HB2204eng 92nd General Assembly


92_HB2204eng

 
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 1        AN ACT relating to certification of school personnel.

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

 4        Section 5.   The  School  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 5    Sections  2-3.11,  10-21.9,  10-22.20a,  10-22.24a, 10-22.34,
 6    14-1.09.1, 14-8.05, 14C-2, 21-1, 21-1a, 21-1b,  21-1c,  21-2,
 7    21-2.1,  21-2b, 21-3, 21-4, 21-5, 21-5a, 21-5b, 21-5c, 21-5d,
 8    21-7.1, 21-9,  21-10,  21-11.1,  21-11.2,  21-11.3,  21-11.4,
 9    21-12,  21-14,  21-16,  21-17,  21-19, 21-21, 21-21.1, 21-23,
10    21-23b, 21-24, 21-25, 34-18.5, and 34-83 and  adding  Section
11    21-0.05 as follows:

12        (105 ILCS 5/2-3.11) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.11)
13        Sec.  2-3.11.   Report  to Governor and General Assembly.
14    To report to the Governor and General Assembly annually on or
15    before January 14 the condition of the schools of  the  State
16    for the preceding year, ending on June 30.
17        Such  annual  report  shall  contain reports of the State
18    Teacher  Certification  Board;  the  schools  of  the   State
19    charitable institutions; reports on driver education, special
20    education,  and  transportation; and for such year the annual
21    statistical  reports  of  the  State  Board   of   Education,
22    including the number and kinds of school districts; number of
23    school  attendance centers; number of men and women teachers;
24    enrollment  by   grades;   total   enrollment;   total   days
25    attendance;  total  days  absence;  average daily attendance;
26    number of elementary and secondary school graduates; assessed
27    valuation; tax levies and tax  rates  for  various  purposes;
28    amount  of teachers' orders, anticipation warrants, and bonds
29    outstanding; and number of men and women teachers  and  total
30    enrollment  of private schools. The report shall give for all
31    school districts receipts from all sources  and  expenditures
 
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 1    for  all  purposes for each fund; the total operating expense
 2    and  the  per  capita  cost;   federal  and  state  aids  and
 3    reimbursements; new school buildings, and recognized schools;
 4    together with such other information and suggestions  as  the
 5    State  Board  of  Education may deem important in relation to
 6    the schools and  school  laws  and  the  means  of  promoting
 7    education throughout the state.
 8    (Source: P.A. 84-1308; 84-1424.)

 9        (105 ILCS 5/10-21.9) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.9)
10        Sec. 10-21.9.  Criminal background investigations.
11        (a)  After  August  1,  1985,  certified and noncertified
12    applicants for employment  with  a  school  district,  except
13    school  bus driver applicants, are required as a condition of
14    employment to authorize an investigation to determine if such
15    applicants have been  convicted  of  any  of  the  enumerated
16    criminal  or  drug offenses in subsection (c) of this Section
17    or have been convicted, within 7 years of the application for
18    employment with the school  district,  of  any  other  felony
19    under  the  laws of this State or of any offense committed or
20    attempted in any other state  or  against  the  laws  of  the
21    United  States that, if committed or attempted in this State,
22    would have been punishable as a felony under the laws of this
23    State. Authorization for the investigation shall be furnished
24    by the applicant to the school district, except that  if  the
25    applicant  is a substitute teacher seeking employment in more
26    than  one  school  district,  a  teacher  seeking  concurrent
27    part-time employment positions  with  more  than  one  school
28    district  (as a reading specialist, special education teacher
29    or otherwise), or an educational support  personnel  employee
30    seeking employment positions with more than one district, any
31    such   district   may   require   the  applicant  to  furnish
32    authorization  for  the   investigation   to   the   regional
33    superintendent of the educational service region in which are
 
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 1    located  the  school  districts  in  which  the  applicant is
 2    seeking employment as a substitute  or  concurrent  part-time
 3    teacher or concurrent educational support personnel employee.
 4    Upon  receipt  of  this authorization, the school district or
 5    the appropriate regional superintendent, as the case may  be,
 6    shall  submit  the applicant's name, sex, race, date of birth
 7    and social security number to the Department of State  Police
 8    on   forms   prescribed   by  the  Department.  The  regional
 9    superintendent submitting the requisite  information  to  the
10    Department  of  State Police shall promptly notify the school
11    districts in which the applicant is seeking employment  as  a
12    substitute  or  concurrent  part-time  teacher  or concurrent
13    educational support personnel employee that the investigation
14    of the applicant has been requested. The Department of  State
15    Police  shall  conduct  an  investigation to ascertain if the
16    applicant being considered for employment has been  convicted
17    of  any  of  the  enumerated  criminal  or  drug  offenses in
18    subsection (c) or has been convicted, within 7 years  of  the
19    application  for  employment with the school district, of any
20    other felony under the laws of this State or of  any  offense
21    committed or attempted in any other state or against the laws
22    of  the United States that, if committed or attempted in this
23    State, would have been punishable as a felony under the  laws
24    of  this  State.    The  Department  shall  charge the school
25    district or the appropriate regional superintendent a fee for
26    conducting such investigation, which fee shall  be  deposited
27    in  the  State  Police Services Fund and shall not exceed the
28    cost of the inquiry; and the applicant shall not be charged a
29    fee for such investigation by the school district or  by  the
30    regional  superintendent.   The  regional  superintendent may
31    seek reimbursement from the State Board of Education  or  the
32    appropriate school district or districts for fees paid by the
33    regional  superintendent  to  the Department for the criminal
34    background investigations required by this Section.
 
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 1        (b)  The Department shall furnish, pursuant  to  positive
 2    identification,  records  of  convictions, until expunged, to
 3    the president of the school board  for  the  school  district
 4    which   requested  the  investigation,  or  to  the  regional
 5    superintendent  who   requested   the   investigation.    Any
 6    information  concerning the record of convictions obtained by
 7    the  president  of  the  school   board   or   the   regional
 8    superintendent   shall   be  confidential  and  may  only  be
 9    transmitted to the superintendent of the school  district  or
10    his  designee, the appropriate regional superintendent if the
11    investigation was  requested  by  the  school  district,  the
12    presidents   of   the   appropriate   school  boards  if  the
13    investigation was requested  from  the  Department  of  State
14    Police    by   the   regional   superintendent,   the   State
15    Superintendent  of  Education,   the   Professional   Teacher
16    Standards  Board  State  Teacher  Certification  Board or any
17    other  person  necessary  to  the  decision  of  hiring   the
18    applicant   for   employment.    A  copy  of  the  record  of
19    convictions obtained from  the  Department  of  State  Police
20    shall  be  provided  to  the  applicant for employment. If an
21    investigation of an applicant for employment as a  substitute
22    or  concurrent  part-time  teacher  or concurrent educational
23    support personnel employee in more than one  school  district
24    was   requested  by  the  regional  superintendent,  and  the
25    Department of State Police upon investigation ascertains that
26    the applicant has not been convicted of any of the enumerated
27    criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c) or has  not  been
28    convicted,  within  7 years of the application for employment
29    with the school district, of any other felony under the  laws
30    of this State or of any offense committed or attempted in any
31    other state or against the laws of the United States that, if
32    committed  or  attempted  in  this  State,  would  have  been
33    punishable  as  a  felony under the laws of this State and so
34    notifies  the  regional  superintendent,  then  the  regional
 
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 1    superintendent shall issue to  the  applicant  a  certificate
 2    evidencing that as of the date specified by the Department of
 3    State  Police  the applicant has not been convicted of any of
 4    the enumerated criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c) or
 5    has not been convicted, within 7 years of the application for
 6    employment with the school  district,  of  any  other  felony
 7    under  the  laws of this State or of any offense committed or
 8    attempted in any other state  or  against  the  laws  of  the
 9    United  States that, if committed or attempted in this State,
10    would have been punishable as a felony under the laws of this
11    State.  The school board of any school  district  located  in
12    the   educational  service  region  served  by  the  regional
13    superintendent who issues such a certificate to an  applicant
14    for  employment as a substitute teacher in more than one such
15    district may rely on the certificate issued by  the  regional
16    superintendent  to  that  applicant,  or may initiate its own
17    investigation of the  applicant  through  the  Department  of
18    State  Police  as  provided in subsection (a). Any person who
19    releases any confidential information concerning any criminal
20    convictions of an applicant for employment shall be guilty of
21    a Class A misdemeanor, unless the release of such information
22    is authorized by this Section.
23        (c)  No school board shall knowingly employ a person  who
24    has  been  convicted  for  committing  attempted first degree
25    murder or for committing or attempting to commit first degree
26    murder or a Class  X  felony  or  any  one  or  more  of  the
27    following offenses: (i) those defined in Sections 11-6, 11-9,
28    11-14,  11-15,  11-15.1, 11-16, 11-17, 11-18, 11-19, 11-19.1,
29    11-19.2, 11-20, 11-20.1, 11-21, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1,  12-15
30    and  12-16 of the "Criminal Code of 1961"; (ii) those defined
31    in  the  "Cannabis  Control  Act"  except  those  defined  in
32    Sections 4(a), 4(b) and 5(a) of that Act; (iii) those defined
33    in the "Illinois Controlled Substances  Act";  and  (iv)  any
34    offense  committed or attempted in any other state or against
 
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 1    the  laws  of  the  United  States,  which  if  committed  or
 2    attempted in this State, would have been punishable as one or
 3    more of the foregoing  offenses.  Further,  no  school  board
 4    shall  knowingly employ a person who has been found to be the
 5    perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of any minor under 18
 6    years of age pursuant to proceedings under Article II of  the
 7    Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
 8        (d)  No  school board shall knowingly employ a person for
 9    whom  a  criminal  background  investigation  has  not   been
10    initiated.
11        (e)  Upon  receipt  of the record of a conviction of or a
12    finding of child abuse by a holder of any certificate  issued
13    pursuant  to  Article  21  or  Section 34-8.1 or 34-83 of the
14    School  Code,  the  appropriate  regional  superintendent  of
15    schools  or  the  State  Superintendent  of  Education  shall
16    initiate   the   certificate   suspension   and    revocation
17    proceedings authorized by law.
18        (f)  After January 1, 1990 the provisions of this Section
19    shall  apply  to  all  employees  of persons or firms holding
20    contracts with any school district including, but not limited
21    to, food  service  workers,  school  bus  drivers  and  other
22    transportation employees, who have direct, daily contact with
23    the  pupils  of  any school in such district. For purposes of
24    criminal background investigations on employees of persons or
25    firms holding contracts with more than  one  school  district
26    and  assigned  to more than one school district, the regional
27    superintendent of the educational service region in which the
28    contracting school districts are located may, at the  request
29    of any such school district, be responsible for receiving the
30    authorization   for   investigation  prepared  by  each  such
31    employee and submitting the same to the Department  of  State
32    Police.   Any information concerning the record of conviction
33    of any such employee obtained by the regional  superintendent
34    shall   be   promptly   reported  to  the  president  of  the
 
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 1    appropriate school board or school boards.
 2    (Source: P.A. 90-566, eff. 1-2-98; 91-885, eff. 7-6-00.)

 3        (105 ILCS 5/10-22.20a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.20a)
 4        Sec. 10-22.20a.  Advanced  vocational  training  program,
 5    and  career  education.  To  enter into joint agreements with
 6    community college districts and other  school  districts  for
 7    the   purpose  of  providing  career  education  or  advanced
 8    vocational training of students in the 11th and higher grades
 9    who desire  preparation  for  a  trade.   Transportation  for
10    students  to  any  facility  covered  by a joint agreement as
11    described  in  this  Section  shall  be   provided   by   the
12    participating school district, or by the participating school
13    district  in conjunction with other school districts.   Joint
14    agreements  entered  into  under  this  Section  may  include
15    provisions for joint authority to acquire and improve  sites,
16    construct  and  equip  facilities thereon and lease and equip
17    facilities deemed necessary  by  the  parties  to  the  joint
18    agreement,  to maintain programs and to provide for financing
19    of the foregoing jointly by the respective  parties,  all  in
20    accordance with the terms of the joint agreement.
21        Nothing  herein  contained shall be construed to restrict
22    or prohibit the rights  of  community  college  districts  or
23    school  districts  to  enter  into joint agreements under the
24    provisions of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act,  as  now
25    or hereinafter amended.
26        The   duration   of  the  career  education  or  advanced
27    vocational training program  shall  be  such  period  as  the
28    school district may approve but it may not exceed 2 years for
29    any  school  district pupil.  Participation in the program is
30    accorded the same credit toward a high school diploma as time
31    spent in other courses.
32        The  participating  community  college  shall  bill  each
33    participating student's school district for an  amount  equal
 
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 1    to  the  per  capita  cost of operating the community college
 2    attended or  a  charge  for  participation  may  be  made  in
 3    accordance  with  the  joint  agreement between the community
 4    college district and the  student's  school  district.   Such
 5    agreement  shall  not  provide  for payments in excess of the
 6    actual cost of operating the course or courses in  which  the
 7    student  is  enrolled.   Participating  high  schools may use
 8    State aid monies to pay the charges.
 9        The  community  college  instructors  teaching  in   such
10    programs  need  not  be certified by the Professional Teacher
11    Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board.
12    (Source: P.A. 79-76.)

13        (105 ILCS 5/10-22.24a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.24a)
14        Sec.  10-22.24a.   School  counselor.  To  employ  school
15    counselors.  A  school  counselor  is  a  qualified  guidance
16    specialist  who  holds  or  is  qualified  for an elementary,
17    secondary,  or  special  K-12  certificate  issued   by   the
18    Professional    Teacher   Standards   Board   State   Teacher
19    Certification  Board   and   a   School   Service   Personnel
20    certificate  endorsed  in guidance issued by the Professional
21    Teacher Standards Board State  Teacher  Certification  Board.
22    Individuals  who  have  completed  approved programs in other
23    states may apply for a School Service  Personnel  certificate
24    endorsed  in  guidance  if  a  review  of  their  credentials
25    indicates  that  they hold or qualify for an elementary, high
26    school, or special certificate in their own state.
27    (Source: P.A. 91-70, eff. 7-9-99.)

28        (105 ILCS 5/10-22.34) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.34)
29        Sec. 10-22.34. Non-certificated personnel.
30        (a)  School Boards may employ non-teaching  personnel  or
31    utilize volunteer personnel for:  (1) non-teaching duties not
32    requiring instructional judgment or evaluation of pupils; and
 
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 1    (2) supervising study halls, long distance teaching reception
 2    areas  used incident to instructional programs transmitted by
 3    electronic media such as computers,  video,  and  audio,  and
 4    detention   and   discipline   areas,   and  school-sponsored
 5    extracurricular activities.
 6        (b)  School  boards   may   further   utilize   volunteer
 7    non-certificated   personnel   or   employ   non-certificated
 8    personnel  to  assist  in the instruction of pupils under the
 9    immediate  supervision  of  a  teacher,   holding   a   valid
10    certificate,  directly  engaged in teaching subject matter or
11    conducting activities.  The  teacher  shall  be  continuously
12    aware  of  the non-certificated persons' activities and shall
13    be able to  control  or  modify  them.  The  State  Board  of
14    Education,  in  consultation  with  the  Professional Teacher
15    Standards Board  State  Teacher  Certification  Board,  shall
16    determine   qualifications   of   such  personnel  and  shall
17    prescribe rules for determining the duties and activities  to
18    be  assigned  to  such  personnel.  In  the  determination of
19    qualifications  of  such  personnel,  the  State   Board   of
20    Education  shall  accept  coursework  earned  in a recognized
21    institution  or  from  an  institution  of  higher   learning
22    accredited   by   the  North  Central  Association  or  other
23    comparable regional accrediting association.
24        (c)  School boards may also  employ  students  holding  a
25    bachelor's  degree  from  a  recognized institution of higher
26    learning as part time teaching interns when such students are
27    enrolled in a college or university internship program, which
28    has prior approval  by  the  Professional  Teacher  Standards
29    Board State Board of Education in consultation with the State
30    Teacher Certification Board, leading to a masters degree.
31        (d)  Nothing  in  this  Section  shall  require  constant
32    supervision  of  a  student  teacher  enrolled  in  a student
33    teaching course at a college  or  university,  provided  such
34    activity  has the prior approval of the representative of the
 
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 1    higher  education  institution  and   teaching   plans   have
 2    previously   been   discussed   with   and  approved  by  the
 3    supervising teacher and further provided that  such  teaching
 4    is  within guidelines established by the Professional Teacher
 5    Standards Board State Board of Education in consultation with
 6    the State Teacher Certification Board.
 7    (Source: P.A. 88-89; 89-159, eff. 1-1-96.)

 8        (105 ILCS 5/14-1.09.1)
 9        Sec. 14-1.09.1.  School psychological services.   In  the
10    public  schools,  school  psychological  services provided by
11    qualified  specialists  who  hold  Type  73  School   Service
12    Personnel  Certificates endorsed for school psychology issued
13    by the Professional Teacher  Standards  Board  State  Teacher
14    Certification  Board may include, but are not limited to: (i)
15    administration  and  interpretation  of   psychological   and
16    educational   evaluations;   (ii)   developing   school-based
17    prevention  programs, including violence prevention programs;
18    (iii) counseling with  students,  parents,  and  teachers  on
19    educational and mental health issues; (iv) acting as liaisons
20    between public schools and community agencies; (v) evaluating
21    program  effectiveness;  (vi)  providing  crisis intervention
22    within the school setting; (vii) helping  teachers,  parents,
23    and  others  involved  in  the educational process to provide
24    optimum teaching and learning conditions  for  all  students;
25    (viii)  supervising  school  psychologist interns enrolled in
26    school  psychology   programs   that   meet   the   standards
27    established  by  the  State  Board  of  Education;  and  (ix)
28    screening  of  school  enrollments  to  identify children who
29    should be referred for individual  study.   Nothing  in  this
30    Section   prohibits   other   qualified   professionals  from
31    providing  those  services  listed   for   which   they   are
32    appropriately trained.
33    (Source: P.A. 89-339, eff. 8-17-95.)
 
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 1        (105 ILCS 5/14-8.05) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-8.05)
 2        Sec. 14-8.05.  Behavioral intervention.
 3        (a)  The   General   Assembly  finds  and  declares  that
 4    principals and teachers of students with disabilities require
 5    training  and  guidance  that  provide   ways   for   working
 6    successfully  with  children who have difficulties conforming
 7    to acceptable behavioral patterns  in  order  to  provide  an
 8    environment in which learning can occur.  It is the intent of
 9    the General Assembly:
10             (1)  That  when  behavioral  interventions are used,
11        they be used in consideration  of  the  pupil's  physical
12        freedom  and social interaction, and be administered in a
13        manner that respects human dignity and  personal  privacy
14        and  that  ensures  a  pupil's  right to placement in the
15        least restrictive educational environment.
16             (2)  That behavioral management plans  be  developed
17        and  used, to the extent possible, in a consistent manner
18        when a local educational agency has placed the pupil in a
19        day or residential setting for education purposes.
20             (3)  That a statewide study be conducted of the  use
21        of    behavioral   interventions   with   students   with
22        disabilities  receiving  special  education  and  related
23        services.
24             (4)  That  training  programs   be   developed   and
25        implemented  in  institutions  of  higher  education that
26        train teachers, and that in-service training programs  be
27        made  available  as  necessary  in  school  districts, in
28        educational   service   centers,    and    by    regional
29        superintendents  of  schools  to  assure  that adequately
30        trained staff are available to work effectively with  the
31        behavioral    intervention   needs   of   students   with
32        disabilities.
33        (b)  On  or  before  September  30,   1993,   the   State
34    Superintendent  of  Education shall conduct a statewide study
 
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 1    of the use of behavioral  interventions  with  students  with
 2    disabilities   receiving   special   education   and  related
 3    services.  The study shall include, but  not  necessarily  be
 4    limited  to  identification  of  the  frequency in the use of
 5    behavioral  interventions;  the  number  of  districts   with
 6    policies  in  place  for  working  with  children  exhibiting
 7    continuous  serious behavioral problems; how policies, rules,
 8    or regulations within districts differ between emergency  and
 9    routine  behavioral  interventions  commonly  practiced;  the
10    nature and extent of costs for training provided to personnel
11    for   implementing   a   program  of  nonaversive  behavioral
12    interventions;  and  the  nature  and  extent  of  costs  for
13    training provided to parents of  students  with  disabilities
14    who  would  be receiving behavioral interventions.  The scope
15    of the study  shall  be  developed  by  the  State  Board  of
16    Education,   in  consultation  with  individuals  and  groups
17    representing   parents,   teachers,    administrators,    and
18    advocates.   On  or  before June 30, 1994, the State Board of
19    Education  shall  issue  guidelines  based  on  the   study's
20    findings.   The  guidelines shall address, but not be limited
21    to, the following:  (i) appropriate behavioral interventions,
22    and (ii) how to properly document the need  for  and  use  of
23    behavioral   interventions   in  the  process  of  developing
24    individualized   education   plans    for    students    with
25    disabilities.  The guidelines shall be used as a reference to
26    assist   school  boards  in  developing  local  policies  and
27    procedures in accordance with this Section.  The State  Board
28    of  Education,  with  the  advice of parents of students with
29    disabilities and  other  parents,  teachers,  administrators,
30    advocates for persons with disabilities, and individuals with
31    knowledge  or expertise in the development and implementation
32    of behavioral interventions for  persons  with  disabilities,
33    shall  review its behavioral intervention guidelines at least
34    once  every   3   years   to   determine   their   continuing
 
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 1    appropriateness   and   effectiveness  and  shall  make  such
 2    modifications in the guidelines as it deems necessary.
 3        (c)  Each school board  must  establish  and  maintain  a
 4    committee  to  develop  policies and procedures on the use of
 5    behavioral interventions for students with  disabilities  who
 6    require behavioral intervention.  The policies and procedures
 7    shall  be adopted and implemented by school boards by January
 8    1, 1996, shall be amended as necessary  to  comply  with  the
 9    rules  established  by  the  State  Board  of Education under
10    Section 2-3.130 2-3.126 of this Code not later than one month
11    after commencement of the school year after the  State  Board
12    of Education's rules are adopted, and shall: (i) be developed
13    with  the  advice  of parents with students with disabilities
14    and other parents, teachers,  administrators,  advocates  for
15    persons  with disabilities, and individuals with knowledge or
16    expertise in the development and implementation of behavioral
17    interventions for persons with disabilities;  (ii)  emphasize
18    positive  interventions  that  are  designed  to  develop and
19    strengthen desirable behaviors; (iii) incorporate  procedures
20    and  methods  consistent  with generally accepted practice in
21    the field of behavioral intervention; (iv)  include  criteria
22    for  determining when a student with disabilities may require
23    a  behavioral  intervention  plan;  (v)  reflect   that   the
24    guidelines of the State Board of Education have been reviewed
25    and  considered and provide the address of the State Board of
26    Education so that copies of  the  State  Board  of  Education
27    behavioral  guidelines  may  be  requested;  and (vi) include
28    procedures for monitoring the use of  restrictive  behavioral
29    interventions.  Each school board shall (i) furnish a copy of
30    its local policies and procedures to parents and guardians of
31    all  students  with  individualized education plans within 15
32    days after the policies and procedures have been  adopted  by
33    the  school  board,  or within 15 days after the school board
34    has amended its policies and procedures, or at  the  time  an
 
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 1    individualized  education  plan  is first implemented for the
 2    student,  and  (ii)  require  that  each  school  inform  its
 3    students of the existence  of  the  policies  and  procedures
 4    annually.   Provided,  at the annual individualized education
 5    plan review, the school board shall  (1)  explain  the  local
 6    policies  and  procedures,  (2)  furnish  a copy of the local
 7    policies to parents and guardians, and  (3)  make  available,
 8    upon  request  of  any parents and guardians, a copy of local
 9    procedures.
10        (d)  The State Superintendent of Education shall  consult
11    with  representatives of institutions of higher education and
12    the  Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  State   Teacher
13    Certification   Board  in  regard  to  the  current  training
14    requirements for teachers to ensure that sufficient  training
15    is   available   in   appropriate   behavioral  interventions
16    consistent  with  professionally   accepted   practices   and
17    standards for people entering the field of education.
18    (Source:  P.A.  90-63,  eff.  7-3-97;  91-600,  eff. 8-14-99;
19    revised 11-8-99.)

20        (105 ILCS 5/14C-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 14C-2)
21        Sec. 14C-2. Definitions.  Unless  the  context  indicates
22    otherwise,  the terms used in this Article have the following
23    meanings:
24        (a)  "State Board" means the State Board of Education.
25        (b)  "Certification Board" means the Professional Teacher
26    Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board.
27        (c)  "School  District"   means   any   school   district
28    established under this Code.
29        (d)  "Children of limited English-speaking ability" means
30    (1)  children  who  were  not born in the United States whose
31    native tongue is a language other than English  and  who  are
32    incapable  of  performing  ordinary classwork in English; and
33    (2) children who were born in the United  States  of  parents
 
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 1    possessing no or limited English-speaking ability and who are
 2    incapable of performing ordinary classwork in English.
 3        (e)  "Teacher  of transitional bilingual education" means
 4    a teacher with a speaking and reading ability in  a  language
 5    other  than English in which transitional bilingual education
 6    is offered and with communicative skills in English.
 7        (f)  "Program in transitional bilingual education"  means
 8    a  full-time  program of instruction (1) in all those courses
 9    or subjects which a child is required by law to  receive  and
10    which are required by the child's school district which shall
11    be  given  in  the native language of the children of limited
12    English-speaking ability who are enrolled in the program  and
13    also in English, (2) in the reading and writing of the native
14    language  of the children of limited English-speaking ability
15    who  are  enrolled  in  the   program   and   in   the   oral
16    comprehension,  speaking, reading and writing of English, and
17    (3) in the history and culture of the country,  territory  or
18    geographic  area  which  is the native land of the parents of
19    children of limited English-speaking ability who are enrolled
20    in the program and in the history and culture of  the  United
21    States;  or  a  part-time program of instruction based on the
22    educational   needs   of   those    children    of    limited
23    English-speaking  ability who do not need a full-time program
24    of instruction.
25    (Source: P.A. 86-1028.)

26        (105 ILCS 5/21-0.05 new)
27        Sec. 21-0.05.  Professional Teacher Standards Board.
28        (a)  The Professional Teacher Standards Board  is  hereby
29    created.    The  Professional  Teacher  Standards Board shall
30    consist of 15 members appointed  by  the  Governor.   Of  the
31    members  so  appointed,  2 shall be administrative or faculty
32    members of public or private colleges or universities located
33    in the State, one  shall  be  a  regional  superintendent  of
 
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 1    schools  who  has been nominated by a regional superintendent
 2    organization, 3 shall be school  administrators  employed  in
 3    the  public schools of the State who have each been nominated
 4    by  an  administrator  organization,  8  shall  be  classroom
 5    teachers employed in the public schools of the State, with  4
 6    nominated  by  one  professional teachers' organization and 4
 7    nominated by another professional teachers' organization, and
 8    one shall be private sector member who is either a parent  of
 9    a  student  attending  a  public school of the State, who has
10    been nominated by  a  statewide  parent  organization,  or  a
11    representative  of  the  business community of the State.  At
12    least one of the school administrators and 2 of the classroom
13    teachers so appointed shall be employees of a school district
14    that is subject to the provisions of Article 34.  Whenever  a
15    vacancy  in  a classroom teacher position on the Professional
16    Teacher Standards Board is to be filled as provided  in  this
17    Section,   the   professional   teachers'  organization  that
18    nominated the member who vacated the office  is  entitled  to
19    nominate  a  candidate for the vacancy.  The nominations of a
20    professional teachers' organization shall be submitted by the
21    organization to the Governor not less than 60 days  prior  to
22    the  expiration  of  the term of a person holding a classroom
23    teacher position on the Professional Teacher Standards  Board
24    or  not  more than 60 days after a vacancy in such a position
25    occurs for any other reason.  The  nominations  shall  be  in
26    writing and shall be signed by the president and secretary of
27    the  organization submitting the nominations.  Of the members
28    initially appointed to  the  Professional  Teacher  Standards
29    Board:  one  of  the  2  administrative or faculty members of
30    public or private colleges or universities shall be appointed
31    to serve a term expiring on the third Monday of January, 2004
32    and the other  administrative  or  faculty  member  shall  be
33    appointed  to  serve  a  term expiring on the third Monday of
34    January, 2006; the regional superintendent of  schools  shall
 
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 1    be  appointed to serve a term expiring on the third Monday of
 2    January, 2004; one of the 2 school  administrators  shall  be
 3    appointed  to  serve  a  term expiring on the third Monday of
 4    January, 2004 and the other  school  administrator  shall  be
 5    appointed  to  serve  a  term expiring on the third Monday of
 6    January, 2006;  4  of  the  8  classroom  teachers  shall  be
 7    appointed  to  serve  terms  expiring  on the third Monday of
 8    January, 2004 with the remaining 4 classroom  teachers  being
 9    appointed  to  serve  terms  expiring  on the third Monday of
10    January, 2006; and one of the private sector members shall be
11    appointed to serve a term expiring on  the  third  Monday  of
12    January,  2004  and  the other private sector member shall be
13    appointed to serve a term expiring on  the  third  Monday  of
14    January,  2006.    The  successors  in  office of the members
15    initially appointed under this subsection  shall  each  serve
16    terms  of  4 years, commencing on the third Monday of January
17    of the appropriate  odd-numbered  year.   All  members  shall
18    serve  until  a successor is appointed, and any vacancy shall
19    be filled for the balance of the unexpired term in  the  same
20    manner as an appointment for a full term is made.
21        (b)  The  State  Teacher Certification Board is abolished
22    and the terms of its members are terminated  when  8  of  the
23    initial  members of the Professional Teacher Standards Board,
24    which shall constitute a quorum of that Board, are  appointed
25    as   provided   in   subsection  (a).   The  members  of  the
26    Professional Teacher Standards Board shall  take  office  and
27    assume,   exercise,  and  perform  the  powers,  duties,  and
28    responsibilities of that Board  under  this  Article  when  a
29    quorum  of  the  initial  members of that Board is appointed.
30    Until the State Teacher Certification Board is abolished upon
31    the appointment of 8 persons to serve as initial  members  of
32    the Professional Teacher Standards Board, but not thereafter,
33    the  State  Teacher  Certification  Board  shall exercise the
34    powers and duties that  it  was  authorized  or  required  to
 
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 1    exercise   and  perform  under  this  Article  prior  to  its
 2    abolition.
 3        (c)  The  chairperson   of   the   Professional   Teacher
 4    Standards  Board shall be elected by the members of the Board
 5    from among their number to serve for a term of one  year.   A
 6    person  elected  to  serve as chairperson of the Board may be
 7    reelected by the members of the Board to succeed  himself  or
 8    herself  in  that  office.   The  members of the Professional
 9    Teacher  Standards  Board  shall  meet  promptly   upon   the
10    appointment   of   a   quorum  of  the  members  to  organize
11    themselves, elect from their number a  chairperson  and  such
12    other  officers  as  they  deem  necessary, and establish the
13    dates of the regular meetings of the Board. The Board   shall
14    hold  special  meetings upon the call of the chairperson or a
15    majority of its members.  Members of the Professional Teacher
16    Standards Board shall be  reimbursed  for  all  ordinary  and
17    necessary  expenses  incurred  in  performing their duties as
18    members of the Board.
19        (d)  The Professional Teacher Standards Board, as a State
20    agency that is eligible for appropriations, shall comply with
21    the provisions of the Bureau of the Budget Act applicable  to
22    State agencies.
23        (e)  The  Professional Teacher Standards Board, acting in
24    accordance with the provisions of this Article and exercising
25    the exclusive powers granted to it under Section 21-1c, shall
26    have the power and authority to do all of the following:
27             (1)  set standards  for  teaching,  supervising,  or
28        holding  other  certificated  employment  in  the  public
29        schools,  and  administer  the  certification  process as
30        provided in this Article;
31             (2)  approve and evaluate teacher and  administrator
32        preparation programs;
33             (3)  revoke  and  suspend  certificates  issued  for
34        teaching,  supervising,  or  holding  other  certificated
 
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 1        employment in the public schools;
 2             (4)  enter   into   agreements   with  other  states
 3        relative  to   reciprocal   approval   of   teacher   and
 4        administrator preparation programs;
 5             (5)  establish  standards  for  the  issuance of new
 6        types of certificates;
 7             (6)  employ and direct  an  Executive  Director  and
 8        such other staff as the Board deems necessary to exercise
 9        its  powers and duties under this Article, subject to the
10        following conditions: all employees of the State Board of
11        Education who shall lose their employment with the  State
12        Board  of Education as the result of the establishment of
13        the  Professional  Teacher  Standards   Board   and   the
14        attendant   transfer   of   power   and   duties  to  the
15        Professional Teacher Standards Board  shall  be  afforded
16        the   right   to   transfer   their   employment  without
17        interruption from the State Board  of  Education  to  the
18        Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board,  retaining their
19        seniority status and salary as it then  exists  with  the
20        State Board of Education;
21             (7)  establish  standards  for induction, mentoring,
22        and professional development programs;
23             (8)  take  such  other  action   relating   to   the
24        improvement  of instruction in the public schools through
25        teacher education and professional development  and  that
26        attracts   qualified  candidates  into  teacher  training
27        programs as is appropriate and consistent with applicable
28        laws; and
29             (9)  make and prescribe rules and  regulations  that
30        are necessary for the administration of this Article.
31        (f)  The  Board may create standing committees, comprised
32    solely of Board members, when deemed necessary by  the  Board
33    to  carry  out  its functions and responsibilities under this
34    Article.   In  addition  the  Board  may  establish  advisory
 
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 1    committees if the Board determines that such  action  may  be
 2    necessary or appropriate.

 3        (105 ILCS 5/21-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1)
 4        Sec.  21-1.   Qualification  of  teachers.  No one may be
 5    certified to teach or supervise in the public schools of this
 6    State who is not of good character, good health, a citizen of
 7    the United States  or  legally  present  and  authorized  for
 8    employment, and at least 19 years of age.  If the holder of a
 9    certificate under this Section is not a citizen of the United
10    States 6 years after the date of the issuance of the original
11    certificate, any certificate held by such person on that date
12    shall  be  cancelled  by  the board of education and no other
13    certificate to teach shall be issued  to  such  person  until
14    such person is a citizen of the United States.
15        Citizenship  is  not  required  for  the  issuance  of  a
16    temporary  part-time  certificate to participants in approved
17    training programs  for  exchange  students  as  described  in
18    Section  21-10.2.  A certificate issued under this plan shall
19    expire on June 30 following the date of issue.   One  renewal
20    for  one  year  is  authorized  if  the  holder remains as an
21    official participant in an approved exchange program.
22        In determining good character  under  this  Section,  any
23    felony   conviction  of  the  applicant  may  be  taken  into
24    consideration, but such a conviction shall not operate  as  a
25    bar to registration.
26        No  person  otherwise qualified shall be denied the right
27    to be certified, to  receive  training  for  the  purpose  of
28    becoming  a  teacher or to engage in practice teaching in any
29    school because of a physical  disability  including  but  not
30    limited  to  visual  and  hearing disabilities; nor shall any
31    school district refuse to employ a teacher on  such  grounds,
32    provided  that  the person is able to carry out the duties of
33    the position for which he applies.
 
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 1        No person may be granted or continue to hold  a  teaching
 2    certificate  who  has knowingly altered or misrepresented his
 3    or her  teaching  qualifications  in  order  to  acquire  the
 4    certificate.   Any  other certificate held by such person may
 5    be suspended or revoked by the Professional Teacher Standards
 6    Board State Teacher Certification Board, depending  upon  the
 7    severity of the alteration or misrepresentation.
 8        No  one  may teach or supervise in the public schools nor
 9    receive for teaching or supervising any part  of  any  public
10    school fund, who does not hold a certificate of qualification
11    granted,  on  or  after  January  1, 2003 by the Professional
12    Teacher Standards Board, or granted prior to that date by the
13    State  Board  of  Education   or   by   the   State   Teacher
14    Certification  Board and a regional superintendent of schools
15    as hereinafter provided, or by the board of  education  of  a
16    city  having  a  population  exceeding  500,000  inhabitants,
17    except as provided in Section 34-6 and in Section 10-22.34 or
18    Section 10-22.34b. However, the provisions of this Article do
19    not  apply to a member of the armed forces who is employed as
20    a teacher of subjects in the Reserve Officer's Training Corps
21    of any school.  Sections 21-2 through 21-24 do not  apply  to
22    cities  having  a  population  exceeding 500,000 inhabitants,
23    beginning until July 1, 1988.
24        Notwithstanding any other  provision  of  this  Act,  the
25    board  of  education  of  any  school district may grant to a
26    teacher of the district a leave of absence with full pay  for
27    a  period of not more than one year to permit such teacher to
28    teach in a foreign state under the provisions of the Exchange
29    Teacher  Program  established  under  Public  Law  584,  79th
30    Congress, and Public Law 402, 80th Congress, as amended.  The
31    school board granting such leave of absence may  employ  with
32    or  without  pay  a national of the foreign state wherein the
33    teacher on leave of absence will teach, if  the  national  is
34    qualified  to  teach  in  that  foreign  state,  and  if that
 
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 1    national will teach in a grade level similar to the one which
 2    was taught in such foreign state.  The  Professional  Teacher
 3    Standards Board State Board of Education shall promulgate and
 4    enforce  such  reasonable  rules  and  regulations  as may be
 5    necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Article or may
 6    adopt for such purposes any  of  the  rules  and  regulations
 7    promulgated  prior  to  July  1,  2002  by the State Board of
 8    Education or by the State Teacher Certification  Board  prior
 9    to the abolition of that Board paragraph.
10    (Source:  P.A.  88-189;  89-159,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-397, eff.
11    8-20-95; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)

12        (105 ILCS 5/21-1a) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1a)
13        Sec. 21-1a. Tests required for certification.
14        (a)  After  July  1,  1988,  in  addition  to  all  other
15    requirements,  early  childhood,  elementary,  special,  high
16    school, school service personnel, or, except as  provided  in
17    Section  34-6, administrative certificates shall be issued to
18    persons who have satisfactorily passed a test of basic skills
19    and subject matter knowledge.  The tests of basic skills  and
20    subject  matter  knowledge shall be the tests which from time
21    to time are designated by the Professional Teacher  Standards
22    Board State Board of Education in consultation with the State
23    Teacher  Certification  Board and may be tests prepared by an
24    educational testing organization or  tests  designed  by  the
25    Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
26    in  consultation  with the State Teacher Certification Board.
27    The areas to be covered by the test  of  basic  skills  shall
28    include  the  basic  skills  of reading, writing, grammar and
29    mathematics.  The test  of  subject  matter  knowledge  shall
30    assess  content  knowledge in the specific subject field. The
31    tests shall be designed to be racially neutral to assure that
32    no person  in  taking  the  tests  is  thereby  discriminated
33    against on the basis of race, color, national origin or other
 
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 1    factors  unrelated  to  the  person's ability to perform as a
 2    certificated employee.  The score required to pass the  tests
 3    of  basic  skills and subject matter knowledge shall be fixed
 4    by the Professional Teacher Standards Board  State  Board  of
 5    Education    in   consultation   with   the   State   Teacher
 6    Certification Board.  The tests shall be held not fewer  than
 7    3 times a year at such time and place as may be designated by
 8    the  Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  State  Board of
 9    Education   in   consultation   with   the   State    Teacher
10    Certification Board.
11        (b)  Except  as  provided in Section 34-6, the provisions
12    of subsection (a) of this Section shall apply equally in  any
13    school  district  subject  to  Article  34, provided that the
14    State Board of Education shall determine  which  certificates
15    issued  under Sections 34-8.1 and 34-83 prior to July 1, 1988
16    are comparable to any early childhood certificate, elementary
17    school  certificate,   special   certificate,   high   school
18    certificate,   school   service   personnel   certificate  or
19    administrative certificate issued under this  Article  as  of
20    July 1, 1988.
21        (c)  A  person  who holds an early childhood, elementary,
22    special, high school or school service personnel  certificate
23    issued  under  this  Article on or at any time before July 1,
24    1988, including  a  person  who  has  been  issued  any  such
25    certificate  pursuant to Section 21-11.1 or in exchange for a
26    comparable  certificate  theretofore  issued  under   Section
27    34-8.1  or  Section  34-83,  shall not be required to take or
28    pass the tests in order to thereafter have  such  certificate
29    renewed.
30        (d)  (Blank).   The   State   Board   of   Education   in
31    consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board shall
32    conduct  a pilot administration of the tests by administering
33    the test to students completing teacher education programs in
34    the 1986-87 school year for the purpose  of  determining  the
 
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 1    effect and impact of testing candidates for certification.
 2        (e)  The rules and regulations developed to implement the
 3    required  test  of  basic skills and subject matter knowledge
 4    shall include the requirements of subsections (a),  (b),  and
 5    (c)  and  shall  include  specific regulations to govern test
 6    selection; test validation and  determination  of  a  passing
 7    score;    administration   of   the   tests;   frequency   of
 8    administration;  applicant  fees;  frequency  of  applicants'
 9    taking the tests; the years for which a score is valid;  and,
10    waiving  certain additional tests for additional certificates
11    to individuals who have satisfactorily  passed  the  test  of
12    basic  skills  and  subject  matter  knowledge as required in
13    subsection (a).  The  Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board
14    State  Board  of  Education  shall provide, by rule, specific
15    policies that assure uniformity in the  difficulty  level  of
16    each  form  of  the basic skills test and each subject matter
17    knowledge  test  from  test-to-test  and  year-to-year.   The
18    Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
19    shall also set a passing score for the tests.
20        (f)  (Blank). The State Teacher Certification  Board  may
21    issue  a  nonrenewable  temporary certificate between July 1,
22    1988 and August 31, 1988 to individuals who  have  taken  the
23    tests of basic skills and subject matter knowledge prescribed
24    by  this  Section  but  have not received such test scores by
25    August 31, 1988.  Such temporary certificates shall expire on
26    December 31, 1988.
27        (g)  Beginning February 15, 1999 and until July 1,  2002,
28    the  State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
29    Teacher Certification Board, shall implement  and  administer
30    the  a  new system of certification for teachers in the State
31    of Illinois.  Beginning on  July  1,  2002  the  Professional
32    Teachers  Standards Board shall implement and administer this
33    system of certification.  The Professional Teacher  Standards
34    Board  State  Board  of  Education,  in consultation with the
 
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 1    State Teacher Certification Board, shall design and implement
 2    a system of examinations and  various  other  criteria  which
 3    shall  be  required prior to the issuance of Initial Teaching
 4    Certificates  and  Standard  Teaching  Certificates.    These
 5    examinations  and  indicators  shall be based on national and
 6    State professional teaching standards, as determined  by  the
 7    Professional   Teacher   Standards   Board   State  Board  of
 8    Education,   in   consultation   with   the   State   Teacher
 9    Certification Board. The Professional Teacher Standards Board
10    The  State  Board  of  Education  may  adopt  any   and   all
11    regulations   necessary  to  implement  and  administer  this
12    Section.
13        (h)  The State Board of Education  shall  report  to  the
14    Illinois    General    Assembly   and   the   Governor   with
15    recommendations for further changes and improvements  to  the
16    teacher  certification  system no later than July 1, 1999 and
17    on an annual basis until July 1, 2001.
18    (Source: P.A. 90-548,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-811,  eff.  1-26-99;
19    91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

20        (105 ILCS 5/21-1b) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1b)
21        Sec.  21-1b.   Subject  endorsement on certificates.  All
22    certificates initially issued under this Article  after  June
23    30,  1986,  shall be specifically endorsed by the State Board
24    of Education for each subject the holder of  the  certificate
25    is  legally  qualified to teach, such endorsements to be made
26    in accordance with standards promulgated by the  Professional
27    Teacher   Standards   Board   State  Board  of  Education  in
28    consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.  All
29    certificates which are issued under  this  Article  prior  to
30    July  1, 1986 may, by application to the Professional Teacher
31    Standards Board State Board  of  Education,  be  specifically
32    endorsed  for each subject the holder is legally qualified to
33    teach.  All subject endorsements made on  or  after  July  1,
 
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 1    2002  to  new  or  existing  certificates as provided in this
 2    Section shall be made by the Professional  Teacher  Standards
 3    Board.    Endorsements  issued  under  this Section shall not
 4    apply  to  substitute  teacher's  certificates  issued  under
 5    Section 21-9 of this Code.
 6        Commencing July 1, 1999, each application for endorsement
 7    of an existing teaching certificate shall be accompanied by a
 8    $30 nonrefundable fee.  There is  hereby  created  a  Teacher
 9    Certificate  Fee  Revolving Fund as a special fund within the
10    State Treasury.  The proceeds of each $30 fee shall  be  paid
11    into  the  Teacher  Certificate  Fee  Revolving Fund; and the
12    moneys in that Fund shall be appropriated to the Professional
13    Teacher Standards Board and used by that Board to provide the
14    technology and other resources necessary for the  timely  and
15    efficient processing of certification requests.
16    (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

17        (105 ILCS 5/21-1c) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-1c)
18        Sec.  21-1c.   Exclusive certificate authority.  Only the
19    Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
20    and State Teacher Certification Board, acting  in  accordance
21    with  the  applicable  provisions  of this Act and the rules,
22    regulations and standards promulgated thereunder, shall  have
23    the  authority  to  issue or endorse any certificate required
24    for teaching, supervising or holding certificated  employment
25    in  the  public schools; and no other State agency shall have
26    any power or authority (i)  to  establish  or  prescribe  any
27    qualifications or other requirements applicable to teacher or
28    administrator  training  and certification or to the issuance
29    or  endorsement  of  any  such  certificate,   required   for
30    teaching, supervising, or holding certified employment in the
31    public  schools,  or  (ii)  to  establish  or  prescribe  any
32    licensure  or  equivalent requirement which must be satisfied
33    in order to teach, supervise or hold certificated  employment
 
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 1    in  the  public  schools.  This Section does not prohibit the
 2    Professional  Teacher  Standards   Board   State   Board   of
 3    Education,   in   consultation   with   the   State   Teacher
 4    Certification    Board,    from    delegating   to   regional
 5    superintendents of schools the authority to  grant  temporary
 6    employment   authorizations   to   teacher  applicants  whose
 7    qualifications  have  been  confirmed  by  the   Professional
 8    Teacher   Standards   Board  State  Board  of  Education,  in
 9    consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
10    (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

11        (105 ILCS 5/21-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2)
12        Sec. 21-2.  Grades of certificates.
13        (a)  Until February 15,  2000,  all  certificates  issued
14    under  this Article shall be State certificates valid, except
15    as limited in Section 21-1, in every school  district  coming
16    under the provisions of this Act and shall be limited in time
17    and    designated    as   follows:   Provisional   vocational
18    certificate, temporary  provisional  vocational  certificate,
19    early  childhood  certificate, elementary school certificate,
20    special certificate, high school certificate, school  service
21    personnel     certificate,     administrative    certificate,
22    provisional certificate,  and  substitute  certificate.   The
23    requirement  of  student  teaching  under close and competent
24    supervision for  obtaining  a  teaching  certificate  may  be
25    waived  by  the  Professional  Teacher  Standards Board State
26    Teacher Certification Board upon  presentation  to  that  the
27    Board  by  the  teacher  of  evidence  of  5 years successful
28    teaching experience on a  valid  certificate  and  graduation
29    from  a  recognized  institution  of  higher  learning with a
30    bachelor's degree with not less than 120 semester hours and a
31    minimum of 16 semester hours in professional education.
32        (b)  Initial Teaching  Certificate.   Beginning  February
33    15,  2000, persons who (1) have completed an approved teacher
 
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 1    preparation program,  (2)  are  recommended  by  an  approved
 2    teacher  preparation program, (3) have successfully completed
 3    the Initial Teaching Certification examinations  required  by
 4    the  Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  State  Board of
 5    Education, and (4) have met all other criteria established by
 6    the Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  State  Board  of
 7    Education    in   consultation   with   the   State   Teacher
 8    Certification Board, shall  be  issued  an  Initial  Teaching
 9    Certificate  valid  for  4  years  of teaching, as defined in
10    Section 21-14 of this Code.   Initial  Teaching  Certificates
11    shall   be  issued  for  categories  corresponding  to  Early
12    Childhood, Elementary,  Secondary,  and  Special  K-12,  with
13    special  certification  designations  for  Special Education,
14    Bilingual Education, fundamental  learning  areas  (including
15    Language Arts, Reading, Mathematics, Science, Social Science,
16    Physical  Development  and  Health,  Fine  Arts,  and Foreign
17    Language), and other areas  designated  by  the  Professional
18    Teacher   Standards   Board  State  Board  of  Education,  in
19    consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
20        (c)  Standard Certificate.  Beginning February 15,  2000,
21    persons  who  (1)  have  completed  4  years  of teaching, as
22    defined in Section  21-14  of  this  Code,  with  an  Initial
23    Certificate  or  an  Initial Alternative Teaching Certificate
24    and have met all other  criteria  established  by  the  State
25    Board  of  Education  in  consultation with the State Teacher
26    Certification  Board  before  July  1,  2002   and   by   the
27    Professional  Teachers  Standards  Board on and after July 1,
28    2002, (2) have completed 4  years  of  teaching  on  a  valid
29    equivalent  certificate  in another State or territory of the
30    United States, or have completed 4 years  of  teaching  in  a
31    nonpublic  Illinois  elementary  or  secondary school with an
32    Initial  Certificate  or  an  Initial  Alternative   Teaching
33    Certificate,  and  have met all other criteria established by
34    the State Board of Education, in consultation with the  State
 
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 1    Teacher  Certification  Board, before July 1, 2002 and by the
 2    Professional Teacher Standards Board on  and  after  July  1,
 3    2002,  or  (3)  were  issued  teaching  certificates prior to
 4    February 15, 2000 and are renewing those  certificates  after
 5    February  15,  2000,  shall  be issued a Standard Certificate
 6    valid for 5 years, which may be renewed  thereafter  every  5
 7    years  by  the  Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board State
 8    Teacher Certification Board  based  on  proof  of  continuing
 9    education  or  professional  development.  Beginning  July 1,
10    2003, persons who have completed  4  years  of  teaching,  as
11    described in clauses (1) and (2) of this subsection (c), have
12    successfully  completed  the  Standard  Teaching  Certificate
13    Examinations,  and have met all other criteria established by
14    the Professional Teacher Standards State Board of  Education,
15    in  consultation  with the State Teacher Certification Board,
16    shall be issued Standard Certificates.  Standard Certificates
17    shall  be  issued  for  categories  corresponding  to   Early
18    Childhood,  Elementary,  Secondary,  and  Special  K-12, with
19    special certification  designations  for  Special  Education,
20    Bilingual  Education,  fundamental  learning areas (including
21    Language Arts, Reading, Mathematics, Science, Social Science,
22    Physical Development  and  Health,  Fine  Arts,  and  Foreign
23    Language),  and  other  areas  designated by the Professional
24    Teacher  Standards  Board  State  Board  of   Education,   in
25    consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
26        (d)  Master  Certificate.   Beginning  February 15, 2000,
27    persons  who  have  successfully  achieved   National   Board
28    certification  through  the  National  Board for Professional
29    Teaching Standards shall  be  issued  a  Master  Certificate,
30    valid  for  10  years and renewable thereafter every 10 years
31    through compliance with requirements set forth by  the  State
32    Board  of  Education,  in consultation with the State Teacher
33    Certification  Board,  before  July  1,  2002  and   by   the
34    Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  on and after July 1,
 
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 1    2002. However, each teacher who holds  a  Master  Certificate
 2    shall  be  eligible  for a teaching position in this State in
 3    the areas for which he or  she  holds  a  Master  Certificate
 4    without  satisfying  any  other  requirements  of  this Code,
 5    except  for  those  requirements   pertaining   to   criminal
 6    background  checks.  A teacher who holds a Master Certificate
 7    shall  be  deemed  to  meet   State   certification   renewal
 8    requirements in the area or areas for which he or she holds a
 9    Master  Certificate  for  the  10-year  term of the teacher's
10    Master Certificate.
11    (Source: P.A. 90-548,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-653,  eff.  7-29-98;
12    90-811,  eff.  1-26-99;  91-102,  eff.  7-12-99; 91-606, eff.
13    8-16-99; 91-609, eff. 1-1-00; revised 10-7-99.)

14        (105 ILCS 5/21-2.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2.1)
15        Sec. 21-2.1.  Early childhood certificate.
16        (a)  An early childhood certificate shall be valid for  4
17    years  for  teaching children up to 6 years of age, exclusive
18    of children enrolled in kindergarten, in facilities  approved
19    by   the   Professional   Teacher   Standards   Board   State
20    Superintendent  of  Education.   Beginning July 1, 1988, such
21    certificate shall be valid for 4 years for Teaching  children
22    through   grade   3  in  facilities  approved  by  the  State
23    Superintendent of Education before July 1, 2002  and  by  the
24    Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  on and after July 1,
25    2002.  Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a,  it  shall
26    be  issued  to  persons  who have graduated from a recognized
27    institution of higher learning with a bachelor's  degree  and
28    with not fewer than 120 semester hours including professional
29    education  or  human  development  or, until July 1, 1992, to
30    persons who have early childhood  education  instruction  and
31    practical  experience involving supervised work with children
32    under 6 years of age or with children through grade  3.  Such
33    persons   shall   be  recommended  for  the  early  childhood
 
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 1    certificate by a recognized institution as  having  completed
 2    an   approved  program  of  preparation  which  includes  the
 3    requisite hours and academic  and  professional  courses  and
 4    practical  experience  approved  by  the Professional Teacher
 5    Standards  Board  State  Superintendent   of   Education   in
 6    consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
 7        (b)  Beginning  February  15,  2000, Initial and Standard
 8    Early Childhood Education Certificates  shall  be  issued  to
 9    persons  who meet the criteria established by the State Board
10    of Education before July 1,  2002  and  by  the  Professional
11    Teacher Standards Board on and after July 1, 2002.
12    (Source:  P.A.  90-548,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-811, eff. 1-26-99;
13    91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

14        (105 ILCS 5/21-2b) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2b)
15        Sec. 21-2b.   Teacher  education  program  entrance.   In
16    consultation  with  the State Teacher Certification Board The
17    Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
18    shall develop  procedures  which  ensure  that  all  students
19    entering  approved  teacher education programs are proficient
20    in the areas of reading, mathematics and language arts.  Each
21    institution  of  higher  learning   shall   submit   to   the
22    Professional    Teacher   Standards   Board   State   Teacher
23    Certification Board a plan which sets  forth  procedures  for
24    implementation of this Section.
25    (Source: P.A. 84-126.)

26        (105 ILCS 5/21-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-3)
27        Sec. 21-3.  Elementary certificate.
28        (a)  An  elementary school certificate shall be valid for
29    4 years for teaching in the kindergarten and lower  9  grades
30    of  the common schools.  Subject to the provisions of Section
31    21-1a, it shall be issued to persons who have graduated  from
32    a recognized institution of higher learning with a bachelor's
 
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 1    degree  and with not fewer than 120 semester hours and with a
 2    minimum of  16  semester  hours  in  professional  education,
 3    including   5   semester  hours  in  student  teaching  under
 4    competent  and  close  supervision.  Such  persons  shall  be
 5    recommended for the elementary certificate  by  a  recognized
 6    institution  as  having  completed  an  approved  program  of
 7    preparation  which  includes intensive preservice training in
 8    the  humanities,  natural  sciences,  mathematics,  and   the
 9    academic   and   professional   courses   approved   by   the
10    Professional  Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of
11    Education   in   consultation   with   the   State    Teacher
12    Certification Board.
13        (b)  Beginning  February  15,  2000, Initial and Standard
14    Elementary Certificates shall be issued to persons  who  meet
15    all  of  the  criteria  established  by  the  State  Board of
16    Education for elementary education before July 1, 2002 and by
17    the Professional Teacher Standards Board on and after July 1,
18    2002.
19    (Source: P.A. 90-548,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-811,  eff.  1-26-99;
20    91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

21        (105 ILCS 5/21-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-4)
22        Sec. 21-4.  Special certificate.
23        (a)  A special certificate shall be valid for 4 years for
24    teaching  the special subjects named therein in all grades of
25    the common schools. Subject  to  the  provisions  of  Section
26    21-1a,  it shall be issued to persons who have graduated from
27    a recognized institution of higher learning with a bachelor's
28    degree and with not fewer than 120 semester hours including a
29    minimum of 16 semester hours in professional education, 5  of
30    which  shall be in student teaching under competent and close
31    supervision. When the holder of such certificate has earned a
32    master's degree, including 8 eight semester hours of graduate
33    professional  education  from  a  recognized  institution  of
 
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 1    higher learning and with 2 two years' teaching experience, it
 2    may be endorsed for supervision.
 3        Such  persons  shall  be  recommended  for  the   special
 4    certificate  by  a recognized institution as having completed
 5    an approved program of preparation  which  includes  academic
 6    and professional courses approved by the Professional Teacher
 7    Standards   Board   State   Superintendent  of  Education  in
 8    consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
 9        (b)  Those  persons  holding  special   certificates   on
10    February 15, 2000 shall be eligible for one of the following:
11             (1)  The   issuance   of   Standard  Elementary  and
12        Standard Secondary Certificates with appropriate  special
13        certification  designations  as  determined  by the State
14        Board  of  Education,  in  consultation  with  the  State
15        Teacher Certification Board, before July 1, 2002  and  by
16        the  Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board on and after
17        July 1, 2002 and consistent with  rules  adopted  by  the
18        State  Board  of Education before July 1, 2002 and by the
19        Professional Teacher Standards Board on and after July 1,
20        2002.  These certificates shall be renewed as provided in
21        subsection (c) of Section 21-2.
22             (2)  The   issuance   of   Standard   Special   K-12
23        Certificates  with  appropriate   special   certification
24        designations,  which  shall  be  renewed  as  provided in
25        subsection (c) of Section 21-2.  These certificates shall
26        not be eligible for additional certification designations
27        except as approved by the Professional Teacher  Standards
28        Board  State Board of Education, in consultation with the
29        State Teacher Certification Board.
30        (c)  Those persons eligible to receive K-12 certification
31    after February 15, 2000 shall be  issued  Initial  Elementary
32    and  Initial  Secondary Certificates with appropriate special
33    certification  designations  pursuant  to  this  Section   or
34    Initial  Special  K-12  Certificates with appropriate special
 
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 1    certification designations pursuant to this  Section.   These
 2    Initial  K-12  Special Certificates shall not be eligible for
 3    additional certification designations except as  approved  by
 4    the  State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
 5    Teacher Certification Board, before July 1, 2002 and  by  the
 6    Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  on and after July 1,
 7    2002.
 8        (d)  All persons holding a  special  certificate  with  a
 9    special  education endorsement are exempt from the provisions
10    of Section 2-3.71 of this Code, provided they  meet  all  the
11    other   requirements  for  teaching  as  established  by  the
12    Professional  Teacher  Standards   Board   State   Board   of
13    Education,   in   consultation   with   the   State   Teacher
14    Certification Board.
15        Beginning  February  15,  2000,  all persons exchanging a
16    special  certificate  pursuant  to  subsection  (b)  of  this
17    Section with a special education endorsement or  receiving  a
18    special education designation on either a special certificate
19    or  an  elementary  certificate issued pursuant to subsection
20    (c) of this Section are exempt from the provisions of Section
21    2-3.71 of  this  Code,  provided  they  meet  all  the  other
22    requirements  for  teaching as established by the State Board
23    of  Education,  in  consultation  with  the   State   Teacher
24    Certification   Board,   before  July  1,  2002  and  by  the
25    Professional Teacher Standards Board on  and  after  July  1,
26    2002.
27        Certificates   exchanged   or  issued  pursuant  to  this
28    subsection (d) shall be  valid  for  teaching  children  with
29    disabilities, as defined in Section 14-1.02 of this Code, and
30    these   special  certificates  shall  be  called  Initial  or
31    Standard Special Preschool - Age 21 Certificates.  Nothing in
32    this subsection (d) shall be construed  to  adversely  affect
33    the  rights  of any person presently certificated, any person
34    whose certification is currently pending, or any  person  who
 
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 1    is  currently  enrolled or enrolls prior to February 15, 2000
 2    in an approved Special K-12 certification program.
 3    (Source: P.A. 90-548,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-653,  eff.  7-29-98;
 4    90-811,  eff.  1-26-99;  91-102,  eff.  7-12-99; 91-765, eff.
 5    6-9-00.)

 6        (105 ILCS 5/21-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-5)
 7        Sec. 21-5.  High school certificate.
 8        (a)  A high school certificate shall be valid for 4 years
 9    for teaching in grades  6  to  12  inclusive  of  the  common
10    schools. Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, it shall
11    be  issued  to  persons  who have graduated from a recognized
12    institution of higher learning with a bachelor's  degree  and
13    with  not fewer than 120 semester hours including 16 semester
14    hours in professional education,  5  of  which  shall  be  in
15    student  teaching  under  competent and close supervision and
16    with one or more  teaching  fields.  Such  persons  shall  be
17    recommended  for  the high school certificate by a recognized
18    institution  as  having  completed  an  approved  program  of
19    preparation which  includes  the  academic  and  professional
20    courses  approved by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
21    State Superintendent of Education in  consultation  with  the
22    State Teacher Certification Board.
23        (b)  Beginning  February  15,  2000, Initial and Standard
24    Secondary Certificates shall be issued to  persons  who  meet
25    all  of  the  criteria  established  by  the  State  Board of
26    Education before July 1, 2002 and by the Professional Teacher
27    Standards Board on and  after  July  1,  2002  for  secondary
28    education.
29    (Source:  P.A.  90-548,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-811, eff. 1-26-99;
30    91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

31        (105 ILCS 5/21-5a) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-5a)
32        Sec. 21-5a.  Alternative math-science certification.  The
 
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 1    Professional  Teacher  Standards   Board   State   Board   of
 2    Education,   in   consultation   with   the   State   Teacher
 3    Certification   Board,  shall  establish  and  implement  and
 4    administer an alternative certification program  under  which
 5    persons  who  qualify  for admission to, and who successfully
 6    complete the program and  meet  the  additional  requirements
 7    established  by  this  Section  shall  be  issued  an initial
 8    teaching certificate for  teaching  mathematics,  science  or
 9    mathematics  and science in grades 9 through 12 of the common
10    schools.   In  establishing  an   alternative   certification
11    program   under   this   Section,  the  Professional  Teacher
12    Standards Board State Board of Education shall  designate  an
13    appropriate  area within the State where the program shall be
14    offered and made available to persons qualified for admission
15    to  the  program.   In  addition,  the  Professional  Teacher
16    Standards Board State Board of Education, in cooperation with
17    one or more recognized institutions of higher learning, shall
18    develop, evaluate, and revise as  necessary  a  comprehensive
19    course  of  study  that  persons admitted to the program must
20    successfully complete in order to satisfy one  criterion  for
21    issuance  of  an  initial certificate under this Section. The
22    comprehensive course of study so developed shall include  one
23    semester of practice teaching.
24        An  initial  teaching  certificate, valid for 4 years for
25    teaching mathematics, science, or mathematics and science  in
26    grades  9  through  12 of the common schools and renewable as
27    provided in Section 21-14, shall be issued under this Section
28    21-5a to persons who qualify for admission to the alternative
29    certification program and who at the time of applying for  an
30    initial teaching certificate under this Section:
31             (1)  have   graduated  with  a  master's  degree  in
32        mathematics or any science discipline from an institution
33        of  higher  learning  whose  scholarship  standards   are
34        approved  by  the  Professional  Teacher  Standards Board
 
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 1        State Board of Education for purposes of the  alternative
 2        certification program;
 3             (2)  have  been employed for at least 10 years in an
 4        area requiring knowledge  and  practical  application  of
 5        their  academic  background  in  mathematics or a science
 6        discipline;
 7             (3)  have  successfully  completed  the  alternative
 8        certification program and  the  course  of  comprehensive
 9        study,  including  one  semester  of  practice  teaching,
10        developed  as  part  of  the  program as provided in this
11        Section  and  approved  by   the   Professional   Teacher
12        Standards Board State Board of Education; and
13             (4)  have   passed   the  examinations  required  by
14        Section 21-1a.
15        The   alternative   certification   program   shall    be
16    implemented  at  the  commencement  of the 1992-1993 academic
17    year.
18        The Professional Teacher Standards Board State  Board  of
19    Education  shall  establish  criteria  for  admission  to the
20    alternative certification program and shall adopt  rules  and
21    regulations  that  are  consistent with this Section and that
22    the Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  State  Board  of
23    Education  deems  necessary  to  establish  and implement and
24    administer the program.
25    (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)

26        (105 ILCS 5/21-5b)
27        Sec. 21-5b.  Alternative certification.  The Professional
28    Teacher  Standards  Board  State  Board  of   Education,   in
29    consultation  with  the  State  Teacher  Certification Board,
30    shall establish and implement  an  alternative  certification
31    program  under which persons who meet the requirements of and
32    successfully complete the program established by this Section
33    shall be  issued  an  alternative  teaching  certificate  for
 
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 1    teaching  in the schools. The program shall be limited to not
 2    more than 260 new participants  during  each  year  that  the
 3    program  is  in  effect.   The Professional Teacher Standards
 4    Board  State  Board  of  Education,  in  cooperation  with  a
 5    partnership formed  with  a  university  that  offers  4-year
 6    baccalaureate  and  masters  degree  programs  and  that is a
 7    recognized institution as defined in Section 21-21 and one or
 8    more not-for-profit organizations in the State which  support
 9    excellence in teaching, shall within 30 days after submission
10    by the partnership approve a course of study developed by the
11    partnership  that  persons  in  the program must successfully
12    complete in order to satisfy one criterion for issuance of an
13    alternative certificate under this Section.  The  Alternative
14    Teacher  Certification  program  course of study must include
15    the current content and skills contained in the  university's
16    current  courses  for  State  certification  which  have been
17    approved by the Professional Teacher  Standards  Board  State
18    Board  of  Education,  in consultation with the State Teacher
19    Certification Board, as the  requirement  for  State  teacher
20    certification.
21        The  alternative  certification program established under
22    this Section  shall  be  known  as  the  Alternative  Teacher
23    Certification program.  The Alternative Teacher Certification
24    Program  shall  be  offered by the submitting partnership and
25    may be offered in conjunction with one or more not-for-profit
26    organizations  in  the  State  which  support  excellence  in
27    teaching.  The program shall be comprised of the following  3
28    phases: (a) the first phase is the course of study offered on
29    an   intensive   basis  in  education  theory,  instructional
30    methods, and practice teaching; (b) the second phase  is  the
31    person's  assignment to a full-time teaching position for one
32    school year; and (c)  the  third  phase  is  a  comprehensive
33    assessment  of  the  person's  teaching performance by school
34    officials   and   the   partnership   participants   and    a
 
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 1    recommendation by the partner institution of higher education
 2    to  the  Professional  Teacher Standards Board State Board of
 3    Education that the person be issued  a  standard  alternative
 4    teaching   certificate.    Successful   completion   of   the
 5    Alternative  Teacher Certification program shall be deemed to
 6    satisfy any other practice or student  teaching  and  subject
 7    matter requirements established by law.
 8        A provisional alternative teaching certificate, valid for
 9    one year of teaching in the common schools and not renewable,
10    shall  be  issued  under this Section 21-5b to persons who at
11    the time of applying for the provisional alternative teaching
12    certificate under this Section:
13             (1)  have graduated from an  accredited  college  or
14        university with a bachelor's degree;
15             (2)  have  successfully completed the first phase of
16        the Alternative Teacher Certification program as provided
17        in this Section;
18             (3)  have passed  the  tests  of  basic  skills  and
19        subject matter knowledge required by Section 21-1a; and
20             (4)  have  been  employed for a period of at least 5
21        years  in  an   area   requiring   application   of   the
22        individual's  education;  however,  this requirement does
23        not apply  with  respect  to  a  provisional  alternative
24        teaching  certificate for teaching in schools situated in
25        a school district that is located  in  a  city  having  a
26        population in excess of 500,000 inhabitants.
27        A person possessing a provisional alternative certificate
28    under  this Section shall be treated as a regularly certified
29    teacher for purposes of  compensation,  benefits,  and  other
30    terms  and  conditions of employment afforded teachers in the
31    school who are members of a bargaining unit represented by an
32    exclusive bargaining representative, if any.
33        Until February 15, 2000, a standard alternative  teaching
34    certificate,  valid  for  4 years for teaching in the schools
 
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 1    and renewable as provided in Section 21-14, shall  be  issued
 2    under  this  Section  21-5b to persons who first complete the
 3    requirements  for  the   provisional   alternative   teaching
 4    certificate  and  who  at the time of applying for a standard
 5    alternative teaching  certificate  under  this  Section  have
 6    successfully  completed  the  second  and third phases of the
 7    Alternative Teacher Certification program as provided in this
 8    Section. Alternatively, beginning February 15, 2000,  at  the
 9    end of the 4-year validity period,  persons who were issued a
10    standard  alternative teaching certificate shall be eligible,
11    on   the  same  basis  as  holders  of  an  Initial  Teaching
12    Certificate  issued  under subsection (b) of  Section 21-2 of
13    this Code, to apply  for  a  Standard  Teaching  Certificate,
14    provided  they    meet  the requirements of subsection (c) of
15    Section 21-2 of this Code and further provided that a  person
16    who  does  not  apply  for  and  receive  a Standard Teaching
17    Certificate shall be able to teach only in  schools  situated
18    in  a  school  district  that  is  located in a city having a
19    population in excess of 500,000 inhabitants.
20        Beginning February 15, 2000, persons who  have  completed
21    the   requirements   for   a  standard  alternative  teaching
22    certificate under this Section shall  be  issued  an  Initial
23    Alternative   Teaching  Certificate  valid  for  4  years  of
24    teaching and  not  renewable.   At  the  end  of  the  4-year
25    validity period, these persons shall be eligible, on the same
26    basis  as   holders of an Initial Teaching Certificate issued
27    under subsection (b) of Section 21-2 of  this Code, to  apply
28    for  a  Standard Teaching Certificate, provided they meet the
29    requirements of subsection (c) of Section 21-2.
30        This   alternative   certification   program   shall   be
31    implemented  so  that  the  first   provisional   alternative
32    teaching certificates issued under this Section are effective
33    upon  the commencement of the 1997-1998 academic year and the
34    first standard alternative teaching certificates issued under
 
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 1    this Section are  effective  upon  the  commencement  of  the
 2    1998-1999 academic year.
 3        The  Professional  Teacher Standards Board State Board of
 4    Education, in cooperation with the  partnership  establishing
 5    the  Alternative  Teacher  Certification program, shall adopt
 6    rules and regulations that are consistent with  this  Section
 7    and that the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board
 8    of  Education  deems necessary to establish and implement the
 9    program.
10    (Source: P.A. 91-609, eff. 1-1-00.)

11        (105 ILCS 5/21-5c)
12        Sec. 21-5c.  Alternative route to teacher  certification.
13    The  Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  State  Board of
14    Education,   in   consultation   with   the   State   Teacher
15    Certification  Board,  shall  establish  and   implement   an
16    alternative  route  to  teacher  certification  program under
17    which persons who meet the requirements of  and  successfully
18    complete  the  program  established  by this Section shall be
19    issued  an  initial  teaching  certificate  for  teaching  in
20    schools in this State.  The  Professional  Teacher  Standards
21    Board  State  Board  of  Education  shall approve a course of
22    study that persons in the program must successfully  complete
23    in   order  to  satisfy  one  criterion  for  issuance  of  a
24    certificate under this Section.   The  Alternative  Route  to
25    Teacher  Certification  program  course of study must include
26    the current content and skills contained  in  a  university's
27    current  courses  for  State  certification  which  have been
28    approved by the Professional Teacher  Standards  Board  State
29    Board  of  Education,  in consultation with the State Teacher
30    Certification Board, as the  requirement  for  State  teacher
31    certification.
32        The program established under this Section shall be known
33    as  the  Alternative  Route to Teacher Certification program.
 
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 1    The program may be offered in conjunction with  one  or  more
 2    not-for-profit organizations in the State.  The program shall
 3    be comprised of the following 3 phases: (a) a course of study
 4    offered   on   an   intensive   basis  in  education  theory,
 5    instructional  methods,  and  practice  teaching;   (b)   the
 6    person's  assignment to a full-time teaching position for one
 7    school year, including the designation of a mentor teacher to
 8    advise and assist the person with that  teaching  assignment;
 9    and  (c)  a comprehensive assessment of the person's teaching
10    performance by school officials and program participants  and
11    a  recommendation  by  the institution of higher education to
12    the Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  State  Board  of
13    Education  that  the  person  be  issued  an initial teaching
14    certificate.  Successful completion of the Alternative  Route
15    to  Teacher  Certification program shall be deemed to satisfy
16    any other practice or student  teaching  and  subject  matter
17    requirements established by law.
18        A provisional alternative teaching certificate, valid for
19    one year of teaching in the common schools and not renewable,
20    shall  be  issued  under this Section 21-5c to persons who at
21    the time of applying for the provisional alternative teaching
22    certificate under this Section:
23             (1)  have graduated from an  accredited  college  or
24        university with a bachelor's degree;
25             (2)  have  been  employed for a period of at least 5
26        years  in  an   area   requiring   application   of   the
27        individual's education;
28             (3)  have  successfully completed the first phase of
29        the Alternative Teacher Certification program as provided
30        in this Section; and
31             (4)  have passed  the  tests  of  basic  skills  and
32        subject matter knowledge required by Section 21-1a.
33        An  initial  teaching  certificate, valid for teaching in
34    the common schools, shall be issued  under  Section  21-3  or
 
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 1    21-5  to  persons who first complete the requirements for the
 2    provisional alternative teaching certificate and who  at  the
 3    time  of  applying  for  an initial teaching certificate have
 4    successfully completed the second and  third  phases  of  the
 5    Alternative   Route   to  Teacher  Certification  program  as
 6    provided in this Section.
 7        A person possessing a provisional alternative certificate
 8    or an initial teaching certificate earned under this  Section
 9    shall  be  treated  as  a  regularly  certified  teacher  for
10    purposes  of  compensation,  benefits,  and  other  terms and
11    conditions of employment afforded teachers in the school  who
12    are  members of a bargaining unit represented by an exclusive
13    bargaining representative, if any.
14        The Professional Teacher Standards Board State  Board  of
15    Education may adopt rules and regulations that are consistent
16    with this Section and that the Professional Teacher Standards
17    Board  State Board deems necessary to establish and implement
18    the program.
19    (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)

20        (105 ILCS 5/21-5d)
21        Sec.  21-5d.    Alternative   route   to   administrative
22    certification.   The  Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board
23    State  Board  of  Education,  in  consultation with the State
24    Teacher Certification Board and an advisory panel  consisting
25    of  no  less  than  7  administrators  appointed by the State
26    Superintendent of Education, shall establish and implement an
27    alternative route  to  administrative  certification  program
28    under   which  persons  who  meet  the  requirements  of  and
29    successfully complete the program established by this Section
30    shall be issued a  standard  administrative  certificate  for
31    serving  as  an  administrator in schools in this State.  For
32    the purposes of this Section only,  "administrator"  means  a
33    person  holding  any  administrative  position  for  which  a
 
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 1    standard    administrative   certificate   with   a   general
 2    administrative endorsement, chief  school  business  official
 3    endorsement,   or  superintendent  endorsement  is  required,
 4    except  a  principal  or   an   assistant   principal.    The
 5    Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
 6    shall  approve  a course of study that persons in the program
 7    must successfully complete in order to satisfy one  criterion
 8    for  issuance  of  a  certificate  under  this  Section.  The
 9    Alternative Route  to  Administrative  Certification  program
10    course  of  study must include the current content and skills
11    contained  in  a  university's  current  courses  for   State
12    certification  which  have  been approved by the Professional
13    Teacher  Standards  Board  State  Board  of   Education,   in
14    consultation  with  the State Teacher Certification Board, as
15    the requirement for administrative certification.
16        The program established under this Section shall be known
17    as the  Alternative  Route  to  Administrative  Certification
18    program.   The  program shall be comprised of the following 3
19    phases: (a) a course of study offered on an  intensive  basis
20    in   education   management,  governance,  organization,  and
21    planning; (b) the person's assignment to a full-time position
22    for  one  school  year  as  an  administrator;  and   (c)   a
23    comprehensive  assessment  of  the  person's  performance  by
24    school  officials  and  a  recommendation to the Professional
25    Teacher Standards Board State Board  of  Education  that  the
26    person  be  issued  a  standard  administrative  certificate.
27    Successful   completion   of   the   Alternative   Route   to
28    Administrative  Certification  program  shall  be  deemed  to
29    satisfy  any other supervisory, administrative, or management
30    experience requirements established by law.
31        A  provisional  alternative  administrative  certificate,
32    valid for one year of serving  as  an  administrator  in  the
33    common  schools and not renewable, shall be issued under this
34    Section 21-5d to persons who at the time of applying for  the
 
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 1    provisional alternative administrative certificate under this
 2    Section:
 3             (1)  have  graduated  from  an accredited college or
 4        university with a master's degree in a  management  field
 5        or  with  a  bachelor's  degree  and  the life experience
 6        equivalent of a master's degree in a management field  as
 7        determined  by  the  Professional Teacher Standards Board
 8        State Board of Education;
 9             (2)  have been employed for a period of at  least  5
10        years in a management level position;
11             (3)  have  successfully completed the first phase of
12        the Alternative  Route  to  Administrative  Certification
13        program as provided in this Section; and
14             (4)  have  passed  any  examination  required by the
15        Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  State  Board  of
16        Education.
17        A standard  administrative  certificate  with  a  general
18    administrative  endorsement,  chief  school business official
19    endorsement,  or  superintendent  endorsement,  renewable  as
20    provided in Section 21-14,  shall  be  issued  under  Section
21    21-7.1 to persons who first complete the requirements for the
22    provisional alternative administrative certificate and who at
23    the   time   of   applying   for  a  standard  administrative
24    certificate have successfully completed the second and  third
25    phases   of   the   Alternative   Route   to   Administrative
26    Certification program as provided in this Section.
27        The  Professional  Teacher Standards Board State Board of
28    Education may adopt rules and regulations that are consistent
29    with this Section and that the Professional Teacher Standards
30    Board State Board deems necessary to establish and  implement
31    the program.
32    (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)

33        (105 ILCS 5/21-7.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-7.1)
 
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 1        Sec. 21-7.1.  Administrative certificate.
 2        (a)  After  July  1,  1999, an administrative certificate
 3    valid for 5 years of supervising  and  administering  in  the
 4    public  common  schools  may  be  issued  to persons who have
 5    graduated from a regionally accredited institution of  higher
 6    learning with a master's degree and who have been recommended
 7    by  a  recognized  institution  of  higher learning as having
 8    completed a program of preparation for one or more  of  these
 9    endorsements.  Such  programs  of  academic  and professional
10    preparation required for endorsement shall be administered by
11    the institution in accordance with standards set forth by the
12    State Superintendent of Education in  consultation  with  the
13    State  Teacher Certification Board before July 1, 2002 and by
14    the Professional Teacher Standards Board on and after July 1,
15    2002.
16        (b)  No administrative certificate shall  be  issued  for
17    the  first  time  after  June  30,  1987  and  no endorsement
18    provided for by this Section shall be made or affixed  to  an
19    administrative  certificate for the first time after June 30,
20    1987  unless  the  person   to   whom   such   administrative
21    certificate  is  to  be  issued  or  to  whose administrative
22    certificate such  endorsement  is  to  be  affixed  has  been
23    required to demonstrate as a part of a program of academic or
24    professional    preparation   for   such   certification   or
25    endorsement: (i) an understanding of the knowledge called for
26    in establishing productive parent-school relationships and of
27    the  procedures  fostering   the   involvement   which   such
28    relationships  demand;  and  (ii)  an  understanding  of  the
29    knowledge  required  for  establishing  a high quality school
30    climate  and  promoting  good  classroom   organization   and
31    management,  including  rules  of  conduct  and instructional
32    procedures  appropriate  to  accomplishing   the   tasks   of
33    schooling;  and  (iii)  a  demonstration of the knowledge and
34    skills called for in providing instructional leadership.  The
 
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 1    standards  for  demonstrating  an   understanding   of   such
 2    knowledge  shall  be  set  forth  by the Professional Teacher
 3    Standards Board State Board of Education in consultation with
 4    the  State  Teacher  Certification  Board,   and   shall   be
 5    administered   by   the  recognized  institutions  of  higher
 6    learning as part of the programs of academic and professional
 7    preparation required for certification and endorsement  under
 8    this  Section.   As  used  in  this subsection: "establishing
 9    productive parent-school relationships" means the ability  to
10    maintain  effective  communication between parents and school
11    personnel, to encourage parental  involvement  in  schooling,
12    and  to  motivate  school  personnel  to  engage  parents  in
13    encouraging student achievement, including the development of
14    programs and policies which serve to accomplish this purpose;
15    and  "establishing  a  high quality school climate" means the
16    ability  to  promote  academic   achievement,   to   maintain
17    discipline,  to  recognize  substance  abuse  problems  among
18    students  and  utilize  appropriate law enforcement and other
19    community resources to address  these  problems,  to  support
20    teachers  and  students  in  their  education  endeavors,  to
21    establish  learning  objectives  and to provide instructional
22    leadership,  including  the  development  of   policies   and
23    programs   which   serve  to  accomplish  this  purpose;  and
24    "providing instructional leadership"  means  the  ability  to
25    effectively  evaluate  school  personnel,  to possess general
26    communication and interpersonal skills, and to establish  and
27    maintain  appropriate  classroom  learning environments.  The
28    provisions of this subsection shall not apply  to  or  affect
29    the  initial issuance or making on or before June 30, 1987 of
30    any administrative certificate or  endorsement  provided  for
31    under  this  Section,  nor  shall such provisions apply to or
32    affect  the  renewal  after  June  30,  1987  of   any   such
33    certificate  or  endorsement  initially  issued or made on or
34    before June 30, 1987.
 
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 1        (c)  Administrative certificates shall be renewed every 5
 2    five  years  with  the  first  renewal  being  5  five  years
 3    following  the   initial   receipt   of   an   administrative
 4    certificate.  Renewal  requirements  for administrators whose
 5    positions require certification shall be based upon  evidence
 6    of  continuing  professional  education  which  promotes  the
 7    following  goals:  (1) Improving administrators' knowledge of
 8    instructional practices and  administrative  procedures;  (2)
 9    Maintaining  the  basic  level  of  competence  required  for
10    initial  certification;  and  (3)  Improving  the  mastery of
11    skills and knowledge regarding the  improvement  of  teaching
12    performance in clinical settings and assessment of the levels
13    of  student  performance  in  their  schools.    Evidence  of
14    continuing  professional  education must include verification
15    of biennial attendance in a program developed by the Illinois
16    Administrators'   Academy   and   verification   of    annual
17    participation  in  a  school district approved activity which
18    contributes  to  continuing  professional   education.    The
19    Professional   Teacher   Standards   Board   State  Board  of
20    Education,   in   consultation   with   the   State   Teacher
21    Certification Board, shall develop, evaluate, and  revise  as
22    necessary  procedures for implementing this Section and shall
23    administer  the  renewal  of   administrative   certificates.
24    Failure   to   submit  satisfactory  evidence  of  continuing
25    professional education which  contributes  to  promoting  the
26    goals   of   this   Section   shall   result  in  a  loss  of
27    administrative certification.
28        (d)  Any limited or life supervisory  certificate  issued
29    prior  to  July  1,  1968  shall continue to be valid for all
30    administrative  and  supervisory  positions  in  the   public
31    schools  for which it is valid as of that date as long as its
32    holder meets the requirements for registration or renewal  as
33    set forth in the statutes or until revoked according to law.
34        (e)  The  administrative  or  supervisory  positions  for
 
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 1    which  the  certificate shall be valid shall be determined by
 2    one or more of 3 endorsements: general  supervisory,  general
 3    administrative and superintendent.
 4        Subject  to the provisions of Section 21-1a, endorsements
 5    shall be made under conditions set  forth  in  this  Section.
 6    The  Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  State  Board of
 7    Education shall,  in  consultation  with  the  State  Teacher
 8    Certification  Board,  adopt  rules  pursuant to the Illinois
 9    Administrative Procedure Act, establishing  requirements  for
10    obtaining   administrative  certificates  where  the  minimum
11    administrative or supervisory requirements surpass those  set
12    forth in this Section.
13        If  the  Professional Teacher Standards Board establishes
14    State Teacher Certification Board shall file with  the  State
15    Board  of Education a written recommendation when considering
16    additional administrative or supervisory requirements, those.
17    All additional requirements shall be based upon the requisite
18    knowledge necessary to perform the those  tasks  required  by
19    the  certificate.   The  Professional Teacher Standards Board
20    State Board of Education shall in consultation with the State
21    Teacher Certification Board, establish standards  within  its
22    rules  which  shall  include  the  academic  and professional
23    requirements necessary for  certification.   These  standards
24    shall at a minimum contain, but not be limited to, those used
25    by  the  Professional  Teacher Standards Board State Board of
26    Education in determining whether additional knowledge will be
27    required.  Additionally, the Professional  Teacher  Standards
28    Board State Board of Education shall in consultation with the
29    State   Teacher  Certification  Board,  establish  provisions
30    within its  rules  whereby  any  member  of  the  educational
31    community   or   the   public   may  file  a  formal  written
32    recommendation or inquiry regarding requirements.
33             (1)  Until July 1,  2003,  the  general  supervisory
34        endorsement   shall  be  affixed  to  the  administrative
 
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 1        certificate of any holder who has at  least  16  semester
 2        hours   of  graduate  credit  in  professional  education
 3        including  8  semester  hours  of  graduate   credit   in
 4        curriculum  and  research and who has at least 2 years of
 5        full-time teaching experience or school service personnel
 6        experience  in  public   schools,   schools   under   the
 7        supervision  of  the  Department  of Corrections, schools
 8        under   the   administration   of   the   Department   of
 9        Rehabilitation Services, or nonpublic schools meeting the
10        standards established  by  the  State  Superintendent  of
11        Education    or   comparable   out-of-state   recognition
12        standards  approved  by  the  State   Superintendent   of
13        Education.
14             Such  endorsement shall be required for supervisors,
15        curriculum directors and for  such  similar  and  related
16        positions  as  determined  by  the  Professional  Teacher
17        Standards  Board  State  Superintendent  of  Education in
18        consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.
19             (2)  The general administrative endorsement shall be
20        affixed to the administrative certificate of  any  holder
21        who  has at least 20 semester hours of graduate credit in
22        educational administration and supervision and who has at
23        least 2 years of full-time teaching experience or  school
24        service  personnel  experience in public schools, schools
25        under the supervision of the Department  of  Corrections,
26        schools  under  the  administration  of the Department of
27        Rehabilitation Services, or nonpublic schools meeting the
28        standards established  by  the  State  Superintendent  of
29        Education    or   comparable   out-of-state   recognition
30        standards  approved  by  the  State   Superintendent   of
31        Education.
32             Such  endorsement  shall  be required for principal,
33        assistant    principal,    assistant     or     associate
34        superintendent,  junior  college  dean and for related or
 
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 1        similar  positions  as  determined  by  the  Professional
 2        Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of Education
 3        in consultation  with  the  State  Teacher  Certification
 4        Board.
 5             Notwithstanding  any  other  provisions of this Act,
 6        after January 1, 1990 and  until  January  1,  1991,  any
 7        teacher  employed  by  a  district  subject to Article 34
 8        shall  be   entitled   to   receive   an   administrative
 9        certificate  with  a  general  administrative endorsement
10        affixed thereto if he or she: (i) had at least 3 years of
11        experience as a certified teacher for such district prior
12        to August 1, 1985; (ii) obtained a Master's degree  prior
13        to  August  1, 1985; (iii) completed at least 20 hours of
14        graduate credit in education courses (including at  least
15        12  hours  in educational administration and supervision)
16        prior to September 1,  1987;  and  (iv)  has  received  a
17        rating of superior for at least each of the last 5 years.
18        Any person who obtains an administrative certificate with
19        a  general  administrative  endorsement  affixed  thereto
20        under  this  paragraph shall not be qualified to serve in
21        any administrative position except assistant principal.
22             (3)  The chief school business official  endorsement
23        shall be affixed to the administrative certificate of any
24        holder  who  qualifies  by  having a Master's degree, two
25        years of administrative  experience  in  school  business
26        management,  and  a  minimum  of  20  semester  hours  of
27        graduate   credit   in   a  program  established  by  the
28        Professional Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent
29        of Education  in  consultation  with  the  State  Teacher
30        Certification   Board   for  the  preparation  of  school
31        business administrators.  Such endorsement shall also  be
32        affixed  to  the administrative certificate of any holder
33        who qualifies by having a  Master's  Degree  in  Business
34        Administration,  Finance  or Accounting from a regionally
 
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 1        accredited institution of higher education.
 2             After June  30,  1977,  such  endorsement  shall  be
 3        required  for  any  individual  first employed as a chief
 4        school business official.
 5        (4)  The superintendent endorsement shall be  affixed  to
 6    the   administrative   certificate  of  any  holder  who  has
 7    completed 30 semester hours of  graduate  credit  beyond  the
 8    master's   degree   in  a  program  for  the  preparation  of
 9    superintendents of schools including  16  semester  hours  of
10    graduate  credit  in  professional  education  and who has at
11    least 2 years experience as an administrator or supervisor in
12    the public schools  or  the  State  Board  of  Education   or
13    education service regions or in nonpublic schools meeting the
14    standards   established   by   the  State  Superintendent  of
15    Education or comparable  out-of-state  recognition  standards
16    approved  by  the State Superintendent of Education and holds
17    general supervisory or general administrative endorsement, or
18    who has  had  2  years  of  experience  as  a  supervisor  or
19    administrator   while   holding   an   all-grade  supervisory
20    certificate or  a  certificate  comparable  in  validity  and
21    educational and experience requirements.
22        After  June  30, 1968, such endorsement shall be required
23    for a superintendent of schools, except as  provided  in  the
24    second paragraph of this Section and in Section 34-6.
25        Any  person  appointed  to the position of superintendent
26    between the effective date of this Act and June 30, 1993 in a
27    school district organized pursuant  to  Article  32  with  an
28    enrollment of at least 20,000 pupils shall be exempt from the
29    provisions of this Subsection (4) until June 30, 1996.
30        (f)  All  official  interpretations or acts of issuing or
31    denying administrative certificates or  endorsements  by  the
32    State Teacher's Certification Board, State Board of Education
33    or the State Superintendent of Education, from the passage of
34    P.A.  81-1208  on November 8, 1979 through September 24, 1981
 
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 1    are hereby declared valid and legal acts in all respects  and
 2    further  that  the purported repeal of the provisions of this
 3    Section by P.A. 81-1208 and P.A. 81-1509 is declared null and
 4    void.
 5    (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

 6        (105 ILCS 5/21-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-9)
 7        Sec.  21-9.   Substitute  certificates   and   substitute
 8    teaching.
 9        (a)  A  substitute teacher's certificate may be issued by
10    the Professional Teacher Standards Board for teaching in  all
11    grades of the common schools.  Such certificate may be issued
12    by  the  Professional Teacher Standards Board upon request of
13    the  regional superintendent of schools  of  any   region  in
14    which  the  teacher  is  to  teach.   A  substitute teacher's
15    certificate is valid for teaching in the  public  schools  of
16    any   county.    Such   certificate  may  be  issued  by  the
17    Professional Teacher Standards Board to  persons  who  either
18    (i)  (a) hold a certificate  valid for teaching in the common
19    schools as shown on the face of  the  certificate,  (ii)  (b)
20    hold  a bachelor of arts degree from an institution of higher
21    learning accredited by the North Central Association or other
22    comparable regional  accrediting  association  or  have  been
23    graduated  from  a  recognized institution of higher learning
24    with a bachelor's degree, or (iii) (c) have had  2  years  of
25    teaching experience and meet such other rules and regulations
26    as may be adopted by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
27    State  Board  of  Education  in  consultation  with the State
28    Teacher Certification Board.  Such certificate  shall  expire
29    on June 30 in the fourth year from date of issue.  Substitute
30    teacher's  certificates  are  not  subject  to endorsement as
31    described in Section 21-1b of this Code.
32        (b)  A teacher holding a substitute teacher's certificate
33    may teach only in the place of a  certified  teacher  who  is
 
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 1    under  contract  with  the employing board and may teach only
 2    when no appropriate fully certified teacher is  available  to
 3    teach  in  a substitute capacity.  A teacher holding an early
 4    childhood certificate,  an  elementary  certificate,  a  high
 5    school   certificate,  or  a  special  certificate  may  also
 6    substitute teach in grades K-12 but only in the  place  of  a
 7    certified  teacher  who  is under contract with the employing
 8    board.  A substitute teacher may teach only for a period  not
 9    to exceed 90 paid school days or 450 paid school hours in any
10    one  school  district  in  any  one  school term.  Where such
11    teaching is partly on a daily and partly on an hourly  basis,
12    a  school  day  shall  be considered as 5 hours. The teaching
13    limitations imposed by this subsection upon teachers  holding
14    substitute   certificates  shall  not  apply  in  any  school
15    district operating under Article 34.
16    (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

17        (105 ILCS 5/21-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-10)
18        Sec. 21-10. Provisional certificate.
19        (A)  (Blank).  Until July  1,  1972,  the  State  Teacher
20    Certification Board may issue a provisional certificate valid
21    for  teaching  in  elementary, high school or special subject
22    fields subject to the following conditions:
23        A provisional certificate may be issued to a  person  who
24    presents  certified  evidence  of  having earned a bachelor's
25    degree from a recognized institution of higher learning.  The
26    academic and professional courses offered as a basis  of  the
27    provisional  certificate  shall  be  courses  approved by the
28    State Board of  Education  in  consultation  with  the  State
29    Teacher Certification Board.
30        A  certificate  earned  under this plan may be renewed at
31    the end of each two-year period upon evidence filed with  the
32    State  Teacher Certification Board that the holder has earned
33    8 semester hours of credit within the  period;  provided  the
 
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 1    requirements  for the certificate of the same type issued for
 2    the teaching position for which the teacher is employed shall
 3    be met by the end of the second  renewal  period.   A  second
 4    provisional  certificate shall not be issued.  The credits so
 5    earned must be approved by the State Board  of  Education  in
 6    consultation  with  the State Teacher Certification Board and
 7    must  meet  the  general  pattern  for  a  similar  type   of
 8    certificate  issued  on  the basis of credit.  No more than 4
 9    semester hours shall be chosen from elective subjects.
10        (B)  After July 1, 1972 and until July 1, 2002, the State
11    Teacher Certification Board may issue, and on and after  July
12    1, 2002 the Professional Teacher Standards Board may issue, a
13    provisional   certificate   valid   for   teaching  in  early
14    childhood, elementary, high school or special subject fields,
15    or for providing service as school service personnel  or  for
16    administering  schools subject to the following conditions: A
17    provisional certificate may be issued to a person  who  meets
18    the  requirements  for  a  regular  teaching,  school service
19    personnel or administrative certificate in another State  and
20    who presents certified evidence of having earned a bachelor's
21    degree from a recognized institution of higher learning.  The
22    academic  and  professional courses offered as a basis of the
23    provisional certificate shall  be  courses  approved  by  the
24    Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
25    in  consultation  with the State Teacher Certification Board.
26    A certificate earned under this plan is valid for a period of
27    2 years and shall not be renewed; however, the individual  to
28    whom  this  certificate  is issued shall have passed or shall
29    pass the examinations set forth by the  Professional  Teacher
30    Standards  Board  State Board of Education within 9 months of
31    the date of issuance of the provisional certificate.  Failure
32    to pass the tests, required in Section 21-1a, shall result in
33    the cancellation of the provisional certificate.
34        (C)  The   Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  State
 
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 1    Teacher Certification Board  may  also  issue  a  provisional
 2    vocational certificate and a temporary provisional vocational
 3    certificate.
 4             (1)  The  requirements  for a provisional vocational
 5        certificate  shall  be  determined  by  the  Professional
 6        Teacher Standards Board,  State  Board  of  Education  in
 7        consultation  with the State Teacher Certification Board;
 8        provided that, as a minimum requirement,  the  person  to
 9        whom  the  certificate  is  to  be issued has earned, the
10        following minimum requirements are met: (a) after July 1,
11        1972, at  least  30  semester  hours  of  credit  from  a
12        recognized  institution of higher learning; and (b) after
13        July 1, 1974, at least 60 semester hours of credit from a
14        recognized institution of higher learning.
15             (2)  The requirements for  a  temporary  provisional
16        vocational   certificate   shall  be  determined  by  the
17        Professional Teacher  Standards  Board,  State  Board  of
18        Education   in   consultation   with  the  State  Teacher
19        Certification  Board;  provided  that,   as   a   minimum
20        requirement,  the person to whom the certificate is to be
21        issued has, the following minimum requirements  are  met:
22        (a)  after  July  1,  1973,  at least 4,000 hours of work
23        experience in the skill to be certified for teaching; and
24        (b) after July 1, 1975, at  least  8,000  hours  of  work
25        experience  in  the  skill  to be certified for teaching.
26        Any certificate  issued  under  the  provisions  of  this
27        paragraph  shall  expire on June 30 following the date of
28        issue.  Renewals may be granted on a  yearly  basis,  but
29        shall not be granted to any person who does not file with
30        the  Professional  Teacher  Standards Board State Teacher
31        Certification Board  a  transcript  showing  at  least  3
32        semester  hours of credit earned during the previous year
33        in  a  recognized  institution  of  learning.   No   such
34        certificate  shall be issued except upon certification by
 
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 1        the employing board,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the
 2        regional  superintendent  of  schools,  that no qualified
 3        teacher holding a regular certificate  or  a  provisional
 4        vocational  certificate  is  available  and  that  actual
 5        circumstances and need require such issuance.
 6        The courses or work experience offered as a basis for the
 7    issuance  of  the  provisional  vocational certificate or the
 8    temporary  provisional  vocational   certificate   shall   be
 9    approved  by  the  Professional Teacher Standards Board State
10    Board of Education in consultation  with  the  State  Teacher
11    Certification Board.
12        (D)  Until  July 1, 1972, the State Teacher Certification
13    Board  may  also  issue  a   provisional   foreign   language
14    certificate  valid  for  4  years  for  teaching  the foreign
15    language named therein in all grades of  the  common  schools
16    and  shall  be  issued  to  persons who have graduated from a
17    recognized institution of higher learning with not fewer than
18    120  semester  hours  of  credit  and  who  have  met   other
19    requirements as determined by the State Board of Education in
20    consultation  with the State Teacher Certification Board.  If
21    the holder of a provisional foreign language certificate that
22    was issued under this subsection before July 1, 1972 has been
23    suspended because the holder of that provisional  certificate
24    did not become is not a citizen of the United States within 6
25    years  of  the  date of issuance of the original certificate,
26    such certificate shall remain be suspended  by  the  regional
27    superintendent  of  schools of the region in which the holder
28    is engaged to teach  and  shall  not  be  reinstated  by  the
29    Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board until the holder is a
30    citizen of the United States.
31        (E)  Notwithstanding  anything  in  this   Act   to   the
32    contrary,  the  Professional  Teacher Standards State Teacher
33    Certification  Board  shall   issue   part-time   provisional
34    certificates  to  eligible  individuals who are professionals
 
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 1    and craftsmen.
 2        The requirements for  a  part-time  provisional  teachers
 3    certificate  shall  be determined by the Professional Teacher
 4    Standards Board State Board of Education in consultation with
 5    the State Teacher Certification Board, provided the following
 6    minimum requirements are met:  60 semester  hours  of  credit
 7    from  a  recognized  institution  of  higher learning or 4000
 8    hours of work experience in the skill  to  be  certified  for
 9    teaching.
10        A  part-time  provisional  certificate  may be issued for
11    teaching no more than 2 courses of study for grades 6 through
12    12.
13        A part-time provisional  teachers  certificate  shall  be
14    valid  for  2  years  and may be renewed at the end of each 2
15    year period.
16    (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

17        (105 ILCS 5/21-11.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.1)
18        Sec.    21-11.1.      Certificates     for     equivalent
19    qualifications. An applicant who holds or is eligible to hold
20    a  teacher's certificate or license under the laws of another
21    state or territory of the United  States  may  be  granted  a
22    corresponding   teacher's  certificate  in  Illinois  on  the
23    written authorization of the Professional  Teacher  Standards
24    Board   State  Board  of  Education  and  the  State  Teacher
25    Certification Board upon the following conditions:
26             (1)  That the applicant is at least 19 years of age,
27        is of good character, good health and a  citizen  of  the
28        United States; and
29             (2)  That  the  requirements for a similar teacher's
30        certificate in the particular state or territory were, at
31        the date of issuance of  the  certificate,  substantially
32        equal  to  the  requirements  in  force  at  the time the
33        application is made for the certificate in this State.
 
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 1        After January 1, 1988,  in  addition  to  satisfying  the
 2    foregoing  conditions  and  requirements,  an applicant for a
 3    corresponding teaching certificate in Illinois also shall  be
 4    required   to   pass  the  examinations  required  under  the
 5    provisions of Section 21-1a as directed by  the  Professional
 6    Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education.
 7        In  determining  good  character  under this Section, any
 8    felony  conviction  of  the  applicant  may  be  taken   into
 9    consideration,  but the conviction shall not operate as a bar
10    to registration.
11        The Professional Teacher Standards Board State  Board  of
12    Education    in   consultation   with   the   State   Teacher
13    Certification Board shall  prescribe  rules  and  regulations
14    establishing  the  similarity of certificates in other states
15    and  the  standards  for  determining  the   equivalence   of
16    requirements.
17    (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)

18        (105 ILCS 5/21-11.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.2)
19        Sec.   21-11.2.    Additional  certificates;  experienced
20    employed teachers.  Experienced certified  teachers  employed
21    in  Illinois  public  or  private  elementary  and  secondary
22    schools  seeking additional teaching certificates as provided
23    in Sections 21-2.1,  21-3,  21-4,  and  21-5  may  submit  an
24    application for evaluation of credentials to the Professional
25    Teacher  Standards  Board  State Teacher Certification Board.
26    Individuals obtaining a certificate by transcript  evaluation
27    shall  meet  the  minimum requirements for the certificate as
28    approved by the Professional Teacher  Standards  Board  State
29    Superintendent  of  Education  in consultation with the State
30    Teacher Certification Board.
31    (Source: P.A. 82-911.)

32        (105 ILCS 5/21-11.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.3)
 
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 1        Sec. 21-11.3.  Resident teacher certificate.  A  resident
 2    teacher certificate shall be valid for 2 years for employment
 3    as a resident teacher in a public school.  It shall be issued
 4    only   to  persons  who  have  graduated  from  a  regionally
 5    accredited institution of higher education with a  bachelor's
 6    degree, who are enrolled in a program of preparation approved
 7    by   the   Professional   Teacher   Standards   Board   State
 8    Superintendent  of  Education  in consultation with the State
 9    Teacher  Certification  Board,  and  who  have   passed   the
10    appropriate  tests  as  required  in  Section  21-1a  and  as
11    determined  by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
12    Board of Education.  A resident teacher  certificate  may  be
13    issued  for  teaching  children through grade 3 or for grades
14    K-9, 6-12, or K-12 in a special subject area and may  not  be
15    renewed.  A  resident  teacher  may teach only in conjunction
16    with and under the direction of a certified teacher and shall
17    not teach in place of a certified teacher.
18    (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

19        (105 ILCS 5/21-11.4)
20        Sec. 21-11.4.  Illinois Teacher Corps.
21        (a)  The General Assembly finds and determines  that  (i)
22    it   is   important  to  encourage  the  entry  of  qualified
23    professionals into elementary and  secondary  teaching  as  a
24    second career; and (ii) there are a number of individuals who
25    have bachelors' degrees, experience in the work force, and an
26    interest  in serving youth that creates a special talent pool
27    with great potential for  enriching  the  lives  of  Illinois
28    children  as  teachers.  To provide this talent pool with the
29    opportunity to serve children as teachers, school  districts,
30    colleges,  and  universities  are  encouraged, as part of the
31    public policy of this  State,  to  enter  into  collaborative
32    programs   to   educate   and  induct  these  non-traditional
33    candidates into the teaching profession.  To  facilitate  the
 
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 1    certification   of   such  candidates,  Professional  Teacher
 2    Standards Board the State Board of Education, in consultation
 3    with the State  Teacher  Certification  Board,  shall  assist
 4    institutions  of  higher  education and school districts with
 5    the implementation of the Illinois Teacher Corps.
 6        (b)  Individuals who wish to become  candidates  for  the
 7    Illinois  Teacher  Corps program must earn a resident teacher
 8    certificate as defined in Section 21-11.3, including:
 9             (1)  graduation   from   a   regionally   accredited
10        institution of higher education with a bachelor's  degree
11        and at least a 3.00 out of a 4.00 grade point average;
12             (2)  a minimum of 5 years of professional experience
13        in the area the candidate wishes to teach;
14             (3)  passing   the   examinations  required  by  the
15        Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  State  Board  of
16        Education;
17             (4)  enrollment in a  Masters  of  Education  Degree
18        program  approved  by  the Professional Teacher Standards
19        Board State Superintendent of Education  in  consultation
20        with the State Teacher Certification Board; and
21             (5)  completion of a 6 week summer intensive teacher
22        preparation  course  which  is the first component of the
23        Masters Degree program.
24        (c)  School districts may hire an Illinois Teacher  Corps
25    candidate  after  the  candidate  has  received  his  or  her
26    resident  teacher  certificate.   The school district has the
27    responsibility of ensuring that the  candidates  receive  the
28    supports   necessary   to  become  qualified,  competent  and
29    productive teachers.  To be eligible to  participate  in  the
30    Illinois Teacher Corps program, school districts must provide
31    a minimum of the following supports to the candidates:
32             (1)  a  salary  and  benefits  package as negotiated
33        through the teacher contracts;
34             (2)  a mentor certified  teacher  who  will  provide
 
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 1        guidance  to  one  or  more  candidates  under  a program
 2        developed collaboratively  by  the  school  district  and
 3        university;
 4             (3)  at  least  quarterly  evaluations  performed of
 5        each candidate jointly by  the  mentor  teacher  and  the
 6        principal of the school or the principal's designee; and
 7             (4)  a  written  and signed document from the school
 8        district outlining the support the  district  intends  to
 9        provide   to   the   candidates,   for  approval  by  the
10        Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board   State   Teacher
11        Certification Board.
12        (d)  Illinois institutions of higher education shall work
13    collaboratively  with  school  districts and the Professional
14    Teacher Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board  to
15    academically   prepare   the   candidates  for  the  teaching
16    profession.  To be eligible to participate,  the  College  or
17    School  of  Education of a participating Illinois institution
18    of higher education must develop a curriculum that  provides,
19    upon  completion,  a  Masters  Degree  in  Education  for the
20    candidates.  The Masters Degree program must:
21             (1)  receive approval from the Professional  Teacher
22        Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board; and
23             (2)  take  no  longer  than 3 summers and 2 academic
24        years  to  complete,  and  balance  the  needs  and  time
25        constraints of the candidates.
26        (e)  Upon successful completion  of  the  Masters  Degree
27    program,   the   candidate    receives  an  Initial  Teaching
28    Certificate in the State of Illinois.
29        (f)  If an individual wishes to become a candidate in the
30    Illinois Teacher Corps program, but does not possess 5  years
31    of  professional  experience,  the individual may qualify for
32    the  program  by  participating  in  a  one  year  internship
33    teacher preparation program with a school district.  The  one
34    year  internship  shall  be  developed collaboratively by the
 
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 1    school  district  and  the  Illinois  institution  of  higher
 2    education, and shall be approved by the Professional  Teacher
 3    Standards Board State Teacher Certification Board.
 4        (g)  The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board
 5    of   Education  is  authorized  to  award  grants  to  school
 6    districts that seek to prepare candidates  for  the  teaching
 7    profession  who have bachelors' degrees and professional work
 8    experience in subjects relevant to teaching fields,  but  who
 9    do  not  have formal preparation for teaching.  Grants may be
10    made to school districts for up to $3,000 per candidate  when
11    the  school district, in cooperation with a public or private
12    university and the school district's teacher bargaining unit,
13    develop a program designed to prepare  teachers  pursuant  to
14    the Illinois Teacher Corps program under this Section.
15    (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

16        (105 ILCS 5/21-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-12)
17        Sec.  21-12. Printing; Seal; Signature; Credentials.  All
18    certificates shall be printed by and bear the  signatures  of
19    the   chairperson  chairman  and  of  the  secretary  of  the
20    Professional   Teacher   Standards   Board   State    Teacher
21    Certification   Board.    Each  certificate  shall  show  the
22    integrally printed seal of the Professional Teacher Standards
23    Board  State  Teacher  Certification  Board.    All   college
24    credentials  offered  as  the basis of a certificate shall be
25    presented  to  the  secretary  of  the  Professional  Teacher
26    Standards  Board  State  Teacher  Certification   Board   for
27    inspection and approval.
28        Commencing   July   1,   1999,  each  application  for  a
29    certificate or evaluation of credentials shall be accompanied
30    by  an  evaluation  fee  of  $30   payable   to   the   State
31    Superintendent  of  Education  before July 1, 2002 and to the
32    Professional Teacher Standards Board on  and  after  July  1,
33    2002,  which is not refundable, except that no application or
 
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 1    evaluation fee shall be required  for  a  Master  Certificate
 2    issued  pursuant  to  subsection  (d) of Section 21-2 of this
 3    Code.  The proceeds of each $30 fee shall be  paid  into  the
 4    Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund, created under Section
 5    21-1b  of  this  Code;  and  the moneys in that Fund shall be
 6    appropriated to the Professional Teacher Standards Board  and
 7    used  by  that  Board  to  provide  the  technology and other
 8    resources necessary for the timely and  efficient  processing
 9    of certification requests.
10        When  evaluation  verifies  the  requirements for a valid
11    certificate, the applicant shall  be  issued  an  entitlement
12    card  that  may  be presented to a regional superintendent of
13    schools for issuance of a certificate.
14        The applicant shall be notified of any deficiencies.
15    (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

16        (105 ILCS 5/21-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-14)
17        Sec. 21-14. Registration and renewal of certificates.
18        (a)  A limited four-year  certificate  or  a  certificate
19    issued  after  July  1,  1955,  shall  be  renewable  at  its
20    expiration  or  within  60  days  thereafter  by  the  county
21    superintendent of schools having supervision and control over
22    the  school  where  the  teacher  is  teaching upon certified
23    evidence of meeting the requirements for renewal as  required
24    by this Act and prescribed by the State Board of Education in
25    consultation  with  the  State  Teacher  Certification  Board
26    before July 1, 2002 and by the Professional Teacher Standards
27    Board  on  and after July 1, 2002.  An elementary supervisory
28    certificate shall not be renewed at  the  end  of  the  first
29    four-year period covered by the certificate unless the holder
30    thereof  has  filed  certified evidence with the Professional
31    Teacher Standards State Teacher Certification Board  that  he
32    has  a master's degree or that he has earned 8 semester hours
33    of credit in the  field  of  educational  administration  and
 
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 1    supervision  in  a recognized institution of higher learning.
 2    The holder shall continue to earn 8 semester hours of  credit
 3    each  four-year  period  until  such  time as he has earned a
 4    master's degree.
 5        All certificates not  renewed  or  registered  as  herein
 6    provided  shall  lapse  after  a  period  of 5 years from the
 7    expiration  of  the  last   year   of   registration.    Such
 8    certificates  may  be  reinstated  for a one year period upon
 9    payment  of  all   accumulated   registration   fees.    Such
10    reinstated certificates shall only be renewed: (1) by earning
11    5  semester  hours  of  credit in a recognized institution of
12    higher learning in the field of professional education or  in
13    courses  related to the holder's contractual teaching duties;
14    or (2) by presenting evidence  of  holding  a  valid  regular
15    certificate  of  some  other  type.   Any  certificate may be
16    voluntarily  surrendered  by  the  certificate   holder.    A
17    voluntarily  surrendered  certificate  shall  be treated as a
18    revoked certificate.
19        (b)  When  those  teaching  certificates  issued   before
20    February  15,  2000  are  renewed  for  the  first time after
21    February 15, 2000, all such teaching  certificates  shall  be
22    exchanged  for  Standard Teaching Certificates as provided in
23    subsection (c) of Section 21-2.   All  Initial  and  Standard
24    Teaching  Certificates, including those issued to persons who
25    previously held teaching certificates issued before  February
26    15,  2000,  shall be renewable under the conditions set forth
27    in this subsection (b).
28        Initial Teaching Certificates are  nonrenewable  and  are
29    valid   for   4   years   of  teaching.    Standard  Teaching
30    Certificates are renewable  every  5  years  as  provided  in
31    subsection  (c)  of  Section  21-2 and subsection (c) of this
32    Section.  For purposes of this Section, "teaching" is defined
33    as employment and performance  of  services  in  an  Illinois
34    public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school,
 
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 1    or  cooperative  or  joint agreement with a governing body or
 2    board of control, in a certificated teaching position,  or  a
 3    charter  school  operating  in  compliance  with  the Charter
 4    Schools Law.
 5        (c)  In compliance with subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of
 6    this  Code,  which  provides   that   a   Standard   Teaching
 7    Certificate  may  be  renewed  by  the  Professional  Teacher
 8    Standards  Board State Teacher Certification Board based upon
 9    proof   of   continuing   professional    development,    the
10    Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
11    and the State Teacher Certification Board shall jointly:
12             (1)  establish  a  procedure  for  renewing Standard
13        Teaching Certificates, which shall  include  but  not  be
14        limited  to  annual timelines for the renewal process and
15        the components set forth in subsections (d)  through  (k)
16        of this Section;
17             (2)  establish   the   standards   for   certificate
18        renewal;
19             (3)  approve    the    providers    of    continuing
20        professional development activities;
21             (4)  determine  the maximum credit for each category
22        of continuing professional development activities,  based
23        upon    recommendations   submitted   by   a   continuing
24        professional development activity task force, which shall
25        consist of 6  staff  members  from  the  State  Board  of
26        Education,  appointed  by  the  State  Superintendent  of
27        Education,  and  6 teacher representatives, 3 of whom are
28        selected by the Illinois Education Association and  3  of
29        whom are selected by the Illinois Federation of Teachers;
30             (5)  designate  the type and amount of documentation
31        required to show that continuing professional development
32        activities have been completed; and
33             (6)  provide, on a  timely  basis  to  all  Illinois
34        teachers,  certificate  holders, regional superintendents
 
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 1        of schools, school districts, and others with an interest
 2        in continuing professional development, information about
 3        the standards and requirements  established  pursuant  to
 4        this subsection (c).
 5        (d)  Any   Standard   Teaching  Certificate  held  by  an
 6    individual employed and performing services  in  an  Illinois
 7    public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school,
 8    or  cooperative  or  joint agreement with a governing body or
 9    board of control in a certificated  teaching  position  or  a
10    charter  school  in  compliance  with the Charter Schools Law
11    must be  maintained  Valid  and  Active  through  certificate
12    renewal  activities  specified  in  the  certificate  renewal
13    procedure  established  pursuant  to  subsection  (c) of this
14    Section, provided  that  a  holder  of  a  Valid  and  Active
15    certificate  who is only employed on either a part-time basis
16    or day-to-day basis as a substitute teacher  shall  pay  only
17    the required registration fee to renew his or her certificate
18    and  maintain  it  as  Valid  and Active.  All other Standard
19    Teaching Certificates held may be  maintained  as  Valid  and
20    Exempt  through  the registration process provided for in the
21    certificate  renewal  procedure   established   pursuant   to
22    subsection   (c)   of  this  Section.   A  Valid  and  Exempt
23    certificate must be immediately activated, through procedures
24    developed jointly by the Professional Teacher Standards Board
25    State Board of Education and the State Teacher  Certification
26    Board,  upon  the  certificate  holder  becoming employed and
27    performing services in an Illinois public  or  State-operated
28    elementary  school, secondary school, or cooperative or joint
29    agreement with a governing body or  board  of  control  in  a
30    certificated  teaching position or a charter school operating
31    in compliance with the Charter Schools Law.  A  holder  of  a
32    Valid   and  Exempt  certificate  may  activate  his  or  her
33    certificate  through   procedures   provided   for   in   the
34    certificate   renewal   procedure   established  pursuant  to
 
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 1    subsection (c) of this Section.
 2        (e)(1)  A Standard Teaching  Certificate  that  has  been
 3    maintained  as  Valid  and  Active  for  the  5  years of the
 4    certificate's validity shall be renewed as Valid  and  Active
 5    upon  the  certificate  holder:  (i)  completing  at  least 8
 6    semester hours of coursework as described in subdivision  (A)
 7    of  paragraph  (3)  of  this  subsection (e); (ii) earning at
 8    least  24  continuing  education  units   as   described   in
 9    subdivision  (B)  of  paragraph  (3)  of this subsection (e);
10    (iii) completing the National Board for Professional Teaching
11    Standards  process  as  described  in  subdivision   (C)   of
12    paragraph  (3)  of  this  subsection (e); or (iv) earning 120
13    continuing  professional  development   units   ("CPDU")   as
14    described  in  subdivision  (D)  of  paragraph  (3)  of  this
15    subsection   (e).    The   maximum   continuing  professional
16    development   units   for   each   continuing    professional
17    development  activity  identified in subdivisions (E) through
18    (I) of paragraph (3) of this subsection (e) shall be  jointly
19    determined  by the Professional Teacher Standards Board State
20    Board of Education and the State Teacher Certification Board.
21    If,  however,  the  certificate  holder  has  maintained  the
22    certificate as Valid and Exempt for a portion of  the  5-year
23    period  of  validity,  the  number of continuing professional
24    development units needed to renew the  certificate  as  Valid
25    and  Active shall be proportionately reduced by the amount of
26    time the certificate was Valid and Exempt. Furthermore, if  a
27    certificate holder is employed and performs teaching services
28    on   a   part-time   basis  for  all  or  a  portion  of  the
29    certificate's  5-year  period  of  validity,  the  number  of
30    continuing professional development units needed to renew the
31    certificate as Valid and Active shall be reduced by  50%  for
32    the  amount  of time the certificate holder has been employed
33    and  performed  teaching  services  on  a  part-time   basis.
34    Part-time shall be defined as less than 50% of the school day
 
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 1    or school term.
 2        (2)  Each  Valid and Active Standard Teaching Certificate
 3    holder  shall  develop  a  certificate   renewal   plan   for
 4    satisfying    the    continuing    professional   development
 5    requirement provided for in subsection (c) of Section 21-2 of
 6    this Code.  Certificate holders  with  multiple  certificates
 7    shall  develop a certificate renewal plan that addresses only
 8    that certificate or those certificates that are  required  of
 9    his or her certificated teaching position, if the certificate
10    holder  is  employed  and  performing services in an Illinois
11    public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school,
12    or cooperative or joint agreement with a  governing  body  or
13    board  of  control, or that certificate or those certificates
14    most closely related to his or her teaching position, if  the
15    certificate  holder  is employed in a charter school.  Except
16    as otherwise provided in this subsection (e),  a  certificate
17    renewal   plan  shall  include  a  minimum  of  3  individual
18    improvement goals developed by  the  certificate  holder  and
19    shall  reflect  purposes  (A),  (B),  and (C) and may reflect
20    purpose  (D)  of  the   following   continuing   professional
21    development purposes:
22             (A)  Advance both the certificate holder's knowledge
23        and  skills  as  a  teacher  consistent with the Illinois
24        Professional Teaching Standards and the Illinois  Content
25        Area  Standards  in  the  certificate  holder's  areas of
26        certification, endorsement,  or  teaching  assignment  in
27        order  to  keep  the  certificate holder current in those
28        areas.
29             (B)  Develop the certificate holder's knowledge  and
30        skills  in  areas  determined  to  be  critical  for  all
31        Illinois teachers, as defined by the Professional Teacher
32        Standards Board State Board of Education, known as "State
33        priorities".
34             (C)  Address the knowledge, skills, and goals of the
 
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 1        certificate  holder's  local  school improvement plan, if
 2        the  teacher  is  employed  in  an  Illinois  public   or
 3        State-operated  elementary  school,  secondary school, or
 4        cooperative or joint agreement with a governing  body  or
 5        board of control.
 6             (D)  Expand  knowledge  and  skills in an additional
 7        teaching field  or  toward  the  acquisition  of  another
 8        teaching  certificate, endorsement, or relevant education
 9        degree.
10    A certificate renewal plan must include a description of  how
11    these goals are to be achieved and an explanation of selected
12    continuing   professional   development   activities   to  be
13    completed, each of  which  must  meet  one  or  more  of  the
14    continuing  professional  development  purposes  specified in
15    this  paragraph  (2).   The  plan  shall  identify  potential
16    activities  and  include  projected   timelines   for   those
17    activities that will assure completion of the plan before the
18    expiration  of  the  5-year validity of the Standard Teaching
19    Certificate.  Except as otherwise provided in this subsection
20    (e), at least  50%  of  continuing  professional  development
21    units  must  relate to purposes (A) and (B) set forth in this
22    paragraph (2): the  advancement  of  a  certificate  holder's
23    knowledge  and  skills  as  a  teacher  consistent  with  the
24    Illinois  Professional  Teaching  Standards  and the Illinois
25    Content Area Standards in the certificate holder's  areas  of
26    certification,  endorsement,  or teaching assignment in order
27    to keep the certificate holder current in those areas and the
28    development of a certificate holder's knowledge and skills in
29    the State priorities that exist at the time  the  certificate
30    renewal plan is developed.
31        (3)  Continuing   professional   development   activities
32    included  in  a certificate renewal plan may include, but are
33    not limited to, the following activities:
34             (A)  at least 8 semester hours of coursework  in  an
 
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 1        approved  education-related  program, of which at least 2
 2        semester hours  relate  to  the  continuing  professional
 3        development purpose set forth in purpose (A) of paragraph
 4        (2)  of  this  subsection  (e), provided that such a plan
 5        need  not  include  any  other  continuing   professional
 6        development  activities nor reflect or contain activities
 7        related to the other continuing professional  development
 8        purposes  set  forth  in paragraph (2) of this subsection
 9        (e);
10             (B)  continuing education  units  that  satisfy  the
11        continuing professional development purposes set forth in
12        paragraph   (2)   of   this  subsection  (e),  with  each
13        continuing  education  unit  equal  to  5  clock   hours,
14        provided that a plan that includes at least 24 continuing
15        education  units  (or  120  clock/contact hours) need not
16        include any  other  continuing  professional  development
17        activities;
18             (C)  completion    of    the   National   Board   of
19        Professional  Teaching   Standards   ("NBPTS")   process,
20        provided  that  a  plan  that  includes completion of the
21        NBPTS process  need  not  include  any  other  continuing
22        professional   development   activities  nor  reflect  or
23        contain activities related to the continuing professional
24        development  purposes  set  forth  in  paragraph  (2)  of
25        subsection (e) of this Section;
26             (D)  completion  of  120   continuing   professional
27        development    units    that   satisfy   the   continuing
28        professional development purposes set forth in  paragraph
29        (2)  of  this  subsection  (e)  and  may  include without
30        limitation the activities identified in subdivisions  (E)
31        through (I) of this paragraph (3);
32             (E)  collaboration    and   partnership   activities
33        related to improving the teacher's knowledge  and  skills
34        as a teacher, including the following:
 
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 1                  (i)  participating  on  collaborative  planning
 2             and professional improvement teams and committees;
 3                  (ii)  peer review and coaching;
 4                  (iii)  mentoring in a formal mentoring program,
 5             including    service   as   a   consulting   teacher
 6             participating in a  remediation  process  formulated
 7             under Section 24A-5 of this Code;
 8                  (iv)  participating in site-based management or
 9             decision  making teams, relevant committees, boards,
10             or  task   forces   directly   related   to   school
11             improvement plans;
12                  (v)  coordinating    community   resources   in
13             schools, if the project is a specific  goal  of  the
14             school improvement plan;
15                  (vi)  facilitating  parent  education  programs
16             for a school, school district, or regional office of
17             education directly related to student achievement or
18             school improvement plans;
19                  (vii)  participating  in  business,  school, or
20             community partnerships directly related  to  student
21             achievement or school improvement plans;
22                  (viii)  supervising   a   student   teacher  or
23             teacher education candidate in clinical supervision,
24             provided that the supervision may  only  be  counted
25             once during the course of 5 years;
26             (F)  college  or  university  coursework  related to
27        improving the teacher's knowledge and skills as a teacher
28        as follows:
29                  (i)  completing   undergraduate   or   graduate
30             credit   earned   from   a   regionally   accredited
31             institution   in   coursework   relevant   to    the
32             certificate   area   being   renewed,  provided  the
33             coursework  meets  Illinois  Professional   Teaching
34             Standards  or  Illinois  Content  Area Standards and
 
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 1             supports the essential  characteristics  of  quality
 2             professional development; or
 3                  (ii)  teaching college or university courses in
 4             areas   relevant   to  the  certificate  area  being
 5             renewed, provided that  the  teaching  may  only  be
 6             counted once during the course of 5 years;
 7             (G)  conferences,  workshops,  institutes, seminars,
 8        and  symposiums  related  to  improving   the   teacher's
 9        knowledge   and   skills  as  a  teacher,  including  the
10        following:
11                  (i)  completing non-university credit  directly
12             related  to  student achievement, school improvement
13             plans, or State priorities;
14                  (ii)  participating   in   or   presenting   at
15             workshops, seminars,  conferences,  institutes,  and
16             symposiums;
17                  (iii)  training   as   external  reviewers  for
18             Quality Assurance;
19                  (iv)  training  as  reviewers   of   university
20             teacher preparation programs;
21             (H)  other   educational   experiences   related  to
22        improving  the  teacher's  knowledge  and  skills  as   a
23        teacher, including the following:
24                  (i)  participating   in   action  research  and
25             inquiry projects;
26                  (ii)  observing   programs   or   teaching   in
27             schools, related businesses,  or  industry  that  is
28             systematic,  purposeful, and relevant to certificate
29             renewal;
30                  (iii)  traveling  related  to   ones   teaching
31             assignment,  directly related to student achievement
32             or school improvement plans and approved at least 30
33             days prior to the travel experience,  provided  that
34             the traveling shall not include time spent commuting
 
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 1             to  destinations  where the learning experience will
 2             occur;
 3                  (iv)  participating in study groups related  to
 4             student achievement or school improvement plans;
 5                  (v)  serving  on  a statewide education-related
 6             committee,  including  but  not   limited   to   the
 7             Professional  Teacher  Standards Board State Teacher
 8             Certification  Board,  State  Board   of   Education
 9             strategic   agenda  teams,  or  the  State  Advisory
10             Council on Education of Children with Disabilities;
11                  (vi)  participating in work/learn  programs  or
12             internships; or
13             (I)  professional  leadership experiences related to
14        improving  the  teacher's  knowledge  and  skills  as   a
15        teacher, including the following:
16                  (i)  participating in curriculum development or
17             assessment   activities   at   the   school,  school
18             district, regional office of  education,  State,  or
19             national level;
20                  (ii)  participating   in   team  or  department
21             leadership in a school or school district;
22                  (iii)  participating on  external  or  internal
23             school or school district review teams;
24                  (iv)  publishing educational articles, columns,
25             or  books  relevant  to  the  certificate area being
26             renewed; or
27                  (v)  participating   in   non-strike    related
28             professional   association   or  labor  organization
29             service  or  activities  related   to   professional
30             development.
31        (4)  A   certificate   renewal  plan  must  initially  be
32    approved  by  the  certificate  holder's  local  professional
33    development committee, as provided for in subsection  (f)  of
34    this   Section.    If   the  local  professional  development
 
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 1    committee does not approve the certificate renewal plan,  the
 2    certificate  holder  may  appeal  that  determination  to the
 3    regional  professional  development  review   committee,   as
 4    provided  for  in  paragraph  (2)  of  subsection (g) of this
 5    Section.  If the  regional  professional  development  review
 6    committee  disagrees  with the local professional development
 7    committee's determination, the certificate renewal plan shall
 8    be deemed approved  and  the  certificate  holder  may  begin
 9    satisfying the continuing professional development activities
10    set   forth  in  the  plan.   If  the  regional  professional
11    development  review   committee   agrees   with   the   local
12    professional   development   committee's  determination,  the
13    certificate renewal plan  shall  be  deemed  disapproved  and
14    shall  be  returned  to  the  certificate holder to develop a
15    revised certificate renewal plan.  In all cases, the regional
16    professional development review committee  shall  immediately
17    notify  both the local professional development committee and
18    the certificate holder of its determination.
19        (5)  A  certificate  holder  who  wishes  to  modify  the
20    continuing professional development activities  or  goals  in
21    his  or her certificate renewal plan must submit the proposed
22    modifications to his or her  local  professional  development
23    committee  for  approval  prior  to  engaging in the proposed
24    activities.  If the local professional development  committee
25    does  not  approve the proposed modification, the certificate
26    holder  may  appeal  that  determination  to   the   regional
27    professional  development  review  committee, as set forth in
28    paragraph (4) of this subsection (e).
29        (6)  When a certificate  holder  changes  assignments  or
30    school   districts   during   the   course  of  completing  a
31    certificate renewal plan, the  professional  development  and
32    continuing education credit earned pursuant to the plan shall
33    transfer  to  the new assignment or school district and count
34    toward the total requirements.  This certificate renewal plan
 
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 1    must  be  reviewed  by  the  appropriate  local  professional
 2    development committee and may  be  modified  to  reflect  the
 3    certificate  holder's  new  work  assignment  or  the  school
 4    improvement  plan  of  the  new  school  district  or  school
 5    building.
 6        (f)  Notwithstanding  any  other provisions of this Code,
 7    each school district,  charter  school,  and  cooperative  or
 8    joint  agreement  with  a  governing body or board of control
 9    that  employs  certificated  staff,   shall   establish   and
10    implement,  in conjunction with its exclusive representative,
11    if  any,  one  or   more   local   professional   development
12    committees,  as set forth in this subsection (f), which shall
13    perform the following functions:
14             (1)  review and approve  certificate  renewal  plans
15        and  any  modifications  made  to  these plans, including
16        transferred plans;
17             (2)  maintain a file of approved certificate renewal
18        plans;
19             (3)  monitor  certificate   holders'   progress   in
20        completing approved certificate renewal plans;
21             (4)  assist   in  the  development  of  professional
22        development  plans  based  upon   needs   identified   in
23        certificate renewal plans;
24             (5)  determine  whether certificate holders have met
25        the requirements of their certificate renewal  plans  and
26        notify certificate holders of its determination;
27             (6)  provide   a   certificate   holder   with   the
28        opportunity   to   address  the  committee  when  it  has
29        determined that the certificate holder has  not  met  the
30        requirements of his or her certificate renewal plan;
31             (7)  issue  and  forward recommendations for renewal
32        or nonrenewal of certificate holders'  Standard  Teaching
33        Certificates  to  the appropriate regional superintendent
34        of schools, based upon whether certificate  holders  have
 
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 1        met   the  requirements  of  their  approved  certificate
 2        renewal  plans,  with  30-day  written  notice   of   its
 3        recommendation  provided  to the certificate holder prior
 4        to  forwarding  the  recommendation   to   the   regional
 5        superintendent  of  schools,  provided  that if the local
 6        professional development  committee's  recommendation  is
 7        for  certificate  nonrenewal, the written notice provided
 8        to the certificate holder shall include a return receipt;
 9        and
10             (8)  reconsider its  recommendation  of  certificate
11        nonrenewal, upon request of the certificate holder within
12        30 days of receipt of written notification that the local
13        professional  development  committee  will  make  such  a
14        recommendation,    and    forward    to    the   regional
15        superintendent of schools its  recommendation  within  30
16        days of receipt of the certificate holder's request.
17        Each   local  professional  development  committee  shall
18    consist of at least 3 classroom teachers; one  superintendent
19    or  chief  administrator  of  the  school  district,  charter
20    school,  or  cooperative  or  joint  agreement  or his or her
21    designee; and one at-large member who shall be either  (i)  a
22    parent,  (ii)  a  member  of  the business community, (iii) a
23    community member, or (iv) an administrator,  with  preference
24    given to an individual chosen from among those persons listed
25    in   items   (i),   (ii),   and  (iii)  in  order  to  secure
26    representation of an interest not already represented on  the
27    committee.   If  mutually agreed upon by the school district,
28    charter school, or governing body or board of  control  of  a
29    cooperative    or   joint   agreement   and   its   exclusive
30    representative, if any, additional members may be added to  a
31    local  professional  development  committee,  provided that a
32    majority of  members  are  classroom  teachers.   The  school
33    district,  charter  school,  or  governing  body  or board of
34    control of a cooperative or joint agreement and its exclusive
 
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 1    representative, if any, shall determine the term  of  service
 2    of the members of a local professional development committee.
 3    All  individuals  selected  to  serve  on  local professional
 4    development committees must be known to demonstrate the  best
 5    practices in teaching or their respective field of practice.
 6        The  exclusive  representative,  if any, shall select the
 7    classroom  teacher  members   of   the   local   professional
 8    development   committee.    If  no  exclusive  representative
 9    exists,  then  the  classroom  teacher  members  of  a  local
10    professional development committee shall be selected  by  the
11    classroom  teachers  that  come within the local professional
12    development  committee's  authority.   The  school  district,
13    charter school, or governing body or board of  control  of  a
14    cooperative   or   joint   agreement   shall   select  the  2
15    non-classroom teacher members (the  superintendent  or  chief
16    administrator  of  the  school  district,  charter school, or
17    cooperative or joint agreement or his or her designee and the
18    at-large  member)  of  a   local   professional   development
19    committee.   Vacancies  in  positions on a local professional
20    development committee shall be filled in the same  manner  as
21    the original selections.  The members of a local professional
22    development  committee  shall  select  a  chairperson.  Local
23    professional  development   committee   meetings   shall   be
24    scheduled  so  as  not  to  interfere with committee members'
25    regularly scheduled teaching duties,  except  when  otherwise
26    permitted  by the policies of or agreed to or approved by the
27    school district, charter school, or governing body  or  board
28    of  control  of  a  cooperative  or  joint  agreement, or its
29    designee.
30        The board of education or governing board  shall  convene
31    the  first  meeting  of  the  local  professional development
32    committee.  All  actions  taken  by  the  local  professional
33    development  committee  shall  require  that  a  majority  of
34    committee  members be present, and no committee action may be
 
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 1    taken unless  50%  or  more  of  those  present  are  teacher
 2    members.
 3        The  Professional  Teacher Standards Board State Board of
 4    Education and the State  Teacher  Certification  Board  shall
 5    jointly  provide  local  professional  development  committee
 6    members with a training manual, and the members shall certify
 7    that they have received and read the manual.
 8        Notwithstanding  any  other provisions of this subsection
 9    (f), for a teacher employed  and  performing  services  in  a
10    nonpublic  or  State-operated elementary or secondary school,
11    all references to a local professional development  committee
12    shall  mean  the  regional  superintendent  of schools of the
13    regional office of education for the  geographic  area  where
14    the teaching is done.
15        (g)(1)  Each  regional  superintendent  of  schools shall
16    review and concur or nonconcur with each  recommendation  for
17    renewal  or  nonrenewal of a Standard Teaching Certificate he
18    or  she  receives  from  a  local  professional   development
19    committee   or,   if   a   certificate   holder  appeals  the
20    recommendation  to  the  regional  professional   development
21    review   committee,   the   recommendation   for  renewal  or
22    nonrenewal he or she receives from  a  regional  professional
23    development  review  committee and, within 14 days of receipt
24    of the recommendation, shall provide the Professional Teacher
25    Standards  Board  State  Teacher  Certification  Board   with
26    verification of the following, if applicable:
27             (A)  a   certificate  renewal  plan  was  filed  and
28        approved   by   the   appropriate   local    professional
29        development committee;
30             (B)  the  professional  development  and  continuing
31        education   activities   set   forth   in   the  approved
32        certificate  renewal  plan   have   been   satisfactorily
33        completed;
34             (C)  the  local  professional  development committee
 
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 1        has recommended the renewal of the  certificate  holder's
 2        Standard   Teaching   Certificate   and   forwarded   the
 3        recommendation,  along  with all supporting documentation
 4        as jointly required by the Professional Teacher Standards
 5        Board State Board of  Education  and  the  State  Teacher
 6        Certification  Board,  to  the regional superintendent of
 7        schools;
 8             (D)  the certificate holder has appealed his or  her
 9        local professional development committee's recommendation
10        of  nonrenewal  to  the regional professional development
11        review committee and the result of that appeal;
12             (E)  the  regional  superintendent  of  schools  has
13        concurred or nonconcurred  with  the  local  professional
14        development    committee's   or   regional   professional
15        development review committee's recommendation to renew or
16        nonrenew  the  certificate  holder's  Standard   Teaching
17        Certificate and made a recommendation to that effect; and
18             (F)  the   established   registration  fee  for  the
19        Standard Teaching Certificate has been paid.
20    At the same  time  the  regional  superintendent  of  schools
21    provides  the  Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  State
22    Teacher  Certification Board with the notice required by this
23    subsection (g), he or she shall also notify  the  certificate
24    holder  in  writing that this notice has been provided to the
25    Professional   Teacher   Standards   Board   State    Teacher
26    Certification  Board, provided that if the notice provided by
27    the regional superintendent of schools  to  the  Professional
28    Teacher  Standards  Board  State  Teacher Certification Board
29    includes a  recommendation  of  certificate  nonrenewal,  the
30    written notice provided to the certificate holder shall be by
31    certified mail, return receipt requested.
32        (2)  Each  certificate  holder  shall  have  the right to
33    appeal his or her local professional development  committee's
34    recommendation  of  nonrenewal  to  the regional professional
 
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 1    development review committee, within 14 days  of  receipt  of
 2    notice  that the recommendation has been sent to the regional
 3    superintendent of schools.  Each regional  superintendent  of
 4    schools  shall  establish a regional professional development
 5    review committee or committees for the  purpose  of  advising
 6    the  regional  superintendent  of  schools, upon request, and
 7    handling certificate holder appeals.   This  committee  shall
 8    consist    of    at   least   4   classroom   teachers,   one
 9    non-administrative  certificated  educational   employee,   2
10    administrators,  and  one at-large member who shall be either
11    (i) a parent, (ii) a member of the business community,  (iii)
12    a community member, or (iv) an administrator, with preference
13    given to an individual chosen from among those persons listed
14    in   items   (i),   (ii),   and  (iii)  in  order  to  secure
15    representation of an interest not already represented on  the
16    committee.   The  teacher and non-administrative certificated
17    educational employee members of the review committee shall be
18    selected by their exclusive representative, if any,  and  the
19    administrators  and  at-large member shall be selected by the
20    regional   superintendent    of    schools.     A    regional
21    superintendent  of  schools may add additional members to the
22    committee, provided that the same proportion of  teachers  to
23    administrators  and  at-large  members  on  the  committee is
24    maintained.  Any additional  teacher  and  non-administrative
25    certificated  educational  employee members shall be selected
26    by their exclusive  representative,  if  any.   Vacancies  in
27    positions  on  a  regional  professional  development  review
28    committee  shall be filled in the same manner as the original
29    selections.  Committee members shall serve  staggered  3-year
30    terms.    All  individuals  selected  to  serve  on  regional
31    professional development review committees must be  known  to
32    demonstrate   the   best   practices  in  teaching  or  their
33    respective field of practice.
34        The exclusive representative responsible for choosing the
 
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 1    individuals that serve on a regional professional development
 2    review committee shall notify each school  district,  charter
 3    school,   or   governing  body  or  board  of  control  of  a
 4    cooperative or  joint  agreement  employing  the  individuals
 5    chosen  to  serve  and provide their names to the appropriate
 6    regional superintendent of  schools.   Regional  professional
 7    development  review  committee meetings shall be scheduled so
 8    as not to interfere with  the  committee  members'  regularly
 9    scheduled teaching duties, except when otherwise permitted by
10    the  policies  of  or  agreed  to  or  approved by the school
11    district, charter school,  or  governing  body  or  board  of
12    control of a cooperative or joint agreement, or its designee,
13    provided   that  the  school  district,  charter  school,  or
14    governing body or board of  control  shall  not  unreasonably
15    withhold permission for a committee member to attend regional
16    professional development review committee meetings.
17        In a city having a population exceeding 500,000 that does
18    not have a regional office of education, one or more separate
19    regional  professional development review committees shall be
20    established as mutually agreed upon by the board of education
21    of the school district organized under  Article  34  of  this
22    Code  and  the  exclusive representative.  The composition of
23    each  committee  shall  be  the  same  as  for   a   regional
24    professional   development   review  committee,  except  that
25    members of the committee shall be jointly  appointed  by  the
26    board  of  education  and  the  exclusive representative. All
27    other  provisions  of  this   Section   concerning   regional
28    professional  development  review  committees  shall apply to
29    these committees.
30        The regional professional  development  review  committee
31    may  require  information in addition to that received from a
32    certificate holder's local professional development committee
33    or request that the  certificate  holder  appear  before  it,
34    shall  either  concur  or nonconcur with a local professional
 
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 1    development committee's  recommendation  of  nonrenewal,  and
 2    shall  forward  to the regional superintendent of schools its
 3    recommendation of renewal or nonrenewal.  All  actions  taken
 4    by  the  regional  professional  development review committee
 5    shall require a quorum and be by a simple majority  of  those
 6    present  and  voting.    A  record  of  all  votes  shall  be
 7    maintained.  The committee shall have 45 days from receipt of
 8    a  certificate  holder's appeal to make its recommendation to
 9    the regional superintendent of schools.
10        The Professional Teacher Standards Board State  Board  of
11    Education  and  the  State  Teacher Certification Board shall
12    jointly  provide  regional  professional  development  review
13    committee members with a training  manual,  and  the  members
14    shall  be  required  to attend one training seminar sponsored
15    jointly by the Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  State
16    Board of Education and the State Teacher Certification Board.
17        (h)(1)  The  Professional  Teacher  Standards Board State
18    Teacher  Certification  Board  shall  review   the   regional
19    superintendent   of  schools'  recommendations  to  renew  or
20    nonrenew   Standard   Teaching   Certificates   and    notify
21    certificate  holders  in  writing  whether their certificates
22    have been renewed or nonrenewed within 90 days of receipt  of
23    the recommendations, unless a certificate holder has appealed
24    a  regional  superintendent  of  schools'  recommendation  of
25    nonrenewal,  as  provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection
26    (h).  The Professional Teacher Standards Board State  Teacher
27    Certification  Board shall verify that the certificate holder
28    has met the renewal criteria set forth in  paragraph  (1)  of
29    subsection (g) of this Section.
30        (2)  Each  certificate  holder  shall  have  the right to
31    appeal a regional superintendent of  school's  recommendation
32    to  nonrenew  his or her Standard Teaching Certificate to the
33    Professional   Teacher   Standards   Board   State    Teacher
34    Certification Board, within 14 days of receipt of notice that
 
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 1    the  decision  has  been  sent  to  the  Professional Teacher
 2    Standards Board  State  Teacher  Certification  Board,  which
 3    shall hold an appeal hearing within 60 days of receipt of the
 4    appeal.   When  such  an  appeal  is  taken,  the certificate
 5    holder's Standard Teaching Certificate shall continue  to  be
 6    valid   until   the   appeal   is  finally  determined.   The
 7    Professional   Teacher   Standards   Board   State    Teacher
 8    Certification  Board shall review the regional superintendent
 9    of  school's  recommendation,   the   regional   professional
10    development  review  committee's  recommendation, if any, and
11    the local professional development committee's recommendation
12    and  all  relevant  documentation  to  verify   whether   the
13    certificate  holder has met the renewal criteria set forth in
14    paragraph  (1)  of  subsection  (g)  of  this  Section.   The
15    Professional   Teacher   Standards   Board   State    Teacher
16    Certification  Board  may request that the certificate holder
17    appear before it.  All  actions  taken  by  the  Professional
18    Teacher  Standards  Board  State  Teacher Certification Board
19    shall require a quorum and be by a simple majority  of  those
20    present  and  voting.    A  record  of  all  votes  shall  be
21    maintained.   The  Professional Teacher Standards Board State
22    Teacher Certification  Board  shall  notify  the  certificate
23    holder  in  writing,  within 7 days of completing the review,
24    whether his or her Standard  Teaching  Certificate  has  been
25    renewed  or  nonrenewed,  provided  that  if the Professional
26    Teacher Standards Board  State  Teacher  Certification  Board
27    determines  to  nonrenew  a  certificate,  the written notice
28    provided to the certificate  holder  shall  be  by  certified
29    mail,  return  receipt requested.  All certificate renewal or
30    nonrenewal decisions of the  Professional  Teacher  Standards
31    Board State Teacher Certification Board are final and subject
32    to  administrative  review,  as set forth in Section 21-24 of
33    this Code.
34        (i)  Holders of Master Teaching Certificates  shall  meet
 
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 1    the  same  requirements  and  follow  the  same procedures as
 2    holders of Standard Teaching Certificates, except that  their
 3    renewal  cycle  shall  be  as  set forth in subsection (d) of
 4    Section 21-2 of this Code.
 5        (j)  Holders of Valid  and  Exempt  Standard  and  Master
 6    Teaching  Certificates  who  are  not employed and performing
 7    services in an Illinois public or  State-operated  elementary
 8    school,  secondary  school, or cooperative or joint agreement
 9    with a governing body or board of control, in a  certificated
10    teaching    position,    may   voluntarily   activate   their
11    certificates  by  developing  and  submitting  a  certificate
12    renewal plan to the regional superintendent of schools of the
13    regional office of education for the  geographic  area  where
14    their teaching is done, who, or whose designee, shall approve
15    the   plan  and  serve  as  the  certificate  holder's  local
16    professional  development   committee.    These   certificate
17    holders shall follow the same renewal criteria and procedures
18    as   all  other  Standard  and  Master  Teaching  Certificate
19    holders,   except   that   their   continuing    professional
20    development plans shall not be required to reflect or address
21    the   knowledge,   skills,   and  goals  of  a  local  school
22    improvement plan.
23        (k)  Each school district, charter school, or cooperative
24    or joint agreement shall be paid an annual amount of not less
25    than $1,000, as determined by a formula based on  the  number
26    of Standard Teaching and Master Teaching Certificate holders,
27    subject  to  renewal  and  established by rule, not to exceed
28    $1,000,000  annually  for  all  school   districts,   charter
29    schools,   and   cooperatives   or   joint   agreements,  for
30    administrative costs associated with conducting the  meetings
31    of   the  local  professional  development  committee.   Each
32    regional office of education shall receive $2,000 annually to
33    pay school districts, charter  schools,  or  cooperatives  or
34    joint  agreements  for costs, as defined by rule, incurred in
 
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 1    staff attendance at regional professional development  review
 2    committee  meetings  and  the training seminar required under
 3    paragraph (2) of subsection (g) of this Section.
 4        (l)  The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board
 5    of Education and the State Teacher Certification Board  shall
 6    jointly  contract  with  an  independent  party  to conduct a
 7    comprehensive evaluation of the  certificate  renewal  system
 8    pursuant   to   this  Section.   The  first  report  of  this
 9    evaluation shall be presented  to  the  General  Assembly  on
10    January  1,  2005  and  on  January  1  of  every  third year
11    thereafter.
12        (m)  The  Professional  Teacher   Standards   Board   has
13    jurisdiction  over  and  the  responsibility  for any and all
14    committees created under this Section.  The changes  made  in
15    this  subsection  (m)  by  this  amendatory  Act  of the 92nd
16    General Assembly are declaratory of existing law.
17    (Source: P.A. 90-548,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-653,  eff.  7-29-98;
18    90-811, eff. 1-26-99; 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

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

 7        (105 ILCS 5/21-17) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-17)
 8        Sec.  21-17.  Fee and duplicate certificate.  A duplicate
 9    certificate shall  be  issued  by  the  Professional  Teacher
10    Standards   Board  State  Superintendent  of  Education  when
11    requested  by  the  regional  superintendent  of  schools  as
12    provided in  Section  21-16.  The  request  for  a  duplicate
13    certificate  shall be accompanied by a fee of $4, which shall
14    be deposited into the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund.
15    (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

16        (105 ILCS 5/21-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-19)
17        Sec. 21-19. Annual  report  by  certificate  holder.  The
18    holder  of  any  certificate,  shall  annually within 30 days
19    after assuming the duties of any teaching position report  to
20    the  regional  superintendent  having supervision and control
21    over the school where the  teacher  is  employed  information
22    relative  to  training,  experience,  salary  and  other data
23    required by the Professional Teacher  Standards  Board  State
24    Board  of  Education.  The  reports shall be collected in the
25    office of the regional  superintendent  and  filed  with  the
26    Professional   Teacher   Standards   Board   State  Board  of
27    Education.
28    (Source: P.A. 81-1508.)

29        (105 ILCS 5/21-21) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-21)
30        Sec.  21-21.   Definitions;  granting   of   recognition;
31    regional accreditation.
 
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 1        (a)  "Recognized",  as used in this Article in connection
 2    with the word "school" or "institution", means  such  school,
 3    college, university, private junior college, public community
 4    college  or special or technical school as maintains a course
 5    of study, a standard of scholarship  and  other  requirements
 6    set  by  the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board
 7    of  Education  in  consultation  with   the   State   Teacher
 8    Certification  Board.  Application  for  recognition  of such
 9    school or institution  as  a  teacher  education  institution
10    shall  be  made  to  the Professional Teacher Standards Board
11    State Board of Education. The Professional Teacher  Standards
12    Board State Board of Education in consultation with the State
13    Teacher  Certification  Board shall set the criteria by which
14    the school or institution shall be  judged  and  through  the
15    Secretary  of  that  the  Board shall arrange for an official
16    inspection and shall grant  recognition  of  such  school  or
17    institution  as  may  meet  the  required standards.  If such
18    standards include requirements with regard  to  education  in
19    acquiring  skills  in  working  with  culturally  distinctive
20    students,  as  defined  by the Professional Teacher Standards
21    Board State  Board  of  Education,  then  the  rules  of  the
22    Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
23    shall  include  the criteria used to evaluate compliance with
24    this  requirement.  No  school  or  institution  shall   make
25    assignments  of  student  teachers  or  teachers for practice
26    teaching so as to promote segregation on the basis  of  race,
27    creed, color, religion, sex or national origin.
28        All recommendations for initial or standard certification
29    shall  be  made  by a recognized teacher training institution
30    operating  a  program  of  preparation  for  the  certificate
31    approved by the Professional Teacher  Standards  Board  State
32    Superintendent  of  Education  in consultation with the State
33    Teacher  Certification  Board.   The   Professional   Teacher
34    Standards Board State Board of Education in consultation with
 
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 1    the State Teacher Certification Board shall have the power to
 2    define  a major or minor when used as a basis for recognition
 3    and certification purposes.
 4        (b)  "Regionally accredited" or "accredited" as  used  in
 5    this  Article  in connection with a university or institution
 6    shall mean an institution of higher education  accredited  by
 7    the  North  Central  Association or other comparable regional
 8    accrediting association.
 9    (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

10        (105 ILCS 5/21-21.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-21.1)
11        Sec.   21-21.1.     Denial    of    recommendation    for
12    certification.    Each  college  or  university  providing  a
13    teacher education program approved and recognized pursuant to
14    the provisions of this Article shall establish procedures and
15    standards to assure that no student is denied the opportunity
16    to receive the institutional recommendation for certification
17    for reasons which are not directly related to the candidate's
18    anticipated performance as  a  certificated  employee.   Such
19    standards  and procedures shall include the specific criteria
20    used  by  the  institution  for  admission,  retention,   and
21    recommendation for certification, periodic evaluations of the
22    candidate's  progress toward an institutional recommendation,
23    counseling and  other  supportive  services  to  correct  any
24    deficiencies which are considered remedial, and provisions to
25    assure  that  no person is discriminated against on the basis
26    of race, color, national origin or a disability unrelated  to
27    the  person's  ability to perform as a certificated employee.
28    Each institution shall also establish a  grievance  procedure
29    for   those  candidates  who  are  denied  the  institutional
30    recommendation  for  certification.   Within   10   days   of
31    notification  of such denial, the college or university shall
32    notify the candidate, in writing,  of  the  reasons  for  the
33    denial  of  recommendation for certification.  Within 30 days
 
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 1    of notification of the denial, the candidate may request  the
 2    college  or  university  to  review the denial.  If, after an
 3    additional 30 days to complete such review, the candidate  is
 4    denied  recommendation  for  certification, the candidate may
 5    appeal to the  Professional  Teacher  Standards  Board  State
 6    Teacher  Certification  Board  within 10 days of notification
 7    for a review of the institution's  decision.   The  candidate
 8    shall  have  the  right  to be present at any such review, to
 9    present evidence, and to be  represented  by  counsel.   Upon
10    such  review  the  Professional Teacher Standards Board State
11    Teacher Certification Board shall take recommend  appropriate
12    action  to  the  State  Superintendent  of  Education.   Each
13    institution's   standards   and   procedures,  including  the
14    criteria for  admission,  retention,  and  the  institutional
15    recommendation   for  certification,  and  the  institution's
16    grievance procedures, shall be subject  to  approval  by  the
17    Professional  Teacher Standards Board State Superintendent of
18    Education   in   consultation   with   the   State    Teacher
19    Certification  Board.   Each  applicant  to the institution's
20    teacher education program shall be provided with  a  copy  of
21    the procedures established pursuant to this Section.
22    (Source: P.A. 89-397, eff. 8-20-95.)

23        (105 ILCS 5/21-23) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-23)
24        Sec. 21-23.  Suspension or revocation of certificate.
25        (a)  Any  certificate  issued  pursuant  to this Article,
26    including but not limited to any  administrative  certificate
27    or  endorsement,  may be suspended for a period not to exceed
28    one calendar year by the regional  superintendent  or  for  a
29    period   not   to  exceed  5  calendar  years  by  the  State
30    Superintendent of Education upon evidence  of  immorality,  a
31    condition  of  health  detrimental  to the welfare of pupils,
32    incompetency, unprofessional  conduct,  the  neglect  of  any
33    professional  duty,  willful failure to report an instance of
 
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 1    suspected child abuse or neglect as required  by  the  Abused
 2    and  Neglected  Child  Reporting  Act,  failure  to establish
 3    satisfactory repayment on an educational loan  guaranteed  by
 4    the  Illinois  Student  Assistance  Commission, or other just
 5    cause.   Unprofessional  conduct  shall  include  refusal  to
 6    attend or participate  in,  institutes,  teachers'  meetings,
 7    professional   readings,   or   to   meet   other  reasonable
 8    requirements  of  the  regional   superintendent   or   State
 9    Superintendent  of  Education.   Unprofessional  conduct also
10    includes conduct that  violates  the  standards,  ethics,  or
11    rules applicable to the security, administration, monitoring,
12    or   scoring  of,  or  the  reporting  of  scores  from,  any
13    assessment test or the Prairie State Achievement  Examination
14    administered  under  Section  2-3.64  or  that  is  known  or
15    intended  to  produce  or  report  manipulated or artificial,
16    rather than actual,  assessment  or  achievement  results  or
17    gains from the administration of those tests or examinations.
18    It  shall also include neglect or unnecessary delay in making
19    of statistical and other reports required by school officers.
20    The  regional  superintendent  or  State  Superintendent   of
21    Education  shall  upon  receipt  of evidence of immorality, a
22    condition of health detrimental to  the  welfare  of  pupils,
23    incompetency,  unprofessional  conduct,  the  neglect  of any
24    professional duty or other just cause serve written notice to
25    the individual and afford the individual  opportunity  for  a
26    hearing  prior  to  suspension.   If  a  hearing is requested
27    within 10 days of notice of opportunity for hearing it  shall
28    act  as  a  stay  of  proceedings  not to exceed 30 days.  No
29    certificate shall be  suspended  until  the  teacher  has  an
30    opportunity  for a hearing at the educational service region.
31    When a certificate is suspended, the right  of  appeal  shall
32    lie to the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
33    Certification  Board.  When an appeal is taken within 10 days
34    after notice  of  suspension  it  shall  act  as  a  stay  of
 
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 1    proceedings  not  to  exceed  60  days.   If a certificate is
 2    suspended for a period  greater  than  one  year,  the  State
 3    Superintendent of Education shall review the suspension prior
 4    to  the  expiration  of  that period to determine whether the
 5    cause for the suspension has been remedied  or  continues  to
 6    exist.   Upon  determining  that the cause for suspension has
 7    not abated, the State Superintendent of Education  may  order
 8    that  the  suspension be continued for an appropriate period.
 9    Nothing in this Section prohibits the continuance of  such  a
10    suspension   for   an   indefinite   period   if   the  State
11    Superintendent determines that the cause for  the  suspension
12    remains  unabated.   Any  certificate  may be revoked for the
13    same reasons as for suspension by the State Superintendent of
14    Education. No certificate shall be revoked until the  teacher
15    has  an  opportunity  for  a  hearing before the Professional
16    Teacher Standards Board State  Teacher  Certification  Board,
17    which  hearing  must be held within 60 days from the date the
18    appeal is taken.
19        The Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board  may
20    refuse  to issue or may suspend the certificate of any person
21    who fails to file a return, or to pay  the  tax,  penalty  or
22    interest  shown  in  a  filed  return,  or  to  pay any final
23    assessment of tax, penalty or interest, as  required  by  any
24    tax  Act  administered by the Illinois Department of Revenue,
25    until such time as the requirements of any such tax  Act  are
26    satisfied.
27        (b)  Any  certificate issued pursuant to this Article may
28    be suspended for an appropriate length of time as  determined
29    by either the regional superintendent or State Superintendent
30    of Education upon evidence that the holder of the certificate
31    has  been named as a perpetrator in an indicated report filed
32    pursuant to the Abused and  Neglected  Child  Reporting  Act,
33    approved  June  26, 1975, as amended, and upon proof by clear
34    and convincing evidence that the licensee has caused a  child
 
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 1    to  be  an abused child or neglected child as defined in that
 2    the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
 3        The regional superintendent or  State  Superintendent  of
 4    Education   shall,   upon   receipt   of  evidence  that  the
 5    certificate holder  has  been  named  a  perpetrator  in  any
 6    indicated  report, serve written notice to the individual and
 7    afford the individual opportunity  for  a  hearing  prior  to
 8    suspension.    If  a  hearing  is requested within 10 days of
 9    notice of opportunity for hearing, it shall act as a stay  of
10    proceedings  not  to exceed 30 days.  No certificate shall be
11    suspended until the teacher has an opportunity for a  hearing
12    at  the  educational  service  region.  When a certificate is
13    suspended, the right of appeal shall lie to the  Professional
14    Teacher  Standards  Board  State Teacher Certification Board.
15    When an appeal is  taken  within  10  days  after  notice  of
16    suspension  it  shall  act  as  a  stay of proceedings not to
17    exceed 60 days.  The  State  Superintendent  may  revoke  any
18    certificate  upon  proof  at  hearing by clear and convincing
19    evidence that the certificate holder has caused a child to be
20    an abused child or neglected child as defined in  the  Abused
21    and  Neglected  Child Reporting Act.  No certificate shall be
22    revoked until the teacher has an opportunity  for  a  hearing
23    before the Professional Teacher Standards Board State Teacher
24    Certification  Board,  which  hearing  must be held within 60
25    days from the date the appeal is taken.
26        (c)  The State Superintendent of Education  or  a  person
27    designated by him shall have the power to administer oaths to
28    witnesses  at  any  hearing conducted before the Professional
29    Teacher Standards Board  State  Teacher  Certification  Board
30    pursuant  to  this  Section.   The  State  Superintendent  of
31    Education  or  a  person  designated  by him is authorized to
32    subpoena and bring before the Professional Teacher  Standards
33    Board  State  Teacher  Certification Board any person in this
34    State and to take testimony either orally or by deposition or
 
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 1    by exhibit, with the same fees and mileage and  in  the  same
 2    manner  as  prescribed  by law in judicial proceedings in the
 3    civil cases in circuit courts of this State.
 4        Any circuit court, upon  the  application  of  the  State
 5    Superintendent  of  Education,  may,  by  order duly entered,
 6    require the attendance of witnesses  and  the  production  of
 7    relevant   books   and   papers  at  any  hearing  the  State
 8    Superintendent of Education is authorized to conduct pursuant
 9    to this Section, and the court may compel  obedience  to  its
10    orders by proceedings for contempt.
11        (d)  As  used in this Section, "teacher" means any school
12    district employee regularly  required  to  be  certified,  as
13    provided  in  this Article, in order to teach or supervise in
14    the public schools.
15    (Source: P.A. 89-610, eff. 8-6-96.)

16        (105 ILCS 5/21-23b) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-23b)
17        Sec. 21-23b.  Conviction of felony.
18        (a)  Whenever the holder of any certificate issued  under
19    this  Article  is  employed by the school board of any school
20    district, including a  special  charter  district  or  school
21    district organized under Article 34, and is convicted, either
22    after a bench trial, trial by jury, or plea of guilty, of any
23    offense   for  which  a  sentence  to  death  or  a  term  of
24    imprisonment in a  penitentiary  for  one  year  or  more  is
25    provided,   the   school  board  shall  promptly  notify  the
26    Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
27    in writing of the name of the certificate holder, the fact of
28    the conviction, and the name and location  of  the  court  in
29    which the conviction occurred.
30        (b)  Whenever  the  Professional  Teacher Standards Board
31    State Board of Education  receives  notice  of  a  conviction
32    under  subsection (a) or otherwise learns that any person who
33    is a "teacher" as that term is defined in Section  16-106  of
 
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 1    the  Illinois Pension Code has been convicted, either after a
 2    bench trial, trial by jury, or plea of guilty, of any offense
 3    for which a sentence to death or a term of imprisonment in  a
 4    penitentiary   for   one   year  or  more  is  provided,  the
 5    Professional Teacher Standards Board State Board of Education
 6    shall promptly notify in writing the board of trustees of the
 7    Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois, and the
 8    board of trustees of the Public School Teachers' Pension  and
 9    Retirement  Fund  of the City of Chicago, and the State Board
10    of Education  of  the  name  of  the  certificate  holder  or
11    teacher, the fact of the conviction, the name and location of
12    the  court  in  which the conviction occurred, and the number
13    assigned in that court to the case in  which  the  conviction
14    occurred.
15    (Source: P.A. 87-1001.)

16        (105 ILCS 5/21-24) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-24)
17        Sec. 21-24.  Administrative Review Law. The provisions of
18    the   Administrative  Review  Law,  and  all  amendments  and
19    modifications thereof and the rules adopted pursuant thereto,
20    shall apply to and govern all proceedings instituted for  the
21    judicial  review  of  final  administrative  decisions of the
22    Professional  Teacher  Standards   Board   State   Board   of
23    Education,  the  State  Teacher  Certification Board, and the
24    regional superintendent of schools under  this  Article.  The
25    term "administrative decision" is defined as in Section 3-101
26    of  the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure.  The commencement of any
27    action for review shall operate as a stay of enforcement  and
28    no  action  based on any decision of the Professional Teacher
29    Standards Board  State  Board  of  Education,  State  Teacher
30    Certification Board or the regional superintendent of schools
31    shall be taken pending final disposition of such review.
32    (Source: P.A. 84-551.)
 
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 1        (105 ILCS 5/21-25) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-25)
 2        Sec.   21-25.    School  service  personnel  certificate.
 3    Subject to the provisions of Section 21-1a, a school  service
 4    personnel  certificate shall be issued to those applicants of
 5    good character, good health, a citizen of the  United  States
 6    and  at  least  19  years of age who have a Bachelor's degree
 7    with not fewer than 120  semester  hours  from  a  regionally
 8    accredited  institution  of higher learning and who meets the
 9    requirements  established   by   the   Professional   Teacher
10    Standards   Board   State   Superintendent  of  Education  in
11    consultation with the State Teacher Certification  Board.   A
12    school  service  personnel  certificate  with  a school nurse
13    endorsement may be issued to a person who holds a bachelor of
14    science  degree  from  an  institution  of  higher   learning
15    accredited   by   the  North  Central  Association  or  other
16    comparable regional accrediting association.  Persons seeking
17    any  other  endorsement  on  the  school  service   personnel
18    certificate  shall  be  recommended  for the endorsement by a
19    recognized teacher education institution as having  completed
20    a program of preparation approved by the Professional Teacher
21    Standards  State  Superintendent of Education in consultation
22    with the State Teacher Certification Board.
23        Such certificate shall  be  endorsed  with  the  area  of
24    Service  as  determined by the Professional Teacher Standards
25    Board State Superintendent of Education in consultation  with
26    the State Teacher Certification Board.
27        The  holder  of such certificate shall be entitled to all
28    of the rights and  privileges  granted  holders  of  a  valid
29    teaching    certificate,    including    teacher    benefits,
30    compensation and working conditions.
31        When the holder of such certificate has earned a master's
32    degree,  including  8 semester hours of graduate professional
33    education from a recognized institution of  higher  learning,
34    and  has  at  least  2  years of successful school experience
 
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 1    while  holding  such  certificate,  the  certificate  may  be
 2    endorsed for supervision.
 3    (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

 4        (105 ILCS 5/34-18.5) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.5)
 5        Sec. 34-18.5.  Criminal background investigations.
 6        (a)  After August 1,  1985,  certified  and  noncertified
 7    applicants  for  employment  with  the  school  district  are
 8    required  as  a  condition  of  employment  to  authorize  an
 9    investigation  to  determine  if  such  applicants  have been
10    convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug  offenses
11    in  subsection  (c)  of  this Section or have been convicted,
12    within 7 years of the application  for  employment  with  the
13    school  district,  of any other felony under the laws of this
14    State or of any offense committed or attempted in  any  other
15    state  or  against  the  laws  of  the United States that, if
16    committed  or  attempted  in  this  State,  would  have  been
17    punishable  as  a  felony  under  the  laws  of  this  State.
18    Authorization for the investigation shall be furnished by the
19    applicant  to  the  school  district,  except  that  if   the
20    applicant  is a substitute teacher seeking employment in more
21    than one school district, or  a  teacher  seeking  concurrent
22    part-time  employment  positions  with  more  than one school
23    district (as a reading specialist, special education  teacher
24    or  otherwise),  or an educational support personnel employee
25    seeking employment positions with more than one district, any
26    such  district  may  require   the   applicant   to   furnish
27    authorization   for   the   investigation   to  the  regional
28    superintendent of the educational service region in which are
29    located the  school  districts  in  which  the  applicant  is
30    seeking  employment  as  a substitute or concurrent part-time
31    teacher or concurrent educational support personnel employee.
32    Upon receipt of this authorization, the  school  district  or
33    the  appropriate regional superintendent, as the case may be,
 
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 1    shall submit the applicant's name, sex, race, date  of  birth
 2    and  social security number to the Department of State Police
 3    on  forms  prescribed  by  the   Department.   The   regional
 4    superintendent  submitting  the  requisite information to the
 5    Department of State Police shall promptly notify  the  school
 6    districts  in  which the applicant is seeking employment as a
 7    substitute or  concurrent  part-time  teacher  or  concurrent
 8    educational support personnel employee that the investigation
 9    of  the applicant has been requested. The Department of State
10    Police shall conduct an investigation  to  ascertain  if  the
11    applicant  being considered for employment has been convicted
12    of any  of  the  enumerated  criminal  or  drug  offenses  in
13    subsection  (c)  or has been convicted, within 7 years of the
14    application for employment with the school district,  of  any
15    other  felony  under the laws of this State or of any offense
16    committed or attempted in any other state or against the laws
17    of the United States that, if committed or attempted in  this
18    State,  would have been punishable as a felony under the laws
19    of this  State.   The  Department  shall  charge  the  school
20    district or the appropriate regional superintendent a fee for
21    conducting  such  investigation, which fee shall be deposited
22    in the State Police Services Fund and shall  not  exceed  the
23    cost of the inquiry; and the applicant shall not be charged a
24    fee  for  such investigation by the school district or by the
25    regional superintendent.   The  regional  superintendent  may
26    seek  reimbursement  from the State Board of Education or the
27    appropriate school district or districts for fees paid by the
28    regional superintendent to the Department  for  the  criminal
29    background investigations required by this Section.
30        (b)  The  Department  shall furnish, pursuant to positive
31    identification, records of convictions,  until  expunged,  to
32    the  president  of  the  board  of  education  for the school
33    district  which  requested  the  investigation,  or  to   the
34    regional superintendent who requested the investigation.  Any
 
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 1    information  concerning the record of convictions obtained by
 2    the president of the  board  of  education  or  the  regional
 3    superintendent   shall   be  confidential  and  may  only  be
 4    transmitted to  the  general  superintendent  of  the  school
 5    district   or   his   designee,   the   appropriate  regional
 6    superintendent if the  investigation  was  requested  by  the
 7    board of education for the school district, the presidents of
 8    the  appropriate  board  of education or school boards if the
 9    investigation was requested  from  the  Department  of  State
10    Police    by   the   regional   superintendent,   the   State
11    Superintendent  of  Education,   the   Professional   Teacher
12    Standards  Board  State  Teacher  Certification  Board or any
13    other  person  necessary  to  the  decision  of  hiring   the
14    applicant for employment. A copy of the record of convictions
15    obtained  from  the  Department  of  State  Police  shall  be
16    provided to the applicant for employment. If an investigation
17    of  an applicant for employment as a substitute or concurrent
18    part-time teacher or concurrent educational support personnel
19    employee in more than one school district  was  requested  by
20    the  regional  superintendent,  and  the  Department of State
21    Police upon investigation ascertains that the  applicant  has
22    not  been convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug
23    offenses in subsection (c) or has not been convicted,  within
24    7  years  of  the  application for employment with the school
25    district, of any other felony under the laws of this State or
26    of any offense committed or attempted in any other  state  or
27    against  the  laws of the United States that, if committed or
28    attempted in this State, would  have  been  punishable  as  a
29    felony  under  the  laws  of  this  State and so notifies the
30    regional superintendent,  then  the  regional  superintendent
31    shall issue to the applicant a certificate evidencing that as
32    of  the  date specified by the Department of State Police the
33    applicant has not been convicted of  any  of  the  enumerated
34    criminal  or  drug offenses in subsection (c) or has not been
 
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 1    convicted, within 7 years of the application  for  employment
 2    with  the school district, of any other felony under the laws
 3    of this State or of any offense committed or attempted in any
 4    other state or against the laws of the United States that, if
 5    committed  or  attempted  in  this  State,  would  have  been
 6    punishable as a felony under the laws  of  this  State.   The
 7    school   board   of   any  school  district  located  in  the
 8    educational   service   region   served   by   the   regional
 9    superintendent who issues such a certificate to an  applicant
10    for  employment  as  a  substitute  or  concurrent  part-time
11    teacher  or concurrent educational support personnel employee
12    in more than one such district may rely  on  the  certificate
13    issued  by  the regional superintendent to that applicant, or
14    may initiate its own investigation of the  applicant  through
15    the Department of State Police as provided in subsection (a).
16    Any   person   who   releases  any  confidential  information
17    concerning any  criminal  convictions  of  an  applicant  for
18    employment  shall  be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, unless
19    the  release  of  such  information  is  authorized  by  this
20    Section.
21        (c)  The board of education shall not knowingly employ  a
22    person  who has been convicted for committing attempted first
23    degree murder or for committing or attempting to commit first
24    degree murder or a Class X felony or any one or more  of  the
25    following  offenses:   (i)  those  defined  in Sections 11-6,
26    11-9, 11-14, 11-15,  11-15.1,  11-16,  11-17,  11-18,  11-19,
27    11-19.1,   11-19.2,  11-20,  11-20.1,  11-21,  12-13,  12-14,
28    12-14.1, 12-15 and 12-16 of the Criminal Code of  1961;  (ii)
29    those  defined  in  the  Cannabis  Control  Act, except those
30    defined in Sections 4(a), 4(b) and 5(a) of  that  Act;  (iii)
31    those  defined in the Illinois Controlled Substances Act; and
32    (iv) any offense committed or attempted in any other state or
33    against the laws of the United States, which if committed  or
34    attempted in this State, would have been punishable as one or
 
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 1    more  of  the  foregoing  offenses.  Further,  the  board  of
 2    education  shall  not  knowingly employ a person who has been
 3    found to be the perpetrator of sexual or  physical  abuse  of
 4    any minor under 18 years of age pursuant to proceedings under
 5    Article II of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
 6        (d)  The  board of education shall not knowingly employ a
 7    person for whom a criminal background investigation  has  not
 8    been initiated.
 9        (e)  Upon  receipt  of the record of a conviction of or a
10    finding of child abuse by a holder of any certificate  issued
11    pursuant  to  Article  21  or  Section 34-8.1 or 34-83 of the
12    School  Code,  the  board   of   education   or   the   State
13    Superintendent  of  Education  shall initiate the certificate
14    suspension and revocation proceedings authorized by law.
15        (f)  After March 19, 1990, the provisions of this Section
16    shall apply to all employees  of  persons  or  firms  holding
17    contracts with any school district including, but not limited
18    to,  food  service  workers,  school  bus  drivers  and other
19    transportation employees, who have direct, daily contact with
20    the pupils of any school in such district.  For  purposes  of
21    criminal background investigations on employees of persons or
22    firms  holding  contracts  with more than one school district
23    and assigned to more than one school district,  the  regional
24    superintendent of the educational service region in which the
25    contracting  school districts are located may, at the request
26    of any such school district, be responsible for receiving the
27    authorization  for  investigation  prepared  by   each   such
28    employee  and  submitting the same to the Department of State
29    Police.  Any information concerning the record of  conviction
30    of  any such employee obtained by the regional superintendent
31    shall  be  promptly  reported  to  the   president   of   the
32    appropriate school board or school boards.
33    (Source: P.A. 90-566, eff. 1-2-98; 91-885, eff. 7-6-00.)
 
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 1        (105 ILCS 5/34-83) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-83)
 2        Sec.    34-83.     Board   of   examiners    Certificates
 3    Examinations. A  board  of  3  examiners  shall  examine  all
 4    applicants  required  to  hold  certificates to teach and the
 5    board of education shall issue gratuitously to those who pass
 6    a  required  test  of  character,  scholarship  and   general
 7    fitness,  such  certificates  to  teach  as  they  are  found
 8    entitled  to receive. No person may be granted or continue to
 9    hold a teaching certificate  who  has  knowingly  altered  or
10    misrepresented his or her teaching qualifications in order to
11    acquire  the certificate.  Any other certificate held by such
12    person may be suspended or revoked by the board of examiners,
13    depending  upon   the   severity   of   the   alteration   or
14    misrepresentation.  The  board  of examiners shall consist of
15    the general superintendent of schools and 2 persons  approved
16    and  appointed  by the board of education upon the nomination
17    of the  general  superintendent  of  schools.  The  board  of
18    examiners  shall  hold  such  examinations  as  the  board of
19    education may  prescribe,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the
20    general  superintendent  of  schools  and  shall  prepare all
21    necessary eligible lists, which shall be kept in  the  office
22    of  the  general  superintendent  of  schools  and be open to
23    public inspection. Members of the board  of  examiners  shall
24    hold office for a term of 2 years.
25        The  board  of  examiners  created  herein  is  abolished
26    effective  July  1,  1988.   Commencing July 1, 1988, all new
27    teachers  employed  by  the   board   shall   hold   teaching
28    certificates  issued by the State Teacher Certification Board
29    under  Article  21.   The  State  Board   of   Education   in
30    consultation  with  the  board  of  examiners  and  the State
31    Teacher Certification Board shall develop procedures  whereby
32    Teachers  currently  holding valid certificates issued by the
33    board of examiners prior to its abolition, and  all  teachers
34    employed  by the board after August 1, 1985 and prior to July
 
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 1    1,  1988,  shall  no  later  than  July  1,   1988   exchange
 2    certificates  issued by the board of examiners for comparable
 3    certificates issued under Article 21  by  the  State  Teacher
 4    Certification  Board.  On the exchange of a certificate on or
 5    before July 1, 1988, the State  Teacher  Certification  Board
 6    shall  not  require  any  additional  qualifications  for the
 7    issuance of the comparable certificate are not  required.  If
 8    prior to July 1, 1988 the board of examiners has issued types
 9    of  teaching  certificates  which  are  not comparable to the
10    types of certificates issued under Article 21  by  the  State
11    Teacher Certification Board, such certificates shall continue
12    to  be  valid  for  and  shall  be  renewable  by the holders
13    thereof, and no additional qualifications shall  be  required
14    by  the  Professional  Teacher  Standards Board State Teacher
15    Certification  Board  for  any  such  renewal;  however,   no
16    individual  who  received  a letter of continuing eligibility
17    shall be issued an Initial or Standard Teaching  Certificate,
18    as  provided  in  Section  21-2  of  this  Code,  unless that
19    individual also holds such a valid and renewable certificate.
20        The State Board of Education  shall  report  by  July  1,
21    1986,  to the Illinois General Assembly on the procedures for
22    exchange it has developed in consultation with the  board  of
23    examiners  and  the  State  Teacher  Certification  Board  as
24    required in this Section.
25    (Source: P.A. 91-102, eff. 7-12-99.)

26        Section  10.  The Higher Education Student Assistance Act
27    is amended by changing Section 65.20 as follows:

28        (110 ILCS 947/65.20)
29        Sec. 65.20.  Science-mathematics teacher scholarships.
30        (a)  The  Commission  may  annually  award  a  number  of
31    scholarships, not to exceed 200,  to  persons  holding  valid
32    teaching  certificates  issued under Article 21 of the School
 
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 1    Code.  Such scholarships shall be issued to teachers who make
 2    application to the Commission and who agree to  take  courses
 3    at  qualified  institutions  of  higher  learning  that  will
 4    prepare them to teach science or mathematics at the secondary
 5    school level.
 6        (b)  Scholarships  awarded  under  this  Section shall be
 7    issued pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Commission;
 8    provided that no rule or regulation promulgated by the  State
 9    Board  of  Education  prior  to  the  effective  date of this
10    amendatory Act of 1993 pursuant to the exercise of any right,
11    power, duty, responsibility or  matter  of  pending  business
12    transferred   from  the  State  Board  of  Education  to  the
13    Commission under this Section shall be affected thereby,  and
14    all  such  rules  and  regulations shall become the rules and
15    regulations of the Commission until modified  or  changed  by
16    the   Commission   in   accordance  with  law.   In  awarding
17    scholarships, the Commission shall  give  priority  to  those
18    teachers  with the greatest amount of seniority within school
19    districts.
20        (c)  Each scholarship shall be utilized by its holder for
21    the payment of tuition at any qualified institution of higher
22    learning.  Such tuition shall be available only  for  courses
23    that will enable the teacher to be certified to teach science
24    or mathematics at the secondary school level. The Commission,
25    in consultation with the Professional Teacher Standards Board
26    State  Teacher  Certification  Board,  shall  determine which
27    courses are eligible for tuition payments under this Section.
28        (d)  The Commission shall make tuition payments  directly
29    to  the  qualified  institution  of higher learning which the
30    teacher attends  for  the  courses  prescribed  or  may  make
31    payments  to  the teacher.  Any teacher who receives payments
32    and who fails to  enroll  in  the  courses  prescribed  shall
33    refund the payments to the Commission.
34        (e)  Following  the  completion  of the program of study,
 
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 1    the teacher must  accept  employment  within  2  years  in  a
 2    secondary school in Illinois within 60 miles of the teacher's
 3    residence to teach science or mathematics; provided, however,
 4    that  the  teacher  instead  may  elect  to accept employment
 5    within such 2 year period to teach science or mathematics  in
 6    a  secondary  school  in Illinois which is more than 60 miles
 7    from the teacher's residence.  Teachers who  fail  to  comply
 8    with  this  provision  shall  refund  all  of the scholarship
 9    awarded  to  the  Commission,  whether  payments  were   made
10    directly  to  the  institutions  of higher learning or to the
11    teachers, and this condition shall be agreed to in writing by
12    all scholarship recipients at the  time  the  scholarship  is
13    awarded.   No  teacher  shall  be  required to refund tuition
14    payments if his or her failure  to  obtain  employment  as  a
15    mathematics  or  science teacher in a secondary school is the
16    result of financial conditions within school districts.   The
17    rules and regulations promulgated as provided in this Section
18    shall  include  provisions regarding the waiving and deferral
19    of such payments.
20        (f)  The Commission, with the cooperation  of  the  State
21    Board   of   Education,   shall   assist  teachers  who  have
22    participated in the scholarship program established  by  this
23    Section   in   finding     employment  to  teach  science  or
24    mathematics at the secondary level.
25        (g)  This Section is substantially the  same  as  Section
26    30-4b  of  the School Code, which Section is repealed by this
27    amendatory  Act  of  1993,  and  shall  be  construed  as   a
28    continuation  of  the science-mathematics teacher scholarship
29    program established by that prior law, and not as  a  new  or
30    different  science-mathematics  teacher  scholarship program.
31    The  State  Board  of  Education  shall   transfer   to   the
32    Commission,  as the successor to the State Board of Education
33    for all purposes  of  administering    and  implementing  the
34    provisions  of  this  Section,  all books, accounts, records,
 
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 1    papers,  documents,  contracts,   agreements,   and   pending
 2    business  in  any  way  relating  to  the science-mathematics
 3    teacher scholarship program continued under this Section; and
 4    all scholarships at any time awarded under that  program  by,
 5    and  all  applications  for any such scholarships at any time
 6    made to, the State Board of Education shall be unaffected  by
 7    the  transfer to the Commission of all responsibility for the
 8    administration and implementation of the  science-mathematics
 9    teacher  scholarship  program  continued  under this Section.
10    The State Board of Education shall furnish to the  Commission
11    such  other  information  as  the  Commission  may request to
12    assist it in administering this Section.
13        (h)  Appropriations for the scholarships outlined in this
14    Section  shall  be  made  to  the   Commission   from   funds
15    appropriated by the General Assembly.
16        (i)  For the purposes of this Section:
17        "Qualified  institution  of  higher  learning"  means the
18    University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago
19    State  University,  Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors
20    State University,  Illinois  State  University,  Northeastern
21    Illinois  University,  Northern  Illinois University, Western
22    Illinois  University,  and  the  public  community   colleges
23    subject to the Public Community College Act.
24        "Secondary  school  level" means grades 9 through 12 or a
25    portion of such grades.
26    (Source:  P.A.  88-228;  88-670,  eff.  12-2-94;  89-4,  eff.
27    1-1-96.)

28        Section 15.  The Clinical Psychologist Licensing  Act  is
29    amended by changing Section 4 as follows:

30        (225 ILCS 15/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 5354)
31        Sec. 4.  Application of Act.
32        (a)  Nothing  in this Act shall be construed to limit the
 
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 1    activities of and services of a student, intern  or  resident
 2    in  psychology seeking to fulfill educational requirements or
 3    the experience requirements in order to qualify for a license
 4    under this Act, or  an  individual  seeking  to  fulfill  the
 5    postdoctoral  experience requirements in order to qualify for
 6    licensure under this Act provided that  such  activities  and
 7    services are under the direct supervision, order, control and
 8    full  professional  responsibility  of  a  licensed  clinical
 9    psychologist  and  provided  that  such  student,  intern, or
10    resident be designated by a title "intern" or  "resident"  or
11    other  designation  of trainee status.  Supervised experience
12    in which the supervisor receives monetary  payment  or  other
13    considerations from the supervisee or in which the supervisor
14    is hired by or otherwise employed by the supervisee shall not
15    be  accepted  by  the Department as fulfilling the practicum,
16    internship or 2 years of satisfactory  supervised  experience
17    requirements for licensure. Nothing contained in this Section
18    shall  be  construed as permitting such students, interns, or
19    residents to offer their services as  clinical  psychologists
20    to any other person or persons and to accept remuneration for
21    such   clinical   psychological   services   other   than  as
22    specifically excepted herein, unless they have been  licensed
23    under the provisions of this Act.
24        (b)  Nothing in this Act shall be construed as permitting
25    persons  licensed  as clinical psychologists to engage in any
26    manner in the practice of medicine as defined in the laws  of
27    this  State.   Persons licensed as clinical psychologists who
28    render services to persons in need of mental treatment or who
29    are  mentally  ill  shall  as  appropriate  initiate  genuine
30    collaboration  with  a  physician  licensed  in  Illinois  to
31    practice medicine in all its branches.
32        (c)  Nothing  in  this  Act   shall   be   construed   as
33    restricting  an individual certified as a school psychologist
34    by the State Board of Education, who is at least 21 years  of
 
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 1    age and has had at least 3 years of full-time experience as a
 2    certified  school  psychologist,  from using the title school
 3    psychologist  and  offering  school  psychological   services
 4    limited  to  those  services  set  forth  in  the  rules  and
 5    regulations  that  govern the administration and operation of
 6    special education pertaining to children and youth ages  0-21
 7    prepared  by  the  State Board of Education.  Anyone offering
 8    such services under the provisions of  this  paragraph  shall
 9    use  the  term school psychologist and describe such services
10    as "School Psychological Services".  This exemption shall  be
11    limited   to  the  practice  of  school  psychology  only  as
12    manifested through psychoeducational problems, and shall  not
13    be  construed to allow a school psychologist to function as a
14    general practitioner of clinical psychology, unless otherwise
15    licensed under this Act.  However, nothing in this  paragraph
16    prohibits  a  school  psychologist  from  making evaluations,
17    recommendations or interventions regarding the  placement  of
18    children   in   educational  programs  or  special  education
19    classes, nor shall  it  prohibit  school  psychologists  from
20    providing   clinical   psychological   services   under   the
21    supervision   of  a  licensed  clinical  psychologist.   This
22    paragraph  shall  not  be  construed  to  mandate   insurance
23    companies  to reimburse school psychologists directly for the
24    services of school psychologists.  Nothing in this  paragraph
25    shall be construed to exclude anyone duly licensed under this
26    Act  from  offering  psychological  services  in  the  school
27    setting.   School  psychologists providing services under the
28    provisions of this paragraph shall not provide such  services
29    outside their employment to any child who is a student in the
30    district  or districts which employ such school psychologist.
31    School psychologists, as described in this  paragraph,  shall
32    be  under  the  regulatory  authority  of  the State Board of
33    Education and the Professional Teacher Standards Board  State
34    Teacher Certification Board.
 
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 1        (d)  Nothing  in this Act shall be construed to limit the
 2    activities and use of the official title of "psychologist" on
 3    the part  of  a  person  not  licensed  under  this  Act  who
 4    possesses  a doctoral degree earned in a program concentrated
 5    primarily on the study  of  psychology  and  is  an  academic
 6    employee  of a duly chartered institution of higher education
 7    insofar as such person engages in  public  speaking  with  or
 8    without remuneration, provided that such person is not in any
 9    manner   held  out  to  the  public  as  practicing  clinical
10    psychology as defined in paragraph 5 of  Section  2  of  this
11    Act,  unless he or she has been licensed under the provisions
12    of this Act.
13        (e)  Nothing in this Act shall be construed to  regulate,
14    control,  or  restrict  the  clinical  practice of any person
15    licensed, registered, or certified in this  State  under  any
16    other  Act,  provided  that  such person is not in any manner
17    held out to the public as  rendering  clinical  psychological
18    services as defined in paragraph 7 of Section 2 of this Act.
19        (f)  Nothing  in this Act shall be construed to limit the
20    activities and use of the title "psychologist" on the part of
21    a person who practices psychology and  (i)  who  possesses  a
22    doctoral degree earned in a program concentrated primarily on
23    the  study of psychology; and (ii) whose services involve the
24    development  and  application  of  psychological  theory  and
25    methodology to problems  of  organizations  and  problems  of
26    individuals   and  groups  in  organizational  settings;  and
27    provided further that such person is not in any  manner  held
28    out  to  the  public as practicing clinical psychology and is
29    not held out to the  public  by  any  title,  description  or
30    designation  stating or implying that he or she is a clinical
31    psychologist unless he or she has  been  licensed  under  the
32    provisions of this Act.
33    (Source: P.A. 89-702, eff. 7-1-97.)
 
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 1        Section  20.   The  Professional  Counselor  and Clinical
 2    Professional Counselor Licensing Act is amended  by  changing
 3    Section 15 as follows:

 4        (225 ILCS 107/15)
 5        Sec. 15.  Exemptions.
 6        (a)  This  Act  does  not  prohibit  any  persons legally
 7    regulated in this State by any other Act from engaging in the
 8    practice for which they are authorized as long as they do not
 9    represent  themselves   by   the   title   of   "professional
10    counselor",   "licensed  professional  counselor",  "clinical
11    professional counselor", or "licensed  clinical  professional
12    counselor".  This  Act  does  not  prohibit  the  practice of
13    nonregulated professions whose practitioners are  engaged  in
14    the delivery of human services as long as these practitioners
15    do   not   represent  themselves  as  or  use  the  title  of
16    "professional counselor", "licensed professional  counselor",
17    "clinical  professional  counselor",  or  "licensed  clinical
18    professional counselor".
19        (b)  Nothing  in this Act shall be construed to limit the
20    activities and services of a student, intern, or resident  in
21    professional  counseling  or clinical professional counseling
22    seeking to  fulfill  educational  requirements  in  order  to
23    qualify  for  a  license  under  this  Act,  or an individual
24    seeking to fulfill the post-degree experience requirements in
25    order to  qualify  for  licensing  under  this  Act,  if  the
26    activities  and  services are supervised as specified in this
27    Act, and that the student, intern, or resident is  designated
28    by  a  title  "intern"  or "resident" or other designation of
29    trainee status. Nothing contained in this  Section  shall  be
30    construed  to permit students, interns, or residents to offer
31    their  services  as  professional  counselors   or   clinical
32    professional  counselors  to  any  other person and to accept
33    remuneration for such  professional  counseling  or  clinical
 
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 1    professional  counseling  services other than as specifically
 2    excepted in this Section,  unless  they  have  been  licensed
 3    under this Act.
 4        (c)  Corporations,  partnerships,  and  associations  may
 5    employ practicum students, interns, or post-degree candidates
 6    seeking   to   fulfill   educational   requirements   or  the
 7    professional experience requirements needed to qualify for  a
 8    license  under  this  Act  if  their  activities and services
 9    constitute a part of the student's supervised course of study
10    or post-degree professional experience requirements.  Nothing
11    in  this paragraph shall prohibit a corporation, partnership,
12    or association from contracting with a licensed  health  care
13    professional to provide services.
14        (d)  Nothing in this Act shall prevent the employment, by
15    a  professional counselor or clinical professional counselor,
16    person, association, partnership, or a corporation furnishing
17    professional counseling or clinical  professional  counseling
18    services   for  remuneration,  of  persons  not  licensed  as
19    professional counselors or clinical  professional  counselors
20    under  this  Act to perform services in various capacities as
21    needed if these persons are not in any manner held out to the
22    public or do not hold themselves out to  the  public  by  any
23    title  or  designation  stating  or  implying  that  they are
24    professional counselors or clinical professional counselors.
25        (e)  Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit  the
26    services  of  a  person, not licensed under the provisions of
27    this Act, in the employ  of  a  federal,  State,  county,  or
28    municipal   agency   or   other   political   subdivision  or
29    not-for-profit corporation providing human  services  if  (1)
30    the  services are a part of the duties in his or her salaried
31    position, (2) the services are performed solely on behalf  of
32    his  or  her  employer,  and  (3) that person does not in any
33    manner represent himself or herself as or use  the  title  of
34    "professional  counselor", "licensed professional counselor",
 
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 1    "clinical  professional  counselor",  or  "licensed  clinical
 2    professional counselor".
 3        (f)  Duly   recognized   members   of    any    religious
 4    organization  shall  not  be  restricted  from functioning in
 5    their ministerial capacity provided  they  do  not  represent
 6    themselves  as  being  professional  counselors  or  clinical
 7    professional   counselors,   or  as  providing  "professional
 8    counseling" or "clinical professional counseling".  This  Act
 9    shall  not  apply  or  be  construed  so  as  to apply to the
10    employees or agents of a church or religious organization  or
11    an  organization  owned,  controlled,  or  affiliated  with a
12    church  or  religious  organization,   unless   the   church,
13    religious  organization,  or owned, controlled, or affiliated
14    organization designates or holds these  employees  or  agents
15    out  to  the  public  as  professional counselors or clinical
16    professional counselors or holds out their services as  being
17    "professional    counseling"    or   "clinical   professional
18    counseling".
19        (g)  Nothing in this Act shall prohibit  individuals  not
20    licensed  under  the  provisions  of  this  Act  who  work in
21    self-help groups or programs or not-for-profit  organizations
22    from   providing  services  in  those  groups,  programs,  or
23    organizations, as long as those persons are not in any manner
24    held out to the public as practicing professional  counseling
25    or   clinical   professional   counseling,  or  do  not  hold
26    themselves out to the public  by  any  title  or  designation
27    stating  or implying that they are professional counselors or
28    clinical professional counselors.
29        (h)  Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit  the
30    activities  and  use  of  the official title of "professional
31    counselor" or "clinical professional counselor" on  the  part
32    of  a  person  not licensed under this Act who is an academic
33    employee of a duly chartered institution of higher  education
34    and  who  holds  educational  and professional qualifications
 
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 1    equivalent to those required for licensing  under  this  Act,
 2    insofar as such activities are performed in the person's role
 3    as an academic employee, or insofar as such person engages in
 4    public speaking with or without remuneration.
 5        (i)  Nothing  in  this  Act shall be construed to require
 6    licensure under this Act or limit the services  of  a  school
 7    counselor  certified  by  the  Professional Teacher Standards
 8    Board State  Teacher  Certification  Board  and  employed  as
 9    authorized  by  Section  10-22-24a or any other  provision of
10    the School Code as long as that person is not in  any  manner
11    held  out  to  the  public  as  a "professional counselor" or
12    "clinical professional counselor" or does not hold out his or
13    her services as being "professional counseling" or  "clinical
14    professional counseling".
15        (j)  Nothing  in  this  Act shall be construed to require
16    any hospital, clinic, home health agency, hospice,  or  other
17    entity  that  provides  health  care to employ or to contract
18    with a person licensed under this Act to provide professional
19    counseling  or  clinical  professional  counseling  services.
20    These persons  may  not  hold  themselves  out  or  represent
21    themselves to the public as being licensed under this Act.
22        (k)  Nothing  in  this  Act shall be construed to require
23    licensure under this Act or limit the services  of  a  person
24    employed  by  a  private  elementary  or secondary school who
25    provides counseling within the scope of his or her employment
26    as long as that person is not in any manner held out  to  the
27    public   as   a   "professional   counselor"   or   "clinical
28    professional  counselor"  or  does  not  hold  out his or her
29    services as  being  "professional  counseling"  or  "clinical
30    professional counseling".
31        (l)  Nothing  in  this  Act shall be construed to require
32    licensure under this Act or limit  the  services  of  a  rape
33    crisis  counselor  who  is an employee or volunteer of a rape
34    crisis organization as defined in Section 8-802.1 of the Code
 
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 1    of Civil Procedure as long as  that  person  is  not  in  any
 2    manner  held  out to the public as a "professional counselor"
 3    or "clinical professional counselor" or does not hold out his
 4    or  her  services  as  being  "professional  counseling"   or
 5    "clinical professional counseling".
 6        (m)  Nothing  in  this  Act shall be construed to prevent
 7    any licensed social worker, licensed clinical social  worker,
 8    or    licensed    clinical   psychologist   from   practicing
 9    professional counseling as long as that person is not in  any
10    manner  held out to the public as a  "professional counselor"
11    or "clinical professional counselor" or does not hold out his
12    or  her  services  as  being  "professional  counseling"   or
13    "clinical professional counseling".
14        (n)  Nothing  in this Act shall be construed to limit the
15    activities and use of the  official  title  of  "professional
16    counselor"  or  "clinical professional counselor" on the part
17    of a person not licensed under this Act who  is  a  physician
18    licensed  to  practice  medicine in all of its branches under
19    the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
20        (o)  Nothing in this Act shall be  construed  to  require
21    licensure  under this Act or limit the services of a domestic
22    violence counselor who is  an  employee  or  volunteer  of  a
23    domestic  violence  program  as defined in Section 227 of the
24    Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
25    (Source: P.A.  87-1011;  87-1212;  87-1269;  88-45;   88-424;
26    88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)

27        (105 ILCS 5/21-0.01 rep.)
28        (105 ILCS 5/21-13 rep.)
29        (105 ILCS 5/21-26 rep.)
30        Section  25.   The  School  Code  is amended by repealing
31    Sections 21-0.01, 21-13, and 21-26.

32        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  July
 
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 1    1, 2002.
 
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 1                                INDEX
 2               Statutes amended in order of appearance
 3                              SEE INDEX
 4    105 ILCS 5/2-3.11         from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.11
 5    105 ILCS 5/10-21.9        from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.9
 6    105 ILCS 5/10-22.20a      from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.20a
 7    105 ILCS 5/10-22.24a      from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.24a
 8    105 ILCS 5/10-22.34       from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.34
 9    105 ILCS 5/14-1.09.1
10    105 ILCS 5/14-8.05        from Ch. 122, par. 14-8.05
11    105 ILCS 5/14C-2          from Ch. 122, par. 14C-2
12    105 ILCS 5/21-0.05 new
13    105 ILCS 5/21-1           from Ch. 122, par. 21-1
14    105 ILCS 5/21-1a          from Ch. 122, par. 21-1a
15    105 ILCS 5/21-1b          from Ch. 122, par. 21-1b
16    105 ILCS 5/21-1b          from Ch. 122, par. 21-1b
17    105 ILCS 5/21-1c          from Ch. 122, par. 21-1c
18    105 ILCS 5/21-2           from Ch. 122, par. 21-2
19    105 ILCS 5/21-2.1         from Ch. 122, par. 21-2.1
20    105 ILCS 5/21-2b          from Ch. 122, par. 21-2b
21    105 ILCS 5/21-3           from Ch. 122, par. 21-3
22    105 ILCS 5/21-4           from Ch. 122, par. 21-4
23    105 ILCS 5/21-5           from Ch. 122, par. 21-5
24    105 ILCS 5/21-5a          from Ch. 122, par. 21-5a
25    105 ILCS 5/21-5b
26    105 ILCS 5/21-5c
27    105 ILCS 5/21-5d
28    105 ILCS 5/21-7.1         from Ch. 122, par. 21-7.1
29    105 ILCS 5/21-9           from Ch. 122, par. 21-9
30    105 ILCS 5/21-10          from Ch. 122, par. 21-10
31    105 ILCS 5/21-11.1        from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.1
32    105 ILCS 5/21-11.2        from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.2
33    105 ILCS 5/21-11.3        from Ch. 122, par. 21-11.3
34    105 ILCS 5/21-11.4
 
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 1    105 ILCS 5/21-12          from Ch. 122, par. 21-12
 2    105 ILCS 5/21-14          from Ch. 122, par. 21-14
 3    105 ILCS 5/21-16          from Ch. 122, par. 21-16
 4    105 ILCS 5/21-17          from Ch. 122, par. 21-17
 5    105 ILCS 5/21-19          from Ch. 122, par. 21-19
 6    105 ILCS 5/21-21          from Ch. 122, par. 21-21
 7    105 ILCS 5/21-21.1        from Ch. 122, par. 21-21.1
 8    105 ILCS 5/21-23          from Ch. 122, par. 21-23
 9    105 ILCS 5/21-23b         from Ch. 122, par. 21-23b
10    105 ILCS 5/21-24          from Ch. 122, par. 21-24
11    105 ILCS 5/21-25          from Ch. 122, par. 21-25
12    105 ILCS 5/34-18.5        from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.5
13    105 ILCS 5/34-83          from Ch. 122, par. 34-83
14    110 ILCS 947/65.20
15    225 ILCS 15/4             from Ch. 111, par. 5354
16    225 ILCS 107/15
17    105 ILCS 5/21-0.01 rep.
18    105 ILCS 5/21-13 rep.
19    105 ILCS 5/21-26 rep.
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State of Illinois 92nd General Assembly Legislation

State of Illinois
92^nd General Assembly
Legislation
