may complete all
18    deficient hours and Illinois Administrators' Academy
19    courses while continuing to work in a position that
20    requires that license until September 1 of that year.
21        (8) Any licensee who has not fulfilled the professional
22    development renewal requirements set forth in this Section
23    at the end of any 5-year renewal cycle is ineligible to
24    register his or her license and may submit an appeal to the
25    State Superintendent of Education for reinstatement of the
26    license.

 

 

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1        (9) If professional development opportunities were
2    unavailable to a licensee, proof that opportunities were
3    unavailable and request for an extension of time beyond
4    August 31 to complete the renewal requirements may be
5    submitted from April 1 through June 30 of that year to the
6    State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. If an
7    extension is approved, the license shall remain valid
8    during the extension period.
9        (10) Individuals who hold exempt licenses prior to
10    December 27, 2013 (the effective date of Public Act 98-610)
11    shall commence the annual renewal process with the first
12    scheduled registration due after December 27, 2013 (the
13    effective date of Public Act 98-610).
14        (11) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
15    subsection (e), if a licensee earns more than the required
16    number of professional development hours during a renewal
17    cycle, then the licensee may carry over any hours earned
18    from April 1 through June 30 of the last year of the
19    renewal cycle. Any hours carried over in this manner must
20    be applied to the next renewal cycle. Illinois
21    Administrators' Academy courses or hours earned in those
22    courses may not be carried over.
23    (f) At the time of renewal, each licensee shall respond to
24the required questions under penalty of perjury.
25    (f-5) The State Board of Education shall conduct random
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1professional development hours required under this Section.
2Upon completion of a random audit, if it is determined by the
3State Board of Education that the licensee did not complete the
4required number of professional development hours or did not
5provide sufficient proof of completion, the licensee shall be
6notified that his or her license has lapsed. A license that has
7lapsed under this subsection may be reinstated as provided in
8subsection (b).
9    (g) The following entities shall be designated as approved
10to provide professional development activities for the renewal
11of Professional Educator Licenses:
12        (1) The State Board of Education.
13        (2) Regional offices of education and intermediate
14    service centers.
15        (3) Illinois professional associations representing
16    the following groups that are approved by the State
17    Superintendent of Education:
18            (A) school administrators;
19            (B) principals;
20            (C) school business officials;
21            (D) teachers, including special education
22        teachers;
23            (E) school boards;
24            (F) school districts;
25            (G) parents; and
26            (H) school service personnel.

 

 

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1        (4) Regionally accredited institutions of higher
2    education that offer Illinois-approved educator
3    preparation programs and public community colleges subject
4    to the Public Community College Act.
5        (5) Illinois public school districts, charter schools
6    authorized under Article 27A of this Code, and joint
7    educational programs authorized under Article 10 of this
8    Code for the purposes of providing career and technical
9    education or special education services.
10        (6) A not-for-profit organization that, as of December
11    31, 2014 (the effective date of Public Act 98-1147), has
12    had or has a grant from or a contract with the State Board
13    of Education to provide professional development services
14    in the area of English Learning to Illinois school
15    districts, teachers, or administrators.
16        (7) State agencies, State boards, and State
17    commissions.
18        (8) Museums as defined in Section 10 of the Museum
19    Disposition of Property Act.
20    (h) Approved providers under subsection (g) of this Section
21shall make available professional development opportunities
22that satisfy at least one of the following:
23        (1) increase the knowledge and skills of school and
24    district leaders who guide continuous professional
25    development;
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1        (3) organize adults into learning communities whose
2    goals are aligned with those of the school and district;
3        (4) deepen educator's content knowledge;
4        (5) provide educators with research-based
5    instructional strategies to assist students in meeting
6    rigorous academic standards;
7        (6) prepare educators to appropriately use various
8    types of classroom assessments;
9        (7) use learning strategies appropriate to the
10    intended goals;
11        (8) provide educators with the knowledge and skills to
12    collaborate; or
13        (9) prepare educators to apply research to
14    decision-making.
15    (i) Approved providers under subsection (g) of this Section
16shall do the following:
17        (1) align professional development activities to the
18    State-approved national standards for professional
19    learning;
20        (2) meet the professional development criteria for
21    Illinois licensure renewal;
22        (3) produce a rationale for the activity that explains
23    how it aligns to State standards and identify the
24    assessment for determining the expected impact on student
25    learning or school improvement;
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1    activities;
2        (5) provide license holders with evidence of
3    completion of activities; and
4        (6) request an Illinois Educator Identification Number
5    (IEIN) for each educator during each professional
6    development activity.
7    (j) The State Board of Education shall conduct annual
8audits of a subset of approved providers, except for school
9districts, which shall be audited by regional offices of
10education and intermediate service centers. The State Board of
11Education shall ensure that each approved provider, except for
12a school district, is audited at least once every 5 years. The
13State Board of Education may conduct more frequent audits of
14providers if evidence suggests the requirements of this Section
15or administrative rules are not being met. The State Board of
16Education shall complete random audits of licensees.
17        (1) (Blank).
18        (2) Approved providers shall comply with the
19    requirements in subsections (h) and (i) of this Section by
20    annually submitting data to the State Board of Education
21    demonstrating how the professional development activities
22    impacted one or more of the following:
23            (A) educator and student growth in regards to
24        content knowledge or skills, or both;
25            (B) educator and student social and emotional
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1            (C) alignment to district or school improvement
2        plans.
3        (3) The State Superintendent of Education shall review
4    the annual data collected by the State Board of Education,
5    regional offices of education, and intermediate service
6    centers in audits to determine if the approved provider has
7    met the criteria and should continue to be an approved
8    provider or if further action should be taken as provided
9    in rules.
10    (k) Registration fees shall be paid for the next renewal
11cycle between April 1 and June 30 in the last year of each
125-year renewal cycle using ELIS. If all required professional
13development hours for the renewal cycle have been completed and
14entered by the licensee, the licensee shall pay the
15registration fees for the next cycle using a form of credit or
16debit card.
17    (l) Any professional educator licensee endorsed for school
18support personnel who is employed and performing services in
19Illinois public schools and who holds an active and current
20professional license issued by the Department of Financial and
21Professional Regulation or a national certification board, as
22approved by the State Board of Education, related to the
23endorsement areas on the Professional Educator License shall be
24deemed to have satisfied the continuing professional
25development requirements provided for in this Section. Such
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1renew the Professional Educator License. An individual who does
2not hold a license issued by the Department of Financial and
3Professional Regulation shall complete professional
4development requirements for the renewal of a Professional
5Educator License provided for in this Section.
6    (m) Appeals to the State Educator Preparation and Licensure
7Board must be made within 30 days after receipt of notice from
8the State Superintendent of Education that a license will not
9be renewed based upon failure to complete the requirements of
10this Section. A licensee may appeal that decision to the State
11Educator Preparation and Licensure Board in a manner prescribed
12by rule.
13        (1) Each appeal shall state the reasons why the State
14    Superintendent's decision should be reversed and shall be
15    sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the
16    State Board of Education.
17        (2) The State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board
18    shall review each appeal regarding renewal of a license
19    within 90 days after receiving the appeal in order to
20    determine whether the licensee has met the requirements of
21    this Section. The State Educator Preparation and Licensure
22    Board may hold an appeal hearing or may make its
23    determination based upon the record of review, which shall
24    consist of the following:
25            (A) the regional superintendent of education's
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1        if applicable;
2            (B) any evidence submitted to the State
3        Superintendent along with the individual's electronic
4        statement of assurance for renewal; and
5            (C) the State Superintendent's rationale for
6        nonrenewal of the license.
7        (3) The State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board
8    shall notify the licensee of its decision regarding license
9    renewal by certified mail, return receipt requested, no
10    later than 30 days after reaching a decision. Upon receipt
11    of notification of renewal, the licensee, using ELIS, shall
12    pay the applicable registration fee for the next cycle
13    using a form of credit or debit card.
14    (n) The State Board of Education may adopt rules as may be
15necessary to implement this Section.
16(Source: P.A. 99-58, eff. 7-16-15; 99-130, eff. 7-24-15;
1799-591, eff. 1-1-17; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 99-920, eff. 1-6-17;
18100-13, eff. 7-1-17; 100-339, eff. 8-25-17; 100-596, eff.
197-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)
 
20    (105 ILCS 5/21B-80)
21    Sec. 21B-80. Conviction of certain offenses as grounds for
22disqualification for licensure or suspension or revocation of a
23license.
24    (a) As used in this Section:
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1offenses:
2        (1) Any offense defined in the Cannabis Control Act,
3    except those defined in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of
4    Section 4 and subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 5 of the
5    Cannabis Control Act and any offense for which the holder
6    of a license is placed on probation under the provisions of
7    Section 10 of the Cannabis Control Act, provided that if
8    the terms and conditions of probation required by the court
9    are not fulfilled, the offense is not eligible for this
10    exception.
11        (2) Any offense defined in the Illinois Controlled
12    Substances Act, except any offense for which the holder of
13    a license is placed on probation under the provisions of
14    Section 410 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act,
15    provided that if the terms and conditions of probation
16    required by the court are not fulfilled, the offense is not
17    eligible for this exception.
18        (3) Any offense defined in the Methamphetamine Control
19    and Community Protection Act, except any offense for which
20    the holder of a license is placed on probation under the
21    provision of Section 70 of that Act, provided that if the
22    terms and conditions of probation required by the court are
23    not fulfilled, the offense is not eligible for this
24    exception.
25        (4) Any attempt to commit any of the offenses listed in
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1        (5) Any offense committed or attempted in any other
2    state or against the laws of the United States that, if
3    committed or attempted in this State, would have been
4    punishable as one or more of the offenses listed in items
5    (1) through (4) of this definition.
6The changes made by Public Act 96-431 to this definition are
7declaratory of existing law.
8    "Sentence" includes any period of mandatory supervised
9release supervision or probation that was imposed either alone
10or in combination with a period of incarceration.
11    "Sex or other offense" means any one or more of the
12following offenses:
13        (A) Any offense defined in Sections 11-6, 11-9 through
14    11-9.5, inclusive, and 11-30 (if punished as a Class 4
15    felony) of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code
16    of 2012; Sections 11-14.1 through 11-21, inclusive, of the
17    Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;
18    Sections 11-23 (if punished as a Class 3 felony), 11-24,
19    11-25, and 11-26 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the
20    Criminal Code of 2012; Section 10-5.1, subsection (c) of
21    Section 10-9, and Sections 11-6.6, 11-11, 12-3.05, 12-3.3,
22    12-6.4, 12-7.1, 12-34, 12-34.5, and 12-35 of the Criminal
23    Code of 2012; and Sections 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40,
24    11-1.50, 11-1.60, 12-4.9, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15,
25    12-16, 12-32, 12-33, 12C-45, and 26-4 (if punished pursuant
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1    26-4) of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of
2    2012.
3        (B) Any attempt to commit any of the offenses listed in
4    item (A) of this definition.
5        (C) Any offense committed or attempted in any other
6    state that, if committed or attempted in this State, would
7    have been punishable as one or more of the offenses listed
8    in items (A) and (B) of this definition.
9    (b) Whenever the holder of any license issued pursuant to
10this Article or applicant for a license to be issued pursuant
11to this Article has been convicted of any drug offense, other
12than as provided in subsection (c) of this Section, the State
13Superintendent of Education shall forthwith suspend the
14license or deny the application, whichever is applicable, until
157 years following the end of the sentence for the criminal
16offense. If the conviction is reversed and the holder is
17acquitted of the offense in a new trial or the charges against
18him or her are dismissed, the State Superintendent of Education
19shall forthwith terminate the suspension of the license.
20    (b-5) Whenever the holder of a license issued pursuant to
21this Article or applicant for a license to be issued pursuant
22to this Article has been charged with attempting to commit,
23conspiring to commit, soliciting, or committing any sex or
24other offense, first degree murder, or a Class X felony or any
25offense committed or attempted in any other state or against
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1in this State, would have been punishable as one or more of the
2foregoing offenses, the State Superintendent of Education
3shall immediately suspend the license or deny the application
4until the person's criminal charges are adjudicated through a
5court of competent jurisdiction. If the person is acquitted,
6his or her license or application shall be immediately
7reinstated.
8    (c) Whenever the holder of a license issued pursuant to
9this Article or applicant for a license to be issued pursuant
10to this Article has been convicted of attempting to commit,
11conspiring to commit, soliciting, or committing any sex or
12other offense, first degree murder, or a Class X felony or any
13offense committed or attempted in any other state or against
14the laws of the United States that, if committed or attempted
15in this State, would have been punishable as one or more of the
16foregoing offenses, the State Superintendent of Education
17shall forthwith suspend the license or deny the application,
18whichever is applicable. If the conviction is reversed and the
19holder is acquitted of that offense in a new trial or the
20charges that he or she committed that offense are dismissed,
21the State Superintendent of Education shall forthwith
22terminate the suspension of the license. When the conviction
23becomes final, the State Superintendent of Education shall
24forthwith revoke the license.
25(Source: P.A. 99-58, eff. 7-16-15; 99-667, eff. 7-29-16.)
 

 

 

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1    (105 ILCS 5/24-14)  (from Ch. 122, par. 24-14)
2    Sec. 24-14. Termination of contractual continued service
3by teacher. A teacher who has entered into contractual
4continued service may resign at any time by obtaining
5concurrence of the board or by serving at least 30 days'
6written notice upon the secretary of the board. However, no
7teacher may resign during the school term, without the
8concurrence of the board, in order to accept another teaching
9assignment. Any teacher terminating said service not in
10accordance with this Section may be referred by the board to
11the State Superintendent of Education is guilty of
12unprofessional conduct and liable to suspension of licensure
13for a period not to exceed 1 year, as provided in Section
1421B-75 of this Code. The State Superintendent or his or her
15designee shall convene an informal evidentiary hearing no later
16than 90 days after receipt of a resolution by the board. If the
17State Superintendent or his or her designee finds that the
18teacher resigned during the school term without the concurrence
19of the board to accept another teaching assignment, the State
20Superintendent must suspend the teacher's license for a period
21not to exceed one calendar year. In lieu of a hearing and
22finding, the teacher may agree to a lesser licensure sanction
23at the discretion of the State Superintendent.
24(Source: P.A. 97-607, eff. 8-26-11.)
 
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1    Sec. 34-18.5. Criminal history records checks and checks of
2the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Murderer and
3Violent Offender Against Youth Database.
4    (a) Licensed and nonlicensed Certified and noncertified
5applicants for employment with the school district are required
6as a condition of employment to authorize a fingerprint-based
7criminal history records check to determine if such applicants
8have been convicted of any disqualifying, of the enumerated
9criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c) of this Section or
10have been convicted, within 7 years of the application for
11employment with the school district, of any other felony under
12the laws of this State or of any offense committed or attempted
13in any other state or against the laws of the United States
14that, if committed or attempted in this State, would have been
15punishable as a felony under the laws of this State.
16Authorization for the check shall be furnished by the applicant
17to the school district, except that if the applicant is a
18substitute teacher seeking employment in more than one school
19district, or a teacher seeking concurrent part-time employment
20positions with more than one school district (as a reading
21specialist, special education teacher or otherwise), or an
22educational support personnel employee seeking employment
23positions with more than one district, any such district may
24require the applicant to furnish authorization for the check to
25the regional superintendent of the educational service region
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1applicant is seeking employment as a substitute or concurrent
2part-time teacher or concurrent educational support personnel
3employee. Upon receipt of this authorization, the school
4district or the appropriate regional superintendent, as the
5case may be, shall submit the applicant's name, sex, race, date
6of birth, social security number, fingerprint images, and other
7identifiers, as prescribed by the Department of State Police,
8to the Department. The regional superintendent submitting the
9requisite information to the Department of State Police shall
10promptly notify the school districts in which the applicant is
11seeking employment as a substitute or concurrent part-time
12teacher or concurrent educational support personnel employee
13that the check of the applicant has been requested. The
14Department of State Police and the Federal Bureau of
15Investigation shall furnish, pursuant to a fingerprint-based
16criminal history records check, records of convictions,
17forever and hereinafter, until expunged, to the president of
18the school board for the school district that requested the
19check, or to the regional superintendent who requested the
20check. The Department shall charge the school district or the
21appropriate regional superintendent a fee for conducting such
22check, which fee shall be deposited in the State Police
23Services Fund and shall not exceed the cost of the inquiry; and
24the applicant shall not be charged a fee for such check by the
25school district or by the regional superintendent. Subject to
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1Education shall reimburse the school district and regional
2superintendent for fees paid to obtain criminal history records
3checks under this Section.
4    (a-5) The school district or regional superintendent shall
5further perform a check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database,
6as authorized by the Sex Offender Community Notification Law,
7for each applicant. The check of the Statewide Sex Offender
8Database must be conducted by the school district or regional
9superintendent once for every 5 years that an applicant remains
10employed by the school district.
11    (a-6) The school district or regional superintendent shall
12further perform a check of the Statewide Murderer and Violent
13Offender Against Youth Database, as authorized by the Murderer
14and Violent Offender Against Youth Community Notification Law,
15for each applicant. The check of the Murderer and Violent
16Offender Against Youth Database must be conducted by the school
17district or regional superintendent once for every 5 years that
18an applicant remains employed by the school district.
19    (b) Any information concerning the record of convictions
20obtained by the president of the board of education or the
21regional superintendent shall be confidential and may only be
22transmitted to the general superintendent of the school
23district or his designee, the appropriate regional
24superintendent if the check was requested by the board of
25education for the school district, the presidents of the
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1was requested from the Department of State Police by the
2regional superintendent, the State Superintendent of
3Education, the State Educator Preparation and Licensure State
4Teacher Certification Board or any other person necessary to
5the decision of hiring the applicant for employment. A copy of
6the record of convictions obtained from the Department of State
7Police shall be provided to the applicant for employment. Upon
8the check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database, the school
9district or regional superintendent shall notify an applicant
10as to whether or not the applicant has been identified in the
11Database as a sex offender. If a check of an applicant for
12employment as a substitute or concurrent part-time teacher or
13concurrent educational support personnel employee in more than
14one school district was requested by the regional
15superintendent, and the Department of State Police upon a check
16ascertains that the applicant has not been convicted of any of
17the enumerated criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c) of
18this Section or has not been convicted, within 7 years of the
19application for employment with the school district, of any
20other felony under the laws of this State or of any offense
21committed or attempted in any other state or against the laws
22of the United States that, if committed or attempted in this
23State, would have been punishable as a felony under the laws of
24this State and so notifies the regional superintendent and if
25the regional superintendent upon a check ascertains that the
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1as a sex offender, then the regional superintendent shall issue
2to the applicant a certificate evidencing that as of the date
3specified by the Department of State Police the applicant has
4not been convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug
5offenses in subsection (c) of this Section or has not been
6convicted, within 7 years of the application for employment
7with the school district, of any other felony under the laws of
8this State or of any offense committed or attempted in any
9other state or against the laws of the United States that, if
10committed or attempted in this State, would have been
11punishable as a felony under the laws of this State and
12evidencing that as of the date that the regional superintendent
13conducted a check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database, the
14applicant has not been identified in the Database as a sex
15offender. The school board of any school district may rely on
16the certificate issued by any regional superintendent to that
17substitute teacher, concurrent part-time teacher, or
18concurrent educational support personnel employee or may
19initiate its own criminal history records check of the
20applicant through the Department of State Police and its own
21check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database as provided in
22subsection (a). Any unauthorized release of confidential
23information may be a violation of Section 7 of the Criminal
24Identification Act.
25    (c) The board of education shall not knowingly employ a
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1him or her to license suspension or revocation pursuant to
2Section 21B-80 of this Code, except as provided under
3subsection (b) of 21B-80. Further, the board of education shall
4not knowingly employ a person who has been found to be the
5perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of any minor under 18
6years of age pursuant to proceedings under Article II of the
7Juvenile Court Act of 1987. The board of education shall not
8knowingly employ a person who has been issued an indicated
9finding of abuse or neglect of a child by the Department of
10Children and Family Services under the Abused and Neglected
11Child Reporting Act or by a child welfare agency of another
12jurisdiction.
13    (d) The board of education shall not knowingly employ a
14person for whom a criminal history records check and a
15Statewide Sex Offender Database check has not been initiated.
16    (e) No later than 15 business days after receipt of a
17record of conviction or of checking the Statewide Murderer and
18Violent Offender Against Youth Database or the Statewide Sex
19Offender Database and finding a registration, the general
20superintendent of schools or the applicable regional
21superintendent shall, in writing, notify the State
22Superintendent of Education of any license holder who has been
23convicted of a crime set forth in Section 21B-80 of this Code.
24Upon receipt of the record of a conviction of or a finding of
25child abuse by a holder of any license certificate issued
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1School Code, the State Superintendent of Education may initiate
2licensure certificate suspension and revocation proceedings as
3authorized by law. If the receipt of the record of conviction
4or finding of child abuse is received within 6 months after the
5initial grant of or renewal of a license, the State
6Superintendent of Education may rescind the license holder's
7license.
8    (e-5) The general superintendent of schools shall, in
9writing, notify the State Superintendent of Education of any
10license certificate holder whom he or she has reasonable cause
11to believe has committed an intentional act of abuse or neglect
12with the result of making a child an abused child or a
13neglected child, as defined in Section 3 of the Abused and
14Neglected Child Reporting Act, and that act resulted in the
15license certificate holder's dismissal or resignation from the
16school district. This notification must be submitted within 30
17days after the dismissal or resignation. The license
18certificate holder must also be contemporaneously sent a copy
19of the notice by the superintendent. All correspondence,
20documentation, and other information so received by the State
21Superintendent of Education, the State Board of Education, or
22the State Educator Preparation and Licensure State Teacher
23Certification Board under this subsection (e-5) is
24confidential and must not be disclosed to third parties, except
25(i) as necessary for the State Superintendent of Education or
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1Article 21B 21 of this Code, (ii) pursuant to a court order,
2(iii) for disclosure to the license certificate holder or his
3or her representative, or (iv) as otherwise provided in this
4Article and provided that any such information admitted into
5evidence in a hearing is exempt from this confidentiality and
6non-disclosure requirement. Except for an act of willful or
7wanton misconduct, any superintendent who provides
8notification as required in this subsection (e-5) shall have
9immunity from any liability, whether civil or criminal or that
10otherwise might result by reason of such action.
11    (f) After March 19, 1990, the provisions of this Section
12shall apply to all employees of persons or firms holding
13contracts with any school district including, but not limited
14to, food service workers, school bus drivers and other
15transportation employees, who have direct, daily contact with
16the pupils of any school in such district. For purposes of
17criminal history records checks and checks of the Statewide Sex
18Offender Database on employees of persons or firms holding
19contracts with more than one school district and assigned to
20more than one school district, the regional superintendent of
21the educational service region in which the contracting school
22districts are located may, at the request of any such school
23district, be responsible for receiving the authorization for a
24criminal history records check prepared by each such employee
25and submitting the same to the Department of State Police and
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1for each employee. Any information concerning the record of
2conviction and identification as a sex offender of any such
3employee obtained by the regional superintendent shall be
4promptly reported to the president of the appropriate school
5board or school boards.
6    (f-5) Upon request of a school or school district, any
7information obtained by the school district pursuant to
8subsection (f) of this Section within the last year must be
9made available to the requesting school or school district.
10    (g) Prior to the commencement of any student teaching
11experience or required internship (which is referred to as
12student teaching in this Section) in the public schools, a
13student teacher is required to authorize a fingerprint-based
14criminal history records check. Authorization for and payment
15of the costs of the check must be furnished by the student
16teacher to the school district. Upon receipt of this
17authorization and payment, the school district shall submit the
18student teacher's name, sex, race, date of birth, social
19security number, fingerprint images, and other identifiers, as
20prescribed by the Department of State Police, to the Department
21of State Police. The Department of State Police and the Federal
22Bureau of Investigation shall furnish, pursuant to a
23fingerprint-based criminal history records check, records of
24convictions, forever and hereinafter, until expunged, to the
25president of the board. The Department shall charge the school
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1exceed the cost of the inquiry and must be deposited into the
2State Police Services Fund. The school district shall further
3perform a check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database, as
4authorized by the Sex Offender Community Notification Law, and
5of the Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth
6Database, as authorized by the Murderer and Violent Offender
7Against Youth Registration Act, for each student teacher. The
8board may not knowingly allow a person to student teach for
9whom a criminal history records check, a Statewide Sex Offender
10Database check, and a Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender
11Against Youth Database check have not been completed and
12reviewed by the district.
13    A copy of the record of convictions obtained from the
14Department of State Police must be provided to the student
15teacher. Any information concerning the record of convictions
16obtained by the president of the board is confidential and may
17only be transmitted to the general superintendent of schools or
18his or her designee, the State Superintendent of Education, the
19State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, or, for
20clarification purposes, the Department of State Police or the
21Statewide Sex Offender Database or Statewide Murderer and
22Violent Offender Against Youth Database. Any unauthorized
23release of confidential information may be a violation of
24Section 7 of the Criminal Identification Act.
25    The board may not knowingly allow a person to student teach
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1her to license suspension or revocation pursuant to subsection
2(c) of Section 21B-80 of this Code, except as provided under
3subsection (b) of Section 21B-80. Further, the board may not
4allow a person to student teach if he or she or who has been
5found to be the perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of a
6minor under 18 years of age pursuant to proceedings under
7Article II of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. The board may not
8knowingly allow a person to student teach who has been issued
9an indicated finding of abuse or neglect of a child by the
10Department of Children and Family Services under the Abused and
11Neglected Child Reporting Act or by a child welfare agency of
12another jurisdiction.
13    (h) (Blank).
14(Source: P.A. 99-21, eff. 1-1-16; 99-667, eff. 7-29-16.)
 
15    (105 ILCS 5/34-84b)  (from Ch. 122, par. 34-84b)
16    Sec. 34-84b. Conviction of criminal sex or narcotics
17offense, first degree murder, attempted first degree murder, or
18Class X felony as grounds for revocation of certificate.
19    (a) Whenever the holder of any certificate issued by the
20board of education has been convicted of any criminal sex
21offense or narcotics offense as defined in this Section, the
22board of education shall forthwith suspend the certificate. If
23the conviction is reversed and the holder is acquitted of the
24offense in a new trial or the charges against him are
25dismissed, the board shall forthwith terminate the suspension

 

 

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1of the certificate. When the conviction becomes final, the
2board shall forthwith revoke the certificate. "Criminal Sex
3offense" as used in this Section means any one or more of the
4following offenses: (1) any offense defined in Sections 11-6,
511-9 through 11-9.5, inclusive, and 11-30 (if punished as a
6Class 4 felony) of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal
7Code of 2012; , Sections 11-14.1 11-14 through 11-21, inclusive,
8of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;
9Sections 11-23 (if punished as a Class 3 felony), 11-24, 11-25,
10and 11-26 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of
112012; Section 10-5.1, subsection (c) of Section 10-9, and
12Sections 11-6.6, 11-11, 12-3.05, 12-3.3, 12-6.4, 12-7.1,
1312-34, 12-34.5, and 12-35 of the Criminal Code of 2012; and and
14Sections 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 12-13,
1512-14, 12-14.1, 12-15 and 12-16, 12-32, 12-33, 12C-45, and 26-4
16(if punished pursuant to subdivision (4) or (5) of subsection
17(d) of Section 26-4) of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the
18Criminal Code of 2012; (2) any attempt to commit any of the
19foregoing offenses, and (3) any offense committed or attempted
20in any other state which, if committed or attempted in this
21State, would have been punishable as one or more of the
22foregoing offenses. "Narcotics offense" as used in this Section
23means any one or more of the following offenses: (1) any
24offense defined in the Cannabis Control Act except those
25defined in Sections 4(a), 4(b) and 5(a) of that Act and any
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1probation under the provisions of Section 10 of that Act and
2fulfills the terms and conditions of probation as may be
3required by the court; (2) any offense defined in the Illinois
4Controlled Substances Act except any offense for which the
5holder of any certificate is placed on probation under the
6provisions of Section 410 of that Act and fulfills the terms
7and conditions of probation as may be required by the court;
8(3) any offense defined in the Methamphetamine Control and
9Community Protection Act except any offense for which the
10holder of any certificate is placed on probation under the
11provision of Section 70 of that Act and fulfills the terms and
12conditions of probation as may be required by the court; (4)
13any attempt to commit any of the foregoing offenses; and (5)
14any offense committed or attempted in any other state or
15against the laws of the United States which, if committed or
16attempted in this State, would have been punishable as one or
17more of the foregoing offenses.
18    (a-5) Whenever the holder of a license issued pursuant to
19Article 21B or applicant for a license to be issued pursuant to
20Article 21B has been charged with attempting to commit,
21conspiring to commit, soliciting, or committing a criminal
22offense, first degree murder, or a Class X felony or any
23offense committed or attempted in any other state or against
24the laws of the United States that, if committed or attempted
25in this State, would have been punishable as one or more of the
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1shall immediately suspend the license or deny the application
2until the person's criminal charges are adjudicated through a
3court of competent jurisdiction. If the person is acquitted,
4the license or application shall be immediately reinstated.
5    (b) Whenever the holder of any certificate issued by the
6board of education or pursuant to Article 21B 21 or any other
7provisions of the School Code has been convicted of first
8degree murder, attempted first degree murder, or a Class X
9felony, the board of education or the State Superintendent of
10Education shall forthwith suspend the certificate. If the
11conviction is reversed and the holder is acquitted of that
12offense in a new trial or the charges that he or she committed
13that offense are dismissed, the State Superintendent of
14Education suspending authority shall forthwith terminate the
15suspension of the certificate. When the conviction becomes
16final, the State Superintendent of Education shall forthwith
17revoke the certificate. The stated offenses of "first degree
18murder", "attempted first degree murder", and "Class X felony"
19referred to in this Section include any offense committed in
20another state that, if committed in this State, would have been
21punishable as any one of the stated offenses.
22(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)".