Full Text of HB3314 99th General Assembly
HB3314 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB3314 Introduced , by Rep. John D. Anthony SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Changes the application fee for a Professional Educator License, Educator License with Stipulations, or Substitute Teaching License from $100 to $75. Effective immediately.
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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-40 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/21B-40) | 7 | | Sec. 21B-40. Fees. | 8 | | (a) Beginning with the start of the new licensure system | 9 | | established pursuant to this Article, the following fees shall | 10 | | be charged to applicants: | 11 | | (1) A $75 application fee for a Professional Educator | 12 | | License or an Educator License with Stipulations and for | 13 | | individuals seeking a Substitute Teaching License. | 14 | | However, beginning on January 1, 2015, the application fee | 15 | | for a Professional Educator License, Educator License with | 16 | | Stipulations, or Substitute Teaching License shall be | 17 | | $100. | 18 | | (2) A $150 application fee for individuals who have | 19 | | completed an approved educator preparation program outside | 20 | | of this State or who hold a valid, comparable credential | 21 | | from another state or country and are seeking any of the | 22 | | licenses set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection | 23 | | (a). |
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| 1 | | (3) A $50 application fee for each endorsement or | 2 | | approval an individual holding a license wishes to add to | 3 | | that license. | 4 | | (4) A $10 per year registration fee for the course of | 5 | | the validity cycle to register the license, which shall be | 6 | | paid to the regional office of education having supervision | 7 | | and control over the school in which the individual holding | 8 | | the license is to be employed. If the individual holding | 9 | | the license is not yet employed, then the license may be | 10 | | registered in any county in this State. The registration | 11 | | fee must be paid in its entirety the first time the | 12 | | individual registers the license for a particular validity | 13 | | period in a single region. No additional fee may be charged | 14 | | for that validity period should the individual | 15 | | subsequently register the license in additional regions. | 16 | | An individual must register the license (i) immediately | 17 | | after initial issuance of the license and (ii) at the | 18 | | beginning of each renewal cycle if the individual has | 19 | | satisfied the renewal requirements required under this | 20 | | Code. | 21 | | (b) All application fees paid pursuant to subdivisions (1) | 22 | | through (3) of subsection (a) of this Section shall be | 23 | | deposited into the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund and | 24 | | shall be used, subject to appropriation, by the State Board of | 25 | | Education to provide the technology and human resources | 26 | | necessary for the timely and efficient processing of |
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| 1 | | applications and for the renewal of licenses. The Teacher | 2 | | Certificate Fee Revolving Fund is not subject to administrative | 3 | | charge transfers, authorized under Section 8h of the State | 4 | | Finance Act, from the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund | 5 | | into any other fund of this State, and moneys in the Teacher | 6 | | Certificate Fee Revolving Fund shall not revert back to the | 7 | | General Revenue Fund at any time. | 8 | | The regional superintendent of schools shall deposit the | 9 | | registration fees paid pursuant to subdivision (4) of | 10 | | subsection (a) of this Section into the institute fund | 11 | | established pursuant to Section 3-11 of this Code. | 12 | | (c) The State Board of Education and each regional office | 13 | | of education are authorized to charge a service or convenience | 14 | | fee for the use of credit cards for the payment of license | 15 | | fees. This service or convenience fee shall not exceed the | 16 | | amount required by the credit card processing company or vendor | 17 | | that has entered into a contract with the State Board or | 18 | | regional office of education for this purpose, and the fee must | 19 | | be paid to that company or vendor. | 20 | | (d) If, at the time a certificate issued under Article 21 | 21 | | of this Code is exchanged for a license issued under this | 22 | | Article, a person has paid registration fees for any years of | 23 | | the validity period of the certificate and these years have not | 24 | | expired when the certificate is exchanged, then those fees must | 25 | | be applied to the registration of the new license.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 97-607, eff. 8-26-11; 98-610, eff. 12-27-13.)
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| 1 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 2 | | becoming law.
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