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92_HB2467

 
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 1        AN ACT relating to education.

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

 4        Section 5.  The School Code is amended by adding  Section
 5    21-14.5 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/21-14.5 new)
 7        Sec.    21-14.5.  Continuing   Professional   Development
 8    Scholarship Program.
 9        (a)  The Continuing Professional Development  Scholarship
10    Program  is  hereby  created.   The  State Board of Education
11    shall implement and administer the program, which shall, from
12    appropriations made for the purposes of this Section, provide
13    Continuing Professional Development Scholarships to  eligible
14    applicants.
15        (b)  An   applicant   is   eligible   for   a  Continuing
16    Professional Development Scholarship if he or she is a holder
17    of a Standard Teaching Certificate,  is  seeking  renewal  of
18    that  certificate,  and is planning to take coursework from a
19    regionally accredited institution  as  part  of  an  approved
20    certificate renewal plan as provided in Section 21-14 of this
21    Code.
22        (c)  Applications for Continuing Professional Development
23    Scholarships shall be made to the State Board of Education in
24    a form as set forth by the State Board of Education.  As part
25    of  the application, the applicant shall provide to the State
26    Board of Education proof that the applicant has  an  approved
27    certificate   renewal   plan   and  that  the  plan  includes
28    coursework  as  described  in  subdivision  (A)  or  (F)   of
29    paragraph  (3)  of  subsection  (e)  of Section 21-14 of this
30    Code.
31        (d)  The State Board of Education shall, in  consultation
 
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 1    with the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community
 2    College  Board,  determine  the  average  tuition  charge per
 3    credit hour of all public universities and community colleges
 4    in this State.  A person who has been  awarded  a  Continuing
 5    Professional  Development Scholarship may receive scholarship
 6    assistance  to  cover  the  actual  tuition  charge  for  the
 7    coursework that  the  person  is  enrolled  to  take  from  a
 8    regionally  accredited  institution  as  part  of  his or her
 9    certificate renewal plan, provided that  the  maximum  amount
10    awarded  per scholarship shall not exceed the lesser of (i) 4
11    times  the  average  tuition  charge  per  credit   hour   as
12    determined  by  the  State  Board  of  Education  under  this
13    subsection  (d)  or  (ii)  $500.  In no instance may a person
14    receive scholarship assistance in an amount in excess of  the
15    actual tuition charged that person for the coursework.
16        (e)  A  person who has received a Continuing Professional
17    Development Scholarship may reapply  for  another  Continuing
18    Professional  Development Scholarship within a 5-year period,
19    provided that the person does not exceed the number of credit
20    hours needed to complete his or her certificate renewal plan.
21        (f)  The State Board of Education shall adopt any  rules,
22    consistent  with  the  requirements of this Section, that are
23    necessary  to  implement  and   administer   the   Continuing
24    Professional Development Scholarship Program.

25        Section  99.   Effective  date.  This Act takes effect on
26    July 1, 2001.

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