Full Text of HB5122 101st General Assembly
HB5122 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB5122 Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Tom Demmer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 105 ILCS 5/Art. 21A heading | | 105 ILCS 5/21A-5 | | 105 ILCS 5/21A-10 | | 105 ILCS 5/21A-15 | | 105 ILCS 5/21A-20 | | 105 ILCS 5/21A-25 | | 105 ILCS 5/21A-30 | | 105 ILCS 5/21A-35 | |
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Amends the New Teacher Induction and Mentoring Article of the School Code. Changes the heading of the Article and the definition of "new teacher". Provides that, beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, the State Board of Education shall develop a program to provide grants to mentor training providers to establish a training program for new teacher mentors, and requires each public school to use a teacher induction and mentoring program provided by a mentor trained through a mentor training provider (rather than requiring a public school to develop a new teacher induction and mentoring program). Makes changes concerning program requirements, funding and stipends, the evaluation of programs, and obsolete references. 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 the | 5 | | heading of Article 21A and Sections 21A-5, 21A-10, 21A-15, | 6 | | 21A-20, 21A-25, 21A-30, and 21A-35 as follows:
| 7 | | (105 ILCS 5/Art. 21A heading)
| 8 | | ARTICLE 21A. TRAINING FOR MENTORING OF NEW | 9 | | TEACHERS NEW TEACHER INDUCTION AND MENTORING
| 10 | | (105 ILCS 5/21A-5)
| 11 | | Sec. 21A-5. Definitions. In this Article:
| 12 | | "Mentor training provider" means a regionally accredited | 13 | | college or university located in this State or an educational | 14 | | non-profit that develops a training program for new teacher | 15 | | mentors that includes both initial training in coaching and | 16 | | mentoring methods and ongoing professional development. | 17 | | "New teacher" means a student teacher or the holder of a | 18 | | Professional Educator License as set forth in Article 21B of | 19 | | this Code who has no more than 3 full years of teaching | 20 | | experience and the holder of an Initial Teaching Certificate, | 21 | | as set
forth in Section 21-2 of this Code, who is employed by a | 22 | | public school and who
has not previously participated in a new |
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| 1 | | teacher induction and mentoring
program required by this | 2 | | Article, except as provided in Section 21A-25 of this
Code .
| 3 | | "Public school" means any school operating pursuant to the | 4 | | authority of
this Code, including without limitation a school | 5 | | district, a charter school, a
cooperative or joint agreement | 6 | | with a governing body or board of control, and a
school | 7 | | operated by a regional office of education or State agency.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 93-355, eff. 1-1-04.)
| 9 | | (105 ILCS 5/21A-10)
| 10 | | Sec. 21A-10. Development of program required. | 11 | | (a) During the 2003-2004
school year through the 2021-2022 | 12 | | school year , each public school or 2 or more public schools | 13 | | acting jointly
shall develop, in conjunction with its exclusive | 14 | | representative or their
exclusive representatives, if any, a | 15 | | new teacher induction and mentoring
program that meets the | 16 | | requirements set forth in Section 21A-20 of this Code to
assist | 17 | | new teachers in developing the skills and strategies necessary | 18 | | for
instructional excellence, provided that funding is made | 19 | | available by the State
Board of Education from an appropriation | 20 | | made for this purpose. | 21 | | (b) Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, the State | 22 | | Board of Education shall develop a program to provide grants to | 23 | | mentor training providers to establish a training program for | 24 | | new teacher mentors. The training program offered by a mentor | 25 | | training provider shall meet the requirements set forth in |
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| 1 | | Section 21A-20 of this Code to assist new teachers in | 2 | | developing the skills and strategies necessary for | 3 | | instructional excellence, provided that funding is made | 4 | | available by the State Board from an appropriation for this | 5 | | purpose. The State Board shall provide grants with priority | 6 | | given to training mentor providers that provide training | 7 | | services to school districts without trained mentors in subject | 8 | | matters and disciplines that are federally designated as | 9 | | teacher shortage areas. A public school
that has an existing | 10 | | induction and mentoring program that does not meet the
| 11 | | requirements set forth in Section 21A-20 of this Code may have | 12 | | school years
2003-2004 and 2004-2005 to develop a program that | 13 | | does meet those requirements
and may receive funding as | 14 | | described in Section 21A-25 of this Code, provided
that the | 15 | | funding is made available by the State Board of Education from | 16 | | an
appropriation made for this purpose. A public school with | 17 | | such an existing
induction and mentoring program may receive | 18 | | funding for the 2005-2006 school
year for each new teacher in | 19 | | the second year of a 2-year program that does not
meet the | 20 | | requirements set forth in Section 21A-20, as long as the public | 21 | | school
has established the required new program by the | 22 | | beginning of that school year
as described in Section 21A-15 | 23 | | and provided that funding is made available by
the State Board | 24 | | of Education from an appropriation made for this purpose as
| 25 | | described in Section 21A-25.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 93-355, eff. 1-1-04.)
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| 1 | | (105 ILCS 5/21A-15)
| 2 | | Sec. 21A-15. When program is to be established and | 3 | | implemented. | 4 | | (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code, by
| 5 | | the beginning of the
2004-2005 school year through the | 6 | | 2021-2022 school year (or by the beginning of the 2005-2006 | 7 | | school year through the 2021-2022 school year for a
public | 8 | | school that has been given an extension of time to develop a | 9 | | program
under Section 21A-10 of this Code), each
public school | 10 | | or 2 or more public schools acting
jointly shall establish and | 11 | | implement, in conjunction with its exclusive
representative or | 12 | | their exclusive representatives, if any, the new teacher
| 13 | | induction and mentoring program required to be developed under | 14 | | Section 21A-10
of this Code, provided that
funding is made | 15 | | available by the State Board of Education, from an
| 16 | | appropriation made for this purpose, as described in Section | 17 | | 21A-25 of this
Code. A public school may contract with an | 18 | | institution of higher education or
other independent party to | 19 | | assist in implementing the program. | 20 | | (b) Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, each public | 21 | | school shall use a teacher induction and mentoring program | 22 | | provided by a mentor trained through a mentor training | 23 | | provider, provided that funding is made available by the State | 24 | | Board of Education, from an appropriation made for this | 25 | | purpose, as described in Section 21A-25 of this Code.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 93-355, eff. 1-1-04.)
| 2 | | (105 ILCS 5/21A-20)
| 3 | | Sec. 21A-20. Program requirements. | 4 | | (a) Through the 2021-2022 school year, each Each new | 5 | | teacher induction and
mentoring program must be based on a plan | 6 | | that at least does all of the
following:
| 7 | | (1) Assigns a mentor teacher to each new teacher for a | 8 | | period of
at
least 2 school years.
| 9 | | (2) Aligns with the Illinois Professional Teaching | 10 | | Standards,
content area standards, and applicable local | 11 | | school improvement and
professional development plans, if | 12 | | any.
| 13 | | (3) Addresses all of the following elements and how | 14 | | they will be
provided:
| 15 | | (A) Mentoring and support of the new teacher.
| 16 | | (B) Professional development specifically designed | 17 | | to ensure
the growth of the new teacher's knowledge and | 18 | | skills.
| 19 | | (C) Formative assessment designed to ensure | 20 | | feedback and
reflection, which must not be used in any | 21 | | evaluation of the new
teacher.
| 22 | | (4) Describes the role of mentor teachers, the criteria | 23 | | and process
for their selection, and how they will be | 24 | | trained, provided that each
mentor teacher shall | 25 | | demonstrate the best practices in teaching his or
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| 1 | | respective field of practice.
A mentor teacher may not | 2 | | directly or indirectly participate in the
evaluation of a | 3 | | new teacher pursuant to Article 24A of this Code or the
| 4 | | evaluation procedure of the public school. | 5 | | (b) Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, the mentor | 6 | | training program for new teachers shall include both initial | 7 | | training in coaching and mentoring methods and ongoing | 8 | | professional development in collaboration with other mentors | 9 | | and training providers. In order to be eligible for a grant | 10 | | from the State Board under Section 21A-25, a mentor training | 11 | | program shall train only mentors who meet all the following | 12 | | requirements: | 13 | | (1) Are the holder of a Professional Educator License | 14 | | or a Professional Educator License in retired status with | 15 | | at least 5 years of teaching experience. | 16 | | (2) Have a rating of "proficient" or "excellent" on | 17 | | each of their last 2 evaluations under Article 24A of this | 18 | | Code. | 19 | | (3) Have completed a mentor training program provided | 20 | | by a mentor training provider and have demonstrated | 21 | | competency in new teacher mentoring skills. | 22 | | Upon meeting these requirements, a mentor shall be eligible | 23 | | to mentor new teachers in any content area and grade level for | 24 | | which the trained mentor holds an endorsement on the | 25 | | Professional Educator License or Professional Educator License | 26 | | in retired status. If a mentor is not available in the new |
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| 1 | | teacher's content area or grade level, the school district | 2 | | shall provide a mentor that best matches the new teacher's | 3 | | content area and grade level. | 4 | | Each new teacher mentoring program shall address all of the | 5 | | following elements and how they will be provided: | 6 | | (A) Mentoring and support of the new teacher. | 7 | | (B) Professional development specifically designed to | 8 | | ensure the growth of the new teacher's knowledge and | 9 | | skills. | 10 | | (C) A formative assessment designed to ensure feedback | 11 | | and reflection, which must not be used in any evaluation of | 12 | | the new teacher. | 13 | | Under a new teacher mentoring program, the new teacher | 14 | | shall receive a minimum number of hours of mentoring services | 15 | | in the following manner: | 16 | | (i) 60 hours in the first year of teaching, including 2 | 17 | | observations by the trained mentor; | 18 | | (ii) 30 hours in the second year of teaching, including | 19 | | 2 observations by the trained mentor; and | 20 | | (iii) 20 hours in the third year of teaching, including | 21 | | one observation by the trained mentor.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 93-355, eff. 1-1-04.)
| 23 | | (105 ILCS 5/21A-25)
| 24 | | Sec. 21A-25. Funding ; stipends . | 25 | | (a) Through the 2021-2022 school year, from From a separate |
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| 1 | | appropriation made for
the purposes of this Article, for each | 2 | | new teacher participating in a new
teacher
induction and | 3 | | mentoring program
that meets the requirements set forth in | 4 | | Section 21A-20 of this Code or
in an existing program that is | 5 | | in the process of transition to a program
that meets those | 6 | | requirements, the State Board of Education shall pay the
public | 7 | | school $1,200 annually for each of 2 school years for the | 8 | | purpose of
providing one or more of the following:
| 9 | | (1) Mentor teacher compensation.
| 10 | | (2) Mentor teacher training or new teacher training or | 11 | | both.
| 12 | | (3) Release time.
| 13 | | However, if a new teacher, after participating in the new | 14 | | teacher induction and
mentoring program for one school year, | 15 | | becomes employed by another public
school, the State Board of | 16 | | Education shall pay the teacher's new school $1,200
for the | 17 | | second school year and the teacher shall continue to be a new | 18 | | teacher
as defined in this Article. Each public school shall | 19 | | determine, in conjunction
with its exclusive representative, | 20 | | if any, how the $1,200 per school year for
each new teacher | 21 | | shall be used, provided that if a mentor teacher receives
| 22 | | additional release time to support a new teacher, the total | 23 | | workload of other
teachers regularly employed by the public | 24 | | school shall not increase in any
substantial manner. If the | 25 | | appropriation is insufficient to cover the $1,200
per school | 26 | | year for each new teacher, public schools are not required to
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| 1 | | develop or implement the program established by this Article. | 2 | | In the event of
an insufficient appropriation, a public school | 3 | | or 2 or more schools acting
jointly may submit an application | 4 | | for a grant administered by the State Board
of Education and | 5 | | awarded on a competitive basis to establish a new teacher
| 6 | | induction and mentoring program that meets the criteria set | 7 | | forth in Section
21A-20 of this Code. The State Board of | 8 | | Education may retain up to $1,000,000
of the appropriation for | 9 | | new teacher induction and mentoring programs to train
mentor | 10 | | teachers, administrators, and other personnel, to provide best | 11 | | practices
information, and to conduct an evaluation of these | 12 | | programs' impact and
effectiveness.
| 13 | | (b) Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, from a | 14 | | separate appropriation made for the purposes of this Article, | 15 | | the State Board of Education shall provide grants to mentor | 16 | | training providers in the amount of $1,500 annually for each of | 17 | | the 4 school years of a new teacher mentor program under this | 18 | | Article to provide mentor compensation. In order to be eligible | 19 | | for the $1,500 stipend, the mentor must provide 60 contact | 20 | | hours of mentoring activities, which must include at least 2 | 21 | | in-person observations of the new teacher's classroom practice | 22 | | and may include the following: | 23 | | (1) new teacher observation of the trained mentor's | 24 | | classroom activities; | 25 | | (2) joint observations of another teacher's classroom | 26 | | activities; |
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| 1 | | (3) reflective conversations about the new teacher's | 2 | | classroom practice; | 3 | | (4) joint planning time; | 4 | | (5) participation in professional learning led by the | 5 | | trained mentor; and | 6 | | (6) any other activities approved by the State Board. | 7 | | If the State Board does not receive appropriations in an | 8 | | amount to provide $1,500 stipends to all trained mentors, | 9 | | stipends shall be prorated in an equal amount to all qualifying | 10 | | mentors. If proration occurs in which the stipend amount falls | 11 | | below $1,200, then the State Board shall provide stipends to | 12 | | trained mentors in Tier 1 and Tier 2 school districts, as | 13 | | designated under Section 18-8.15 of this Code, in an amount | 14 | | equal to $1,200. The remaining mentors shall receive a prorated | 15 | | stipend in an equal amount. | 16 | | After providing funding for stipends, if any | 17 | | appropriations are left available for this purpose, the State | 18 | | Board shall provide grants to Tier 1 and Tier 2 school | 19 | | districts, as designated under Section 18-8.15 of this Code, to | 20 | | provide release time for mentors and new teachers to meet and | 21 | | observe classes during the school day. | 22 | | (Source: P.A. 93-355, eff. 1-1-04.)
| 23 | | (105 ILCS 5/21A-30)
| 24 | | Sec. 21A-30. Evaluation of programs. | 25 | | (a) The State Board of Education
and the State Educator |
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| 1 | | Preparation and Licensure Teacher Certification Board shall | 2 | | jointly contract with an
independent party to conduct a | 3 | | comprehensive evaluation of new teacher
induction and | 4 | | mentoring programs established pursuant to this Article. The
| 5 | | first report of this evaluation shall be presented to the | 6 | | General Assembly on
or
before January 1, 2009. Subsequent | 7 | | evaluations shall be conducted and
reports presented to the | 8 | | General Assembly on or before January 1 of every
third year | 9 | | thereafter through January 1, 2021 . The first report presented | 10 | | to the General Assembly after the effective date of this | 11 | | amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly shall be presented | 12 | | to the General Assembly before January 1, 2025 and subsequent | 13 | | evaluations shall be conducted and reports presented to the | 14 | | General Assembly on or before January 1 of every third year. | 15 | | (b) Regional offices of education shall oversee mentors and | 16 | | mentor training providers in their educational service | 17 | | regions, including assigning mentors who are retired educators | 18 | | to school districts in need of trained mentors. For the | 19 | | 2023-2024 school year and each subsequent school year, the | 20 | | regional superintendent of schools shall report to the State | 21 | | Board of Education on the scope and quality of mentoring | 22 | | programs provided within the educational service region, which | 23 | | information shall be included in the State Board's report under | 24 | | subsection (a) of this Section.
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 93-355, eff. 1-1-04.)
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| 1 | | (105 ILCS 5/21A-35)
| 2 | | Sec. 21A-35. Rules. The State Board of Education, in | 3 | | consultation with
the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | 4 | | Teacher Certification Board, shall adopt rules for the | 5 | | implementation
of this Article.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 93-355, eff. 1-1-04.)
| 7 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 8 | | becoming law.
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