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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1436

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 1436,  AS  AMENDED,
 3    by  inserting  immediately  after  the  enacting  clause  the
 4    following:

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

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

20        (105 ILCS 5/21-27)
21        Sec.  21-27.   The  Illinois Teaching Excellence Program.
22    The  Illinois   Teaching   Excellence   Program   is   hereby
23    established  to  provide  categorical  funding  for  monetary
24    incentives  and  bonuses  for  teachers  who  are employed by
25    school districts and who  hold  a  Master  Certificate.   The
26    State  Board  of  Education  shall allocate and distribute to
27    each school district an amount as  annually  appropriated  by
28    the  General  Assembly  from  federal  funds for the Illinois
29    Teaching Excellence Program.  Unless  otherwise  provided  by
30    appropriation, each school district's annual allocation shall
31    be the sum of the amounts earned for the following incentives
32    and bonuses:
33             (1)  An  annual  A  one-time payment of $3,000 to be
 
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 1        paid to  each  teacher  who  successfully  completes  the
 2        program  leading to and who receives a Master Certificate
 3        and is employed as a teacher by a school  district.   The
 4        school  district  shall  distribute  this payment to each
 5        eligible teacher as a single payment or in not more  than
 6        3 payments.
 7             (2)  An  annual  incentive  equal to $1,000 shall be
 8        paid to each teacher who holds a Master Certificate,  who
 9        is  employed  as  a teacher by a school district, and who
10        agrees, in writing, to  provide  60  hours  of  mentoring
11        during  that  year to classroom teachers.  This mentoring
12        may  include,  either  singly  or  in  combination,   (i)
13        providing  high  quality professional development for new
14        and experienced teachers,  and  (ii)  assisting  National
15        Board   for   Professional   Teaching  Standards  (NBPTS)
16        candidates through the NBPTS certification process.   The
17        school  district  shall  distribute  50%  of  each annual
18        incentive payment upon completion  of  30  hours  of  the
19        required mentoring and the remaining 50% of the incentive
20        upon  completion  of  the required 60 hours of mentoring.
21        Credit may not  be  granted  by  a  school  district  for
22        mentoring  or  related services provided during a regular
23        school day or during the total number of days of required
24        service for the school year.
25             (3)  An annual incentive equal to  $3,000  shall  be
26        paid  to each teacher who holds a Master Certificate, who
27        is employed as a teacher by a school  district,  and  who
28        agrees,  in  writing,  to  provide  60 hours of mentoring
29        during that year to classroom teachers in schools on  the
30        Academic Early Warning List or in schools in which 50% or
31        more  of  the  students  receive  free  or  reduced price
32        lunches, or both. The school  district  shall  distribute
33        50%  of  each annual incentive payment upon completion of
34        30 hours of the required mentoring and the remaining  50%
 
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 1        of the incentive upon completion of the required 60 hours
 2        of  mentoring.   Credit  may  not  be granted by a school
 3        district  for  mentoring  or  related  services  provided
 4        during a regular school day or during the total number of
 5        days of required service for the school year.
 6        Each regional superintendent  of  schools  shall  provide
 7    information  about  the  Master  Certificate  Program  of the
 8    National Board for Professional  Teaching  Standards  (NBPTS)
 9    and  this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly to each
10    individual seeking to register or renew a  certificate  under
11    Section 21-14 of this Code.
12    (Source: P.A. 91-606, eff. 8-16-99.)"; and

13    by replacing Section 99 with the following:

14        "Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
15    becoming  law,  except that Section 3 takes effect on July 1,
16    2002.".

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