Full Text of HB4767 98th 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is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 21-5c as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/21-5c) | 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2017) | 8 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 98-603 ) | 9 | | Sec. 21-5c. Alternative route to teacher certification. | 10 | | The State Board
of Education, in consultation with the State | 11 | | Teacher Certification Board, shall
establish and implement one | 12 | | or more alternative route to teacher certification programs
| 13 | | under which persons who meet the requirements of and | 14 | | successfully complete the programs
established by this Section | 15 | | shall be issued an initial teaching
certificate for teaching in | 16 | | schools in this State.
The State Board of Education may
approve | 17 | | a course of study
that persons in such programs must | 18 | | successfully complete in order to
satisfy one criterion for | 19 | | issuance of a certificate under this Section. The
Alternative | 20 | | Route to Teacher Certification programs course of study must | 21 | | include
content and skills which have been approved by the | 22 | | State Board of
Education, in consultation with the State | 23 | | Teacher Certification Board, as meeting the
requirement for |
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| 1 | | State teacher certification. | 2 | | Programs established under this Section shall be
known as | 3 | | Alternative Route to Teacher Certification programs. The | 4 | | programs
may be offered by a university that offers 4-year | 5 | | baccalaureate and masters degree programs and that is a | 6 | | recognized institution as defined in Section 21B-105 of this | 7 | | Code, by one or more not-for-profit
organizations in the State, | 8 | | or a combination thereof. The programs shall be comprised of | 9 | | the following 3
phases: (a) a
course of study offered on an | 10 | | intensive basis in education theory,
instructional methods, | 11 | | and
practice teaching; (b) the person's assignment to a | 12 | | full-time
teaching position for one school year, including the | 13 | | designation of a
mentor teacher to advise and assist the person | 14 | | with that
teaching assignment; and (c) a comprehensive | 15 | | assessment of the person's
teaching performance by school | 16 | | officials and program participants
and a recommendation by the | 17 | | program sponsor to the
State Board of Education that the person | 18 | | be issued an initial
teaching certificate. Successful | 19 | | completion of Alternative Route to
Teacher
Certification | 20 | | programs shall be deemed to satisfy any other
practice or | 21 | | student teaching and subject matter requirements established | 22 | | by
law. | 23 | | A provisional alternative teaching certificate, valid for | 24 | | one year of
teaching
in the common schools and not renewable, | 25 | | shall be issued under this Section
21-5c to persons who at the | 26 | | time of applying for the provisional alternative
teaching |
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| 1 | | certificate under this Section: | 2 | | (1) have graduated from an accredited college or | 3 | | university with a
bachelor's degree; | 4 | | (2) have been employed for a period of at least 5 years | 5 | | in an area
requiring application of the individual's | 6 | | education; | 7 | | (3) have successfully completed the first phase of the | 8 | | Alternative Teacher
Certification program as provided in | 9 | | this Section; and | 10 | | (4) have passed the tests of basic skills and subject | 11 | | matter knowledge
required by Section 21-1a. | 12 | | An initial teaching certificate, valid for teaching
in the | 13 | | common schools,
shall be
issued under Section 21-3 or 21-5 to | 14 | | persons who first complete the
requirements
for the provisional | 15 | | alternative teaching certificate
and who at the time of | 16 | | applying for an initial teaching certificate
have successfully | 17 | | completed the second and third phases of
the Alternative Route | 18 | | to Teacher Certification program as provided in this
Section. | 19 | | A person possessing a provisional alternative certificate | 20 | | or an initial
teaching certificate earned under this Section
| 21 | | shall be treated as a regularly certified teacher for purposes | 22 | | of compensation,
benefits, and other terms and conditions of | 23 | | employment afforded teachers in the
school who are members of a | 24 | | bargaining unit represented by an exclusive
bargaining | 25 | | representative, if any. | 26 | | The State Board of Education may adopt rules
and |
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| 1 | | regulations that are consistent with this Section and that the | 2 | | State Board
deems necessary to establish and implement the | 3 | | program. | 4 | | No one may be admitted to an alternative certification | 5 | | program under this Section after September 1, 2014 2013 , and | 6 | | those alternative certification candidates who are admitted on | 7 | | or before September 1, 2014 2013 must complete their coursework | 8 | | the program before January 1, 2016 2015, except that candidates | 9 | | admitted to an alternative certification program at Governors | 10 | | State University and participants in the Teacher Quality | 11 | | Partnership Grant program must be admitted on or before March | 12 | | 31, 2014, complete their coursework on or before August 31, | 13 | | 2015, and be entitled to certification on or before September | 14 | | 30, 2016 31, 2015 . An The alternative certification program at | 15 | | Governors State University shall provide the State Board of | 16 | | Education with the names of the candidates who will be eligible | 17 | | for certification under this exception . | 18 | | This Section is repealed on January 1, 2017 2016 . | 19 | | (Source: P.A. 97-607, eff. 8-26-11; 97-702, eff. 6-25-12; | 20 | | 98-38, eff. 6-28-13 .) | 21 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 98-603 ) | 22 | | Sec. 21-5c. Alternative route to teacher certification. | 23 | | The State Board
of Education, in consultation with the State | 24 | | Teacher Certification Board, shall
establish and implement one | 25 | | or more alternative route to teacher certification programs
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| 1 | | under which persons who meet the requirements of and | 2 | | successfully complete the programs
established by this Section | 3 | | shall be issued an initial teaching
certificate for teaching in | 4 | | schools in this State.
The State Board of Education may
approve | 5 | | a course of study
that persons in such programs must | 6 | | successfully complete in order to
satisfy one criterion for | 7 | | issuance of a certificate under this Section. The
Alternative | 8 | | Route to Teacher Certification programs course of study must | 9 | | include
content and skills which have been approved by the | 10 | | State Board of
Education, in consultation with the State | 11 | | Teacher Certification Board, as meeting the
requirement for | 12 | | State teacher certification. | 13 | | Programs established under this Section shall be
known as | 14 | | Alternative Route to Teacher Certification programs. The | 15 | | programs
may be offered by a university that offers 4-year | 16 | | baccalaureate and masters degree programs and that is a | 17 | | recognized institution as defined in Section 21B-105 of this | 18 | | Code, by one or more not-for-profit
organizations in the State, | 19 | | or a combination thereof. The programs shall be comprised of | 20 | | the following 3
phases: (a) a
course of study offered on an | 21 | | intensive basis in education theory,
instructional methods, | 22 | | and
practice teaching; (b) the person's assignment to a | 23 | | full-time
teaching position for one school year, including the | 24 | | designation of a
mentor teacher to advise and assist the person | 25 | | with that
teaching assignment; and (c) a comprehensive | 26 | | assessment of the person's
teaching performance by school |
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| 1 | | officials and program participants
and a recommendation by the | 2 | | program sponsor to the
State Board of Education that the person | 3 | | be issued an initial
teaching certificate. Successful | 4 | | completion of Alternative Route to
Teacher
Certification | 5 | | programs shall be deemed to satisfy any other
practice or | 6 | | student teaching and subject matter requirements established | 7 | | by
law. | 8 | | A provisional alternative teaching certificate, valid for | 9 | | one year of
teaching
in the common schools and not renewable, | 10 | | shall be issued under this Section
21-5c to persons who at the | 11 | | time of applying for the provisional alternative
teaching | 12 | | certificate under this Section: | 13 | | (1) have graduated from an accredited college or | 14 | | university with a
bachelor's degree; | 15 | | (2) have been employed for a period of at least 5 years | 16 | | in an area
requiring application of the individual's | 17 | | education; | 18 | | (3) have successfully completed the first phase of the | 19 | | Alternative Teacher
Certification program as provided in | 20 | | this Section; and | 21 | | (4) have passed the tests of basic skills and subject | 22 | | matter knowledge
required by Section 21-1a. | 23 | | An initial teaching certificate, valid for teaching
in the | 24 | | common schools,
shall be
issued under Section 21-3 or 21-5 to | 25 | | persons who first complete the
requirements
for the provisional | 26 | | alternative teaching certificate
and who at the time of |
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| 1 | | applying for an initial teaching certificate
have successfully | 2 | | completed the second and third phases of
the Alternative Route | 3 | | to Teacher Certification program as provided in this
Section. | 4 | | A person possessing a provisional alternative certificate | 5 | | or an initial
teaching certificate earned under this Section
| 6 | | shall be treated as a regularly certified teacher for purposes | 7 | | of compensation,
benefits, and other terms and conditions of | 8 | | employment afforded teachers in the
school who are members of a | 9 | | bargaining unit represented by an exclusive
bargaining | 10 | | representative, if any. | 11 | | The State Board of Education may adopt rules
and | 12 | | regulations that are consistent with this Section and that the | 13 | | State Board
deems necessary to establish and implement the | 14 | | program. | 15 | | No one may be admitted to an alternative certification | 16 | | program under this Section after September 1, 2014, and those | 17 | | alternative certification candidates who are admitted on or | 18 | | before September 1 June 30 , 2014 must complete their coursework | 19 | | before January 1, 2016 and be entitled to certification on or | 20 | | before September 30, 2016. An alternative certification | 21 | | program shall provide the State Board of Education with the | 22 | | names of the candidates who will be eligible for certification. | 23 | | This Section is repealed on January 1, 2017. | 24 | | (Source: P.A. 97-607, eff. 8-26-11; 97-702, eff. 6-25-12; | 25 | | 98-38, eff. 6-28-13; 98-603, eff. 6-1-14 .) |
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| 1 | | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | 2 | | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | 3 | | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | 4 | | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | 5 | | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | 6 | | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | 7 | | Public Act.
| 8 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 9 | | becoming law.
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