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 1        AN ACT in relation to education.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 3.   The  School  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 5    Sections 21-7.1 and 21-27 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/21-7.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-7.1)
 7        Sec. 21-7.1.  Administrative certificate.
 8        (a)  After  July  1,  1999, an administrative certificate
 9    valid for 5 years of supervising  and  administering  in  the
10    public  common schools (unless changed under subsection (a-5)
11    of this Section) may be issued to persons who have  graduated
12    from  a  regionally accredited institution of higher learning
13    with a master's degree and who have  been  recommended  by  a
14    recognized institution of higher learning as having completed
15    a   program   of   preparation  for  one  or  more  of  these
16    endorsements. Such  programs  of  academic  and  professional
17    preparation required for endorsement shall be administered by
18    the institution in accordance with standards set forth by the
19    State  Superintendent  of  Education in consultation with the
20    State Teacher Certification Board.
21        (a-5)  Beginning  July  1,  2003,  if  an  administrative
22    certificate holder holds a Standard Teaching Certificate, the
23    validity period of the administrative  certificate  shall  be
24    changed,  if  necessary,  so  that the validity period of the
25    administrative certificate coincides with the validity period
26    of the Standard Teaching Certificate. Beginning July 1, 2003,
27    if  an  administrative  certificate  holder  holds  a  Master
28    Teaching   Certificate,   the   validity   period   of    the
29    administrative  certificate  shall  be  changed  so  that the
30    validity period of the administrative  certificate  coincides
31    with the validity period of the Master Teaching Certificate.
 
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 1        (b)  No  administrative  certificate  shall be issued for
 2    the first  time  after  June  30,  1987  and  no  endorsement
 3    provided  for  by this Section shall be made or affixed to an
 4    administrative certificate for the first time after June  30,
 5    1987   unless   the   person   to  whom  such  administrative
 6    certificate is  to  be  issued  or  to  whose  administrative
 7    certificate  such  endorsement  is  to  be  affixed  has been
 8    required to demonstrate as a part of a program of academic or
 9    professional   preparation   for   such   certification    or
10    endorsement: (i) an understanding of the knowledge called for
11    in establishing productive parent-school relationships and of
12    the   procedures   fostering   the   involvement  which  such
13    relationships  demand;  and  (ii)  an  understanding  of  the
14    knowledge required for establishing  a  high  quality  school
15    climate   and   promoting  good  classroom  organization  and
16    management, including  rules  of  conduct  and  instructional
17    procedures   appropriate   to   accomplishing  the  tasks  of
18    schooling; and (iii) a demonstration  of  the  knowledge  and
19    skills called for in providing instructional leadership.  The
20    standards   for   demonstrating   an  understanding  of  such
21    knowledge shall be set forth by the State Board of  Education
22    in  consultation  with the State Teacher Certification Board,
23    and shall be administered by the recognized  institutions  of
24    higher  learning  as  part  of  the  programs of academic and
25    professional  preparation  required  for  certification   and
26    endorsement  under this Section.  As used in this subsection:
27    "establishing productive parent-school  relationships"  means
28    the  ability  to  maintain  effective  communication  between
29    parents   and   school   personnel,   to  encourage  parental
30    involvement in schooling, and to motivate school personnel to
31    engage parents in encouraging student achievement,  including
32    the  development  of  programs  and  policies  which serve to
33    accomplish this purpose; and  "establishing  a  high  quality
34    school   climate"  means  the  ability  to  promote  academic
 
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 1    achievement, to maintain discipline, to  recognize  substance
 2    abuse  problems  among  students  and utilize appropriate law
 3    enforcement and other community resources  to  address  these
 4    problems, to support teachers and students in their education
 5    endeavors,  to  establish  learning objectives and to provide
 6    instructional  leadership,  including  the   development   of
 7    policies and programs which serve to accomplish this purpose;
 8    and "providing instructional leadership" means the ability to
 9    effectively  evaluate  school  personnel,  to possess general
10    communication and interpersonal skills, and to establish  and
11    maintain  appropriate  classroom  learning environments.  The
12    provisions of this subsection shall not apply  to  or  affect
13    the  initial issuance or making on or before June 30, 1987 of
14    any administrative certificate or  endorsement  provided  for
15    under  this  Section,  nor  shall such provisions apply to or
16    affect  the  renewal  after  June  30,  1987  of   any   such
17    certificate  or  endorsement  initially  issued or made on or
18    before June 30, 1987.
19        (c)  Administrative certificates shall be renewed every 5
20    five  years  with  the  first  renewal  being  5  five  years
21    following  the   initial   receipt   of   an   administrative
22    certificate,    unless    the   validity   period   for   the
23    administrative certificate has been changed under  subsection
24    (a-5) of this Section, in which case the certificate shall be
25    renewed at the same time that the Standard or Master Teaching
26    Certificate is renewed.
27        (c-5)  Before  July  1,  2003,  renewal  requirements for
28    administrators whose positions require certification shall be
29    based upon  evidence  of  continuing  professional  education
30    which   promotes   the   following   goals:   (1)   improving
31    administrators'  knowledge  of  instructional  practices  and
32    administrative procedures; (2) maintaining the basic level of
33    competence   required  for  initial  certification;  and  (3)
34    improving the mastery of skills and knowledge  regarding  the
 
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 1    improvement  of teaching performance in clinical settings and
 2    assessment of the levels  of  student  performance  in  their
 3    schools.   Evidence of continuing professional education must
 4    include verification of  biennial  attendance  in  a  program
 5    developed   by   the  Illinois  Administrators'  Academy  and
 6    verification of annual participation  in  a  school  district
 7    approved    activity    which   contributes   to   continuing
 8    professional education.
 9        (c-10)  Beginning  July  1,  2003,  except  as  otherwise
10    provided  in  subsection  (c-15)  of  this  Section,  persons
11    holding   administrative   certificates   must   follow   the
12    certificate renewal procedure set forth  in  this  subsection
13    (c-10),  provided  that  those persons holding administrative
14    certificates  on  June  30,  2003  who  are  renewing   those
15    certificates  on  or  after  July 1, 2003 shall be issued new
16    administrative certificates valid for 5 years (unless changed
17    under subsection (a-5) of this Section), which may be renewed
18    thereafter as set forth in this subsection (c-10).
19             (1)  A person holding an administrative  certificate
20        and  employed  in  a  position  requiring  administrative
21        certification,  including  a  regional  superintendent of
22        schools,  must  develop  an  administrative   certificate
23        renewal  plan  for satisfying the continuing professional
24        development required to renew his or  her  administrative
25        certificate.  An  administrative certificate renewal plan
26        must include a minimum of 3 individual improvement  goals
27        developed  by  the  certificate  holder  and must include
28        without limitation the following continuing  professional
29        development purposes:
30                  (A)  To  improve  the administrator's knowledge
31             of  instructional   practices   and   administrative
32             procedures   in   accordance   with   the   Illinois
33             Professional School Leader Standards.
34                  (B)  To  maintain the basic level of competence
 
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 1             required for initial certification.
 2                  (C)  To improve the administrator's mastery  of
 3             skills  and  knowledge  regarding the improvement of
 4             teaching  performance  in  clinical   settings   and
 5             assessment  of  the levels of student performance in
 6             the schools.
 7        An administrative certificate renewal plan must include a
 8        description of  how  the  improvement  goals  are  to  be
 9        achieved  and  an  explanation of the selected continuing
10        professional development activities to be completed, each
11        of  which  must  meet  one  or  more  of  the  continuing
12        professional  development  purposes  specified  in   this
13        paragraph (1).
14             (2)  In  addition  to  the requirements in paragraph
15        (1)  of  this  subsection  (c-10),   the   administrative
16        certificate  renewal  plan  must include the following in
17        order for the certificate to be renewed:
18                  (A)  Participation in  continuing  professional
19             development  activities,  which must total a minimum
20             of 100 hours of continuing professional  development
21             and   which   must   meet   all   of  the  following
22             requirements:
23                       (i)  The participation must consist  of  a
24                  minimum  of 5 activities per validity period of
25                  the certificate.
26                       (ii)  The  activities  must  address   the
27                  goals  in the certificate holder's professional
28                  development plan.
29                       (iii)  The activities must be aligned with
30                  the   Illinois   Professional   School   Leader
31                  Standards.
32                       (iv)  A portion  of  the  activities  must
33                  address   the   certificate   holder's   school
34                  improvement  plan  at  either  the  district or
 
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 1                  school level.
 2                       (v)  The  participation  must  include   a
 3                  communication,  dissemination,  or  application
 4                  component.
 5                       (vi)  There   must   be  documentation  of
 6                  completion of each activity.
 7                  (B)  Participation every year  in  an  Illinois
 8             Administrators'  Academy course, which participation
 9             must total a minimum of 36  continuing  professional
10             development   hours   during   the   period  of  the
11             certificate's validity and which must include all of
12             the following:
13                       (i)  Completion  of  applicable   required
14                  coursework,  as  defined  by the State Board of
15                  Education.
16                       (ii)  Completion   of   a   communication,
17                  dissemination, or application component.
18                       (iii)  Documentation of completion of each
19                  activity.
20             (3)  Each  administrator  who  is  subject  to   the
21        requirements  of  this  subsection  (c-10) but who is not
22        serving as  a  district  or  regional  superintendent,  a
23        director  of  a  cooperative program or special education
24        program, or a director of a  State-operated  school  must
25        submit his or her administrative certificate renewal plan
26        for  review to the superintendent of the employing school
27        district or to the director of the cooperative or special
28        education program or State-operated  school  (or  to  the
29        superintendent's  or  director's designee). Each district
30        or regional superintendent,  director  of  a  cooperative
31        program  or  special  education program, or director of a
32        State-operated   school   must   submit   his   or    her
33        administrative  certificate  renewal plan for review to a
34        review  panel  comprised  of  peers  established  by  the
 
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 1        regional superintendent of  schools  for  the  geographic
 2        area  where  the  certificate  holder  is  employed as an
 3        administrator.
 4             (4)  If  the  certificate  holder's  plan  does  not
 5        conform to the requirements of  this  subsection  (c-10),
 6        the  reviewer or review panel must notify the certificate
 7        holder, who must revise  the  administrative  certificate
 8        renewal  plan. A certificate holder who is not a regional
 9        superintendent of schools may appeal  that  determination
10        to   the  regional  superintendent  of  schools  for  the
11        geographic area where the certificate holder is  employed
12        as  an  administrator.  A  certificate  holder  who  is a
13        regional  superintendent  of  schools  may  appeal   that
14        determination  to  the State Superintendent of Education.
15        The regional  superintendent  of  schools  or  the  State
16        Superintendent    of    Education    (or   the   regional
17        superintendent's  or  State  Superintendent's   designee)
18        shall   facilitate  any  modification  of  the  plan,  if
19        necessary, to make it acceptable.
20             (5)  A certificate holder  may  modify  his  or  her
21        administrative  certificate  renewal  plan  at  any  time
22        during   the   validity   period  of  the  administrative
23        certificate through the process  outlined  in  paragraphs
24        (3) and (4) of this subsection (c-10).
25             (6)  Evidence of completion of the activities in the
26        administrative certificate renewal plan must be submitted
27        to  the  responsible reviewer or review panel. Before the
28        expiration  of  the   administrative   certificate,   the
29        certificate  holder  must  request  from  the responsible
30        reviewer or  review  panel  a  signed  verification  form
31        developed by the State Board of Education confirming that
32        the  certificate  holder  has  met  the  requirements for
33        renewal contained in this Section. A  certificate  holder
34        who  is  not  a  regional  superintendent of schools must
 
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 1        submit   this   form   to   the   responsible    regional
 2        superintendent of schools (or his or her designee) at the
 3        time  of  application  for  renewal of the certificate. A
 4        certificate holder who is a  regional  superintendent  of
 5        schools must submit this form for validation to the State
 6        Superintendent  of  Education (or his or her designee) at
 7        the time of application for renewal of the certificate.
 8             (7)  The regional superintendent  of  schools  shall
 9        review   and   validate   the  verification  form  for  a
10        certificate holder. Based on compliance with all  of  the
11        requirements  for renewal, the regional superintendent of
12        schools shall forward a  recommendation  for  renewal  or
13        non-renewal  to the State Superintendent of Education and
14        shall   notify   the   certificate    holder    of    the
15        recommendation.  The  State  Superintendent  of Education
16        shall review the recommendation to renew or non-renew and
17        shall notify, in writing, the  certificate  holder  of  a
18        decision  denying  renewal of his or her certificate. Any
19        decision  regarding  non-renewal  of  an   administrative
20        certificate   may   be  appealed  to  the  State  Teacher
21        Certification Board.
22        The State Board of Education, in  consultation  with  the
23    State  Teacher  Certification  Board,  shall  adopt  rules to
24    implement this subsection (c-10).
25        The regional superintendent of schools shall monitor  the
26    process    for   renewal   of   administrative   certificates
27    established in this subsection (c-10).
28        (c-15)  This  subsection  (c-15)  applies  to  the  first
29    period of an  administrative  certificate's  validity  during
30    which  the  holder  becomes  subject  to  the requirements of
31    subsection (c-10) of this Section if the certificate has less
32    than 5 years' validity or has less  than  5  years'  validity
33    remaining  when the certificate holder becomes subject to the
34    requirements of  subsection  (c-10)  of  this  Section.  With
 
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 1    respect   to   this  period,  the  100  hours  of  continuing
 2    professional development and 5 activities per validity period
 3    specified in clause (A) of paragraph (2) of subsection (c-10)
 4    of this Section shall instead be deemed to mean 20  hours  of
 5    continuing professional development and one activity per year
 6    of  the  certificate's validity or remaining validity and the
 7    36 continuing professional  development  hours  specified  in
 8    clause  (B)  of  paragraph  (2)  of subsection (c-10) of this
 9    Section shall instead be deemed  to  mean  completion  of  at
10    least  one  course  per year of the certificate's validity or
11    remaining validity. If the certificate has 3 or  fewer  years
12    of  validity  or  3 or fewer years of validity remaining, the
13    certificate holder is not subject  to  the  requirements  for
14    submission  and approval of plans for continuing professional
15    development  described  in  paragraphs  (1)  through  (4)  of
16    subsection (c-10) of this Section with respect to that period
17    of the certificate's validity.
18        (c-20)  The State Board  of  Education,  in  consultation
19    with  the  State  Teacher  Certification Board, shall develop
20    procedures for implementing this Section and shall administer
21    the renewal of administrative certificates. Failure to submit
22    satisfactory evidence of  continuing  professional  education
23    which  contributes  to  promoting  the  goals of this Section
24    shall result in a loss of administrative certification.
25        (d)  Any limited or life supervisory  certificate  issued
26    prior  to  July  1,  1968  shall continue to be valid for all
27    administrative  and  supervisory  positions  in  the   public
28    schools  for which it is valid as of that date as long as its
29    holder meets the requirements for registration or renewal  as
30    set forth in the statutes or until revoked according to law.
31        (e)  The  administrative  or  supervisory  positions  for
32    which  the  certificate shall be valid shall be determined by
33    one or more of 3 endorsements: general  supervisory,  general
34    administrative and superintendent.
 
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 1        Subject  to the provisions of Section 21-1a, endorsements
 2    shall be made under conditions set  forth  in  this  Section.
 3    The  State Board of Education shall, in consultation with the
 4    State Teacher Certification Board, adopt  rules  pursuant  to
 5    the   Illinois  Administrative  Procedure  Act,  establishing
 6    requirements for obtaining administrative certificates  where
 7    the   minimum   administrative  or  supervisory  requirements
 8    surpass those set forth in this Section.
 9        The State Teacher Certification Board shall file with the
10    State  Board  of  Education  a  written  recommendation  when
11    considering   additional   administrative   or    supervisory
12    requirements.   All  additional  requirements  shall be based
13    upon the requisite knowledge necessary to perform those tasks
14    required by the certificate.  The State  Board  of  Education
15    shall  in  consultation  with the State Teacher Certification
16    Board, establish  standards  within  its  rules  which  shall
17    include  the academic and professional requirements necessary
18    for  certification.   These  standards  shall  at  a  minimum
19    contain, but not be limited to, those used by the State Board
20    of Education in determining whether additional knowledge will
21    be required.  Additionally,  the  State  Board  of  Education
22    shall  in  consultation  with the State Teacher Certification
23    Board, establish provisions  within  its  rules  whereby  any
24    member  of the educational community or the public may file a
25    formal   written   recommendation   or   inquiry    regarding
26    requirements.
27             (1)  Until  July  1,  2003,  the general supervisory
28        endorsement  shall  be  affixed  to  the   administrative
29        certificate  of  any  holder who has at least 16 semester
30        hours  of  graduate  credit  in  professional   education
31        including   8   semester  hours  of  graduate  credit  in
32        curriculum and research and who has at least 2  years  of
33        full-time teaching experience or school service personnel
34        experience   in   public   schools,   schools  under  the
 
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 1        supervision of the  Department  of  Corrections,  schools
 2        under   the   administration   of   the   Department   of
 3        Rehabilitation Services, or nonpublic schools meeting the
 4        standards  established  by  the  State  Superintendent of
 5        Education   or   comparable   out-of-state    recognition
 6        standards   approved   by  the  State  Superintendent  of
 7        Education.
 8             Such endorsement shall be required for  supervisors,
 9        curriculum  directors  and  for  such similar and related
10        positions as determined by the  State  Superintendent  of
11        Education   in   consultation   with  the  State  Teacher
12        Certification Board.
13             (2)  The general administrative endorsement shall be
14        affixed to the administrative certificate of  any  holder
15        who  has at least 20 semester hours of graduate credit in
16        educational administration and supervision and who has at
17        least 2 years of full-time teaching experience or  school
18        service  personnel  experience in public schools, schools
19        under the supervision of the Department  of  Corrections,
20        schools  under  the  administration  of the Department of
21        Rehabilitation Services, or nonpublic schools meeting the
22        standards established  by  the  State  Superintendent  of
23        Education    or   comparable   out-of-state   recognition
24        standards  approved  by  the  State   Superintendent   of
25        Education.
26             Such  endorsement  shall  be required for principal,
27        assistant    principal,    assistant     or     associate
28        superintendent,  junior  college  dean and for related or
29        similar   positions   as   determined   by   the    State
30        Superintendent  of  Education  in  consultation  with the
31        State Teacher Certification Board.
32             Notwithstanding any other provisions  of  this  Act,
33        after  January  1,  1990  and  until January 1, 1991, any
34        teacher employed by a  district  subject  to  Article  34
 
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 1        shall   be   entitled   to   receive   an  administrative
 2        certificate with  a  general  administrative  endorsement
 3        affixed thereto if he or she: (i) had at least 3 years of
 4        experience as a certified teacher for such district prior
 5        to  August 1, 1985; (ii) obtained a Master's degree prior
 6        to August 1, 1985; (iii) completed at least 20  hours  of
 7        graduate  credit in education courses (including at least
 8        12 hours in educational administration  and  supervision)
 9        prior  to  September  1,  1987;  and  (iv) has received a
10        rating of superior for at least each of the last 5 years.
11        Any person who obtains an administrative certificate with
12        a  general  administrative  endorsement  affixed  thereto
13        under this paragraph shall not be qualified to  serve  in
14        any administrative position except assistant principal.
15             (3)  The  chief school business official endorsement
16        shall be affixed to the administrative certificate of any
17        holder who qualifies by having  a  Master's  degree,  two
18        years  of  administrative  experience  in school business
19        management,  and  a  minimum  of  20  semester  hours  of
20        graduate credit in a program  established  by  the  State
21        Superintendent  of  Education  in  consultation  with the
22        State Teacher Certification Board for the preparation  of
23        school  business  administrators.  Such endorsement shall
24        also be affixed to the administrative certificate of  any
25        holder  who  qualifies  by  having  a  Master's Degree in
26        Business Administration, Finance  or  Accounting  from  a
27        regionally accredited institution of higher education.
28             After  June  30,  1977,  such  endorsement  shall be
29        required for any individual first  employed  as  a  chief
30        school business official.
31             (4)  The superintendent endorsement shall be affixed
32        to  the  administrative certificate of any holder who has
33        completed 30 semester hours of graduate credit beyond the
34        master's degree in  a  program  for  the  preparation  of
 
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 1        superintendents of schools including 16 semester hours of
 2        graduate  credit in professional education and who has at
 3        least  2  years  experience  as   an   administrator   or
 4        supervisor  in  the  public schools or the State Board of
 5        Education  or education service regions or  in  nonpublic
 6        schools  meeting  the  standards established by the State
 7        Superintendent of Education  or  comparable  out-of-state
 8        recognition    standards    approved    by    the   State
 9        Superintendent of Education and holds general supervisory
10        or general administrative endorsement, or who has  had  2
11        years  of  experience  as  a  supervisor or administrator
12        while holding an all-grade supervisory certificate  or  a
13        certificate  comparable  in  validity and educational and
14        experience requirements.
15             After June  30,  1968,  such  endorsement  shall  be
16        required  for  a  superintendent  of  schools,  except as
17        provided in the second paragraph of this Section  and  in
18        Section 34-6.
19             Any    person   appointed   to   the   position   of
20        superintendent between the effective date of this Act and
21        June 30, 1993 in a school district organized pursuant  to
22        Article  32  with an enrollment of at least 20,000 pupils
23        shall be exempt from the  provisions  of  this  paragraph
24        Subsection (4) until June 30, 1996.
25        (f)  All  official  interpretations or acts of issuing or
26    denying administrative certificates or  endorsements  by  the
27    State Teacher's Certification Board, State Board of Education
28    or the State Superintendent of Education, from the passage of
29    P.A.  81-1208  on November 8, 1979 through September 24, 1981
30    are hereby declared valid and legal acts in all respects  and
31    further  that  the purported repeal of the provisions of this
32    Section by P.A. 81-1208 and P.A. 81-1509 is declared null and
33    void.
34    (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)
 
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 1        (105 ILCS 5/21-27)
 2        Sec. 21-27.  The Illinois  Teaching  Excellence  Program.
 3    The   Illinois   Teaching   Excellence   Program   is  hereby
 4    established  to  provide  categorical  funding  for  monetary
 5    incentives and bonuses  for  teachers  who  are  employed  by
 6    school  districts  and  who  hold  a Master Certificate.  The
 7    State Board of Education shall  allocate  and  distribute  to
 8    each  school  district  an amount as annually appropriated by
 9    the General Assembly from  federal  funds  for  the  Illinois
10    Teaching  Excellence  Program.   Unless otherwise provided by
11    appropriation, each school district's annual allocation shall
12    be the sum of the amounts earned for the following incentives
13    and bonuses:
14             (1)  An annual A one-time payment of  $3,000  to  be
15        paid  to  each  teacher  who  successfully  completes the
16        program leading to and who receives a Master  Certificate
17        and  is  employed as a teacher by a school district.  The
18        school district shall distribute  this  payment  to  each
19        eligible  teacher as a single payment or in not more than
20        3 payments.
21             (2)  An annual incentive equal to  $1,000  shall  be
22        paid  to each teacher who holds a Master Certificate, who
23        is employed as a teacher by a school  district,  and  who
24        agrees,  in  writing,  to  provide  60 hours of mentoring
25        during that year to classroom teachers.   This  mentoring
26        may   include,  either  singly  or  in  combination,  (i)
27        providing high quality professional development  for  new
28        and  experienced  teachers,  and  (ii) assisting National
29        Board  for  Professional   Teaching   Standards   (NBPTS)
30        candidates  through the NBPTS certification process.  The
31        school district  shall  distribute  50%  of  each  annual
32        incentive  payment  upon  completion  of  30 hours of the
33        required mentoring and the remaining 50% of the incentive
34        upon completion of the required 60  hours  of  mentoring.
 
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 1        Credit  may  not  be  granted  by  a  school district for
 2        mentoring or related services provided during  a  regular
 3        school day or during the total number of days of required
 4        service for the school year.
 5             (3)  An  annual  incentive  equal to $3,000 shall be
 6        paid to each teacher who holds a Master Certificate,  who
 7        is  employed  as  a teacher by a school district, and who
 8        agrees, in writing, to  provide  60  hours  of  mentoring
 9        during  that year to classroom teachers in schools on the
10        Academic Early Warning List or in schools in which 50% or
11        more of  the  students  receive  free  or  reduced  price
12        lunches,  or  both.  The school district shall distribute
13        50% of each annual incentive payment upon  completion  of
14        30  hours of the required mentoring and the remaining 50%
15        of the incentive upon completion of the required 60 hours
16        of mentoring.  Credit may not  be  granted  by  a  school
17        district  for  mentoring  or  related  services  provided
18        during a regular school day or during the total number of
19        days of required service for the school year.
20        Each  regional  superintendent  of  schools shall provide
21    information about  the  Master  Certificate  Program  of  the
22    National  Board  for  Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
23    and this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly to  each
24    individual  seeking  to register or renew a certificate under
25    Section 21-14 of this Code.
26    (Source: P.A. 91-606, eff. 8-16-99.)

27        Section 5.   The  School  Code  is  amended  by  changing
28    Sections 21-2, 21-14, and 21-16 as follows:

29        (105 ILCS 5/21-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2)
30        Sec. 21-2.  Grades of certificates.
31        (a)  Until  February  15,  2000,  All certificates issued
32    under this Article shall be State certificates valid,  except
 
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 1    as  limited  in Section 21-1, in every school district coming
 2    under the provisions of this Act and shall be limited in time
 3    and   designated   as   follows:    Provisional    vocational
 4    certificate,  temporary  provisional  vocational certificate,
 5    early childhood certificate, elementary  school  certificate,
 6    special   certificate,  secondary  high  school  certificate,
 7    school   service   personnel   certificate,    administrative
 8    certificate,    provisional   certificate,   and   substitute
 9    certificate.  The requirement of student teaching under close
10    and  competent   supervision   for   obtaining   a   teaching
11    certificate  may be waived by the State Teacher Certification
12    Board upon presentation  to  the  Board  by  the  teacher  of
13    evidence of 5 years successful teaching experience on a valid
14    certificate  and  graduation from a recognized institution of
15    higher learning with a bachelor's degree with not  less  than
16    120  semester  hours  and  a  minimum of 16 semester hours in
17    professional education.
18        (b)  Initial Teaching Certificate. Beginning February 15,
19    2000, Persons who (1)  have  completed  an  approved  teacher
20    preparation  program,  (2)  are  recommended  by  an approved
21    teacher preparation program, (3) have successfully  completed
22    the  Initial  Teaching Certification examinations required by
23    the State Board of Education, and  (4)  have  met  all  other
24    criteria  established  by  the  State  Board  of Education in
25    consultation with  the  State  Teacher  Certification  Board,
26    shall  be  issued an Initial Teaching Certificate valid for 4
27    years of teaching, as defined in Section 21-14 of this  Code.
28    Initial  Teaching Certificates shall be issued for categories
29    corresponding to Early Childhood, Elementary, Secondary,  and
30    Special  K-12,  with  special  certification designations for
31    Special Education, Bilingual Education, fundamental  learning
32    areas   (including   Language   Arts,  Reading,  Mathematics,
33    Science, Social Science,  Physical  Development  and  Health,
34    Fine  Arts, and Foreign Language), and other areas designated
 
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 1    by the State Board of Education,  in  consultation  with  the
 2    State Teacher Certification Board.
 3        (c)  Standard Certificate. Beginning February 15, 2000,
 4        (1)  Persons  who  (i)  (1)  have  completed  4  years of
 5    teaching, as defined in Section 21-14 of this Code,  with  an
 6    Initial   Certificate  or  an  Initial  Alternative  Teaching
 7    Certificate and have met all other  criteria  established  by
 8    the  State  Board of Education in consultation with the State
 9    Teacher Certification Board, (ii) (2) have completed 4  years
10    of  teaching  on  a  valid  equivalent certificate in another
11    State or territory of the United States, or have completed  4
12    years  of  teaching  in  a  nonpublic  Illinois elementary or
13    secondary school with an Initial Certificate  or  an  Initial
14    Alternative  Teaching  Certificate,  and  have  met all other
15    criteria established by the  State  Board  of  Education,  in
16    consultation  with  the State Teacher Certification Board, or
17    (iii) (3) were issued teaching certificates prior to February
18    15, 2000 and are renewing those certificates  after  February
19    15,  2000, shall be issued a Standard Certificate valid for 5
20    years, which may be renewed thereafter every 5 years  by  the
21    State   Teacher   Certification   Board  based  on  proof  of
22    continuing education or professional development.   Beginning
23    July 1, 2003, persons who have completed 4 years of teaching,
24    as  described  in  clauses  (i)  (1)  and  (ii)  (2)  of this
25    paragraph (1)  subsection (c),  have  successfully  completed
26    the  requirements  of  paragraphs  (2)  through  (4)  of this
27    subsection (c) Standard  Teaching  Certificate  Examinations,
28    and  have  met  all  other  criteria established by the State
29    Board of Education, in consultation with  the  State  Teacher
30    Certification  Board,  shall be issued Standard Certificates.
31    Standard  Certificates  shall  be   issued   for   categories
32    corresponding  to Early Childhood, Elementary, Secondary, and
33    Special K-12, with  special  certification  designations  for
34    Special  Education, Bilingual Education, fundamental learning
 
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 1    areas  (including  Language   Arts,   Reading,   Mathematics,
 2    Science,  Social  Science,  Physical  Development and Health,
 3    Fine Arts, and Foreign Language), and other areas  designated
 4    by  the  State  Board  of Education, in consultation with the
 5    State Teacher Certification Board.
 6        (2)  This paragraph (2) applies  only  to  those  persons
 7    required  to  successfully  complete the requirements of this
 8    paragraph under paragraph (1)  of  this  subsection  (c).  In
 9    order  to  receive  a Standard Teaching Certificate, a person
10    must satisfy one of the  following  requirements,  which  the
11    person must identify, in writing, as the requirement that the
12    person  has  chosen  to  satisfy  to  the  responsible  local
13    professional  development  committee  established pursuant to
14    subsection (f) of Section 21-14 of this Code:
15             (A)  Completion  of  a  program  of  induction   and
16        mentoring  for new teachers that is based upon a specific
17        plan  approved  by  the  State  Board  of  Education,  in
18        consultation with the State Teacher Certification  Board.
19        The  plan  must describe the role of mentor teachers, the
20        criteria and process for their selection, and how all the
21        following components are to be provided:
22                  (i)  Assignment of a  formally  trained  mentor
23             teacher  to  each new teacher for a specified period
24             of time, which shall be established by the employing
25             school or school district but shall be  at  least  2
26             school  years  in  duration,  provided that a mentor
27             teacher may not directly or  indirectly  participate
28             in  the  evaluation  of  a  new  teacher pursuant to
29             Article 24A of this Code or the evaluation procedure
30             of the school.
31                  (ii)  Formal mentoring for each new teacher.
32                  (iii)  Support for each new teacher in relation
33             to the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards, the
34             content-area  standards  applicable   to   the   new
 
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 1             teacher's  area of certification, and any applicable
 2             local   school    improvement    and    professional
 3             development plans.
 4                  (iv)  Professional   development   specifically
 5             designed  to foster the growth of each new teacher's
 6             knowledge and skills.
 7                  (v)  Formative assessment that is based on  the
 8             Illinois   Professional   Teaching   Standards   and
 9             designed  to provide feedback to the new teacher and
10             opportunities  for  reflection   on   his   or   her
11             performance,  which  must  not  be  used directly or
12             indirectly  in  any  evaluation  of  a  new  teacher
13             pursuant  to  Article  24A  of  this  Code  or   the
14             evaluation  procedure  of  the school and which must
15             include the activities specified in clauses  (B)(i),
16             (B)(ii), and (B)(iii) of this paragraph (2).
17                  (vi)  Assignment    of    responsibility    for
18             coordination  of the induction and mentoring program
19             within each school  district  participating  in  the
20             program.
21             (B)  Successful  completion  of  4 semester hours of
22        graduate-level coursework on the assessment of one's  own
23        performance  in  relation  to  the  Illinois Professional
24        Teaching Standards. The coursework must  be  approved  by
25        the  State  Board  of Education, in consultation with the
26        State Teacher Certification Board; must be offered either
27        by  an  institution  of  higher  education,  by  such  an
28        institution in partnership with a  teachers'  association
29        or  union  or  with a regional office of education, or by
30        another entity authorized to issue  college  credit;  and
31        must  include demonstration of performance through all of
32        the  following  activities  for  each  of  the   Illinois
33        Professional Teaching Standards:
34                  (i)  Observation,  by  the course instructor or
 
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 1             another experienced teacher, of  the  new  teacher's
 2             classroom  practice (the observation may be recorded
 3             for later viewing) for the  purpose  of  identifying
 4             and  describing  how  the  new  teacher made content
 5             meaningful for students; how the  teacher  motivated
 6             individuals and the group and created an environment
 7             conducive  to  positive  social interactions, active
 8             learning, and  self-motivation;  what  instructional
 9             strategies  the  teacher used to encourage students'
10             development of critical thinking,  problem  solving,
11             and  performance; how the teacher communicated using
12             written, verbal, nonverbal, and visual communication
13             techniques; and how the teacher maintained standards
14             of professional conduct and provided  leadership  to
15             improve students' learning.
16                  (ii)  Review   and   analysis,  by  the  course
17             instructor  or  another  experienced   teacher,   of
18             written    documentation    (i.e.,   lesson   plans,
19             assignments, assessment instruments, and samples  of
20             students'  work)  prepared by the new teacher for at
21             least 2  lessons.  The  documentation  must  provide
22             evidence   of   classroom   performance  related  to
23             Illinois Professional Teaching Standards  1  through
24             9,  with  an emphasis on how the teacher used his or
25             her understanding of students, assessment data,  and
26             subject  matter to decide on learning goals; how the
27             teacher  designed   or   selected   activities   and
28             instructional  materials  and aligned instruction to
29             the relevant Illinois Learning  Standards;  how  the
30             teacher  adapted  or  modified  curriculum  to  meet
31             individual  students'  needs;  and  how  the teacher
32             sequenced  instruction  and  designed  or   selected
33             student assessment strategies.
34                  (iii)  Demonstration  of professional expertise
 
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 1             on the part of the new teacher in reflecting on  his
 2             or  her  practice,  which  was observed under clause
 3             (B)(i) of this paragraph (2)  and  documented  under
 4             clause  (B)(ii)  of  this paragraph (2), in terms of
 5             teaching strengths, weaknesses, and implications for
 6             improvement according to the  Illinois  Professional
 7             Teaching Standards.
 8             (C)  Successful   completion   of  a  minimum  of  4
 9        semester hours of  graduate-level  coursework  addressing
10        preparation to meet the requirements for certification by
11        the  National  Board  for Professional Teaching Standards
12        (NBPTS). The coursework must be  approved  by  the  State
13        Board  of  Education,  in  consultation  with  the  State
14        Teacher  Certification  Board, and must be offered either
15        by  an  institution  of  higher  education,  by  such  an
16        institution in partnership with a  teachers'  association
17        or  union  or  with a regional office of education, or by
18        another entity authorized to issue  college  credit.  The
19        course  must  address  the  5 NBPTS Core Propositions and
20        relevant standards through such means as the following:
21                  (i)  Observation, by the course  instructor  or
22             another  experienced  teacher,  of the new teacher's
23             classroom practice (the observation may be  recorded
24             for  later  viewing)  for the purpose of identifying
25             and describing how  the  new  teacher  made  content
26             meaningful  for  students; how the teacher motivated
27             individuals and the group and created an environment
28             conducive to positive  social  interactions,  active
29             learning,  and  self-motivation;  what instructional
30             strategies the teacher used to  encourage  students'
31             development  of  critical thinking, problem solving,
32             and performance; how the teacher communicated  using
33             written, verbal, nonverbal, and visual communication
34             techniques; and how the teacher maintained standards
 
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 1             of  professional  conduct and provided leadership to
 2             improve students' learning.
 3                  (ii)  Review  and  analysis,  by   the   course
 4             instructor   or   another  experienced  teacher,  of
 5             written   documentation   (i.e.,    lesson    plans,
 6             assignments,  assessment instruments, and samples of
 7             students' work) prepared by the new teacher  for  at
 8             least  2  lessons.  The  documentation  must provide
 9             evidence of classroom performance, including how the
10             teacher used his or her understanding  of  students,
11             assessment  data,  and  subject  matter to decide on
12             learning goals; how the teacher designed or selected
13             activities and instructional materials  and  aligned
14             instruction   to   the  relevant  Illinois  Learning
15             Standards;  how  the  teacher  adapted  or  modified
16             curriculum to meet individual students'  needs;  and
17             how  the  teacher sequenced instruction and designed
18             or selected student assessment strategies.
19                  (iii)  Demonstration of professional  expertise
20             on  the part of the new teacher in reflecting on his
21             or her practice, which  was  observed  under  clause
22             (C)(i)  of  this  paragraph (2) and documented under
23             clause (C)(ii) of this paragraph (2),  in  terms  of
24             teaching strengths, weaknesses, and implications for
25             improvement.
26             (D)  Receipt   of   an   advanced   degree  from  an
27        accredited  institution  of  higher   education   in   an
28        education-related   field,   provided  that  at  least  8
29        semester hours of the coursework completed count toward a
30        degree, certificate, or endorsement in a teaching field.
31             (E)  Accumulation  of  60  continuing   professional
32        development  units (CPDUs), earned by completing selected
33        activities that comply with paragraphs  (3)  and  (4)  of
34        this subsection (c). However, for an individual who holds
 
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 1        an  Initial Teaching Certificate on the effective date of
 2        this amendatory Act of the  92nd  General  Assembly,  the
 3        number  of CPDUs shall be reduced to reflect the teaching
 4        time remaining on the Initial Teaching Certificate.
 5             (F)  Completion    of    a    nationally     normed,
 6        performance-based  assessment,  if  made available by the
 7        State Board of Education in consultation with  the  State
 8        Teacher  Certification  Board,  provided that the cost to
 9        the person shall not exceed the cost  of  the  coursework
10        described in clause (B) of this paragraph (2).
11        (3)  This  paragraph  (3)  applies  only to those persons
12    required to successfully complete the  requirements  of  this
13    paragraph  under  paragraph  (1)  of  this subsection (c). At
14    least one-half the CPDUs a person must  accrue  in  order  to
15    qualify  for  a  Standard Teaching Certificate must be earned
16    through  completion  of  coursework,   workshops,   seminars,
17    conferences,  and  other  similar  training  events  that are
18    pre-approved by the State Board of Education, in consultation
19    with the State Teacher Certification Board, for  the  purpose
20    of  reflection  on teaching practices in order to address all
21    of the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards necessary  to
22    obtain a Standard Teaching Certificate. These activities must
23    meet all of the following requirements:
24             (A)  Each  activity  must  be  designed to advance a
25        person's knowledge and skills in relation to one or  more
26        of  the  Illinois  Professional  Teaching Standards or in
27        relation to the content-area standards applicable to  the
28        teacher's field of certification.
29             (B)  Taken  together,  the activities completed must
30        address  each  of  the  Illinois  Professional   Teaching
31        Standards  as  provided  in  clauses (B)(i), (B)(ii), and
32        (B)(iii) of paragraph (2) of this subsection (c).
33             (C)  Each activity must be  provided  by  an  entity
34        approved by the State Board of Education, in consultation
 
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 1        with  the  State  Teacher  Certification  Board, for this
 2        purpose.
 3             (D)  Each  activity,  integral  to  its   successful
 4        completion,  must require participants to demonstrate the
 5        degree to which  they  have  acquired  new  knowledge  or
 6        skills,  such as through performance, through preparation
 7        of a  written  product,  through  assembling  samples  of
 8        students'  or teachers' work, or by some other means that
 9        is appropriate to the subject matter of the activity.
10             (E)  One CPDU shall be available for  each  hour  of
11        direct  participation  by a holder of an Initial Teaching
12        Certificate in a qualifying activity. An activity may  be
13        attributed  to more than one of the Illinois Professional
14        Teaching Standards, but credit for any activity shall  be
15        counted only once.
16        (4)  This  paragraph  (4)  applies  only to those persons
17    required to successfully complete the  requirements  of  this
18    paragraph  under  paragraph  (1)  of this subsection (c). The
19    balance of the CPDUs a person must accrue in order to qualify
20    for a Standard  Teaching  Certificate,  in  combination  with
21    those  earned  pursuant  to  paragraph (3) of this subsection
22    (c), may be chosen from among the following, provided that an
23    activity listed in clause (C) of this paragraph (4) shall  be
24    creditable  only if its provider is approved for this purpose
25    by the State Board of Education,  in  consultation  with  the
26    State Teacher Certification Board:
27             (A)  Collaboration    and   partnership   activities
28        related to improving a person's knowledge and skills as a
29        teacher, including all of the following:
30                  (i)  Peer review and coaching.
31                  (ii)  Mentoring in a formal mentoring  program,
32             including    service   as   a   consulting   teacher
33             participating in a  remediation  process  formulated
34             under Section 24A-5 of this Code.
 
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 1                  (iii)  Facilitating  parent  education programs
 2             directly  related  to  student  achievement  for   a
 3             school,  school  district,  or  regional  office  of
 4             education.
 5                  (iv)  Participating  in  business,  school,  or
 6             community  partnerships  directly related to student
 7             achievement.
 8             (B)  Teaching college or university courses in areas
 9        relevant to a teacher's field of certification,  provided
10        that  the  teaching  may  only be counted once during the
11        course of 4 years.
12             (C)  Conferences, workshops,  institutes,  seminars,
13        and  symposiums related to improving a person's knowledge
14        and skills as a teacher, including all of the following:
15                  (i)  Completing non-university credit  directly
16             related   to   student   achievement,  the  Illinois
17             Professional  Teaching  Standards,  or  content-area
18             standards.
19                  (ii)  Participating   in   or   presenting   at
20             workshops, seminars,  conferences,  institutes,  and
21             symposiums.
22                  (iii)  Training  as  external reviewers for the
23             State Board of Education.
24                  (iv)  Training  as  reviewers   of   university
25             teacher preparation programs.
26             (D)  Other   educational   experiences   related  to
27        improving a person's knowledge and skills as  a  teacher,
28        including all of the following:
29                  (i)  Participating   in   action  research  and
30             inquiry projects.
31                  (ii)  Observing   programs   or   teaching   in
32             schools, related businesses,  or  industry  that  is
33             systematic,  purposeful, and relevant to a teacher's
34             field of certification.
 
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 1                  (iii)  Participating in study groups related to
 2             student  achievement,  the   Illinois   Professional
 3             Teaching Standards, or content-area standards.
 4                  (iv)  Participating  in  work/learn programs or
 5             internships.
 6                  (v)  Developing a portfolio  of  students'  and
 7             teacher's work.
 8             (E)  Professional  leadership experiences related to
 9        improving a person's knowledge and skills as  a  teacher,
10        including all of the following:
11                  (i)  Participating in curriculum development or
12        assessment  activities  at  the  school, school district,
13        regional office of education, State, or 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   a   teacher's   field   of
20             certification.
21                  (v)  Participating    in   non-strike   related
22             activities of a professional  association  or  labor
23             organization   that   are  related  to  professional
24             development.
25        (5)  A person must complete his or her chosen requirement
26    under  paragraph  (2)  of  this  subsection  (c)  before  the
27    expiration of his or her  Initial  Teaching  Certificate  and
28    must   submit  evidence  of  having  done  so  to  the  local
29    professional development  committee.  Within  30  days  after
30    receipt  of  a  person's  evidence  of  completion, the local
31    professional development committee shall forward the evidence
32    of completion to the responsible regional  superintendent  of
33    schools   along   with  the  local  professional  development
34    committee's recommendation, based on  that  evidence,  as  to
 
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 1    whether the person is eligible to receive a Standard Teaching
 2    Certificate.  The  local  professional  development committee
 3    shall provide a copy of this recommendation to  the  affected
 4    person.
 5        The  regional  superintendent of schools shall review the
 6    evidence of completion submitted by a person and, based  upon
 7    compliance  with  all  of  the  requirements for receipt of a
 8    Standard Teaching Certificate, shall  forward  to  the  State
 9    Board   of   Education   a  recommendation  for  issuance  or
10    non-issuance. The regional superintendent  of  schools  shall
11    notify the affected person of the recommendation forwarded.
12        Upon  review  of  a  regional  superintendent of school's
13    recommendations, the State Board  of  Education  shall  issue
14    Standard Teaching Certificates to those who qualify and shall
15    notify a person, in writing, of a decision denying a Standard
16    Teaching  Certificate.  Any  decision  denying  issuance of a
17    Standard Teaching Certificate to a person may be appealed  to
18    the State Teacher Certification Board.
19        (6)  The  State  Board of Education, in consultation with
20    the State Teacher Certification Board,  may  adopt  rules  to
21    implement  this  subsection (c) and may periodically evaluate
22    any of the methods of  qualifying  for  a  Standard  Teaching
23    Certificate described in this subsection (c).
24        (d)  Master  Certificate.   Beginning  February 15, 2000,
25    Persons  who  have  successfully  achieved   National   Board
26    certification  through  the  National  Board for Professional
27    Teaching Standards shall  be  issued  a  Master  Certificate,
28    valid  for  10  years and renewable thereafter every 10 years
29    through compliance with requirements set forth by  the  State
30    Board  of  Education,  in consultation with the State Teacher
31    Certification Board.   However,  each  teacher  who  holds  a
32    Master  Certificate shall be eligible for a teaching position
33    in this State in the areas for which he or she holds a Master
34    Certificate without satisfying any other requirements of this
 
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 1    Code, except for those requirements  pertaining  to  criminal
 2    background  checks.  A teacher who holds a Master Certificate
 3    shall  be  deemed  to  meet   State   certification   renewal
 4    requirements in the area or areas for which he or she holds a
 5    Master  Certificate  for  the  10-year  term of the teacher's
 6    Master Certificate.
 7    (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff.  7-12-99;  91-606,  eff.  8-16-99;
 8    91-609, eff. 1-1-00; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)

 9        (105 ILCS 5/21-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-14)
10        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 92-510)
11        Sec. 21-14. Registration and renewal of certificates.
12        (a)  A  limited  four-year  certificate  or a certificate
13    issued  after  July  1,  1955,  shall  be  renewable  at  its
14    expiration  or  within  60  days  thereafter  by  the  county
15    superintendent of schools having supervision and control over
16    the school where  the  teacher  is  teaching  upon  certified
17    evidence  of meeting the requirements for renewal as required
18    by this Act and prescribed by the State Board of Education in
19    consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.   An
20    elementary  supervisory  certificate  shall not be renewed at
21    the  end  of  the  first  four-year  period  covered  by  the
22    certificate unless the holder  thereof  has  filed  certified
23    evidence  with  the State Teacher Certification Board that he
24    has a master's degree or that he has earned 8 semester  hours
25    of  credit  in  the  field  of educational administration and
26    supervision in a recognized institution of  higher  learning.
27    The  holder shall continue to earn 8 semester hours of credit
28    each four-year period until such time  as  he  has  earned  a
29    master's degree.
30        All  certificates  not  renewed  or  registered as herein
31    provided shall lapse after a  period  of  5  years  from  the
32    expiration   of   the   last   year  of  registration.   Such
33    certificates may be reinstated for a  one  year  period  upon
 
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 1    payment   of   all   accumulated   registration  fees.   Such
 2    reinstated certificates shall only be renewed: (1) by earning
 3    5 semester hours of credit in  a  recognized  institution  of
 4    higher  learning in the field of professional education or in
 5    courses related to the holder's contractual teaching  duties;
 6    or  (2)  by  presenting  evidence  of holding a valid regular
 7    certificate of some  other  type.   Any  certificate  may  be
 8    voluntarily   surrendered   by  the  certificate  holder.   A
 9    voluntarily surrendered certificate shall  be  treated  as  a
10    revoked certificate.
11        (b)  When   those  teaching  certificates  issued  before
12    February 15, 2000  are  renewed  for  the  first  time  after
13    February  15,  2000,  all such teaching certificates shall be
14    exchanged for Standard Teaching Certificates as  provided  in
15    subsection  (c)  of  Section  21-2.  All Initial and Standard
16    Teaching Certificates, including those issued to persons  who
17    previously  held teaching certificates issued before February
18    15, 2000, shall be renewable under the conditions  set  forth
19    in this subsection (b).
20        Initial  Teaching  Certificates  are nonrenewable and are
21    valid  for  4   years   of   teaching.    Standard   Teaching
22    Certificates  are  renewable  every  5  years  as provided in
23    subsection (c) of Section 21-2 and  subsection  (c)  of  this
24    Section.  For purposes of this Section, "teaching" is defined
25    as  employment  and  performance  of  services in an Illinois
26    public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school,
27    or cooperative or joint agreement with a  governing  body  or
28    board  of  control, in a certificated teaching position, or a
29    charter school  operating  in  compliance  with  the  Charter
30    Schools Law.
31        (c)  In compliance with subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of
32    this   Code,   which   provides   that  a  Standard  Teaching
33    Certificate may be renewed by the State Teacher Certification
34    Board   based   upon   proof   of   continuing   professional
 
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 1    development, the State  Board  of  Education  and  the  State
 2    Teacher Certification Board shall jointly:
 3             (1)  establish  a  procedure  for  renewing Standard
 4        Teaching Certificates, which shall  include  but  not  be
 5        limited  to  annual timelines for the renewal process and
 6        the components set forth in subsections (d)  through  (k)
 7        of this Section;
 8             (2)  establish   the   standards   for   certificate
 9        renewal;
10             (3)  approve    the    providers    of    continuing
11        professional development activities;
12             (4)  determine  the maximum credit for each category
13        of continuing professional development activities,  based
14        upon    recommendations   submitted   by   a   continuing
15        professional development activity task force, which shall
16        consist of 6  staff  members  from  the  State  Board  of
17        Education,  appointed  by  the  State  Superintendent  of
18        Education,  and  6 teacher representatives, 3 of whom are
19        selected by the Illinois Education Association and  3  of
20        whom are selected by the Illinois Federation of Teachers;
21             (5)  designate  the type and amount of documentation
22        required to show that continuing professional development
23        activities have been completed; and
24             (6)  provide, on a  timely  basis  to  all  Illinois
25        teachers,  certificate  holders, regional superintendents
26        of schools, school districts, and others with an interest
27        in continuing professional development, information about
28        the standards and requirements  established  pursuant  to
29        this subsection (c).
30        (d)  Any   Standard   Teaching  Certificate  held  by  an
31    individual employed and performing services  in  an  Illinois
32    public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school,
33    or  cooperative  or  joint agreement with a governing body or
34    board of control in a certificated  teaching  position  or  a
 
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 1    charter  school  in  compliance  with the Charter Schools Law
 2    must be  maintained  Valid  and  Active  through  certificate
 3    renewal  activities  specified  in  the  certificate  renewal
 4    procedure  established  pursuant  to  subsection  (c) of this
 5    Section, provided  that  a  holder  of  a  Valid  and  Active
 6    certificate  who is only employed on either a part-time basis
 7    or day-to-day basis as a substitute teacher  shall  pay  only
 8    the required registration fee to renew his or her certificate
 9    and  maintain  it  as  Valid  and Active.  All other Standard
10    Teaching Certificates held may be  maintained  as  Valid  and
11    Exempt  through  the registration process provided for in the
12    certificate  renewal  procedure   established   pursuant   to
13    subsection   (c)   of  this  Section.   A  Valid  and  Exempt
14    certificate must be immediately activated, through procedures
15    developed jointly by the State Board  of  Education  and  the
16    State  Teacher  Certification  Board,  upon  the  certificate
17    holder  becoming  employed  and  performing  services  in  an
18    Illinois   public   or   State-operated   elementary  school,
19    secondary school, or cooperative or joint  agreement  with  a
20    governing body or board of control in a certificated teaching
21    position or a charter school operating in compliance with the
22    Charter  Schools  Law.   A  holder  of  a  Valid  and  Exempt
23    certificate  may  activate  his  or  her  certificate through
24    procedures provided for in the certificate renewal  procedure
25    established pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section.
26        (e)(1)  A  Standard  Teaching  Certificate  that has been
27    maintained as Valid  and  Active  for  the  5  years  of  the
28    certificate's  validity  shall be renewed as Valid and Active
29    upon the  certificate  holder:  (i)  completing  an  advanced
30    degree  from  an approved institution in an education-related
31    field;  (ii)  completing  at  least  8  semester   hours   of
32    coursework  as  described in subdivision (B) (A) of paragraph
33    (3) of this subsection (e); (iii) (ii) earning  at  least  24
34    continuing  education  units  as described in subdivision (C)
 
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 1    (B) of paragraph (3)  of  this  subsection  (e);  (iv)  (iii)
 2    completing  the  National  Board  for  Professional  Teaching
 3    Standards  process  as  described  in  subdivision (D) (C) of
 4    paragraph (3) of this subsection (e); or (v) (iv) earning 120
 5    continuing  professional  development   units   ("CPDU")   as
 6    described  in  subdivision  (E)  (D) of paragraph (3) of this
 7    subsection  (e).    The   maximum   continuing   professional
 8    development    units   for   each   continuing   professional
 9    development  activity  identified  in  subdivisions  (F)  (E)
10    through (J) (I) of paragraph (3) of this subsection (e) shall
11    be jointly determined by the State Board of Education and the
12    State  Teacher  Certification   Board.   If,   however,   the
13    certificate  holder  has  maintained the certificate as Valid
14    and Exempt for a portion of the 5-year  period  of  validity,
15    the  number  of  continuing  professional  development  units
16    needed  to renew the certificate as Valid and Active shall be
17    proportionately reduced by the amount of time the certificate
18    was Valid and Exempt. Furthermore, if a certificate holder is
19    employed and performs teaching services on a part-time  basis
20    for  all  or  a portion of the certificate's 5-year period of
21    validity, the number of continuing  professional  development
22    units  needed  to  renew  the certificate as Valid and Active
23    shall  be  reduced  by  50%  for  the  amount  of  time   the
24    certificate  holder  has been employed and performed teaching
25    services on a part-time basis.  Part-time shall be defined as
26    less than 50% of the school day or school term.
27        (2)  Each Valid and Active Standard Teaching  Certificate
28    holder   shall   develop   a  certificate  renewal  plan  for
29    satisfying   the    continuing    professional    development
30    requirement provided for in subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of
31    this  Code.    Certificate holders with multiple certificates
32    shall develop a certificate renewal plan that addresses  only
33    that  certificate  or those certificates that are required of
34    his or her certificated teaching position, if the certificate
 
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 1    holder is employed and performing  services  in  an  Illinois
 2    public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school,
 3    or  cooperative  or  joint agreement with a governing body or
 4    board of control, or that certificate or  those  certificates
 5    most  closely related to his or her teaching position, if the
 6    certificate holder is employed in a charter  school.   Except
 7    as  otherwise  provided in this subsection (e), a certificate
 8    renewal  plan  shall  include  a  minimum  of  3   individual
 9    improvement  goals  developed  by  the certificate holder and
10    shall reflect purposes (A), (B),  and  (C)  and  may  reflect
11    purpose   (D)   of   the  following  continuing  professional
12    development purposes:
13             (A)  Advance both the certificate holder's knowledge
14        and skills as a  teacher  consistent  with  the  Illinois
15        Professional  Teaching Standards and the Illinois Content
16        Area Standards  in  the  certificate  holder's  areas  of
17        certification,  endorsement,  or  teaching  assignment in
18        order to keep the certificate  holder  current  in  those
19        areas.
20             (B)  Develop  the certificate holder's knowledge and
21        skills  in  areas  determined  to  be  critical  for  all
22        Illinois teachers, as  defined  by  the  State  Board  of
23        Education, known as "State priorities".
24             (C)  Address the knowledge, skills, and goals of the
25        certificate  holder's  local  school improvement plan, if
26        the  teacher  is  employed  in  an  Illinois  public   or
27        State-operated  elementary  school,  secondary school, or
28        cooperative or joint agreement with a governing  body  or
29        board of control.
30             (D)  Expand  the  certificate holder's knowledge and
31        skills in an additional  teaching  field  or  toward  the
32        acquisition of another teaching certificate, endorsement,
33        or relevant education degree.
34    A  certificate renewal plan must include a description of how
 
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 1    these goals are to be achieved and an explanation of selected
 2    continuing  professional   development   activities   to   be
 3    completed,  each  of  which  must  meet  one  or  more of the
 4    continuing professional  development  purposes  specified  in
 5    this  paragraph  (2).   The  plan  shall  identify  potential
 6    activities   and   include   projected  timelines  for  those
 7    activities that will assure completion of the plan before the
 8    expiration of the 5-year validity of  the  Standard  Teaching
 9    Certificate.  Except as otherwise provided in this subsection
10    (e),  at  least  50%  of  continuing professional development
11    units must relate to purposes (A) and (B) set forth  in  this
12    paragraph  (2):  the  advancement  of  a certificate holder's
13    knowledge  and  skills  as  a  teacher  consistent  with  the
14    Illinois Professional Teaching  Standards  and  the  Illinois
15    Content  Area  Standards in the certificate holder's areas of
16    certification, endorsement, or teaching assignment  in  order
17    to keep the certificate holder current in those areas and the
18    development of a certificate holder's knowledge and skills in
19    the  State  priorities that exist at the time the certificate
20    renewal plan is developed.
21        (3)  Continuing   professional   development   activities
22    included in a certificate renewal plan may include,  but  are
23    not limited to, the following activities:
24             (A)  completion   of  an  advanced  degree  from  an
25        approved institution in an education-related field;
26             (B) (A)  at least 8 semester hours of coursework  in
27        an  approved education-related program, of which at least
28        2 semester hours relate to  the  continuing  professional
29        development purpose set forth in purpose (A) of paragraph
30        (2)  of  this  subsection  (e), provided that such a plan
31        need  not  include  any  other  continuing   professional
32        development  activities nor reflect or contain activities
33        related to the other continuing professional  development
34        purposes  set  forth  in paragraph (2) of this subsection
 
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 1        (e);
 2             (C) (B)  continuing education units that satisfy the
 3        continuing professional development purposes set forth in
 4        paragraph  (2)  of  this  subsection   (e),   with   each
 5        continuing   education  unit  equal  to  5  clock  hours,
 6        provided that a plan that includes at least 24 continuing
 7        education units (or 120  clock/contact  hours)  need  not
 8        include  any  other  continuing  professional development
 9        activities;
10             (D)  (C)  completion  of  the  National   Board   of
11        Professional   Teaching   Standards   ("NBPTS")  process,
12        provided that a plan  that  includes  completion  of  the
13        NBPTS  process  need  not  include  any  other continuing
14        professional  development  activities  nor   reflect   or
15        contain activities related to the continuing professional
16        development  purposes  set  forth  in  paragraph  (2)  of
17        subsection (e) of this Section;
18             (E)  (D)  completion  of 120 continuing professional
19        development   units   that   satisfy    the    continuing
20        professional  development purposes set forth in paragraph
21        (2) of  this  subsection  (e)  and  may  include  without
22        limitation  the activities identified in subdivisions (F)
23        (E) through (J) (I) of this paragraph (3);
24             (F) (E)  collaboration  and  partnership  activities
25        related  to  improving the teacher's knowledge and skills
26        as a teacher, including the following:
27                  (i)  participating  on  collaborative  planning
28             and professional improvement teams and committees;
29                  (ii)  peer review and coaching;
30                  (iii)  mentoring in a formal mentoring program,
31             including   service   as   a   consulting    teacher
32             participating  in  a  remediation process formulated
33             under Section 24A-5 of this Code;
34                  (iv)  participating in site-based management or
 
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 1             decision making teams, relevant committees,  boards,
 2             or   task   forces   directly   related   to  school
 3             improvement plans;
 4                  (v)  coordinating   community   resources    in
 5             schools,  if  the  project is a specific goal of the
 6             school improvement plan;
 7                  (vi)  facilitating  parent  education  programs
 8             for a school, school district, or regional office of
 9             education directly related to student achievement or
10             school improvement plans;
11                  (vii)  participating in  business,  school,  or
12             community  partnerships  directly related to student
13             achievement or school improvement plans; or
14                  (viii)  supervising  a   student   teacher   or
15             teacher education candidate in clinical supervision,
16             provided  that  the  supervision may only be counted
17             once during the course of 5 years;
18             (G) (F)  college or university coursework related to
19        improving the teacher's knowledge and skills as a teacher
20        as follows:
21                  (i)  completing   undergraduate   or   graduate
22             credit   earned   from   a   regionally   accredited
23             institution   in   coursework   relevant   to    the
24             certificate area being renewed, including coursework
25             that    incorporates    induction   activities   and
26             development of  a  portfolio  of  both  student  and
27             teacher  work that provides experience in reflective
28             practices, provided the  coursework  meets  Illinois
29             Professional  Teaching Standards or Illinois Content
30             Area   Standards   and   supports   the    essential
31             characteristics of quality professional development;
32             or
33                  (ii)  teaching college or university courses in
34             areas   relevant   to  the  certificate  area  being
 
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 1             renewed, provided that  the  teaching  may  only  be
 2             counted once during the course of 5 years;
 3             (H)    (G)  conferences,    workshops,   institutes,
 4        seminars,  and  symposiums  related  to   improving   the
 5        teacher's  knowledge  and  skills as a teacher, including
 6        the following:
 7                  (i)  completing non-university credit  directly
 8             related  to  student achievement, school improvement
 9             plans, or State priorities;
10                  (ii)  participating   in   or   presenting   at
11             workshops, seminars,  conferences,  institutes,  and
12             symposiums;
13                  (iii)  training   as   external  reviewers  for
14             Quality Assurance; or
15                  (iv)  training  as  reviewers   of   university
16             teacher preparation programs;
17             (I)  (H)  other  educational  experiences related to
18        improving  the  teacher's  knowledge  and  skills  as   a
19        teacher, including the following:
20                  (i)  participating   in   action  research  and
21             inquiry projects;
22                  (ii)  observing   programs   or   teaching   in
23             schools, related businesses,  or  industry  that  is
24             systematic,  purposeful, and relevant to certificate
25             renewal;
26                  (iii)  traveling  related  to   ones   teaching
27             assignment,  directly related to student achievement
28             or school improvement plans and approved at least 30
29             days prior to the travel experience,  provided  that
30             the traveling shall not include time spent commuting
31             to  destinations  where the learning experience will
32             occur;
33                  (iv)  participating in study groups related  to
34             student achievement or school improvement plans;
 
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 1                  (v)  serving  on  a statewide education-related
 2             committee, including but not limited  to  the  State
 3             Teacher   Certification   Board,   State   Board  of
 4             Education  strategic  agenda  teams,  or  the  State
 5             Advisory  Council  on  Education  of  Children  with
 6             Disabilities;
 7                  (vi)  participating in work/learn  programs  or
 8             internships; or
 9                  (vii)  developing  a  portfolio  of student and
10             teacher work;
11             (J) (I)  professional leadership experiences related
12        to improving the teacher's  knowledge  and  skills  as  a
13        teacher, including the following:
14                  (i)  participating in curriculum development or
15             assessment   activities   at   the   school,  school
16             district, regional office of  education,  State,  or
17             national level;
18                  (ii)  participating   in   team  or  department
19             leadership in a school or school district;
20                  (iii)  participating on  external  or  internal
21             school or school district review teams;
22                  (iv)  publishing educational articles, columns,
23             or  books  relevant  to  the  certificate area being
24             renewed; or
25                  (v)  participating   in   non-strike    related
26             professional   association   or  labor  organization
27             service  or  activities  related   to   professional
28             development.
29        (4)  A   certificate   renewal  plan  must  initially  be
30    approved  by  the  certificate  holder's  local  professional
31    development committee, as provided for in subsection  (f)  of
32    this   Section.    If   the  local  professional  development
33    committee does not approve the certificate renewal plan,  the
34    certificate  holder  may  appeal  that  determination  to the
 
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 1    regional  professional  development  review   committee,   as
 2    provided  for  in  paragraph  (2)  of  subsection (g) of this
 3    Section.  If the  regional  professional  development  review
 4    committee  disagrees  with the local professional development
 5    committee's determination, the certificate renewal plan shall
 6    be deemed approved  and  the  certificate  holder  may  begin
 7    satisfying the continuing professional development activities
 8    set   forth  in  the  plan.   If  the  regional  professional
 9    development  review   committee   agrees   with   the   local
10    professional   development   committee's  determination,  the
11    certificate renewal plan  shall  be  deemed  disapproved  and
12    shall  be  returned  to  the  certificate holder to develop a
13    revised certificate renewal plan.  In all cases, the regional
14    professional development review committee  shall  immediately
15    notify  both the local professional development committee and
16    the certificate holder of its determination.
17        (5)  A  certificate  holder  who  wishes  to  modify  the
18    continuing professional development activities  or  goals  in
19    his  or her certificate renewal plan must submit the proposed
20    modifications to his or her  local  professional  development
21    committee  for  approval  prior  to  engaging in the proposed
22    activities.  If the local professional development  committee
23    does  not  approve the proposed modification, the certificate
24    holder  may  appeal  that  determination  to   the   regional
25    professional  development  review  committee, as set forth in
26    paragraph (4) of this subsection (e).
27        (6)  When a certificate  holder  changes  assignments  or
28    school   districts   during   the   course  of  completing  a
29    certificate renewal plan, the  professional  development  and
30    continuing education credit earned pursuant to the plan shall
31    transfer  to  the new assignment or school district and count
32    toward the total requirements.  This certificate renewal plan
33    must  be  reviewed  by  the  appropriate  local  professional
34    development committee and may  be  modified  to  reflect  the
 
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 1    certificate  holder's  new  work  assignment  or  the  school
 2    improvement  plan  of  the  new  school  district  or  school
 3    building.
 4        (f)  Notwithstanding  any  other provisions of this Code,
 5    each school district,  charter  school,  and  cooperative  or
 6    joint  agreement  with  a  governing body or board of control
 7    that  employs  certificated  staff,   shall   establish   and
 8    implement,  in conjunction with its exclusive representative,
 9    if  any,  one  or   more   local   professional   development
10    committees,  as set forth in this subsection (f), which shall
11    perform the following functions:
12             (1)  review and approve  certificate  renewal  plans
13        and  any  modifications  made  to  these plans, including
14        transferred plans;
15             (2)  maintain a file of approved certificate renewal
16        plans;
17             (3)  monitor  certificate   holders'   progress   in
18        completing  approved  certificate renewal plans, provided
19        that a local professional development committee shall not
20        be  required   to   maintain   materials   submitted   by
21        certificate  holders  to  demonstrate  their  progress in
22        completing their  certificate  renewal  plans  after  the
23        committee has reviewed the materials and the credits have
24        been awarded;
25             (4)  assist   in  the  development  of  professional
26        development  plans  based  upon   needs   identified   in
27        certificate renewal plans;
28             (5)  determine  whether certificate holders have met
29        the requirements of their certificate renewal  plans  and
30        notify certificate holders of its determination;
31             (6)  provide   a   certificate   holder   with   the
32        opportunity   to   address  the  committee  when  it  has
33        determined that the certificate holder has  not  met  the
34        requirements of his or her certificate renewal plan;
 
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 1             (7)  issue  and  forward recommendations for renewal
 2        or nonrenewal of certificate holders'  Standard  Teaching
 3        Certificates  to  the appropriate regional superintendent
 4        of schools, based upon whether certificate  holders  have
 5        met   the  requirements  of  their  approved  certificate
 6        renewal  plans,  with  30-day  written  notice   of   its
 7        recommendation  provided  to the certificate holder prior
 8        to  forwarding  the  recommendation   to   the   regional
 9        superintendent  of  schools,  provided  that if the local
10        professional development  committee's  recommendation  is
11        for  certificate  nonrenewal, the written notice provided
12        to the certificate holder shall include a return receipt;
13        and
14             (8)  reconsider its  recommendation  of  certificate
15        nonrenewal, upon request of the certificate holder within
16        30 days of receipt of written notification that the local
17        professional  development  committee  will  make  such  a
18        recommendation,    and    forward    to    the   regional
19        superintendent of schools its  recommendation  within  30
20        days of receipt of the certificate holder's request.
21        Each   local  professional  development  committee  shall
22    consist of at least 3 classroom teachers; one  superintendent
23    or  chief  administrator  of  the  school  district,  charter
24    school,  or  cooperative  or  joint  agreement  or his or her
25    designee; and one at-large member who shall be either  (i)  a
26    parent,  (ii)  a  member  of  the business community, (iii) a
27    community member, or (iv) an administrator,  with  preference
28    given to an individual chosen from among those persons listed
29    in   items   (i),   (ii),   and  (iii)  in  order  to  secure
30    representation of an interest not already represented on  the
31    committee.    Except  in a school district in a city having a
32    population   exceeding   500,000,   a   local    professional
33    development  committee  shall be responsible for no more than
34    200  certificate  renewal  plans  annually  unless  otherwise
 
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 1    mutually agreed upon by the school district, charter  school,
 2    or  governing  body  or  board of control of a cooperative or
 3    joint agreement and its exclusive representative, if any.  If
 4    mutually agreed upon by the school district, charter  school,
 5    or  governing  body  or  board of control of a cooperative or
 6    joint agreement and its  exclusive  representative,  if  any,
 7    additional  members  may  be  added  to  a local professional
 8    development committee, provided that a  majority  of  members
 9    are  classroom  teachers.    Except in a school district in a
10    city having a population  exceeding  500,000,  if  additional
11    members   are  added  to  a  local  professional  development
12    committee, the maximum number of  certificate  renewal  plans
13    for  which the committee shall annually be responsible may be
14    increased by 50 plans  for  each  additional  member,  unless
15    otherwise  mutually  agreed  upon  by  the  school  district,
16    charter  school,  or  governing body or board of control of a
17    cooperative   or   joint   agreement   and   its    exclusive
18    representative, if any.  The school district, charter school,
19    or  governing  body  or  board of control of a cooperative or
20    joint agreement and its  exclusive  representative,  if  any,
21    shall determine the term of service of the members of a local
22    professional development committee.  All individuals selected
23    to serve on local professional development committees must be
24    known  to demonstrate the best practices in teaching or their
25    respective field of practice.
26        The exclusive representative, if any,  shall  select  the
27    classroom   teacher   members   of   the  local  professional
28    development  committee.    If  no  exclusive   representative
29    exists,  then  the  classroom  teacher  members  of  a  local
30    professional  development  committee shall be selected by the
31    classroom teachers that come within  the  local  professional
32    development  committee's  authority.   The  school  district,
33    charter  school,  or  governing body or board of control of a
34    cooperative  or  joint   agreement   shall   select   the   2
 
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 1    non-classroom  teacher  members  (the superintendent or chief
 2    administrator of the  school  district,  charter  school,  or
 3    cooperative or joint agreement or his or her designee and the
 4    at-large   member)   of   a  local  professional  development
 5    committee.  Vacancies in positions on  a  local  professional
 6    development  committee  shall be filled in the same manner as
 7    the original selections.  The members of a local professional
 8    development committee  shall  select  a  chairperson.   Local
 9    professional   development   committee   meetings   shall  be
10    scheduled so as not  to  interfere  with  committee  members'
11    regularly  scheduled  teaching  duties, except when otherwise
12    permitted by the policies of or agreed to or approved by  the
13    school  district,  charter school, or governing body or board
14    of control of  a  cooperative  or  joint  agreement,  or  its
15    designee.
16        The  board  of education or governing board shall convene
17    the first  meeting  of  the  local  professional  development
18    committee.   All  actions  taken  by  the  local professional
19    development  committee  shall  require  that  a  majority  of
20    committee members be present, and no committee action may  be
21    taken  unless  50%  or  more  of  those  present  are teacher
22    members.
23        The State  Board  of  Education  and  the  State  Teacher
24    Certification  Board shall jointly provide local professional
25    development committee members with a training manual, and the
26    members shall certify that they have received  and  read  the
27    manual.
28        Notwithstanding  any  other provisions of this subsection
29    (f), for a teacher employed  and  performing  services  in  a
30    nonpublic  or  State-operated elementary or secondary school,
31    all references to a local professional development  committee
32    shall  mean  the  regional  superintendent  of schools of the
33    regional office of education for the  geographic  area  where
34    the teaching is done.
 
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 1        (g)(1)  Each  regional  superintendent  of  schools shall
 2    review and concur or nonconcur with each  recommendation  for
 3    renewal  or  nonrenewal of a Standard Teaching Certificate he
 4    or  she  receives  from  a  local  professional   development
 5    committee   or,   if   a   certificate   holder  appeals  the
 6    recommendation  to  the  regional  professional   development
 7    review   committee,   the   recommendation   for  renewal  or
 8    nonrenewal he or she receives from  a  regional  professional
 9    development  review  committee and, within 14 days of receipt
10    of  the  recommendation,  shall  provide  the  State  Teacher
11    Certification Board with verification of  the  following,  if
12    applicable:
13             (A)  a   certificate  renewal  plan  was  filed  and
14        approved   by   the   appropriate   local    professional
15        development committee;
16             (B)  the  professional  development  and  continuing
17        education   activities   set   forth   in   the  approved
18        certificate  renewal  plan   have   been   satisfactorily
19        completed;
20             (C)  the  local  professional  development committee
21        has recommended the renewal of the  certificate  holder's
22        Standard   Teaching   Certificate   and   forwarded   the
23        recommendation,  along  with all supporting documentation
24        as jointly required by the State Board of  Education  and
25        the  State  Teacher  Certification Board, to the regional
26        superintendent of schools;
27             (D)  the certificate holder has appealed his or  her
28        local professional development committee's recommendation
29        of  nonrenewal  to  the regional professional development
30        review committee and the result of that appeal;
31             (E)  the  regional  superintendent  of  schools  has
32        concurred or nonconcurred  with  the  local  professional
33        development    committee's   or   regional   professional
34        development review committee's recommendation to renew or
 
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 1        nonrenew  the  certificate  holder's  Standard   Teaching
 2        Certificate and made a recommendation to that effect; and
 3             (F)  the   established   registration  fee  for  the
 4        Standard Teaching Certificate has been paid.
 5    At the same  time  the  regional  superintendent  of  schools
 6    provides  the  State  Teacher  Certification  Board  with the
 7    notice required by this subsection (g), he or she shall  also
 8    notify the certificate holder in writing that this notice has
 9    been  provided  to  the  State  Teacher  Certification Board,
10    provided  that  if  the  notice  provided  by  the   regional
11    superintendent  of schools to the State Teacher Certification
12    Board includes a recommendation  of  certificate  nonrenewal,
13    the  written  notice provided to the certificate holder shall
14    be by certified mail, return receipt requested.
15        (2)  Each certificate holder  shall  have  the  right  to
16    appeal  his or her local professional development committee's
17    recommendation of nonrenewal  to  the  regional  professional
18    development  review  committee,  within 14 days of receipt of
19    notice that the recommendation has been sent to the  regional
20    superintendent  of  schools.  Each regional superintendent of
21    schools shall establish a regional  professional  development
22    review  committee  or  committees for the purpose of advising
23    the regional superintendent of  schools,  upon  request,  and
24    handling  certificate  holder  appeals.  This committee shall
25    consist   of   at   least   4   classroom    teachers,    one
26    non-administrative   certificated   educational  employee,  2
27    administrators, and one at-large member who shall  be  either
28    (i)  a parent, (ii) a member of the business community, (iii)
29    a community member, or (iv) an administrator, with preference
30    given to an individual chosen from among those persons listed
31    in  items  (i),  (ii),  and  (iii)   in   order   to   secure
32    representation  of an interest not already represented on the
33    committee.  The teacher and  non-administrative  certificated
34    educational employee members of the review committee shall be
 
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 1    selected  by  their exclusive representative, if any, and the
 2    administrators and at-large member shall be selected  by  the
 3    regional superintendent of schools. A regional superintendent
 4    of  schools  may  add  additional  members  to the committee,
 5    provided  that   the   same   proportion   of   teachers   to
 6    administrators  and  at-large  members  on  the  committee is
 7    maintained.  Any additional  teacher  and  non-administrative
 8    certificated  educational  employee members shall be selected
 9    by their exclusive  representative,  if  any.   Vacancies  in
10    positions  on  a  regional  professional  development  review
11    committee  shall be filled in the same manner as the original
12    selections.  Committee members shall serve  staggered  3-year
13    terms.    All  individuals  selected  to  serve  on  regional
14    professional development review committees must be  known  to
15    demonstrate   the   best   practices  in  teaching  or  their
16    respective field of practice.
17        The exclusive representative responsible for choosing the
18    individuals that serve on a regional professional development
19    review committee shall notify each school  district,  charter
20    school,   or   governing  body  or  board  of  control  of  a
21    cooperative or  joint  agreement  employing  the  individuals
22    chosen  to  serve  and provide their names to the appropriate
23    regional superintendent of  schools.   Regional  professional
24    development  review  committee meetings shall be scheduled so
25    as not to interfere with  the  committee  members'  regularly
26    scheduled teaching duties, except when otherwise permitted by
27    the  policies  of  or  agreed  to  or  approved by the school
28    district, charter school,  or  governing  body  or  board  of
29    control of a cooperative or joint agreement, or its designee,
30    provided   that  the  school  district,  charter  school,  or
31    governing body or board of  control  shall  not  unreasonably
32    withhold permission for a committee member to attend regional
33    professional development review committee meetings.
34        In a city having a population exceeding 500,000 that does
 
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 1    not have a regional office of education, one or more separate
 2    regional  professional development review committees shall be
 3    established as mutually agreed upon by the board of education
 4    of the school district organized under  Article  34  of  this
 5    Code  and  the  exclusive representative.  The composition of
 6    each  committee  shall  be  the  same  as  for   a   regional
 7    professional   development   review  committee,  except  that
 8    members of the committee shall be jointly  appointed  by  the
 9    board  of  education  and  the  exclusive representative. All
10    other  provisions  of  this   Section   concerning   regional
11    professional  development  review  committees  shall apply to
12    these committees.
13        The regional professional  development  review  committee
14    may  require  information in addition to that received from a
15    certificate holder's local professional development committee
16    or request that the  certificate  holder  appear  before  it,
17    shall  either  concur  or nonconcur with a local professional
18    development committee's  recommendation  of  nonrenewal,  and
19    shall  forward  to the regional superintendent of schools its
20    recommendation of renewal or nonrenewal.  All  actions  taken
21    by  the  regional  professional  development review committee
22    shall require a quorum and be by a simple majority  of  those
23    present  and  voting.    A  record  of  all  votes  shall  be
24    maintained.  The committee shall have 45 days from receipt of
25    a  certificate  holder's appeal to make its recommendation to
26    the regional superintendent of schools.
27        The State  Board  of  Education  and  the  State  Teacher
28    Certification    Board   shall   jointly   provide   regional
29    professional development  review  committee  members  with  a
30    training  manual, and the members shall be required to attend
31    one training seminar sponsored jointly by the State Board  of
32    Education and the State Teacher Certification Board.
33        (h)(1)  The   State  Teacher  Certification  Board  shall
34    review    the    regional    superintendent    of    schools'
 
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 1    recommendations  to  renew  or  nonrenew  Standard   Teaching
 2    Certificates   and  notify  certificate  holders  in  writing
 3    whether their certificates have been  renewed  or  nonrenewed
 4    within  90  days  of receipt of the recommendations, unless a
 5    certificate holder has appealed a regional superintendent  of
 6    schools'   recommendation   of  nonrenewal,  as  provided  in
 7    paragraph (2) of this  subsection  (h).   The  State  Teacher
 8    Certification  Board shall verify that the certificate holder
 9    has met the renewal criteria set forth in  paragraph  (1)  of
10    subsection (g) of this Section.
11        (2)  Each  certificate  holder  shall  have  the right to
12    appeal a regional superintendent of  school's  recommendation
13    to  nonrenew  his or her Standard Teaching Certificate to the
14    State Teacher Certification Board, within 14 days of  receipt
15    of  notice  that  the  decision  has  been  sent to the State
16    Teacher Certification  Board,  which  shall  hold  an  appeal
17    hearing  within  60 days of receipt of the appeal.  When such
18    an  appeal  is  taken,  the  certificate  holder's   Standard
19    Teaching  Certificate  shall  continue  to be valid until the
20    appeal   is   finally   determined.    The   State    Teacher
21    Certification  Board shall review the regional superintendent
22    of  school's  recommendation,   the   regional   professional
23    development  review  committee's  recommendation, if any, and
24    the local professional development committee's recommendation
25    and  all  relevant  documentation  to  verify   whether   the
26    certificate  holder has met the renewal criteria set forth in
27    paragraph (1) of subsection (g) of this Section.   The  State
28    Teacher  Certification Board may request that the certificate
29    holder appear before it.  All  actions  taken  by  the  State
30    Teacher  Certification Board shall require a quorum and be by
31    a simple majority of those present and voting.  A  record  of
32    all   votes   shall   be   maintained.    The  State  Teacher
33    Certification Board shall notify the  certificate  holder  in
34    writing,  within 7 days of completing the review, whether his
 
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 1    or her Standard Teaching  Certificate  has  been  renewed  or
 2    nonrenewed,  provided that if the State Teacher Certification
 3    Board determines  to  nonrenew  a  certificate,  the  written
 4    notice  provided  to  the  certificate  holder  shall  be  by
 5    certified  mail,  return  receipt requested.  All certificate
 6    renewal  or  nonrenewal  decisions  of  the   State   Teacher
 7    Certification  Board  are final and subject to administrative
 8    review, as set forth in Section 21-24 of this Code.
 9        (i)  Holders of Master Teaching Certificates  shall  meet
10    the  same  requirements  and  follow  the  same procedures as
11    holders of Standard Teaching Certificates, except that  their
12    renewal  cycle  shall  be  as  set forth in subsection (d) of
13    Section 21-2 of this Code.
14        (j)  Holders of Valid  and  Exempt  Standard  and  Master
15    Teaching  Certificates  who  are  not employed and performing
16    services in an Illinois public or  State-operated  elementary
17    school,  secondary  school, or cooperative or joint agreement
18    with a governing body or board of control, in a  certificated
19    teaching    position,    may   voluntarily   activate   their
20    certificates  by  developing  and  submitting  a  certificate
21    renewal plan to the regional superintendent of schools of the
22    regional office of education for the  geographic  area  where
23    their teaching is done, who, or whose designee, shall approve
24    the   plan  and  serve  as  the  certificate  holder's  local
25    professional  development   committee.    These   certificate
26    holders shall follow the same renewal criteria and procedures
27    as   all  other  Standard  and  Master  Teaching  Certificate
28    holders,   except   that   their   continuing    professional
29    development plans shall not be required to reflect or address
30    the   knowledge,   skills,   and  goals  of  a  local  school
31    improvement plan.
32        (k)  Each school district, charter school, or cooperative
33    or joint agreement shall be paid an annual amount of not less
34    than $1,000, as determined by a formula based on  the  number
 
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 1    of Standard Teaching and Master Teaching Certificate holders,
 2    subject  to  renewal  and  established by rule, not to exceed
 3    $1,000,000  annually  for  all  school   districts,   charter
 4    schools,   and   cooperatives   or   joint   agreements,  for
 5    administrative costs associated with conducting the  meetings
 6    of   the   local   professional   development  committee,  as
 7    determined in consultation with the committee.  Each regional
 8    office of education shall  receive  $2,000  annually  to  pay
 9    school  districts,  charter schools, or cooperatives or joint
10    agreements for costs, as defined by rule, incurred  in  staff
11    attendance   at   regional  professional  development  review
12    committee meetings and the training  seminar  required  under
13    paragraph (2) of subsection (g) of this Section.
14        (l)  The  State  Board of Education and the State Teacher
15    Certification  Board   shall   jointly   contract   with   an
16    independent  party  to  conduct a comprehensive evaluation of
17    the certificate renewal system pursuant to this Section.  The
18    first report of this evaluation shall  be  presented  to  the
19    General Assembly on January 1, 2005 and on January 1 of every
20    third year thereafter.
21    (Source:  P.A.  90-548,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-653, eff. 7-29-98;
22    90-811, eff. 1-26-99; 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

23        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 92-510)
24        Sec. 21-14. Registration and renewal of certificates.
25        (a)  A limited four-year  certificate  or  a  certificate
26    issued  after  July  1,  1955,  shall  be  renewable  at  its
27    expiration  or  within  60  days  thereafter  by  the  county
28    superintendent of schools having supervision and control over
29    the  school  where  the  teacher  is  teaching upon certified
30    evidence of meeting the requirements for renewal as  required
31    by this Act and prescribed by the State Board of Education in
32    consultation  with the State Teacher Certification Board.  An
33    elementary supervisory certificate shall not  be  renewed  at
34    the  end  of  the  first  four-year  period  covered  by  the
 
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 1    certificate  unless  the  holder  thereof has filed certified
 2    evidence with the State Teacher Certification Board  that  he
 3    has  a master's degree or that he has earned 8 semester hours
 4    of credit in the  field  of  educational  administration  and
 5    supervision  in  a recognized institution of higher learning.
 6    The holder shall continue to earn 8 semester hours of  credit
 7    each  four-year  period  until  such  time as he has earned a
 8    master's degree.
 9        All certificates not  renewed  or  registered  as  herein
10    provided  shall  lapse  after  a  period  of 5 years from the
11    expiration  of  the  last   year   of   registration.    Such
12    certificates  may  be  reinstated  for a one year period upon
13    payment  of  all   accumulated   registration   fees.    Such
14    reinstated certificates shall only be renewed: (1) by earning
15    5  semester  hours  of  credit in a recognized institution of
16    higher learning in the field of professional education or  in
17    courses  related to the holder's contractual teaching duties;
18    or (2) by presenting evidence  of  holding  a  valid  regular
19    certificate  of  some  other  type.   Any  certificate may be
20    voluntarily  surrendered  by  the  certificate   holder.    A
21    voluntarily  surrendered  certificate  shall  be treated as a
22    revoked certificate.
23        (b)  When  those  teaching  certificates  issued   before
24    February  15,  2000  are  renewed  for  the  first time after
25    February 15, 2000, all such teaching  certificates  shall  be
26    exchanged  for  Standard Teaching Certificates as provided in
27    subsection (c) of Section 21-2.   All  Initial  and  Standard
28    Teaching  Certificates, including those issued to persons who
29    previously held teaching certificates issued before  February
30    15,  2000,  shall be renewable under the conditions set forth
31    in this subsection (b).
32        Initial Teaching Certificates are  nonrenewable  and  are
33    valid   for   4   years   of  teaching.    Standard  Teaching
34    Certificates are renewable  every  5  years  as  provided  in
 
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 1    subsection  (c)  of  Section  21-2 and subsection (c) of this
 2    Section.  For purposes of this Section, "teaching" is defined
 3    as employment and performance  of  services  in  an  Illinois
 4    public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school,
 5    or  cooperative  or  joint agreement with a governing body or
 6    board of control, in a certificated teaching position,  or  a
 7    charter  school  operating  in  compliance  with  the Charter
 8    Schools Law.
 9        (c)  In compliance with subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of
10    this  Code,  which  provides   that   a   Standard   Teaching
11    Certificate may be renewed by the State Teacher Certification
12    Board   based   upon   proof   of   continuing   professional
13    development,  the  State  Board  of  Education  and the State
14    Teacher Certification Board shall jointly:
15             (1)  establish a  procedure  for  renewing  Standard
16        Teaching  Certificates,  which  shall  include but not be
17        limited to annual timelines for the renewal  process  and
18        the  components  set forth in subsections (d) through (k)
19        of this Section;
20             (2)  establish   the   standards   for   certificate
21        renewal;
22             (3)  approve    the    providers    of    continuing
23        professional development activities;
24             (4)  determine the maximum credit for each  category
25        of  continuing professional development activities, based
26        upon   recommendations   submitted   by   a    continuing
27        professional development activity task force, which shall
28        consist  of  6  staff  members  from  the  State Board of
29        Education,  appointed  by  the  State  Superintendent  of
30        Education, and 6 teacher representatives, 3 of  whom  are
31        selected  by  the Illinois Education Association and 3 of
32        whom are selected by the Illinois Federation of Teachers;
33             (5)  designate the type and amount of  documentation
34        required to show that continuing professional development
 
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 1        activities have been completed; and
 2             (6)  provide,  on  a  timely  basis  to all Illinois
 3        teachers, certificate holders,  regional  superintendents
 4        of schools, school districts, and others with an interest
 5        in continuing professional development, information about
 6        the  standards  and  requirements established pursuant to
 7        this subsection (c).
 8        (d)  Any  Standard  Teaching  Certificate  held   by   an
 9    individual  employed  and  performing services in an Illinois
10    public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school,
11    or cooperative or joint agreement with a  governing  body  or
12    board  of  control  in  a certificated teaching position or a
13    charter school in compliance with  the  Charter  Schools  Law
14    must  be  maintained  Valid  and  Active  through certificate
15    renewal  activities  specified  in  the  certificate  renewal
16    procedure established pursuant  to  subsection  (c)  of  this
17    Section,  provided  that  a  holder  of  a  Valid  and Active
18    certificate who is only employed on either a part-time  basis
19    or  day-to-day  basis  as a substitute teacher shall pay only
20    the required registration fee to renew his or her certificate
21    and maintain it as Valid  and  Active.   All  other  Standard
22    Teaching  Certificates  held  may  be maintained as Valid and
23    Exempt through the registration process provided for  in  the
24    certificate   renewal   procedure   established  pursuant  to
25    subsection  (c)  of  this  Section.   A  Valid   and   Exempt
26    certificate must be immediately activated, through procedures
27    developed  jointly  by  the  State Board of Education and the
28    State  Teacher  Certification  Board,  upon  the  certificate
29    holder  becoming  employed  and  performing  services  in  an
30    Illinois  public   or   State-operated   elementary   school,
31    secondary  school,  or  cooperative or joint agreement with a
32    governing body or board of control in a certificated teaching
33    position or a charter school operating in compliance with the
34    Charter  Schools  Law.   A  holder  of  a  Valid  and  Exempt
 
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 1    certificate may  activate  his  or  her  certificate  through
 2    procedures  provided for in the certificate renewal procedure
 3    established pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section.
 4        (e)(1)  A Standard Teaching  Certificate  that  has  been
 5    maintained  as  Valid  and  Active  for  the  5  years of the
 6    certificate's validity shall be renewed as Valid  and  Active
 7    upon  the  certificate  holder:  (i)  completing  an advanced
 8    degree from an approved institution in  an  education-related
 9    field;   (ii)   completing  at  least  8  semester  hours  of
10    coursework as described in subdivision (B) (A)  of  paragraph
11    (3)  of  this  subsection (e); (iii) (ii) earning at least 24
12    continuing education units as described  in  subdivision  (C)
13    (B)  of  paragraph  (3)  of  this  subsection (e); (iv) (iii)
14    completing  the  National  Board  for  Professional  Teaching
15    Standards process as described  in  subdivision  (D)  (C)  of
16    paragraph (3) of this subsection (e); or (v) (iv) earning 120
17    continuing   professional   development   units  ("CPDU")  as
18    described in subdivision (E) (D) of  paragraph  (3)  of  this
19    subsection   (e).    The   maximum   continuing  professional
20    development   units   for   each   continuing    professional
21    development  activity  identified  in  subdivisions  (F)  (E)
22    through (J) (I) of paragraph (3) of this subsection (e) shall
23    be jointly determined by the State Board of Education and the
24    State   Teacher   Certification   Board.   If,  however,  the
25    certificate holder has maintained the  certificate  as  Valid
26    and  Exempt  for  a portion of the 5-year period of validity,
27    the  number  of  continuing  professional  development  units
28    needed to renew the certificate as Valid and Active shall  be
29    proportionately reduced by the amount of time the certificate
30    was Valid and Exempt. Furthermore, if a certificate holder is
31    employed  and performs teaching services on a part-time basis
32    for all or a portion of the certificate's  5-year  period  of
33    validity,  the  number of continuing professional development
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 1    shall   be  reduced  by  50%  for  the  amount  of  time  the
 2    certificate holder has been employed and  performed  teaching
 3    services on a part-time basis.  Part-time shall be defined as
 4    less than 50% of the school day or school term.
 5        (2)  Each  Valid and Active Standard Teaching Certificate
 6    holder  shall  develop  a  certificate   renewal   plan   for
 7    satisfying    the    continuing    professional   development
 8    requirement provided for in subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of
 9    this Code.  Certificate holders  with  multiple  certificates
10    shall  develop a certificate renewal plan that addresses only
11    that certificate or those certificates that are  required  of
12    his or her certificated teaching position, if the certificate
13    holder  is  employed  and  performing services in an Illinois
14    public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school,
15    or cooperative or joint agreement with a  governing  body  or
16    board  of  control, or that certificate or those certificates
17    most closely related to his or her teaching position, if  the
18    certificate  holder  is employed in a charter school.  Except
19    as otherwise provided in this subsection (e),  a  certificate
20    renewal   plan  shall  include  a  minimum  of  3  individual
21    improvement goals developed by  the  certificate  holder  and
22    shall  reflect  purposes  (A),  (B),  and (C) and may reflect
23    purpose  (D)  of  the   following   continuing   professional
24    development purposes:
25             (A)  Advance both the certificate holder's knowledge
26        and  skills  as  a  teacher  consistent with the Illinois
27        Professional Teaching Standards and the Illinois  Content
28        Area  Standards  in  the  certificate  holder's  areas of
29        certification, endorsement,  or  teaching  assignment  in
30        order  to  keep  the  certificate holder current in those
31        areas.
32             (B)  Develop the certificate holder's knowledge  and
33        skills  in  areas  determined  to  be  critical  for  all
34        Illinois  teachers,  as  defined  by  the  State Board of
 
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 1        Education, known as "State priorities".
 2             (C)  Address the knowledge, skills, and goals of the
 3        certificate holder's local school  improvement  plan,  if
 4        the   teacher  is  employed  in  an  Illinois  public  or
 5        State-operated elementary school,  secondary  school,  or
 6        cooperative  or  joint agreement with a governing body or
 7        board of control.
 8             (D)  Expand the certificate holder's  knowledge  and
 9        skills  in  an  additional  teaching  field or toward the
10        acquisition of another teaching certificate, endorsement,
11        or relevant education degree.
12    A certificate renewal plan must include a description of  how
13    these goals are to be achieved and an explanation of selected
14    continuing   professional   development   activities   to  be
15    completed, each of  which  must  meet  one  or  more  of  the
16    continuing  professional  development  purposes  specified in
17    this  paragraph  (2).   The  plan  shall  identify  potential
18    activities  and  include  projected   timelines   for   those
19    activities that will assure completion of the plan before the
20    expiration  of  the  5-year validity of the Standard Teaching
21    Certificate.  Except as otherwise provided in this subsection
22    (e), at least  50%  of  continuing  professional  development
23    units  must  relate to purposes (A) and (B) set forth in this
24    paragraph (2): the  advancement  of  a  certificate  holder's
25    knowledge  and  skills  as  a  teacher  consistent  with  the
26    Illinois  Professional  Teaching  Standards  and the Illinois
27    Content Area Standards in the certificate holder's  areas  of
28    certification,  endorsement,  or teaching assignment in order
29    to keep the certificate holder current in those areas and the
30    development of a certificate holder's knowledge and skills in
31    the State priorities that exist at the time  the  certificate
32    renewal plan is developed.
33        A  speech-language  pathologist  or  audiologist  who  is
34    licensed  under  the  Illinois  Speech-Language Pathology and
 
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 1    Audiology  Practice  Act  and  who  has  met  the  continuing
 2    education requirements of that Act and the rules  promulgated
 3    under  that  Act  shall  be  deemed  to  have  satisfied  the
 4    continuing  professional development requirements established
 5    by the State Board of Education and the Teacher Certification
 6    Board to renew a Standard Certificate.
 7        (3)  Continuing   professional   development   activities
 8    included in a certificate renewal plan may include,  but  are
 9    not limited to, the following activities:
10             (A)  completion   of  an  advanced  degree  from  an
11        approved institution in an education-related field;
12             (B) (A)  at least 8 semester hours of coursework  in
13        an  approved education-related program, of which at least
14        2 semester hours relate to  the  continuing  professional
15        development purpose set forth in purpose (A) of paragraph
16        (2)  of  this  subsection  (e), provided that such a plan
17        need  not  include  any  other  continuing   professional
18        development  activities nor reflect or contain activities
19        related to the other continuing professional  development
20        purposes  set  forth  in paragraph (2) of this subsection
21        (e);
22             (C) (B)  continuing education units that satisfy the
23        continuing professional development purposes set forth in
24        paragraph  (2)  of  this  subsection   (e),   with   each
25        continuing   education  unit  equal  to  5  clock  hours,
26        provided that a plan that includes at least 24 continuing
27        education units (or 120  clock/contact  hours)  need  not
28        include  any  other  continuing  professional development
29        activities;
30             (D)  (C)  completion  of  the  National   Board   of
31        Professional   Teaching   Standards   ("NBPTS")  process,
32        provided that a plan  that  includes  completion  of  the
33        NBPTS  process  need  not  include  any  other continuing
34        professional  development  activities  nor   reflect   or
 
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 1        contain activities related to the continuing professional
 2        development  purposes  set  forth  in  paragraph  (2)  of
 3        subsection (e) of this Section;
 4             (E)  (D)  completion  of 120 continuing professional
 5        development   units   that   satisfy    the    continuing
 6        professional  development purposes set forth in paragraph
 7        (2) of  this  subsection  (e)  and  may  include  without
 8        limitation  the activities identified in subdivisions (F)
 9        (E) through (J) (I) of this paragraph (3);
10             (F) (E)  collaboration  and  partnership  activities
11        related  to  improving the teacher's knowledge and skills
12        as a teacher, including the following:
13                  (i)  participating  on  collaborative  planning
14             and professional improvement teams and committees;
15                  (ii)  peer review and coaching;
16                  (iii)  mentoring in a formal mentoring program,
17             including   service   as   a   consulting    teacher
18             participating  in  a  remediation process formulated
19             under Section 24A-5 of this Code;
20                  (iv)  participating in site-based management or
21             decision making teams, relevant committees,  boards,
22             or   task   forces   directly   related   to  school
23             improvement plans;
24                  (v)  coordinating   community   resources    in
25             schools,  if  the  project is a specific goal of the
26             school improvement plan;
27                  (vi)  facilitating  parent  education  programs
28             for a school, school district, or regional office of
29             education directly related to student achievement or
30             school improvement plans;
31                  (vii)  participating in  business,  school,  or
32             community  partnerships  directly related to student
33             achievement or school improvement plans; or
34                  (viii)  supervising  a   student   teacher   or
 
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 1             teacher education candidate in clinical supervision,
 2             provided  that  the  supervision may only be counted
 3             once during the course of 5 years;
 4             (G) (F)  college or university coursework related to
 5        improving the teacher's knowledge and skills as a teacher
 6        as follows:
 7                  (i)  completing   undergraduate   or   graduate
 8             credit   earned   from   a   regionally   accredited
 9             institution   in   coursework   relevant   to    the
10             certificate area being renewed, including coursework
11             that    incorporates    induction   activities   and
12             development of  a  portfolio  of  both  student  and
13             teacher  work that provides experience in reflective
14             practices, provided the  coursework  meets  Illinois
15             Professional  Teaching Standards or Illinois Content
16             Area   Standards   and   supports   the    essential
17             characteristics of quality professional development;
18             or
19                  (ii)  teaching college or university courses in
20             areas   relevant   to  the  certificate  area  being
21             renewed, provided that  the  teaching  may  only  be
22             counted once during the course of 5 years;
23             (H)    (G)  conferences,    workshops,   institutes,
24        seminars,  and  symposiums  related  to   improving   the
25        teacher's  knowledge  and  skills as a teacher, including
26        the following:
27                  (i)  completing non-university credit  directly
28             related  to  student achievement, school improvement
29             plans, or State priorities;
30                  (ii)  participating   in   or   presenting   at
31             workshops, seminars,  conferences,  institutes,  and
32             symposiums;
33                  (iii)  training   as   external  reviewers  for
34             Quality Assurance; or
 
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 1                  (iv)  training  as  reviewers   of   university
 2             teacher preparation programs;
 3             (I)  (H)  other  educational  experiences related to
 4        improving  the  teacher's  knowledge  and  skills  as   a
 5        teacher, including the following:
 6                  (i)  participating   in   action  research  and
 7             inquiry projects;
 8                  (ii)  observing   programs   or   teaching   in
 9             schools, related businesses,  or  industry  that  is
10             systematic,  purposeful, and relevant to certificate
11             renewal;
12                  (iii)  traveling  related  to   ones   teaching
13             assignment,  directly related to student achievement
14             or school improvement plans and approved at least 30
15             days prior to the travel experience,  provided  that
16             the traveling shall not include time spent commuting
17             to  destinations  where the learning experience will
18             occur;
19                  (iv)  participating in study groups related  to
20             student achievement or school improvement plans;
21                  (v)  serving  on  a statewide education-related
22             committee, including but not limited  to  the  State
23             Teacher   Certification   Board,   State   Board  of
24             Education  strategic  agenda  teams,  or  the  State
25             Advisory  Council  on  Education  of  Children  with
26             Disabilities;
27                  (vi)  participating in work/learn  programs  or
28             internships; or
29                  (vii)  developing  a  portfolio  of student and
30             teacher work;
31             (J) (I)  professional leadership experiences related
32        to improving the teacher's  knowledge  and  skills  as  a
33        teacher, including the following:
34                  (i)  participating in curriculum development or
 
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 1             assessment   activities   at   the   school,  school
 2             district, regional office of  education,  State,  or
 3             national level;
 4                  (ii)  participating   in   team  or  department
 5             leadership in a school or school district;
 6                  (iii)  participating on  external  or  internal
 7             school or school district review teams;
 8                  (iv)  publishing educational articles, columns,
 9             or  books  relevant  to  the  certificate area being
10             renewed; or
11                  (v)  participating   in   non-strike    related
12             professional   association   or  labor  organization
13             service  or  activities  related   to   professional
14             development.
15        (4)  A   certificate   renewal  plan  must  initially  be
16    approved  by  the  certificate  holder's  local  professional
17    development committee, as provided for in subsection  (f)  of
18    this   Section.    If   the  local  professional  development
19    committee does not approve the certificate renewal plan,  the
20    certificate  holder  may  appeal  that  determination  to the
21    regional  professional  development  review   committee,   as
22    provided  for  in  paragraph  (2)  of  subsection (g) of this
23    Section.  If the  regional  professional  development  review
24    committee  disagrees  with the local professional development
25    committee's determination, the certificate renewal plan shall
26    be deemed approved  and  the  certificate  holder  may  begin
27    satisfying the continuing professional development activities
28    set   forth  in  the  plan.   If  the  regional  professional
29    development  review   committee   agrees   with   the   local
30    professional   development   committee's  determination,  the
31    certificate renewal plan  shall  be  deemed  disapproved  and
32    shall  be  returned  to  the  certificate holder to develop a
33    revised certificate renewal plan.  In all cases, the regional
34    professional development review committee  shall  immediately
 
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 1    notify  both the local professional development committee and
 2    the certificate holder of its determination.
 3        (5)  A  certificate  holder  who  wishes  to  modify  the
 4    continuing professional development activities  or  goals  in
 5    his  or her certificate renewal plan must submit the proposed
 6    modifications to his or her  local  professional  development
 7    committee  for  approval  prior  to  engaging in the proposed
 8    activities.  If the local professional development  committee
 9    does  not  approve the proposed modification, the certificate
10    holder  may  appeal  that  determination  to   the   regional
11    professional  development  review  committee, as set forth in
12    paragraph (4) of this subsection (e).
13        (6)  When a certificate  holder  changes  assignments  or
14    school   districts   during   the   course  of  completing  a
15    certificate renewal plan, the  professional  development  and
16    continuing education credit earned pursuant to the plan shall
17    transfer  to  the new assignment or school district and count
18    toward the total requirements.  This certificate renewal plan
19    must  be  reviewed  by  the  appropriate  local  professional
20    development committee and may  be  modified  to  reflect  the
21    certificate  holder's  new  work  assignment  or  the  school
22    improvement  plan  of  the  new  school  district  or  school
23    building.
24        (f)  Notwithstanding  any  other provisions of this Code,
25    each school district,  charter  school,  and  cooperative  or
26    joint  agreement  with  a  governing body or board of control
27    that  employs  certificated  staff,   shall   establish   and
28    implement,  in conjunction with its exclusive representative,
29    if  any,  one  or   more   local   professional   development
30    committees,  as set forth in this subsection (f), which shall
31    perform the following functions:
32             (1)  review and approve  certificate  renewal  plans
33        and  any  modifications  made  to  these plans, including
34        transferred plans;
 
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 1             (2)  maintain a file of approved certificate renewal
 2        plans;
 3             (3)  monitor  certificate   holders'   progress   in
 4        completing  approved  certificate renewal plans, provided
 5        that a local professional development committee shall not
 6        be  required   to   maintain   materials   submitted   by
 7        certificate  holders  to  demonstrate  their  progress in
 8        completing their  certificate  renewal  plans  after  the
 9        committee has reviewed the materials and the credits have
10        been awarded;
11             (4)  assist   in  the  development  of  professional
12        development  plans  based  upon   needs   identified   in
13        certificate renewal plans;
14             (5)  determine  whether certificate holders have met
15        the requirements of their certificate renewal  plans  and
16        notify certificate holders of its determination;
17             (6)  provide   a   certificate   holder   with   the
18        opportunity   to   address  the  committee  when  it  has
19        determined that the certificate holder has  not  met  the
20        requirements of his or her certificate renewal plan;
21             (7)  issue  and  forward recommendations for renewal
22        or nonrenewal of certificate holders'  Standard  Teaching
23        Certificates  to  the appropriate regional superintendent
24        of schools, based upon whether certificate  holders  have
25        met   the  requirements  of  their  approved  certificate
26        renewal  plans,  with  30-day  written  notice   of   its
27        recommendation  provided  to the certificate holder prior
28        to  forwarding  the  recommendation   to   the   regional
29        superintendent  of  schools,  provided  that if the local
30        professional development  committee's  recommendation  is
31        for  certificate  nonrenewal, the written notice provided
32        to the certificate holder shall include a return receipt;
33        and
34             (8)  reconsider its  recommendation  of  certificate
 
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 1        nonrenewal, upon request of the certificate holder within
 2        30 days of receipt of written notification that the local
 3        professional  development  committee  will  make  such  a
 4        recommendation,    and    forward    to    the   regional
 5        superintendent of schools its  recommendation  within  30
 6        days of receipt of the certificate holder's request.
 7        Each   local  professional  development  committee  shall
 8    consist of at least 3 classroom teachers; one  superintendent
 9    or  chief  administrator  of  the  school  district,  charter
10    school,  or  cooperative  or  joint  agreement  or his or her
11    designee; and one at-large member who shall be either  (i)  a
12    parent,  (ii)  a  member  of  the business community, (iii) a
13    community member, or (iv) an administrator,  with  preference
14    given to an individual chosen from among those persons listed
15    in   items   (i),   (ii),   and  (iii)  in  order  to  secure
16    representation of an interest not already represented on  the
17    committee.    Except  in a school district in a city having a
18    population   exceeding   500,000,   a   local    professional
19    development  committee  shall be responsible for no more than
20    200  certificate  renewal  plans  annually  unless  otherwise
21    mutually agreed upon by the school district, charter  school,
22    or  governing  body  or  board of control of a cooperative or
23    joint agreement and its exclusive representative, if any.  If
24    mutually agreed upon by the school district, charter  school,
25    or  governing  body  or  board of control of a cooperative or
26    joint agreement and its  exclusive  representative,  if  any,
27    additional  members  may  be  added  to  a local professional
28    development committee, provided that a  majority  of  members
29    are  classroom  teachers.    Except in a school district in a
30    city having a population  exceeding  500,000,  if  additional
31    members   are  added  to  a  local  professional  development
32    committee, the maximum number of  certificate  renewal  plans
33    for  which the committee shall annually be responsible may be
34    increased by 50 plans  for  each  additional  member,  unless
 
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 1    otherwise  mutually  agreed  upon  by  the  school  district,
 2    charter  school,  or  governing body or board of control of a
 3    cooperative   or   joint   agreement   and   its    exclusive
 4    representative, if any.  The school district, charter school,
 5    or  governing  body  or  board of control of a cooperative or
 6    joint agreement and its  exclusive  representative,  if  any,
 7    shall determine the term of service of the members of a local
 8    professional development committee.  All individuals selected
 9    to serve on local professional development committees must be
10    known  to demonstrate the best practices in teaching or their
11    respective field of practice.
12        The exclusive representative, if any,  shall  select  the
13    classroom   teacher   members   of   the  local  professional
14    development  committee.   If  no   exclusive   representative
15    exists,  then  the  classroom  teacher  members  of  a  local
16    professional  development  committee shall be selected by the
17    classroom teachers that come within  the  local  professional
18    development  committee's  authority.   The  school  district,
19    charter  school,  or  governing body or board of control of a
20    cooperative  or  joint   agreement   shall   select   the   2
21    non-classroom  teacher  members  (the superintendent or chief
22    administrator of the  school  district,  charter  school,  or
23    cooperative or joint agreement or his or her designee and the
24    at-large   member)   of   a  local  professional  development
25    committee.  Vacancies in positions on  a  local  professional
26    development  committee  shall be filled in the same manner as
27    the original selections.  The members of a local professional
28    development committee  shall  select  a  chairperson.   Local
29    professional   development   committee   meetings   shall  be
30    scheduled so as not  to  interfere  with  committee  members'
31    regularly  scheduled  teaching  duties, except when otherwise
32    permitted by the policies of or agreed to or approved by  the
33    school  district,  charter school, or governing body or board
34    of control of  a  cooperative  or  joint  agreement,  or  its
 
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 1    designee.
 2        The  board  of education or governing board shall convene
 3    the first  meeting  of  the  local  professional  development
 4    committee.   All  actions  taken  by  the  local professional
 5    development  committee  shall  require  that  a  majority  of
 6    committee members be present, and no committee action may  be
 7    taken  unless  50%  or  more  of  those  present  are teacher
 8    members.
 9        The State  Board  of  Education  and  the  State  Teacher
10    Certification  Board shall jointly provide local professional
11    development committee members with a training manual, and the
12    members shall certify that they have received  and  read  the
13    manual.
14        Notwithstanding  any  other provisions of this subsection
15    (f), for a teacher employed  and  performing  services  in  a
16    nonpublic  or  State-operated elementary or secondary school,
17    all references to a local professional development  committee
18    shall  mean  the  regional  superintendent  of schools of the
19    regional office of education for the  geographic  area  where
20    the teaching is done.
21        (g)(1)  Each  regional  superintendent  of  schools shall
22    review and concur or nonconcur with each  recommendation  for
23    renewal  or  nonrenewal of a Standard Teaching Certificate he
24    or  she  receives  from  a  local  professional   development
25    committee   or,   if   a   certificate   holder  appeals  the
26    recommendation  to  the  regional  professional   development
27    review   committee,   the   recommendation   for  renewal  or
28    nonrenewal he or she receives from  a  regional  professional
29    development  review  committee and, within 14 days of receipt
30    of  the  recommendation,  shall  provide  the  State  Teacher
31    Certification Board with verification of  the  following,  if
32    applicable:
33             (A)  a   certificate  renewal  plan  was  filed  and
34        approved   by   the   appropriate   local    professional
 
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 1        development committee;
 2             (B)  the  professional  development  and  continuing
 3        education   activities   set   forth   in   the  approved
 4        certificate  renewal  plan   have   been   satisfactorily
 5        completed;
 6             (C)  the  local  professional  development committee
 7        has recommended the renewal of the  certificate  holder's
 8        Standard   Teaching   Certificate   and   forwarded   the
 9        recommendation,  along  with all supporting documentation
10        as jointly required by the State Board of  Education  and
11        the  State  Teacher  Certification Board, to the regional
12        superintendent of schools;
13             (D)  the certificate holder has appealed his or  her
14        local professional development committee's recommendation
15        of  nonrenewal  to  the regional professional development
16        review committee and the result of that appeal;
17             (E)  the  regional  superintendent  of  schools  has
18        concurred or nonconcurred  with  the  local  professional
19        development    committee's   or   regional   professional
20        development review committee's recommendation to renew or
21        nonrenew  the  certificate  holder's  Standard   Teaching
22        Certificate and made a recommendation to that effect; and
23             (F)  the   established   registration  fee  for  the
24        Standard Teaching Certificate has been paid.
25    At the same  time  the  regional  superintendent  of  schools
26    provides  the  State  Teacher  Certification  Board  with the
27    notice required by this subsection (g), he or she shall  also
28    notify the certificate holder in writing that this notice has
29    been  provided  to  the  State  Teacher  Certification Board,
30    provided  that  if  the  notice  provided  by  the   regional
31    superintendent  of schools to the State Teacher Certification
32    Board includes a recommendation  of  certificate  nonrenewal,
33    the  written  notice provided to the certificate holder shall
34    be by certified mail, return receipt requested.
 
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 1        (2)  Each certificate holder  shall  have  the  right  to
 2    appeal  his or her local professional development committee's
 3    recommendation of nonrenewal  to  the  regional  professional
 4    development  review  committee,  within 14 days of receipt of
 5    notice that the recommendation has been sent to the  regional
 6    superintendent  of  schools.  Each regional superintendent of
 7    schools shall establish a regional  professional  development
 8    review  committee  or  committees for the purpose of advising
 9    the regional superintendent of  schools,  upon  request,  and
10    handling  certificate  holder  appeals.  This committee shall
11    consist   of   at   least   4   classroom    teachers,    one
12    non-administrative   certificated   educational  employee,  2
13    administrators, and one at-large member who shall  be  either
14    (i)  a parent, (ii) a member of the business community, (iii)
15    a community member, or (iv) an administrator, with preference
16    given to an individual chosen from among those persons listed
17    in  items  (i),  (ii),  and  (iii)   in   order   to   secure
18    representation  of an interest not already represented on the
19    committee.  The teacher and  non-administrative  certificated
20    educational employee members of the review committee shall be
21    selected  by  their exclusive representative, if any, and the
22    administrators and at-large member shall be selected  by  the
23    regional    superintendent    of    schools.     A   regional
24    superintendent of schools may add additional members  to  the
25    committee,  provided  that the same proportion of teachers to
26    administrators and  at-large  members  on  the  committee  is
27    maintained.   Any  additional  teacher and non-administrative
28    certificated educational employee members shall  be  selected
29    by  their  exclusive  representative,  if  any.  Vacancies in
30    positions  on  a  regional  professional  development  review
31    committee shall be filled in the same manner as the  original
32    selections.   Committee  members shall serve staggered 3-year
33    terms.   All  individuals  selected  to  serve  on   regional
34    professional  development  review committees must be known to
 
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 1    demonstrate  the  best  practices  in   teaching   or   their
 2    respective field of practice.
 3        The exclusive representative responsible for choosing the
 4    individuals that serve on a regional professional development
 5    review  committee  shall notify each school district, charter
 6    school,  or  governing  body  or  board  of  control   of   a
 7    cooperative  or  joint  agreement  employing  the individuals
 8    chosen to serve and provide their names  to  the  appropriate
 9    regional  superintendent  of  schools.  Regional professional
10    development review committee meetings shall be  scheduled  so
11    as  not  to  interfere  with the committee members' regularly
12    scheduled teaching duties, except when otherwise permitted by
13    the policies of or  agreed  to  or  approved  by  the  school
14    district,  charter  school,  or  governing  body  or board of
15    control of a cooperative or joint agreement, or its designee,
16    provided  that  the  school  district,  charter  school,   or
17    governing  body  or  board  of control shall not unreasonably
18    withhold permission for a committee member to attend regional
19    professional development review committee meetings.
20        In a city having a population exceeding 500,000 that does
21    not have a regional office of education, one or more separate
22    regional professional development review committees shall  be
23    established as mutually agreed upon by the board of education
24    of  the  school  district  organized under Article 34 of this
25    Code and the exclusive representative.   The  composition  of
26    each   committee   shall  be  the  same  as  for  a  regional
27    professional  development  review  committee,   except   that
28    members  of  the  committee shall be jointly appointed by the
29    board of education  and  the  exclusive  representative.  All
30    other   provisions   of   this  Section  concerning  regional
31    professional development review  committees  shall  apply  to
32    these committees.
33        The  regional  professional  development review committee
34    may require information in addition to that received  from  a
 
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 1    certificate holder's local professional development committee
 2    or  request  that  the  certificate  holder appear before it,
 3    shall either concur or nonconcur with  a  local  professional
 4    development  committee's  recommendation  of  nonrenewal, and
 5    shall forward to the regional superintendent of  schools  its
 6    recommendation  of  renewal or nonrenewal.  All actions taken
 7    by the regional  professional  development  review  committee
 8    shall  require  a quorum and be by a simple majority of those
 9    present  and  voting.    A  record  of  all  votes  shall  be
10    maintained.  The committee shall have 45 days from receipt of
11    a certificate holder's appeal to make its  recommendation  to
12    the regional superintendent of schools.
13        The  State  Board  of  Education  and  the  State Teacher
14    Certification   Board   shall   jointly   provide    regional
15    professional  development  review  committee  members  with a
16    training manual, and the members shall be required to  attend
17    one  training seminar sponsored jointly by the State Board of
18    Education and the State Teacher Certification Board.
19        (h)(1)  The  State  Teacher  Certification  Board   shall
20    review    the    regional    superintendent    of    schools'
21    recommendations   to  renew  or  nonrenew  Standard  Teaching
22    Certificates  and  notify  certificate  holders  in   writing
23    whether  their  certificates  have been renewed or nonrenewed
24    within 90 days of receipt of the  recommendations,  unless  a
25    certificate  holder has appealed a regional superintendent of
26    schools'  recommendation  of  nonrenewal,  as   provided   in
27    paragraph  (2)  of  this  subsection  (h).  The State Teacher
28    Certification Board shall verify that the certificate  holder
29    has  met  the  renewal criteria set forth in paragraph (1) of
30    subsection (g) of this Section.
31        (2)  Each certificate holder  shall  have  the  right  to
32    appeal  a  regional superintendent of school's recommendation
33    to nonrenew his or her Standard Teaching Certificate  to  the
34    State  Teacher Certification Board, within 14 days of receipt
 
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 1    of notice that the  decision  has  been  sent  to  the  State
 2    Teacher  Certification  Board,  which  shall  hold  an appeal
 3    hearing within 60 days of receipt of the appeal.   When  such
 4    an   appeal  is  taken,  the  certificate  holder's  Standard
 5    Teaching Certificate shall continue to  be  valid  until  the
 6    appeal    is   finally   determined.    The   State   Teacher
 7    Certification Board shall review the regional  superintendent
 8    of   school's   recommendation,   the  regional  professional
 9    development review committee's recommendation,  if  any,  and
10    the local professional development committee's recommendation
11    and   all   relevant  documentation  to  verify  whether  the
12    certificate holder has met the renewal criteria set forth  in
13    paragraph  (1)  of subsection (g) of this Section.  The State
14    Teacher Certification Board may request that the  certificate
15    holder  appear  before  it.   All  actions taken by the State
16    Teacher Certification Board shall require a quorum and be  by
17    a  simple  majority of those present and voting.  A record of
18    all  votes  shall   be   maintained.    The   State   Teacher
19    Certification  Board  shall  notify the certificate holder in
20    writing, within 7 days of completing the review, whether  his
21    or  her  Standard  Teaching  Certificate  has been renewed or
22    nonrenewed, provided that if the State Teacher  Certification
23    Board  determines  to  nonrenew  a  certificate,  the written
24    notice  provided  to  the  certificate  holder  shall  be  by
25    certified mail, return receipt requested.    All  certificate
26    renewal   or   nonrenewal  decisions  of  the  State  Teacher
27    Certification Board are final and subject  to  administrative
28    review, as set forth in Section 21-24 of this Code.
29        (i)  Holders  of  Master Teaching Certificates shall meet
30    the same requirements  and  follow  the  same  procedures  as
31    holders  of Standard Teaching Certificates, except that their
32    renewal cycle shall be as set  forth  in  subsection  (d)  of
33    Section 21-2 of this Code.
34        A   holder  of  a  teaching  certificate  endorsed  as  a
 
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 1    speech-language  pathologist  who  has   been   granted   the
 2    Certificate   of   Clinical   Competence   by   the  American
 3    Speech-Language Hearing Association  may  renew  his  or  her
 4    Standard Teaching Certificate pursuant to the 10-year renewal
 5    cycle  set  forth  in  subsection (d) of Section 21-2 of this
 6    Code.
 7        (j)  Holders of Valid  and  Exempt  Standard  and  Master
 8    Teaching  Certificates  who  are  not employed and performing
 9    services in an Illinois public or  State-operated  elementary
10    school,  secondary  school, or cooperative or joint agreement
11    with a governing body or board of control, in a  certificated
12    teaching    position,    may   voluntarily   activate   their
13    certificates  by  developing  and  submitting  a  certificate
14    renewal plan to the regional superintendent of schools of the
15    regional office of education for the  geographic  area  where
16    their teaching is done, who, or whose designee, shall approve
17    the   plan  and  serve  as  the  certificate  holder's  local
18    professional  development   committee.    These   certificate
19    holders shall follow the same renewal criteria and procedures
20    as   all  other  Standard  and  Master  Teaching  Certificate
21    holders,   except   that   their   continuing    professional
22    development plans shall not be required to reflect or address
23    the   knowledge,   skills,   and  goals  of  a  local  school
24    improvement plan.
25        (k)  Each school district, charter school, or cooperative
26    or joint agreement shall be paid an annual amount of not less
27    than $1,000, as determined by a formula based on  the  number
28    of Standard Teaching and Master Teaching Certificate holders,
29    subject  to  renewal  and  established by rule, not to exceed
30    $1,000,000  annually  for  all  school   districts,   charter
31    schools,   and   cooperatives   or   joint   agreements,  for
32    administrative costs associated with conducting the  meetings
33    of   the   local   professional   development  committee,  as
34    determined in consultation with the committee.  Each regional
 
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 1    office of education shall  receive  $2,000  annually  to  pay
 2    school  districts,  charter schools, or cooperatives or joint
 3    agreements for costs, as defined by rule, incurred  in  staff
 4    attendance   at   regional  professional  development  review
 5    committee meetings and the training  seminar  required  under
 6    paragraph (2) of subsection (g) of this Section.
 7        (l)  The  State  Board of Education and the State Teacher
 8    Certification  Board   shall   jointly   contract   with   an
 9    independent  party  to  conduct a comprehensive evaluation of
10    the certificate renewal system pursuant to this Section.  The
11    first report of this evaluation shall  be  presented  to  the
12    General Assembly on January 1, 2005 and on January 1 of every
13    third year thereafter.
14    (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99; 92-510, eff. 6-1-02.)

15        (105 ILCS 5/21-16) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-16)
16        Sec. 21-16. Fees - Requirement for registration.
17        (a)  Until February 15, 2000, every applicant when issued
18    a  certificate  shall  pay  to the regional superintendent of
19    schools a fee of $1, which shall be paid into  the  institute
20    fund.  Every  certificate issued under the provisions of this
21    Act shall be registered annually or, at  the  option  of  the
22    holder  of  the certificate, once every 3 years. The regional
23    superintendent of schools having supervision and control over
24    the school where the teaching  is  done  shall  register  the
25    certificate  before  the holder begins to teach, otherwise it
26    shall be registered in any county in the State  of  Illinois;
27    and one fee of $4 per year for registration or renewal of one
28    or  more  certificates  which  have  been  issued to the same
29    holder shall be paid into the institute fund.
30        Until February 15, 2000, requirements for registration of
31    any certificate limited in time  shall  include  evidence  of
32    professional growth defined as successful teaching experience
33    since   last   registration  of  certificate,  attendance  at
 
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 1    professional    meetings,    membership    in    professional
 2    organizations,  additional  credits  earned   in   recognized
 3    teacher-training   institutions,   travel   specifically  for
 4    educational experience, reading  of  professional  books  and
 5    periodicals,  filing  all reports as required by the regional
 6    superintendent of schools and  the  State  Superintendent  of
 7    Education   or   such   other   professional   experience  or
 8    combination of experiences as are presented  by  the  teacher
 9    and  are approved by the State Superintendent of Education in
10    consultation with the State Teacher  Certification  Board.  A
11    duplicate  certificate may be issued to the holder of a valid
12    life certificate or valid certificate limited in time by  the
13    State  Superintendent of Education; however, it shall only be
14    issued upon request of a regional superintendent  of  schools
15    and  upon  payment  to the regional superintendent of schools
16    who requests such duplicate a fee of $4.
17        (b)  Beginning February 15, 2000,  all  persons  who  are
18    issued Standard Teaching Certificates pursuant to clause (ii)
19    of  paragraph  (1)  (2) of subsection (c) of Section 21-2 and
20    all persons who renew Standard  Teaching  Certificates  shall
21    pay a $25 fee for registration of all certificates held.  All
22    persons  who  are issued Standard Teaching Certificates under
23    clause (i) of paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of Section 21-2
24    and all other applicants for Standard  Teaching  Certificates
25    shall  pay  an  original application fee, pursuant to Section
26    21-12, and a $25 fee for  registration  of  all  certificates
27    held.    These  certificates  shall  be  registered  and  the
28    registration fee paid once every 5 years.  Standard  Teaching
29    Certificate  applicants  and holders shall not be required to
30    pay any other registration fees for issuance  or  renewal  of
31    their  certificates,  except  as provided in Section 21-17 of
32    this Code.  Beginning  February  15,  2000,  Master  Teaching
33    Certificates  shall be issued and renewed upon payment by the
34    applicant or certificate holder of a $50 fee for registration
 
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 1    of  all  certificates  held.   These  certificates  shall  be
 2    registered and the fee paid  once  every  10  years.   Master
 3    Teaching  Certificate  applicants  and  holders  shall not be
 4    required to pay any other application  or  registration  fees
 5    for  issuance  or  renewal  of  their certificates, except as
 6    provided  in  Section  21-17  of  this   Code.    All   other
 7    certificates  issued  under the provisions of this Code shall
 8    be registered for the validity period of the  certificate  at
 9    the  rate  of  $5  per year for the total number of years for
10    which the  certificate  is  valid  for  registration  of  all
11    certificates  held,  or  for  a  maximum  of 5 years for life
12    certificates.  The regional superintendent of schools  having
13    supervision and control over the school where the teaching is
14    done  shall register the certificate before the holder begins
15    to teach, otherwise it shall be registered in any  county  in
16    the  State of Illinois. Each holder shall pay the appropriate
17    registration fee to the regional superintendent  of  schools.
18    The  regional  superintendent  of  schools  shall deposit the
19    registration fees into the institute fund.   Any  certificate
20    holder  who  teaches  in  more  than  one educational service
21    region shall register the certificate or certificates in  all
22    regions  where the teaching is done, but shall be required to
23    pay one registration fee for all certificates held,  provided
24    holders  of  certificates  issued pursuant to Section 21-9 of
25    this Code shall be required to pay one registration  fee,  in
26    each   educational   service  region  in  which  his  or  her
27    certificate  or  certificates   are   registered,   for   all
28    certificates held.
29        A  duplicate certificate may be issued to the holder of a
30    valid life certificate or valid certificate limited  in  time
31    by  the  State Superintendent of Education; however, it shall
32    only be issued upon request of a regional  superintendent  of
33    schools  and  upon  payment to the regional superintendent of
34    schools who requests the duplicate a fee of $4,  which  shall
 
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 1    be deposited into the institute fund.
 2    (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

 3        Section  95.   No  acceleration or delay.  Where this Act
 4    makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
 5    text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for  example,  a
 6    Section  represented  by  multiple versions), the use of that
 7    text does not accelerate or delay the taking  effect  of  (i)
 8    the  changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
 9    any other Public Act.

10        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
11    becoming  law,  except that Section 3 takes effect on July 1,
12    2002.

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