Full Text of SB0463 103rd 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 Sections | 5 | | 21B-20, 24-11, and 24A-7 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/21B-20) | 7 | | Sec. 21B-20. Types of licenses. The State Board of | 8 | | Education shall implement a system of educator licensure, | 9 | | whereby individuals employed in school districts who are | 10 | | required to be licensed must have one of the following | 11 | | licenses: (i) a professional educator license; (ii) an | 12 | | educator license with stipulations; (iii) a substitute | 13 | | teaching license; or (iv) until June 30, 2028, a short-term | 14 | | substitute teaching license. References in law regarding | 15 | | individuals certified or certificated or required to be | 16 | | certified or certificated under Article 21 of this Code shall | 17 | | also include individuals licensed or required to be licensed | 18 | | under this Article. The first year of all licenses ends on June | 19 | | 30 following one full year of the license being issued. | 20 | | The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | 21 | | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may adopt such | 22 | | rules as may be necessary to govern the requirements for | 23 | | licenses and endorsements under this Section. |
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| 1 | | (1) Professional Educator License. Persons who (i) | 2 | | have successfully completed an approved educator | 3 | | preparation program and are recommended for licensure by | 4 | | the Illinois institution offering the educator preparation | 5 | | program, (ii) have successfully completed the required | 6 | | testing under Section 21B-30 of this Code, (iii) have | 7 | | successfully completed coursework on the psychology of, | 8 | | the identification of, and the methods of instruction for | 9 | | the exceptional child, including, without limitation, | 10 | | children with learning disabilities, (iv) have | 11 | | successfully completed coursework in methods of reading | 12 | | and reading in the content area, and (v) have met all other | 13 | | criteria established by rule of the State Board of | 14 | | Education shall be issued a Professional Educator License. | 15 | | All Professional Educator Licenses are valid until June 30 | 16 | | immediately following 5 years of the license being issued. | 17 | | The Professional Educator License shall be endorsed with | 18 | | specific areas and grade levels in which the individual is | 19 | | eligible to practice. For an early childhood education | 20 | | endorsement, an individual may satisfy the student | 21 | | teaching requirement of his or her early childhood teacher | 22 | | preparation program through placement in a setting with | 23 | | children from birth through grade 2, and the individual | 24 | | may be paid and receive credit while student teaching. The | 25 | | student teaching experience must meet the requirements of | 26 | | and be approved by the individual's early childhood |
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| 1 | | teacher preparation program. | 2 | | Individuals can receive subsequent endorsements on the | 3 | | Professional Educator License. Subsequent endorsements | 4 | | shall require a minimum of 24 semester hours of coursework | 5 | | in the endorsement area and passage of the applicable | 6 | | content area test, unless otherwise specified by rule. | 7 | | (2) Educator License with Stipulations. An Educator | 8 | | License with Stipulations shall be issued an endorsement | 9 | | that limits the license holder to one particular position | 10 | | or does not require completion of an approved educator | 11 | | program or both. | 12 | | An individual with an Educator License with | 13 | | Stipulations must not be employed by a school district or | 14 | | any other entity to replace any presently employed teacher | 15 | | who otherwise would not be replaced for any reason. | 16 | | An Educator License with Stipulations may be issued | 17 | | with the following endorsements: | 18 | | (A) (Blank). | 19 | | (B) Alternative provisional educator. An | 20 | | alternative provisional educator endorsement on an | 21 | | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued to an | 22 | | applicant who, at the time of applying for the | 23 | | endorsement, has done all of the following: | 24 | | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | 25 | | college or university with a minimum of a | 26 | | bachelor's degree. |
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| 1 | | (ii) Successfully completed the first phase of | 2 | | the Alternative Educator Licensure Program for | 3 | | Teachers, as described in Section 21B-50 of this | 4 | | Code. | 5 | | (iii) Passed a content area test, as required | 6 | | under Section 21B-30 of this Code. | 7 | | The alternative provisional educator endorsement is | 8 | | valid for 2 years of teaching and may be renewed for a | 9 | | third year by an individual meeting the requirements set | 10 | | forth in Section 21B-50 of this Code. | 11 | | (C) Alternative provisional superintendent. An | 12 | | alternative provisional superintendent endorsement on | 13 | | an Educator License with Stipulations entitles the | 14 | | holder to serve only as a superintendent or assistant | 15 | | superintendent in a school district's central office. | 16 | | This endorsement may only be issued to an applicant | 17 | | who, at the time of applying for the endorsement, has | 18 | | done all of the following: | 19 | | (i) Graduated from a regionally accredited | 20 | | college or university with a minimum of a master's | 21 | | degree in a management field other than education. | 22 | | (ii) Been employed for a period of at least 5 | 23 | | years in a management level position in a field | 24 | | other than education. | 25 | | (iii) Successfully completed the first phase | 26 | | of an alternative route to superintendent |
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| 1 | | endorsement program, as provided in Section 21B-55 | 2 | | of this Code. | 3 | | (iv) Passed a content area test required under | 4 | | Section 21B-30 of this Code. | 5 | | The endorsement is valid for 2 fiscal years in | 6 | | order to complete one full year of serving as a | 7 | | superintendent or assistant superintendent. | 8 | | (D) (Blank). | 9 | | (E) Career and technical educator. A career and | 10 | | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | 11 | | with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who | 12 | | has a minimum of 60 semester hours of coursework from a | 13 | | regionally accredited institution of higher education | 14 | | or an accredited trade and technical institution and | 15 | | has a minimum of 2,000 hours of experience outside of | 16 | | education in each area to be taught. | 17 | | The career and technical educator endorsement on | 18 | | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | 19 | | June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | 20 | | endorsement being issued and may be renewed. | 21 | | An individual who holds a valid career and | 22 | | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | 23 | | with Stipulations but does not hold a bachelor's | 24 | | degree may substitute teach in career and technical | 25 | | education classrooms. | 26 | | An individual who holds a valid career and |
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| 1 | | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | 2 | | with Stipulations is entitled to all of the rights and | 3 | | privileges granted to a holder of a Professional | 4 | | Educator License. | 5 | | (F) (Blank). | 6 | | (G) Transitional bilingual educator. A | 7 | | transitional bilingual educator endorsement on an | 8 | | Educator License with Stipulations may be issued for | 9 | | the purpose of providing instruction in accordance | 10 | | with Article 14C of this Code to an applicant who | 11 | | provides satisfactory evidence that he or she meets | 12 | | all of the following requirements: | 13 | | (i) Possesses adequate speaking, reading, and | 14 | | writing ability in the language other than English | 15 | | in which transitional bilingual education is | 16 | | offered. | 17 | | (ii) Has the ability to successfully | 18 | | communicate in English. | 19 | | (iii) Either possessed, within 5 years | 20 | | previous to his or her applying for a transitional | 21 | | bilingual educator endorsement, a valid and | 22 | | comparable teaching certificate or comparable | 23 | | authorization issued by a foreign country or holds | 24 | | a degree from an institution of higher learning in | 25 | | a foreign country that the State Educator | 26 | | Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be |
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| 1 | | the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | 2 | | regionally accredited institution of higher | 3 | | learning in the United States. | 4 | | A transitional bilingual educator endorsement | 5 | | shall be valid for prekindergarten through grade 12, | 6 | | is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years | 7 | | of the endorsement being issued, and shall not be | 8 | | renewed. | 9 | | Persons holding a transitional bilingual educator | 10 | | endorsement shall not be employed to replace any | 11 | | presently employed teacher who otherwise would not be | 12 | | replaced for any reason. | 13 | | (H) Language endorsement. In an effort to | 14 | | alleviate the shortage of teachers speaking a language | 15 | | other than English in the public schools, an | 16 | | individual who holds an Educator License with | 17 | | Stipulations may also apply for a language | 18 | | endorsement, provided that the applicant provides | 19 | | satisfactory evidence that he or she meets all of the | 20 | | following requirements: | 21 | | (i) Holds a transitional bilingual | 22 | | endorsement. | 23 | | (ii) Has demonstrated proficiency in the | 24 | | language for which the endorsement is to be issued | 25 | | by passing the applicable language content test | 26 | | required by the State Board of Education. |
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| 1 | | (iii) Holds a bachelor's degree or higher from | 2 | | a regionally accredited institution of higher | 3 | | education or, for individuals educated in a | 4 | | country other than the United States, holds a | 5 | | degree from an institution of higher learning in a | 6 | | foreign country that the State Educator | 7 | | Preparation and Licensure Board determines to be | 8 | | the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a | 9 | | regionally accredited institution of higher | 10 | | learning in the United States. | 11 | | (iv) (Blank). | 12 | | A language endorsement on an Educator License with | 13 | | Stipulations is valid for prekindergarten through | 14 | | grade 12 for the same validity period as the | 15 | | individual's transitional bilingual educator | 16 | | endorsement on the Educator License with Stipulations | 17 | | and shall not be renewed. | 18 | | (I) Visiting international educator. A visiting | 19 | | international educator endorsement on an Educator | 20 | | License with Stipulations may be issued to an | 21 | | individual who is being recruited by a particular | 22 | | school district that conducts formal recruitment | 23 | | programs outside of the United States to secure the | 24 | | services of qualified teachers and who meets all of | 25 | | the following requirements: | 26 | | (i) Holds the equivalent of a minimum of a |
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| 1 | | bachelor's degree issued in the United States. | 2 | | (ii) Has been prepared as a teacher at the | 3 | | grade level for which he or she will be employed. | 4 | | (iii) Has adequate content knowledge in the | 5 | | subject to be taught. | 6 | | (iv) Has an adequate command of the English | 7 | | language. | 8 | | A holder of a visiting international educator | 9 | | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | 10 | | shall be permitted to teach in bilingual education | 11 | | programs in the language that was the medium of | 12 | | instruction in his or her teacher preparation program, | 13 | | provided that he or she passes the English Language | 14 | | Proficiency Examination or another test of writing | 15 | | skills in English identified by the State Board of | 16 | | Education, in consultation with the State Educator | 17 | | Preparation and Licensure Board. | 18 | | A visiting international educator endorsement on | 19 | | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid for 5 | 20 | | years and shall not be renewed. | 21 | | (J) Paraprofessional educator. A paraprofessional | 22 | | educator endorsement on an Educator License with | 23 | | Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who holds a | 24 | | high school diploma or its recognized equivalent and | 25 | | (i) holds an associate's degree or a minimum of 60 | 26 | | semester hours of credit from a regionally accredited |
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| 1 | | institution of higher education; (ii) has passed a | 2 | | paraprofessional competency test under subsection | 3 | | (c-5) of Section 21B-30; or (iii) is at least 18 years | 4 | | of age and will be using the Educator License with | 5 | | Stipulations exclusively for grades prekindergarten | 6 | | through grade 8, until the individual reaches the age | 7 | | of 19 years and otherwise meets the criteria for a | 8 | | paraprofessional educator endorsement pursuant to this | 9 | | subparagraph (J). The paraprofessional educator | 10 | | endorsement is valid until June 30 immediately | 11 | | following 5 years of the endorsement being issued and | 12 | | may be renewed through application and payment of the | 13 | | appropriate fee, as required under Section 21B-40 of | 14 | | this Code. An individual who holds only a | 15 | | paraprofessional educator endorsement is not subject | 16 | | to additional requirements in order to renew the | 17 | | endorsement. | 18 | | (K) Chief school business official. A chief school | 19 | | business official endorsement on an Educator License | 20 | | with Stipulations may be issued to an applicant who | 21 | | qualifies by having a master's degree or higher, 2 | 22 | | years of full-time administrative experience in school | 23 | | business management or 2 years of university-approved | 24 | | practical experience, and a minimum of 24 semester | 25 | | hours of graduate credit in a program approved by the | 26 | | State Board of Education for the preparation of school |
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| 1 | | business administrators and by passage of the | 2 | | applicable State tests, including an applicable | 3 | | content area test. | 4 | | The chief school business official endorsement may | 5 | | also be affixed to the Educator License with | 6 | | Stipulations of any holder who qualifies by having a | 7 | | master's degree in business administration, finance, | 8 | | accounting, or public administration and who completes | 9 | | an additional 6 semester hours of internship in school | 10 | | business management from a regionally accredited | 11 | | institution of higher education and passes the | 12 | | applicable State tests, including an applicable | 13 | | content area test. This endorsement shall be required | 14 | | for any individual employed as a chief school business | 15 | | official. | 16 | | The chief school business official endorsement on | 17 | | an Educator License with Stipulations is valid until | 18 | | June 30 immediately following 5 years of the | 19 | | endorsement being issued and may be renewed if the | 20 | | license holder completes renewal requirements as | 21 | | required for individuals who hold a Professional | 22 | | Educator License endorsed for chief school business | 23 | | official under Section 21B-45 of this Code and such | 24 | | rules as may be adopted by the State Board of | 25 | | Education. | 26 | | The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules |
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| 1 | | necessary to implement Public Act 100-288. | 2 | | (L) Provisional in-state educator. A provisional | 3 | | in-state educator endorsement on an Educator License | 4 | | with Stipulations may be issued to a candidate who has | 5 | | completed an Illinois-approved educator preparation | 6 | | program at an Illinois institution of higher education | 7 | | and who has not successfully completed an | 8 | | evidence-based assessment of teacher effectiveness but | 9 | | who meets all of the following requirements: | 10 | | (i) Holds at least a bachelor's degree. | 11 | | (ii) Has completed an approved educator | 12 | | preparation program at an Illinois institution. | 13 | | (iii) Has passed an applicable content area | 14 | | test, as required by Section 21B-30 of this Code. | 15 | | (iv) Has attempted an evidence-based | 16 | | assessment of teacher effectiveness and received a | 17 | | minimum score on that assessment, as established | 18 | | by the State Board of Education in consultation | 19 | | with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | 20 | | Board. | 21 | | A provisional in-state educator endorsement on an | 22 | | Educator License with Stipulations is valid for one | 23 | | full fiscal year after the date of issuance and may not | 24 | | be renewed. | 25 | | (M) (Blank). | 26 | | (N) Specialized services. A specialized services |
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| 1 | | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | 2 | | may be issued as defined and specified by rule. | 3 | | (O) Provisional career and technical educator. A | 4 | | provisional career and technical educator endorsement | 5 | | on an Educator License with Stipulations may be issued | 6 | | to an applicant who has a minimum of 8,000 hours of | 7 | | work experience in the skill for which the applicant | 8 | | is seeking the endorsement. Each employing school | 9 | | board and regional office of education shall provide | 10 | | verification, in writing, to the State Superintendent | 11 | | of Education at the time the application is submitted | 12 | | that no qualified teacher holding a Professional | 13 | | Educator License or an Educator License with | 14 | | Stipulations with a career and technical educator | 15 | | endorsement is available to teach and that actual | 16 | | circumstances require such issuance. | 17 | | A provisional career and technical educator | 18 | | endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations | 19 | | is valid until June 30 immediately following 5 years | 20 | | of the endorsement being issued and may be renewed. | 21 | | An individual who holds a provisional career and | 22 | | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License | 23 | | with Stipulations may teach as a substitute teacher in | 24 | | career and technical education classrooms. | 25 | | An individual who holds a provisional career and | 26 | | technical educator endorsement on an Educator License |
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| 1 | | with Stipulations is entitled to all of the rights and | 2 | | privileges granted to a holder of a Professional | 3 | | Educator License. | 4 | | (3) Substitute Teaching License. A Substitute Teaching | 5 | | License may be issued to qualified applicants for | 6 | | substitute teaching in all grades of the public schools, | 7 | | prekindergarten through grade 12. Substitute Teaching | 8 | | Licenses are not eligible for endorsements. Applicants for | 9 | | a Substitute Teaching License must hold a bachelor's | 10 | | degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution | 11 | | of higher education or must be enrolled in an approved | 12 | | educator preparation program in this State and have earned | 13 | | at least 90 credit hours. | 14 | | Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for 5 years. | 15 | | Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for substitute | 16 | | teaching in every county of this State. If an individual | 17 | | has had his or her Professional Educator License or | 18 | | Educator License with Stipulations suspended or revoked, | 19 | | then that individual is not eligible to obtain a | 20 | | Substitute Teaching License. | 21 | | A substitute teacher may only teach in the place of a | 22 | | licensed teacher who is under contract with the employing | 23 | | board. If, however, there is no licensed teacher under | 24 | | contract because of an emergency situation, then a | 25 | | district may employ a substitute teacher for no longer | 26 | | than 30 calendar days per each vacant position in the |
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| 1 | | district if the district notifies the appropriate regional | 2 | | office of education within 5 business days after the | 3 | | employment of the substitute teacher in that vacant | 4 | | position. A district may continue to employ that same | 5 | | substitute teacher in that same vacant position for 90 | 6 | | calendar days or until the end of the semester, whichever | 7 | | is greater, if, prior to the expiration of the | 8 | | 30-calendar-day period then current, the district files a | 9 | | written request with the appropriate regional office of | 10 | | education for a 30-calendar-day extension on the basis | 11 | | that the position remains vacant and the district | 12 | | continues to actively seek qualified candidates and | 13 | | provides documentation that it has provided training | 14 | | specific to the position, including training on meeting | 15 | | the needs of students with disabilities and English | 16 | | learners if applicable. Each extension request shall be | 17 | | granted in writing by the regional office of education. An | 18 | | emergency situation is one in which an unforeseen vacancy | 19 | | has occurred and (i) a teacher is unexpectedly unable to | 20 | | fulfill his or her contractual duties or (ii) teacher | 21 | | capacity needs of the district exceed previous indications | 22 | | or vacancies are unfilled due to a lack of qualified | 23 | | candidates, and the district is actively engaged in | 24 | | advertising to hire a fully licensed teacher for the | 25 | | vacant position. | 26 | | There is no limit on the number of days that a |
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| 1 | | substitute teacher may teach in a single school district, | 2 | | provided that no substitute teacher may teach for longer | 3 | | than 120 days beginning with the 2021-2022 school year | 4 | | through the 2022-2023 school year, otherwise 90 school | 5 | | days for any one licensed teacher under contract in the | 6 | | same school year. A substitute teacher who holds a | 7 | | Professional Educator License or Educator License with | 8 | | Stipulations shall not teach for more than 120 school days | 9 | | for any one licensed teacher under contract in the same | 10 | | school year. The limitations in this paragraph (3) on the | 11 | | number of days a substitute teacher may be employed do not | 12 | | apply to any school district operating under Article 34 of | 13 | | this Code. | 14 | | A school district may not require an individual who | 15 | | holds a valid Professional Educator License or Educator | 16 | | License with Stipulations to seek or hold a Substitute | 17 | | Teaching License to teach as a substitute teacher. | 18 | | (4) Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. Beginning | 19 | | on July 1, 2018 and until June 30, 2028, applicants may | 20 | | apply to the State Board of Education for issuance of a | 21 | | Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. A Short-Term | 22 | | Substitute Teaching License may be issued to a qualified | 23 | | applicant for substitute teaching in all grades of the | 24 | | public schools, prekindergarten through grade 12. | 25 | | Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are not eligible | 26 | | for endorsements. Applicants for a Short-Term Substitute |
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| 1 | | Teaching License must hold an associate's degree or have | 2 | | completed at least 60 credit hours from a regionally | 3 | | accredited institution of higher education. | 4 | | Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses are valid for | 5 | | substitute teaching in every county of this State. If an | 6 | | individual has had his or her Professional Educator | 7 | | License or Educator License with Stipulations suspended or | 8 | | revoked, then that individual is not eligible to obtain a | 9 | | Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. | 10 | | The provisions of Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this | 11 | | Code apply to short-term substitute teachers. | 12 | | An individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | 13 | | License may teach no more than 15 consecutive days per | 14 | | licensed teacher who is under contract. For teacher | 15 | | absences lasting 6 or more days per licensed teacher who | 16 | | is under contract, a school district may not hire an | 17 | | individual holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching | 18 | | License, unless the Governor has declared a disaster due | 19 | | to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | 20 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. An individual | 21 | | holding a Short-Term Substitute Teaching License must | 22 | | complete the training program under Section 10-20.67 or | 23 | | 34-18.60 of this Code to be eligible to teach at a public | 24 | | school. Short-Term Substitute Teaching Licenses under this | 25 | | Section are valid for 5 years. | 26 | | (Source: P.A. 102-711, eff. 1-1-23; 102-712, eff. 4-27-22; |
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| 1 | | 102-713, eff. 1-1-23; 102-717, eff. 4-29-22; 102-894, eff. | 2 | | 5-20-22; 103-111, eff. 6-29-23; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; | 3 | | 103-193, eff. 1-1-24; 103-564, eff. 11-17-23 .) | 4 | | (105 ILCS 5/24-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-11) | 5 | | Sec. 24-11. Boards of Education - Boards of School | 6 | | Inspectors - Contractual continued service. | 7 | | (a) As used in this and the succeeding Sections of this | 8 | | Article: | 9 | | "Teacher" means any or all school district employees | 10 | | regularly required to be licensed under laws relating to the | 11 | | licensure of teachers. | 12 | | "Board" means board of directors, board of education, or | 13 | | board of school inspectors, as the case may be. | 14 | | "School term" means that portion of the school year, July | 15 | | 1 to the following June 30, when school is in actual session. | 16 | | "Program" means a program of a special education joint | 17 | | agreement. | 18 | | "Program of a special education joint agreement" means | 19 | | instructional, consultative, supervisory, administrative, | 20 | | diagnostic, and related services that are managed by a special | 21 | | educational joint agreement designed to service 2 or more | 22 | | school districts that are members of the joint agreement. | 23 | | "PERA implementation date" means the implementation date | 24 | | of an evaluation system for teachers as specified by Section | 25 | | 24A-2.5 of this Code for all schools within a school district |
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| 1 | | or all programs of a special education joint agreement. | 2 | | (b) This Section and Sections 24-12 through 24-16 of this | 3 | | Article apply only to school districts having less than | 4 | | 500,000 inhabitants. | 5 | | (c) Any teacher who is first employed as a full-time | 6 | | teacher in a school district or program prior to the PERA | 7 | | implementation date and who is employed in that district or | 8 | | program for a probationary period of 4 consecutive school | 9 | | terms shall enter upon contractual continued service in the | 10 | | district or in all of the programs that the teacher is legally | 11 | | qualified to hold, unless the teacher is given written notice | 12 | | of dismissal by certified mail, return receipt requested, by | 13 | | the employing board at least 45 days before the end of any | 14 | | school term within such period. | 15 | | (d) For any teacher who is first employed as a full-time | 16 | | teacher in a school district or program on or after the PERA | 17 | | implementation date but before July 1, 2023, the probationary | 18 | | period shall be one of the following periods, based upon the | 19 | | teacher's school terms of service and performance, before the | 20 | | teacher shall enter upon contractual continued service in the | 21 | | district or in all of the programs that the teacher is legally | 22 | | qualified to hold, unless the teacher is given written notice | 23 | | of dismissal by certified mail, return receipt requested, by | 24 | | the employing board on or before April 15: | 25 | | (1) 4 consecutive school terms of service in which the | 26 | | teacher holds a Professional Educator License , an Educator |
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| 1 | | License with Stipulations with a career and technical | 2 | | educator endorsement, or an Educator License with | 3 | | Stipulations with a provisional career and technical | 4 | | educator endorsement and receives overall annual | 5 | | evaluation ratings of at least "Proficient" in the last | 6 | | school term and at least "Proficient" in either the second | 7 | | or third school terms; | 8 | | (2) 3 consecutive school terms of service in which the | 9 | | teacher holds a Professional Educator License , an Educator | 10 | | License with Stipulations with a career and technical | 11 | | educator endorsement, or an Educator License with | 12 | | Stipulations with a provisional career and technical | 13 | | educator endorsement and receives 2 overall annual | 14 | | evaluations of "Excellent"; or | 15 | | (3) 2 consecutive school terms of service in which the | 16 | | teacher holds a Professional Educator License , an Educator | 17 | | License with Stipulations with a career and technical | 18 | | educator endorsement, or an Educator License with | 19 | | Stipulations with a provisional career and technical | 20 | | educator endorsement and receives 2 overall annual | 21 | | evaluations of "Excellent" service, but only if the | 22 | | teacher (i) previously attained contractual continued | 23 | | service in a different school district or program in this | 24 | | State, (ii) voluntarily departed or was honorably | 25 | | dismissed from that school district or program in the | 26 | | school term immediately prior to the teacher's first |
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| 1 | | school term of service applicable to the attainment of | 2 | | contractual continued service under this subdivision (3), | 3 | | and (iii) received, in his or her 2 most recent overall | 4 | | annual or biennial evaluations from the prior school | 5 | | district or program, ratings of at least "Proficient", | 6 | | with both such ratings occurring after the school | 7 | | district's or program's PERA implementation date. For a | 8 | | teacher to attain contractual continued service under this | 9 | | subdivision (3), the teacher shall provide official copies | 10 | | of his or her 2 most recent overall annual or biennial | 11 | | evaluations from the prior school district or program to | 12 | | the new school district or program within 60 days from the | 13 | | teacher's first day of service with the new school | 14 | | district or program. The prior school district or program | 15 | | must provide the teacher with official copies of his or | 16 | | her 2 most recent overall annual or biennial evaluations | 17 | | within 14 days after the teacher's request. If a teacher | 18 | | has requested such official copies prior to 45 days after | 19 | | the teacher's first day of service with the new school | 20 | | district or program and the teacher's prior school | 21 | | district or program fails to provide the teacher with the | 22 | | official copies required under this subdivision (3), then | 23 | | the time period for the teacher to submit the official | 24 | | copies to his or her new school district or program must be | 25 | | extended until 14 days after receipt of such copies from | 26 | | the prior school district or program. If the prior school |
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| 1 | | district or program fails to provide the teacher with the | 2 | | official copies required under this subdivision (3) within | 3 | | 90 days from the teacher's first day of service with the | 4 | | new school district or program, then the new school | 5 | | district or program shall rely upon the teacher's own | 6 | | copies of his or her evaluations for purposes of this | 7 | | subdivision (3). | 8 | | If the teacher does not receive overall annual evaluations | 9 | | of "Excellent" in the school terms necessary for eligibility | 10 | | to achieve accelerated contractual continued service in | 11 | | subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection (d), the teacher | 12 | | shall be eligible for contractual continued service pursuant | 13 | | to subdivision (1) of this subsection (d). If, at the | 14 | | conclusion of 4 consecutive school terms of service that count | 15 | | toward attainment of contractual continued service, the | 16 | | teacher's performance does not qualify the teacher for | 17 | | contractual continued service under subdivision (1) of this | 18 | | subsection (d), then the teacher shall not enter upon | 19 | | contractual continued service and shall be dismissed. If a | 20 | | performance evaluation is not conducted for any school term | 21 | | when such evaluation is required to be conducted under Section | 22 | | 24A-5 of this Code, then the teacher's performance evaluation | 23 | | rating for such school term for purposes of determining the | 24 | | attainment of contractual continued service shall be deemed | 25 | | "Proficient", except that, during any time in which the | 26 | | Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health |
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| 1 | | emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency | 2 | | Management Agency Act, this default to "Proficient" does not | 3 | | apply to any teacher who has entered into contractual | 4 | | continued service and who was deemed "Excellent" on his or her | 5 | | most recent evaluation. During any time in which the Governor | 6 | | has declared a disaster due to a public health emergency | 7 | | pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management | 8 | | Agency Act and unless the school board and any exclusive | 9 | | bargaining representative have completed the performance | 10 | | rating for teachers or mutually agreed to an alternate | 11 | | performance rating, any teacher who has entered into | 12 | | contractual continued service, whose most recent evaluation | 13 | | was deemed "Excellent", and whose performance evaluation is | 14 | | not conducted when the evaluation is required to be conducted | 15 | | shall receive a teacher's performance rating deemed | 16 | | "Excellent". A school board and any exclusive bargaining | 17 | | representative may mutually agree to an alternate performance | 18 | | rating for teachers not in contractual continued service | 19 | | during any time in which the Governor has declared a disaster | 20 | | due to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | 21 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, as long as the | 22 | | agreement is in writing. | 23 | | (d-5) For any teacher who is first employed as a full-time | 24 | | teacher in a school district or program on or after July 1, | 25 | | 2023, the probationary period shall be one of the following | 26 | | periods, based upon the teacher's school terms of service and |
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| 1 | | performance, before the teacher shall enter upon contractual | 2 | | continued service in the district or in all of the programs | 3 | | that the teacher is legally qualified to hold, unless the | 4 | | teacher is given written notice of dismissal by certified | 5 | | mail, return receipt requested, by the employing board on or | 6 | | before April 15: | 7 | | (1) 3 consecutive school terms of service in which the | 8 | | teacher holds a Professional Educator License , an Educator | 9 | | License with Stipulations with a career and technical | 10 | | educator endorsement, or an Educator License with | 11 | | Stipulations with a provisional career and technical | 12 | | educator endorsement and receives overall annual | 13 | | evaluation ratings of at least "Proficient" in the second | 14 | | and third school terms; | 15 | | (2) 2 consecutive school terms of service in which the | 16 | | teacher holds a Professional Educator License , an Educator | 17 | | License with Stipulations with a career and technical | 18 | | educator endorsement, or an Educator License with | 19 | | Stipulations with a provisional career and technical | 20 | | educator endorsement and receives 2 overall annual | 21 | | evaluations of "Excellent"; or | 22 | | (3) 2 consecutive school terms of service in which the | 23 | | teacher holds a Professional Educator License , an Educator | 24 | | License with Stipulations with a career and technical | 25 | | educator endorsement, or an Educator License with | 26 | | Stipulations with a provisional career and technical |
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| 1 | | educator endorsement and receives 2 overall annual | 2 | | evaluations of "Excellent" service, but only if the | 3 | | teacher (i) previously attained contractual continued | 4 | | service in a different school district or program in this | 5 | | State, (ii) voluntarily departed or was honorably | 6 | | dismissed from that school district or program in the | 7 | | school term immediately prior to the teacher's first | 8 | | school term of service applicable to the attainment of | 9 | | contractual continued service under this subdivision (3), | 10 | | and (iii) received, in his or her 2 most recent overall | 11 | | annual or biennial evaluations from the prior school | 12 | | district or program, ratings of at least "Proficient", | 13 | | with both such ratings occurring after the school | 14 | | district's or program's PERA implementation date. For a | 15 | | teacher to attain contractual continued service under this | 16 | | subdivision (3), the teacher shall provide official copies | 17 | | of his or her 2 most recent overall annual or biennial | 18 | | evaluations from the prior school district or program to | 19 | | the new school district or program within 60 days from the | 20 | | teacher's first day of service with the new school | 21 | | district or program. The prior school district or program | 22 | | must provide the teacher with official copies of his or | 23 | | her 2 most recent overall annual or biennial evaluations | 24 | | within 14 days after the teacher's request. If a teacher | 25 | | has requested such official copies prior to 45 days after | 26 | | the teacher's first day of service with the new school |
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| 1 | | district or program and the teacher's prior school | 2 | | district or program fails to provide the teacher with the | 3 | | official copies required under this subdivision (3), then | 4 | | the time period for the teacher to submit the official | 5 | | copies to his or her new school district or program must be | 6 | | extended until 14 days after receipt of such copies from | 7 | | the prior school district or program. If the prior school | 8 | | district or program fails to provide the teacher with the | 9 | | official copies required under this subdivision (3) within | 10 | | 90 days from the teacher's first day of service with the | 11 | | new school district or program, then the new school | 12 | | district or program shall rely upon the teacher's own | 13 | | copies of his or her evaluations for purposes of this | 14 | | subdivision (3). | 15 | | If the teacher does not receive overall annual evaluations | 16 | | of "Excellent" in the school terms necessary for eligibility | 17 | | to achieve accelerated contractual continued service in | 18 | | subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection (d-5) (d) , the | 19 | | teacher shall be eligible for contractual continued service | 20 | | pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection (d-5) (d) . If, | 21 | | at the conclusion of 3 consecutive school terms of service | 22 | | that count toward attainment of contractual continued service, | 23 | | the teacher's performance does not qualify the teacher for | 24 | | contractual continued service under subdivision (1) of this | 25 | | subsection (d-5) (d) , then the teacher shall not enter upon | 26 | | contractual continued service and shall be dismissed. If a |
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| 1 | | performance evaluation is not conducted for any school term | 2 | | when such evaluation is required to be conducted under Section | 3 | | 24A-5 of this Code, then the teacher's performance evaluation | 4 | | rating for such school term for purposes of determining the | 5 | | attainment of contractual continued service shall be deemed | 6 | | "Proficient", except that, during any time in which the | 7 | | Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health | 8 | | emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency | 9 | | Management Agency Act, this default to "Proficient" does not | 10 | | apply to any teacher who has entered into contractual | 11 | | continued service and who was deemed "Excellent" on his or her | 12 | | most recent evaluation. During any time in which the Governor | 13 | | has declared a disaster due to a public health emergency | 14 | | pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management | 15 | | Agency Act and unless the school board and any exclusive | 16 | | bargaining representative have completed the performance | 17 | | rating for teachers or mutually agreed to an alternate | 18 | | performance rating, any teacher who has entered into | 19 | | contractual continued service, whose most recent evaluation | 20 | | was deemed "Excellent", and whose performance evaluation is | 21 | | not conducted when the evaluation is required to be conducted | 22 | | shall receive a teacher's performance rating deemed | 23 | | "Excellent". A school board and any exclusive bargaining | 24 | | representative may mutually agree to an alternate performance | 25 | | rating for teachers not in contractual continued service | 26 | | during any time in which the Governor has declared a disaster |
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| 1 | | due to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the | 2 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, as long as the | 3 | | agreement is in writing. | 4 | | (e) For the purposes of determining contractual continued | 5 | | service, a school term shall be counted only toward attainment | 6 | | of contractual continued service if the teacher actually | 7 | | teaches or is otherwise present and participating in the | 8 | | district's or program's educational program for 120 days or | 9 | | more, provided that the days of leave under the federal Family | 10 | | Medical Leave Act that the teacher is required to take until | 11 | | the end of the school term shall be considered days of teaching | 12 | | or participation in the district's or program's educational | 13 | | program. A school term that is not counted toward attainment | 14 | | of contractual continued service shall not be considered a | 15 | | break in service for purposes of determining whether a teacher | 16 | | has been employed for consecutive school terms, provided that | 17 | | the teacher actually teaches or is otherwise present and | 18 | | participating in the district's or program's educational | 19 | | program in the following school term. | 20 | | (f) If the employing board determines to dismiss the | 21 | | teacher in the last year of the probationary period as | 22 | | provided in subsection (c) of this Section or subdivision (1) | 23 | | or (2) of subsection (d) of this Section or subdivision (1) or | 24 | | (2) of subsection (d-5) of this Section, but not subdivision | 25 | | (3) of subsection (d) of this Section or subdivision (3) of | 26 | | subsection (d-5) of this Section, the written notice of |
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| 1 | | dismissal provided by the employing board must contain | 2 | | specific reasons for dismissal. Any full-time teacher who does | 3 | | not receive written notice from the employing board on or | 4 | | before April 15 as provided in this Section and whose | 5 | | performance does not require dismissal after the fourth | 6 | | probationary year pursuant to subsection (d) of this Section | 7 | | or the third probationary year pursuant to subsection (d-5) of | 8 | | this Section shall be re-employed for the following school | 9 | | term. | 10 | | (g) Contractual continued service shall continue in effect | 11 | | the terms and provisions of the contract with the teacher | 12 | | during the last school term of the probationary period, | 13 | | subject to this Act and the lawful regulations of the | 14 | | employing board. This Section and succeeding Sections do not | 15 | | modify any existing power of the board except with respect to | 16 | | the procedure of the discharge of a teacher and reductions in | 17 | | salary as hereinafter provided. Contractual continued service | 18 | | status shall not restrict the power of the board to transfer a | 19 | | teacher to a position which the teacher is qualified to fill or | 20 | | to make such salary adjustments as it deems desirable, but | 21 | | unless reductions in salary are uniform or based upon some | 22 | | reasonable classification, any teacher whose salary is reduced | 23 | | shall be entitled to a notice and a hearing as hereinafter | 24 | | provided in the case of certain dismissals or removals. | 25 | | (h) If, by reason of any change in the boundaries of school | 26 | | districts, by reason of a special education cooperative |
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| 1 | | reorganization or dissolution in accordance with Section | 2 | | 10-22.31 of this Code, or by reason of the creation of a new | 3 | | school district, the position held by any teacher having a | 4 | | contractual continued service status is transferred from one | 5 | | board to the control of a new or different board, then the | 6 | | contractual continued service status of the teacher is not | 7 | | thereby lost, and such new or different board is subject to | 8 | | this Code with respect to the teacher in the same manner as if | 9 | | the teacher were its employee and had been its employee during | 10 | | the time the teacher was actually employed by the board from | 11 | | whose control the position was transferred. | 12 | | (i) The employment of any teacher in a program of a special | 13 | | education joint agreement established under Section 3-15.14, | 14 | | 10-22.31 or 10-22.31a shall be governed by this and succeeding | 15 | | Sections of this Article. For purposes of attaining and | 16 | | maintaining contractual continued service and computing length | 17 | | of continuing service as referred to in this Section and | 18 | | Section 24-12, employment in a special educational joint | 19 | | program shall be deemed a continuation of all previous | 20 | | licensed employment of such teacher for such joint agreement | 21 | | whether the employer of the teacher was the joint agreement, | 22 | | the regional superintendent, or one of the participating | 23 | | districts in the joint agreement. | 24 | | (j) For any teacher employed after July 1, 1987 as a | 25 | | full-time teacher in a program of a special education joint | 26 | | agreement, whether the program is operated by the joint |
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| 1 | | agreement or a member district on behalf of the joint | 2 | | agreement, in the event of a reduction in the number of | 3 | | programs or positions in the joint agreement in which the | 4 | | notice of dismissal is provided on or before the end of the | 5 | | 2010-2011 school term, the teacher in contractual continued | 6 | | service is eligible for employment in the joint agreement | 7 | | programs for which the teacher is legally qualified in order | 8 | | of greater length of continuing service in the joint | 9 | | agreement, unless an alternative method of determining the | 10 | | sequence of dismissal is established in a collective | 11 | | bargaining agreement. For any teacher employed after July 1, | 12 | | 1987 as a full-time teacher in a program of a special education | 13 | | joint agreement, whether the program is operated by the joint | 14 | | agreement or a member district on behalf of the joint | 15 | | agreement, in the event of a reduction in the number of | 16 | | programs or positions in the joint agreement in which the | 17 | | notice of dismissal is provided during the 2011-2012 school | 18 | | term or a subsequent school term, the teacher shall be | 19 | | included on the honorable dismissal lists of all joint | 20 | | agreement programs for positions for which the teacher is | 21 | | qualified and is eligible for employment in such programs in | 22 | | accordance with subsections (b) and (c) of Section 24-12 of | 23 | | this Code and the applicable honorable dismissal policies of | 24 | | the joint agreement. | 25 | | (k) For any teacher employed after July 1, 1987 as a | 26 | | full-time teacher in a program of a special education joint |
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| 1 | | agreement, whether the program is operated by the joint | 2 | | agreement or a member district on behalf of the joint | 3 | | agreement, in the event of the dissolution of a joint | 4 | | agreement, in which the notice to teachers of the dissolution | 5 | | is provided during the 2010-2011 school term, the teacher in | 6 | | contractual continued service who is legally qualified shall | 7 | | be assigned to any comparable position in a member district | 8 | | currently held by a teacher who has not entered upon | 9 | | contractual continued service or held by a teacher who has | 10 | | entered upon contractual continued service with a shorter | 11 | | length of contractual continued service. Any teacher employed | 12 | | after July 1, 1987 as a full-time teacher in a program of a | 13 | | special education joint agreement, whether the program is | 14 | | operated by the joint agreement or a member district on behalf | 15 | | of the joint agreement, in the event of the dissolution of a | 16 | | joint agreement in which the notice to teachers of the | 17 | | dissolution is provided during the 2011-2012 school term or a | 18 | | subsequent school term, the teacher who is qualified shall be | 19 | | included on the order of honorable dismissal lists of each | 20 | | member district and shall be assigned to any comparable | 21 | | position in any such district in accordance with subsections | 22 | | (b) and (c) of Section 24-12 of this Code and the applicable | 23 | | honorable dismissal policies of each member district. | 24 | | (l) The governing board of the joint agreement, or the | 25 | | administrative district, if so authorized by the articles of | 26 | | agreement of the joint agreement, rather than the board of |
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| 1 | | education of a school district, may carry out employment and | 2 | | termination actions including dismissals under this Section | 3 | | and Section 24-12. | 4 | | (m) The employment of any teacher in a special education | 5 | | program authorized by Section 14-1.01 through 14-14.01, or a | 6 | | joint educational program established under Section 10-22.31a, | 7 | | shall be under this and the succeeding Sections of this | 8 | | Article, and such employment shall be deemed a continuation of | 9 | | the previous employment of such teacher in any of the | 10 | | participating districts, regardless of the participation of | 11 | | other districts in the program. | 12 | | (n) Any teacher employed as a full-time teacher in a | 13 | | special education program prior to September 23, 1987 in which | 14 | | 2 or more school districts participate for a probationary | 15 | | period of 2 consecutive years shall enter upon contractual | 16 | | continued service in each of the participating districts, | 17 | | subject to this and the succeeding Sections of this Article, | 18 | | and, notwithstanding Section 24-1.5 of this Code, in the event | 19 | | of the termination of the program shall be eligible for any | 20 | | vacant position in any of such districts for which such | 21 | | teacher is qualified. | 22 | | (Source: P.A. 102-552, eff. 1-1-22; 102-854, eff. 5-13-22; | 23 | | 103-500, eff. 8-4-23.) | 24 | | (105 ILCS 5/24A-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 24A-7) | 25 | | Sec. 24A-7. Rules. |
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| 1 | | (a) The State Board of Education is authorized to adopt | 2 | | such rules as are deemed necessary to implement and accomplish | 3 | | the purposes and provisions of this Article, including, but | 4 | | not limited to, rules: | 5 | | (1) relating to the methods for measuring student | 6 | | growth (including, but not limited to, limitations on the | 7 | | age of usable data; the amount of data needed to reliably | 8 | | and validly measure growth for the purpose of teacher and | 9 | | principal evaluations; and whether and at what time annual | 10 | | State assessments may be used as one of multiple measures | 11 | | of student growth); | 12 | | (2) defining the term "significant factor" for | 13 | | purposes of including consideration of student growth in | 14 | | performance ratings; | 15 | | (3) controlling for such factors as student | 16 | | characteristics (including, but not limited to, students | 17 | | receiving special education and English Learner services), | 18 | | student attendance, and student mobility so as to best | 19 | | measure the impact that a teacher, principal, school and | 20 | | school district has on students' academic achievement; | 21 | | (4) establishing minimum requirements for district | 22 | | teacher and principal evaluation instruments and | 23 | | procedures; and | 24 | | (5) establishing a model evaluation plan for use by | 25 | | school districts in which student growth shall comprise | 26 | | 50% of the performance rating. |
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| 1 | | Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section, such | 2 | | rules shall not preclude a school district having 500,000 or | 3 | | more inhabitants from using an annual State assessment as the | 4 | | sole measure of student growth for purposes of teacher or | 5 | | principal evaluations. | 6 | | (b) The State Superintendent of Education shall convene a | 7 | | Performance Evaluation Advisory Council, which shall be | 8 | | staffed by the State Board of Education. Members of the | 9 | | Council shall be selected by the State Superintendent and | 10 | | include, without limitation, representatives of teacher unions | 11 | | and school district management, persons with expertise in | 12 | | performance evaluation processes and systems, as well as other | 13 | | stakeholders. The Council shall meet at least quarterly and | 14 | | may also meet at the call of the chairperson of the Council, | 15 | | following August 18, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act | 16 | | 100-211) until December 31 June 30 , 2024. The Council shall | 17 | | advise the State Board of Education on the ongoing | 18 | | implementation of performance evaluations in this State, which | 19 | | may include gathering public feedback, sharing best practices, | 20 | | consulting with the State Board on any proposed rule changes | 21 | | regarding evaluations, and other subjects as determined by the | 22 | | chairperson of the Council. | 23 | | (c) On July 1, 2024, the State Superintendent of Education | 24 | | shall convene a Performance Evaluation Advisory Committee for | 25 | | the purpose of maintaining and improving the evaluator | 26 | | training and pre-qualification program in this State under |
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| 1 | | Section 24A-3. The Committee shall be staffed by the State | 2 | | Board of Education. Members of the Committee shall include, | 3 | | without limitation, representatives from providers of the | 4 | | evaluator retraining and pre-qualification program in this | 5 | | State, which include teacher unions, school district | 6 | | management, including a school district organized under | 7 | | Article 34, and a statewide organization representing regional | 8 | | offices of education. Members of the Committee shall be | 9 | | nominated by the providers and appointed by the State | 10 | | Superintendent. | 11 | | The Committee shall meet initially at the call of the | 12 | | State Superintendent and shall select one member as | 13 | | chairperson at its initial meeting. The Committee shall meet | 14 | | at least quarterly and may also meet at the call of the | 15 | | chairperson of the Committee. | 16 | | The Committee shall advise the State Board of Education on | 17 | | the continued implementation of the evaluator training and | 18 | | pre-qualification program in this State, which may include the | 19 | | development and delivery of the program's existing and new | 20 | | administrators' academies, gathering feedback from program | 21 | | instructors and participants, sharing best practices, | 22 | | consulting with the State Board on any proposed rule changes | 23 | | regarding evaluator training, and other subjects as determined | 24 | | by the chairperson of the Committee. | 25 | | (d) Prior to the applicable implementation date, the these | 26 | | rules shall not apply to teachers assigned to schools |
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| 1 | | identified in an agreement entered into between the board of a | 2 | | school district operating under Article 34 of this Code and | 3 | | the exclusive representative of the district's teachers in | 4 | | accordance with Section 34-85c of this Code. | 5 | | (Source: P.A. 102-252, eff. 1-1-22; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21 .) | 6 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 15, | 7 | | 2024. |
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