Full Text of SB1460 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 21B-70 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/21B-70) | 7 | | Sec. 21B-70. Illinois Teaching Excellence Program. | 8 | | (a) As used in this Section: | 9 | | "Poverty or low-performing school" means a school | 10 | | identified as a priority school under Section 2-3.25d-5 of this | 11 | | Code or a school in which 50% or more of its students are | 12 | | eligible for free or reduced-price school lunches. | 13 | | "National Board certified teacher rural or remote | 14 | | candidate cohort facilitator" means a National Board certified | 15 | | teacher who collaborates to advance the goal of supporting | 16 | | rural or remote candidates through the Illinois National Board | 17 | | for Professional Teaching Standards Comprehensive Support | 18 | | System. | 19 | | "National Board certified teacher rural or remote liaison" | 20 | | means an individual who supports the National Board certified | 21 | | teacher leading a rural or remote candidate cohort. | 22 | | "Qualified educator" means a teacher or school counselor | 23 | | currently employed in a school district who is in the process |
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| 1 | | of obtaining certification through the National Board for | 2 | | Professional Teaching Standards or who has completed | 3 | | certification and holds a current Professional Educator | 4 | | License with a National Board for Professional Teaching | 5 | | Standards designation or a retired teacher or school counselor | 6 | | who holds a Professional Educator License with a National Board | 7 | | for Professional Teaching Standards designation. | 8 | | "Rural or remote" means local codes 33, 41, 42, and 43 of | 9 | | the New Urban-Centric Locale Codes, as defined by the National | 10 | | Center for Education Statistics. | 11 | | "Tier 1" has the meaning given to that term under Section | 12 | | 18-8.15. | 13 | | (b) Any Beginning on July 1, 2011, any funds appropriated | 14 | | for the Illinois Teaching Excellence Program must be used to | 15 | | provide monetary assistance and incentives for qualified | 16 | | educators who are employed by or retired from school districts | 17 | | and who have or are in the process of obtaining licensure | 18 | | through the National Board for Professional Teaching | 19 | | Standards. The goal of the program is to improve instruction | 20 | | and student performance. | 21 | | The State Board of Education shall allocate an amount as | 22 | | annually appropriated by the General Assembly for the Illinois | 23 | | Teaching Excellence Program for (i) application or re-take fees | 24 | | for each qualified educator seeking to complete certification | 25 | | through the National Board for Professional Teaching | 26 | | Standards, to be paid directly to the National Board for |
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| 1 | | Professional Teaching Standards, and (ii) incentives under | 2 | | paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (c) for each | 3 | | qualified educator , to be distributed to the respective school | 4 | | district , and incentives under paragraph (5) of subsection (c), | 5 | | to be distributed to the respective school district or directly | 6 | | to the qualified educator . The school district shall distribute | 7 | | this payment to each eligible teacher or school counselor as a | 8 | | single payment. | 9 | | The State Board of Education's annual budget must set out | 10 | | by separate line item the appropriation for the program. Unless | 11 | | otherwise provided by appropriation, qualified educators are | 12 | | eligible for monetary assistance and incentives outlined in | 13 | | subsections subsection (c) and (d) of this Section. | 14 | | (c) When there are adequate funds available, monetary | 15 | | assistance and incentives shall include the following: | 16 | | (1) A maximum of $2,000 towards the application or | 17 | | re-take fee for up to 750 teachers or school counselors in | 18 | | a Tier 1 poverty or low-performing school district who | 19 | | apply on a first-come, first-serve basis for National Board | 20 | | certification. | 21 | | (2) A maximum of $2,000 towards the application or | 22 | | re-take fee for up to 250 teachers or school counselors in | 23 | | a school district other than a Tier 1 poverty or | 24 | | low-performing school district who apply on a first-come, | 25 | | first-serve basis for National Board certification. | 26 | | However, if there were fewer than 750 individuals supported |
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| 1 | | in item (1) of this subsection (c), then the number | 2 | | supported in this item (2) may be increased as such that | 3 | | the combination of item (1) of this subsection (c) and this | 4 | | item (2) shall equal 1,000 applicants. | 5 | | (3) A maximum of $1,000 towards the National Board for | 6 | | Professional Teaching Standards' renewal application fee. | 7 | | (4) (Blank). | 8 | | (5) An annual incentive equal to $1,500, which shall be | 9 | | paid to each qualified educator currently employed in a | 10 | | school district who holds both a National Board for | 11 | | Professional Teaching Standards designation and a current | 12 | | corresponding certificate issued by the National Board for | 13 | | Professional Teaching Standards and who agrees, in | 14 | | writing, to provide at least 30 hours of mentoring or | 15 | | National Board for Professional Teaching Standards | 16 | | professional development or both during the school year to | 17 | | classroom teachers or school counselors, as applicable. | 18 | | Funds must be disbursed on a first-come, first-serve basis, | 19 | | with priority given to Tier 1 school districts poverty or | 20 | | low-performing schools . Mentoring shall include, either | 21 | | singly or in combination, the following: | 22 | | (A) National Board for Professional Teaching | 23 | | Standards certification candidates. | 24 | | (B) National Board for Professional Teaching | 25 | | Standards re-take candidates. | 26 | | (C) National Board for Professional Teaching |
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| 1 | | Standards renewal candidates. | 2 | | (D) (Blank).
| 3 | | Funds may also be used for instructional leadership | 4 | | training for qualified educators interested in supporting | 5 | | implementation of the Illinois Learning Standards or teaching | 6 | | and learning priorities of the State Board of Education or | 7 | | both. | 8 | | (d) In addition to the monetary assistance and incentives | 9 | | provided under subsection (c), if adequate funds are available, | 10 | | incentives shall include the following incentives for the | 11 | | program in rural or remote school districts, to be distributed | 12 | | to the respective school district or directly to the qualified | 13 | | educator: | 14 | | (1) A one-time incentive of $3,000 payable to National | 15 | | Board certified teachers teaching in Tier 1 rural or remote | 16 | | school districts. | 17 | | (2) An annual incentive of $3,200 for National Board | 18 | | certified teacher rural or remote candidate cohort | 19 | | facilitators. | 20 | | (3) An annual incentive of $2,500 for National Board | 21 | | certified teacher rural or remote liaisons. | 22 | | (Source: P.A. 99-193, eff. 7-30-15; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
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