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1 AN ACT relating to certification of school personnel.
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
5 Sections 1A-4, 2-3.11, 10-21.9, 10-22.20a, 10-22.24a,
6 10-22.34, 14-1.09.1, 14-8.05, 14C-2, 21-1, 21-1a, 21-1b,
7 21-1c, 21-2, 21-2.1, 21-2b, 21-3, 21-4, 21-5, 21-5a, 21-5b,
8 21-5c, 21-5d, 21-7.1, 21-9, 21-10, 21-11.1, 21-11.2, 21-11.3,
9 21-11.4, 21-12, 21-14, 21-16, 21-17, 21-19, 21-21, 21-21.1,
10 21-23, 21-23b, 21-24, 21-25, 21-27, 34-18.5, and 34-83 and
11 adding Section 21-0.05 as follows:
12 (105 ILCS 5/1A-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 1A-4)
13 Sec. 1A-4. Powers and duties of the Board.
14 A. Upon the appointment of new Board members as provided
15 in subsection (b) of Section 1A-1 and every 2 years
16 thereafter, the chairperson of the Board shall be selected by
17 the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, from
18 the membership of the Board to serve as chairperson for 2
19 years.
20 B. The Board shall determine the qualifications of and
21 appoint a chief education officer to be known as the State
22 Superintendent of Education who shall serve at the pleasure
23 of the Board and pursuant to a performance-based contract
24 linked to statewide student performance and academic
25 improvement within Illinois schools. No performance-based
26 contract issued for the employment of the State
27 Superintendent of Education shall be for a term longer than 3
28 years and no contract shall be extended or renewed prior to
29 its scheduled expiration unless the performance and
30 improvement goals contained in the contract have been met.
31 The State Superintendent of Education shall not serve as a
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1 member of the State Board of Education. The Board shall set
2 the compensation of the State Superintendent of Education who
3 shall serve as the Board's chief executive officer. The Board
4 shall also establish the duties, powers and responsibilities
5 of the State Superintendent, which shall be included in the
6 State Superintendent's performance-based contract along with
7 the goals and indicators of student performance and academic
8 improvement used to measure the performance and effectiveness
9 of the State Superintendent. The State Board of Education may
10 delegate to the State Superintendent of Education the
11 authority to act on the Board's behalf, provided such
12 delegation is made pursuant to adopted board policy or the
13 powers delegated are ministerial in nature. The State Board
14 may not delegate authority under this Section to the State
15 Superintendent to (1) nonrecognize school districts, (2)
16 withhold State payments as a penalty, or (3) make final
17 decisions under the contested case provisions of the Illinois
18 Administrative Procedure Act unless otherwise provided by
19 law.
20 C. The powers and duties of the State Board of Education
21 shall encompass all duties delegated to the Office of
22 Superintendent of Public Instruction on January 12, 1975,
23 except as the law providing for such powers and duties is
24 thereafter amended, and such other powers and duties as the
25 General Assembly shall designate. The Board shall be
26 responsible for the educational policies and guidelines for
27 public schools, pre-school through grade 12 and Vocational
28 Education in the State of Illinois. The Board shall analyze
29 the present and future aims, needs, and requirements of
30 education in the State of Illinois and recommend to the
31 General Assembly the powers which should be exercised by the
32 Board. The Board shall recommend the passage and the
33 legislation necessary to determine the appropriate
34 relationship between the Board and local boards of education
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1 and the various State agencies and shall recommend desirable
2 modifications in the laws which affect schools.
3 D. Two members of the Board shall be appointed by the
4 chairperson to serve on a standing joint Education Committee,
5 2 others shall be appointed from the Board of Higher
6 Education, 2 others shall be appointed by the chairperson of
7 the Illinois Community College Board, and 2 others shall be
8 appointed by the chairperson of the Human Resource Investment
9 Council. The Executive Director and 2 members of the
10 Professional Teacher Standards Board shall also be members of
11 the Committee. The Committee shall be responsible for making
12 recommendations concerning the submission of any workforce
13 development plan or workforce training program required by
14 federal law or under any block grant authority. The
15 Committee will be responsible for developing policy on
16 matters of mutual concern to elementary, secondary and higher
17 education such as Occupational and Career Education, Teacher
18 Preparation and Certification, Educational Finance,
19 Articulation between Elementary, Secondary and Higher
20 Education and Research and Planning. The joint Education
21 Committee shall meet at least quarterly and submit an annual
22 report of its findings, conclusions, and recommendations to
23 the State Board of Education, the Board of Higher Education,
24 the Illinois Community College Board, the Human Resource
25 Investment Council, the Professional Teacher Standards Board,
26 the Governor, and the General Assembly. All meetings of this
27 Committee shall be official meetings for reimbursement under
28 this Act.
29 E. Five members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.
30 A majority vote of the members appointed, confirmed and
31 serving on the Board is required to approve any action.
32 The Board shall prepare and submit to the General
33 Assembly and the Governor on or before January 14, 1976 and
34 annually thereafter a report or reports of its findings and
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1 recommendations. Such annual report shall contain a separate
2 section which provides a critique and analysis of the status
3 of education in Illinois and which identifies its specific
4 problems and recommends express solutions therefor. Such
5 annual report also shall contain the following information
6 for the preceding year ending on June 30: each act or
7 omission of a school district of which the State Board of
8 Education has knowledge as a consequence of scheduled,
9 approved visits and which constituted a failure by the
10 district to comply with applicable State or federal laws or
11 regulations relating to public education, the name of such
12 district, the date or dates on which the State Board of
13 Education notified the school district of such act or
14 omission, and what action, if any, the school district took
15 with respect thereto after being notified thereof by the
16 State Board of Education. The report shall also include the
17 statewide high school dropout rate by grade level, sex and
18 race and the annual student dropout rate of and the number of
19 students who graduate from, transfer from or otherwise leave
20 bilingual programs. The Auditor General shall annually
21 perform a compliance audit of the State Board of Education's
22 performance of the reporting duty imposed by this amendatory
23 Act of 1986. A regular system of communication with other
24 directly related State agencies shall be implemented.
25 The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly
26 shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the
27 Speaker, the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House of
28 Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader and
29 the Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Council, as
30 required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization
31 Act, and filing such additional copies with the State
32 Government Report Distribution Center for the General
33 Assembly as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of
34 the State Library Act.
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1 (Source: P.A. 89-430, eff. 12-15-95; 89-610, eff. 8-6-96;
2 89-698, eff. 1-14-97; 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
3 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.11) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.11)
4 Sec. 2-3.11. Report to Governor and General Assembly.
5 To report to the Governor and General Assembly annually on or
6 before January 14 the condition of the schools of the State
7 for the preceding year, ending on June 30.
8 Such annual report shall contain reports of the State
9 Teacher Certification Board; the schools of the State
10 charitable institutions; reports on driver education, special
11 education, and transportation; and for such year the annual
12 statistical reports of the State Board of Education,
13 including the number and kinds of school districts; number of
14 school attendance centers; number of men and women teachers;
15 enrollment by grades; total enrollment; total days
16 attendance; total days absence; average daily attendance;
17 number of elementary and secondary school graduates; assessed
18 valuation; tax levies and tax rates for various purposes;
19 amount of teachers' orders, anticipation warrants, and bonds
20 outstanding; and number of men and women teachers and total
21 enrollment of private schools. The report shall give for all
22 school districts receipts from all sources and expenditures
23 for all purposes for each fund; the total operating expense
24 and the per capita cost; federal and state aids and
25 reimbursements; new school buildings, and recognized schools;
26 together with such other information and suggestions as the
27 State Board of Education may deem important in relation to
28 the schools and school laws and the means of promoting
29 education throughout the state.
30 (Source: P.A. 84-1308; 84-1424.)
31 (105 ILCS 5/10-21.9) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.9)
32 Sec. 10-21.9. Criminal background investigations.
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1 (a) After August 1, 1985, certified and noncertified
2 applicants for employment with a school district, except
3 school bus driver applicants, are required as a condition of
4 employment to authorize an investigation to determine if such
5 applicants have been convicted of any of the enumerated
6 criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c) of this Section
7 or have been convicted, within 7 years of the application for
8 employment with the school district, of any other felony
9 under the laws of this State or of any offense committed or
10 attempted in any other state or against the laws of the
11 United States that, if committed or attempted in this State,
12 would have been punishable as a felony under the laws of this
13 State. Authorization for the investigation shall be furnished
14 by the applicant to the school district, except that if the
15 applicant is a substitute teacher seeking employment in more
16 than one school district, a teacher seeking concurrent
17 part-time employment positions with more than one school
18 district (as a reading specialist, special education teacher
19 or otherwise), or an educational support personnel employee
20 seeking employment positions with more than one district, any
21 such district may require the applicant to furnish
22 authorization for the investigation to the regional
23 superintendent of the educational service region in which are
24 located the school districts in which the applicant is
25 seeking employment as a substitute or concurrent part-time
26 teacher or concurrent educational support personnel employee.
27 Upon receipt of this authorization, the school district or
28 the appropriate regional superintendent, as the case may be,
29 shall submit the applicant's name, sex, race, date of birth
30 and social security number to the Department of State Police
31 on forms prescribed by the Department. The regional
32 superintendent submitting the requisite information to the
33 Department of State Police shall promptly notify the school
34 districts in which the applicant is seeking employment as a
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1 substitute or concurrent part-time teacher or concurrent
2 educational support personnel employee that the investigation
3 of the applicant has been requested. The Department of State
4 Police shall conduct an investigation to ascertain if the
5 applicant being considered for employment has been convicted
6 of any of the enumerated criminal or drug offenses in
7 subsection (c) or has been convicted, within 7 years of the
8 application for employment with the school district, of any
9 other felony under the laws of this State or of any offense
10 committed or attempted in any other state or against the laws
11 of the United States that, if committed or attempted in this
12 State, would have been punishable as a felony under the laws
13 of this State. The Department shall charge the school
14 district or the appropriate regional superintendent a fee for
15 conducting such investigation, which fee shall be deposited
16 in the State Police Services Fund and shall not exceed the
17 cost of the inquiry; and the applicant shall not be charged a
18 fee for such investigation by the school district or by the
19 regional superintendent. The regional superintendent may
20 seek reimbursement from the State Board of Education or the
21 appropriate school district or districts for fees paid by the
22 regional superintendent to the Department for the criminal
23 background investigations required by this Section.
24 (b) The Department shall furnish, pursuant to positive
25 identification, records of convictions, until expunged, to
26 the president of the school board for the school district
27 which requested the investigation, or to the regional
28 superintendent who requested the investigation. Any
29 information concerning the record of convictions obtained by
30 the president of the school board or the regional
31 superintendent shall be confidential and may only be
32 transmitted to the superintendent of the school district or
33 his designee, the appropriate regional superintendent if the
34 investigation was requested by the school district, the
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1 presidents of the appropriate school boards if the
2 investigation was requested from the Department of State
3 Police by the regional superintendent, the State
4 Superintendent of Education, the Professional Teacher
5 Standards BoardState Teacher Certification Board or any
6 other person necessary to the decision of hiring the
7 applicant for employment. A copy of the record of
8 convictions obtained from the Department of State Police
9 shall be provided to the applicant for employment. If an
10 investigation of an applicant for employment as a substitute
11 or concurrent part-time teacher or concurrent educational
12 support personnel employee in more than one school district
13 was requested by the regional superintendent, and the
14 Department of State Police upon investigation ascertains that
15 the applicant has not been convicted of any of the enumerated
16 criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c) or has not been
17 convicted, within 7 years of the application for employment
18 with the school district, of any other felony under the laws
19 of this State or of any offense committed or attempted in any
20 other state or against the laws of the United States that, if
21 committed or attempted in this State, would have been
22 punishable as a felony under the laws of this State and so
23 notifies the regional superintendent, then the regional
24 superintendent shall issue to the applicant a certificate
25 evidencing that as of the date specified by the Department of
26 State Police the applicant has not been convicted of any of
27 the enumerated criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c) or
28 has not been convicted, within 7 years of the application for
29 employment with the school district, of any other felony
30 under the laws of this State or of any offense committed or
31 attempted in any other state or against the laws of the
32 United States that, if committed or attempted in this State,
33 would have been punishable as a felony under the laws of this
34 State. The school board of any school district located in
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1 the educational service region served by the regional
2 superintendent who issues such a certificate to an applicant
3 for employment as a substitute teacher in more than one such
4 district may rely on the certificate issued by the regional
5 superintendent to that applicant, or may initiate its own
6 investigation of the applicant through the Department of
7 State Police as provided in subsection (a). Any person who
8 releases any confidential information concerning any criminal
9 convictions of an applicant for employment shall be guilty of
10 a Class A misdemeanor, unless the release of such information
11 is authorized by this Section.
12 (c) No school board shall knowingly employ a person who
13 has been convicted for committing attempted first degree
14 murder or for committing or attempting to commit first degree
15 murder or a Class X felony or any one or more of the
16 following offenses: (i) those defined in Sections 11-6, 11-9,
17 11-14, 11-15, 11-15.1, 11-16, 11-17, 11-18, 11-19, 11-19.1,
18 11-19.2, 11-20, 11-20.1, 11-21, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15
19 and 12-16 of the "Criminal Code of 1961"; (ii) those defined
20 in the "Cannabis Control Act" except those defined in
21 Sections 4(a), 4(b) and 5(a) of that Act; (iii) those defined
22 in the "Illinois Controlled Substances Act"; and (iv) any
23 offense committed or attempted in any other state or against
24 the laws of the United States, which if committed or
25 attempted in this State, would have been punishable as one or
26 more of the foregoing offenses. Further, no school board
27 shall knowingly employ a person who has been found to be the
28 perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of any minor under 18
29 years of age pursuant to proceedings under Article II of the
30 Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
31 (d) No school board shall knowingly employ a person for
32 whom a criminal background investigation has not been
33 initiated.
34 (e) Upon receipt of the record of a conviction of or a
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1 finding of child abuse by a holder of any certificate issued
2 pursuant to Article 21 or Section 34-8.1 or 34-83 of the
3 School Code, the appropriate regional superintendent of
4 schools or the State Superintendent of Education shall
5 initiate the certificate suspension and revocation
6 proceedings authorized by law.
7 (f) After January 1, 1990 the provisions of this Section
8 shall apply to all employees of persons or firms holding
9 contracts with any school district including, but not limited
10 to, food service workers, school bus drivers and other
11 transportation employees, who have direct, daily contact with
12 the pupils of any school in such district. For purposes of
13 criminal background investigations on employees of persons or
14 firms holding contracts with more than one school district
15 and assigned to more than one school district, the regional
16 superintendent of the educational service region in which the
17 contracting school districts are located may, at the request
18 of any such school district, be responsible for receiving the
19 authorization for investigation prepared by each such
20 employee and submitting the same to the Department of State
21 Police. Any information concerning the record of conviction
22 of any such employee obtained by the regional superintendent
23 shall be promptly reported to the president of the
24 appropriate school board or school boards.
25 (Source: P.A. 90-566, eff. 1-2-98; 91-885, eff. 7-6-00.)
26 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.20a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.20a)
27 Sec. 10-22.20a. Advanced vocational training program,
28 and career education. To enter into joint agreements with
29 community college districts and other school districts for
30 the purpose of providing career education or advanced
31 vocational training of students in the 11th and higher grades
32 who desire preparation for a trade. Transportation for
33 students to any facility covered by a joint agreement as
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1 described in this Section shall be provided by the
2 participating school district, or by the participating school
3 district in conjunction with other school districts. Joint
4 agreements entered into under this Section may include
5 provisions for joint authority to acquire and improve sites,
6 construct and equip facilities thereon and lease and equip
7 facilities deemed necessary by the parties to the joint
8 agreement, to maintain programs and to provide for financing
9 of the foregoing jointly by the respective parties, all in
10 accordance with the terms of the joint agreement.
11 Nothing herein contained shall be construed to restrict
12 or prohibit the rights of community college districts or
13 school districts to enter into joint agreements under the
14 provisions of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, as now
15 or hereinafter amended.
16 The duration of the career education or advanced
17 vocational training program shall be such period as the
18 school district may approve but it may not exceed 2 years for
19 any school district pupil. Participation in the program is
20 accorded the same credit toward a high school diploma as time
21 spent in other courses.
22 The participating community college shall bill each
23 participating student's school district for an amount equal
24 to the per capita cost of operating the community college
25 attended or a charge for participation may be made in
26 accordance with the joint agreement between the community
27 college district and the student's school district. Such
28 agreement shall not provide for payments in excess of the
29 actual cost of operating the course or courses in which the
30 student is enrolled. Participating high schools may use
31 State aid monies to pay the charges.
32 The community college instructors teaching in such
33 programs need not be certified by the Professional Teacher
34 Standards BoardState Teacher Certification Board.
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1 (Source: P.A. 79-76.)
2 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.24a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.24a)
3 Sec. 10-22.24a. School counselor. To employ school
4 counselors. A school counselor is a qualified guidance
5 specialist who holds or is qualified for an elementary,
6 secondary, or special K-12 certificate issued by the
7 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Teacher
8 Certification Board and a School Service Personnel
9 certificate endorsed in guidance issued by the Professional
10 Teacher Standards BoardState Teacher Certification Board.
11 Individuals who have completed approved programs in other
12 states may apply for a School Service Personnel certificate
13 endorsed in guidance if a review of their credentials
14 indicates that they hold or qualify for an elementary, high
15 school, or special certificate in their own state.
16 (Source: P.A. 91-70, eff. 7-9-99.)
17 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.34) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.34)
18 Sec. 10-22.34. Non-certificated personnel.
19 (a) School Boards may employ non-teaching personnel or
20 utilize volunteer personnel for: (1) non-teaching duties not
21 requiring instructional judgment or evaluation of pupils; and
22 (2) supervising study halls, long distance teaching reception
23 areas used incident to instructional programs transmitted by
24 electronic media such as computers, video, and audio, and
25 detention and discipline areas, and school-sponsored
26 extracurricular activities.
27 (b) School boards may further utilize volunteer
28 non-certificated personnel or employ non-certificated
29 personnel to assist in the instruction of pupils under the
30 immediate supervision of a teacher, holding a valid
31 certificate, directly engaged in teaching subject matter or
32 conducting activities. The teacher shall be continuously
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1 aware of the non-certificated persons' activities and shall
2 be able to control or modify them. The Professional Teacher
3 Standards BoardState Board of Education, in consultation
4 with the State Teacher Certification Board, shall determine
5 qualifications of such personnel and shall prescribe rules
6 for determining the duties and activities to be assigned to
7 such personnel. In the determination of qualifications of
8 such personnel, the State Board of Education shall accept
9 coursework earned in a recognized institution or from an
10 institution of higher learning accredited by the North
11 Central Association or other comparable regional accrediting
12 association.
13 (b-5) A school board may utilize volunteer personnel
14 from a regional School Crisis Assistance Team (S.C.A.T.),
15 created as part of the Safe to Learn Program established
16 pursuant to Section 25 of the Illinois Violence Prevention
17 Act of 1995, to provide assistance to schools in times of
18 violence or other traumatic incidents within a school
19 community by providing crisis intervention services to lessen
20 the effects of emotional trauma on individuals and the
21 community. The School Crisis Assistance Team Steering
22 Committee shall determine the qualifications for volunteers.
23 (c) School boards may also employ students holding a
24 bachelor's degree from a recognized institution of higher
25 learning as teaching interns when such students are enrolled
26 in a college or university internship program, which has
27 prior approval by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
28 State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
29 Teacher Certification Board, leading to a masters degree.
30 Regional offices of education have the authority to
31 initiate and collaborate with institutions of higher learning
32 to establish internship programs referenced in this
33 subsection (c). The State Board of Education has 90 days
34 from receiving a written proposal to establish the internship
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1 program to seek the State Teacher Certification Board's
2 consultation on the internship program. If the State Board
3 of Education does not consult the State Teacher Certification
4 Board within 90 days, the regional office of education may
5 seek the State Teacher Certification Board's consultation
6 without the State Board of Education's approval.
7 (d) Nothing in this Section shall require constant
8 supervision of a student teacher enrolled in a student
9 teaching course at a college or university, provided such
10 activity has the prior approval of the representative of the
11 higher education institution and teaching plans have
12 previously been discussed with and approved by the
13 supervising teacher and further provided that such teaching
14 is within guidelines established by the Professional Teacher
15 Standards BoardState Board of Education in consultation with
16 the State Teacher Certification Board.
17 (Source: P.A. 92-200, eff. 1-1-02; 92-724, eff. 7-25-02.)
18 (105 ILCS 5/14-1.09.1)
19 Sec. 14-1.09.1. School psychological services. In the
20 public schools, school psychological services provided by
21 qualified specialists who hold Type 73 School Service
22 Personnel Certificates endorsed for school psychology issued
23 by the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Teacher
24 Certification Board may include, but are not limited to: (i)
25 administration and interpretation of psychological and
26 educational evaluations; (ii) developing school-based
27 prevention programs, including violence prevention programs;
28 (iii) counseling with students, parents, and teachers on
29 educational and mental health issues; (iv) acting as liaisons
30 between public schools and community agencies; (v) evaluating
31 program effectiveness; (vi) providing crisis intervention
32 within the school setting; (vii) helping teachers, parents,
33 and others involved in the educational process to provide
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1 optimum teaching and learning conditions for all students;
2 (viii) supervising school psychologist interns enrolled in
3 school psychology programs that meet the standards
4 established by the State Board of Education; and (ix)
5 screening of school enrollments to identify children who
6 should be referred for individual study. Nothing in this
7 Section prohibits other qualified professionals from
8 providing those services listed for which they are
9 appropriately trained.
10 (Source: P.A. 89-339, eff. 8-17-95.)
11 (105 ILCS 5/14-8.05) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-8.05)
12 Sec. 14-8.05. Behavioral intervention.
13 (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that
14 principals and teachers of students with disabilities require
15 training and guidance that provide ways for working
16 successfully with children who have difficulties conforming
17 to acceptable behavioral patterns in order to provide an
18 environment in which learning can occur. It is the intent of
19 the General Assembly:
20 (1) That when behavioral interventions are used,
21 they be used in consideration of the pupil's physical
22 freedom and social interaction, and be administered in a
23 manner that respects human dignity and personal privacy
24 and that ensures a pupil's right to placement in the
25 least restrictive educational environment.
26 (2) That behavioral management plans be developed
27 and used, to the extent possible, in a consistent manner
28 when a local educational agency has placed the pupil in a
29 day or residential setting for education purposes.
30 (3) That a statewide study be conducted of the use
31 of behavioral interventions with students with
32 disabilities receiving special education and related
33 services.
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1 (4) That training programs be developed and
2 implemented in institutions of higher education that
3 train teachers, and that in-service training programs be
4 made available as necessary in school districts, in
5 educational service centers, and by regional
6 superintendents of schools to assure that adequately
7 trained staff are available to work effectively with the
8 behavioral intervention needs of students with
9 disabilities.
10 (b) On or before September 30, 1993, the State
11 Superintendent of Education shall conduct a statewide study
12 of the use of behavioral interventions with students with
13 disabilities receiving special education and related
14 services. The study shall include, but not necessarily be
15 limited to identification of the frequency in the use of
16 behavioral interventions; the number of districts with
17 policies in place for working with children exhibiting
18 continuous serious behavioral problems; how policies, rules,
19 or regulations within districts differ between emergency and
20 routine behavioral interventions commonly practiced; the
21 nature and extent of costs for training provided to personnel
22 for implementing a program of nonaversive behavioral
23 interventions; and the nature and extent of costs for
24 training provided to parents of students with disabilities
25 who would be receiving behavioral interventions. The scope
26 of the study shall be developed by the State Board of
27 Education, in consultation with individuals and groups
28 representing parents, teachers, administrators, and
29 advocates. On or before June 30, 1994, the State Board of
30 Education shall issue guidelines based on the study's
31 findings. The guidelines shall address, but not be limited
32 to, the following: (i) appropriate behavioral interventions,
33 and (ii) how to properly document the need for and use of
34 behavioral interventions in the process of developing
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1 individualized education plans for students with
2 disabilities. The guidelines shall be used as a reference to
3 assist school boards in developing local policies and
4 procedures in accordance with this Section. The State Board
5 of Education, with the advice of parents of students with
6 disabilities and other parents, teachers, administrators,
7 advocates for persons with disabilities, and individuals with
8 knowledge or expertise in the development and implementation
9 of behavioral interventions for persons with disabilities,
10 shall review its behavioral intervention guidelines at least
11 once every 3 years to determine their continuing
12 appropriateness and effectiveness and shall make such
13 modifications in the guidelines as it deems necessary.
14 (c) Each school board must establish and maintain a
15 committee to develop policies and procedures on the use of
16 behavioral interventions for students with disabilities who
17 require behavioral intervention. The policies and procedures
18 shall be adopted and implemented by school boards by January
19 1, 1996, shall be amended as necessary to comply with the
20 rules established by the State Board of Education under
21 Section 2-3.130 of this Code not later than one month after
22 commencement of the school year after the State Board of
23 Education's rules are adopted, and shall: (i) be developed
24 with the advice of parents with students with disabilities
25 and other parents, teachers, administrators, advocates for
26 persons with disabilities, and individuals with knowledge or
27 expertise in the development and implementation of behavioral
28 interventions for persons with disabilities; (ii) emphasize
29 positive interventions that are designed to develop and
30 strengthen desirable behaviors; (iii) incorporate procedures
31 and methods consistent with generally accepted practice in
32 the field of behavioral intervention; (iv) include criteria
33 for determining when a student with disabilities may require
34 a behavioral intervention plan; (v) reflect that the
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1 guidelines of the State Board of Education have been reviewed
2 and considered and provide the address of the State Board of
3 Education so that copies of the State Board of Education
4 behavioral guidelines may be requested; and (vi) include
5 procedures for monitoring the use of restrictive behavioral
6 interventions. Each school board shall (i) furnish a copy of
7 its local policies and procedures to parents and guardians of
8 all students with individualized education plans within 15
9 days after the policies and procedures have been adopted by
10 the school board, or within 15 days after the school board
11 has amended its policies and procedures, or at the time an
12 individualized education plan is first implemented for the
13 student, and (ii) require that each school inform its
14 students of the existence of the policies and procedures
15 annually. Provided, at the annual individualized education
16 plan review, the school board shall (1) explain the local
17 policies and procedures, (2) furnish a copy of the local
18 policies to parents and guardians, and (3) make available,
19 upon request of any parents and guardians, a copy of local
20 procedures.
21 (d) The Professional Teacher Standards BoardState
22 Superintendent of Education shall consult with
23 representatives of institutions of higher education and the
24 State Teacher Certification Board in regard to the current
25 training requirements for teachers to ensure that sufficient
26 training is available in appropriate behavioral interventions
27 consistent with professionally accepted practices and
28 standards for people entering the field of education.
29 (Source: P.A. 91-600, eff. 8-14-99; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)
30 (105 ILCS 5/14C-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 14C-2)
31 Sec. 14C-2. Definitions. Unless the context indicates
32 otherwise, the terms used in this Article have the following
33 meanings:
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1 (a) "State Board" means the State Board of Education.
2 (b) "Certification Board" means the Professional Teacher
3 Standards BoardState Teacher Certification Board.
4 (c) "School District" means any school district
5 established under this Code.
6 (d) "Children of limited English-speaking ability" means
7 (1) children who were not born in the United States whose
8 native tongue is a language other than English and who are
9 incapable of performing ordinary classwork in English; and
10 (2) children who were born in the United States of parents
11 possessing no or limited English-speaking ability and who are
12 incapable of performing ordinary classwork in English.
13 (e) "Teacher of transitional bilingual education" means
14 a teacher with a speaking and reading ability in a language
15 other than English in which transitional bilingual education
16 is offered and with communicative skills in English.
17 (f) "Program in transitional bilingual education" means
18 a full-time program of instruction (1) in all those courses
19 or subjects which a child is required by law to receive and
20 which are required by the child's school district which shall
21 be given in the native language of the children of limited
22 English-speaking ability who are enrolled in the program and
23 also in English, (2) in the reading and writing of the native
24 language of the children of limited English-speaking ability
25 who are enrolled in the program and in the oral
26 comprehension, speaking, reading and writing of English, and
27 (3) in the history and culture of the country, territory or
28 geographic area which is the native land of the parents of
29 children of limited English-speaking ability who are enrolled
30 in the program and in the history and culture of the United
31 States; or a part-time program of instruction based on the
32 educational needs of those children of limited
33 English-speaking ability who do not need a full-time program
34 of instruction.
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1 (Source: P.A. 86-1028.)
2 (105 ILCS 5/21-0.05 new)
3 Sec. 21-0.05. Professional Teacher Standards Board.
4 (a) The Professional Teacher Standards Board is hereby
5 created. The Professional Teacher Standards Board shall
6 consist of 11 members appointed by the Governor, with the
7 advice and consent of the Senate. Of the members so
8 appointed, one shall be a faculty member of a public
9 university located in the State, one shall be a faculty
10 member of a private college or university located in the
11 State, 2 shall be school administrators employed in the
12 public schools of the State who have been nominated by an
13 administrator organization, one shall be a representative of
14 the business community of the State who is a parent of a
15 student attending a public school in the State and who has
16 been nominated by a statewide business organization, and 6
17 shall be classroom teachers employed in the public schools of
18 the State (with 3 nominated by one professional teachers'
19 organization and 3 nominated by another professional
20 teachers' organization). At least one of the classroom
21 teachers so appointed shall be an employee of a school
22 district that is subject to the provisions of Article 34 of
23 this Code. Whenever a vacancy in a classroom teacher position
24 on the Professional Teacher Standards Board is to be filled
25 as provided in this Section, the professional teachers'
26 organization that nominated the member who vacated the office
27 is entitled to nominate a candidate for the vacancy. The
28 nominations of a professional teachers' organization shall be
29 submitted by the organization to the Governor not less than
30 60 days prior to the expiration of the term of a person
31 holding a classroom teacher position on the Professional
32 Teacher Standards Board or not more than 60 days after a
33 vacancy in such a position occurs for any other reason. The
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1 nominations shall be in writing and shall be signed by the
2 president and secretary of the organization submitting the
3 nominations. Of the members initially appointed to the
4 Professional Teacher Standards Board: the faculty member of a
5 public university shall be appointed to serve a term expiring
6 on the third Monday of January, 2006; the faculty member of a
7 private college or university shall be appointed to serve a
8 term expiring on the third Monday of January, 2008; one of
9 the 2 school administrators shall be appointed to serve a
10 term expiring on the third Monday of January, 2006, and the
11 other school administrator shall be appointed to serve a term
12 expiring on the third Monday of January, 2008; the
13 representative of the business community shall be appointed
14 to serve a term expiring on the third Monday of January,
15 2006; and 3 of the 6 classroom teachers shall be appointed to
16 serve terms expiring on the third Monday of January, 2006,
17 with the remaining 3 classroom teachers being appointed to
18 serve terms expiring on the third Monday of January, 2008.
19 The successors in office of the members initially appointed
20 under this subsection shall each serve terms of 4 years,
21 commencing on the third Monday of January of the appropriate
22 even-numbered year. All members shall serve until a successor
23 is appointed, and any vacancy shall be filled for the balance
24 of the unexpired term in the same manner as an appointment
25 for a full term is made.
26 (b) The State Teacher Certification Board is abolished
27 and the terms of its members are terminated when 6 of the
28 initial members of the Professional Teacher Standards Board,
29 which shall constitute a quorum of that Board, are appointed
30 as provided in subsection (a). The members of the
31 Professional Teacher Standards Board shall take office and
32 assume, exercise, and perform the powers, duties, and
33 responsibilities of that Board under this Article when a
34 quorum of the initial members of that Board is appointed.
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1 Matters pending before the State Teacher Certification Board
2 at the time of its abolition shall continue as matters before
3 the Professional Teacher Standards Board. Until the State
4 Teacher Certification Board is abolished upon the appointment
5 of 6 persons to serve as initial members of the Professional
6 Teacher Standards Board, but not thereafter, the State
7 Teacher Certification Board shall exercise the powers and
8 duties that it was authorized or required to exercise and
9 perform under this Code or any other law prior to its
10 abolition. Until a quorum of the initial members on the
11 Professional Teacher Standards Board is appointed, but not
12 thereafter, the State Board of Education and the State
13 Superintendent of Education shall exercise the powers and
14 duties that the State Board of Education and the State
15 Superintendent of Education were authorized or required to
16 exercise and perform under this Code prior to the giving of
17 those powers and duties to the Professional Teacher Standards
18 Board under this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.
19 (c) The chairperson of the Professional Teacher
20 Standards Board shall be elected by the members of the Board
21 from among their number to serve for a term of one year. A
22 person elected to serve as chairperson of the Board may be
23 reelected by the members of the Board to succeed himself or
24 herself in that office. The members of the Professional
25 Teacher Standards Board shall meet promptly upon the
26 appointment of a quorum of the members to organize
27 themselves, elect from their number a chairperson and such
28 other officers as they deem necessary, and establish the
29 dates of the regular meetings of the Board. The Board shall
30 hold special meetings upon the call of the chairperson or a
31 majority of its members. Members of the Professional Teacher
32 Standards Board shall be reimbursed for all ordinary and
33 necessary expenses incurred in performing their duties as
34 members of the Board.
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1 (d) The Professional Teacher Standards Board, as a State
2 agency that is eligible for appropriations, shall comply with
3 the provisions of the Bureau of the Budget Act applicable to
4 State agencies.
5 (e) The Professional Teacher Standards Board, acting in
6 accordance with the provisions of this Article and exercising
7 the exclusive powers granted to it under Section 21-1c, shall
8 have the power and authority to do all of the following:
9 (1) set standards for teaching, supervising, or
10 holding other certificated employment in the public
11 schools, and administer the certification process as
12 provided in this Article;
13 (2) approve and evaluate teacher and administrator
14 preparation programs;
15 (3) revoke and suspend certificates issued for
16 teaching, supervising, or holding other certificated
17 employment in the public schools for immorality or other
18 unprofessional conduct;
19 (4) enter into agreements with other states
20 relative to reciprocal approval of teacher and
21 administrator preparation programs;
22 (5) establish standards for the issuance of new
23 types of certificates;
24 (6) employ and direct an Executive Director (who
25 shall be responsible for negotiating contracts, hiring,
26 and establishing payroll and who shall be responsible for
27 non-bargaining employees) and such other staff as the
28 Board deems necessary to exercise its powers and duties
29 under this Article, subject to the following conditions:
30 all employees of the State Board of Education who lose
31 their employment with the State Board of Education as the
32 result of the establishment of the Professional Teacher
33 Standards Board and the attendant transfer of power and
34 duties to the Professional Teacher Standards Board shall
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1 be afforded the right to transfer their employment
2 without interruption from the State Board of Education to
3 the Professional Teacher Standards Board, retaining their
4 seniority status and salary as it then exists with the
5 State Board of Education;
6 (7) establish standards for induction, mentoring,
7 and professional development programs;
8 (8) take such other action relating to the
9 improvement of instruction in the public schools through
10 teacher education and professional development and that
11 attracts qualified candidates into teacher training
12 programs as is appropriate and consistent with applicable
13 laws;
14 (9) subject to appropriation, provide financial
15 assistance for programs that promote teacher education,
16 professional development, and the mentoring and retention
17 of teachers; and
18 (10) make and prescribe rules and regulations that
19 are necessary for the administration of this Article.
20 With respect to subdivision (6) of this subsection (e),
21 personnel employed by the State Board of Education on
22 December 31, 2003 or on the date immediately before the date
23 that a quorum of the initial members on the Professional
24 Teacher Standards Board is appointed, whichever occurs later,
25 to perform duties pertaining to certification shall be
26 transferred on January 1, 2004 or on the date that a quorum
27 of the initial members on the Professional Teacher Standards
28 Board is appointed, whichever occurs later, to the
29 Professional Teacher Standards Board. The rights of State
30 employees under applicable collective bargaining agreements
31 and retirement plans are not affected by this amendatory Act
32 of the 93rd General Assembly. All transferred employees shall
33 remain in the same retirement system that they were in before
34 the transfer. All transferred employees who are members of
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1 collective bargaining units shall retain their seniority,
2 continuous service, salary, and accrued benefits. During the
3 pendency of the existing collective bargaining agreement, the
4 rights provided for under that agreement and memoranda and
5 supplements to that agreement, including without limitation
6 the rights of employees performing duties pertaining to
7 certification under the State Board of Education, shall not
8 be abridged. The Professional Teacher Standards Board shall
9 continue to honor during their pendency all bargaining
10 agreements in effect at the time of the transfer and to
11 recognize all collective bargaining representatives for the
12 employees who perform or will perform functions transferred
13 by this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly. For all
14 purposes with respect to the management of the existing
15 agreement and the negotiation and management of any successor
16 agreements, the Professional Teacher Standards Board shall be
17 deemed to be the employer of employees who perform or will
18 perform functions transferred to the Professional Teacher
19 Standards Board by this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
20 Assembly.
21 (f) The Professional Teacher Standards Board shall
22 create the administrator certification subcommittee, which
23 shall be advisory. The administrator certification
24 subcommittee shall consist of the 2 school administrator
25 members of the Professional Teacher Standards Board and 4
26 members appointed by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
27 as follows:
28 (1) Two school administrators nominated by an
29 administrator organization.
30 (2) One administrator who is an employee of a
31 school district that is subject to the provisions of
32 Article 34 of this Code.
33 (3) One regional superintendent of schools.
34 The Professional Teacher Standards Board shall create the
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1 higher education program approval and evaluation
2 subcommittee, which shall be advisory. The higher education
3 program approval and evaluation subcommittee shall consist of
4 the 2 university faculty members of the Professional Teacher
5 Standards Board and 4 members appointed by the Professional
6 Teacher Standards Board as follows:
7 (1) Three faculty members from a public university
8 located in this State.
9 (2) One faculty member from a private college or
10 university located in this State.
11 In addition the Professional Teacher Standards Board may
12 establish advisory committees if the Board determines that
13 such action may be necessary or appropriate.
14 (g) Decisions of the Professional Teacher Standards
15 Board with regard to the approval and evaluation of teacher
16 and administrator preparation programs may be appealed to a
17 committee consisting of members appointed by the Governor
18 with the advice and consent of the Senate as follows:
19 (1) One member nominated by a professional
20 teachers' organization.
21 (2) One member nominated by another professional
22 teachers' organization.
23 (3) One member nominated by an administrator
24 organization.
25 (105 ILCS 5/21-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1)
26 Sec. 21-1. Qualification of teachers. No one may be
27 certified to teach or supervise in the public schools of this
28 State who is not of good character, good health, a citizen of
29 the United States or legally present and authorized for
30 employment, and at least 19 years of age. If the holder of a
31 certificate under this Section is not a citizen of the United
32 States 6 years after the date of the issuance of the original
33 certificate, any certificate held by such person on that date
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1 shall be cancelled by the board of education and no other
2 certificate to teach shall be issued to such person until
3 such person is a citizen of the United States.
4 Citizenship is not required for the issuance of a
5 temporary part-time certificate to participants in approved
6 training programs for exchange students as described in
7 Section 21-10.2. A certificate issued under this plan shall
8 expire on June 30 following the date of issue. One renewal
9 for one year is authorized if the holder remains as an
10 official participant in an approved exchange program.
11 In determining good character under this Section, any
12 felony conviction of the applicant may be taken into
13 consideration, but such a conviction shall not operate as a
14 bar to registration.
15 No person otherwise qualified shall be denied the right
16 to be certified, to receive training for the purpose of
17 becoming a teacher or to engage in practice teaching in any
18 school because of a physical disability including but not
19 limited to visual and hearing disabilities; nor shall any
20 school district refuse to employ a teacher on such grounds,
21 provided that the person is able to carry out the duties of
22 the position for which he applies.
23 No person may be granted or continue to hold a teaching
24 certificate who has knowingly altered or misrepresented his
25 or her teaching qualifications in order to acquire the
26 certificate. Any other certificate held by such person may
27 be suspended or revoked by the Professional Teacher Standards
28 BoardState Teacher Certification Board, depending upon the
29 severity of the alteration or misrepresentation.
30 No one may teach or supervise in the public schools nor
31 receive for teaching or supervising any part of any public
32 school fund, who does not hold a certificate of qualification
33 granted, on or after January 1, 2004 or on or after the date
34 that a quorum of the initial members on the Professional
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1 Teacher Standards Board is appointed, whichever occurs later,
2 by the Professional Teacher Standards Board, or granted prior
3 to that date by the State Board of Education or by the State
4 Teacher Certification Board and a regional superintendent of
5 schools as hereinafter provided, or by the board of education
6 of a city having a population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants,
7 except as provided in Section 34-6 and in Section 10-22.34 or
8 Section 10-22.34b. However, the provisions of this Article do
9 not apply to a member of the armed forces who is employed as
10 a teacher of subjects in the Reserve Officer's Training Corps
11 of any school. Sections 21-2 through 21-24 do not apply to
12 cities having a population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants,
13 beginninguntil July 1, 1988.
14 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the
15 board of education of any school district may grant to a
16 teacher of the district a leave of absence with full pay for
17 a period of not more than one year to permit such teacher to
18 teach in a foreign state under the provisions of the Exchange
19 Teacher Program established under Public Law 584, 79th
20 Congress, and Public Law 402, 80th Congress, as amended. The
21 school board granting such leave of absence may employ with
22 or without pay a national of the foreign state wherein the
23 teacher on leave of absence will teach, if the national is
24 qualified to teach in that foreign state, and if that
25 national will teach in a grade level similar to the one which
26 was taught in such foreign state. The Professional Teacher
27 Standards BoardState Board of Education shall promulgate and
28 enforce such reasonable rules and regulations as may be
29 necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Article or may
30 adopt for such purposes any of the rules and regulations
31 promulgated prior to January 1, 2004 or prior to the date
32 that a quorum of the initial members on the Professional
33 Teacher Standards Board is appointed, whichever occurs later,
34 by the State Board of Education or by the State Teacher
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1 Certification Board prior to the abolition of that Board
2 paragraph.
3 (Source: P.A. 88-189; 89-159, eff. 1-1-96; 89-397, eff.
4 8-20-95; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
5 (105 ILCS 5/21-1a) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1a)
6 Sec. 21-1a. Tests required for certification and teacher
7 preparation.
8 (a) After July 1, 1988, in addition to all other
9 requirements, early childhood, elementary, special, high
10 school, school service personnel, or, except as provided in
11 Section 34-6, administrative certificates shall be issued to
12 persons who have satisfactorily passed a test of basic skills
13 and subject matter knowledge. The tests of basic skills and
14 subject matter knowledge shall be the tests which from time
15 to time are designated by the Professional Teacher Standards
16 BoardState Board of Education in consultation with the State
17 Teacher Certification Board and may be tests prepared by an
18 educational testing organization or tests designed by the
19 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of Education
20 in consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
21 The areas to be covered by the test of basic skills shall
22 include the basic skills of reading, writing, grammar and
23 mathematics. The test of subject matter knowledge shall
24 assess content knowledge in the specific subject field. The
25 tests shall be designed to be racially neutral to assure that
26 no person in taking the tests is thereby discriminated
27 against on the basis of race, color, national origin or other
28 factors unrelated to the person's ability to perform as a
29 certificated employee. The score required to pass the tests
30 of basic skills and subject matter knowledge shall be fixed
31 by the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of
32 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
33 Certification Board. The tests shall be held not fewer than
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1 3 times a year at such time and place as may be designated by
2 the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of
3 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
4 Certification Board.
5 (b) Except as provided in Section 34-6, the provisions
6 of subsection (a) of this Section shall apply equally in any
7 school district subject to Article 34, provided that the
8 State Board of Education shall determine which certificates
9 issued under Sections 34-8.1 and 34-83 prior to July 1, 1988
10 are comparable to any early childhood certificate, elementary
11 school certificate, special certificate, high school
12 certificate, school service personnel certificate or
13 administrative certificate issued under this Article as of
14 July 1, 1988.
15 (c) A person who holds an early childhood, elementary,
16 special, high school or school service personnel certificate
17 issued under this Article on or at any time before July 1,
18 1988, including a person who has been issued any such
19 certificate pursuant to Section 21-11.1 or in exchange for a
20 comparable certificate theretofore issued under Section
21 34-8.1 or Section 34-83, shall not be required to take or
22 pass the tests in order to thereafter have such certificate
23 renewed.
24 (d) (Blank).The State Board of Education in
25 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board shall
26 conduct a pilot administration of the tests by administering
27 the test to students completing teacher education programs in
28 the 1986-87 school year for the purpose of determining the
29 effect and impact of testing candidates for certification.
30 Beginning with the 2002-2003 academic year, a student may
31 not enroll in a teacher preparation program at a recognized
32 teacher training institution until he or she has passed the
33 basic skills test.
34 Beginning with the 2004-2005 academic year, a preservice
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1 education teacher may not student teach until he or she has
2 passed the subject matter test in the discipline in which he
3 or she will student teach.
4 (e) The rules and regulations developed to implement the
5 required test of basic skills and subject matter knowledge
6 shall include the requirements of subsections (a), (b), and
7 (c) and shall include specific regulations to govern test
8 selection; test validation and determination of a passing
9 score; administration of the tests; frequency of
10 administration; applicant fees; frequency of applicants'
11 taking the tests; the years for which a score is valid; and,
12 waiving certain additional tests for additional certificates
13 to individuals who have satisfactorily passed the test of
14 basic skills and subject matter knowledge as required in
15 subsection (a). The Professional Teacher Standards Board
16 State Board of Education shall provide, by rule, specific
17 policies that assure uniformity in the difficulty level of
18 each form of the basic skills test and each subject matter
19 knowledge test from test-to-test and year-to-year. The
20 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of Education
21 shall also set a passing score for the tests.
22 (f) (Blank).The State Teacher Certification Board may
23 issue a nonrenewable temporary certificate between July 1,
24 1988 and August 31, 1988 to individuals who have taken the
25 tests of basic skills and subject matter knowledge prescribed
26 by this Section but have not received such test scores by
27 August 31, 1988. Such temporary certificates shall expire on
28 December 31, 1988.
29 (g) Beginning February 15, 2000 and until January 1,
30 2004 or until a quorum of the initial members on the
31 Professional Teacher Standards Board is appointed, whichever
32 occurs later, the State Board of Education, in consultation
33 with the State Teacher Certification Board, shall implement
34 and administer thea new system of certification for teachers
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1 in the State of Illinois. Beginning on January 1, 2004 or the
2 date that a quorum of the initial members on the Professional
3 Teacher Standards Board is appointed, whichever occurs later,
4 the Professional Teachers Standards Board shall implement and
5 administer this system of certification. The Professional
6 Teacher Standards BoardState Board of Education, in
7 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board,
8 shall design and implement a system of examinations and
9 various other criteria which shall be required prior to the
10 issuance of Initial Teaching Certificates and Standard
11 Teaching Certificates. These examinations and indicators
12 shall be based on national and State professional teaching
13 standards, as determined by the Professional Teacher
14 Standards BoardState Board of Education, in consultation
15 with the State Teacher Certification Board. The Professional
16 Teacher Standards BoardState Board of Education may adopt
17 any and all regulations necessary to implement and administer
18 this Section.
19 (h) The State Board of Education shall report to the
20 Illinois General Assembly and the Governor with
21 recommendations for further changes and improvements to the
22 teacher certification system no later than July 1, 1999 and
23 on an annual basis until July 1, 2001.
24 (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99; 92-734, eff. 7-25-02.)
25 (105 ILCS 5/21-1b) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1b)
26 Sec. 21-1b. Subject endorsement on certificates. All
27 certificates initially issued under this Article after June
28 30, 1986, shall be specifically endorsed by the State Board
29 of Education for each subject the holder of the certificate
30 is legally qualified to teach, such endorsements to be made
31 in accordance with standards promulgated by the Professional
32 Teacher Standards BoardState Board of Education in
33 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board. All
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1 certificates which are issued under this Article prior to
2 July 1, 1986 may, by application to the Professional Teacher
3 Standards BoardState Board of Education, be specifically
4 endorsed for each subject the holder is legally qualified to
5 teach. All subject endorsements made on or after January 1,
6 2004 or on or after the date that a quorum of the initial
7 members on the Professional Teacher Standards Board is
8 appointed, whichever occurs later, to new or existing
9 certificates as provided in this Section shall be made by the
10 Professional Teacher Standards Board. Endorsements issued
11 under this Section shall not apply to substitute teacher's
12 certificates issued under Section 21-9 of this Code.
13 Commencing July 1, 1999, each application for endorsement
14 of an existing teaching certificate shall be accompanied by a
15 $30 nonrefundable fee. There is hereby created a Teacher
16 Certificate Fee Revolving Fund as a special fund within the
17 State Treasury. The proceeds of each $30 fee shall be paid
18 into the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund; and the
19 moneys in that Fund shall be appropriated to the Professional
20 Teacher Standards Board and used by that Board to provide the
21 technology and other resources necessary for the timely and
22 efficient processing of certification requests.
23 (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)
24 (105 ILCS 5/21-1c) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1c)
25 Sec. 21-1c. Exclusive certificate authority. Only the
26 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of Education
27 and State Teacher Certification Board, acting in accordance
28 with the applicable provisions of this Act and the rules,
29 regulations and standards promulgated thereunder, shall have
30 the authority to issue or endorse any certificate required
31 for teaching, supervising or holding certificated employment
32 in the public schools; and no other State agency shall have
33 any power or authority (i) to establish or prescribe any
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1 qualifications or other requirements applicable to teacher or
2 administrator training and certification or to the issuance
3 or endorsement of any such certificate, required for
4 teaching, supervising, or holding certified employment in the
5 public schools, or (ii) to establish or prescribe any
6 licensure or equivalent requirement which must be satisfied
7 in order to teach, supervise or hold certificated employment
8 in the public schools. This Section does not prohibit the
9 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of
10 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
11 Certification Board, from delegating to regional
12 superintendents of schools the authority to grant temporary
13 employment authorizations to teacher applicants whose
14 qualifications have been confirmed by the Professional
15 Teacher Standards BoardState Board of Education, in
16 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
17 (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)
18 (105 ILCS 5/21-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2)
19 Sec. 21-2. Grades of certificates.
20 (a) All certificates issued under this Article shall be
21 State certificates valid, except as limited in Section 21-1,
22 in every school district coming under the provisions of this
23 Act and shall be limited in time and designated as follows:
24 Provisional vocational certificate, temporary provisional
25 vocational certificate, early childhood certificate,
26 elementary school certificate, special certificate, secondary
27 certificate, school service personnel certificate,
28 administrative certificate, provisional certificate, and
29 substitute certificate. The requirement of student teaching
30 under close and competent supervision for obtaining a
31 teaching certificate may be waived by the Professional
32 Teacher Standards BoardState Teacher Certification Board
33 upon presentation to thatthe Board by the teacher of
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1 evidence of 5 years successful teaching experience on a valid
2 certificate and graduation from a recognized institution of
3 higher learning with a bachelor's degree.
4 (b) Initial Teaching Certificate. Persons who (1) have
5 completed an approved teacher preparation program, (2) are
6 recommended by an approved teacher preparation program, (3)
7 have successfully completed the Initial Teaching
8 Certification examinations required by the Professional
9 Teacher Standards BoardState Board of Education, and (4)
10 have met all other criteria established by the Professional
11 Teacher Standards BoardState Board of Education in
12 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board,
13 shall be issued an Initial Teaching Certificate valid for 4
14 years of teaching, as defined in Section 21-14 of this Code.
15 Initial Teaching Certificates shall be issued for categories
16 corresponding to Early Childhood, Elementary, Secondary, and
17 Special K-12, with special certification designations for
18 Special Education, Bilingual Education, fundamental learning
19 areas (including Language Arts, Reading, Mathematics,
20 Science, Social Science, Physical Development and Health,
21 Fine Arts, and Foreign Language), and other areas designated
22 by the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of
23 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
24 Certification Board.
25 (c) Standard Certificate.
26 (1) Persons who (i) have completed 4 years of teaching,
27 as defined in Section 21-14 of this Code, with an Initial
28 Certificate or an Initial Alternative Teaching Certificate
29 and have met all other criteria established by the State
30 Board of Education in consultation with the State Teacher
31 Certification Board before January 1, 2004 or before the date
32 that a quorum of the initial members on the Professional
33 Teacher Standards Board is appointed, whichever occurs later,
34 and by the Professional Teacher Standards Board on and after
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1 January 1, 2004 or on and after the date that a quorum of the
2 initial members on the Professional Teacher Standards Board
3 is appointed, whichever occurs later, (ii) have completed 4
4 years of teaching on a valid equivalent certificate in
5 another State or territory of the United States, or have
6 completed 4 years of teaching in a nonpublic Illinois
7 elementary or secondary school with an Initial Certificate or
8 an Initial Alternative Teaching Certificate, and have met all
9 other criteria established by the State Board of Education,
10 in consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board,
11 before January 1, 2004 or before the date that a quorum of
12 the initial members on the Professional Teacher Standards
13 Board is appointed, whichever occurs later, and by the
14 Professional Teacher Standards Board on and after January 1,
15 2004 or on and after the date that a quorum of the initial
16 members on the Professional Teacher Standards Board is
17 appointed, whichever occurs later, or (iii) were issued
18 teaching certificates prior to February 15, 2000 and are
19 renewing those certificates after February 15, 2000, shall be
20 issued a Standard Certificate valid for 5 years, which may be
21 renewed thereafter every 5 years by the Professional Teacher
22 Standards BoardState Teacher Certification Board based on
23 proof of continuing education or professional development.
24 Beginning July 1, 2003, persons who have completed 4 years of
25 teaching, as described in clauses (i) and (ii) of this
26 paragraph (1), have successfully completed the requirements
27 of paragraphs (2) through (4) of this subsection (c), and
28 have met all other criteria established by the Professional
29 Teacher Standards BoardState Board of Education, in
30 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board,
31 shall be issued Standard Certificates. Standard Certificates
32 shall be issued for categories corresponding to Early
33 Childhood, Elementary, Secondary, and Special K-12, with
34 special certification designations for Special Education,
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1 Bilingual Education, fundamental learning areas (including
2 Language Arts, Reading, Mathematics, Science, Social Science,
3 Physical Development and Health, Fine Arts, and Foreign
4 Language), and other areas designated by the Professional
5 Teacher Standards BoardState Board of Education, in
6 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
7 (2) This paragraph (2) applies only to those persons
8 required to successfully complete the requirements of this
9 paragraph under paragraph (1) of this subsection (c). In
10 order to receive a Standard Teaching Certificate, a person
11 must satisfy one of the following requirements, which the
12 person must identify, in writing, as the requirement that the
13 person has chosen to satisfy to the responsible local
14 professional development committee established pursuant to
15 subsection (f) of Section 21-14 of this Code:
16 (A) Completion of a program of induction and
17 mentoring for new teachers that is based upon a specific
18 plan approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
19 State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
20 Teacher Certification Board. The plan must describe the
21 role of mentor teachers, the criteria and process for
22 their selection, and how all the following components are
23 to be provided:
24 (i) Assignment of a formally trained mentor
25 teacher to each new teacher for a specified period
26 of time, which shall be established by the employing
27 school or school district but shall be at least 2
28 school years in duration, provided that a mentor
29 teacher may not directly or indirectly participate
30 in the evaluation of a new teacher pursuant to
31 Article 24A of this Code or the evaluation procedure
32 of the school.
33 (ii) Formal mentoring for each new teacher.
34 (iii) Support for each new teacher in relation
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1 to the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards, the
2 content-area standards applicable to the new
3 teacher's area of certification, and any applicable
4 local school improvement and professional
5 development plans.
6 (iv) Professional development specifically
7 designed to foster the growth of each new teacher's
8 knowledge and skills.
9 (v) Formative assessment that is based on the
10 Illinois Professional Teaching Standards and
11 designed to provide feedback to the new teacher and
12 opportunities for reflection on his or her
13 performance, which must not be used directly or
14 indirectly in any evaluation of a new teacher
15 pursuant to Article 24A of this Code or the
16 evaluation procedure of the school and which must
17 include the activities specified in clauses (B)(i),
18 (B)(ii), and (B)(iii) of this paragraph (2).
19 (vi) Assignment of responsibility for
20 coordination of the induction and mentoring program
21 within each school district participating in the
22 program.
23 (B) Successful completion of 4 semester hours of
24 graduate-level coursework on the assessment of one's own
25 performance in relation to the Illinois Professional
26 Teaching Standards. The coursework must be approved by
27 the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of
28 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
29 Certification Board; must be offered either by an
30 institution of higher education, by such an institution
31 in partnership with a teachers' association or union or
32 with a regional office of education, or by another entity
33 authorized to issue college credit; and must include
34 demonstration of performance through all of the following
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1 activities for each of the Illinois Professional Teaching
2 Standards:
3 (i) Observation, by the course instructor or
4 another experienced teacher, of the new teacher's
5 classroom practice (the observation may be recorded
6 for later viewing) for the purpose of identifying
7 and describing how the new teacher made content
8 meaningful for students; how the teacher motivated
9 individuals and the group and created an environment
10 conducive to positive social interactions, active
11 learning, and self-motivation; what instructional
12 strategies the teacher used to encourage students'
13 development of critical thinking, problem solving,
14 and performance; how the teacher communicated using
15 written, verbal, nonverbal, and visual communication
16 techniques; and how the teacher maintained standards
17 of professional conduct and provided leadership to
18 improve students' learning.
19 (ii) Review and analysis, by the course
20 instructor or another experienced teacher, of
21 written documentation (i.e., lesson plans,
22 assignments, assessment instruments, and samples of
23 students' work) prepared by the new teacher for at
24 least 2 lessons. The documentation must provide
25 evidence of classroom performance related to
26 Illinois Professional Teaching Standards 1 through
27 9, with an emphasis on how the teacher used his or
28 her understanding of students, assessment data, and
29 subject matter to decide on learning goals; how the
30 teacher designed or selected activities and
31 instructional materials and aligned instruction to
32 the relevant Illinois Learning Standards; how the
33 teacher adapted or modified curriculum to meet
34 individual students' needs; and how the teacher
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1 sequenced instruction and designed or selected
2 student assessment strategies.
3 (iii) Demonstration of professional expertise
4 on the part of the new teacher in reflecting on his
5 or her practice, which was observed under clause
6 (B)(i) of this paragraph (2) and documented under
7 clause (B)(ii) of this paragraph (2), in terms of
8 teaching strengths, weaknesses, and implications for
9 improvement according to the Illinois Professional
10 Teaching Standards.
11 (C) Successful completion of a minimum of 4
12 semester hours of graduate-level coursework addressing
13 preparation to meet the requirements for certification by
14 the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
15 (NBPTS). The coursework must be approved by the
16 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of
17 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
18 Certification Board, and must be offered either by an
19 institution of higher education, by such an institution
20 in partnership with a teachers' association or union or
21 with a regional office of education, or by another entity
22 authorized to issue college credit. The course must
23 address the 5 NBPTS Core Propositions and relevant
24 standards through such means as the following:
25 (i) Observation, by the course instructor or
26 another experienced teacher, of the new teacher's
27 classroom practice (the observation may be recorded
28 for later viewing) for the purpose of identifying
29 and describing how the new teacher made content
30 meaningful for students; how the teacher motivated
31 individuals and the group and created an environment
32 conducive to positive social interactions, active
33 learning, and self-motivation; what instructional
34 strategies the teacher used to encourage students'
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1 development of critical thinking, problem solving,
2 and performance; how the teacher communicated using
3 written, verbal, nonverbal, and visual communication
4 techniques; and how the teacher maintained standards
5 of professional conduct and provided leadership to
6 improve students' learning.
7 (ii) Review and analysis, by the course
8 instructor or another experienced teacher, of
9 written documentation (i.e., lesson plans,
10 assignments, assessment instruments, and samples of
11 students' work) prepared by the new teacher for at
12 least 2 lessons. The documentation must provide
13 evidence of classroom performance, including how the
14 teacher used his or her understanding of students,
15 assessment data, and subject matter to decide on
16 learning goals; how the teacher designed or selected
17 activities and instructional materials and aligned
18 instruction to the relevant Illinois Learning
19 Standards; how the teacher adapted or modified
20 curriculum to meet individual students' needs; and
21 how the teacher sequenced instruction and designed
22 or selected student assessment strategies.
23 (iii) Demonstration of professional expertise
24 on the part of the new teacher in reflecting on his
25 or her practice, which was observed under clause
26 (C)(i) of this paragraph (2) and documented under
27 clause (C)(ii) of this paragraph (2), in terms of
28 teaching strengths, weaknesses, and implications for
29 improvement.
30 (D) Receipt of an advanced degree from an
31 accredited institution of higher education in an
32 education-related field, provided that at least 8
33 semester hours of the coursework completed count toward a
34 degree, certificate, or endorsement in a teaching field.
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1 (E) Accumulation of 60 continuing professional
2 development units (CPDUs), earned by completing selected
3 activities that comply with paragraphs (3) and (4) of
4 this subsection (c). However, for an individual who
5 holds an Initial Teaching Certificate on the effective
6 date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly,
7 the number of CPDUs shall be reduced to reflect the
8 teaching time remaining on the Initial Teaching
9 Certificate.
10 (F) Completion of a nationally normed,
11 performance-based assessment, if made available by the
12 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of
13 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
14 Certification Board, provided that the cost to the person
15 shall not exceed the cost of the coursework described in
16 clause (B) of this paragraph (2).
17 (3) This paragraph (3) applies only to those persons
18 required to successfully complete the requirements of this
19 paragraph under paragraph (1) of this subsection (c). At
20 least one-half the CPDUs a person must accrue in order to
21 qualify for a Standard Teaching Certificate must be earned
22 through completion of coursework, workshops, seminars,
23 conferences, and other similar training events that are
24 pre-approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
25 State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
26 Teacher Certification Board, for the purpose of reflection on
27 teaching practices in order to address all of the Illinois
28 Professional Teaching Standards necessary to obtain a
29 Standard Teaching Certificate. These activities must meet
30 all of the following requirements:
31 (A) Each activity must be designed to advance a
32 person's knowledge and skills in relation to one or more
33 of the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards or in
34 relation to the content-area standards applicable to the
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1 teacher's field of certification.
2 (B) Taken together, the activities completed must
3 address each of the Illinois Professional Teaching
4 Standards as provided in clauses (B)(i), (B)(ii), and
5 (B)(iii) of paragraph (2) of this subsection (c).
6 (C) Each activity must be provided by an entity
7 approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
8 State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
9 Teacher Certification Board, for this purpose.
10 (D) Each activity, integral to its successful
11 completion, must require participants to demonstrate the
12 degree to which they have acquired new knowledge or
13 skills, such as through performance, through preparation
14 of a written product, through assembling samples of
15 students' or teachers' work, or by some other means that
16 is appropriate to the subject matter of the activity.
17 (E) One CPDU shall be available for each hour of
18 direct participation by a holder of an Initial Teaching
19 Certificate in a qualifying activity. An activity may be
20 attributed to more than one of the Illinois Professional
21 Teaching Standards, but credit for any activity shall be
22 counted only once.
23 (4) This paragraph (4) applies only to those persons
24 required to successfully complete the requirements of this
25 paragraph under paragraph (1) of this subsection (c). The
26 balance of the CPDUs a person must accrue in order to qualify
27 for a Standard Teaching Certificate, in combination with
28 those earned pursuant to paragraph (3) of this subsection
29 (c), may be chosen from among the following, provided that an
30 activity listed in clause (C) of this paragraph (4) shall be
31 creditable only if its provider is approved for this purpose
32 by the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of
33 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
34 Certification Board:
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1 (A) Collaboration and partnership activities
2 related to improving a person's knowledge and skills as a
3 teacher, including all of the following:
4 (i) Peer review and coaching.
5 (ii) Mentoring in a formal mentoring program,
6 including service as a consulting teacher
7 participating in a remediation process formulated
8 under Section 24A-5 of this Code.
9 (iii) Facilitating parent education programs
10 directly related to student achievement for a
11 school, school district, or regional office of
12 education.
13 (iv) Participating in business, school, or
14 community partnerships directly related to student
15 achievement.
16 (B) Teaching college or university courses in areas
17 relevant to a teacher's field of certification, provided
18 that the teaching may only be counted once during the
19 course of 4 years.
20 (C) Conferences, workshops, institutes, seminars,
21 and symposiums related to improving a person's knowledge
22 and skills as a teacher, including all of the following:
23 (i) Completing non-university credit directly
24 related to student achievement, the Illinois
25 Professional Teaching Standards, or content-area
26 standards.
27 (ii) Participating in or presenting at
28 workshops, seminars, conferences, institutes, and
29 symposiums.
30 (iii) Training as external reviewers for the
31 State Board of Education.
32 (iv) Training as reviewers of university
33 teacher preparation programs.
34 (D) Other educational experiences related to
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1 improving a person's knowledge and skills as a teacher,
2 including all of the following:
3 (i) Participating in action research and
4 inquiry projects.
5 (ii) Observing programs or teaching in
6 schools, related businesses, or industry that is
7 systematic, purposeful, and relevant to a teacher's
8 field of certification.
9 (iii) Participating in study groups related to
10 student achievement, the Illinois Professional
11 Teaching Standards, or content-area standards.
12 (iv) Participating in work/learn programs or
13 internships.
14 (v) Developing a portfolio of students' and
15 teacher's work.
16 (E) Professional leadership experiences related to
17 improving a person's knowledge and skills as a teacher,
18 including all of the following:
19 (i) Participating in curriculum development or
20 assessment activities at the school, school district,
21 regional office of education, State, or national level.
22 (ii) Participating in team or department
23 leadership in a school or school district.
24 (iii) Participating on external or internal
25 school or school district review teams.
26 (iv) Publishing educational articles, columns,
27 or books relevant to a teacher's field of
28 certification.
29 (v) Participating in non-strike related
30 activities of a professional association or labor
31 organization that are related to professional
32 development.
33 (5) A person must complete his or her chosen requirement
34 under paragraph (2) of this subsection (c) before the
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1 expiration of his or her Initial Teaching Certificate and
2 must submit evidence of having done so to the local
3 professional development committee. Within 30 days after
4 receipt of a person's evidence of completion, the local
5 professional development committee shall forward the evidence
6 of completion to the responsible regional superintendent of
7 schools along with the local professional development
8 committee's recommendation, based on that evidence, as to
9 whether the person is eligible to receive a Standard Teaching
10 Certificate. The local professional development committee
11 shall provide a copy of this recommendation to the affected
12 person.
13 The regional superintendent of schools shall review the
14 evidence of completion submitted by a person and, based upon
15 compliance with all of the requirements for receipt of a
16 Standard Teaching Certificate, shall forward to the
17 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of Education
18 a recommendation for issuance or non-issuance. The regional
19 superintendent of schools shall notify the affected person of
20 the recommendation forwarded.
21 Upon review of a regional superintendent of school's
22 recommendations, the Professional Teacher Standards Board
23 State Board of Education shall issue Standard Teaching
24 Certificates to those who qualify and shall notify a person,
25 in writing, of a decision denying a Standard Teaching
26 Certificate. Any decision denying issuance of a Standard
27 Teaching Certificate to a person may be appealed to the State
28 Teacher Certification Board.
29 (6) The Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board
30 of Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
31 Certification Board, may adopt rules to implement this
32 subsection (c) and may periodically evaluate any of the
33 methods of qualifying for a Standard Teaching Certificate
34 described in this subsection (c).
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1 (d) Master Certificate. Persons who have successfully
2 achieved National Board certification through the National
3 Board for Professional Teaching Standards shall be issued a
4 Master Certificate, valid for 10 years and renewable
5 thereafter every 10 years through compliance with
6 requirements set forth by the State Board of Education, in
7 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board,
8 before January 1, 2004 or before the date that a quorum of
9 the initial members on the Professional Teacher Standards
10 Board is appointed, whichever occurs later, and by the
11 Professional Teacher Standards Board on and after January 1,
12 2004 or on and after the date that a quorum of the initial
13 members on the Professional Teacher Standards Board is
14 appointed, whichever occurs later. However, each teacher who
15 holds a Master Certificate shall be eligible for a teaching
16 position in this State in the areas for which he or she holds
17 a Master Certificate without satisfying any other
18 requirements of this Code, except for those requirements
19 pertaining to criminal background checks. A teacher who
20 holds a Master Certificate shall be deemed to meet State
21 certification renewal requirements in the area or areas for
22 which he or she holds a Master Certificate for the 10-year
23 term of the teacher's Master Certificate.
24 (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99; 91-606, eff. 8-16-99;
25 91-609, eff. 1-1-00; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-796, eff.
26 8-10-02.)
27 (105 ILCS 5/21-2.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2.1)
28 Sec. 21-2.1. Early childhood certificate.
29 (a) An early childhood certificate shall be valid for 4
30 years for teaching children up to 6 years of age, exclusive
31 of children enrolled in kindergarten, in facilities approved
32 by the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState
33 Superintendent of Education. Beginning July 1, 1988, such
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1 certificate shall be valid for 4 years for Teaching children
2 through grade 3 in facilities approved by the State
3 Superintendent of Education before January 1, 2004 or before
4 the date that a quorum of the initial members on the
5 Professional Teacher Standards Board is appointed, whichever
6 occurs later, and by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
7 on and after January 1, 2004 or on and after the date that a
8 quorum of the initial members on the Professional Teacher
9 Standards Board is appointed, whichever occurs later.
10 Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, it shall be
11 issued to persons who have graduated from a recognized
12 institution of higher learning with a bachelor's degree and
13 with not fewer than 120 semester hours including professional
14 education or human development or, until July 1, 1992, to
15 persons who have early childhood education instruction and
16 practical experience involving supervised work with children
17 under 6 years of age or with children through grade 3. Such
18 persons shall be recommended for the early childhood
19 certificate by a recognized institution as having completed
20 an approved program of preparation which includes the
21 requisite hours and academic and professional courses and
22 practical experience approved by the Professional Teacher
23 Standards BoardState Superintendent of Education in
24 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
25 (b) Beginning February 15, 2000, Initial and Standard
26 Early Childhood Education Certificates shall be issued to
27 persons who meet the criteria established by the State Board
28 of Education before January 1, 2004 or before the date that a
29 quorum of the initial members on the Professional Teacher
30 Standards Board is appointed, whichever occurs later, and by
31 the Professional Teacher Standards Board on and after January
32 1, 2004 or on and after the date that a quorum of the initial
33 members on the Professional Teacher Standards Board is
34 appointed, whichever occurs later.
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1 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 90-811, eff. 1-26-99;
2 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)
3 (105 ILCS 5/21-2b) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2b)
4 Sec. 21-2b. Teacher education program entrance. In
5 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board The
6 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of Education
7 shall develop procedures which ensure that all students
8 entering approved teacher education programs are proficient
9 in the areas of reading, mathematics and language arts. Each
10 institution of higher learning shall submit to the
11 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Teacher
12 Certification Board a plan which sets forth procedures for
13 implementation of this Section.
14 (Source: P.A. 84-126.)
15 (105 ILCS 5/21-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-3)
16 Sec. 21-3. Elementary certificate.
17 (a) An elementary school certificate shall be valid for
18 4 years for teaching in the kindergarten and lower 9 grades
19 of the common schools. Subject to the provisions of Section
20 21-1a, it shall be issued to persons who have graduated from
21 a recognized institution of higher learning with a bachelor's
22 degree and with not fewer than 120 semester hours and with a
23 minimum of 16 semester hours in professional education,
24 including 5 semester hours in student teaching under
25 competent and close supervision. Such persons shall be
26 recommended for the elementary certificate by a recognized
27 institution as having completed an approved program of
28 preparation which includes intensive preservice training in
29 the humanities, natural sciences, mathematics, and the
30 academic and professional courses approved by the
31 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Superintendent of
32 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
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1 Certification Board.
2 (b) Beginning February 15, 2000, Initial and Standard
3 Elementary Certificates shall be issued to persons who meet
4 all of the criteria established by the State Board of
5 Education for elementary education before January 1, 2004 or
6 before the date that a quorum of the initial members on the
7 Professional Teacher Standards Board is appointed, whichever
8 occurs later, and by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
9 on and after January 1, 2004 or on and after the date that a
10 quorum of the initial members on the Professional Teacher
11 Standards Board is appointed, whichever occurs later.
12 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 90-811, eff. 1-26-99;
13 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)
14 (105 ILCS 5/21-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-4)
15 Sec. 21-4. Special certificate.
16 (a) A special certificate shall be valid for 4 years for
17 teaching the special subjects named therein in all grades of
18 the common schools. Subject to the provisions of Section
19 21-1a, it shall be issued to persons who have graduated from
20 a recognized institution of higher learning with a bachelor's
21 degree and with not fewer than 120 semester hours including a
22 minimum of 16 semester hours in professional education, 5 of
23 which shall be in student teaching under competent and close
24 supervision. When the holder of such certificate has earned a
25 master's degree, including 8eight semester hours of graduate
26 professional education from a recognized institution of
27 higher learning and with 2two years' teaching experience, it
28 may be endorsed for supervision.
29 Such persons shall be recommended for the special
30 certificate by a recognized institution as having completed
31 an approved program of preparation which includes academic
32 and professional courses approved by the Professional Teacher
33 Standards BoardState Superintendent of Education in
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1 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
2 (b) Those persons holding special certificates on
3 February 15, 2000 shall be eligible for one of the following:
4 (1) The issuance of Standard Elementary and
5 Standard Secondary Certificates with appropriate special
6 certification designations as determined by the State
7 Board of Education, in consultation with the State
8 Teacher Certification Board, before January 1, 2004 or
9 before the date that a quorum of the initial members on
10 the Professional Teacher Standards Board is appointed,
11 whichever occurs later, and by the Professional Teacher
12 Standards Board on and after January 1, 2004 or on and
13 after the date that a quorum of the initial members on
14 the Professional Teacher Standards Board is appointed,
15 whichever occurs later, and consistent with rules adopted
16 by the State Board of Education before January 1, 2004 or
17 before the date that a quorum of the initial members on
18 the Professional Teacher Standards Board is appointed,
19 whichever occurs later, and by the Professional Teacher
20 Standards Board on and after January 1, 2004 or on and
21 after the date that a quorum of the initial members on
22 the Professional Teacher Standards Board is appointed,
23 whichever occurs later. These certificates shall be
24 renewed as provided in subsection (c) of Section 21-2.
25 (2) The issuance of Standard Special K-12
26 Certificates with appropriate special certification
27 designations, which shall be renewed as provided in
28 subsection (c) of Section 21-2. These certificates shall
29 not be eligible for additional certification designations
30 except as approved by the Professional Teacher Standards
31 BoardState Board of Education, in consultation with the
32 State Teacher Certification Board.
33 (c) Those persons eligible to receive K-12 certification
34 after February 15, 2000 shall be issued Initial Elementary
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1 and Initial Secondary Certificates with appropriate special
2 certification designations pursuant to this Section or
3 Initial Special K-12 Certificates with appropriate special
4 certification designations pursuant to this Section. These
5 Initial K-12 Special Certificates shall not be eligible for
6 additional certification designations except as approved by
7 the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
8 Teacher Certification Board, before January 1, 2004 or before
9 the date that a quorum of the initial members on the
10 Professional Teacher Standards Board is appointed, whichever
11 occurs later, and by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
12 on and after January 1, 2004 or on and after the date that a
13 quorum of the initial members on the Professional Teacher
14 Standards Board is appointed, whichever occurs later.
15 (d) All persons holding a special certificate with a
16 special education endorsement are exempt from the provisions
17 of Section 2-3.71 of this Code, provided they meet all the
18 other requirements for teaching as established by the
19 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of
20 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
21 Certification Board.
22 Beginning February 15, 2000, all persons exchanging a
23 special certificate pursuant to subsection (b) of this
24 Section with a special education endorsement or receiving a
25 special education designation on either a special certificate
26 or an elementary certificate issued pursuant to subsection
27 (c) of this Section are exempt from the provisions of Section
28 2-3.71 of this Code, provided they meet all the other
29 requirements for teaching as established by the State Board
30 of Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
31 Certification Board, before January 1, 2004 or before the
32 date that a quorum of the initial members on the Professional
33 Teacher Standards Board is appointed, whichever occurs later,
34 and by the Professional Teacher Standards Board on and after
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1 January 1, 2004 or on and after the date that a quorum of the
2 initial members on the Professional Teacher Standards Board
3 is appointed, whichever occurs later.
4 Certificates exchanged or issued pursuant to this
5 subsection (d) shall be valid for teaching children with
6 disabilities, as defined in Section 14-1.02 of this Code, and
7 these special certificates shall be called Initial or
8 Standard Special Preschool - Age 21 Certificates. Nothing in
9 this subsection (d) shall be construed to adversely affect
10 the rights of any person presently certificated, any person
11 whose certification is currently pending, or any person who
12 is currently enrolled or enrolls prior to February 15, 2000
13 in an approved Special K-12 certification program.
14 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 90-653, eff. 7-29-98;
15 90-811, eff. 1-26-99; 91-102, eff. 7-12-99; 91-765, eff.
16 6-9-00.)
17 (105 ILCS 5/21-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-5)
18 Sec. 21-5. High school certificate.
19 (a) A high school certificate shall be valid for 4 years
20 for teaching in grades 6 to 12 inclusive of the common
21 schools. Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, it shall
22 be issued to persons who have graduated from a recognized
23 institution of higher learning with a bachelor's degree and
24 with not fewer than 120 semester hours including 16 semester
25 hours in professional education, 5 of which shall be in
26 student teaching under competent and close supervision and
27 with one or more teaching fields. Such persons shall be
28 recommended for the high school certificate by a recognized
29 institution as having completed an approved program of
30 preparation which includes the academic and professional
31 courses approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
32 State Superintendent of Education in consultation with the
33 State Teacher Certification Board.
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1 (b) Beginning February 15, 2000, Initial and Standard
2 Secondary Certificates shall be issued to persons who meet
3 all of the criteria established by the State Board of
4 Education before January 1, 2004 or before the date that a
5 quorum of the initial members on the Professional Teacher
6 Standards Board is appointed, whichever occurs later, and by
7 the Professional Teacher Standards Board on and after January
8 1, 2004 or on and after the date that a quorum of the initial
9 members on the Professional Teacher Standards Board is
10 appointed, whichever occurs later, for secondary education.
11 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 90-811, eff. 1-26-99;
12 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)
13 (105 ILCS 5/21-5a) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-5a)
14 Sec. 21-5a. Alternative math-science certification. The
15 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of
16 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
17 Certification Board, shall establish and implement and
18 administer an alternative certification program under which
19 persons who qualify for admission to, and who successfully
20 complete the program and meet the additional requirements
21 established by this Section shall be issued an initial
22 teaching certificate for teaching mathematics, science or
23 mathematics and science in grades 9 through 12 of the common
24 schools. In establishing an alternative certification
25 program under this Section, the Professional Teacher
26 Standards BoardState Board of Education shall designate an
27 appropriate area within the State where the program shall be
28 offered and made available to persons qualified for admission
29 to the program. In addition, the Professional Teacher
30 Standards BoardState Board of Education, in cooperation with
31 one or more recognized institutions of higher learning, shall
32 develop, evaluate, and revise as necessary a comprehensive
33 course of study that persons admitted to the program must
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1 successfully complete in order to satisfy one criterion for
2 issuance of an initial certificate under this Section. The
3 comprehensive course of study so developed shall include one
4 semester of practice teaching.
5 An initial teaching certificate, valid for 4 years for
6 teaching mathematics, science, or mathematics and science in
7 grades 9 through 12 of the common schools and renewable as
8 provided in Section 21-14, shall be issued under this Section
9 21-5a to persons who qualify for admission to the alternative
10 certification program and who at the time of applying for an
11 initial teaching certificate under this Section:
12 (1) have graduated with a master's degree in
13 mathematics or any science discipline from an institution
14 of higher learning whose scholarship standards are
15 approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
16 State Board of Education for purposes of the alternative
17 certification program;
18 (2) have been employed for at least 10 years in an
19 area requiring knowledge and practical application of
20 their academic background in mathematics or a science
21 discipline;
22 (3) have successfully completed the alternative
23 certification program and the course of comprehensive
24 study, including one semester of practice teaching,
25 developed as part of the program as provided in this
26 Section and approved by the Professional Teacher
27 Standards BoardState Board of Education; and
28 (4) have passed the examinations required by
29 Section 21-1a.
30 The alternative certification program shall be
31 implemented at the commencement of the 1992-1993 academic
32 year.
33 The Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of
34 Education shall establish criteria for admission to the
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1 alternative certification program and shall adopt rules and
2 regulations that are consistent with this Section and that
3 the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of
4 Education deems necessary to establish and implement and
5 administer the program.
6 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
7 (105 ILCS 5/21-5b)
8 Sec. 21-5b. Alternative certification. The Professional
9 Teacher Standards BoardState Board of Education, in
10 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board,
11 shall establish and implement an alternative certification
12 program under which persons who meet the requirements of and
13 successfully complete the program established by this Section
14 shall be issued an alternative teaching certificate for
15 teaching in the schools. The program shall be limited to not
16 more than 260 new participants during each year that the
17 program is in effect. The Professional Teacher Standards
18 BoardState Board of Education, in cooperation with a
19 partnership formed with a university that offers 4-year
20 baccalaureate and masters degree programs and that is a
21 recognized institution as defined in Section 21-21 and one or
22 more not-for-profit organizations in the State which support
23 excellence in teaching, shall within 30 days after submission
24 by the partnership approve a course of study developed by the
25 partnership that persons in the program must successfully
26 complete in order to satisfy one criterion for issuance of an
27 alternative certificate under this Section. The Alternative
28 Teacher Certification program course of study must include
29 the current content and skills contained in the university's
30 current courses for State certification which have been
31 approved by the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState
32 Board of Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
33 Certification Board, as the requirement for State teacher
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1 certification.
2 The alternative certification program established under
3 this Section shall be known as the Alternative Teacher
4 Certification program. The Alternative Teacher Certification
5 Program shall be offered by the submitting partnership and
6 may be offered in conjunction with one or more not-for-profit
7 organizations in the State which support excellence in
8 teaching. The program shall be comprised of the following 3
9 phases: (a) the first phase is the course of study offered on
10 an intensive basis in education theory, instructional
11 methods, and practice teaching; (b) the second phase is the
12 person's assignment to a full-time teaching position for one
13 school year; and (c) the third phase is a comprehensive
14 assessment of the person's teaching performance by school
15 officials and the partnership participants and a
16 recommendation by the partner institution of higher education
17 to the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of
18 Education that the person be issued a standard alternative
19 teaching certificate. Successful completion of the
20 Alternative Teacher Certification program shall be deemed to
21 satisfy any other practice or student teaching and subject
22 matter requirements established 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 21-5b to persons who at
26 the time of applying for the provisional alternative teaching
27 certificate under this Section:
28 (1) have graduated from an accredited college or
29 university with a bachelor's degree;
30 (2) have successfully completed the first phase of
31 the Alternative Teacher Certification program as provided
32 in this Section;
33 (3) have passed the tests of basic skills and
34 subject matter knowledge required by Section 21-1a; and
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1 (4) have been employed for a period of at least 5
2 years in an area requiring application of the
3 individual's education; however, this requirement does
4 not apply with respect to a provisional alternative
5 teaching certificate for teaching in schools situated in
6 a school district that is located in a city having a
7 population in excess of 500,000 inhabitants.
8 A person possessing a provisional alternative certificate
9 under this Section shall be treated as a regularly certified
10 teacher for purposes of compensation, benefits, and other
11 terms and conditions of employment afforded teachers in the
12 school who are members of a bargaining unit represented by an
13 exclusive bargaining representative, if any.
14 Until February 15, 2000, a standard alternative teaching
15 certificate, valid for 4 years for teaching in the schools
16 and renewable as provided in Section 21-14, shall be issued
17 under this Section 21-5b to persons who first complete the
18 requirements for the provisional alternative teaching
19 certificate and who at the time of applying for a standard
20 alternative teaching certificate under this Section have
21 successfully completed the second and third phases of the
22 Alternative Teacher Certification program as provided in this
23 Section. Alternatively, beginning February 15, 2000, at the
24 end of the 4-year validity period, persons who were issued a
25 standard alternative teaching certificate shall be eligible,
26 on the same basis as holders of an Initial Teaching
27 Certificate issued under subsection (b) of Section 21-2 of
28 this Code, to apply for a Standard Teaching Certificate,
29 provided they meet the requirements of subsection (c) of
30 Section 21-2 of this Code and further provided that a person
31 who does not apply for and receive a Standard Teaching
32 Certificate shall be able to teach only in schools situated
33 in a school district that is located in a city having a
34 population in excess of 500,000 inhabitants.
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1 Beginning February 15, 2000, persons who have completed
2 the requirements for a standard alternative teaching
3 certificate under this Section shall be issued an Initial
4 Alternative Teaching Certificate valid for 4 years of
5 teaching and not renewable. At the end of the 4-year
6 validity period, these persons shall be eligible, on the same
7 basis as holders of an Initial Teaching Certificate issued
8 under subsection (b) of Section 21-2 of this Code, to apply
9 for a Standard Teaching Certificate, provided they meet the
10 requirements of subsection (c) of Section 21-2.
11 This alternative certification program shall be
12 implemented so that the first provisional alternative
13 teaching certificates issued under this Section are effective
14 upon the commencement of the 1997-1998 academic year and the
15 first standard alternative teaching certificates issued under
16 this Section are effective upon the commencement of the
17 1998-1999 academic year.
18 The Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of
19 Education, in cooperation with the partnership establishing
20 the Alternative Teacher Certification program, shall adopt
21 rules and regulations that are consistent with this Section
22 and that the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board
23 of Education deems necessary to establish and implement the
24 program.
25 (Source: P.A. 91-609, eff. 1-1-00.)
26 (105 ILCS 5/21-5c)
27 Sec. 21-5c. Alternative route to teacher certification.
28 The Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of
29 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
30 Certification Board, shall establish and implement an
31 alternative route to teacher certification program under
32 which persons who meet the requirements of and successfully
33 complete the program established by this Section shall be
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1 issued an initial teaching certificate for teaching in
2 schools in this State. The Professional Teacher Standards
3 BoardState Board of Education shall approve a course of
4 study that persons in the program must successfully complete
5 in order to satisfy one criterion for issuance of a
6 certificate under this Section. The Alternative Route to
7 Teacher Certification program course of study must include
8 the current content and skills contained in a university's
9 current courses for State certification which have been
10 approved by the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState
11 Board of Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
12 Certification Board, as the requirement for State teacher
13 certification.
14 The program established under this Section shall be known
15 as the Alternative Route to Teacher Certification program.
16 The program may be offered in conjunction with one or more
17 not-for-profit organizations in the State. The program shall
18 be comprised of the following 3 phases: (a) a course of study
19 offered on an intensive basis in education theory,
20 instructional methods, and practice teaching; (b) the
21 person's assignment to a full-time teaching position for one
22 school year, including the designation of a mentor teacher to
23 advise and assist the person with that teaching assignment;
24 and (c) a comprehensive assessment of the person's teaching
25 performance by school officials and program participants and
26 a recommendation by the institution of higher education to
27 the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of
28 Education that the person be issued an initial teaching
29 certificate. Successful completion of the Alternative Route
30 to Teacher Certification program shall be deemed to satisfy
31 any other practice or student teaching and subject matter
32 requirements established by law.
33 A provisional alternative teaching certificate, valid for
34 one year of teaching in the common schools and not renewable,
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1 shall be issued under this Section 21-5c to persons who at
2 the time of applying for the provisional alternative teaching
3 certificate under this Section:
4 (1) have graduated from an accredited college or
5 university with a bachelor's degree;
6 (2) have been employed for a period of at least 5
7 years in an area requiring application of the
8 individual's education;
9 (3) have successfully completed the first phase of
10 the Alternative Teacher Certification program as provided
11 in this Section; and
12 (4) have passed the tests of basic skills and
13 subject matter knowledge required by Section 21-1a.
14 An initial teaching certificate, valid for teaching in
15 the common schools, shall be issued under Section 21-3 or
16 21-5 to persons who first complete the requirements for the
17 provisional alternative teaching certificate and who at the
18 time of applying for an initial teaching certificate have
19 successfully completed the second and third phases of the
20 Alternative Route to Teacher Certification program as
21 provided in this Section.
22 A person possessing a provisional alternative certificate
23 or an initial teaching certificate earned under this Section
24 shall be treated as a regularly certified teacher for
25 purposes of compensation, benefits, and other terms and
26 conditions of employment afforded teachers in the school who
27 are members of a bargaining unit represented by an exclusive
28 bargaining representative, if any.
29 The Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of
30 Education may adopt rules and regulations that are consistent
31 with this Section and that the Professional Teacher Standards
32 BoardState Board deems necessary to establish and implement
33 the program.
34 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
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1 (105 ILCS 5/21-5d)
2 Sec. 21-5d. Alternative route to administrative
3 certification. The Professional Teacher Standards Board
4 State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
5 Teacher Certification Board and an advisory panel consisting
6 of no less than 7 administrators appointed by the State
7 Superintendent of Education, shall establish and implement an
8 alternative route to administrative certification program
9 under which persons who meet the requirements of and
10 successfully complete the program established by this Section
11 shall be issued a standard administrative certificate for
12 serving as an administrator in schools in this State. For
13 the purposes of this Section only, "administrator" means a
14 person holding any administrative position for which a
15 standard administrative certificate with a general
16 administrative endorsement, chief school business official
17 endorsement, or superintendent endorsement is required,
18 except a principal or an assistant principal. The
19 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of Education
20 shall approve a course of study that persons in the program
21 must successfully complete in order to satisfy one criterion
22 for issuance of a certificate under this Section. The
23 Alternative Route to Administrative Certification program
24 course of study must include the current content and skills
25 contained in a university's current courses for State
26 certification which have been approved by the Professional
27 Teacher Standards BoardState Board of Education, in
28 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board, as
29 the requirement for administrative certification.
30 The program established under this Section shall be known
31 as the Alternative Route to Administrative Certification
32 program. The program shall be comprised of the following 3
33 phases: (a) a course of study offered on an intensive basis
34 in education management, governance, organization, and
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1 planning; (b) the person's assignment to a full-time position
2 for one school year as an administrator; and (c) a
3 comprehensive assessment of the person's performance by
4 school officials and a recommendation to the Professional
5 Teacher Standards BoardState Board of Education that the
6 person be issued a standard administrative certificate.
7 Successful completion of the Alternative Route to
8 Administrative Certification program shall be deemed to
9 satisfy any other supervisory, administrative, or management
10 experience requirements established by law.
11 A provisional alternative administrative certificate,
12 valid for one year of serving as an administrator in the
13 common schools and not renewable, shall be issued under this
14 Section 21-5d to persons who at the time of applying for the
15 provisional alternative administrative certificate under this
16 Section:
17 (1) have graduated from an accredited college or
18 university with a master's degree in a management field
19 or with a bachelor's degree and the life experience
20 equivalent of a master's degree in a management field as
21 determined by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
22 State Board of Education;
23 (2) have been employed for a period of at least 5
24 years in a management level position;
25 (3) have successfully completed the first phase of
26 the Alternative Route to Administrative Certification
27 program as provided in this Section; and
28 (4) have passed any examination required by the
29 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of
30 Education.
31 A standard administrative certificate with a general
32 administrative endorsement, chief school business official
33 endorsement, or superintendent endorsement, renewable as
34 provided in Section 21-14, shall be issued under Section
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1 21-7.1 to persons who first complete the requirements for the
2 provisional alternative administrative certificate and who at
3 the time of applying for a standard administrative
4 certificate have successfully completed the second and third
5 phases of the Alternative Route to Administrative
6 Certification program as provided in this Section.
7 The Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of
8 Education may adopt rules and regulations that are consistent
9 with this Section and that the Professional Teacher Standards
10 BoardState Board deems necessary to establish and implement
11 the program.
12 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
13 (105 ILCS 5/21-7.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-7.1)
14 Sec. 21-7.1. Administrative certificate.
15 (a) After July 1, 1999, an administrative certificate
16 valid for 5 years of supervising and administering in the
17 public common schools (unless changed under subsection (a-5)
18 of this Section) may be issued to persons who have graduated
19 from a regionally accredited institution of higher learning
20 with a master's degree and who have been recommended by a
21 recognized institution of higher learning as having completed
22 a program of preparation for one or more of these
23 endorsements. Such programs of academic and professional
24 preparation required for endorsement shall be administered by
25 the institution in accordance with standards set forth by the
26 State Superintendent of Education in consultation with the
27 State Teacher Certification Board before January 1, 2004 or
28 before the date that a quorum of the initial members on the
29 Professional Teacher Standards Board is appointed, whichever
30 occurs later, and by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
31 on and after January 1, 2004 or on and after the date that a
32 quorum of the initial members on the Professional Teacher
33 Standards Board is appointed, whichever occurs later.
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1 (a-5) Beginning July 1, 2003, if an administrative
2 certificate holder holds a Standard Teaching Certificate, the
3 validity period of the administrative certificate shall be
4 changed, if necessary, so that the validity period of the
5 administrative certificate coincides with the validity period
6 of the Standard Teaching Certificate. Beginning July 1, 2003,
7 if an administrative certificate holder holds a Master
8 Teaching Certificate, the validity period of the
9 administrative certificate shall be changed so that the
10 validity period of the administrative certificate coincides
11 with the validity period of the Master Teaching Certificate.
12 (b) No administrative certificate shall be issued for
13 the first time after June 30, 1987 and no endorsement
14 provided for by this Section shall be made or affixed to an
15 administrative certificate for the first time after June 30,
16 1987 unless the person to whom such administrative
17 certificate is to be issued or to whose administrative
18 certificate such endorsement is to be affixed has been
19 required to demonstrate as a part of a program of academic or
20 professional preparation for such certification or
21 endorsement: (i) an understanding of the knowledge called for
22 in establishing productive parent-school relationships and of
23 the procedures fostering the involvement which such
24 relationships demand; and (ii) an understanding of the
25 knowledge required for establishing a high quality school
26 climate and promoting good classroom organization and
27 management, including rules of conduct and instructional
28 procedures appropriate to accomplishing the tasks of
29 schooling; and (iii) a demonstration of the knowledge and
30 skills called for in providing instructional leadership. The
31 standards for demonstrating an understanding of such
32 knowledge shall be set forth by the Professional Teacher
33 Standards BoardState Board of Education in consultation with
34 the State Teacher Certification Board, and shall be
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1 administered by the recognized institutions of higher
2 learning as part of the programs of academic and professional
3 preparation required for certification and endorsement under
4 this Section. As used in this subsection: "establishing
5 productive parent-school relationships" means the ability to
6 maintain effective communication between parents and school
7 personnel, to encourage parental involvement in schooling,
8 and to motivate school personnel to engage parents in
9 encouraging student achievement, including the development of
10 programs and policies which serve to accomplish this purpose;
11 and "establishing a high quality school climate" means the
12 ability to promote academic achievement, to maintain
13 discipline, to recognize substance abuse problems among
14 students and utilize appropriate law enforcement and other
15 community resources to address these problems, to support
16 teachers and students in their education endeavors, to
17 establish learning objectives and to provide instructional
18 leadership, including the development of policies and
19 programs which serve to accomplish this purpose; and
20 "providing instructional leadership" means the ability to
21 effectively evaluate school personnel, to possess general
22 communication and interpersonal skills, and to establish and
23 maintain appropriate classroom learning environments. The
24 provisions of this subsection shall not apply to or affect
25 the initial issuance or making on or before June 30, 1987 of
26 any administrative certificate or endorsement provided for
27 under this Section, nor shall such provisions apply to or
28 affect the renewal after June 30, 1987 of any such
29 certificate or endorsement initially issued or made on or
30 before June 30, 1987.
31 (c) Administrative certificates shall be renewed every 5
32 years with the first renewal being 5 years following the
33 initial receipt of an administrative certificate, unless the
34 validity period for the administrative certificate has been
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1 changed under subsection (a-5) of this Section, in which case
2 the certificate shall be renewed at the same time that the
3 Standard or Master Teaching Certificate is renewed.
4 (c-5) Before July 1, 2003, renewal requirements for
5 administrators whose positions require certification shall be
6 based upon evidence of continuing professional education
7 which promotes the following goals: (1) improving
8 administrators' knowledge of instructional practices and
9 administrative procedures; (2) maintaining the basic level of
10 competence required for initial certification; and (3)
11 improving the mastery of skills and knowledge regarding the
12 improvement of teaching performance in clinical settings and
13 assessment of the levels of student performance in their
14 schools. Evidence of continuing professional education must
15 include verification of biennial attendance in a program
16 developed by the Illinois Administrators' Academy and
17 verification of annual participation in a school district
18 approved activity which contributes to continuing
19 professional education.
20 (c-10) Beginning July 1, 2003, except as otherwise
21 provided in subsection (c-15) of this Section, persons
22 holding administrative certificates must follow the
23 certificate renewal procedure set forth in this subsection
24 (c-10), provided that those persons holding administrative
25 certificates on June 30, 2003 who are renewing those
26 certificates on or after July 1, 2003 shall be issued new
27 administrative certificates valid for 5 years (unless changed
28 under subsection (a-5) of this Section), which may be renewed
29 thereafter as set forth in this subsection (c-10).
30 (1) A person holding an administrative certificate
31 and employed in a position requiring administrative
32 certification, including a regional superintendent of
33 schools, must develop an administrative certificate
34 renewal plan for satisfying the continuing professional
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1 development required to renew his or her administrative
2 certificate. An administrative certificate renewal plan
3 must include a minimum of 3 individual improvement goals
4 developed by the certificate holder and must include
5 without limitation the following continuing professional
6 development purposes:
7 (A) To improve the administrator's knowledge
8 of instructional practices and administrative
9 procedures in accordance with the Illinois
10 Professional School Leader Standards.
11 (B) To maintain the basic level of competence
12 required for initial certification.
13 (C) To improve the administrator's mastery of
14 skills and knowledge regarding the improvement of
15 teaching performance in clinical settings and
16 assessment of the levels of student performance in
17 the schools.
18 An administrative certificate renewal plan must include a
19 description of how the improvement goals are to be
20 achieved and an explanation of the selected continuing
21 professional development activities to be completed, each
22 of which must meet one or more of the continuing
23 professional development purposes specified in this
24 paragraph (1).
25 (2) In addition to the requirements in paragraph
26 (1) of this subsection (c-10), the administrative
27 certificate renewal plan must include the following in
28 order for the certificate to be renewed:
29 (A) Participation in continuing professional
30 development activities, which must total a minimum
31 of 100 hours of continuing professional development
32 and which must meet all of the following
33 requirements:
34 (i) The participation must consist of a
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1 minimum of 5 activities per validity period of
2 the certificate.
3 (ii) The activities must address the
4 goals in the certificate holder's professional
5 development plan.
6 (iii) The activities must be aligned with
7 the Illinois Professional School Leader
8 Standards.
9 (iv) A portion of the activities must
10 address the certificate holder's school
11 improvement plan at either the district or
12 school level.
13 (v) The participation must include a
14 communication, dissemination, or application
15 component.
16 (vi) There must be documentation of
17 completion of each activity.
18 (B) Participation every year in an Illinois
19 Administrators' Academy course, which participation
20 must total a minimum of 36 continuing professional
21 development hours during the period of the
22 certificate's validity and which must include all of
23 the following:
24 (i) Completion of applicable required
25 coursework, as defined by the Professional
26 Teacher Standards BoardState Board of
27 Education.
28 (ii) Completion of a communication,
29 dissemination, or application component.
30 (iii) Documentation of completion of each
31 activity.
32 (3) Each administrator who is subject to the
33 requirements of this subsection (c-10) but who is not
34 serving as a district or regional superintendent, a
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1 director of a cooperative program or special education
2 program, or a director of a State-operated school must
3 submit his or her administrative certificate renewal plan
4 for review to the superintendent of the employing school
5 district or to the director of the cooperative or special
6 education program or State-operated school (or to the
7 superintendent's or director's designee). Each district
8 or regional superintendent, director of a cooperative
9 program or special education program, or director of a
10 State-operated school must submit his or her
11 administrative certificate renewal plan for review to a
12 review panel comprised of peers established by the
13 regional superintendent of schools for the geographic
14 area where the certificate holder is employed as an
15 administrator.
16 (4) If the certificate holder's plan does not
17 conform to the requirements of this subsection (c-10),
18 the reviewer or review panel must notify the certificate
19 holder, who must revise the administrative certificate
20 renewal plan. A certificate holder who is not a regional
21 superintendent of schools may appeal that determination
22 to the regional superintendent of schools for the
23 geographic area where the certificate holder is employed
24 as an administrator. A certificate holder who is a
25 regional superintendent of schools may appeal that
26 determination to the Professional Teacher Standards Board
27 State Superintendent of Education. The regional
28 superintendent of schools (or his or her designee) or the
29 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Superintendent
30 of Education (or the regional superintendent's or State
31 Superintendent's designee) shall facilitate any
32 modification of the plan, if necessary, to make it
33 acceptable.
34 (5) A certificate holder may modify his or her
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1 administrative certificate renewal plan at any time
2 during the validity period of the administrative
3 certificate through the process outlined in paragraphs
4 (3) and (4) of this subsection (c-10).
5 (6) Evidence of completion of the activities in the
6 administrative certificate renewal plan must be submitted
7 to the responsible reviewer or review panel. Before the
8 expiration of the administrative certificate, the
9 certificate holder must request from the responsible
10 reviewer or review panel a signed verification form
11 developed by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
12 State Board of Education confirming that the certificate
13 holder has met the requirements for renewal contained in
14 this Section. A certificate holder who is not a regional
15 superintendent of schools must submit this form to the
16 responsible regional superintendent of schools (or his or
17 her designee) at the time of application for renewal of
18 the certificate. A certificate holder who is a regional
19 superintendent of schools must submit this form for
20 validation to the Professional Teacher Standards Board
21 State Superintendent of Education (or his or her
22 designee) at the time of application for renewal of the
23 certificate.
24 (7) The regional superintendent of schools shall
25 review and validate the verification form for a
26 certificate holder. Based on compliance with all of the
27 requirements for renewal, the regional superintendent of
28 schools shall forward a recommendation for renewal or
29 non-renewal to the Professional Teacher Standards Board
30 State Superintendent of Education and shall notify the
31 certificate holder of the recommendation. The
32 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Superintendent
33 of Education shall review the recommendation to renew or
34 non-renew and shall notify, in writing, the certificate
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1 holder of a decision denying renewal of his or her
2 certificate. Any decision regarding non-renewal of an
3 administrative certificate may be appealed to the State
4 Teacher Certification Board.
5 The Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of
6 Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
7 Certification Board, shall adopt rules to implement this
8 subsection (c-10).
9 The regional superintendent of schools shall monitor the
10 process for renewal of administrative certificates
11 established in this subsection (c-10).
12 (c-15) This subsection (c-15) applies to the first
13 period of an administrative certificate's validity during
14 which the holder becomes subject to the requirements of
15 subsection (c-10) of this Section if the certificate has less
16 than 5 years' validity or has less than 5 years' validity
17 remaining when the certificate holder becomes subject to the
18 requirements of subsection (c-10) of this Section. With
19 respect to this period, the 100 hours of continuing
20 professional development and 5 activities per validity period
21 specified in clause (A) of paragraph (2) of subsection (c-10)
22 of this Section shall instead be deemed to mean 20 hours of
23 continuing professional development and one activity per year
24 of the certificate's validity or remaining validity and the
25 36 continuing professional development hours specified in
26 clause (B) of paragraph (2) of subsection (c-10) of this
27 Section shall instead be deemed to mean completion of at
28 least one course per year of the certificate's validity or
29 remaining validity. If the certificate has 3 or fewer years
30 of validity or 3 or fewer years of validity remaining, the
31 certificate holder is not subject to the requirements for
32 submission and approval of plans for continuing professional
33 development described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of
34 subsection (c-10) of this Section with respect to that period
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1 of the certificate's validity.
2 (c-20) The Professional Teacher Standards BoardState
3 Board of Education, in consultation with the State Teacher
4 Certification Board, shall develop, evaluate, and revise as
5 necessary procedures for implementing this Section and shall
6 administer the renewal of administrative certificates.
7 Failure to submit satisfactory evidence of continuing
8 professional education which contributes to promoting the
9 goals of this Section shall result in a loss of
10 administrative certification.
11 (d) Any limited or life supervisory certificate issued
12 prior to July 1, 1968 shall continue to be valid for all
13 administrative and supervisory positions in the public
14 schools for which it is valid as of that date as long as its
15 holder meets the requirements for registration or renewal as
16 set forth in the statutes or until revoked according to law.
17 (e) The administrative or supervisory positions for
18 which the certificate shall be valid shall be determined by
19 one or more of 3 endorsements: general supervisory, general
20 administrative and superintendent.
21 Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, endorsements
22 shall be made under conditions set forth in this Section.
23 The Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of
24 Education shall, in consultation with the State Teacher
25 Certification Board, adopt rules pursuant to the Illinois
26 Administrative Procedure Act, establishing requirements for
27 obtaining administrative certificates where the minimum
28 administrative or supervisory requirements surpass those set
29 forth in this Section.
30 If the Professional Teacher Standards Board establishes
31 State Teacher Certification Board shall file with the State
32 Board of Education a written recommendation when considering
33 additional administrative or supervisory requirements, those.
34 All additional requirements shall be based upon the requisite
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1 knowledge necessary to perform thethose tasks required by
2 the certificate. The Professional Teacher Standards Board
3 State Board of Education shall in consultation with the State
4 Teacher Certification Board, establish standards within its
5 rules which shall include the academic and professional
6 requirements necessary for certification. These standards
7 shall at a minimum contain, but not be limited to, those used
8 by the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of
9 Education in determining whether additional knowledge will be
10 required. Additionally, the Professional Teacher Standards
11 BoardState Board of Education shall in consultation with the
12 State Teacher Certification Board, establish provisions
13 within its rules whereby any member of the educational
14 community or the public may file a formal written
15 recommendation or inquiry regarding requirements.
16 (1) Until July 1, 2003, the general supervisory
17 endorsement shall be affixed to the administrative
18 certificate of any holder who has at least 16 semester
19 hours of graduate credit in professional education
20 including 8 semester hours of graduate credit in
21 curriculum and research and who has at least 2 years of
22 full-time teaching experience or school service personnel
23 experience in public schools, schools under the
24 supervision of the Department of Corrections, schools
25 under the administration of the Department of
26 Rehabilitation Services, or nonpublic schools meeting the
27 standards established by the State Superintendent of
28 Education or comparable out-of-state recognition
29 standards approved by the State Superintendent of
30 Education.
31 Such endorsement shall be required for supervisors,
32 curriculum directors and for such similar and related
33 positions as determined by the State Superintendent of
34 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
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1 Certification Board.
2 (2) The general administrative endorsement shall be
3 affixed to the administrative certificate of any holder
4 who has at least 20 semester hours of graduate credit in
5 educational administration and supervision and who has at
6 least 2 years of full-time teaching experience or school
7 service personnel experience in public schools, schools
8 under the supervision of the Department of Corrections,
9 schools under the administration of the Department of
10 Rehabilitation Services, or nonpublic schools meeting the
11 standards established by the State Superintendent of
12 Education or comparable out-of-state recognition
13 standards approved by the State Superintendent of
14 Education.
15 Such endorsement shall be required for principal,
16 assistant principal, assistant or associate
17 superintendent, junior college dean and for related or
18 similar positions as determined by the Professional
19 Teacher Standards BoardState Superintendent of Education
20 in consultation with the State Teacher Certification
21 Board.
22 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act,
23 after January 1, 1990 and until January 1, 1991, any
24 teacher employed by a district subject to Article 34
25 shall be entitled to receive an administrative
26 certificate with a general administrative endorsement
27 affixed thereto if he or she: (i) had at least 3 years of
28 experience as a certified teacher for such district prior
29 to August 1, 1985; (ii) obtained a Master's degree prior
30 to August 1, 1985; (iii) completed at least 20 hours of
31 graduate credit in education courses (including at least
32 12 hours in educational administration and supervision)
33 prior to September 1, 1987; and (iv) has received a
34 rating of superior for at least each of the last 5 years.
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1 Any person who obtains an administrative certificate with
2 a general administrative endorsement affixed thereto
3 under this paragraph shall not be qualified to serve in
4 any administrative position except assistant principal.
5 (3) The chief school business official endorsement
6 shall be affixed to the administrative certificate of any
7 holder who qualifies by having a Master's degree, two
8 years of administrative experience in school business
9 management, and a minimum of 20 semester hours of
10 graduate credit in a program established by the
11 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Superintendent
12 of Education in consultation with the State Teacher
13 Certification Board for the preparation of school
14 business administrators. Such endorsement shall also be
15 affixed to the administrative certificate of any holder
16 who qualifies by having a Master's Degree in Business
17 Administration, Finance or Accounting from a regionally
18 accredited institution of higher education.
19 After June 30, 1977, such endorsement shall be
20 required for any individual first employed as a chief
21 school business official.
22 (4) The superintendent endorsement shall be affixed
23 to the administrative certificate of any holder who has
24 completed 30 semester hours of graduate credit beyond the
25 master's degree in a program for the preparation of
26 superintendents of schools including 16 semester hours of
27 graduate credit in professional education and who has at
28 least 2 years experience as an administrator or
29 supervisor in the public schools or the State Board of
30 Education or education service regions or in nonpublic
31 schools meeting the standards established by the State
32 Superintendent of Education or comparable out-of-state
33 recognition standards approved by the State
34 Superintendent of Education and holds general supervisory
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1 or general administrative endorsement, or who has had 2
2 years of experience as a supervisor or administrator
3 while holding an all-grade supervisory certificate or a
4 certificate comparable in validity and educational and
5 experience requirements.
6 After June 30, 1968, such endorsement shall be
7 required for a superintendent of schools, except as
8 provided in the second paragraph of this Section and in
9 Section 34-6.
10 Any person appointed to the position of
11 superintendent between the effective date of this Act and
12 June 30, 1993 in a school district organized pursuant to
13 Article 32 with an enrollment of at least 20,000 pupils
14 shall be exempt from the provisions of this paragraph (4)
15 until June 30, 1996.
16 (f) All official interpretations or acts of issuing or
17 denying administrative certificates or endorsements by the
18 State Teacher's Certification Board, State Board of Education
19 or the State Superintendent of Education, from the passage of
20 P.A. 81-1208 on November 8, 1979 through September 24, 1981
21 are hereby declared valid and legal acts in all respects and
22 further that the purported repeal of the provisions of this
23 Section by P.A. 81-1208 and P.A. 81-1509 is declared null and
24 void.
25 (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99; 92-796, eff. 8-10-02.)
26 (105 ILCS 5/21-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-9)
27 Sec. 21-9. Substitute certificates and substitute
28 teaching.
29 (a) A substitute teacher's certificate may be issued by
30 the Professional Teacher Standards Board for teaching in all
31 grades of the common schools. Such certificate may be issued
32 by the Professional Teacher Standards Board upon request of
33 the regional superintendent of schools of any region in
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1 which the teacher is to teach. A substitute teacher's
2 certificate is valid for teaching in the public schools of
3 any county. Such certificate may be issued by the
4 Professional Teacher Standards Board to persons who either
5 (i)(a) hold a certificate valid for teaching in the common
6 schools as shown on the face of the certificate, (ii)(b)
7 hold a bachelor of arts degree from an institution of higher
8 learning accredited by the North Central Association or other
9 comparable regional accrediting association or have been
10 graduated from a recognized institution of higher learning
11 with a bachelor's degree, or (iii)(c) have had 2 years of
12 teaching experience and meet such other rules and regulations
13 as may be adopted by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
14 State Board of Education in consultation with the State
15 Teacher Certification Board. Such certificate shall expire
16 on June 30 in the fourth year from date of issue. Substitute
17 teacher's certificates are not subject to endorsement as
18 described in Section 21-1b of this Code.
19 (b) A teacher holding a substitute teacher's certificate
20 may teach only in the place of a certified teacher who is
21 under contract with the employing board and may teach only
22 when no appropriate fully certified teacher is available to
23 teach in a substitute capacity. A teacher holding an early
24 childhood certificate, an elementary certificate, a high
25 school certificate, or a special certificate may also
26 substitute teach in grades K-12 but only in the place of a
27 certified teacher who is under contract with the employing
28 board. A substitute teacher may teach only for a period not
29 to exceed 90 paid school days or 450 paid school hours in any
30 one school district in any one school term. However, for the
31 2001-2002, 2002-2003, and 2003-2004 school years, a teacher
32 holding an early childhood, elementary, high school, or
33 special certificate may substitute teach for a period not to
34 exceed 120 paid school days or 600 paid school hours in any
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1 one school district in any one school term. Where such
2 teaching is partly on a daily and partly on an hourly basis,
3 a school day shall be considered as 5 hours. The teaching
4 limitations imposed by this subsection upon teachers holding
5 substitute certificates shall not apply in any school
6 district operating under Article 34.
7 (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99; 92-184, eff. 7-27-01.)
8 (105 ILCS 5/21-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-10)
9 Sec. 21-10. Provisional certificate.
10 (A) (Blank).Until July 1, 1972, the State Teacher
11 Certification Board may issue a provisional certificate valid
12 for teaching in elementary, high school or special subject
13 fields subject to the following conditions:
14 A provisional certificate may be issued to a person who
15 presents certified evidence of having earned a bachelor's
16 degree from a recognized institution of higher learning. The
17 academic and professional courses offered as a basis of the
18 provisional certificate shall be courses approved by the
19 State Board of Education in consultation with the State
20 Teacher Certification Board.
21 A certificate earned under this plan may be renewed at
22 the end of each two-year period upon evidence filed with the
23 State Teacher Certification Board that the holder has earned
24 8 semester hours of credit within the period; provided the
25 requirements for the certificate of the same type issued for
26 the teaching position for which the teacher is employed shall
27 be met by the end of the second renewal period. A second
28 provisional certificate shall not be issued. The credits so
29 earned must be approved by the State Board of Education in
30 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board and
31 must meet the general pattern for a similar type of
32 certificate issued on the basis of credit. No more than 4
33 semester hours shall be chosen from elective subjects.
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1 (B) After July 1, 1972 and until January 1, 2004 or
2 until the date that a quorum of the initial members on the
3 Professional Teacher Standards Board is appointed, whichever
4 occurs later, the State Teacher Certification Board may
5 issue, and on and after January 1, 2004 or on and after the
6 date that a quorum of the initial members on the Professional
7 Teacher Standards Board is appointed, whichever occurs later,
8 the Professional Teacher Standards Board may issue, a
9 provisional certificate valid for teaching in early
10 childhood, elementary, high school or special subject fields,
11 or for providing service as school service personnel or for
12 administering schools subject to the following conditions: A
13 provisional certificate may be issued to a person who meets
14 the requirements for a regular teaching, school service
15 personnel or administrative certificate in another State and
16 who presents certified evidence of having earned a bachelor's
17 degree from a recognized institution of higher learning. The
18 academic and professional courses offered as a basis of the
19 provisional certificate shall be courses approved by the
20 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of Education
21 in consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
22 A certificate earned under this plan is valid for a period of
23 2 years and shall not be renewed; however, the individual to
24 whom this certificate is issued shall have passed or shall
25 pass the examinations set forth by the Professional Teacher
26 Standards BoardState Board of Education within 9 months of
27 the date of issuance of the provisional certificate. Failure
28 to pass the tests, required in Section 21-1a, shall result in
29 the cancellation of the provisional certificate.
30 (C) The Professional Teacher Standards BoardState
31 Teacher Certification Board may also issue a provisional
32 vocational certificate and a temporary provisional vocational
33 certificate.
34 (1) The requirements for a provisional vocational
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1 certificate shall be determined by the Professional
2 Teacher Standards Board,State Board of Education in
3 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board;
4 provided that, as a minimum requirement, the person to
5 whom the certificate is to be issued has earned, the
6 following minimum requirements are met: (a) after July 1,
7 1972, at least 30 semester hours of credit from a
8 recognized institution of higher learning; and (b) after
9 July 1, 1974, at least 60 semester hours of credit from a
10 recognized institution of higher learning.
11 (2) The requirements for a temporary provisional
12 vocational certificate shall be determined by the
13 Professional Teacher Standards Board,State Board of
14 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
15 Certification Board; provided that, as a minimum
16 requirement, the person to whom the certificate is to be
17 issued has, the following minimum requirements are met:
18 (a) after July 1, 1973, at least 4,000 hours of work
19 experience in the skill to be certified for teaching; and
20 (b) after July 1, 1975, at least 8,000 hours of work
21 experience in the skill to be certified for teaching.
22 Any certificate issued under the provisions of this
23 paragraph shall expire on June 30 following the date of
24 issue. Renewals may be granted on a yearly basis, but
25 shall not be granted to any person who does not file with
26 the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Teacher
27 Certification Board a transcript showing at least 3
28 semester hours of credit earned during the previous year
29 in a recognized institution of learning. No such
30 certificate shall be issued except upon certification by
31 the employing board, subject to the approval of the
32 regional superintendent of schools, that no qualified
33 teacher holding a regular certificate or a provisional
34 vocational certificate is available and that actual
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1 circumstances and need require such issuance.
2 The courses or work experience offered as a basis for the
3 issuance of the provisional vocational certificate or the
4 temporary provisional vocational certificate shall be
5 approved by the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState
6 Board of Education in consultation with the State Teacher
7 Certification Board.
8 (D) Until July 1, 1972, the State Teacher Certification
9 Board may also issue a provisional foreign language
10 certificate valid for 4 years for teaching the foreign
11 language named therein in all grades of the common schools
12 and shall be issued to persons who have graduated from a
13 recognized institution of higher learning with not fewer than
14 120 semester hours of credit and who have met other
15 requirements as determined by the State Board of Education in
16 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board. If
17 the holder of a provisional foreign language certificate that
18 was issued under this subsection before July 1, 1972 has been
19 suspended because the holder of that provisional certificate
20 did not becomeis not a citizen of the United States within 6
21 years of the date of issuance of the original certificate,
22 such certificate shall remainbe suspended by the regional
23 superintendent of schools of the region in which the holder
24 is engaged to teach and shall not be reinstated by the
25 Professional Teacher Standards Board until the holder is a
26 citizen of the United States.
27 (E) Notwithstanding anything in this Act to the
28 contrary, the Professional Teacher StandardsState Teacher
29 Certification Board shall issue part-time provisional
30 certificates to eligible individuals who are professionals
31 and craftsmen.
32 The requirements for a part-time provisional teachers
33 certificate shall be determined by the Professional Teacher
34 Standards BoardState Board of Education in consultation with
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1 the State Teacher Certification Board, provided the following
2 minimum requirements are met: 60 semester hours of credit
3 from a recognized institution of higher learning or 4000
4 hours of work experience in the skill to be certified for
5 teaching.
6 A part-time provisional certificate may be issued for
7 teaching no more than 2 courses of study for grades 6 through
8 12.
9 A part-time provisional teachers certificate shall be
10 valid for 2 years and may be renewed at the end of each 2
11 year period.
12 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
13 (105 ILCS 5/21-11.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.1)
14 Sec. 21-11.1. Certificates for equivalent
15 qualifications. An applicant who holds or is eligible to hold
16 a teacher's certificate or license under the laws of another
17 state or territory of the United States may be granted a
18 corresponding teacher's certificate in Illinois on the
19 written authorization of the Professional Teacher Standards
20 BoardState Board of Education and the State Teacher
21 Certification Board upon the following conditions:
22 (1) That the applicant is at least 19 years of age,
23 is of good character, good health and a citizen of the
24 United States; and
25 (2) That the requirements for a similar teacher's
26 certificate in the particular state or territory were, at
27 the date of issuance of the certificate, substantially
28 equal to the requirements in force at the time the
29 application is made for the certificate in this State.
30 After January 1, 1988, in addition to satisfying the
31 foregoing conditions and requirements, an applicant for a
32 corresponding teaching certificate in Illinois also shall be
33 required to pass the examinations required under the
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1 provisions of Section 21-1a as directed by the Professional
2 Teacher Standards BoardState Board of Education.
3 In determining good character under this Section, any
4 felony conviction of the applicant may be taken into
5 consideration, but the conviction shall not operate as a bar
6 to registration.
7 The Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of
8 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
9 Certification Board shall prescribe rules and regulations
10 establishing the similarity of certificates in other states
11 and the standards for determining the equivalence of
12 requirements.
13 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
14 (105 ILCS 5/21-11.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.2)
15 Sec. 21-11.2. Additional certificates; experienced
16 employed teachers. Experienced certified teachers employed
17 in Illinois public or private elementary and secondary
18 schools seeking additional teaching certificates as provided
19 in Sections 21-2.1, 21-3, 21-4, and 21-5 may submit an
20 application for evaluation of credentials to the Professional
21 Teacher Standards BoardState Teacher Certification Board.
22 Individuals obtaining a certificate by transcript evaluation
23 shall meet the minimum requirements for the certificate as
24 approved by the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState
25 Superintendent of Education in consultation with the State
26 Teacher Certification Board.
27 (Source: P.A. 82-911.)
28 (105 ILCS 5/21-11.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.3)
29 Sec. 21-11.3. Resident teacher certificate. A resident
30 teacher certificate shall be valid for 4 years for employment
31 as a resident teacher in a public school. It shall be issued
32 only to persons who have graduated from a regionally
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1 accredited institution of higher education with a bachelor's
2 degree, who are enrolled in a program of preparation approved
3 by the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState
4 Superintendent of Education in consultation with the State
5 Teacher Certification Board, and who have passed the
6 appropriate tests as required in Section 21-1a and as
7 determined by the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState
8 Board of Education. A resident teacher certificate may be
9 issued for teaching children through grade 3 or for grades
10 K-9, 6-12, or K-12 in a special subject area and may not be
11 renewed. A resident teacher may teach only under the
12 direction of a certified teacher as the resident teacher's
13 mentor and shall not teach in place of a certified teacher.
14 The holder of a resident teacher certificate shall be deemed
15 to have satisfied the requirements for the issuance of a
16 Standard Teaching Certificate if he or she has completed 4
17 years of successful teaching, has passed all appropriate
18 tests, and has earned a master's degree in education.
19 (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99; 92-560, eff. 6-24-02.)
20 (105 ILCS 5/21-11.4)
21 Sec. 21-11.4. Illinois Teacher Corps.
22 (a) The General Assembly finds and determines that (i)
23 it is important to encourage the entry of qualified
24 professionals into elementary and secondary teaching as a
25 second career; and (ii) there are a number of individuals who
26 have bachelors' degrees, experience in the work force, and an
27 interest in serving youth that creates a special talent pool
28 with great potential for enriching the lives of Illinois
29 children as teachers. To provide this talent pool with the
30 opportunity to serve children as teachers, school districts,
31 colleges, and universities are encouraged, as part of the
32 public policy of this State, to enter into collaborative
33 programs to educate and induct these non-traditional
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1 candidates into the teaching profession. To facilitate the
2 certification of such candidates, Professional Teacher
3 Standards Boardthe State Board of Education, in consultation
4 with the State Teacher Certification Board, shall assist
5 institutions of higher education and school districts with
6 the implementation of the Illinois Teacher Corps.
7 (b) Individuals who wish to become candidates for the
8 Illinois Teacher Corps program must earn a resident teacher
9 certificate as defined in Section 21-11.3, including:
10 (1) graduation from a regionally accredited
11 institution of higher education with a bachelor's degree
12 and at least a 3.00 out of a 4.00 grade point average;
13 (2) a minimum of 5 years of professional experience
14 in the area the candidate wishes to teach;
15 (3) passing the examinations required by the
16 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of
17 Education;
18 (4) enrollment in a Masters of Education Degree
19 program approved by the Professional Teacher Standards
20 BoardState Superintendent of Education in consultation
21 with the State Teacher Certification Board; and
22 (5) completion of a 6 week summer intensive teacher
23 preparation course which is the first component of the
24 Masters Degree program.
25 (c) School districts may hire an Illinois Teacher Corps
26 candidate after the candidate has received his or her
27 resident teacher certificate. The school district has the
28 responsibility of ensuring that the candidates receive the
29 supports necessary to become qualified, competent and
30 productive teachers. To be eligible to participate in the
31 Illinois Teacher Corps program, school districts must provide
32 a minimum of the following supports to the candidates:
33 (1) a salary and benefits package as negotiated
34 through the teacher contracts;
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1 (2) a mentor certified teacher who will provide
2 guidance to one or more candidates under a program
3 developed collaboratively by the school district and
4 university;
5 (3) at least quarterly evaluations performed of
6 each candidate jointly by the mentor teacher and the
7 principal of the school or the principal's designee; and
8 (4) a written and signed document from the school
9 district outlining the support the district intends to
10 provide to the candidates, for approval by the
11 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Teacher
12 Certification Board.
13 (d) Illinois institutions of higher education shall work
14 collaboratively with school districts and the Professional
15 Teacher Standards BoardState Teacher Certification Board to
16 academically prepare the candidates for the teaching
17 profession. To be eligible to participate, the College or
18 School of Education of a participating Illinois institution
19 of higher education must develop a curriculum that provides,
20 upon completion, a Masters Degree in Education for the
21 candidates. The Masters Degree program must:
22 (1) receive approval from the Professional Teacher
23 Standards BoardState Teacher Certification Board; and
24 (2) take no longer than 3 summers and 2 academic
25 years to complete, and balance the needs and time
26 constraints of the candidates.
27 (e) Upon successful completion of the Masters Degree
28 program, the candidate receives an Initial Teaching
29 Certificate in the State of Illinois.
30 (f) If an individual wishes to become a candidate in the
31 Illinois Teacher Corps program, but does not possess 5 years
32 of professional experience, the individual may qualify for
33 the program by participating in a one year internship
34 teacher preparation program with a school district. The one
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1 year internship shall be developed collaboratively by the
2 school district and the Illinois institution of higher
3 education, and shall be approved by the Professional Teacher
4 Standards BoardState Teacher Certification Board.
5 (g) The Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board
6 of Education is authorized to award grants to school
7 districts that seek to prepare candidates for the teaching
8 profession who have bachelors' degrees and professional work
9 experience in subjects relevant to teaching fields, but who
10 do not have formal preparation for teaching. Grants may be
11 made to school districts for up to $3,000 per candidate when
12 the school district, in cooperation with a public or private
13 university and the school district's teacher bargaining unit,
14 develop a program designed to prepare teachers pursuant to
15 the Illinois Teacher Corps program under this Section.
16 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)
17 (105 ILCS 5/21-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-12)
18 Sec. 21-12. Printing; Seal; Signature; Credentials. All
19 certificates shall be printed by and bear the signatures of
20 the Executive Directorchairman and of the secretary of the
21 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Teacher
22 Certification Board. Each certificate shall show the
23 integrally printed seal of the Professional Teacher Standards
24 BoardState Teacher Certification Board. All college
25 credentials offered as the basis of a certificate shall be
26 presented to the secretary of the Professional Teacher
27 Standards BoardState Teacher Certification Board for
28 inspection and approval.
29 Commencing July 1, 1999, each application for a
30 certificate or evaluation of credentials shall be accompanied
31 by an evaluation fee of $30 payable to the State
32 Superintendent of Education before January 1, 2004 or before
33 the date that a quorum of the initial members on the
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1 Professional Teacher Standards Board is appointed, whichever
2 occurs later, and to the Professional Teacher Standards Board
3 on and after January 1, 2004 or on and after the date that a
4 quorum of the initial members on the Professional Teacher
5 Standards Board is appointed, whichever occurs later, which
6 is not refundable, except that no application or evaluation
7 fee shall be required for a Master Certificate issued
8 pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 21-2 of this Code. The
9 proceeds of each $30 fee shall be paid into the Teacher
10 Certificate Fee Revolving Fund, created under Section 21-1b
11 of this Code; and the moneys in that Fund shall be
12 appropriated to the Professional Teacher Standards Board and
13 used by that Board to provide the technology and other
14 resources necessary for the timely and efficient processing
15 of certification requests.
16 When evaluation verifies the requirements for a valid
17 certificate, the applicant shall be issued an entitlement
18 card that may be presented to a regional superintendent of
19 schools for issuance of a certificate.
20 The applicant shall be notified of any deficiencies.
21 (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
22 (105 ILCS 5/21-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-14)
23 Sec. 21-14. Registration and renewal of certificates.
24 (a) A limited four-year certificate or a certificate
25 issued after July 1, 1955, shall be renewable at its
26 expiration or within 60 days thereafter by the county
27 superintendent of schools having supervision and control over
28 the school where the teacher is teaching upon certified
29 evidence of meeting the requirements for renewal as required
30 by this Act and prescribed by the State Board of Education in
31 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board
32 before January 1, 2004 or before the date that a quorum of
33 the initial members on the Professional Teacher Standards
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1 Board is appointed, whichever occurs later, and by the
2 Professional Teacher Standards Board on and after January 1,
3 2004 or on and after the date that a quorum of the initial
4 members on the Professional Teacher Standards Board is
5 appointed, whichever occurs later. An elementary supervisory
6 certificate shall not be renewed at the end of the first
7 four-year period covered by the certificate unless the holder
8 thereof has filed certified evidence with the Professional
9 Teacher Standards BoardState Teacher Certification Board
10 that he has a master's degree or that he has earned 8
11 semester hours of credit in the field of educational
12 administration and supervision in a recognized institution of
13 higher learning. The holder shall continue to earn 8
14 semester hours of credit each four-year period until such
15 time as he has earned a master's degree.
16 All certificates not renewed or registered as herein
17 provided shall lapse after a period of 5 years from the
18 expiration of the last year of registration. Such
19 certificates may be reinstated for a one year period upon
20 payment of all accumulated registration fees. Such
21 reinstated certificates shall only be renewed: (1) by earning
22 5 semester hours of credit in a recognized institution of
23 higher learning in the field of professional education or in
24 courses related to the holder's contractual teaching duties;
25 or (2) by presenting evidence of holding a valid regular
26 certificate of some other type. Any certificate may be
27 voluntarily surrendered by the certificate holder. A
28 voluntarily surrendered certificate shall be treated as a
29 revoked certificate.
30 (b) When those teaching certificates issued before
31 February 15, 2000 are renewed for the first time after
32 February 15, 2000, all such teaching certificates shall be
33 exchanged for Standard Teaching Certificates as provided in
34 subsection (c) of Section 21-2. All Initial and Standard
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1 Teaching Certificates, including those issued to persons who
2 previously held teaching certificates issued before February
3 15, 2000, shall be renewable under the conditions set forth
4 in this subsection (b).
5 Initial Teaching Certificates are nonrenewable and are
6 valid for 4 years of teaching. Standard Teaching Certificates
7 are renewable every 5 years as provided in subsection (c) of
8 Section 21-2 and subsection (c) of this Section. For
9 purposes of this Section, "teaching" is defined as employment
10 and performance of services in an Illinois public or
11 State-operated elementary school, secondary school, or
12 cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or board
13 of control, in a certificated teaching position, or a charter
14 school operating in compliance with the Charter Schools Law.
15 (c) In compliance with subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of
16 this Code, which provides that a Standard Teaching
17 Certificate may be renewed by the Professional Teacher
18 Standards BoardState Teacher Certification Board based upon
19 proof of continuing professional development, the
20 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of Education
21 and the State Teacher Certification Board shall jointly:
22 (1) establish a procedure for renewing Standard
23 Teaching Certificates, which shall include but not be
24 limited to annual timelines for the renewal process and
25 the components set forth in subsections (d) through (k)
26 of this Section;
27 (2) establish the standards for certificate
28 renewal;
29 (3) approve the providers of continuing
30 professional development activities;
31 (4) determine the maximum credit for each category
32 of continuing professional development activities, based
33 upon recommendations submitted by a continuing
34 professional development activity task force, which shall
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1 consist of 6 staff members from the State Board of
2 Education, appointed by the State Superintendent of
3 Education, and 6 teacher representatives, 3 of whom are
4 selected by the Illinois Education Association and 3 of
5 whom are selected by the Illinois Federation of Teachers;
6 (5) designate the type and amount of documentation
7 required to show that continuing professional development
8 activities have been completed; and
9 (6) provide, on a timely basis to all Illinois
10 teachers, certificate holders, regional superintendents
11 of schools, school districts, and others with an interest
12 in continuing professional development, information about
13 the standards and requirements established pursuant to
14 this subsection (c).
15 (d) Any Standard Teaching Certificate held by an
16 individual employed and performing services in an Illinois
17 public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school,
18 or cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or
19 board of control in a certificated teaching position or a
20 charter school in compliance with the Charter Schools Law
21 must be maintained Valid and Active through certificate
22 renewal activities specified in the certificate renewal
23 procedure established pursuant to subsection (c) of this
24 Section, provided that a holder of a Valid and Active
25 certificate who is only employed on either a part-time basis
26 or day-to-day basis as a substitute teacher shall pay only
27 the required registration fee to renew his or her certificate
28 and maintain it as Valid and Active. All other Standard
29 Teaching Certificates held may be maintained as Valid and
30 Exempt through the registration process provided for in the
31 certificate renewal procedure established pursuant to
32 subsection (c) of this Section. A Valid and Exempt
33 certificate must be immediately activated, through procedures
34 developed jointly by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
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1 State Board of Education and the State Teacher Certification
2 Board, upon the certificate holder becoming employed and
3 performing services in an Illinois public or State-operated
4 elementary school, secondary school, or cooperative or joint
5 agreement with a governing body or board of control in a
6 certificated teaching position or a charter school operating
7 in compliance with the Charter Schools Law. A holder of a
8 Valid and Exempt certificate may activate his or her
9 certificate through procedures provided for in the
10 certificate renewal procedure established pursuant to
11 subsection (c) of this Section.
12 (e)(1) A Standard Teaching Certificate that has been
13 maintained as Valid and Active for the 5 years of the
14 certificate's validity shall be renewed as Valid and Active
15 upon the certificate holder: (i) completing an advanced
16 degree from an approved institution in an education-related
17 field; (ii) completing at least 8 semester hours of
18 coursework as described in subdivision (B) of paragraph (3)
19 of this subsection (e); (iii) earning at least 24 continuing
20 education units as described in subdivision (C) of paragraph
21 (3) of this subsection (e); (iv) completing the National
22 Board for Professional Teaching Standards process as
23 described in subdivision (D) of paragraph (3) of this
24 subsection (e); or (v) earning 120 continuing professional
25 development units ("CPDU") as described in subdivision (E) of
26 paragraph (3) of this subsection (e). The maximum continuing
27 professional development units for each continuing
28 professional development activity identified in subdivisions
29 (F) through (J) of paragraph (3) of this subsection (e) shall
30 be jointly determined by the Professional Teacher Standards
31 BoardState Board of Education and the State Teacher
32 Certification Board. If, however, the certificate holder has
33 maintained the certificate as Valid and Exempt for a portion
34 of the 5-year period of validity, the number of continuing
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1 professional development units needed to renew the
2 certificate as Valid and Active shall be proportionately
3 reduced by the amount of time the certificate was Valid and
4 Exempt. Furthermore, if a certificate holder is employed and
5 performs teaching services on a part-time basis for all or a
6 portion of the certificate's 5-year period of validity, the
7 number of continuing professional development units needed to
8 renew the certificate as Valid and Active shall be reduced by
9 50% for the amount of time the certificate holder has been
10 employed and performed teaching services on a part-time
11 basis. Part-time shall be defined as less than 50% of the
12 school day or school term.
13 (2) Each Valid and Active Standard Teaching Certificate
14 holder shall develop a certificate renewal plan for
15 satisfying the continuing professional development
16 requirement provided for in subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of
17 this Code. Certificate holders with multiple certificates
18 shall develop a certificate renewal plan that addresses only
19 that certificate or those certificates that are required of
20 his or her certificated teaching position, if the certificate
21 holder is employed and performing services in an Illinois
22 public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school,
23 or cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or
24 board of control, or that certificate or those certificates
25 most closely related to his or her teaching position, if the
26 certificate holder is employed in a charter school. Except
27 as otherwise provided in this subsection (e), a certificate
28 renewal plan shall include a minimum of 3 individual
29 improvement goals developed by the certificate holder and
30 shall reflect purposes (A), (B), and (C) and may reflect
31 purpose (D) of the following continuing professional
32 development purposes:
33 (A) Advance both the certificate holder's knowledge
34 and skills as a teacher consistent with the Illinois
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1 Professional Teaching Standards and the Illinois Content
2 Area Standards in the certificate holder's areas of
3 certification, endorsement, or teaching assignment in
4 order to keep the certificate holder current in those
5 areas.
6 (B) Develop the certificate holder's knowledge and
7 skills in areas determined to be critical for all
8 Illinois teachers, as defined by the Professional Teacher
9 Standards BoardState Board of Education, known as "State
10 priorities".
11 (C) Address the knowledge, skills, and goals of the
12 certificate holder's local school improvement plan, if
13 the teacher is employed in an Illinois public or
14 State-operated elementary school, secondary school, or
15 cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or
16 board of control.
17 (D) Expand the certificate holder's knowledge and
18 skills in an additional teaching field or toward the
19 acquisition of another teaching certificate, endorsement,
20 or relevant education degree.
21 A certificate renewal plan must include a description of how
22 these goals are to be achieved and an explanation of selected
23 continuing professional development activities to be
24 completed, each of which must meet one or more of the
25 continuing professional development purposes specified in
26 this paragraph (2). The plan shall identify potential
27 activities and include projected timelines for those
28 activities that will assure completion of the plan before the
29 expiration of the 5-year validity of the Standard Teaching
30 Certificate. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection
31 (e), at least 50% of continuing professional development
32 units must relate to purposes (A) and (B) set forth in this
33 paragraph (2): the advancement of a certificate holder's
34 knowledge and skills as a teacher consistent with the
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1 Illinois Professional Teaching Standards and the Illinois
2 Content Area Standards in the certificate holder's areas of
3 certification, endorsement, or teaching assignment in order
4 to keep the certificate holder current in those areas and the
5 development of a certificate holder's knowledge and skills in
6 the State priorities that exist at the time the certificate
7 renewal plan is developed.
8 A speech-language pathologist or audiologist who is
9 licensed under the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and
10 Audiology Practice Act and who has met the continuing
11 education requirements of that Act and the rules promulgated
12 under that Act shall be deemed to have satisfied the
13 continuing professional development requirements established
14 by the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of
15 Education and the Teacher Certification Board to renew a
16 Standard Certificate.
17 (3) Continuing professional development activities
18 included in a certificate renewal plan may include, but are
19 not limited to, the following activities:
20 (A) completion of an advanced degree from an
21 approved institution in an education-related field;
22 (B) at least 8 semester hours of coursework in an
23 approved education-related program, of which at least 2
24 semester hours relate to the continuing professional
25 development purpose set forth in purpose (A) of paragraph
26 (2) of this subsection (e), provided that such a plan
27 need not include any other continuing professional
28 development activities nor reflect or contain activities
29 related to the other continuing professional development
30 purposes set forth in paragraph (2) of this subsection
31 (e);
32 (C) continuing education units that satisfy the
33 continuing professional development purposes set forth in
34 paragraph (2) of this subsection (e), with each
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1 continuing education unit equal to 5 clock hours,
2 provided that a plan that includes at least 24 continuing
3 education units (or 120 clock/contact hours) need not
4 include any other continuing professional development
5 activities;
6 (D) completion of the National Board of
7 Professional Teaching Standards ("NBPTS") process,
8 provided that a plan that includes completion of the
9 NBPTS process need not include any other continuing
10 professional development activities nor reflect or
11 contain activities related to the continuing professional
12 development purposes set forth in paragraph (2) of
13 subsection (e) of this Section;
14 (E) completion of 120 continuing professional
15 development units that satisfy the continuing
16 professional development purposes set forth in paragraph
17 (2) of this subsection (e) and may include without
18 limitation the activities identified in subdivisions (F)
19 through (J) of this paragraph (3);
20 (F) collaboration and partnership activities
21 related to improving the teacher's knowledge and skills
22 as a teacher, including the following:
23 (i) participating on collaborative planning
24 and professional improvement teams and committees;
25 (ii) peer review and coaching;
26 (iii) mentoring in a formal mentoring program,
27 including service as a consulting teacher
28 participating in a remediation process formulated
29 under Section 24A-5 of this Code;
30 (iv) participating in site-based management or
31 decision making teams, relevant committees, boards,
32 or task forces directly related to school
33 improvement plans;
34 (v) coordinating community resources in
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1 schools, if the project is a specific goal of the
2 school improvement plan;
3 (vi) facilitating parent education programs
4 for a school, school district, or regional office of
5 education directly related to student achievement or
6 school improvement plans;
7 (vii) participating in business, school, or
8 community partnerships directly related to student
9 achievement or school improvement plans; or
10 (viii) supervising a student teacher or
11 teacher education candidate in clinical supervision,
12 provided that the supervision may only be counted
13 once during the course of 5 years;
14 (G) college or university coursework related to
15 improving the teacher's knowledge and skills as a teacher
16 as follows:
17 (i) completing undergraduate or graduate
18 credit earned from a regionally accredited
19 institution in coursework relevant to the
20 certificate area being renewed, including coursework
21 that incorporates induction activities and
22 development of a portfolio of both student and
23 teacher work that provides experience in reflective
24 practices, provided the coursework meets Illinois
25 Professional Teaching Standards or Illinois Content
26 Area Standards and supports the essential
27 characteristics of quality professional development;
28 or
29 (ii) teaching college or university courses in
30 areas relevant to the certificate area being
31 renewed, provided that the teaching may only be
32 counted once during the course of 5 years;
33 (H) conferences, workshops, institutes, seminars,
34 and symposiums related to improving the teacher's
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1 knowledge and skills as a teacher, including the
2 following:
3 (i) completing non-university credit directly
4 related to student achievement, school improvement
5 plans, or State priorities;
6 (ii) participating in or presenting at
7 workshops, seminars, conferences, institutes, and
8 symposiums;
9 (iii) training as external reviewers for
10 Quality Assurance; or
11 (iv) training as reviewers of university
12 teacher preparation programs;
13 (I) other educational experiences related to
14 improving the teacher's knowledge and skills as a
15 teacher, including the following:
16 (i) participating in action research and
17 inquiry projects;
18 (ii) observing programs or teaching in
19 schools, related businesses, or industry that is
20 systematic, purposeful, and relevant to certificate
21 renewal;
22 (iii) traveling related to ones teaching
23 assignment, directly related to student achievement
24 or school improvement plans and approved at least 30
25 days prior to the travel experience, provided that
26 the traveling shall not include time spent commuting
27 to destinations where the learning experience will
28 occur;
29 (iv) participating in study groups related to
30 student achievement or school improvement plans;
31 (v) serving on a statewide education-related
32 committee, including but not limited to the
33 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Teacher
34 Certification Board, State Board of Education
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1 strategic agenda teams, or the State Advisory
2 Council on Education of Children with Disabilities;
3 (vi) participating in work/learn programs or
4 internships; or
5 (vii) developing a portfolio of student and
6 teacher work;
7 (J) professional leadership experiences related to
8 improving the teacher's knowledge and skills as a
9 teacher, including the following:
10 (i) participating in curriculum development or
11 assessment activities at the school, school
12 district, regional office of education, State, or
13 national level;
14 (ii) participating in team or department
15 leadership in a school or school district;
16 (iii) participating on external or internal
17 school or school district review teams;
18 (iv) publishing educational articles, columns,
19 or books relevant to the certificate area being
20 renewed; or
21 (v) participating in non-strike related
22 professional association or labor organization
23 service or activities related to professional
24 development.
25 (4) A certificate renewal plan must initially be
26 approved by the certificate holder's local professional
27 development committee, as provided for in subsection (f) of
28 this Section. If the local professional development
29 committee does not approve the certificate renewal plan, the
30 certificate holder may appeal that determination to the
31 regional professional development review committee, as
32 provided for in paragraph (2) of subsection (g) of this
33 Section. If the regional professional development review
34 committee disagrees with the local professional development
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1 committee's determination, the certificate renewal plan shall
2 be deemed approved and the certificate holder may begin
3 satisfying the continuing professional development activities
4 set forth in the plan. If the regional professional
5 development review committee agrees with the local
6 professional development committee's determination, the
7 certificate renewal plan shall be deemed disapproved and
8 shall be returned to the certificate holder to develop a
9 revised certificate renewal plan. In all cases, the regional
10 professional development review committee shall immediately
11 notify both the local professional development committee and
12 the certificate holder of its determination.
13 (5) A certificate holder who wishes to modify the
14 continuing professional development activities or goals in
15 his or her certificate renewal plan must submit the proposed
16 modifications to his or her local professional development
17 committee for approval prior to engaging in the proposed
18 activities. If the local professional development committee
19 does not approve the proposed modification, the certificate
20 holder may appeal that determination to the regional
21 professional development review committee, as set forth in
22 paragraph (4) of this subsection (e).
23 (6) When a certificate holder changes assignments or
24 school districts during the course of completing a
25 certificate renewal plan, the professional development and
26 continuing education credit earned pursuant to the plan shall
27 transfer to the new assignment or school district and count
28 toward the total requirements. This certificate renewal plan
29 must be reviewed by the appropriate local professional
30 development committee and may be modified to reflect the
31 certificate holder's new work assignment or the school
32 improvement plan of the new school district or school
33 building.
34 (f) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code,
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1 each school district, charter school, and cooperative or
2 joint agreement with a governing body or board of control
3 that employs certificated staff, shall establish and
4 implement, in conjunction with its exclusive representative,
5 if any, one or more local professional development
6 committees, as set forth in this subsection (f), which shall
7 perform the following functions:
8 (1) review and approve certificate renewal plans
9 and any modifications made to these plans, including
10 transferred plans;
11 (2) maintain a file of approved certificate renewal
12 plans;
13 (3) monitor certificate holders' progress in
14 completing approved certificate renewal plans, provided
15 that a local professional development committee shall not
16 be required to maintain materials submitted by
17 certificate holders to demonstrate their progress in
18 completing their certificate renewal plans after the
19 committee has reviewed the materials and the credits have
20 been awarded;
21 (4) assist in the development of professional
22 development plans based upon needs identified in
23 certificate renewal plans;
24 (5) determine whether certificate holders have met
25 the requirements of their certificate renewal plans and
26 notify certificate holders of its determination;
27 (6) provide a certificate holder with the
28 opportunity to address the committee when it has
29 determined that the certificate holder has not met the
30 requirements of his or her certificate renewal plan;
31 (7) issue and forward recommendations for renewal
32 or nonrenewal of certificate holders' Standard Teaching
33 Certificates to the appropriate regional superintendent
34 of schools, based upon whether certificate holders have
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1 met the requirements of their approved certificate
2 renewal plans, with 30-day written notice of its
3 recommendation provided to the certificate holder prior
4 to forwarding the recommendation to the regional
5 superintendent of schools, provided that if the local
6 professional development committee's recommendation is
7 for certificate nonrenewal, the written notice provided
8 to the certificate holder shall include a return receipt;
9 and
10 (8) reconsider its recommendation of certificate
11 nonrenewal, upon request of the certificate holder within
12 30 days of receipt of written notification that the local
13 professional development committee will make such a
14 recommendation, and forward to the regional
15 superintendent of schools its recommendation within 30
16 days of receipt of the certificate holder's request.
17 Each local professional development committee shall
18 consist of at least 3 classroom teachers; one superintendent
19 or chief administrator of the school district, charter
20 school, or cooperative or joint agreement or his or her
21 designee; and one at-large member who shall be either (i) a
22 parent, (ii) a member of the business community, (iii) a
23 community member, or (iv) an administrator, with preference
24 given to an individual chosen from among those persons listed
25 in items (i), (ii), and (iii) in order to secure
26 representation of an interest not already represented on the
27 committee. Except in a school district in a city having a
28 population exceeding 500,000, a local professional
29 development committee shall be responsible for no more than
30 200 certificate renewal plans annually unless otherwise
31 mutually agreed upon by the school district, charter school,
32 or governing body or board of control of a cooperative or
33 joint agreement and its exclusive representative, if any. If
34 mutually agreed upon by the school district, charter school,
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1 or governing body or board of control of a cooperative or
2 joint agreement and its exclusive representative, if any,
3 additional members may be added to a local professional
4 development committee, provided that a majority of members
5 are classroom teachers. Except in a school district in a
6 city having a population exceeding 500,000, if additional
7 members are added to a local professional development
8 committee, the maximum number of certificate renewal plans
9 for which the committee shall annually be responsible may be
10 increased by 50 plans for each additional member, unless
11 otherwise mutually agreed upon by the school district,
12 charter school, or governing body or board of control of a
13 cooperative or joint agreement and its exclusive
14 representative, if any. The school district, charter school,
15 or governing body or board of control of a cooperative or
16 joint agreement and its exclusive representative, if any,
17 shall determine the term of service of the members of a local
18 professional development committee. All individuals selected
19 to serve on local professional development committees must be
20 known to demonstrate the best practices in teaching or their
21 respective field of practice.
22 The exclusive representative, if any, shall select the
23 classroom teacher members of the local professional
24 development committee. If no exclusive representative
25 exists, then the classroom teacher members of a local
26 professional development committee shall be selected by the
27 classroom teachers that come within the local professional
28 development committee's authority. The school district,
29 charter school, or governing body or board of control of a
30 cooperative or joint agreement shall select the 2
31 non-classroom teacher members (the superintendent or chief
32 administrator of the school district, charter school, or
33 cooperative or joint agreement or his or her designee and the
34 at-large member) of a local professional development
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1 committee. Vacancies in positions on a local professional
2 development committee shall be filled in the same manner as
3 the original selections. The members of a local professional
4 development committee shall select a chairperson. Local
5 professional development committee meetings shall be
6 scheduled so as not to interfere with committee members'
7 regularly scheduled teaching duties, except when otherwise
8 permitted by the policies of or agreed to or approved by the
9 school district, charter school, or governing body or board
10 of control of a cooperative or joint agreement, or its
11 designee.
12 The board of education or governing board shall convene
13 the first meeting of the local professional development
14 committee. All actions taken by the local professional
15 development committee shall require that a majority of
16 committee members be present, and no committee action may be
17 taken unless 50% or more of those present are teacher
18 members.
19 The Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of
20 Education and the State Teacher Certification Board shall
21 jointly provide local professional development committee
22 members with a training manual, and the members shall certify
23 that they have received and read the manual.
24 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this subsection
25 (f), for a teacher employed and performing services in a
26 nonpublic or State-operated elementary or secondary school,
27 all references to a local professional development committee
28 shall mean the regional superintendent of schools of the
29 regional office of education for the geographic area where
30 the teaching is done.
31 (g)(1) Each regional superintendent of schools shall
32 review and concur or nonconcur with each recommendation for
33 renewal or nonrenewal of a Standard Teaching Certificate he
34 or she receives from a local professional development
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1 committee or, if a certificate holder appeals the
2 recommendation to the regional professional development
3 review committee, the recommendation for renewal or
4 nonrenewal he or she receives from a regional professional
5 development review committee and, within 14 days of receipt
6 of the recommendation, shall provide the Professional Teacher
7 Standards BoardState Teacher Certification Board with
8 verification of the following, if applicable:
9 (A) a certificate renewal plan was filed and
10 approved by the appropriate local professional
11 development committee;
12 (B) the professional development and continuing
13 education activities set forth in the approved
14 certificate renewal plan have been satisfactorily
15 completed;
16 (C) the local professional development committee
17 has recommended the renewal of the certificate holder's
18 Standard Teaching Certificate and forwarded the
19 recommendation, along with all supporting documentation
20 as jointly required by the Professional Teacher Standards
21 BoardState Board of Education and the State Teacher
22 Certification Board, to the regional superintendent of
23 schools;
24 (D) the certificate holder has appealed his or her
25 local professional development committee's recommendation
26 of nonrenewal to the regional professional development
27 review committee and the result of that appeal;
28 (E) the regional superintendent of schools has
29 concurred or nonconcurred with the local professional
30 development committee's or regional professional
31 development review committee's recommendation to renew or
32 nonrenew the certificate holder's Standard Teaching
33 Certificate and made a recommendation to that effect; and
34 (F) the established registration fee for the
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1 Standard Teaching Certificate has been paid.
2 At the same time the regional superintendent of schools
3 provides the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState
4 Teacher Certification Board with the notice required by this
5 subsection (g), he or she shall also notify the certificate
6 holder in writing that this notice has been provided to the
7 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Teacher
8 Certification Board, provided that if the notice provided by
9 the regional superintendent of schools to the Professional
10 Teacher Standards BoardState Teacher Certification Board
11 includes a recommendation of certificate nonrenewal, the
12 written notice provided to the certificate holder shall be by
13 certified mail, return receipt requested.
14 (2) Each certificate holder shall have the right to
15 appeal his or her local professional development committee's
16 recommendation of nonrenewal to the regional professional
17 development review committee, within 14 days of receipt of
18 notice that the recommendation has been sent to the regional
19 superintendent of schools. Each regional superintendent of
20 schools shall establish a regional professional development
21 review committee or committees for the purpose of advising
22 the regional superintendent of schools, upon request, and
23 handling certificate holder appeals. This committee shall
24 consist of at least 4 classroom teachers, one
25 non-administrative certificated educational employee, 2
26 administrators, and one at-large member who shall be either
27 (i) a parent, (ii) a member of the business community, (iii)
28 a community member, or (iv) an administrator, with preference
29 given to an individual chosen from among those persons listed
30 in items (i), (ii), and (iii) in order to secure
31 representation of an interest not already represented on the
32 committee. The teacher and non-administrative certificated
33 educational employee members of the review committee shall be
34 selected by their exclusive representative, if any, and the
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1 administrators and at-large member shall be selected by the
2 regional superintendent of schools. A regional
3 superintendent of schools may add additional members to the
4 committee, provided that the same proportion of teachers to
5 administrators and at-large members on the committee is
6 maintained. Any additional teacher and non-administrative
7 certificated educational employee members shall be selected
8 by their exclusive representative, if any. Vacancies in
9 positions on a regional professional development review
10 committee shall be filled in the same manner as the original
11 selections. Committee members shall serve staggered 3-year
12 terms. All individuals selected to serve on regional
13 professional development review committees must be known to
14 demonstrate the best practices in teaching or their
15 respective field of practice.
16 The exclusive representative responsible for choosing the
17 individuals that serve on a regional professional development
18 review committee shall notify each school district, charter
19 school, or governing body or board of control of a
20 cooperative or joint agreement employing the individuals
21 chosen to serve and provide their names to the appropriate
22 regional superintendent of schools. Regional professional
23 development review committee meetings shall be scheduled so
24 as not to interfere with the committee members' regularly
25 scheduled teaching duties, except when otherwise permitted by
26 the policies of or agreed to or approved by the school
27 district, charter school, or governing body or board of
28 control of a cooperative or joint agreement, or its designee,
29 provided that the school district, charter school, or
30 governing body or board of control shall not unreasonably
31 withhold permission for a committee member to attend regional
32 professional development review committee meetings.
33 In a city having a population exceeding 500,000 that does
34 not have a regional office of education, one or more separate
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1 regional professional development review committees shall be
2 established as mutually agreed upon by the board of education
3 of the school district organized under Article 34 of this
4 Code and the exclusive representative. The composition of
5 each committee shall be the same as for a regional
6 professional development review committee, except that
7 members of the committee shall be jointly appointed by the
8 board of education and the exclusive representative. All
9 other provisions of this Section concerning regional
10 professional development review committees shall apply to
11 these committees.
12 The regional professional development review committee
13 may require information in addition to that received from a
14 certificate holder's local professional development committee
15 or request that the certificate holder appear before it,
16 shall either concur or nonconcur with a local professional
17 development committee's recommendation of nonrenewal, and
18 shall forward to the regional superintendent of schools its
19 recommendation of renewal or nonrenewal. All actions taken
20 by the regional professional development review committee
21 shall require a quorum and be by a simple majority of those
22 present and voting. A record of all votes shall be
23 maintained. The committee shall have 45 days from receipt of
24 a certificate holder's appeal to make its recommendation to
25 the regional superintendent of schools.
26 The Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of
27 Education and the State Teacher Certification Board shall
28 jointly provide regional professional development review
29 committee members with a training manual, and the members
30 shall be required to attend one training seminar sponsored
31 jointly by the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState
32 Board of Education and the State Teacher Certification Board.
33 (h)(1) The Professional Teacher Standards BoardState
34 Teacher Certification Board shall review the regional
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1 superintendent of schools' recommendations to renew or
2 nonrenew Standard Teaching Certificates and notify
3 certificate holders in writing whether their certificates
4 have been renewed or nonrenewed within 90 days of receipt of
5 the recommendations, unless a certificate holder has appealed
6 a regional superintendent of schools' recommendation of
7 nonrenewal, as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection
8 (h). The Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Teacher
9 Certification Board shall verify that the certificate holder
10 has met the renewal criteria set forth in paragraph (1) of
11 subsection (g) of this Section.
12 (2) Each certificate holder shall have the right to
13 appeal a regional superintendent of school's recommendation
14 to nonrenew his or her Standard Teaching Certificate to the
15 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Teacher
16 Certification Board, within 14 days of receipt of notice that
17 the decision has been sent to the Professional Teacher
18 Standards BoardState Teacher Certification Board, which
19 shall hold an appeal hearing within 60 days of receipt of the
20 appeal. When such an appeal is taken, the certificate
21 holder's Standard Teaching Certificate shall continue to be
22 valid until the appeal is finally determined. The
23 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Teacher
24 Certification Board shall review the regional superintendent
25 of school's recommendation, the regional professional
26 development review committee's recommendation, if any, and
27 the local professional development committee's recommendation
28 and all relevant documentation to verify whether the
29 certificate holder has met the renewal criteria set forth in
30 paragraph (1) of subsection (g) of this Section. The
31 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Teacher
32 Certification Board may request that the certificate holder
33 appear before it. All actions taken by the Professional
34 Teacher Standards BoardState Teacher Certification Board
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1 shall require a quorum and be by a simple majority of those
2 present and voting. A record of all votes shall be
3 maintained. The Professional Teacher Standards BoardState
4 Teacher Certification Board shall notify the certificate
5 holder in writing, within 7 days of completing the review,
6 whether his or her Standard Teaching Certificate has been
7 renewed or nonrenewed, provided that if the Professional
8 Teacher Standards BoardState Teacher Certification Board
9 determines to nonrenew a certificate, the written notice
10 provided to the certificate holder shall be by certified
11 mail, return receipt requested. All certificate renewal or
12 nonrenewal decisions of the Professional Teacher Standards
13 BoardState Teacher Certification Board are final and subject
14 to administrative review, as set forth in Section 21-24 of
15 this Code.
16 (i) Holders of Master Teaching Certificates shall meet
17 the same requirements and follow the same procedures as
18 holders of Standard Teaching Certificates, except that their
19 renewal cycle shall be as set forth in subsection (d) of
20 Section 21-2 of this Code.
21 A holder of a teaching certificate endorsed as a
22 speech-language pathologist who has been granted the
23 Certificate of Clinical Competence by the American
24 Speech-Language Hearing Association may renew his or her
25 Standard Teaching Certificate pursuant to the 10-year renewal
26 cycle set forth in subsection (d) of Section 21-2 of this
27 Code.
28 (j) Holders of Valid and Exempt Standard and Master
29 Teaching Certificates who are not employed and performing
30 services in an Illinois public or State-operated elementary
31 school, secondary school, or cooperative or joint agreement
32 with a governing body or board of control, in a certificated
33 teaching position, may voluntarily activate their
34 certificates by developing and submitting a certificate
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1 renewal plan to the regional superintendent of schools of the
2 regional office of education for the geographic area where
3 their teaching is done, who, or whose designee, shall approve
4 the plan and serve as the certificate holder's local
5 professional development committee. These certificate
6 holders shall follow the same renewal criteria and procedures
7 as all other Standard and Master Teaching Certificate
8 holders, except that their continuing professional
9 development plans shall not be required to reflect or address
10 the knowledge, skills, and goals of a local school
11 improvement plan.
12 (k) Each school district, charter school, or cooperative
13 or joint agreement shall be paid an annual amount of not less
14 than $1,000, as determined by a formula based on the number
15 of Standard Teaching and Master Teaching Certificate holders,
16 subject to renewal and established by rule, not to exceed
17 $1,000,000 annually for all school districts, charter
18 schools, and cooperatives or joint agreements, for
19 administrative costs associated with conducting the meetings
20 of the local professional development committee, as
21 determined in consultation with the committee. Each regional
22 office of education shall receive $2,000 annually to pay
23 school districts, charter schools, or cooperatives or joint
24 agreements for costs, as defined by rule, incurred in staff
25 attendance at regional professional development review
26 committee meetings and the training seminar required under
27 paragraph (2) of subsection (g) of this Section.
28 (l) The Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board
29 of Education and the State Teacher Certification Board shall
30 jointly contract with an independent party to conduct a
31 comprehensive evaluation of the certificate renewal system
32 pursuant to this Section. The first report of this
33 evaluation shall be presented to the General Assembly on
34 January 1, 2005 and on January 1 of every third year
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1 thereafter.
2 (m) The Professional Teacher Standards Board has
3 jurisdiction over and the responsibility for any and all
4 committees created under this Section. The changes made in
5 this subsection (m) by this amendatory Act of the 93rd
6 General Assembly are declaratory of existing law.
7 (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99; 92-510, eff. 6-1-02;
8 92-796, eff. 8-10-02.)
9 (105 ILCS 5/21-16) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-16)
10 Sec. 21-16. Fees; requirement for registration.
11 (a) Until February 15, 2000, every applicant when issued
12 a certificate shall pay to the regional superintendent of
13 schools a fee of $1, which shall be paid into the institute
14 fund. Every certificate issued under the provisions of this
15 Act shall be registered annually or, at the option of the
16 holder of the certificate, once every 3 years. The regional
17 superintendent of schools having supervision and control over
18 the school where the teaching is done shall register the
19 certificate before the holder begins to teach, otherwise it
20 shall be registered in any county in the State of Illinois;
21 and one fee of $4 per year for registration or renewal of one
22 or more certificates which have been issued to the same
23 holder shall be paid into the institute fund.
24 Until February 15, 2000, requirements for registration of
25 any certificate limited in time shall include evidence of
26 professional growth defined as successful teaching experience
27 since last registration of certificate, attendance at
28 professional meetings, membership in professional
29 organizations, additional credits earned in recognized
30 teacher-training institutions, travel specifically for
31 educational experience, reading of professional books and
32 periodicals, filing all reports as required by the regional
33 superintendent of schools and the State Superintendent of
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1 Education or such other professional experience or
2 combination of experiences as are presented by the teacher
3 and are approved by the State Superintendent of Education in
4 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board. A
5 duplicate certificate may be issued to the holder of a valid
6 life certificate or valid certificate limited in time by the
7 State Superintendent of Education; however, it shall only be
8 issued upon request of a regional superintendent of schools
9 and upon payment to the regional superintendent of schools
10 who requests such duplicate a fee of $4.
11 (b) Beginning February 15, 2000, all persons who are
12 issued Standard Teaching Certificates pursuant to clause (ii)
13 of paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of Section 21-2 and all
14 persons who renew Standard Teaching Certificates shall pay a
15 $25 fee for registration of all certificates held. All
16 persons who are issued Standard Teaching Certificates under
17 clause (i) of paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of Section 21-2
18 and all other applicants for Standard Teaching Certificates
19 shall pay an original application fee, pursuant to Section
20 21-12, and a $25 fee for registration of all certificates
21 held. These certificates shall be registered and the
22 registration fee paid once every 5 years. Standard Teaching
23 Certificate applicants and holders shall not be required to
24 pay any other registration fees for issuance or renewal of
25 their certificates, except as provided in Section 21-17 of
26 this Code. Beginning February 15, 2000, Master Teaching
27 Certificates shall be issued and renewed upon payment by the
28 applicant or certificate holder of a $50 fee for registration
29 of all certificates held. These certificates shall be
30 registered and the fee paid once every 10 years. Master
31 Teaching Certificate applicants and holders shall not be
32 required to pay any other application or registration fees
33 for issuance or renewal of their certificates, except as
34 provided in Section 21-17 of this Code. All other
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1 certificates issued under the provisions of this Code shall
2 be registered for the validity period of the certificate at
3 the rate of $5 per year for the total number of years for
4 which the certificate is valid for registration of all
5 certificates held, or for a maximum of 5 years for life
6 certificates. The regional superintendent of schools having
7 supervision and control over the school where the teaching is
8 done shall register the certificate before the holder begins
9 to teach, otherwise it shall be registered in any county in
10 the State of Illinois. Each holder shall pay the appropriate
11 registration fee to the regional superintendent of schools.
12 The regional superintendent of schools shall deposit the
13 registration fees into the institute fund. Any certificate
14 holder who teaches in more than one educational service
15 region shall register the certificate or certificates in all
16 regions where the teaching is done, but shall be required to
17 pay one registration fee for all certificates held, provided
18 holders of certificates issued pursuant to Section 21-9 of
19 this Code shall be required to pay one registration fee, in
20 each educational service region in which his or her
21 certificate or certificates are registered, for all
22 certificates held.
23 A duplicate certificate may be issued to the holder of a
24 valid life certificate or valid certificate limited in time
25 by the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState
26 Superintendent of Education; however, it shall only be issued
27 upon request of a regional superintendent of schools and upon
28 payment to the regional superintendent of schools who
29 requests the duplicate a fee of $4, which shall be deposited
30 into the institute fund.
31 (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99; 92-796, eff. 8-10-02.)
32 (105 ILCS 5/21-17) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-17)
33 Sec. 21-17. Fee and duplicate certificate. A duplicate
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1 certificate shall be issued by the Professional Teacher
2 Standards BoardState Superintendent of Education when
3 requested by the regional superintendent of schools as
4 provided in Section 21-16. The request for a duplicate
5 certificate shall be accompanied by a fee of $4, which shall
6 be deposited into the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund.
7 (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)
8 (105 ILCS 5/21-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-19)
9 Sec. 21-19. Annual report by certificate holder. The
10 holder of any certificate, shall annually within 30 days
11 after assuming the duties of any teaching position report to
12 the regional superintendent having supervision and control
13 over the school where the teacher is employed information
14 relative to training, experience, salary and other data
15 required by the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState
16 Board of Education. The reports shall be collected in the
17 office of the regional superintendent and filed with the
18 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of
19 Education.
20 (Source: P.A. 81-1508.)
21 (105 ILCS 5/21-21) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-21)
22 Sec. 21-21. Definitions; granting of recognition;
23 regional accreditation.
24 (a) "Recognized", as used in this Article in connection
25 with the word "school" or "institution", means such school,
26 college, university, private junior college, public community
27 college or special or technical school as maintains a course
28 of study, a standard of scholarship and other requirements
29 set by the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board
30 of Education in consultation with the State Teacher
31 Certification Board. Application for recognition of such
32 school or institution as a teacher education institution
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1 shall be made to the Professional Teacher Standards Board
2 State Board of Education. The Professional Teacher Standards
3 BoardState Board of Education in consultation with the State
4 Teacher Certification Board shall set the criteria by which
5 the school or institution shall be judged and through the
6 Secretary of thatthe Board shall arrange for an official
7 inspection and shall grant recognition of such school or
8 institution as may meet the required standards. If such
9 standards include requirements with regard to education in
10 acquiring skills in working with culturally distinctive
11 students, as defined by the Professional Teacher Standards
12 BoardState Board of Education, then the rules of the
13 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of Education
14 shall include the criteria used to evaluate compliance with
15 this requirement. No school or institution shall make
16 assignments of student teachers or teachers for practice
17 teaching so as to promote segregation on the basis of race,
18 creed, color, religion, sex or national origin.
19 All recommendations for initial or standard certification
20 shall be made by a recognized teacher training institution
21 operating a program of preparation for the certificate
22 approved by the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState
23 Superintendent of Education in consultation with the State
24 Teacher Certification Board. The Professional Teacher
25 Standards BoardState Board of Education in consultation with
26 the State Teacher Certification Board shall have the power to
27 define a major or minor when used as a basis for recognition
28 and certification purposes.
29 (b) "Regionally accredited" or "accredited" as used in
30 this Article in connection with a university or institution
31 shall mean an institution of higher education accredited by
32 the North Central Association or other comparable regional
33 accrediting association.
34 (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)
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1 (105 ILCS 5/21-21.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-21.1)
2 Sec. 21-21.1. Denial of recommendation for
3 certification. Each college or university providing a
4 teacher education program approved and recognized pursuant to
5 the provisions of this Article shall establish procedures and
6 standards to assure that no student is denied the opportunity
7 to receive the institutional recommendation for certification
8 for reasons which are not directly related to the candidate's
9 anticipated performance as a certificated employee. Such
10 standards and procedures shall include the specific criteria
11 used by the institution for admission, retention, and
12 recommendation for certification, periodic evaluations of the
13 candidate's progress toward an institutional recommendation,
14 counseling and other supportive services to correct any
15 deficiencies which are considered remedial, and provisions to
16 assure that no person is discriminated against on the basis
17 of race, color, national origin or a disability unrelated to
18 the person's ability to perform as a certificated employee.
19 Each institution shall also establish a grievance procedure
20 for those candidates who are denied the institutional
21 recommendation for certification. Within 10 days of
22 notification of such denial, the college or university shall
23 notify the candidate, in writing, of the reasons for the
24 denial of recommendation for certification. Within 30 days
25 of notification of the denial, the candidate may request the
26 college or university to review the denial. If, after an
27 additional 30 days to complete such review, the candidate is
28 denied recommendation for certification, the candidate may
29 appeal to the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState
30 Teacher Certification Board within 10 days of notification
31 for a review of the institution's decision. The candidate
32 shall have the right to be present at any such review, to
33 present evidence, and to be represented by counsel. Upon
34 such review the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState
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1 Teacher Certification Board shall takerecommend appropriate
2 action to the State Superintendent of Education. Each
3 institution's standards and procedures, including the
4 criteria for admission, retention, and the institutional
5 recommendation for certification, and the institution's
6 grievance procedures, shall be subject to approval by the
7 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Superintendent of
8 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
9 Certification Board. Each applicant to the institution's
10 teacher education program shall be provided with a copy of
11 the procedures established pursuant to this Section.
12 (Source: P.A. 89-397, eff. 8-20-95.)
13 (105 ILCS 5/21-23) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-23)
14 Sec. 21-23. Suspension or revocation of certificate.
15 (a) Any certificate issued pursuant to this Article,
16 including but not limited to any administrative certificate
17 or endorsement, may be suspended for a period not to exceed
18 one calendar year by the regional superintendent or for a
19 period not to exceed 5 calendar years by the Executive
20 Director of the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState
21 Superintendent of Education upon evidence of immorality, a
22 condition of health detrimental to the welfare of pupils,
23 incompetency, unprofessional conduct, the neglect of any
24 professional duty, willful failure to report an instance of
25 suspected child abuse or neglect as required by the Abused
26 and Neglected Child Reporting Act, failure to establish
27 satisfactory repayment on an educational loan guaranteed by
28 the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, or other just
29 cause. Unprofessional conduct shall include refusal to
30 attend or participate in, institutes, teachers' meetings,
31 professional readings, or to meet other reasonable
32 requirements of the regional superintendent or Executive
33 Director of the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState
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1 Superintendent of Education. Unprofessional conduct also
2 includes conduct that violates the standards, ethics, or
3 rules applicable to the security, administration, monitoring,
4 or scoring of, or the reporting of scores from, any
5 assessment test or the Prairie State Achievement Examination
6 administered under Section 2-3.64 or that is known or
7 intended to produce or report manipulated or artificial,
8 rather than actual, assessment or achievement results or
9 gains from the administration of those tests or examinations.
10 It shall also include neglect or unnecessary delay in making
11 of statistical and other reports required by school officers.
12 The regional superintendent or Executive Director of the
13 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Superintendent of
14 Education shall upon receipt of evidence of immorality, a
15 condition of health detrimental to the welfare of pupils,
16 incompetency, unprofessional conduct, the neglect of any
17 professional duty or other just cause serve written notice to
18 the individual and afford the individual opportunity for a
19 hearing prior to suspension. If a hearing is requested
20 within 10 days of notice of opportunity for hearing it shall
21 act as a stay of proceedings not to exceed 30 days. No
22 certificate shall be suspended until the teacher has an
23 opportunity for a hearing at the educational service region.
24 When a certificate is suspended, the right of appeal shall
25 lie to the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Teacher
26 Certification Board. When an appeal is taken within 10 days
27 after notice of suspension it shall act as a stay of
28 proceedings not to exceed 60 days. If a certificate is
29 suspended for a period greater than one year, the Executive
30 Director of the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState
31 Superintendent of Education shall review the suspension prior
32 to the expiration of that period to determine whether the
33 cause for the suspension has been remedied or continues to
34 exist. Upon determining that the cause for suspension has
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1 not abated, the Executive Director of the Professional
2 Teacher Standards BoardState Superintendent of Education may
3 order that the suspension be continued for an appropriate
4 period. Nothing in this Section prohibits the continuance of
5 such a suspension for an indefinite period if the Executive
6 Director of the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState
7 Superintendent determines that the cause for the suspension
8 remains unabated. Any certificate may be revoked for the
9 same reasons as for suspension by the Executive Director of
10 the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Superintendent
11 of Education. No certificate shall be revoked until the
12 teacher has an opportunity for a hearing before the
13 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Teacher
14 Certification Board, which hearing must be held within 60
15 days from the date the appeal is taken.
16 The Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board may
17 refuse to issue or may suspend the certificate of any person
18 who fails to file a return, or to pay the tax, penalty or
19 interest shown in a filed return, or to pay any final
20 assessment of tax, penalty or interest, as required by any
21 tax Act administered by the Illinois Department of Revenue,
22 until such time as the requirements of any such tax Act are
23 satisfied.
24 (b) Any certificate issued pursuant to this Article may
25 be suspended for an appropriate length of time as determined
26 by either the regional superintendent or Executive Director
27 of the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState
28 Superintendent of Education upon evidence that the holder of
29 the certificate has been named as a perpetrator in an
30 indicated report filed pursuant to the Abused and Neglected
31 Child Reporting Act, approved June 26, 1975, as amended, and
32 upon proof by clear and convincing evidence that the licensee
33 has caused a child to be an abused child or neglected child
34 as defined in thatthe Abused and Neglected Child Reporting
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1 Act.
2 The regional superintendent or Executive Director of the
3 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Superintendent of
4 Education shall, upon receipt of evidence that the
5 certificate holder has been named a perpetrator in any
6 indicated report, serve written notice to the individual and
7 afford the individual opportunity for a hearing prior to
8 suspension. If a hearing is requested within 10 days of
9 notice of opportunity for hearing, it shall act as a stay of
10 proceedings not to exceed 30 days. No certificate shall be
11 suspended until the teacher has an opportunity for a hearing
12 at the educational service region. When a certificate is
13 suspended, the right of appeal shall lie to the Professional
14 Teacher Standards BoardState Teacher Certification Board.
15 When an appeal is taken within 10 days after notice of
16 suspension it shall act as a stay of proceedings not to
17 exceed 60 days. The Executive Director of the Professional
18 Teacher Standards BoardState Superintendent may revoke any
19 certificate upon proof at hearing by clear and convincing
20 evidence that the certificate holder has caused a child to be
21 an abused child or neglected child as defined in the Abused
22 and Neglected Child Reporting Act. No certificate shall be
23 revoked until the teacher has an opportunity for a hearing
24 before the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Teacher
25 Certification Board, which hearing must be held within 60
26 days from the date the appeal is taken.
27 (c) The Executive Director of the Professional Teacher
28 Standards BoardState Superintendent of Education or a person
29 designated by him or her shall have the power to administer
30 oaths to witnesses at any hearing conducted before the
31 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Teacher
32 Certification Board pursuant to this Section. The Executive
33 Director of the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState
34 Superintendent of Education or a person designated by him or
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1 her is authorized to subpoena and bring before the
2 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Teacher
3 Certification Board any person in this State and to take
4 testimony either orally or by deposition or by exhibit, with
5 the same fees and mileage and in the same manner as
6 prescribed by law in judicial proceedings in the civil cases
7 in circuit courts of this State.
8 Any circuit court, upon the application of the Executive
9 Director of the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState
10 Superintendent of Education, may, by order duly entered,
11 require the attendance of witnesses and the production of
12 relevant books and papers at any hearing the Executive
13 Director of the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState
14 Superintendent of Education is authorized to conduct pursuant
15 to this Section, and the court may compel obedience to its
16 orders by proceedings for contempt.
17 (d) As used in this Section, "teacher" means any school
18 district employee regularly required to be certified, as
19 provided in this Article, in order to teach or supervise in
20 the public schools.
21 (Source: P.A. 89-610, eff. 8-6-96.)
22 (105 ILCS 5/21-23b) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-23b)
23 Sec. 21-23b. Conviction of felony.
24 (a) Whenever the holder of any certificate issued under
25 this Article is employed by the school board of any school
26 district, including a special charter district or school
27 district organized under Article 34, and is convicted, either
28 after a bench trial, trial by jury, or plea of guilty, of any
29 offense for which a sentence to death or a term of
30 imprisonment in a penitentiary for one year or more is
31 provided, the school board shall promptly notify the
32 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of Education
33 in writing of the name of the certificate holder, the fact of
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1 the conviction, and the name and location of the court in
2 which the conviction occurred.
3 (b) Whenever the Professional Teacher Standards Board
4 State Board of Education receives notice of a conviction
5 under subsection (a) or otherwise learns that any person who
6 is a "teacher" as that term is defined in Section 16-106 of
7 the Illinois Pension Code has been convicted, either after a
8 bench trial, trial by jury, or plea of guilty, of any offense
9 for which a sentence to death or a term of imprisonment in a
10 penitentiary for one year or more is provided, the
11 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of Education
12 shall promptly notify in writing the board of trustees of the
13 Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois,and the
14 board of trustees of the Public School Teachers' Pension and
15 Retirement Fund of the City of Chicago, and the State Board
16 of Education of the name of the certificate holder or
17 teacher, the fact of the conviction, the name and location of
18 the court in which the conviction occurred, and the number
19 assigned in that court to the case in which the conviction
20 occurred.
21 (Source: P.A. 87-1001.)
22 (105 ILCS 5/21-24) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-24)
23 Sec. 21-24. Administrative Review Law. The provisions of
24 the Administrative Review Law, and all amendments and
25 modifications thereof and the rules adopted pursuant thereto,
26 shall apply to and govern all proceedings instituted for the
27 judicial review of final administrative decisions of the
28 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of
29 Education, the State Teacher Certification Board, and the
30 regional superintendent of schools under this Article. The
31 term "administrative decision" is defined as in Section 3-101
32 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The commencement of any
33 action for review shall operate as a stay of enforcement and
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1 no action based on any decision of the Professional Teacher
2 Standards BoardState Board of Education, State Teacher
3 Certification Board or the regional superintendent of schools
4 shall be taken pending final disposition of such review.
5 (Source: P.A. 84-551.)
6 (105 ILCS 5/21-25) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-25)
7 Sec. 21-25. School service personnel certificate.
8 (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, a school
9 service personnel certificate shall be issued to those
10 applicants of good character, good health, a citizen of the
11 United States and at least 19 years of age who have a
12 Bachelor's degree with not fewer than 120 semester hours from
13 a regionally accredited institution of higher learning and
14 who meets the requirements established by the Professional
15 Teacher Standards BoardState Superintendent of Education in
16 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board. A
17 school service personnel certificate with a school nurse
18 endorsement may be issued to a person who holds a bachelor of
19 science degree from an institution of higher learning
20 accredited by the North Central Association or other
21 comparable regional accrediting association. Persons seeking
22 any other endorsement on the school service personnel
23 certificate shall be recommended for the endorsement by a
24 recognized teacher education institution as having completed
25 a program of preparation approved by the Professional Teacher
26 Standards BoardState Superintendent of Education in
27 consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
28 (b) Until August 30, 2002, a school service personnel
29 certificate endorsed for school social work may be issued to
30 a student who has completed a school social work program that
31 has not been approved by the State Superintendent of
32 Education, provided that each of the following conditions is
33 met:
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1 (1) The program was offered by a recognized, public
2 teacher education institution that first enrolled
3 students in its master's degree program in social work in
4 1998;
5 (2) The student applying for the school service
6 personnel certificate was enrolled in the institution's
7 master's degree program in social work on or after May
8 11, 1998;
9 (3) The State Superintendent verifies that the
10 student has completed coursework that is substantially
11 similar to that required in approved school social work
12 programs, including (i) not fewer than 600 clock hours of
13 a supervised internship in a school setting or (ii) if
14 the student has completed part of a supervised internship
15 in a school setting prior to the effective date of this
16 amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly and receives
17 the prior approval of the State Superintendent, not fewer
18 than 300 additional clock hours of supervised work in a
19 public school setting under the supervision of a
20 certified school social worker who certifies that the
21 supervised work was completed in a satisfactory manner;
22 and
23 (4) The student has passed a test of basic skills
24 and the test of subject matter knowledge required by
25 Section 21-1a.
26 This subsection (b) does not apply after August 29, 2002.
27 (c) A school service personnel certificate shall be
28 endorsed with the area of Service as determined by the
29 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Superintendent of
30 Education in consultation with the State Teacher
31 Certification Board.
32 The holder of such certificate shall be entitled to all
33 of the rights and privileges granted holders of a valid
34 teaching certificate, including teacher benefits,
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1 compensation and working conditions.
2 When the holder of such certificate has earned a master's
3 degree, including 8 semester hours of graduate professional
4 education from a recognized institution of higher learning,
5 and has at least 2 years of successful school experience
6 while holding such certificate, the certificate may be
7 endorsed for supervision.
8 (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99; 92-254, eff. 1-1-02.)
9 (105 ILCS 5/21-27)
10 Sec. 21-27. The Illinois Teaching Excellence Program.
11 The Illinois Teaching Excellence Program is hereby
12 established to provide categorical funding for monetary
13 incentives and bonuses for teachers who are employed by
14 school districts and who hold a Master Certificate. The
15 Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Board of Education
16 shall allocate and distribute to each school district an
17 amount as annually appropriated by the General Assembly from
18 federal funds for the Illinois Teaching Excellence Program.
19 Fiscal year 2004 appropriations to the State Board of
20 Education for this purpose may be expended by the
21 Professional Teacher Standards Board. Unless otherwise
22 provided by appropriation, each school district's annual
23 allocation shall be the sum of the amounts earned for the
24 following incentives and bonuses:
25 (1) An annual payment of $3,000 to be paid to each
26 teacher who successfully completes the program leading to
27 and who receives a Master Certificate and is employed as
28 a teacher by a school district. The school district
29 shall distribute this payment to each eligible teacher as
30 a single payment or in not more than 3 payments.
31 (2) An annual incentive equal to $1,000 shall be
32 paid to each teacher who holds a Master Certificate, who
33 is employed as a teacher by a school district, and who
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1 agrees, in writing, to provide 60 hours of mentoring
2 during that year to classroom teachers. This mentoring
3 may include, either singly or in combination, (i)
4 providing high quality professional development for new
5 and experienced teachers, and (ii) assisting National
6 Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
7 candidates through the NBPTS certification process. The
8 school district shall distribute 50% of each annual
9 incentive payment upon completion of 30 hours of the
10 required mentoring and the remaining 50% of the incentive
11 upon completion of the required 60 hours of mentoring.
12 Credit may not be granted by a school district for
13 mentoring or related services provided during a regular
14 school day or during the total number of days of required
15 service for the school year.
16 (3) An annual incentive equal to $3,000 shall be
17 paid to each teacher who holds a Master Certificate, who
18 is employed as a teacher by a school district, and who
19 agrees, in writing, to provide 60 hours of mentoring
20 during that year to classroom teachers in schools on the
21 Academic Early Warning List or in schools in which 50% or
22 more of the students receive free or reduced price
23 lunches, or both. The school district shall distribute
24 50% of each annual incentive payment upon completion of
25 30 hours of the required mentoring and the remaining 50%
26 of the incentive upon completion of the required 60 hours
27 of mentoring. Credit may not be granted by a school
28 district for mentoring or related services provided
29 during a regular school day or during the total number of
30 days of required service for the school year.
31 Each regional superintendent of schools shall provide
32 information about the Master Certificate Program of the
33 National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
34 and this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly to each
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1 individual seeking to register or renew a certificate under
2 Section 21-14 of this Code.
3 (Source: P.A. 91-606, eff. 8-16-99; 92-796, eff. 8-10-02.)
4 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.5) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.5)
5 Sec. 34-18.5. Criminal background investigations.
6 (a) After August 1, 1985, certified and noncertified
7 applicants for employment with the school district are
8 required as a condition of employment to authorize an
9 investigation to determine if such applicants have been
10 convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug offenses
11 in subsection (c) of this Section or have been convicted,
12 within 7 years of the application for employment with the
13 school district, of any other felony under the laws of this
14 State or of any offense committed or attempted in any other
15 state or against the laws of the United States that, if
16 committed or attempted in this State, would have been
17 punishable as a felony under the laws of this State.
18 Authorization for the investigation shall be furnished by the
19 applicant to the school district, except that if the
20 applicant is a substitute teacher seeking employment in more
21 than one school district, or a teacher seeking concurrent
22 part-time employment positions with more than one school
23 district (as a reading specialist, special education teacher
24 or otherwise), or an educational support personnel employee
25 seeking employment positions with more than one district, any
26 such district may require the applicant to furnish
27 authorization for the investigation to the regional
28 superintendent of the educational service region in which are
29 located the school districts in which the applicant is
30 seeking employment as a substitute or concurrent part-time
31 teacher or concurrent educational support personnel employee.
32 Upon receipt of this authorization, the school district or
33 the appropriate regional superintendent, as the case may be,
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1 shall submit the applicant's name, sex, race, date of birth
2 and social security number to the Department of State Police
3 on forms prescribed by the Department. The regional
4 superintendent submitting the requisite information to the
5 Department of State Police shall promptly notify the school
6 districts in which the applicant is seeking employment as a
7 substitute or concurrent part-time teacher or concurrent
8 educational support personnel employee that the investigation
9 of the applicant has been requested. The Department of State
10 Police shall conduct an investigation to ascertain if the
11 applicant being considered for employment has been convicted
12 of any of the enumerated criminal or drug offenses in
13 subsection (c) or has been convicted, within 7 years of the
14 application for employment with the school district, of any
15 other felony under the laws of this State or of any offense
16 committed or attempted in any other state or against the laws
17 of the United States that, if committed or attempted in this
18 State, would have been punishable as a felony under the laws
19 of this State. The Department shall charge the school
20 district or the appropriate regional superintendent a fee for
21 conducting such investigation, which fee shall be deposited
22 in the State Police Services Fund and shall not exceed the
23 cost of the inquiry; and the applicant shall not be charged a
24 fee for such investigation by the school district or by the
25 regional superintendent. The regional superintendent may
26 seek reimbursement from the State Board of Education or the
27 appropriate school district or districts for fees paid by the
28 regional superintendent to the Department for the criminal
29 background investigations required by this Section.
30 (b) The Department shall furnish, pursuant to positive
31 identification, records of convictions, until expunged, to
32 the president of the board of education for the school
33 district which requested the investigation, or to the
34 regional superintendent who requested the investigation. Any
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1 information concerning the record of convictions obtained by
2 the president of the board of education or the regional
3 superintendent shall be confidential and may only be
4 transmitted to the general superintendent of the school
5 district or his designee, the appropriate regional
6 superintendent if the investigation was requested by the
7 board of education for the school district, the presidents of
8 the appropriate board of education or school boards if the
9 investigation was requested from the Department of State
10 Police by the regional superintendent, the State
11 Superintendent of Education, the Professional Teacher
12 Standards BoardState Teacher Certification Board or any
13 other person necessary to the decision of hiring the
14 applicant for employment. A copy of the record of convictions
15 obtained from the Department of State Police shall be
16 provided to the applicant for employment. If an investigation
17 of an applicant for employment as a substitute or concurrent
18 part-time teacher or concurrent educational support personnel
19 employee in more than one school district was requested by
20 the regional superintendent, and the Department of State
21 Police upon investigation ascertains that the applicant has
22 not been convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug
23 offenses in subsection (c) or has not been convicted, within
24 7 years of the application for employment with the school
25 district, of any other felony under the laws of this State or
26 of any offense committed or attempted in any other state or
27 against the laws of the United States that, if committed or
28 attempted in this State, would have been punishable as a
29 felony under the laws of this State and so notifies the
30 regional superintendent, then the regional superintendent
31 shall issue to the applicant a certificate evidencing that as
32 of the date specified by the Department of State Police the
33 applicant has not been convicted of any of the enumerated
34 criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c) or has not been
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1 convicted, within 7 years of the application for employment
2 with the school district, of any other felony under the laws
3 of this State or of any offense committed or attempted in any
4 other state or against the laws of the United States that, if
5 committed or attempted in this State, would have been
6 punishable as a felony under the laws of this State. The
7 school board of any school district located in the
8 educational service region served by the regional
9 superintendent who issues such a certificate to an applicant
10 for employment as a substitute or concurrent part-time
11 teacher or concurrent educational support personnel employee
12 in more than one such district may rely on the certificate
13 issued by the regional superintendent to that applicant, or
14 may initiate its own investigation of the applicant through
15 the Department of State Police as provided in subsection (a).
16 Any person who releases any confidential information
17 concerning any criminal convictions of an applicant for
18 employment shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, unless
19 the release of such information is authorized by this
20 Section.
21 (c) The board of education shall not knowingly employ a
22 person who has been convicted for committing attempted first
23 degree murder or for committing or attempting to commit first
24 degree murder or a Class X felony or any one or more of the
25 following offenses: (i) those defined in Sections 11-6,
26 11-9, 11-14, 11-15, 11-15.1, 11-16, 11-17, 11-18, 11-19,
27 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20, 11-20.1, 11-21, 12-13, 12-14,
28 12-14.1, 12-15 and 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961; (ii)
29 those defined in the Cannabis Control Act, except those
30 defined in Sections 4(a), 4(b) and 5(a) of that Act; (iii)
31 those defined in the Illinois Controlled Substances Act; and
32 (iv) any offense committed or attempted in any other state or
33 against the laws of the United States, which if committed or
34 attempted in this State, would have been punishable as one or
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1 more of the foregoing offenses. Further, the board of
2 education shall not knowingly employ a person who has been
3 found to be the perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of
4 any minor under 18 years of age pursuant to proceedings under
5 Article II of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
6 (d) The board of education shall not knowingly employ a
7 person for whom a criminal background investigation has not
8 been initiated.
9 (e) Upon receipt of the record of a conviction of or a
10 finding of child abuse by a holder of any certificate issued
11 pursuant to Article 21 or Section 34-8.1 or 34-83 of the
12 School Code, the board of education or the State
13 Superintendent of Education shall initiate the certificate
14 suspension and revocation proceedings authorized by law.
15 (f) After March 19, 1990, the provisions of this Section
16 shall apply to all employees of persons or firms holding
17 contracts with any school district including, but not limited
18 to, food service workers, school bus drivers and other
19 transportation employees, who have direct, daily contact with
20 the pupils of any school in such district. For purposes of
21 criminal background investigations on employees of persons or
22 firms holding contracts with more than one school district
23 and assigned to more than one school district, the regional
24 superintendent of the educational service region in which the
25 contracting school districts are located may, at the request
26 of any such school district, be responsible for receiving the
27 authorization for investigation prepared by each such
28 employee and submitting the same to the Department of State
29 Police. Any information concerning the record of conviction
30 of any such employee obtained by the regional superintendent
31 shall be promptly reported to the president of the
32 appropriate school board or school boards.
33 (Source: P.A. 90-566, eff. 1-2-98; 91-885, eff. 7-6-00.)
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1 (105 ILCS 5/34-83) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-83)
2 Sec. 34-83. Board of examiners Certificates
3 Examinations. A board of 3 examiners shall examine all
4 applicants required to hold certificates to teach and the
5 board of education shall issue gratuitously to those who pass
6 a required test of character, scholarship and general
7 fitness, such certificates to teach as they are found
8 entitled to receive. No person may be granted or continue to
9 hold a teaching certificate who has knowingly altered or
10 misrepresented his or her teaching qualifications in order to
11 acquire the certificate. Any other certificate held by such
12 person may be suspended or revoked by the board of examiners,
13 depending upon the severity of the alteration or
14 misrepresentation. The board of examiners shall consist of
15 the general superintendent of schools and 2 persons approved
16 and appointed by the board of education upon the nomination
17 of the general superintendent of schools. The board of
18 examiners shall hold such examinations as the board of
19 education may prescribe, upon the recommendation of the
20 general superintendent of schools and shall prepare all
21 necessary eligible lists, which shall be kept in the office
22 of the general superintendent of schools and be open to
23 public inspection. Members of the board of examiners shall
24 hold office for a term of 2 years.
25 The board of examiners created herein is abolished
26 effective July 1, 1988. Commencing July 1, 1988, all new
27 teachers employed by the board shall hold teaching
28 certificates issued by the State Teacher Certification Board
29 under Article 21. The State Board of Education in
30 consultation with the board of examiners and the State
31 Teacher Certification Board shall develop procedures whereby
32 Teachers currently holding valid certificates issued by the
33 board of examiners prior to its abolition, and all teachers
34 employed by the board after August 1, 1985 and prior to July
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1 1, 1988, shall no later than July 1, 1988 exchange
2 certificates issued by the board of examiners for comparable
3 certificates issued under Article 21by the State Teacher
4 Certification Board. On the exchange of a certificate on or
5 before July 1, 1988, the State Teacher Certification Board
6 shall not require any additional qualifications for the
7 issuance of the comparable certificate are not required. If
8 prior to July 1, 1988 the board of examiners has issued types
9 of teaching certificates which are not comparable to the
10 types of certificates issued under Article 21by the State
11 Teacher Certification Board, such certificates shall continue
12 to be valid for and shall be renewable by the holders
13 thereof, and no additional qualifications shall be required
14 by the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState Teacher
15 Certification Board for any such renewal; however, no
16 individual who received a letter of continuing eligibility
17 shall be issued an Initial or Standard Teaching Certificate,
18 as provided in Section 21-2 of this Code, unless that
19 individual also holds such a valid and renewable certificate.
20 The State Board of Education shall report by July 1,
21 1986, to the Illinois General Assembly on the procedures for
22 exchange it has developed in consultation with the board of
23 examiners and the State Teacher Certification Board as
24 required in this Section.
25 (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)
26 Section 10. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act
27 is amended by changing Section 65.20 as follows:
28 (110 ILCS 947/65.20)
29 Sec. 65.20. Science-mathematics teacher scholarships.
30 (a) The Commission may annually award a number of
31 scholarships, not to exceed 200, to persons holding valid
32 teaching certificates issued under Article 21 of the School
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1 Code. Such scholarships shall be issued to teachers who make
2 application to the Commission and who agree to take courses
3 at qualified institutions of higher learning that will
4 prepare them to teach science or mathematics at the secondary
5 school level.
6 (b) Scholarships awarded under this Section shall be
7 issued pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Commission;
8 provided that no rule or regulation promulgated by the State
9 Board of Education prior to the effective date of this
10 amendatory Act of 1993 pursuant to the exercise of any right,
11 power, duty, responsibility or matter of pending business
12 transferred from the State Board of Education to the
13 Commission under this Section shall be affected thereby, and
14 all such rules and regulations shall become the rules and
15 regulations of the Commission until modified or changed by
16 the Commission in accordance with law. In awarding
17 scholarships, the Commission shall give priority to those
18 teachers with the greatest amount of seniority within school
19 districts.
20 (c) Each scholarship shall be utilized by its holder for
21 the payment of tuition at any qualified institution of higher
22 learning. Such tuition shall be available only for courses
23 that will enable the teacher to be certified to teach science
24 or mathematics at the secondary school level. The Commission,
25 in consultation with the Professional Teacher Standards Board
26 State Teacher Certification Board, shall determine which
27 courses are eligible for tuition payments under this Section.
28 (d) The Commission shall make tuition payments directly
29 to the qualified institution of higher learning which the
30 teacher attends for the courses prescribed or may make
31 payments to the teacher. Any teacher who receives payments
32 and who fails to enroll in the courses prescribed shall
33 refund the payments to the Commission.
34 (e) Following the completion of the program of study,
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1 the teacher must accept employment within 2 years in a
2 secondary school in Illinois within 60 miles of the teacher's
3 residence to teach science or mathematics; provided, however,
4 that the teacher instead may elect to accept employment
5 within such 2 year period to teach science or mathematics in
6 a secondary school in Illinois which is more than 60 miles
7 from the teacher's residence. Teachers who fail to comply
8 with this provision shall refund all of the scholarship
9 awarded to the Commission, whether payments were made
10 directly to the institutions of higher learning or to the
11 teachers, and this condition shall be agreed to in writing by
12 all scholarship recipients at the time the scholarship is
13 awarded. No teacher shall be required to refund tuition
14 payments if his or her failure to obtain employment as a
15 mathematics or science teacher in a secondary school is the
16 result of financial conditions within school districts. The
17 rules and regulations promulgated as provided in this Section
18 shall include provisions regarding the waiving and deferral
19 of such payments.
20 (f) The Commission, with the cooperation of the State
21 Board of Education, shall assist teachers who have
22 participated in the scholarship program established by this
23 Section in finding employment to teach science or
24 mathematics at the secondary level.
25 (g) This Section is substantially the same as Section
26 30-4b of the School Code, which Section is repealed by this
27 amendatory Act of 1993, and shall be construed as a
28 continuation of the science-mathematics teacher scholarship
29 program established by that prior law, and not as a new or
30 different science-mathematics teacher scholarship program.
31 The State Board of Education shall transfer to the
32 Commission, as the successor to the State Board of Education
33 for all purposes of administering and implementing the
34 provisions of this Section, all books, accounts, records,
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1 papers, documents, contracts, agreements, and pending
2 business in any way relating to the science-mathematics
3 teacher scholarship program continued under this Section; and
4 all scholarships at any time awarded under that program by,
5 and all applications for any such scholarships at any time
6 made to, the State Board of Education shall be unaffected by
7 the transfer to the Commission of all responsibility for the
8 administration and implementation of the science-mathematics
9 teacher scholarship program continued under this Section.
10 The State Board of Education shall furnish to the Commission
11 such other information as the Commission may request to
12 assist it in administering this Section.
13 (h) Appropriations for the scholarships outlined in this
14 Section shall be made to the Commission from funds
15 appropriated by the General Assembly.
16 (i) For the purposes of this Section:
17 "Qualified institution of higher learning" means the
18 University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago
19 State University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors
20 State University, Illinois State University, Northeastern
21 Illinois University, Northern Illinois University, Western
22 Illinois University, and the public community colleges
23 subject to the Public Community College Act.
24 "Secondary school level" means grades 9 through 12 or a
25 portion of such grades.
26 (Source: P.A. 88-228; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-4, eff.
27 1-1-96.)
28 Section 15. The Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act is
29 amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
30 (225 ILCS 15/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 5354)
31 Sec. 4. Application of Act.
32 (a) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
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1 activities of and services of a student, intern or resident
2 in psychology seeking to fulfill educational requirements or
3 the experience requirements in order to qualify for a license
4 under this Act, or an individual seeking to fulfill the
5 postdoctoral experience requirements in order to qualify for
6 licensure under this Act provided that such activities and
7 services are under the direct supervision, order, control and
8 full professional responsibility of a licensed clinical
9 psychologist and provided that such student, intern, or
10 resident be designated by a title "intern" or "resident" or
11 other designation of trainee status. Supervised experience
12 in which the supervisor receives monetary payment or other
13 considerations from the supervisee or in which the supervisor
14 is hired by or otherwise employed by the supervisee shall not
15 be accepted by the Department as fulfilling the practicum,
16 internship or 2 years of satisfactory supervised experience
17 requirements for licensure. Nothing contained in this Section
18 shall be construed as permitting such students, interns, or
19 residents to offer their services as clinical psychologists
20 to any other person or persons and to accept remuneration for
21 such clinical psychological services other than as
22 specifically excepted herein, unless they have been licensed
23 under the provisions of this Act.
24 (b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as permitting
25 persons licensed as clinical psychologists to engage in any
26 manner in the practice of medicine as defined in the laws of
27 this State. Persons licensed as clinical psychologists who
28 render services to persons in need of mental treatment or who
29 are mentally ill shall as appropriate initiate genuine
30 collaboration with a physician licensed in Illinois to
31 practice medicine in all its branches.
32 (c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as
33 restricting an individual certified as a school psychologist
34 by the State Board of Education, who is at least 21 years of
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1 age and has had at least 3 years of full-time experience as a
2 certified school psychologist, from using the title school
3 psychologist and offering school psychological services
4 limited to those services set forth in the rules and
5 regulations that govern the administration and operation of
6 special education pertaining to children and youth ages 0-21
7 prepared by the State Board of Education. Anyone offering
8 such services under the provisions of this paragraph shall
9 use the term school psychologist and describe such services
10 as "School Psychological Services". This exemption shall be
11 limited to the practice of school psychology only as
12 manifested through psychoeducational problems, and shall not
13 be construed to allow a school psychologist to function as a
14 general practitioner of clinical psychology, unless otherwise
15 licensed under this Act. However, nothing in this paragraph
16 prohibits a school psychologist from making evaluations,
17 recommendations or interventions regarding the placement of
18 children in educational programs or special education
19 classes, nor shall it prohibit school psychologists from
20 providing clinical psychological services under the
21 supervision of a licensed clinical psychologist. This
22 paragraph shall not be construed to mandate insurance
23 companies to reimburse school psychologists directly for the
24 services of school psychologists. Nothing in this paragraph
25 shall be construed to exclude anyone duly licensed under this
26 Act from offering psychological services in the school
27 setting. School psychologists providing services under the
28 provisions of this paragraph shall not provide such services
29 outside their employment to any child who is a student in the
30 district or districts which employ such school psychologist.
31 School psychologists, as described in this paragraph, shall
32 be under the regulatory authority of the State Board of
33 Education and the Professional Teacher Standards BoardState
34 Teacher Certification Board.
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1 (d) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
2 activities and use of the official title of "psychologist" on
3 the part of a person not licensed under this Act who
4 possesses a doctoral degree earned in a program concentrated
5 primarily on the study of psychology and is an academic
6 employee of a duly chartered institution of higher education
7 insofar as such person engages in public speaking with or
8 without remuneration, provided that such person is not in any
9 manner held out to the public as practicing clinical
10 psychology as defined in paragraph 5 of Section 2 of this
11 Act, unless he or she has been licensed under the provisions
12 of this Act.
13 (e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to regulate,
14 control, or restrict the clinical practice of any person
15 licensed, registered, or certified in this State under any
16 other Act, provided that such person is not in any manner
17 held out to the public as rendering clinical psychological
18 services as defined in paragraph 7 of Section 2 of this Act.
19 (f) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
20 activities and use of the title "psychologist" on the part of
21 a person who practices psychology and (i) who possesses a
22 doctoral degree earned in a program concentrated primarily on
23 the study of psychology; and (ii) whose services involve the
24 development and application of psychological theory and
25 methodology to problems of organizations and problems of
26 individuals and groups in organizational settings; and
27 provided further that such person is not in any manner held
28 out to the public as practicing clinical psychology and is
29 not held out to the public by any title, description or
30 designation stating or implying that he or she is a clinical
31 psychologist unless he or she has been licensed under the
32 provisions of this Act.
33 (Source: P.A. 89-702, eff. 7-1-97.)
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1 Section 20. The Professional Counselor and Clinical
2 Professional Counselor Licensing Act is amended by changing
3 Section 15 as follows:
4 (225 ILCS 107/15)
5 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
6 Sec. 15. Exemptions.
7 (a) This Act does not prohibit any persons legally
8 regulated in this State by any other Act from engaging in the
9 practice for which they are authorized as long as they do not
10 represent themselves by the title of "professional
11 counselor", "licensed professional counselor", "clinical
12 professional counselor", or "licensed clinical professional
13 counselor". This Act does not prohibit the practice of
14 nonregulated professions whose practitioners are engaged in
15 the delivery of human services as long as these practitioners
16 do not represent themselves as or use the title of
17 "professional counselor", "licensed professional counselor",
18 "clinical professional counselor", or "licensed clinical
19 professional counselor".
20 (b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
21 activities and services of a student, intern, or resident in
22 professional counseling or clinical professional counseling
23 seeking to fulfill educational requirements in order to
24 qualify for a license under this Act if these activities and
25 services constitute a part of the student's supervised course
26 of study, or an individual seeking to fulfill the post-degree
27 experience requirements in order to qualify for licensing
28 under this Act, as long as the activities and services are
29 not conducted in an independent practice, as defined in this
30 Act, if the activities and services are supervised as
31 specified in this Act, and that the student, intern, or
32 resident is designated by a title "intern" or "resident" or
33 other designation of trainee status. Nothing contained in
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1 this Section shall be construed to permit students, interns,
2 or residents to offer their services as professional
3 counselors or clinical professional counselors to any other
4 person and to accept remuneration for such professional
5 counseling or clinical professional counseling services other
6 than as specifically excepted in this Section, unless they
7 have been licensed under this Act.
8 (c) Corporations, partnerships, and associations may
9 employ practicum students, interns, or post-degree candidates
10 seeking to fulfill educational requirements or the
11 professional experience requirements needed to qualify for a
12 license under this Act if their activities and services
13 constitute a part of the student's supervised course of study
14 or post-degree professional experience requirements. Nothing
15 in this paragraph shall prohibit a corporation, partnership,
16 or association from contracting with a licensed health care
17 professional to provide services that they are licensed to
18 provide.
19 (d) Nothing in this Act shall prevent the employment, by
20 a professional counselor or clinical professional counselor,
21 person, association, partnership, or a corporation furnishing
22 professional counseling or clinical professional counseling
23 services for remuneration, of persons not licensed as
24 professional counselors or clinical professional counselors
25 under this Act to perform services in various capacities as
26 needed if these persons are not in any manner held out to the
27 public or do not hold themselves out to the public by any
28 title or designation stating or implying that they are
29 professional counselors or clinical professional counselors.
30 (e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
31 services of a person, not licensed under the provisions of
32 this Act, in the employ of a federal, State, county, or
33 municipal agency or other political subdivision or
34 not-for-profit corporation providing human services if (1)
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1 the services are a part of the duties in his or her salaried
2 position, (2) the services are performed solely on behalf of
3 his or her employer, and (3) that person does not in any
4 manner represent himself or herself as or use the title of
5 "professional counselor", "licensed professional counselor",
6 "clinical professional counselor", or "licensed clinical
7 professional counselor".
8 (f) Duly recognized members of any religious
9 organization shall not be restricted from functioning in
10 their ministerial capacity provided they do not represent
11 themselves as being professional counselors or clinical
12 professional counselors, or as providing "professional
13 counseling" or "clinical professional counseling". This Act
14 shall not apply or be construed so as to apply to the
15 employees or agents of a church or religious organization or
16 an organization owned, controlled, or affiliated with a
17 church or religious organization, unless the church,
18 religious organization, or owned, controlled, or affiliated
19 organization designates or holds these employees or agents
20 out to the public as professional counselors or clinical
21 professional counselors or holds out their services as being
22 "professional counseling" or "clinical professional
23 counseling".
24 (g) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit individuals not
25 licensed under the provisions of this Act who work in
26 self-help groups or programs or not-for-profit organizations
27 from providing services in those groups, programs, or
28 organizations, as long as those persons are not in any manner
29 held out to the public as practicing professional counseling
30 or clinical professional counseling, or do not hold
31 themselves out to the public by any title or designation
32 stating or implying that they are professional counselors or
33 clinical professional counselors.
34 (h) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
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1 activities and use of the official title of "professional
2 counselor" or "clinical professional counselor" on the part
3 of a person not licensed under this Act who is an academic
4 employee of a duly chartered institution of higher education
5 and who holds educational and professional qualifications
6 equivalent to those required for licensing under this Act,
7 insofar as such activities are performed in the person's role
8 as an academic employee, or insofar as such person engages in
9 public speaking with or without remuneration.
10 (i) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require
11 licensure under this Act or limit the services of a school
12 counselor certified by the Professional Teacher Standards
13 BoardState Teacher Certification Board and employed as
14 authorized by Section 10-22-24a or any other provision of
15 the School Code as long as that person is not in any manner
16 held out to the public as a "professional counselor" or
17 "clinical professional counselor" or does not hold out his or
18 her services as being "professional counseling" or "clinical
19 professional counseling".
20 (j) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require
21 any hospital, clinic, home health agency, hospice, or other
22 entity that provides health care to employ or to contract
23 with a person licensed under this Act to provide professional
24 counseling or clinical professional counseling services.
25 These persons may not hold themselves out or represent
26 themselves to the public as being licensed under this Act.
27 (k) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require
28 licensure under this Act or limit the services of a person
29 employed by a private elementary or secondary school who
30 provides counseling within the scope of his or her employment
31 as long as that person is not in any manner held out to the
32 public as a "professional counselor" or "clinical
33 professional counselor" or does not hold out his or her
34 services as being "professional counseling" or "clinical
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1 professional counseling".
2 (l) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require
3 licensure under this Act or limit the services of a rape
4 crisis counselor who is an employee or volunteer of a rape
5 crisis organization as defined in Section 8-802.1 of the Code
6 of Civil Procedure as long as that person is not in any
7 manner held out to the public as a "professional counselor"
8 or "clinical professional counselor" or does not hold out his
9 or her services as being "professional counseling" or
10 "clinical professional counseling".
11 (m) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent
12 any licensed social worker, licensed clinical social worker,
13 or licensed clinical psychologist from practicing
14 professional counseling as long as that person is not in any
15 manner held out to the public as a "professional counselor"
16 or "clinical professional counselor" or does not hold out his
17 or her services as being "professional counseling" or
18 "clinical professional counseling".
19 (n) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the
20 activities and use of the official title of "professional
21 counselor" or "clinical professional counselor" on the part
22 of a person not licensed under this Act who is a physician
23 licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches under
24 the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
25 (o) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require
26 licensure under this Act or limit the services of a domestic
27 violence counselor who is an employee or volunteer of a
28 domestic violence program as defined in Section 227 of the
29 Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
30 (Source: P.A. 92-719, eff. 7-25-02.)
31 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.9 rep.)
32 (105 ILCS 5/21-0.01 rep.)
33 (105 ILCS 5/21-13 rep.)
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1 (105 ILCS 5/21-26 rep.)
2 Section 25. The School Code is amended by repealing
3 Sections 2-3.9, 21-0.01, 21-13, and 21-26.
4 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on
5 January 1, 2004.
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